Chapter 1- The Stepmother (Part I)
"How could you do this to me?" She says to her father entering the throne room. Fortunately no one else was present to see the princess in fit of rage. Princess Katerina is well known for her rebellious acts but her father still liked to cultivate the image of the beautiful, intelligent and princess like image, that he so much wants for her. It pissed her off most of the times. She wasn't her sister. She wasn't pure as snow or whatever they said about her.
"Katerina lower your voice."
"You're marring me to a man I never meet, like I am some object."
"You are not the first princess with an arrangement marriage and I am sure you won't be the last." He tells her daughter as her warm deep brown eyes stare at him in pure shock.
"What about Snow, she already lost mom, you just going to let her alone without any mother or sister figure? She is 11 father, she needs a woman she can talk to."
"You don't need to worry about it."
"You're planning to get married again." she still couldn't believe the worlds that were coming out of her mouth. It wasn't been much more than a year since her mother passed away and her father was already looking for a replacement. She just couldn't face him anymore so she ran from the room and locked herself into hers. She couldn't believe her father, she truly couldn't.
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"You have been distracted my Princess." She turned to Johanna offering her a sad smile as she sat in the castle gardens with a red flower on her hand. It was true, she knew people were talking: she didn't ride her play piano or ran around the castle anymore. She just sat in front of some place for the entire day: today it was staring at her gardens. It was her way to memorize everything about this place.
"Father and Snow haven't returned yet."
"I am sure everything is going good with them, but what else troubles you?"
"My father is having a ball when he returns, for me, for –him- I don't know what to feel about it."
"Did you know your father didn't love your mother right away?" She says surprising the princess. She always looked at her parents as the perfect couple. As two people who love each other very deeply. She wanted love like that. "Sometimes it takes time. Get to know the person. Not all of us fall in love right away."
"What if I don't love him?"
"You never know but maybe you can like him. Make an effort for it my princess because marriage is forever so it might as well live a happy life. We just want you do be happy." She isn't so sure about it.
"They arrived." A guard came as she nodded and got up, hugging the woman in appreciation as she walked to the front of the castle as she saw her father, her sister and another woman next to him, a very beautiful woman.
"Katerina." Snow says running to her sister giving her a hug as she was still shocked about the newcomer.
"My daughter this is Regina. Regina this is my daughter: Princess Katerina."
"It's a pleasure your highness." The woman says bowing to her as she still looks at her with her big eyes semi close.
"Regina is going to be our new mother." Snow innocent voice breaks Katerina trance as she stare at her father with a sock expression.
