A Small Grand Princess;
Five children sat in a nursery. Not normal children. They were witches and a wizard of royalty. A prince and four little princesses. They are wearing red, purple and light pink. Alexei, who was 2, was on the floor, playing with his trains around a large pot of red roses. Anastasia, 4, Maria, 5 and Tatiana, 6, were on the floor playing with dolls. Olga, 7, was on a wicker chair reading the Wizard of Oz. Their governess, Ebony Wallis, walked into the room.
"Children," Ebony said, "come, your parents wish to see you. Oh! It's just wonderful."
"Ebony," Olga said, looking up from her book, "what could be more wonderful than a magical land, a lion, a scarecrow, a tin man, a wizard and a wicked witch."
"Olya," Tatiana said, using one of Olga's nicknames, "that book is nothing but lies. There are wizards everywhere…"
"Handsome ones," Maria added.
"Don't interrupt Maria!" Tatiana snapped. Then she got back to making her point, "All wicked witches are in Azkaban, along with all the evil ones, and do you really see a lion, a tin man and a scarecrow walking around? And please. A Muggle just blows into our world?"
Olga just scoffed lifting her nose into the air.
"Now, come children," Ebony said, picking up Alexei.
They walked down the palace halls, the four girls with their arms linked. Ebony followed behind, still carrying Alexei.
"Do you think it's our Valentines Day presents?" Anastasia asked.
"Oh, I hope," Tatiana said.
"Me too," Maria added.
They go to their parents room, where their father, Henry, was waiting outside.
"What's the surprise, Papa?" Maria asked, excited.
"Our Valentines Day presents?" Anastasia asked, hopefully.
"I'll show you in a moment," Henry said, smiling, "but you must be very quiet."
"We promise," the four girls said in unison.
He opened the door.
"Meet your new sister, Georgiana."
The four girls gasped and quietly ran over to the bed. Their mother, Adelaide, was lying on the bed smiling and holding a tiny baby girl.
"Oh, she's so tiny!" Tatiana exclaimed.
"So precious!" Maria added.
"Hello Georgiana," Olga said.
"She needs a nickname," Anastasia suggested.
"We'll call her G," Olga declared.
"Hello G," Maria said.
The girls moved aside to let Ebony show Alexei the baby.
"Alexei," Tatiana said, "This is G."
"Hi G," Alexei said.
Georgiana's eyes fluttered open. They were dark purple.
"Hello, Violet Eyes," Maria whispered.
"Your mother has delivered a small, but completely healthy Grand Princess," Henry said. "I shall tell them to light off the 300 hundred cannons."
"But Papa," Olga said, "Georgiana is a girl. She's only supposed to get 130 cannons."
"Olishka, dear," Henry said, "That is an old tradition. I think it's time for a change, don't you?"