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I present: Coat of All Furs
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Many suns and moons ago, the great King and the elegant Queen of Magyar announced the birth of the Princess Erzsébet. It was a joyful time for it was a long time that the Kingdom went without an heir. Erzsébet grew into a lovely Princess of Magyar but her pastime were rather...interesting. She and Prince Kiku of Japan and Princess Mei of Taiwan often got together and gushed over something called "yaoi" and the royal doctors were curious as to how the young teens got so many nosebleeds.
A cold winter day, the Queen died and the King, sick with grief, agreed to marry again; only to a lady like the dead Queen. Much to the agony of Erzsébet, she was the only one who fit the description of such a lady.
However Erzsébet was a clever girl and planned a way to get out of the marriage.
She was going to run away to the Kingdom of Austria but she would need a disguise or she would never make it across the Austrian-Magyar border.
'What should I disguise myself as? It cannot be a simple peasant they will recognize me and speed up the wedding.' It was as Erzsébet was scheming, it was at that moment a large black bear walked across the castle grounds by the woods.
"A bear?"
A plan began to form in Erzsébet's brilliant mind.
"Thank you Sir Bear. You were very helpful." She smiled.
The next day, Princess Erzsébet refused to marry until she had a dress as red as blood spilt for the fatherland, a dress as white and pure as freedom, a dress as green as the farmlands and the fields, and finally, a coat made of fur and feather of any creature in the land.
It slowed down the wedding but alas, all dresses and the, um, coat-thing, were given to Erzsébet. There was no avoiding it. She would be married to her father the next day and so she had to escape that night.
She threw on the fur and feathers and slinked out of the castle undetected. They should really get better security, I mean, really? Stupid plot holes.
Erzsébet fled and was thankful that she spend her childhood with a stupid albino that had so much energy. Eventually, she was tired and so she looked around and deemed a grove of Edelweiss safe enough to sleep and she slept she did.
She woke to a warm kiss on her nose and she stirred.
"Boof."
"What?"
Erzsébet was face to face with a black German Shepherd puppy. He looked at her like she was his mother.
"Boof."
"Max? Max!" the urgency in the male's voice compelled Erzsébet to fill with compassion for him.
"Bark."
"Are you Max?" she asked, rubbing the puppy's ears.
"Woof."
"Max! There you are you OH MY LORD! Forgive my atrocious manners. I did not expect to see someone of your, uh, looks in the… Are you lost?"
He was cute in a dorky way. He had confused violet eyes and Erzsébet decided then and there that she would go to war for this boy.
"Yes. Where am I?" She asked sweetly.
"You are in Austria. I can help get a job in the castle if you wish."
AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
Erzsébet was going to die from his cuteness.
….
About a year later, after Prince Roderich got "Fluffy" a job in the palace kitchens, his father told him that there was to be three balls in hopes that he picks a wife. Roderich didn't want to pick a wife. He wanted to play the piano.
So that is what he did the entire first two hours of the ball; he played the piano and ignored everyone. Well, most everyone. He could not seem to take his eyes off Her.
She was so...so...indescribable.
Her red skirt looked as if it was dyed in blood and her black vest contrasted beautifully with her white blouse. Her long brown curls were down and though she looked a peasant, she was the most beautiful woman in the room.
Oh her eyes, they held the universe and Roderich was lost in her gaze. Roderich stood up and he heard all conversation cease to exist. Everyone in the room stared at Roderich and the woman but Roderich didn't care about them; he cared only for the lovely woman in front of him. Oh her eyes were greener that any green he had ever seen.
Roderich bowed and she curtsied.
Music played and the two danced. Each of them lost in their own little world of each other.
Roderich took one of the flowers from one of the vases and weaved in her soft brown hair. Then she disappeared.
"Where did she go?" Roderich shook his cousin Gilbert desperately.
"I don't know. Why?"
"She stole my heart."
…
The next night, Roderich played the piano. He refused to dance with any woman that was not the thief of his heart. Gilbert called him stubborn.
Then lo, she appeared out of nowhere like the angel that she is.
She wore a white dress with flower trimming and her brown curls were pulled up into a braided bun. Was she trying to look like a bride or was that it the freedom that she it seemed like she had when Roderich looked at her? Roderich once again stood up and walked towards her. His legs shaking as he saw the free woman smiling at him. Oh her eyes beckoned him to her and he was lost in her siren call.
They waltzed into the night and Roderich was determined to know her name.
He was pulled away by his cousin for some trivial matter and when he turned back to the lady of his dreams, she was gone.
…
The next night, Roderich had checked and double checked that the ring was in his pocket. He was going to ask her tonight and he would finally be with her for the rest of their lives.
He dug throughout the royal jewels looking for the perfect ring. It was silver with intricate tiny knots and swirls. No diamond could have possibly made it look finer and yet it had an independent of its own. Roderich even found a ring for himself to match the nameless beauty.
Roderich stood on the steps, searching every face for the lovely brunette.
Sunset, moonrise and still no sign of her.
Roderich sat on the steps of the palace and gazed at the stars. They shone brightly but not even close to the light in her green eyes.
The click of heels shook Roderich's from his thoughts and he turned to reprimand the servant or Gilbert from trying to get him to socialize when he stopped.
It was her!
She came!
She wore a green dress that made her look so adorable. Just her presence made him weak at the knees.
"There is a Viennese Waltz playing, if you want to dance that is." Oh her voice was music to his ears and for a picky musician, her voice was lovelier than his grand piano.
They waltzed under the light of the moon and the stars with faint music in the distance. Roderich plucked a flower off of the vines and placed it behind her ear. She blushed and looked away, while she was distracted, Roderich slipped the ring on her finger.
"Though I do not know know name and we have only seen each other for three nights, I feel as if-
"I must leave! Now!" she lifted her skirts and raced down the steps. She nearly tripped at the second to last step and her green slipper was left behind.
Roderich picked up the slipper and stared off like a love-struck fool.
Erzsébet was scrubbing dishes as "Fluffy" when Lilli, Natalia, and Michelle were giggling about how Evelyn said that she overheard Anichka telling Marie that Prince Roderich saying that he would marry the woman who wore his grandmother's ring.
Lilli and Michelle were gushing about how romantic it was and Erzsébet nodded along until she realized that there was a metal band around a very special finger.
"Fluffy, are you alright?" Marie placed her hand on her furry shoulder.
It was then that Erzsébet realized she was frozen.
"I am fine. Don't worry about me." She went on with scrubbing the dishes.
…
Roderich was feeling glum and Gilbert was not helping one bit.
"Are you sure she is real?"
"Yes!"
"I am pretty sure that I saw you dancing with yourself. After all someone as awesome as me would know if a pretty lady was real."
"She is real you blithering idiot. She is more real than that Marguerite girl from Canada you keep talking about."
Gilbert turned a deep pink. Oh he was starting to get mad. "Her name is Madeleine and she is from Canada you-"
"Your Majesty," a guard ran into the throne room. He leaned over and grasped his knees while he gasped for breath. He stood up again and groaned.
"What news do you bring?" Roderich asked impatiently.
"The woman you danced with, she is here but she wants to know if you will marry her. No matter what she looks like."
Roderich blinked. "What does she mean? I love her and I don't care what she looks like. I want to marry her if she will have me.
"Very well. I shall show her in."
The guard jogged back and Gilbert and Roderich waited five long minutes. When the guard returned, Fluffy was with him.
"This thing claims to have been the one that danced with you."
"Will you keep your word?" Fluffy had a soft voice that Roderich liked.
"I will. If you will have me."
Birds flew through the open windows and and began to carry off bits and pieces of fur. By the time the frenzie was over and the feathers had settled on the floor, the beautiful woman dressed in red was standing where Fluffy was.
"Hello Prince Roderich, my name is Princess Erzsébet of Magyar and I am very pleased to meet you."
'This was the lost Princess of Magyar!'
"Hello Princess Erzsébet, I am Prince Roderich of Austria and I would be honored if you would be my wife."
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