Orange Grove
By: Leelee488512
Disclaimer: Many of the events present in this novel were fabricated and not at all true. The main characters belong to Square Enix and Disney.
Chapter One
Grand Duchess Kairi Lomonosov is known for many things: parading around St. Petersburg with Duke Vladimir Liukin, wearing the most fashionable in Russian clothes, and going missing for days on end. Everyone predicted that she would become engaged to Vladimir on her eighteenth birthday, but they had another thing coming.
That night of January 1, 1775 in the Orange Grove of the Winter Palace, the Grand Duchess' birthday party was going on. It had a record breaking two-hundred people in the room alone. Everyone was in their best clothes gossiping about the latest engagements and debating about politics. This was a favorite of the Grand Duchess to do, but she wasn't talking to anyone in the room.
For the Grand Duchess sat in a chair in the corner of the ballroom with her jade green mask covering her identity (it was a masked ball). The duchess wore a long green, red, and blue gown. The neck was stitched with white lace along with her arms.
The main color of the gown was teal, but there was a swirly jade design all over the dress. Within the swirls were small red dots that made lines throughout the swirls. Her dark red hair wasn't put into a high bun, but (against style) in a small bun with curly sides. The Grand Duchess was a sight of beauty. Her eyes wandered around the ballroom until they landed on dark blue ones surrounded by a light blue mask. She almost couldn't tear her eyes from the man who bore the blue eyes until he began to walk towards her. Kairi thought that by looking away he would know that she didn't want an audience with him. Little did she know that she was indeed blushing a crimson color-an attractive gesture to any man.
"I was wondering where the Grand Duchess was. . ." The man asked leaning on the table next to her. The noble had a French accent on his tongue, and the Grand Duchess used it.
"Well, I was wondering where your blue coat was, you know it's hard to find out who's red or not. . . anyways, the Grand Duchess would be the woman in the yellow gown."
"I absolutely despise the color red!"
Kairi suddenly felt an emotion she hadn't felt. She thought of the dark color of her hair and looked in the other direction of the man beside her. This time she felt her cheeks burn up and blush.
Yet, somehow, he knew she felt somewhat embarrassed and took a seat from the table, placed it next to her and sat. His winter blue eyes locked on her, and he realized what he said. Then he knew something about her.
"Do you know why that woman in that dress is not the Grand Duchess? Yes, they both have beautiful dark red hair, but the Grand Duchess who was born this day has such captivating beauty that fits the red hair, your grace."
And then, the man took the duchess by the chin and looked into her deep eyes. A violent surge of energy enveloped Kairi in that moment and she softened in his touch.
"Besides, that woman has dark brown eyes, you have violet ones." The man flashed a goofy smile to her that made her red even more.
With that, the man got up from his seat and started for the exit of the room. Surprisingly, two large men got up at the same time and surrounded him as he walked. Still something tugged on Kairi's tongue.
"Sir!" She yelled after him. Many eyes turned to her, but she ignored them. He did not respond, but left the party.
"What is your name?"
