Chapter 1 Meeting Lorelei
Once upon a time in the kingdom of Enchancia live the royal family. There was King Roland the first, his wife who was the Queen and their children Matilda who is the oldest and was next in line for the throne and their younger son Roland the second. One day Roland and his wife called his two children to the throne room because they wanted to speak to them. "Is everything alright mom and dad? Baileywick said you needed to see us right away" said Matilda. "Yes everything is fine dear. We just wanted to let you children know that we're holding a royal ball in honor of our wedding anniversary next week and who knows maybe the two of you might somebody special" said their father. "Well I don't know about my baby brother here but I'm in no rush to get married" Matilda told her father. "Will you please stop calling me baby brother? Just because I'm your younger brother doesn't mean I'm a baby" Roland told his sister as the two of them began to argue. "That's enough you two. The both of you have grown up and you still bicker like children so stop this at once!" their mother ordered which they obeyed.
After Roland and Matilda stopped fighting their father continue speaking, "Matilda someday I do hope you find somebody that is worthy of you because you're the….." before Roland the first could finish what he was saying he started to cough a bit. Roland's children and his wife become concern for him. "Father are you feeling alright?" asked Roland the second. "I'm fine junior. I just need to relax and take it easy. I'm not as young as I used to be" Roland the first pointed out. "But don't worry about me right now we shall begin preparing for the ball. We've invited many people from different kingdoms and as always I know the two of you will represent the kingdom of Enchancia and welcome our guest with the respect they deserve."
Princess Matilda and Prince Roland the second promised their father to do as he wished as they left to do other things. Later on while Matilda was in the royal library reading her adventure books her brother Roland came in the library. "Matilda can we talk for a moment?" Roland requested. "Sure what's on your mind little baby brother?" asked Matilda. "I'm worried about father. This isn't the first time he has cough like that in front of us. What if he is really sick?" said Roland with a worried tone in his voice. "I understand how you feel Roland. I'm worried about dad as well. However our father told us he is fine and we're just going to have to take his word for it for now. Hopefully that cough is just from a cold and not anything else" Matilda pointed out. Roland and Matilda hoped for the best and as the days went by the whole castle prepared for the king and queen's anniversary ball.
The castle's ballroom was decorated so beautifully and there was even a painting of the king and queen from the day they were married displayed. Soon the guest started coming to the castle and as always whenever there was an event or an important royal meeting with other rulers from the other kingdoms they were greeted by Matilda and Roland. Matilda had forgotten how to greet the king of Freezenburg and Roland noticed it as well. "I got your back Matilda" said Roland as he stepped up and greeted King Henrik. "Thanks Roland. I'm not very good at remembering how to greet all the different kings and queens from the other kingdoms like you" Matilda pointed out. "You're welcome and don't beat yourself so hard about it. It was just something I remembered back from our days at Royal Prep" Roland told his sister. "Who can forget Royal Prep especially our classes. You got one of the highest grades from the class we took of how to greet royal guest" Matilda recalled.
Roland knew his sister was right and helped her out greeting the rest of the guest. After everyone arrived the king and queen's wedding anniversary began. Beautiful music filled the ballroom and everyone was dancing except for Prince Roland who was more interested in getting some jiggly wiggly pudding his favorite dessert. While Roland was eating a young lady approaches him and said, "Hi there is that wiggly jiggly pudding you got in your hand?" Roland looked at the woman who was talking to him and didn't know what to say because he thought she was beautiful. "Yes it is wiggly jiggly pudding. It's my favorite dessert. I'm prince Roland the second nice to meet you" Roland said as he greeted the girl who approached him. "Nice to meet you prince Roland. I'm princess Lorelei from a kingdom nobody knows much about. Wiggly jiggly pudding is my favorite dessert as well and I can tell you really like it since you have a pudding mustache" Lorelei giggled as she handed Roland her tiny mirror for Roland to see his face.
Roland became a bit embarrassed that somebody he just met pointed out that he had a pudding mustache. Roland started to look for a napkin to wipe his face with when Lorelei said, "Here use my handkerchief." Roland took the handkerchief from Lorelei and wiped his face. "Thank you Lorelei here you can have your handkerchief back" Roland said as he was about to return it. "No that's ok you can keep it. I have more so no worries" Lorelei said and just as she was about to walk away Roland said, "Wait don't go. Would you like to dance with me?" requested Roland. "That sounds delightful so yes I will dance with you" replied Lorelei. Roland took Lorelei by the hand and they went on the dance floor. While they were dancing all of the other guests saw prince Roland and princess Lorelei dancing together including King Roland the first and the queen. "Everyone is staring at us" Lorelei pointed out. "Let them stare because I'm rather enjoying dancing with you," exclaimed making Lorelei smile. As the two continued dancing together they kept looking into each other's eyes and smiling at one another.
After Prince Roland and Princess Lorelei were done dancing King Roland went up to his son and said, "Your mother and I saw you on the dance floor. I must say you're a terrific dancer and who is lovely young lady who is your dance partner?" "I'm princess Lorelei it is an honor to be here in your home and your beautiful kingdom your majesty" Lorelei said as she introduced herself. "The pleasure is all mine and thank you for coming. Why don't I introduce you to my wife and my daughter?" said King Roland the first as he escorted Lorelei to meet them. "So Lorelei I was wondering can I see you again? I find your company very delightful and maybe you can join me for dinner please?" Prince Roland requested. "I would be honored to see you again Prince Roland. I'll be in Enchancia for a couple of weeks to check out your kingdom since my kingdom is considering doing a trade agreement with your kingdom" replied Lorelei.
Roland had the biggest smile on his face because he was happy to hear that Lorelei was staying in Enchancia for a while. Lorelei was happy too because she has begun to really like Prince Roland very much and hoped that Roland felt the same way about her.
Author's Note: For such a long time I've always wondered how did Roland meet his first wife, the mother of Amber and James and the former queen of Enchancia? Even though on the last episode of Sofia The First it mentions not only the name of Roland's first wife and what became of her the show never spoke of how they first met. That is when I decided why not make up my own story about King Roland the second and his first wife Queen Lorelei. I've also decided to include the rest of Roland's family including his father Roland the first. If anyone of you are more or less familiar with Sofia The First and the characters on the show including what became of a couple of them who are mentioned but not seen please no spoilers. I plan on updating my story that I would like to call King Roland II first wife. Stay tune for my next update. Peace out from Princesspeach102!