Ten-year-old Princess Sofia was in her room with her rabbit Clover, and her close friend, 10-year-old Prince Hugo.
In the past, Hugo had been mean to Sofia due to her interest in Flying Derby, but after she encouraged him to follow his heart and take up Enchanted Ice Dancing, they had been best friends…until two weeks ago, when they admitted their feelings for each other. They didn't want anyone to make a fuss over all this, so they hid their relationship from their families.
As they were enjoying each other's company, Hugo saw that Sofia wasn't acting like her usual sunny self. "What's wrong, Sof?" He asked her.
The brunette princess looked at him with a sad smile. "I've been doing some thinking, and I think it's time to tell my family the truth. About my powers. And about us," she replied.
Sofia had recently told Hugo that she could shrink, turn into a mermaid and talk to animals because of her necklace, the Amulet of Avalor. Only Hugo, Cedric (the royal sorcerer along with his raven Wormwood), and her enemies knew how powerful the Amulet of Avalor really was.
"Are you sure? We don't even know if what we have is true love, or as what my brother Axel would call it, puppy-love." Hugo stated. He closed his eyes, waiting for a lecture from Sofia, but instead she took his hand.
"I'm sure. Let's go find Wormwood and Mr. Cedric," Sofia said.
Hugo nodded and followed her to Cedric's workshop.
Cedric was in his workshop looking up a new spell that could defend the kingdom from such people as Shuriki (since Sofia told him about her following the family's adventure in Avalor), Grimtrix, and Miss Nettle, when he heard Sofia's familiar knock on his door. "Princess Sofia. Prince Hugo. What can I do for you?" he asked.
"I need to talk to you, and it would be best if you sat down," Sofia started. When Cedric was seated, Sofia explained her plan.
"Princess Sofia, if you do that, there's a good chance that your father will ask for the Amulet back," Cedric said.
"That's where you come in, Mr. Cedric. You could volunteer to keep an eye on me and my Amulet, and if it gets too dangerous for me, you'll take it from me and either lock it up again or destroy it," Sofia said.
Even though he thought that destroying the amulet was a little extreme, Cedric had to admit that this made sense.
Cedric agreed and went to find King Roland when they found the castle steward, Baileywick, cleaning the trophy Sofia got for passing the Princess Test when she was eight.
"Baileywick!" She called out to him.
He looked to his left and smiled. "Princess Sofia. Prince Hugo. Cedric. What can I do for you?"
"I wish to seek an audience with my mom, dad, James and Amber," Sofia said.
Baileywick looked confused, but he still obeyed because it was a royal command, and in all the time he'd worked for the royal family, he'd never disobeyed a royal command in his life (except for one time, but that wasn't his fault. The children had playdates and problems kept arising).
Ten minutes later, Baileywick returned and said everyone was waiting for her in the throne room.
"I'll go and entertain them until you are ready, Princess Sofia," Cedric offered before heading off to the throne room.
"Are you sure you're okay, Sof?" Hugo asked her. In the two weeks that they had been dating, he had never seen her this nervous, even when going to her own father.
"I'll be fine. Let's do this before I change my mind," Sofia said quickly.
The two laughed and shared a quick kiss before running off to catch up with Cedric and Wormwood.
Cedric was about to enter the throne room when Sofia and Hugo caught up to him, and they all went into the throne room where Miranda, Roland, James, and Amber sat.
Sofia stepped forward and braced herself for the confession. She just hoped everything would work out.
Will Sofia go through with it? Will Roland ask for the amulet back if she does?
Find out in Chapter 2: The Confession
