As he sat at the other end of the table the servants brought him his meal.
Everything was quiet. He put down his fork, " Uh Princess." he said.
Silence. He sat back and drank some of his wine.
" M'lady, " he said. " What do you wish to say?" she replied. " Only that this is the strangest kind of dinner I have ever had, " he said coolly.
He heard her lay down her fork, " Do you wish musicians to be hear to play us music?" she mocked. He only chuckled and made himself more comfortable," If it can be done," he replied. He heard a seat moving and stood up himself from the chair. Servants came into the hall.
" I'm going to sleep. Good Night." She said and disappeared.
He chuckled to himself and sat back down. He drank some of his wine and rose. He told the servant thank you and the nurse led him to his room. As he entered the nurse bid him a good night and closed the chamber. He looked around his sleeping quarters. The dark red curtains towering over the arched windows. The floor made of red wood, shined with the fire. Above the fireplace hung a portrait of a young man. He had a handsome feature. His pose was though royal. Eric ignored the picture soon after staring at it for so long. He wondered who was his neighbor so he looked around the walls for a secret entrance. Alongside the fireplace was a wooden hook. He pulled on it and instantly that part of the wall was a door.
" To open or not….to open!" he whispered to himself.
Through the crack he saw the princess in her sleeping gown, sitting on her bed writing on a parchment. He grinned to himself.
Aerina sat on her bed writing down the treaty, ' and I, Crown Princess Aerina, agree to share the land with that of the Niapo-' she stopped her writing, for a noise came by her fireplace. She gulped and set down the parchment. Rising she slipped on her silk blanket around her shoulders. Before two steps, with an outburst Eric jumped out from a door.
" Do not fear fair princess! I will not harm you, like those of the creatures that crawl beneath us! " He said dramatically with a blanket over his head. He walked over to her and put his arms around her, she looked at him as though he was crazy.
" But I will need to hold you dear princess in order to have strength." He grinned. Aerina pulled away.
"What is the meaning of this?" she said abruptly. Eric walked over to her bed, and lied down.
" Fair Princess your bed is much comfortable than mine. I propose that I sleep here tonight with you." Aerina's jaw dropped in disgust.
" I will not stand for it! Be gone you jester, there is no place here for your humor." She said trying to pull him off the bed. He only pulled her to the bed causing her to fall ontop of him. Grinning he said, " Well this is a comfortable position too, I should love to sleep in this room now." Aerina pushed herself off.
" Go back to your room before I sick the guards on you!"
" Hehe, patience dear princess, I will leave you! I the jester will return to his humble abode and speak to himself like a madman, when in my heart I will have true words of love spoken about," he said waving his hand at the door as it opened for him to walk through.
The following morning Eric arose and found his breakfast set out already. He grabbed his oatmeal and rushed over to the door of the princess's room. He spoke about an enchantment and the toward swung open. The bed was made, the curtains were open but no princess was found. He stood there confused.
" NURSE!" he called out. The small woman appeared, " Yes Master Eric?"
" Where is the fair princess? Has she gone away from my appalling humor?" he asked while he took a bite of his oatmeal.
" She is in the garden beyond, with her visitor Sir Phillip, he visits her quite often." Eric walked over to the window.
"Point out this garden of hers. I should like to visit her." He inquired summoning his clothes to him. The Nurse groaned a bit.
" Her highness should not like that, she has strict rules that you should not be near her," she said as she helped him with his cloak.
" Rubbish! She will be glad!"
Aerina laughed joyfully, " Oh what happened then?" she asked the young gentlemen sitting aside her below a blue willow tree. He had brown hair and light skin, with red flaming eyes like that of a fire burning violently.
" Well, " he said biting a grape, " my servant then fetched me my flying horse and though he is a clumsy fool, while trying to aim for the wing he lucked out and shot the bloody dragon in the heart sending it down into it's watery death." Aerina laughed again.
" You must take me on these adventures sometime."
" You? I should not think so, your beauty is not for adventure, it is for wandering about the garden in a puzzled pace. Wondering about the world, and life. You are free like the wind, I fear I should lose you on an adventure." He said with an admiring smile on his face. Aerina blushed a bit. She lied down on her back.
" Did you hear about the party I am having? It should be grand, we'll have fireworks, food, magicians, presents for everyone! Will you come dear Phillip?" she asked looking at him. Phillip looked at her and stroked her hair.
" I should love to come…." He said closing into her lips. She rested her hand on the back of his neck pulling him in. When….
" Ho now! Dear princess there is a gentleman ontop of you!" Aerina only knew that voice too well. Phillip's eyes opened widely and he sat up again. She sat up also in anger and looked at Eric, standing there proudly. " What?'" she asked angrily. " Well……." He said sitting on the blanket with them. Phillip opened his mouth to protest but Eric spoke first. " Mind if I join you? Of course you don't!" he said reaching for an apple, shining it on his vest and taking a bite.
" Mrmrmr Delricrius!"
Aerina only clenched her teeth and asked again, " What is your business here?"
" Well, " he swallowed the piece, " I was quite lonely in that big old castle, sooo I searched for you. Nurse said you were here! And here I am!"
Phillip stared at him curiously, " Well, I believe that the princess deserves some privacy." He said as stood.
" Would you like to accompany me to the ball this evening my lady?" he asked her. Aerina glared at Eric who grinned and replied yes.
" My lady! I shall be there too tonight! By jove you can count it!" he said throwing his fist into the air while smiling like a happy little boy.
" M'lady, " he said. " What do you wish to say?" she replied. " Only that this is the strangest kind of dinner I have ever had, " he said coolly.
He heard her lay down her fork, " Do you wish musicians to be hear to play us music?" she mocked. He only chuckled and made himself more comfortable," If it can be done," he replied. He heard a seat moving and stood up himself from the chair. Servants came into the hall.
" I'm going to sleep. Good Night." She said and disappeared.
He chuckled to himself and sat back down. He drank some of his wine and rose. He told the servant thank you and the nurse led him to his room. As he entered the nurse bid him a good night and closed the chamber. He looked around his sleeping quarters. The dark red curtains towering over the arched windows. The floor made of red wood, shined with the fire. Above the fireplace hung a portrait of a young man. He had a handsome feature. His pose was though royal. Eric ignored the picture soon after staring at it for so long. He wondered who was his neighbor so he looked around the walls for a secret entrance. Alongside the fireplace was a wooden hook. He pulled on it and instantly that part of the wall was a door.
" To open or not….to open!" he whispered to himself.
Through the crack he saw the princess in her sleeping gown, sitting on her bed writing on a parchment. He grinned to himself.
Aerina sat on her bed writing down the treaty, ' and I, Crown Princess Aerina, agree to share the land with that of the Niapo-' she stopped her writing, for a noise came by her fireplace. She gulped and set down the parchment. Rising she slipped on her silk blanket around her shoulders. Before two steps, with an outburst Eric jumped out from a door.
" Do not fear fair princess! I will not harm you, like those of the creatures that crawl beneath us! " He said dramatically with a blanket over his head. He walked over to her and put his arms around her, she looked at him as though he was crazy.
" But I will need to hold you dear princess in order to have strength." He grinned. Aerina pulled away.
"What is the meaning of this?" she said abruptly. Eric walked over to her bed, and lied down.
" Fair Princess your bed is much comfortable than mine. I propose that I sleep here tonight with you." Aerina's jaw dropped in disgust.
" I will not stand for it! Be gone you jester, there is no place here for your humor." She said trying to pull him off the bed. He only pulled her to the bed causing her to fall ontop of him. Grinning he said, " Well this is a comfortable position too, I should love to sleep in this room now." Aerina pushed herself off.
" Go back to your room before I sick the guards on you!"
" Hehe, patience dear princess, I will leave you! I the jester will return to his humble abode and speak to himself like a madman, when in my heart I will have true words of love spoken about," he said waving his hand at the door as it opened for him to walk through.
The following morning Eric arose and found his breakfast set out already. He grabbed his oatmeal and rushed over to the door of the princess's room. He spoke about an enchantment and the toward swung open. The bed was made, the curtains were open but no princess was found. He stood there confused.
" NURSE!" he called out. The small woman appeared, " Yes Master Eric?"
" Where is the fair princess? Has she gone away from my appalling humor?" he asked while he took a bite of his oatmeal.
" She is in the garden beyond, with her visitor Sir Phillip, he visits her quite often." Eric walked over to the window.
"Point out this garden of hers. I should like to visit her." He inquired summoning his clothes to him. The Nurse groaned a bit.
" Her highness should not like that, she has strict rules that you should not be near her," she said as she helped him with his cloak.
" Rubbish! She will be glad!"
Aerina laughed joyfully, " Oh what happened then?" she asked the young gentlemen sitting aside her below a blue willow tree. He had brown hair and light skin, with red flaming eyes like that of a fire burning violently.
" Well, " he said biting a grape, " my servant then fetched me my flying horse and though he is a clumsy fool, while trying to aim for the wing he lucked out and shot the bloody dragon in the heart sending it down into it's watery death." Aerina laughed again.
" You must take me on these adventures sometime."
" You? I should not think so, your beauty is not for adventure, it is for wandering about the garden in a puzzled pace. Wondering about the world, and life. You are free like the wind, I fear I should lose you on an adventure." He said with an admiring smile on his face. Aerina blushed a bit. She lied down on her back.
" Did you hear about the party I am having? It should be grand, we'll have fireworks, food, magicians, presents for everyone! Will you come dear Phillip?" she asked looking at him. Phillip looked at her and stroked her hair.
" I should love to come…." He said closing into her lips. She rested her hand on the back of his neck pulling him in. When….
" Ho now! Dear princess there is a gentleman ontop of you!" Aerina only knew that voice too well. Phillip's eyes opened widely and he sat up again. She sat up also in anger and looked at Eric, standing there proudly. " What?'" she asked angrily. " Well……." He said sitting on the blanket with them. Phillip opened his mouth to protest but Eric spoke first. " Mind if I join you? Of course you don't!" he said reaching for an apple, shining it on his vest and taking a bite.
" Mrmrmr Delricrius!"
Aerina only clenched her teeth and asked again, " What is your business here?"
" Well, " he swallowed the piece, " I was quite lonely in that big old castle, sooo I searched for you. Nurse said you were here! And here I am!"
Phillip stared at him curiously, " Well, I believe that the princess deserves some privacy." He said as stood.
" Would you like to accompany me to the ball this evening my lady?" he asked her. Aerina glared at Eric who grinned and replied yes.
" My lady! I shall be there too tonight! By jove you can count it!" he said throwing his fist into the air while smiling like a happy little boy.