Beginning....
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Rain slowly approached Domon. He was in a good mood today: He was spending time with Lady Allenby once again.
"My Prince... I was wondering..." She started. He looked back at her staring at her intently.
"What is it?" he asked quietly, giving her a questioning look.
"Well, Since my Prince always goes to see the ladies, I do not want to interraupt anything. May I stay behind whilst you meet the ladies? You've no need of me..." She started. Her stomach felt light and her hands shook.
"Yes. You have no need to accompany me. You may stay behind." He said. She stared at him and curtseyed low. She wasn't expecting such a kind answer; she was expecting a kind of snide remark in its place.
"Thank you my prince. I shall be in my room." She said, slowly backing away, still curtseying low. Once he turned a corner, she sighed gratefully. "Oh dear, Its time to see Lady Marie..." Rain said looking at the sky. She walked into the gardens in the same place. She saw Marie already waiting for her.
"Rain? What did her say?" Marie Louise asked anxiously.
"He agreed. Now.... What must I do?" Rain asked timidly.
"Well, I did not bring any personal servants and the king has not sent me any new servants.... I'm sure you can be my personal servant." Marie said thinking deeply.
"Alright my Lady." Rain said curtseying.
"Rain, please. You've no need to be doing such things." Marie said giggling. Rain blushed slightly.
"I'm sorry my Lady, I'm used to it..."
"It is all well. Now, Shall we go to my room?" Marie asked turning away.
"Yes My lady." Rain replied following the younger girl. They soon arrived at the guest chamber. They walked until they got to a door the had "Marie Louise" Encrypted in silver. Marie opened the door and walked in, Rain walked in cautiously. She had been in many expensive rooms, and knew the consequences she would get if she broke anything.
"Now... You should be around my size..." She said, inspecting Rain. She walked away and came back with a midnight blue gown in her arms. She held it in front of Rain.
"What...?" Rain stammered staring at the delicately embroidered dress.
"Try it on! Come on now." Marie Louise said, pushing Rain behind a screen to dress.
Rain took the gown and slowly shed her cotton white dress.
"Here! Some undergarments." Marie said from the other side, handing her a corset and another thin silk dress to go under the real dress. Rain put the corset on, then the under dress on half way, covering her bottom half.
"Marie, can you help me with this?" Rain asked and came out. Marie smiled as Rain turned her back to her. She tied the corset firmly and let Rain go back and finish dressing.
"Are you ready?" Marie asked patiently.
"Yes..." Rain said as she stepped out. The gown swept around her, shaping her body perfectly. Marie gaped at her a bit, then smiled.
"Its perfect! But... Now we need to get you some make up!" Marie led Rain to a vanity, where she applied a bit of eye power to make Rain's blue eyes stand out more, she spread glitter around her face, and applied lip shine. She reached into her drawer and pulled out a little glass jar with a lid. Inside, Rain saw two green colored things floating in it.
"what are those...?" She asked Marie who opened the jar and with a finger, drew the purple thing out.
"Its an eye color changer. This man in the inlands brought them from some foreign country. Here, Open your eyes wide..."
Rain did as she was told. The thing in her eye made her vision blurry and her eyes watery. Marie put the other in her eye and drew a hand mirror out.
"There. How do you like it?" Marie asked. Rain looked in the mirror to see a young girl with green eyes staring back.
"Wow...." Rain said still staring at herself.
"Not quite done yet. You must have blond hair, or else you'll be found out. Here." She opened another drawer and pulled out a wig of blond locks.
"I had a man make this wig from my real hair. It used to be really long, and I didn't want to just throw away my hair..." She said as she placed it on her head. "Stand up?" Rain stood and faced herself in the mirror. It looked as if twins were staring in the mirror.
"You look exactly like me. But, you know of formal etiquette, am I right?" She asked Rain who nodded.
"Then I have nothing to worry about!" She said smiling. There came a knock at the door. Rain looked at Marie who nodded her head towards the door and walked away quickly. Rain gulped and opened the door.
"My Lady." The maid said curtseying low. "The Prince shall come to visit you at dusk. He shall come here to get you my Lady."
"Oh, Yes. Thank you." Rain said as she closed the door. She sighed deeply as Marie came out.
"See? It's not that hard!" She said happily. Rain smirked a bit and inhaled. "Well, anyways, I suggest you stay here for now. After all, the Prince will be coming soon..." She said blushing.
"Your going off to see Sir George, are you not?" Rain said smirking.
"N- No!" She stammered at first. "Alright. I am..." She said turning away, blushing madly.
"That's what I thought." Rain replied laughing. "well, you'd best be on your way. You don't want to keep him waiting."
"Yes, I shall be taking my leave now. Take care Rain!" Marie said happily as she cautiously walked out of the room. Rain smiled then fell back into a chair.
"What am I going to do...? I can barely stand being near him as a servant.... How will I survive him with me as a Lady?" She mumbled. She sat there with her eyes closed, trying to think up as many ways as possible to have a decent conversation and a way to escape the spoiled prince. She soon fell into a light sleep, and was awakened by a knock.
"I'm coming." She said as she glanced at herself in the mirror. Still fine, but she looked at her reflection closely.
One eye color changer was missing. She cursed aloud. 'I must have dropped it when I got up!' she thought as another knock rapped the door.
"Hold on!" She yelled, frantically looking on the floor for the lost contact.
~*~*~Other side of the Door~*~*~
"Hello?!" Domon whispered angrily and knocked again.
"Hold on!" a voice yelled to him. It sounded strangely familiar. He disregarded the thought and knocked impatiently again.
"what is taking so long?!" He said cursing. He stood and waited impatiently outside the door, fuming.
~*~*~Inside the Room~*~*~
"Dammit! Where is it?!" Rain said, growing angry.
She soon spotted a green thing on the floor. She grabbed it and shoved it into her eye, wincing as the prince started yelling once again.
"What are you doing in there?" His voice said angrily. She ran to the door and pulled it opened showing an enraged Prince.
"What were you doing? Why did you take so long? And why is your eye red?" He asked all in one breath. She imagined what she looked like right about now; dress in wrinkles, hair all out of order, eye red as ever. She grimaced, but curtseyed gracefully.
"I am ever so sorry my Prince. I was trying to wash my eye for it was itchy and hurting dearly. When you came, I was half way rising my eye and you startled me, so I poked myself. May I please be forgiven..." She said, her insides burning with anger.
"Yes yes, Now, may we leave? We'll be late for dinner." He said and turned on heels to go out. She followed behind, silent as ever.
"Where, may I ask, are you from Lady Marie?" Domon asked, breaking the silence. For a moment, Rain didn't answer, not recognizing her name.
"oh! I'm, from the inlands... My father is a merchant.." She said uneasily.
"Oh... Interesting" He said dully.
"yes..." She replied quietly.
They soon arrived in the hall, and sat down. The meal was already waiting for them.
"So, what do you like to do in your spare time, Lady Marie?" Domon asked, trying to make conversation.
"I... I... I go horseback riding....?" She replied uneasily.
"Oh? Maybe sometime in the next few days, we can go riding then." Domon said, a bit happy one Lady did something more than sow and gossip.
"I would love that very much my Prince." She said. 'Maybe he isn't too bad...' Rain thought.
They chatted about many things, since Rain knew most people at court, it was surprising that 'Marie' knew most people.
"I heard around from servants gossip that Sir Orpul of Falenia, who is visiting, is having a secret affair with someone in the castle, but no one knows who. He has just gotten married, and came here to attend the 'jousting' tournaments. But, they ended yesterday, and yet, he still stays. He was supposed to leave last night." Rain explained to the fascinated prince.
"I would have never known that man was capable of such a thing... You've gotten yourself quite aquianted around here Lady Marie."
"Thank you my Prince."
"Hmm... It seems it is getting late..." The prince said, getting up. He offered Rain his hand, and helped her stand. They soon walked to Marie's door and stopped. "It was a pleasure. I hope we can go riding soon. I forgot I have some Duty to take care of tomorrow. So, Until next time." He said as he took Rain's hand and gave it a kiss.
"Yes... Good night my Prince." Rain said, her heart racing. 'It must be because I'm nervous...' she said, forgetting the thought instantly. She opened the door to see a sleeping Marie. Rain smiled and took the little glass jar, put the contacts in, took off the gown and put her own back on.
She rushed through the servants tunnel to Domon's room, hurried in to the next room which was hers, and fell into bed, acting like she was asleep the whole time.
'Pretty good... Now, can I keep it up..?' Rain thought as sleep swept over her.
Yeah! Another chapter finished!
I hope you all like it! Well, I'm
going to stop now, Until Next
Time readers!
Lina