Prince Viktor, Angeles
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Viktor yawned and strechred out his arms. He picked up the pen he had placed on the table and looked back to the papers. With the Selection coming in a few short weeks, he had twice the amount of work to do.
"As your servant, I do hope you are getting enough rest." Viktor whipped his hand around before sighing.
"Sebastian," he acknowledged. Viktor chuckled softly. His butler was very efficient, but also very quiet, slipping into rooms without the slightest footfall. "You surprised me."
The butler nodded, before folding his arms over his chest, "Apparently. What seems to be the problem, my lord?"
Viktor tapped the stack of papers, "They want me to approve the bedrooms for the Selected. The problem is, I have no idea what the girls would want."
"Ah." Sebastian took the papers from his hand and flipped through them. After a few minutes of careful decisions, "I would suggest, my lord, that you chose the white and gold. Those colors seem to be the most natural, neutral, and acceptable by most of the female gender."
"What would I do without you?" Viktor asked.
"Succumb to insanity, Your Highness." Viktor laughed and nodded his head. "Might I help you with the rest of the Selection preparations? After all, you seem to be having difficulty."
"A bit. Next is the maids. I do not know any of these names, and that makes me uncertain who or who shouldn't be a maid to a Selection girl."
Sebastian scanned the list, "Margarita, Alice, Zara, Chyna, Rose, and Jade, to start. Actually, sir, do you mind if I create a list of maids for the Selection girls?"
Viktor shook his head, "No. You go do that. You have more experience with them than I do."
"By the way, my lord, your mother needs to speak with you."
"Thank you, Sebastian." Viktor stood up from his chair and walked down the long hallways into Queen Glory's room. A maid opened the door and he stepped inside.
"Mother," he bowed and she gestured for him to sit down, "You needed me?"
"Yes," she sighed, "I believe we must make a few changes to the rules for the Selection. With our citizens now a days, most have experienced more freedom than past years. Some of the rules are a bit strict."
Viktor nodded, "What ones do you want to change, Mother?"
Queen Glory tapped her pen on the list, "I want to add a rule that states that they can wear more than just dresses. Jeans, shirts, shorts, jackets, and such."
He nodded agreeing, "It would make some of the girls more comfortable, I assume?"
"Yes. I would also like to abolish the rules that say, that the girl must give you anything you want."
Viktor tilted her head to the side, "I do not want anything. They are free to make their own decisions, yes?"
"Of course." Glory assured, "And the last one I would I like to abolish is the one where the contestant can not a range time with you. They must ask first and have the activity approved, but if they want to arrange an outing, they are allowed to."
"I like that. Can we allow the girls to leave on their own free will?" He asked, "I would hate to have one feel trapped here."
"Of course." Queen Glory smiled at her son, "Now, I assume you have many other things to do."
Viktor laughed and nodded, "Yes, Mother. I'll go do them."
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Princess Nathaly, Angeles
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Nathaly lightly pressed her heel's into Butterscotch's sides, and the palomino took off in a gallop. She let out a cry of delight and loosened her grip on the reigns. Hoofbeats followed close beside and she turned her head.
"You sure do like to run!" The man on the bay horse laughed.
"Of course!" Nathaly shouted back. She tossed her blonde ponytail back and smiled.
The riders and horses races for a little while longer until they came across a wide stream. They slowed down to a trot, and finally a walk, until that paused to let the horses rest.
"Hey, mister?"
"Yes, prinzessin?" He asked.
"What's your name?" Nathaly titled her head to the side. This guard wasn't unattractive, to say the least. He had blue eyes, close cut blonde hair, and a well musculed body.
"Dieter Ackerman, prinzessin."
"That's German, right? And please stop calling me princess or prinzessin." She commanded, "My name is Nathaly."
"Ja." Dieter nodded, responding to the question and the command.
Nathaly looked at the clouds reflected, "Do you ever," she paused, "do you ever want to be somebody else? I mean, have a different job or family?"
He shook his head and reached over and placed a large hand on her shoulder, "You aren't happy as a princess?"
The blonde sighed and nodded, "Yeah. I mean, its great, but I just don't, I can't do anything. Mom and Dad as well as most of the country focuses on Viktor more. And it makes sense! He is going to be the king. But it feels I'm being left behind and ignored." Nathaly sank into the saddles, tracing the gold designs.
"I understand."
She narrowed her brown eyes at him, "Really? Because everyone says that and no one means it."
Dieter shook his head, "I mean it. I am the youngest of three children. My older brother is the perfect son. Amazing grades, obedient, commander in the army. My sister got attention because of her looks. But she was natural smart, strong, and obedient." He looked over at the princess, "I was disobedient and wild because I wanted attention."
Nathaly looked at him, laughing softly. She remembered all the antics and shenanigans she had created, "What then?"
"I found out that my parents payed close attention to my sister because she was insulted and mocked about her appearance. My brother was the experimental child."
"The what?" She exclaimed.
"The guinea pig, per say. My mutter and vater experimented training programs and schools with him, because he was first."
"Oh!" Nathaly laughed. She looked up at the sky, "We should be getting back. I don't want everyone to search for me again."
"Ja." Dieter smiled, and straightened up. "Come on, Nathaly. Last one to the palace losses!" He turned his horse around, and galloped away.
"You're on!" Nathaly gripped the reigns and Butterscotch reared up and twirled around, and leaped into a gallop. She laughed as her hair flew behind her.
A/N: Second chapter of The Heart. Submissions are still open, guests can submit, the form is on my profile.
Thanks for White Wolf123 and ravenclawgirl22 for submitting characters.
