Hey! I'm Rose Belle, or Rose. This is my SYOC that I've been meaning to write, so I do it now, when I have lots of homework and quite a few tests coming up that I should most definitely study for, but whatever. Procrastination is the best.

There's lots of things to cover, so I'm sorry if this first 'chapter' seems a bit scatterbrained. I'm going to try to keep it as organized as possible.

First things first:

A bit of backstory:

For sixteen years, New France and Illea were at war over trading rights with New Asia. A year ago, they finally ended it, with Illea getting the trading rights. As an insurance to try and keep another war from happening, New France suggested that they 'trade' a royal from each kingdom. New France sends a royal to Illea, and Illea sends one to New France.

During the war, the king spent money carelessly, and now the kingdom is having to suffer from it.

It's been a year since the trade, and Illea is slowly, but surely, recovering from the war. The kingdom is wounded, and the king wants to host a Selection to help heal it.

Cast of Characters:

Crown Prince Noah Xavier Julius Schreave: Noah is twenty years old. Growing up in a time of war, you'd think it would mature him into being a good leader and careful spender. But instead, it seems to have done the opposite. He spends money carelessly, and does what he wants, when he wants. He doesn't seem to care about anyone but himself. Half the country seems to loathe him for his recklessness, and the other half seems to love him for his 'whatever' attitude. {Faceclaim: Tom Holland}

Princess Isabella Delilah Francesca Schreave: Isabella is twenty-five years old, and is the polar opposite of her brother. In the trade, she was sent to France. She took it all in a graceful manner, and humbly went without a fight. She is very kind, and misses her family dearly. She is, in every way, the perfect princess. The country also has mixed feelings for her. Some think she's the perfect princess, whereas others think she wanted to go to France and hate her for living with the enemy. {Faceclaim: Emma Watson}

Queen Delilah Georgia Schreave: Delilah was a five before the Selection, and loved to play the piano. Although she is quiet, she loves to hold parties full of extravagant food and loves to play piano. The country loves her and sees her as one of them because she was a five, even though she can be held accountable for part of the spending. {Faceclaim: Carice Van Houten}

King Julius Charles Arthur Schreave: Julius is a very boisterous man. He loves to hold parties, and loves people. Truly, he does care for his kingdom- he just doesn't exactly know how to manage it. He holds great parties- all the time. The upper castes love him because he'll favor him, and the lower castes hate him because he spends carelessly. {Faceclaim: Robert Downey Junior}

Princess Esme Paris Celeste Reigna: Esme, at age seventeen, is the French royal whom lives in Illea. She misses her home very much, and is angry at her mother for sending her away. Esme is a socialite, and is constantly out and about, going to this party and that. Her and Queen Delilah clash a lot, because Delilah doesn't like Esme's wild, out of control parties, and is trying to get Esme to be more tame. Delilah also thinks that Esme is a bad influence on Noah- when it's actually the other way around. The country hates her, seeing her as the enemy. They also suspect there might be something going on between her and Noah. {Faceclaim: Scarlett Leithold}

Crown Princess Dominique Camille Ella Reigna: Dominique is the heir to the French throne, and lives in France. She's twenty-four, and her and Isabella get along very well. She's very cold hearted, and uses her head, not her heart. {Faceclaim: Marina Laswick}

Queen Camille Celeste Ella Reigna: Camille is the queen of France, and is a great leader. She loves her daughters, but puts the country over them, leading her daughters to resent her. She is loved by her people, but not by Illea. {Faceclaim: Scarlett Johansson}

Okay... I think that's it, for now. The link to the form and my Pinterest account (where I'll have all the boards) are below. I'll try to have the actual first chapter up later on today. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I'll have the links on my profile, and please, please read the rules before you start to fill out the form. (copy and paste the links, deleting the spaces)

Pinterest: www. pinterest rosebelle03wr /

Form: docs. google document /d / 1pcBu6PtVOx9Z0HMF3TSlq1f34IVtBiEw9CexyZ1jEok /edit ? usp = sharing

Also, I won't be updating this story every week. I have school, and cross-country (practice and/or meets every day except Sunday, so I'm a tad bit busy), and I hang out with friends a lot. But I promise I'm not going to abandon this story. I'll be with it to the end, even if it goes to fifty chapters. It might take six months, or six weeks, depending on how much homework I have (it's not going to take six weeks), but I won't abandon this story.

Also, I'll have lots of questions throughout the story, so please stay tuned for those. I know the form looks long and daunting, but it's mostly just bracketed stuff of me explaining what I want for each question.

Thanks for reading this disaster of a first chapter, and please, stick around for the next one, which I'll try to have soon!