2-Royalty
Thomas held up his tiny hand and pressed his finger against the golden doorbell. The noise could be heard echoing through the entire palace walls. Everyone else wasn't looking too confident about the idea. They liked Carmen, mostly, but they were scared of the palace. It was a massive place where they could have easily gotten lost. And they all knew the stories of two old Queens having died in there. Being eight years old and younger, they were quite afraid of ghosts.
Rachel grabbed her twin sister's hand, squeezing it tightly. Rachel was absolutely petrified of the palace. Her morbid fears easily sprung out of control, and Thomas just had a way of making them spring to life wherever they went and whatever they did.
"Thomas, I don't think this is a good idea..." Rachel whispered, using her free hand to twirl one of her pigtails around.
"Yeah, Thomas." Annalise agreed, her own olive green eyes hinting with fear.
Thomas rolled his eyes at everyone, turning back to the door to knock again. Rosalinda folded her arms across her chest, raising and eyebrow at everyone. She wasn't one to get scared easily.
"Don't tell me you're scared?"
Rosie may have looked like an innocent little girl by first glance, but she was far from that. Rosalinda was the toughest little girl you could ever meet. Fear was not something she had. Or liked to show, more like.
"N-No." Rachel stuttered in reply.
"There's nothing to be scared of." Abigail, the brains of the bunch, told her sister. "It's just the palace."
"We could get lost!" Annalise whisper-yelled.
"No, Annie." Thomas said, turning around to face the blonde girl. "We won't get lost."
The door swung open before anyone could speak up again. Standing there was a young lady, about nineteen-years-old. She had wavy blond hair that came down to her mid-back. Her bangs fell over both her baby blue eyes. She was wearing a pair of white short shorts with a black and red belt, and a white boob tube that didn't even cover her stomach, showing off her ruby red belly ring.
"Hel-HEY!" She smiled as her gaze turned down to see the group of small children. "What are you doing here, Shorty?"
"No way to talk to a Prince, Indie." Thomas tutted, shaking his head in 'disappointment'. Indianna rolled her eyes at him. Thomas never referred to himself as a Prince.
"Oh, shut your pie hole." The older girl replied, rolling her eyes once again. "Or tell me why you're here."
"Can Carmen come out?" Thomas asked as sweetly as he could.
"Mmm..." Indianna thought the proposition over for a moment. Sure, she would love to have let the little brat outside, get her out of her hair, but the Princess had other duties to do first.
Carmen, like Thomas, was a handful to deal with. However, unlike Thomas, Carmen had duties to perform as the future Queen of Scarlatina. Eight-years-old and already knows what it's like to have adult responsibilities.
"You can talk to her for about five minutes...But she cannot come out to play." Thomas narrowed his eyes down on the teenage girl. He hated not having his own way with things.
"Why not?" The brown haired boy asked, folding his arms across his chest.
"She has Princess things to do, like you should be doing." Thomas rolled his eyes at Indianna, who rolled her right back. It was like a constant battle of the eye rolling.
"I ain't a Princess though." Thomas replied smugly, his smirk so much like his father's upon his lips. "Just go get Carmen."
Indianna smiled, laughing almost as she shut the door to go get Carmen for them. The loud echo of the door shutting put the fear back into Rachel and Annalise, who were now both slightly shaking.
"You shouldn't boss people around like that, Thomas." Annalise reminded her friend. Sometimes being a Prince went to his head.
"I can and I will." Thomas replied, the smirk on his face had not disappeared.
"TOMMY!" A small blonde girl, roughly the same age as him, wrapped her arms around Thomas' neck from behind. She had dark blue eyes, but they seemed to shine under the sunlight. Her blonde bangs had hints of chocolate brown in them, all blending in to make her look even more beautiful.
Her dress was black with two thin straps to keep it from falling down. She had a silk red sash going across her stomach and she had tiny black heels on her feet. She really did look like a Scarlatinan Princess.
Thomas fell to the floor from Carmen jumping on him by surprise.
"You are such a klutz." Carmen giggled, holding her hand out for Thomas to stand back up again. He took it and got back to his feet.
"Why can't you come out, Car?" Rosie asked.
"Pippa won't let me." Carmen smiled sadly, turning her head to the floor slightly. "I've got to finish my studies." Carmen turned to Thomas and punched him as hard as she could in the shoulder. "ALONE!"
"HEY!" Thomas yelled, rubbing his now sore shoulder. "My mom told me that I don't have to be a Prince if I don't wanna be, and I don't wanna be!"
"Lucky you!" Carmen muttered, giving Thomas another pound to the shoulder. "I guess I'll see you guys some other time then." Carmen smiled weakly again. "Bye, guys." She turned around and walked back inside the safety of the palace.
"That was pointless!" Abigail told Thomas, who wasn't looking too happy himself.
"It's not fair." Thomas complained. "All she ever does is Princess-y stuff!"
Carmen, and all of her friends, hated the Princess things that she had to do. But they all knew she had to do them. It was her destiny to become
"What the hell are you lot doing here?"
Another teenage girl had appeared from the side of the palace. She had most likely come out of one of the other exits that the palace had, and she certainly seemed to know the group of small children who were still crowded around on the front door of the palace.
The girl had tanned skin and icy blue eyes. Her hair was brown, with two streaks of black and side bangs that were bright turquoise. She wore a tank top that was the exact same color as her bangs, but it barely covered her stomach and a white short-sleeved cardigan over it. The tank-top had the name 'Marni' in black and white letter matching her white and black belt.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Thomas replied harshly.
"None of your business!" The girl snapped back at him.
"Back at ch'a." Thomas shot back. The two kept their stare, neither blinking nor moving their eyes from the other. It was just something they seemed to have practiced over the years.
"Anyway." The girl continued. "Mom wants us home."
"Why?"
"Why do you think?" The teen girl asked in reply, rolling her eyes at her young brother. Thomas' face lit up in a smile and he was gone in a flash.
A/N: =O! hehehe!
Another one to add to the mix...Marni! LOL!
So...LOL! All having a good weekend so far? Huh? Huh?
I am! Today, so far...I have watched two sort of horror films...Signs (love it!) and Knowing (creepy as fukk!) Seen them both before, but I am REALLY enjoying watching Knowing right now! hehe! It's goood! If you ain't seen it, watch it! If you like horror films and are of age to watch it...
Oooooh...The Whisperer People...LOL1
Love this film...hehehe! Nicholas Cage is in it, too! LOL!
Soo...
You all seemed to be able to guess that Annalise and Tiger belong to Bridgette and Geoff, that was a pretty obvious one ;) LOL!
Thomas and Marni belong to...Courtney and Duncan!
Scott belongs to...Gwen and Trent!
Carmen belongs to...Arianna and Alan!
Abigail and Rachel belong to...Rebecca and Kevin!
Rosie belongs to...Taylor!
Thank you to;
Aaron'sInAMineField: Uhh...It may be...If I can be bothered...hehe! Thank you :)
Clarissa: hehe! I know! LOL! Thanks :)
pomtdwt: hehe! Right you are there ;) LOL! Thank you :)
InstruMental: hehe! Yep! LOL! YEP! Got those two right ;) LOL! Thanks :)
i'mSOhighIcanHEARheaven: hehe! I know! LOL! Nah! I can never have too long between The Going's On stories ;) I love them too much! haha! I know...A LOT of kids...LOL! Thank you :)
Destanaa: I-I-I'm speechless! OMG! You got all BUT one right! =O! I am SHOCKED! =O! LOL! hehe! Thanks :)
WOW! LOL!
6 reviews on chapter 1! haha!
LOL!
Thanks for reading, please review :)
Love, ChloeRhiannonX