A-Z of Melizabeth by Fullmetal Pyromaniac

D is for...

Dance

The Cornwell ball was well known throughout Britannia. It lasted an entire week in the fishing town of Cornwell, ruled by Lady Gwinevere, a good friend of Arthur's.

Anyone could attend, Gwen had made sure of this, and if you received a personal invitation from the Round Table - which was a council made by Arthur that conjoined Cornwell, Camelot and its surrounding county's - then you were obliged to attend and dance in the opening of the ball. It was an honour. Which was why Elizabeth had almost fainted when she received an invitation one morning.

Dear Princess Elizabeth,

It is I, Lady Guinevere of Cornwell. I know we haven't spoken in so long but it's been hard to keep a track of you. You and your companions, the sins, have done so many amazing things that I feel it's my duty and of national importance to invite you all to the Cornwell Ball being held in two weeks. I trust you'll make it down in time.

I'd also be very pleased if you could bring the sins. We will be giving you all a mention at the speech before dinner. Remember, you are permitted to dance so find a partner and get practicing! I remember you always used to hate your dancing lessons. The one dance you used to dislike the least was the 'Strip the willow' because of that I have chosen that particular dance as the opening.

Yours sincerely,

Lady Guinevere. Lady of Cornwell and Member of The Round Table.

OoO

Elizabeth let out a squeak, u deciding if it was out of shock or happiness. She wanted to go but hated dancing. With a passion.

"Is this something that humans so often?" Gowther had asked. Meliodas who was wiping the bar cocked his head.

"Something wrong, Elizabeth?"

"Lady Guinevere has invited us all to the Cornwell Ball, don't you know how much of an honour this is?" She said. Meliodas shrugged.

"Arthur invited us a few times but we were always away. So, I take it you're going"

Elizabeth nodded, "She asked me to bring you all. Plus I'm in need of a partner and it wouldn't be fair for me to go dancing at a big event without you so I'll only go if you all go"

Diane jumped up from her seat, hugged Elizabeth and spun round and round.

"Really?! We've been invited?! Ohh I can't wait, I'm finally small so I can attend and wear a pretty dress and dance all night long!" Her eyes widened, "Oh goddesses I need a partner."

King, who had been floating outside appeared by the window, blushing a deep red.

"You n-n-need a p-artner Diane?" He stammered, he stood in front of the girl that loomed over him. "If you w-want. I would l-like t-t-to accompany y-you to the ball"

Diane smiled, "I'd love you to accompany me. We'd better get practising dancing!" And she dragged a dopily grinning King out of the Boar Hat.

Meliodas walked over to Elizabeth, "You need a partner too, right?" He said. Elizabeth nodded. He took her hand.

"Well, that settles it then. I'll be your partner" Elizabeth stood shocked.

"You can dance?" She asked. Meliodas scoffed and put his hands on his hips.

"I've been around in Britannia for a long time Elizabeth. I know how to dance. Strip the Willow is pretty straight forward, it should be no problem"

Elizabeth grinned and hugged him, "thank you, we have two weeks for everyone to get dresses and suits and get down to Cornwell"

Meliodas smirked and called for Hawk for bounded down the stairs.

"You called, Captain! Have you got a special job for the one and only captain of scraps disposal?" He asked proudly.

"Hawk, tell your mom to change course. We're going to Cornwell!"

*~*~D is for...*~*~

The day of the Ball arrived and Elizabeth plus the sins made their way towards the grand marquee where the dance was held. The tent was white with creamy ribbons flowing from the entrance. Inside, wood had been fixed into the ground to make a suitable floor and tables and chairs had been pushed to the side. They would be moved when the dancing had finished.

Guinevere, Arthur and the other knights sat at a round table on a raised platform at the very end of the tent.

Elizabeth wore a dress, the torso was made out of white material like a dress shirt, the sleeves were bunched around her shoulders, the bottom of the dress was the same. It was bunched so when Elizabeth spun, it flowed out beautifully. She wore a single sprig of lavender tied with blue, purple and green tartan in her silvery hair.

Meliodas wore his usual clothes, black trousers and a white shirt but with a tartan tie similar to the tartan on the lavender Elizabeth wore. Ban wore a more decent red suit, Merlin wore her normal clothes, Diane wore a long purple dress and King wore a black suit. Gowther hadn't made much of a change but he insisted that he wore a black waist coat over his white shirt and had a thistle pinned onto the pocket.

"I do believe it is Celtic culture to wear a thistle. If the opening dance is of Celtic origin then it is only appropriate that I wear something of the same origin" he has explained.

Elizabeth practically dragged Meliodas up to the raised platform where Guinevere sat. Her long blonde hair was curled and trailed down her back. She wore a deep green robe embellished but gold accents. A gold band with a round jade sat on her forehead. Her blue eyes brightened when she saw Elizabeth.

"Elizabeth! It's been so long" She beamed, standing from her wooden chair and embracing the princess.

"Yes, it has. How have you been?"

"Very well thank you. This must be Meliodas" Guinevere turned to the blonde man and shook his hand, "It's an honour. I've heard many things about you from Arthur"

"They're all good I hope" he joked.

"Of course, of course! There's been nothing less" Gunevere laughed, a man from the round table shouted her name and motion end for her to come over. She turned to Elizabeth and Meliodas apologetically.

"I need to go set up, I'm sure you'll outshine everyone. Enjoy the dance"

Elizabeth waved and Gunevere sat back on her wooden seat and called for everyone's attention.

"Excuse me. If everyone would be silent please?"

The crowd was silent, "If everyone that received an invitation would find their partner and stand opposite them in two lines, we shall begin the opening dance!"

*~*~D is for...*~*~

The dance had been going on for several minutes and Elizabeth stood in front of Meliodas at the start of the line. The previous couple had spun, gone down the line and were the the bottom, spinning once more.

Meliodas had not taken his eyes of of Elizabeth for several minutes, making her blush terribly. The music had nearly restarted so the couple stood forward and held hands, once the pair at the end of the line had stopped, Meliodas and Elizabeth started spinning round in time to the music.

Elizabeth began laughing joyously as the two skipped down the line then back up. Meliodas making funny comments about every stone-faced baron and baroness, Lord and lady that stood eyeing them warily.

Clearly saving Britannia wasn't enough for the people to trust Meliodas. He didn't care though, he just kept grinning.

When they had to spin around with the people in line, when they weren't looking, Meliodas would yawn or make a funny gesture. People kept asking why Elizabeth was so red, she couldn't explain that she was holding in her laughter.

She and Meliodas skipped once more up and down he line before spinning round at the bottom, both were laughing uncontrollably. Some watching looked on with adoring expressions, others didn't. The music came to the finish with two long notes, Meliodas took Elizabeth by the waist and dipped her down.

The crowd gasped as Meliodas brought Elizabeths lips to his own. Elizabeth was astounded about how perfectly they fit together and reprocrated the kiss eagerly, ignoring the clapping (and scoffs) of the crowd.

Meliodas stood her up, swollen lipped and red in the face with embarrassment and happiness.

"I thought this would be a good time to tell you" Meliodas said with a cheesy grin, "I love you"

Elizabeth turned even more red, if it was possible, and gave a shy smile.

"I love you too"

Meliodas beamed and brought her head back down to his for a kiss. Elizabeth decided she rather liked dancing.

The End.

A.N. Well, almost a day later and this arrives. I'm not too happy with this one but eh? It'll do. It's funny, when you log off for a few days you're really surprised by the influx of views.

Anywho, guess who has Wifi? Me! I'm so glad, I can play Pokemon in Italy! :D #TeamInstinct

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