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Moving on to the story I don't know how long it will be…sorry but it is a multichapter fanfic. I will try to update every Friday but I can't promise anything. Anyways keep in mind that this is set in the Medieval Era and as usual… Enjoy!

Also credits to my little sis Paris for proofreading and my friends for their support! You guys rock!

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Chapter 1: The Tea Party

Marinette Dupain-Cheng is a princess. And that required her to join fancy tea parties against her will.

"But Mama I don't want to go!"

"Don't worry it'll be fun! You're 17 now you have to attend."

"Fine."

Marinette looked at herself in the mirror. She is wearing a pink-gold, sleeveless fit and flare dress with a portrait-style neck and a nearly off the shoulder neckline, while the back has a V-neck. The lower half of the dress is a full tea-length flared skirt. The dress itself has an opulent rose-gold shimmer. Marinette tied her black-blue hair in her usual twin pigtails and wore a simple rose headband, topped off with simple pink flats.

I hope this will do, I don't want to disappoint Mama, Marinette thought to herself

How could you disappoint her you made this dress yourself, she would be proud, replied a voice inside her head.

Yeah sure I'm a princess but I'm also the clumsiest person in the world.

No, you're not

Remem…

"Oh my goodness Marinette! You look outstanding! You have really outdone yourself this time!" cried her best friend, Alya. She is the royal messenger and reporter. Alya scoops out the latest news from town so King Tom and Queen Sabine can keep up to date with what's going on in the kingdom. She also delivers messages from the people of the village or other royal advisors and messages from far off kingdoms. Alya has been Marinette's best friend since they were kids and is the only person, besides her parents of course, where Marinette can be herself, with no formalities. Alya wore her favorite orange plaid dress with a black belt around the waist that goes halfway down her thigh paired with light blue jeans and a leather brown messenger bag across her shoulder. The dress was made by Marinette. As a princess, she has a lot of free time so she often made stuff for people as it was her passion to design.

"Alya! You're back! How was the village?" Marinette exclaimed running up to Alya giving her a hug.

"Amazing! I got a huge scoop for you but that can wait, let's look at you first. Is this the dress you've been working on for the past two weeks?" asked Alya stepping back and examining her head to toe through her black rimmed glasses.

"Yeah it's pretty simple but I'm happy with the results. I got inspired for it one day during the sunrise when the light shown on a pink rose.

"You should be happy! This is totally to die for! So ready for your tea party with the kings and queens of towns you could care less about."

"I'm as ready as I'll ever be And, I do care about them but this is the fifth tea party this week! What could be so important to have tea parties for it for five days in a row!"

"Calm down girl, I would tell you what the party's about but I've been sworn to secrecy." Alya smirked.

"Sworn to secrecy? By who?" Marinette asked confused.

"Can't say." Alya replied flicking her brown wavy red dipped hair in Marinette's face turning towards the door.

"Why not?" Marinette asked confused and annoyed.

"Oh would ya look at the time. Time for you to get going your highness I'll escort you." Alya said with a smirk, bowing with her hand extended towards the door. Marinette stared at her and raised an eyebrow. Something was up when Alya used formalities in front of her. She didn't, however, ponder on it too much and exited her room letting Alya lead the way.

Alya and Marinette parted ways at the entrance of the royal garden. Confused why she was here and not at the usual spot in the courtyard, Marinette walked through the stone path passing rose bushes and rows of colorful flowers, until she got to the far end of the garden where huge trees provided shade. Under an oak tree she saw her parents talking and laughing sitting on a red and white checkered picnic blanket with a light brown woven picnic basket, and three empty teacups with a hot teapot next to them. Her mom, Sabine, wore a long white strapped dress up to her ankles with red roses covering the bottom then fading up into white, a red rose over right ear and red sandals. Her dad, Tom, wore a light blue shirt with brown dress pants, with black dress shoes. Marinette rushed to the tree and her parents engulfed her in a big hug.

"Mama! Papa! What's all this?" Marinette asked after breaking away from the hug.

"It's a special tea party with your King and Queen. Would you care to join us?" Tom asked winking.

"I would gladly join the King and Queen of France in a tea party." Marinette replied giggling. She sat down and Sabine poured tea while Tom took out some eclairs, crepes, cookies and macaroons. They ate, talked and laughed enjoying each other's company after a long week of work. After all the snacks and tea were finished Tom cleared his throat.

"Marinette," he said slowly. Marinette looked at him with a curious eye.

"You're 17 and that means you must take on new responsibilities. As the future Queen of France, you must know how manage your kingdom and…uh…you…uh…will…uh…" Tom trailed off not knowing how to continue. Sabine shook her head but said nothing.

"take more classes on how to rule the kingdom." Tom finished.

"Tom!" Sabine yelled. "What your father means to say is that ruling kingdom is a big responsibility and you will need someone to help you, a prince perhaps, to rule beside you." Sabine started.

"Marriage!?" Marinette yelled.

"Yes dear and we have organized a ball in 3 days where we have invited all the princes to come from far and wide and you will choose a husband that night or else we will choose for you." Sabine continued calmly ignoring her daughter's reaction. "Do we have a deal?" Sabine finished. Marinette sat there frozen with shock and fear, this is really happening. She's going to live the rest of her life with a person too stuck up care about her because all he will want is power. How in the world are you supposed to find the right prince in one night! Marinette didn't move or say anything. She just looked at her parents like they both grew two heads. How could they do this to her? Anger started bubbling inside her but it's not like her parents have any other choice. They are both kind, sweet parents who rule their kingdom with joy and happiness spreading love everywhere they go. Everyone loves them. They would always do what's best for her and the kingdom and now they are giving her a chance to find her true love. Giving her the freedom of choice. But how is she supposed to find her true love with only snooty princes coming?

"Okay fine we have a deal but we invite everyone in the kingdom to the ball. Let everyone have some fun and we will make it a masked ball." Sabine and Tom exchanged looks.

"Okay deal but choose wisely my dear." Tom answered worried.

"Yes! Thank you! And don't worry I will!" Marinette replied as she jumped up and hugged her parents. "Now if you'll excuse me I have to tell Alya the news." Marinette said as she started running back to the entrance of the garden.

"Don't worry she'll be fine she knows how to handle herself." Sabine told Tom as Marinette disappeared from view.

"YOU WHAT?!" Alya yelled in Marinette's ear. It was not normal for Marinette to make a decision without a least a day to think about it.

"I made it a masked ball and had everyone in the kingdom invited to the ball." Marinette replied almost in a whisper.

They were in Marinette's room, Marinette sat on her bed fiddling with her pillows, while Alya was on Marinette's desk trying to fix a hook on her messenger bag, before she jumped up and ran in front of Marinette's face staring at her in shock. Alya was talking about this cute cool town's musician who played a song for her little sister's birthday and Marinette accidentally mentioned that she could ask the musician, Nino, to the ball. Which led her to spill everything that happened at the tea party. "You go girl! Learning how to take charge!" Alya cried lightly punching Marinette on the shoulder.

"Thanks Alya but I couldn't stand thinking that I would be at ball filled with snooty princes and besides this would be fun for the kingdom since when was the last time we had a ball." Marinette replied clutching her pillow tighter and looked towards the window. "Don't worry girl you'll find the right prince." Alya said wrapping her in a comforting hug. "But for now let's call it a day you have a lot to think about." Alya continued releasing Marinette.

"Thanks see you in the morning."

"See ya."

As soon as the coast was clear Marinette slipped on her red cloak with black spots and slipped out of her balcony.