Disclaimers: I still don't own them, but I am borrowing them. I promise to put them back when I am done. They will be unharmed, and they will have had fun.

Fandom: DWP

Rating: R

Chapter 4

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Andrea started to walk up the stairway that lead to her bedroom and pushed the bedroom door open and found Lilly packing her belongings. Andy placed her journal as well as the blanket she used down by the lake on a bench at the foot of her bed. Elizabeth turned and smiled towards her daughter. Andy watched her mother laided out the purple dress that her friend Douglas designed for her. " Darling , I had Lilly draw you a bath. I will help you get dress once you have finished with your bath . We have almost finished packing .I will put your writing desk in your trunk as well as you journals." Andy nodded her head and turned to walk out of her bedroom and down the hall to a smaller room that her mother had set up so they could take baths.

Andy walked into the small bathroom and walked over to the claw foot bathtub. and reached down to check the temperature of the water with her hand. Andy reached over and added a few of her favorite bath salts. After Andy finished adding the bath salts. She walked over to a chair and started to disrobe. Andy laided her dressing gown on the back of the chair and started to remove her under things .once Andy was finished getting undressed she walked over and pinned her hair up in a messy bun so it wouldn't get wet while she soaked in the bath. Andy padded back over and slipped her foot into the water and then slipped her body into the hot water and sat back with a sigh .

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Elizabeth watched as her daughter walked out of the room. she started to look around her daughter's room. It was going to be hard knowing Andréa wasn't just up stairs in her room writing . They were going to miss Andréa. But it was for the best. Andréa would get to do and see thing that she should would otherwise never get to do. Elizabeth turned and walked towards the steps that lead to her bedroom. she need to get dressed as well and find the necklace the Queens mother gave her when she became her lady in waiting.

Andy reached over and picked up a large towel that was sitting on the small ledge and started to dry off and slipped into her dressing gown. after Andy was in her dressing gown she started to walk back towards her bedroom. Andy pushed the door open and found her mother had laided out her under things and the purple dress with the dark purple ribbons. This was the dress she was to wear. It was hanging on the dress rack next to the window. After Andy finished putting on her undergarments she walked over to the small table where her powder and makeup sat waiting for her . Andy turned when she heard a noise coming from the hallway. There was a knock on her door. Andy smiled it had to be her friend Lilly. " you may enter ." Andy smiled as Lilly came to stand next to her. "Your mother ask me to help you with your hair. She is getting ready and will be up in a few minutes to help you finish getting dressed ."

Lilly Reached up and took the pins out of Andy's hair. Lilly reached over and picked up Andy's hair brush and started to brush her long dark hair until it shined . She then started to put Andy hair up in a elegant French twist. She left a few loose strings of hair along her neck and on both side of her face so she could curl the loose strands of hair into ringlets. Lilly stood back happy with her work.

Andy smiled and turned her head to get a good look at her hair . " thank you Lilly." Lilly smiled and curtsied . "You are welcome lady Andréa ." Lilly turned and walked out of Andy bedroom. She was going to make sure all of Andy trunks were load on the carriages that would be leaving for the castle.

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Andy stood in front of the floor length mirror and looked at her reflection. she was surprised that she looked so different. Andy turned to look towards her mother. she could see the unshed tears in her mother's eyes .she could see hope and even fear. Andy walked over to her mother and wrapped her arms around her and hugged her tightly.

" mother, you know I will only be three miles away. I am sure you can come and visit me." Elizabeth sighed and hugged her only daughter .Andy leaned back and looked into her mother's eyes . Elizabeth reached up and cupped her daughter's face .

" darling, you need to understand something. when you are the Queen's lady in waiting you have to stay with her at all times. your father and I can come to castle and visit . but I am afraid you won't be coming home during the holidays." Elizabeth raised her hand to stop Andy from speaking.

"once you have been in the queens service for a full year you will be allowed time to visit with your family. there will be other lady's in waiting to help you with your duties . but you have to understand you will be taking care of the queen. you will be the only person who is allowed to dress the queen each morning and you will style her hair as well as help her apply her makeup and powder. once you get use to your duties she will allow you to see us and spend time with us here at the manor "

Andy nodded her head she understood. but she didn't know how she was going to handle not see her parents for a year.

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Andy stood in her room looking over to where her desk and her bookcases once stood .it was going to be strange to leave her childhood home and start a new life but she was going to enjoy the change . Andy turned and picked up her cloak and walked out of her childhood bedroom . Andy walked out the front door of the manor and walked over to the royal carriage. Andy smiled and walked over to her father and gave him a hug and waved to Lilly and Nate and entered the carriage where she found her mother and lord Nigel already seated . Andy sat next to her mother and waved to her father and her friends as the royal carriage started to make it way towards the castle.

Andy looked out of her carriage window as they started to draw closer to the castle that would be her home. she looked at the stone wall that stretched out over the countryside .she could see the outline of the castle .the twin towers on each corner and the flags were flying in the slight breeze of early spring. The countryside was covered in spring flowers and children were playing among the flowers as she had when she was a child. The royal carriage made the turn to enter the castle gates. Andy turned and look out of her window and looked up and could see the royal flags flying. the royal flags where cerulean blue with a white dragon in the center of the flag .Andy sat back as the carriage made it way toward the stone step in front of the royal castle. She watches the people moved about their daily lives buying and selling fruit and meat and bread in the local market. she saw young children playing in front of their small homes.

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The royal carriage turned and come to a stop in front of another set of gates that had the royal seal and the letter P with a white dragon in the middle of the royal seal. The gates opened slowly and they enter a larger courtyard with a fountain in the middle and flowers on each side. The carriage came to a stop in front of the stone stairway that led to the castle. the door to the carriage was opened and Andy was helped down by a foot man. Andy stepped down and turned to looked around at the stone front and the columns that line the front entrance of the castle. Andy turned around and waited for her mother and lord Nigel to join her. lord Nigel stepped forward and spoke to the royal footman .

" please take lady saxton luggage to her rooms ." the footman bowed and turned to leave .

" lady's if you will follow me I will take you to your room's." Andy and her mother both nodded their heads and followed Nigel though the castle. Emily was waiting for them in front of two large wooden double doors that lead to the Queens private chambers. Andy couldn't help but stare at the doors . they were carved with a dragon in flight . it was a scene that Andy would never forget. the dragon was flying in a grass cover glen with a castle in the background. Andy felt her mother walk up beside her and take her arm .

" come along darling, it wouldn't do to keep the Queen waiting."

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