Aurora sighed and tired tears ran down her cheeks. She hadn't gotten much sleep the night before since she was still shaken up from what happened yesterday night. Her maiden woke her up gently at 5AM where they readied her bath. It did not take as long as it did the last time but it was still just as wonderful. At first, she wondered why she had to get up so early, the truth was, after her bath and her hair was done up in a high, tight bun with long silver pins sticking it all together she was to begin getting dressed in her ceremonial dress. There were so many parts to the dress they brought out three boxes and Aurora swore he knees felt a little achy and her shoulders slouching a bit.
"A priestess must always keep her posture in good form." Said the queen, coming up behind Aurora and placing her hand on the back, making her stand up straighter.
"I'm sorry." Aurora apologized with a silly grin on her face.
"It's quite alright." said the queen.

As one maiden opened the first box another took Aurora's bathrobe and placed it to the side on a chair. Again she was naked and felt uncomfortable. How much more of this? Thought Aurora.
"Don't worry," said the queen. "You won't have to stand here like this for very much longer, I promise." the queen told her this as if she could hear Aurora's thoughts.
The two maidens walked up to her and put black tights on her. She then lifted up her arms and put on the first part of the dress: a red rob that reached to her ankles and was tightly wrapped around her and a little see-through. The youngest maiden grabbed out what looked like a skirt, long and red to match the rob and tied it up over belly button then took out another rob, or at least it looked like one only it was sleeveless and blue with white cranes painted on to it and reached just above her ankles. Aurora was a little more relaxed now that she was covered.

Her outfit was beginning to poof out they continued to pull out material. Once they got to the second box Aurora had it down. Instead of trying to help she just stood there and let the maidens work their magic. In the second box was the heavier material: a black dress with strings in the back to tie down her boobs, making it feel like a corset. The sleeves on the dress were long and reached halfway to her palms. The bottom of the dress though went pass the rest of the outfit and to her feet. She was starting to feel hot now.
"Can someone open the windows? I feel a little warm," explained Aurora.
The queen nodded to this. "Of course." she got up and opened them herself, letting in a cool breeze. "How does everything fit?" asked the queen.
"G-good..." Said Aurora as one of the maidens tightened the last bit of the back.
The queen chuckled a little. "It'll get easier," she told Aurora.

The last thing to come out of the second back was another red rob that was just as long only it was far bigger and there was no tying needed, only a quick wrap around and a little red string to hold it all together. Aurora was beginning to feel like she was getting dressed in a kimono...Only it was Asgardian style. Finally came the last box. When the maidens opened it they pulled out a large blue satin dress with more white cranes painted on to it only they were holding white flowers in their beaks and some of the petals looked as if they were flying off, giving the dress a graceful look. As they put it on Aurora the satin dress was heavier than it looked and it weighed her down a bit but she kept her posture straight so long as the queen was in the room. Aurora did not look like a fool in front of her. One of the maidens then took the liberty of tying the front of the dress together. The dress was tied to look as if there were three large stars going down the front of the dress. The sleeves of the dress reached just above the red rob she had put on just before so the pattern of the dress was blue, red, black and then red again.
"Try walking to the chair to sit down." said the youngest picking up some black boots sitting over by the bed. The maiden slipped them on to Aurora's feet and laced them up.
"We are done here, miss." Said the oldest maiden.
Aurora sighed, or rather she tried and had to take an extra breath.
"Not quite," said the queen and she walked right up to Aurora, just standing a little taller than she and held out a pouch where she pulled out a pair of gold pearls and put them in Aurora's ears. She then took out a black choker with a white cameo of a flower on it and placed that around her neck. "Now you are done." the queen smiled.
"Thank you so much." Aurora smiled, feeling the pearls and then the choker. She stood up feeling the air return to her. As long as she stood straight she was able to breathe normally but, was she going to complain to the others how she was really felt about the dress? No. If this was how it supposed to be there was no point in complaining. It would just make her look like a brat…probably.

Aurora was then taken to the throne room and there she saw Odin. This was where she would learn how to walk properly and exchange the correct words to Odin in order to become a priestess. By this time the queen was gone, taking charge of certain matters while Odin did this with Aurora. Everyone was so busy getting ready for this; she could even smell the food being prepared and Aurora remembered what Sif had told her when was feast was being prepared. It would go on for at least three days. She sighed, taking her first step towards Odin. She felt her back straight at all times and stepped as lightly as she could with the boots weighing down on her feet. She wished she had slippers because she knew that after a few hours these boots would start killing her feet and this dress was going to get a lot hotter once people started showing up.

When Aurora got up to Odin, his weary eyes looking down at her he spoke the words, "You have come here, to us, to Asgard, for a very important reason: to become our priestess, to be a beacon of hope in our eyes." he then waited, taking a breath. "Do you swear, Aurora...take this obligation of becoming a Priestess?"
One of the maidens whispered into Aurora's ears. "I swear."
Odin placed a hand on Aurora's right shoulder and said, "Aurora Brady...I hereby pronounce you priestess!" he sighed. "That is all..."
Aurora looked surprised. "R-really?"
Odin nodded. "Yes. Just remember to wait a little after. There is something I will give you after the speech. Now, if you will excuse me, I must take action in the council meeting. Well done, Aurora."

Aurora was left in the throne room with her maidens, she wasn't sure what to do and she was tired of standing. She walked over to some steps and planted her bottom right on them. She took a few breaths before hearing the echoing footsteps of someone entering the throne room. Aurora perked up her head, thinking it might be another maiden or maybe Odin, thinking he might have forgotten to tell her something but, it wasn't. She felt butterfly's in her stomach when she saw Loki come into the room.
He gave her a bow with his head. "Uh..." Aurora felt a little embarrassed. "No need to do that. I'm not priestess yet. And I'm certainly not a princess, so please...there is no need for that." she gave him a quick, little smile and looked down at her pretty dress before saying to her maidens. "You may leave us," she told them and off they went, slowly leaving the throne room.

Loki glanced back at them and then looked down at Aurora. "My...that's quite a dress." he raised a brow and grinned.
"Is that sarcasm?" Aurora asked, returning the grin.
Loki shook his head slightly. "No. Not at all." he took a seat next to her.
"Thank you..." Aurora told him.
"For what?" Loki asked.
"For saving me," she said. Loki said nothing. "Ugh! I hate these boots!" she reached down and pinched her toes trying to return some of the feeling in them. "Why did they have to put these boots on me?" she wined.
Loki looked at her, his body slightly turned toward her. "Boots too tight?" Aurora nodded. "Allow me," said Loki, standing up and then kneeling down at her feet.
"W-what are you doing?" she asked.
"They hurt your feet, right?" Aurora nodded. "Then allow me," he said again and started unlacing her boots and slipping them off her feet and setting them to the side. "May I?" he asked, his hands looking as if he were about to touch her feet. When Aurora nodded, giving him the go he started rubbing her feet. The heat from his hands feeling good and the rubbing of his thumbs on top of her feet felt even better. She then gave out a short cry as Loki popped one of her toes.
"Ah...T-that felt good." she laughed a little. "Keep going," she told him and he did, popping every single toe, leaving Aurora to laugh after every single pop.
"You find this amusing?" Loki asked her.
"It...it hurts...but it tickles, too." She giggled.
Loki smirked a little. "You are strange, Aurora Brady," Loki told her, standing up now.
"Am I?" she asked. "How so?"
Loki looked at her for a while and then said. "You are not afraid to be improper. You speak your mind and the way you see things are different as well."

Aurora slouched a little, taking another breath. "Did you expect anything less out of me?"
"Yes," he said, not skipping a beat.
Aurora shrugged. "No surprise there, I guess."
Loki then held out a hand and told her to stand up. Once he pulled her up, feeling the weight of the dress pull her down he said, "You do slouch too much."
"Am I that obvious?" she asked.
"To me you are," he told her truthfully. "If you are going to become a Priestess of Asgard you must learn the part and by doing so you must learn how to present yourself properly. None of this slouching, it's degrading."
"And you know this how?" she asked him.
"I know more than you think I know, Aurora." he lifted his arm a bit and told her to loop her arm in his.
"It's a little hard to walk in this dress," she told him honestly.
"Does not matter now. You're going to learn now. I'm surprised your so-called maidens haven't taught you yet. So much help they are."

As they walked, Aurora kept a good hold on Loki's arm. Once in a while, she would look up at him, seeing how much taller he was than her. Her head barely reached to his shoulders. As he looked straight ahead, talking to her, telling her what to do and what not to do (he was good at doing that) Aurora kept her gaze on him, his words becoming a blur and his face becoming even more attractive.
"Do you understand?" Loki asked as he looked down at her.
Her eyes got a little wide and she nodded. "Perfectly," she answered him. She then slipped and Loki caught her just in time, his left arm behind her back, supporting her. Damn slippery floor and tights!" she cursed.
Loki helped her to her feet and clicked his tongue at her. "A priestess should never use profanity."
Aurora rolled her eyes. "I told you, I'm not A Priestess yet, so I'll say whatever I like till then." She grinned.
"Fair enough," Loki told her, grinning back.

Oooh!
Is Loki being nice?
He's got something planned.
I don't trust this dude...