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Chapter Fourteen: Invitations

The next morning at the castle Starks

Maria sat at her desk in her drawing room to make invitations for the people in their fair country to come to the annual ball for their son to choose a bride as his wife. Howard came in as he said "Are you making an invitation for King Hank Pym and his daughter Hope? I want them to come since they invited us to their ball" Maria nodded as she said "Yes, by the way I got a letter from King Hank saying that Hope has chosen a husband already and it's Scottie Hood. It's wonderful that Hope will finally be with the man she loves" Howard nodded as he walked over to Maria as he sat next to her helping her make the invitations. As then Obadiah showed up as he said "My queen and king I have a letter from the King of Winterstar. Shall I give it to you" Howard looked at Obadiah while saying "Of course" which Obadiah gave it to him as the king read the letter.

After done reading the letter Howard looked at Obadiah as he said "What is this did you promise the King of Winterstar that his daughter would marry our son! Obadiah I thought you sent a letter to him saying that our son will chose his own bride of his own choosing. We will have to send an invitation to him and his daughter we'll have to tell them when they get here. If our son Tony choses the Princess of Winterstar then so be it, but they should come anyway to show that we mean no threat" Maria nodded as she handed an invitation to Obadiah as she said "Please sent this at once along with this letter telling the King of Winterstar of what's going on."

Obadiah nodded as he walked out of the room only for Tony to walk through as he spotted Obadiah with a weird look as the man in question looked at the prince while saying "Prince Tony, I'm glad you came back. If you don't mind" then walked away as Tony looked at his parents who were still doing invitations for the ball. Tony walked in with an apple in his hand as he took a bit from it then once he was done chewing he walked in while saying "Do you guys need any help with anything?"

"No my son, why don't you go riding or do something with your time right now your mother and I have this" said Howard.

Maria looked up at Tony as she said "Howard just continue doing the invitations I need to talk to our son about something" as Howard continued doing what he was doing Maria got up and walked over to Tony as she said "Walk with me" which Tony and his mother did just that as they left the room leaving Howard doing the invitations. Maria looked at Tony who was still eating his apple as she said "Sweetheart did you take this necklace from my chambers" Tony looked at what she was hold that she pulled out of her pocket that she had on her dress as he spit out his apple as he noticed that it was the necklace that he gave to Pepper Potts.

It was the heart shape necklace which the ruby was the heart part with small diamonds going around it the chain was silver. Tony whispered out "Where did you find that" Maria smiled as she said "So you did take this from my chambers" Tony looked away for a second as Maria put her hand on Tony's shoulder as she said "It was Lady Tremaine and her daughter that gave this to me saying that I drop this. Please tell me the truth sweetheart" Tony looked back at his mother as he said "Mom there is something I have to tell you, but please don't be mad at me." Maria nodded as she heard what her son has to say about the necklace.

"That necklace is for the one I love, you know the woman I told you about. I gave it to her to wear and to show her that I love her so much" said Tony as Maria smiled as she said "The one that holds your heart. . . . . Is this the woman in the forest that you met, the one you told your father and me about?"

Tony nodded as Maria smiled like the sun as she hugged her son as she said "Then you must give this to her when the time is right my son, to tell her that she is the one for you" then gave Tony the necklace back to him as she hugged him again. Obadiah was in fact standing behind the pillar as he heard them talk then walked away knowing that the necklace was the one thing Tony had to give to the person of his choosing; which meant that he would have to put his plan in to fold if he wanted the princess of his choosing to be Tony's wife.

At the cottage

Pepper was doing the yard work when a man on a horse came galloping to her as he said "Madam are you the lady of the house hold?" Pepper put down the broom and walked up to the man as she said "Well not really but the lady of the house hold is in the house right inside if you give me whatever it is that you want to give her. I'll make sure she gets it" the guard nodded as he handed the invitation to Pepper as he said "Make sure she gets it" then rode off into the distance.

Pepper walked back into the house as Lady Tremaine came down the stairs with Dresilla and Anastasia following behind her. As Pepper was looking at the invitation Lady Tremaine ran up to her as she snatched the invitation from Pepper as she yelled out "Give that to me you ungrateful little bitch!" Lady Tremaine opened the invitation as she screamed with joy as all three of the ladies looked at her odd as the woman in question was waving her hands and looking as well as acting like a child who won something that she wanted.

"It says here that King Howard Stark and Queen Maria Stark are holding a royal ball for their handsome son Prince Tony Stark! But that isn't the only thing it says here that Prince Tony Stark must choose a fair median to be his bride, and that fair maiden will become a princess. To think of the possibilities" said Lady Tremaine as Drusilla spin around the room while saying "I could become a princess."

Lady Tremaine handed the invitation to Anastasia as she danced with Dresilla while Pepper went up to her other sister as she whispered "What else does it say" as Anastasia continue reading it, but then looked at Pepper excitedly as she said "Oh Pepper you can come to the ball."

"WHAT" yelled both Lady Tremaine and Dresilla as both Anastasia and Pepper looked at them as Lady Tremaine said it again "What did you just say Anastasia!"

"Well it says that every fair maiden in the land shall go to the ball; which means that since Pepper is our sister she can go to the ball with us, isn't that great Pepper you can come" said Anastasia as she hugged her sister with such happiness but it was short lived when Lady Tremaine walked up to Anastasia as she took the invitation from her as she reread it again. It was then that Anastasia was right that the entire fair maidens would be allowed to go to the ball. Drusilla looked at her mother as she whispered "What are we going to do" then the evil step-mother smiled as she said "Well of course Cinderella can come to the ball, but only if she gets her chores done!"

Pepper looked at her shocked as she said "Really I can go to the ball" Lady Tremaine nodded as she said "Yes but once you do the laundry, the cooking, the cleaning, the gutters, feeding the animals, you know what I'll just make you a list of things that you can get done and once you're done all of those things then you can go to the ball. Now my daughters and I will have to leave to get dresses for the ball which we will be leaving today to go get fitted. Just remember once you're done your chores then you can come with us to the ball. Once you have a dress to go in of course" Pepper smiled like the sun as she said "Oh of course step-mother and thank you I'll get started with the chores right now."

Pepper left as Anastasia went up to her mother as she hugged her as she said "Thank you for doing this" went in the different direction leaving the two ladies by themselves. Drusilla smirked as she said "We're going to make sure Cinderella doesn't come aren't we" Lady Tremaine smirked back while saying "Well of course we will, we can't let that common bitch come with us to the ball." Then both of the ladies laughed as they walked into the study where they would make more chores for poor Pepper to do.