~~ Love Potion ~~
Chrissybell648
Chapter One: An Apple A Day Keeps The Potion Away
Pink, purple and yellow bubbles flickered and popped at the top rim of the black cauldron in the corner of Mateo's workshop.
Working through each spell and potion methodically listed in the Codex Maru, Mateo was determined to enhance his magical skills one potion at a time.
Red hearts flew up and popped then returned to the magical potion about to be complete.
"Perfect" Mateo smiled to himself as the potion turned a scarlet red signalling its completion. Carefully pouring the potion oh so delicately into one of his potion bottles Mateo popped the top on and labelled it - Love Potion.
Leaving the potion bottle sitting on his workbench, Mateo being a creature of habit began cleaning the cauldron right away.
The smell of strawberries and roses filled the air as the Young Royal Wizard wiped away the remnants of the Love Potion.
"Haha wouldn't this be a great way to spend Valentine's Day playing Cupid" he snickered.
The thought of Valentine's Day tomorrow brought a funny feeling to his stomach. A swirling pool of butterflies began to dance with a thought of a certain Princess entering his mind. Entertaining a day dream that had crept into the forefront of his mind, Mateo was smitten with the image of dancing with Elena...spinning her around and holding her close...
Mateo often found himself drifting off into a world of his own, but lately he found Miss Castillo-Flores was making a more prominent appearance flowing through his mind...which to his surprise he didn't mind at all.
Mr De Alva was shy in nature but loved with his whole heart. A kind and caring soul, wanting to make the world a better place.
Entering back into the realm of reality, Mateo looked down and chuckled to himself as in his daydream session he managed to clean the same spot over and over again until it was shining compared to the rest of the dirty cauldron.
As Mateo finished cleaning the mess he had made he put away the mop and rags into the secret broom closet hiding in his workshop and made his way back over to his workbench. Rolling his eyes as he let out a huff and a puff he realized he missed a spot of potion when he was bottling up.
As Mr De Alva turned around to get back out the clean-up equipment, the sweetest voice danced along his neck making his hairs prick, standing on end.
"Mateo! What are you working on?" Elena laughed as she entered eating a juicy red apple. The Crowned Princess made no secret of her 'routine' checks on the Royal Wizard. Elena found herself drifting into his workshop on multiple occasions during the day for reasons she did not yet know.
Being the Crowned Princess she was overrun with decisions and duties, plenty to keep her busy, regardless she would always make an exception to visit Mr De Alva several times a day.
Smiling from ear to ear, Mateo knew exactly who was coming to see him.
"Oh Hi Elena!" He shone his signature adorably awkward smile her way.
Jumping up and sitting on the workbench as she would always do, Elena put down the apple next to her unbeknownst that there was a potion spill.
Too caught up in the enchanting Princess talking about her day, Mateo had completely forgotten about the potion that had spilt where she was sitting.
While she spoke about the adventures with the grand council and Esteban accidentally falling asleep next to Naomi while Abuelo was giving a speech on the Valentines Dance tomorrow, Mateo caught under her spell as he was mesmerized by that beautiful smile and glow in her eyes. Twirling her hair between her fingers, the Princess was too finding herself lost in a certain pair of magical, hazel green eyes.
Completely forgetting where she was up to in her story, she couldn't help but feel her heart skip a beat as heat filled her cheeks. She always felt a certain magic sparkle whenever she was with Mateo but lately she too felt different about him. Not only was he one of her best friends, she felt a strong attraction to him...those spell bounding hazel eyes, that gorgeous curl that bounced in between his eyes and the most sweetest heart she had ever met.
"Elena?" Mateo laughed as he snapped the Crowned Princess out of her daydream.
"Oh sorry…..Mateo! I was just a bit distracted" Elena said as she jumped off the bench in embarrassment. Feeling guilty about this sudden rush of feelings and completely zoning out in their conversation she felt like she had to leave before she made things more awkward. Grabbing her apple she took a quick bite so she wouldn't have to explain her absence in their conversation as she hurried out of the door.
"Huh?!" Mateo feeling confused as to the sudden abrupt departure thought maybe he had done something wrong.
"Oh no! She noticed that I was staring awkwardly at her! Come on, Mateo!" He said angrily to himself as the last thing Mateo wanted was to jeopardize the special relationship the pair shared together.
Running out of the Palace Library, Elena skidded around the corner as she stopped and leant back against the cold hallway wall. Breathing sharply, Elena couldn't understand why she was feeling this way. The soaring temperature burning her cheeks, her heart beating like Canela running through the meadow and her stomach swirling with the thought of one Mr De Alva. Beside the fact the Palace was decorated with hearts and flowers for the Valentine's festival tomorrow, Elena knew she had to confront these new and surprisingly welcomed feelings. But first, she needed to understand what these feelings were. The one person she would always talk to about everything is the one person she couldn't...well at least not just yet.