A/N: Okay, I kinda forgot to do this when I posted Chapter 2 so I am here to atone for my forgetfulness so heeeere weeee gooooo (warning this A/N is kinda long, but so is this Chapter so pleaaase bear with me :3):

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Okay so I'm super sorry for the long Author's Note, so now... Onwards to the introduction of our first two main characters! Daniela (submitted by princessgothicfull) and Isadora (submitted by Thedaffodilqueen) ! Enjoy! I hope I did these girls some justice~!


Daniela Fernanda Cortéz, 18, Caste 3, Panama, Librarian

"Excuse me, but where could I find a copy of Moby Dick?" a little girl who as no taller than her desk asked.

"Hi there, so the fiction part of the library is arranged into different categories, so you'd want to go to the classics part," Daniela said as she leaned over a little to get a clearer view of the girl. It was one of her usual visitors here, a six year old girl named Tilda.

"Actually, I think you need some help getting it, I think I arranged it somewhere on the higher part of the shelf." Daniela added, as she went down from her elevated desk, and guided Tilda down the library towards the Classics section. The library was quite large in Illean standards-especially since it was the largest in the province, Tilda dwarfed in size compared to some of the older shelves.

"So you're reading Moby Dick now, huh?" Daniela asked, curious at the little girl who came to her family's library on a daily basis.

"Yeap, I just finished reading Tom Sawyer yesterday, and in the recommended book section suggested Moby Dick." Tilda replied , as they reached the classics section.

"Well, that's good considering that you've borrowed and read all the books in our kid's section." Daniela said as she rolled the ladder down the shelf and climbed up to reach the M-section for Melville.

"Dani," Tilda paused, "what's your favorite classic here?"

Daniela stopped and considered it, thinking of her favorite classic. She knew she had always loved fairytales as a child, even now, always opting to read a story that twists fairytales into different settings.

"That's a little hard, Tilda," Daniela reached for Moby Dick and climbed the ladder down, "but I think that one of my favorites here is A Compilation by the Brothers Grimm."

"You mean those fairy tales for kids?" Tilda asked as she took the book from Daniela's offering hand.

"Yeah, most stories are technically based on those old stories. A golden son falls in love with a common girl, daring fights, a prince in disguise..." Daniela thought of all the books she had read that had similar elements.

"Could you find me that book you told me about?" Tilda said, her eyes a little brighter.

"The Brother's Grimm compilation? I think it just got returned today, so I have to check the front desk. Come on Tilda." Daniela replied as she went to her desk to look for the book.

"Did you hear that the Prince is having another Selection?" Tilda asked, looking a little mischievous.

Daniela remembered hearing it on the report a few days back, the royal family all seated beside each other- including the addition of the Prince's cousin from England. Sophronisca Prada, the hostess of the report-with her easy going personality, had been building it up by pretending it was just a regular Report, until the Prince was called upon to give a few updates about the nation- about the financial status, how we've almost paid our way out of national debt (which honestly bored Daniela, since those numbers never were of her interests), and was almost cut off by Sophronisca until he had said it- the announcement of another Selection.

"Yeah, heard it on the report." Daniela answered as she looked for the copy of the Brothers Grimm compilation. Daniela had already received her form the day before right there in the library, it was somewhere inside her desk's drawer.

"My sister told me that she's going to apply for it, said it was her chance to become a princess like in the fairytales." Tilda snickered. "Are you going to enter?"

Daniela stopped for a while and considered it, being like a princess in one of those fairy tales : swept away by a prince on a noble steed, awoken from a cursed slumber by one kiss, searched for throughout the entire kingdom by a prince.

She thought about it the last time- about entering the first Selection the Prince had, but she was only 16 at the time, and felt too young to enter such a competition, though she was thankful that she was spared the horror of what could have been her fate if she had been Selected and made it to the Elite.

"Maybe I will," Daniela said, as she browsed the returned books on her desk until she found a brown and gold spine that read "The Tales of the Brothers Grimm" and checked its back to see if she already noted that it was returned on time. "Well, found your book, want me to check it out with Moby Dick?" she asked.

"Yes, thank you." Tilda was practically jumping with glee, "I think you'd be a nice princess, Dani." she added as she handed Daniela her library card and the copy of Moby Dick.

"Slow down there kid, I haven't even applied for it yet." as she scanned the books and eyed the slightly opened drawer with her Selection form. Maybe she could give this fairy tale a chance.


Isadora Fanchon LaRoux, 18, Caste 7, Paloma, Construction Worker

"Hey, dad, do you think I should include 'French-Creole' in the languages spoken part of the form?" Isadora asked as she sat down on one of their seats, twirling a pen in her hand as she was filling her form out for the Selection.

"Do they even ask you to prove that you speak the languages you write there?" Calder, her brother, asked as he got ready for work.

"Imagine them asking Isa to speak in Creole!" her father-Pierre- laughed, slapping his knee.

"You do suck at speakin' Creole, Isa." Calder laughed along, as Isa joined in the laughter.

"But, it's the thought that matters! I mean, it is a language I speak." she replied as she wrote down French-Creole along with English, Spanish, and French, most of those languages learned from her very encouraged French-Creole heritage, as her father always told her : "Yon sèl lang se janm ase" - rougly translating to "one language is never enough".

"Did you write 'cooking the best jambalaya in Illea' as a special skill?" Calder asked, as he leaned over reading over her form.

"Just 'cooking and knitting' Calds, and that's about it." Isadora said, as she reviewed her form. Her full name- Isadora Fanchon LaRoux, her height and weight-6'3" and 134 lbs (well, the last time she checked), hair and eye color- both brown, languages spoken, and her special skills.

"Gotta go to work now, they asked me to come to work early today- maybe for a promotion." Calder said as he walked towards the door, giving a pat on the back to both Isadora and their father, giving one last smile before being gone from their sight.

"I think you've got a good chance of getting Selected this time, darlin'." her father said as he kissed the top of her head.

"And I think I've got to go to work now, gotta go to the hall and submit this application." Isadora said as she stood up and straightened her blue long sleeved shirt and attempted to fix her hair-which already started frizz due to the heat outside their home , by putting some purple hibiscus flowers in it.

"Le monstre frisottis lavi! (the frizz monster lives!)" Isadora joked around referring to her hair in French - the frizz monster she called herself.

Her father bellowed in laughter as he smiled and corrected her french "Le monstre de frissotis est vivant! You mixed up French-Creole and French again, Isa!" he laughed.

"It's the thought that counts," she said as she took the form from the table as she headed out for the door and headed towards the town hall- which was luckily just 3 minutes away from the construction site she was working at. Since it was pretty early- around 8 AM- there wasn't much of a line yet- or even a line at all as she went through the doors and asked the information office where the pictures were being taken this year. The girl in the office directed her straight through the hallway where the processing office was, exactly the same place where it was last year.

"There isn't even a line," Isadora remarked as she walked towards the processing office. She was greeted by middle aged woman sitting down while sorting out a whole pile of papers.

"Hi there, I'd like to submit my form." She notice the bored expression of the woman at the desk, and decided to strike up a conversation.

"So, there isn't really a line here, huh." she asked, looking around the office.

"Yeah, usually really quiet here in the morning." she replies as she places all the forms into a drawer. "A lot of girls actually are pretty scared to join this year since the huge attack on the palace that killed the Prince and his son, not to mention the remaining Selected." she added as Isadora handed her form to the woman.

"This is just between you and me," she takes a moment to read her name on the form,"-Isadora, but I heard that the Selected this year are going to learn so many more things than just being a princess." she whispers, looking sideways checking if anyone was eavesdropping on them . "My son, he's a guard at the palace, and there are adjustments in their training center- rigged to accommodate more people and there are these two instructors coming there. If I were you-"

"Excuse me!" a high pitched voice interrupted their conversation, a girl, much tinier than Isadora, pushed right past her and spoke to the lady. "I'm Georgina Tiana Upland," she says as she pushes her sunglasses up to her hair to show her face "Of the upper Uplands- the Upland as in the Governor of the Province." she flips her black bone straight hair back at the woman as she hands her form to the lady at the desk.

Isadora was taken aback a little by the interruption, but she pasted on a smile and tapped the girl's shoulder. "Hey there, Georgie," she says as Georgina turns her attention to Isadora. "I'm afraid that I was here first." she continues as Georgina shrugs. "I'm pretty sure you understand the concept of lines, right?" Isadora asks in the calmest voice she could conjure, adding a little humor to her voice to lighten up the girl's mood. Isadora really couldn't judge the girl right away- she could be in a hurry and thought I was done with getting my picture taken right? She asks herself internally.

Georgina just blinks for a moment until she steps aside, blushing against her pale skin tone. "Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry!" she exclaims, embarrassed, as Isadora steps ahead. "No, it's fine." Isadora assures as the woman at the desk calls the photographer over as he adjusts his camera. Isadora notices the girl-Georgina, bouncing a bit on her heels as the photographer was still setting up his camera.

"Now, where are my manners? Isadora Fanchon LaRoux, put her there!" Isadora remarks as she extends her hand to Georgina. "Georgina Tiana Upland," the smaller girl replies, shaking the taller girls hand. "Um, the governor's daughter and uh.. Student." she adds with a smile. Isadora concluded that she's a two, her dad being the governor and all.

"So what are you studying?" Isadora asked as the photographer took a few shots and adjusted its setting.

"Musical Theater, planning on moving to Labrador to work there and study" Georgina smiled.

"Oooo, a singer! Not much of a singer myself, so I have mad respect for singers!" Isadora says as she explains, earning a giggle from Georgina. She thought Georgina looked like a princess, sweet and petite, with her dark hair and large emerald green eyes.

"Miss LaRoux, time for your picture." the photographer says as Isadora walks over to the background, ready for her picture to be taken. "Alright, smile ,miss." the photographer said as Isadora smiled, the thought of an adventure like traveling to Angeles and meeting a Prince- he wasn't at all bad looking based on when she saw him sometimes on posters or on the television in a friend's house (since her family didn't own a television).

When she was done, she passed Georgina giving her a thumbs up while Georgina mouthed "Good Luck" to her. Isadora just smiled and waved good bye as she went out of the office and directly went straight ahead to the construction site she worked at.


A/N: Surprise! We have another author's note down here! (Cause I honestly love talking so much lol) Anywhos, come and check out the pinterest board which you can find using the link tinyurl dot com /queenstrial !

On a similar matter, I was thinking of expanding the board and inviting people (who are interested) in pinning Selection-y stuff on The Queenstrial board. I've come across the ultimate Selection SYOC board-goals aka The Selected Twins Board on pinterest by shadeslayersprinces111 and I really want to start pinning stuff like super pretty dresses and stuff and character's style and I'm really hyped on doing that, but I don't think I can do that alone, hence I'm recruiting all of you to join the board!

I'd definitely would love to hear from you (through review or PM) if you'd be pinterested (ba dum tsssssss) in joining! I'd love to add you as a collaborator for the board! :D Check me out through the username : thesparklyjewel :3

Okay, and on the updating schedule, I think I'll try posting two chapters every week or possibly a chapter every 4 days, so yeap, that's about it

Face Claims:

Daniela Cortez - Elizabeth Grimaldo

Isadora LaRoux - Andrea Brooks (Youtuber Name: AndreasChoice)

Virtual Cookies for those who can get the two references to two books turned musicals in this chapter (one reference per musical)!

Okay, I swear this is the end of this A/N

~*Sparky Out*~