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After our full royal party had been greeted we were then all lead up the staircase and into the main hall of Han Imperial Palace. The main hall had a very modern twist to it; instead of the traditional chandeliers there were large white orbs that lit up the room. There were dark oak tables; with large antique vases on them. There were large paintings on the walls of Lonnie's family members – past and present. There were mint green curtains dropping from the ceiling to the floor; and there was a dark green carpet lying along the floors directing us to the many rooms and staircases.
We all then made our way towards the main staircase and we were then shown to the central wing where we were all staying together as a big group. Thankfully we were now given free time to do as we wish; however I knew that I could only relax for so long. As I needed to get ready for our entrance ball with the Emperor and the Empress.
I loved my room at Han Imperial Palace! Or should I say suite. When you opened the main door, you saw a wall of glass windows in front of you; so you could see the immense view of the Great Wall around us when you walked onto the balcony. There were mint green couches situated around a medium sized, dark oak, coffee table; and to the left of it was a large marble fireplace.
On the adjacent wall there was a large tv screen situated on the wall. There were three other doors; one was the joining door to Ben's room, the second was to my walk-in wardrobe and the final door was to my large, white and spacious bathroom.
In the middle of my room there was a large king-sized bed, that was covered in mint green silk sheets. I couldn't wait to just snuggle into bed later; however I knew that we had the entrance ball to go through first. Something that I was looking very much forward to.
After siting and talking aimlessly with Ben in his room I heard his phone go off. I knew that something must be going on due to the confused face when he looked at his phone. I then heard a knock on my bedroom door; so I quickly left Ben's room through the joining door. I then quickly crossed my bedroom to open the door to see a very nervous looking Carlos, Jay and Evie.
"Hey guys" I said slowly as I stepped to one side and let them enter my room.
"Is everything ok?" I asked as I closed the door behind them.
"We don't know" Jay said nervously.
"You have me worried guys" I advised as I sat down on one of the couches in my room.
"Where is Ben?" Evie asked as she sat down next to me.
"Answering a phone call" I advised.
"So what's up?" I prompted. I couldn't lie and say that their concerned faces weren't bothering me. I knew that something was going on; I just hoped that they weren't going to drag it out.
"You do it" Jay said, and I quickly watched as Carlos filled with panic.
"Come on C" I prompted.
"Spit it out" I teased hoping that this would make this situation light hearted enough for Carlos to proceed.
"You know when I recorded our dance routine for ourselves-" he started which made me pull one brow up in confusion.
"Yes?" I asked slowly.
"Well I don't know how it has happened; but it has ended up on the internet" Carlos quickly explained.
"What?" I asked as I started to fill in shock. If our practice video of our dance routine was on the internet, then this was a really big deal. People were going to think that we were evil; all the hard work that we had put in to make sure that people believed that we didn't want to be evil was going to be ruined.
"Yes" Evie said as she pursed her lips together.
"And that is not the only thing" she added.
"It has gone viral" she finished.
"What?" I repeated in shock again. I didn't like this I really didn't! This isn't going to look good when I told the Kingdom about my emotion imbalances. It was going to look like I could turn evil at any point! This was exactly what Queen Leah wanted! I wouldn't be surprised if she turned out to be the cause of this.
"Look" Carlos said, and he quickly showed me his phone. My eyes quickly flew open in shock at the fact that there were already 1,000,000 views on the video.
"How can that have happened?" I asked in panic.
"We are going to get a lot of backlash" I quickly added.
"I can see it coming now" I said, and my mind started to spitefully show me what probably would happen when the backlash started. It didn't matter what we had done in the past to build up our reputations everything was going to crumble around us. The kingdom could even call for Ben to leave me; I felt my stomach start to heave but I felt slightly reassured when I heard the love of my life's voice as he entered the room.
"Hey I thought I heard voices" he said as he walked happily into the room and I watched as he looked at all our glum faces.
"What's wrong?" He quickly asked, and the room fell into an awkward silence.
"Ben you know our practice dance video of Rotten to the Core?" Evie said breaking the silence when no one else would answer Ben.
"Yes" he said.
"It has been leaked" Carlos answered.
"How?" Ben enquired as he pulled one brow up in confusion.
"We don't know I think I have been hacked" Carlos explained.
"That was the only thing taken before I was able to change my passwords" he added as he pursed his lips together.
"But it has done enough damage" Jay sighed as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"How so?" Ben questioned.
"It has gone viral Ben; it has 1,000,000 views" I explained sadly.
"How is this going to look to everyone?" I asked rhetorically.
"Mal don't worry" Ben dismissed as he sat down next to me.
"I have already taken care of it" he admitted as he wrapped his left arm around my shoulders.
"What?" I asked in shock.
"I was actually coming in here to talk about this" he explained.
"That is why my phone just rang" he advised.
"Yes there is mixed reviews of the video; however there was more good than bad" he continued as he started to slowly stoke the back of my right hand in his right hand in a bid to soothe me.
"The kingdom thinks that it is great" he smiled.
"In fact, they think that you are representing your constituency" he finished as he gave us all his trademark smile.
"I don't know how to feel about this" I muttered as I put my head in my hands.
"Me neither" I heard Evie contribute.
"Me as well" Jay added
"Me too" I heard Carlos mutter.
"Stop worrying" Ben dismissed as I looked up slowly at him.
"Yes you are going to be questioned about it; but it was a great dance routine you shouldn't be ashamed of it" he said, and I couldn't help but let a meek smile spread across my face. Of Course Ben was right; we had worked hard on that dance routine; why should we be ashamed of it? We should celebrate it; it was our heritage after all. Even though we had chosen to not be evil anymore.
"Ben's right" I grinned.
"We worked hard on it; and we can deal with anything that might come our way" I said as I looked at Evie, Jay and Carlos and watched as they all smiled at me.
"Yes" Jay smiled as my eyes landed on the large black and silver clock on the wall.
"E" I said slowly.
"Yes?" she questioned.
"Can you help me find my dress?" I asked as I looked over to my many bags that were arranged neatly on the right-hand side of the room.
"I can't remember where it is" I advised as I looked back at her.
"Of course" she smiled.
"Sorry boys you all need to leave; we need to get ready" she teased as she threw Ben, Jay and Carlos a playful glance.
"Ok" Jay said as he and Carlos stood up.
"See you soon" they said together, and I watched as they quickly left the room, closing the door behind them.
"See you soon Princess" Ben said as he pressed a kiss to the top of my head.
"See you Beastie" I said lovingly, and I watched as a large grin spread across his face.
"See you later Evie" Ben smiled as he looked at Evie.
"See you" she replied; and I watched as he walked out of the room. Me and Evie then threw each other an excited glance before we started to walk towards my bags; so we could get ready for our entrance ball in the Great Wall of China. Evie had to go and get her clothes from her room; but it was going to be nice to have some time with my sister - just like the good old days when we used to be in our dorm.
