Okay. I changed several things in the first chapter that were pointed out at me thanks to rainyaviel1. Sydney would be a noble if she was a duchess so I changed that and I put that she was a son instead of daughter. Oops, lol. So with that being said I bet you were a bit surprised by my last chapter. Well, hehe, you will find out about that in this chapter. Lol. So to respond to any questions of reviewers or make comments or anything (and to make you famous. Haha hehe hoho. Lol) I will write your name below and if I am going to answer your question I will type after your name. Sooooooo…

Rainyaviel1- yea I use slang sometimes I use it all the time talking so I can't keep it out of my writing. Glad you like her. She is the main character! Lol.

Ladeportista4- thanks, you keep me going, lol! Sorta, no really!

I just got an idea to change something else in my story to make it more interesting. Check what it is in my beginning chapters. Now dun…dun…dun… a la chapterla. Lol I'm weird. I know.

Recap

"You made fun of every noble girl at the party, you kissed Derek, and now you are engaged to him."

"What!"

Surprise, surprise

"Oh my gosh!" I started to hyperventilate.

"Woohh! Sorry! I didn't know you would get this upset! You aren't engaged, you didn't kiss him, and, sadly, you didn't say a word to or about any noble girl. It was a veerrry boring party and you behaved perfectly. Except for when you dropped dead on the dance floor in my brother's arms, but that was when everyone was gone." As she gave this whole speech I slowly calmed down and got angry very fast.

"Why in Lucinda's name did you tell me that then?"

"Well…"

"Yes, go on,"

"I heard that your Mother and my Mother might be arranging it so you to will be getting married to Derek. I would keep an eye on them if I were you."

"Yes, that would be a smart idea."

At this time Derek, Char, and my Father came in. I am glad that I got that conversation over before they came in.

Derek started to walk towards us. But Ella stood up and announced that it was time to leave.

"Now that everyone is here," she gave me a wink, "I believe we should be going."

"I need to get my bags." I told her.

"Oh, no need to worry Ria. Your things are already in the carriage."

"Alright…"

"We better get going if we want to be back before dark."

"Bye Ria. We will see you in several months."

"Goodbye Mother, Father."

We gave our hugs and kisses then we went to the carriages. Paige, Ella and I rode in one while Char and Derek rode in another.

Ella, Paige, and I talked about everything under the sun that afternoon. It was a lot of fun. We got to the castle at sunset. It was a beautiful castle. It had many turrets and it was white and had black shingles. It had Kyrian flags all over the place.

We went inside the castle and a maid showed me to my room. It turned out to be down the hall from Derek and across from Paige.

I went inside my room. It was beautiful as well. It was all different shades of purple. I loved it. There was a canopy bed and nice silky blankets. It had chairs and a fireplace. I went to my closet and when I looked inside there was a bunch of dresses inside it. I didn't know where they came from. They were all my size. I guessed that Ella had them made for me.

I heard a knock on the door. I went and it was a messenger. He said it was time for dinner. I looked down at my dress. It was the one I traveled here in. I couldn't go down in that! I told him to tell the Majesties that I would be there shortly. I ran to my closet and grabbed the first dress that I reached. I tossed it on and brushed my hair really quick.

I ran down to the banquet hall after getting directions from a maid that was cleaning. When I entered everyone became silent. I looked around and eventually found Paige's eyes. She mouthed "your dress". I looked down. It was a horrifyingly ugly dress. It was banana yellow and had an orange sash around the waist. It was a long sleeved but it had slits cut up the sides. There were ribbons and bows and buttons in many places and mostly they were bad places. When I saw my dress I knew I either had to run or remain calm and sit down and eat.

I couldn't decide. If I stayed any longer I would be unable to handle all of the staring eyes. But if I ran I would probably look even more ridiculous. I decided to stay. There wasn't that many people and I just had to eat fast. I felt even sillier when I realized that none of the others had changed. Fortunately I was seated between Char and Paige so I didn't have to worry about Derek teasing me. Too bad I still had to deal with Paige.

"I like your dress." Paige said while snickering. I stuck my tongue out at her.

"I don't know the way your kingdom works."

"Just ask Kevin. He hangs around here so much that he knows everything about everything. He is such a Vick."

"Really…"

"Yes, you would be best to stay away from him as much as possible."

"Okay…"

"Look, there is Kyle. That is one of Derek's friends."

"He has friends?"

"Yes, strange isn't it. But Kyle is really nice. I like him a lot. He is fun to be around."

"Sounds like you have a liking for him."

"Well…yes, I guess, maybe…"

"Hmm…I am not sure I want to know him. Really! Since you like him and he is Derek's friend and all…"

"Oh be nice! He is great, just meet him. You'll see."

"Alright, alright."

Kyle came over by us and Paige introduced me to him. He did seem really nice. I can't wait to meet some more of their friends. But first I have to get out of this dress!

"Hey, umm, Paige I think I'm going to change. Can you come with me?"

"And leave Kyle all alone? No way! Maybe Derek would like to join you? Hey Derek!"

"What?"

"Ria wants you to escort her to her room so that she can change."

His eyes seemed to change for a second but then they got kind of an evil look to them. "So you don't think your dress is becoming? But of course it wouldn't be since you are so ugly."

"I think I can go by myself, thank you." I spun around on my heel and walked out of the room. I had no intention of coming back. I could hear Paige scolding Derek softly as I walked away. At least one of us knows how to not make a scene.

I couldn't find my room so I asked a maid again for directions. When I got to my room I went inside and leaned against the door. Then someone knocked. I didn't answer. It was probably Derek coming to apologize. Well he can just…

"Hey it's Kyle. Are you alright?" He sounded like he really cared so I let him in and we started talking.

"Hi." I said almost shyly.

"I know Derek can be a pain in the rear sometimes but he just doesn't know how to act around beautiful women." Was that a compliment? Or an insult? Am I supposed to say thank you?

I went with a thank you.

"Do you want to see the gardens?"

"Sure."

We went outside and amazingly no one saw us. We started talking about our families and our friends. Kyle even told me some stories about Derek and himself and Derek sounded decent in them. By the end of the night I felt a strong bond with him. It seemed like everything was perfect until…

"Andrea?"

"Call me Ria."

"Ria then, do you think…" and then he leaned in and kissed me!

You know how when you found your true love and explosion of fireworks are supposed to go off the moment you kiss? Well that did happen, just not the way you think. Because at that precise moment Paige and Derek came walking in on the spot where we were kissing. It wasn't fireworks really. It was more like a bomb. And I was holding it. It was about to go off…

Paige screamed like her heart was breaking and Derek stared at us in shock. And the thing is I didn't even like kissing Kyle. I think our relationship was more of a brother-sister thing. Not marriage material.

Well we stopped kissing as soon as Paige screamed. I don't think that Kyle liked kissing me all that much either because I looked in his eyes and I could see he felt terrible for making Paige scream like that. Paige started to run away but she was crying too hard to really tell where she was going and she ran into a bush. It knocked the wind out of her and she fell down. Kyle started to reach for her to help her up, but she refused his help.

"I do not want to see either of you again." She said and ran away again. Derek looked at us and seemed like he was trying to decide whether to stay or go after his sister. Well he turned around and called, "Paige!" and ran after her. Can you tell which he chose?

Kyle and I looked at each other. I spoke first.

"Well, that didn't turn out good."

"I hope Paige is alright."

"I hope that they don't tell anyone. Not that your bad or anything but people might get the wrong idea about me."

"Paige would never do that. Derek might, but not Paige. I knew she liked me but I didn't like her that way until now, when I kissed you and heard her scream."

"Yes, I know what you mean. No offense or anything but I think our relationship is more of a brother-sister thing."

"I know. Friends?" He held out his hand.

I grabbed it. "Friends."

"We better get back to the castle before anything else bad happens."

"Yeah, let's go."

And, ironically, I still had that ugly dress on.

April 21st,

I saw you in one of my bags and had to write. It has been a great stay here so far. Not! I get my best friend here to practically hate me and the one other person I want talk to I can't because that would make me suspicious of doing things. I won't even look at Derek, let alone talk to him. And I can't talk to Ella because then she would go and bother everyone until this matter is straightened out. Wait a minute! There's an idea, but we should figure this out on our own. The last two weeks have been nothing short of crazy.

Yea this chapter is shorter than others but a lot has happened in it! And that lyric from when Derek and Ria were dancing is Avril Lavigne's song Complicated. I think it is an awesome song! I don't think I could personally think of any good song lyrics, so I had to borrow some! I haven't dealt with Ria's curse too much lately but I will be getting to it shortly! I added a new character. YAY! He will be in the story quite a bit from now on. I hope no one EVER wears a dress like the one I described earlier. Eeewww! So anyways…hmm, I was gonna type something else. Oh well, I will remember eventually. Review, review, review! Please. Oh yea and if you think Ria's sib should be a girl/boy, alien or anything else, tell me and I'll see if I can make it happen. Send me names as well!!!!!! Oh yea I remembered! In Lucinda's name and he is such a Vick are like swear words in our language. Vick is Lucinda's husband. If she didn't have one before she has one now! Okay that's it I'll leave now! Bye. REVIEW!