Author's Note: The visual for the dress, and hair, can be seen in several scenes from a Princess Allura video on Youtube. It is the one titled 'What Does a Princess Wish For' and the music is to 'My Wish'. Thank you to Spacemouse 234 for originally posting it on the Voltron Force Forum.
The Next Morning
Allura woke up at 9:30am, and got going. After she had come upstairs last night, she had left a message for Dorcas, not to disturb her until 10:00am. She had her shower done, and clothes laid out when Dorcas came in to help her. She was surprised that the Crown Princess was already showered, and sitting in her dressing gown.
She looked at Her Highness sitting there, and said "I beg your pardon, I could have been here sooner, if you had wanted." Allura looked at her, and said "No, this is fine. I've laid out my clothes already, so if you can help me with my hair, we will be set."
Dorcas looked at her, and said "Your Highness, you have washed your hair and not straightened it; it will be too curly!" Dorcas said, thinking about how the Princess liked her hair. Allura looked at her and said "I want my hair curly and loose. Let's do a small braid off either side, and then pull the whole top part up, and let the rest be loose." Dorcas sighed and said "Yes, Your Highness, I can do that. What do you want to do about the pieces that are going to curl around your face?"
Allura knew exactly what she wanted, and said to Dorcas "Just do my hair, and it will be fine!" Dorcas looked at her, and wondered what was going on with the Princess. After she had done her hair, and put her cornet in, she went to go get the dress that Her Highness had selected.
Dorcas was surprised when she saw the dress that the Crown Princess had laid out. It was the fluffiest confection in Her Highness' wardrobe. It was pink, with light pink decorations and a full skirt. The ruffled collar was comprised of huge, white organza ruffles, with the same ruffles being repeated in the trim at the ¾ sleeves.
By now Dorcas had to wonder what was going on with the Princess. When the pink dress had been delivered two months earlier, Her Highness had dismissed with the comment "I don't need to look like a meringue!" All of a sudden, thought Dorcas, the Princess seemed to be going for the most girly, feminine look she could come up with.
Dorcas had been concerned the last couple of days, over the Princess' behavior. She was wondering if it was connected to her boyfriend. Dorcas was hoping that the Princess had come to her senses and dropped the unsuitable man. As Dorcas was thinking those thoughts, there was knock on the door and she went to answer it.
"Your Ladyship, good morning." Dorcas said and let her in. Larmina had wanted to talk to her Aunt last night, but she had gone to bed early. She planned it carefully, so that she could talk to her about Pidge. Allura smiled at her, and said "What is going on?" Larmina looked at Dorcas, and then said to Allura "I wanted to see how you were doing."
Allura understood what Larmina wanted, and she said to Dorcas "Thank you for your help Dorcas. Why don't you get going, and I'll have Lady Larmina help me with my dress." Dorcas was not surprised at the Princess' comment, rather suspecting that Her Ladyship had come to talk to her Aunt. She thought 'maybe she can get to the bottom of what is going on.'
Once Dorcas had left Larmina said to her Aunt "Do I need to kill Pidge?" Allura looked at her and said "What are you talking about?" Larmina explained "I once told him that if he ever did anything to make you unhappy, I would kill him in a very painful way." Allura smiled at her niece, and said "No, you don't. Everything will be fine, and that is all you need to know."
Larmina laughed and said "Well, I'm glad to hear that! I bet Pidge will be happy too." Allura looked at her and said "What are you talking about?" Larmina looked at her Aunt and said "We were all in the rec room yesterday afternoon, with Pidge and Vince playing chess. Believe it or not, Vince beat Pidge!" Allura looked surprised when Larmina said that.
"He really beat him?" Allura asked, and Larmina replied "Vince told me later that it was like Pidge wasn't even thinking of the game at all!" She watched her Aunt think about that, and then said "Oh, and Lance was really upset with you about Keith's party!" Allura said "I know what he was upset about, and tough! I should have been clearer with him when he first brought it up."
"Well, it has been resolved. Daniel and his sisters are going to plan the party." Allura asked "Which sisters?" Larmina replied "The twins; the ones with the motorcycles? It was funny, Aunt Allura, Daniel was trying to warn Lance how wild they were, and Hunk wanted to know how wild was wild." Allura looked at her and said "What did Daniel say?"
Larmina huffed and said "Lance made them change the discussion because of me, but Daniel told me later." Allura, having heard about the sisters, could only imagine the extra details that Larmina had gotten out of Daniel. Her thoughts were confirmed when Larmina said "I think it will be a fun party, but probably more the kind of party Lance would like, rather than Keith!" Allura said "Well, I'm out of it, and that is all that I care about. Help me with my dress, please!"
When Larmina saw the dress, her eyes widened in surprise! 'Wow' she thought to herself, 'whatever the fight was about it must have been big!' Larmina realized that her Aunt was going to be apologizing to Pidge, which reinforced to her how much her Aunt must love Pidge. She knew that her Aunt was not the type to apologize! She looked over at her Aunt, and noticed her gold hair all soft and curly. Larmina helped her into the pink and white dress, and after fastening it, looked at her Aunt. "You look so pretty!" She told her, thinking privately that Pidge wasn't going to able to resist her.
Allura looked at herself in the mirror, and smiled at what she saw. The dress was very feminine, and the pink looked really sweet on her. She wanted Pidge to know how sorry she was for how she had behaved toward him. Allura hoped that her Father was right, and that Pidge would forgive her. She told Larmina "Thank you for your help! I've got to get going because I have something important to do" Larmina gave her a big grin!
Pidge was down in the Hanger Bay, with Daniel and Vince. He was up by Black Lion's head, adjusting some wiring that was coming loose. He had put Daniel and Vince to work, uploading the new weaponry program into the Lion. Pidge had a presentation scheduled shortly, to show everyone the upgrades he had done to their Lions.
He was focused on the wiring, and not thinking about Allie, which seemed to work best. He was miserable, and missed her more than he thought he would. He knew that he had done it to himself, and gritted his teeth, because he had to see it through to the end. 'If only she wasn't so stubborn' Pidge thought, as he tweaked the wire into place. He was so focused that he didn't hear her come into the Hanger Bay.
Daniel and Vince saw her, and they stood up and said "Hello Princess!" She smiled at them, and Vince, who always noticed what she wore, said "You look very pretty in pink." Pidge heard that, and turned slowly to look down at them. He wanted to groan when he saw her, with her hair all curled, and the pink and white dress. He thought 'she looks like a piece of pink and white candy', and wished he could touch her hair and her!
She smiled up at him and said "Pidge, would you have a couple of minutes to go over some stuff about the solar project?" Pidge answered in a flat voice "Yes Princess, if it is only a couple of minutes; just let me finish here." He turned back around, and finished the wiring. He was thinking to himself 'if she thinks she is going to try to change my mind, it won't work!' Keeping that in mind, he went down to meet her.
When Pidge saw her up close, it took everything not to smile. She was so pretty, and he loved the way she looked in the pink dress, all soft and girly. He was trying not to think about how good she smelled, as he said "Let's go down to my office." He turned to Vince and Daniel, saying in a stern voice "Please finish the upload; I'll only be gone a couple of minutes, and I want it done when I get back." He and the Princess started walking over to his office.
The minute they were gone, Daniel set aside the programming, and pulled out his game console. Vince saw what he did and said "Didn't you hear what he said? We have to have this programming done!" Daniel looked up from his game, and shaking his head said "He's not going to be back for a while!"
Vince looked at him like he had lost his mind, and said "What are you talking about?" Daniel got back to his game, but said "They're going to be making up, and that always takes awhile." Vince was still looking at him, and said "What do you mean making up?" He was starting to process what Daniel was implying. Daniel, who was enjoying stringing Vince along, said "Why do you think we haven't seen the Princess for a couple of days? And why were you able to beat him at chess yesterday?"
Daniel saw that Vince had finally figured out what he was saying. Vince said "You mean Pidge and the Princess are? How did you know?" He was agog at the thought of it. Daniel said "Dude, I have sisters! I know all the signs when a girl is in love. Once I figured that out, it was just a question of figuring out whom! And that didn't take too long! If you know what to look for, you can see that they are nuts over each other."
"Look, they obviously had a fight about something, and weren't talking to each other." Daniel explained, and going on "Now, she is down here all dolled up to talk to Pidge, right?" Vince nodded his head, and Daniel said "She is going to apologize, and they will kiss and make up. It is that part that always takes a while!" Vince looked at Daniel with awe and told him "You're the man!"