Christina's P.O.V
"Christina, it's time to get ready!" I heard my Lady-in-Waiting, Destiny, say.
"No…" I groaned, as I hid my head under my red and gold covers. "Too early."
"Suit yourself, sleepyhead." Destiny said while she opened up the curtains. Light filled the beautiful room, and shone on her dark blonde hair. It had royal red walls, a huge closet, and my ginormous bed.
"You're going to miss Jane's special pancakes."
And with that, I bolted upright. "She's making her pancakes?!" I asked as I put on my dress and shoes as fast as I could.
"Mmm-hmm." Destiny said, with a big grin on her face.
I slid down the stair's railing, even though everyone has told me not to many, many times, and ran into the dining room.
"Morning, dad!" I greeted my father, King Artorius.
"Good morning, Christina. Good morning, Destiny." he said kindly. My dad treated Destiny as if she was his own daughter. We were all very close.
Destiny and I sat across from each other, and I clapped my hands as Jane brought a platter of rose shaped pancakes to the table.
"Thank you, Jane!" said Destiny.
"Yes, thank you!" I said, with a mouthful of pancake.
"It's my pleasure." Jane winked at us.
"Maple syrup, anyone?" my dad asked.
"Yes, please!" I said.
After breakfast, I told Destiny that I was going to ask my father. Ask him what, I didn't need to say. We had planned this for ages.
I walked to my father's throne room. I normally knocked, but I was so excited that I forgot to. I had waited to have this conversation since I was six years old. I just hoped I wasn't interrupting anything. He wouldn't have been too pleased about me randomly barging in on something important.
Thankfully, I wasn't.
"Um, Dad?" I asked.
"Yes, honey?"
"You know how knights become knights when they turn sixteen years old?" I said.
"Yes." he said.
"Since I will be sixteen tomorrow, I would like your permission to become a knight." I knew that girls weren't allowed to become knights, but I was a princess. My dad would let me be a knight, right? That's what I thought.
"Absolutely not!" he declared.
"What? Why not?" I asked.
"You are a princess. You must start learning to take care of the kingdom! Not only that, but you might get hurt. What would we do then?" he explained.
"Oh…" I looked at the floor. I wanted to yell that it wasn't fair, but I knew that wouldn't get me anywhere with King Artorius. He was just as stubborn as me. I nodded, and quickly exited the throne room, and ran to Destiny's room.
Destiny's room was very different from the rest of the castle. She didn't have a fancy bed, or chairs, or deluxe closet, like me. Instead, she had a patchwork blanket on her bed that her mother made her when she was alive. She had a small closet with plain dresses, and a bedside table next to her bed with a book.
A small pot sat in front of the window, with a flower that was just beginning to bloom.
Even though the room seemed so small, it also seemed comfy.
"Hello, Christina!" she said. She was sitting on her bed. As soon as she got a glimpse of my face, she knew something was wrong. "What happened?" she asked.
"I… I asked him about the knight thing…" I told her.
"I take it it didn't go so well?" she asked.
I nodded.
"It'll be okay… We'll find something else to do." she gave me a hug.
"But being a knight is my dream!" I said.
"I know… But there's nothing we can do now." she frowned.
I nodded, but then I got an idea. "Unless…" I started.
"Unless?" a curious Destiny asked.
"Unless I become a knight, just without him knowing!"
"What? But-but he's the king! He's knows everything!" said Destiny.
"And I'm his daughter. I know how to keep him off track." I winked.
Destiny hesitated. She was normally the one who kept me from doing crazy things like this. But eventually, she looked at me, and I saw excitement in her eyes. "Let's do this."
Destiny and I had lived in this castle since we were little children. We knew the ins and outs of the palace, especially Destiny. A lot of the time when I was outside doing things with my father, she decided to stay in and found lots of secret passages.
"I think that this one will be good for our knightly base." said Destiny, as she pushed in a loose gray brick, and a wall opened up. We went inside, and I put my finger to my chin.
"I think I can work with this…" I said mischievously. I pushed in a couple of random couches and a table with some chairs. My father would never notice they were missing, we had so many.
"So we have a base, now we need to learn to fight." said Destiny.
"Ha, like I even need to learn. I've watched so many knights, it should come naturally." I said.
Destiny gave me a look like,"Uh-huh. Yeah right.".
"We need to get someone to teach us, but all the knights would tell the king…" Destiny said sadly.
"What about…" I thought for a moment. "What about Sir Malory?"
"Are you sure? We can't go around telling everyone about this…" she said. "In fact, I don't think it's safe to tell boys at all."
"You're right about all the other boys, but Malory is my friend. He wouldn't tell dad." I said.
"Okay, I trust you." Destiny said.
On that day, Destiny and I formed the first all girl knights organization.
We formed the Knights of the Silver Rose.