A-Z of Melizabeth by Fullmetal Pyromaniac

E is for...

Extravagant

Prompt by C0c0cat

Elizabeth had always found the royalty life to be one of two extremes- either extravagant beyond belief or horribly boring. There was no in between.

However, right now, it seemed to be both.

Elizabeth had been called to Lyones to attend a birthday ball which later turned out to be her own, even though she had protested that the sins had thrown her a small birthday a week before, Baltra had wanted something extravagant.

Probably so she could find a possible suitor, she was seventeen now after all. So here she was, dressed in a beautiful light pink dress standing against a wall people watching. Elizabeth sipped her champagne and silently gagged. She preferred ale now, champagne was too sweet.

Diane and King danced together, King floated so he was eye level with his partner. Elizabeth smiled at the couple. It seemed like the two would be getting their happy ending after all.

Ban stood at the food and drink table, sipping his drink distastefully. It was then Elizabeth noticed Jericho standing next to him in a light purple frilly dress, her cheeks were red and she was scowling though it didn't seem genuine. Ban looked amused as well. Perhaps they'd get a happy ending too.

Speaking of happy endings, Elizabeth wanted one. But perhaps not the same one her family had, or wanted. Her father and mother had been betrothed and her mother apparently loved another man.

But Baltra being the gentleman he is won her love and was heartbroken when she died. As sweet as that was, Elizabeth didn't want it, she wanted to choose who she married, she wanted to figure out she loved someone before she married them. And she had.

Meliodas. The blonde sin was everything she had dreamed of, and more. He was caring, put others before himself, handsome and had enough innuendos and confidence for the both of them. He was like the Prince Carmichael from a book Elizabeth had fawned over in her childhood. And he was hers.

Except he wasn't, it was complicated and Elizabeth hated it. He didn't like her talking to other men and was possessive of her, yet he didn't make any advances.

Where was Meliodas? She hadn't seen him since the ball had started ages ago and he had promised to dance with her, Elizabeth scolded herself for sounding like a clingy girlfriend and went off to find him.

The hall was crowded, Meliodas wasn't keen on crowds because he couldn't see everyone clearly so he'd be somewhere secluded. Suddenly there was a breeze and the door to the balcony blew open slightly. Elizabeth mentally cheered and went outside.

The balcony was quiet, only a few barons stood outside to the left. Suddenly an obnoxious laugh erupted in the air which made Elizabeth whip her head to the left. She tiptoed to the edge of the wall where the balcony continued out of sight. There stood Meliodas and someone Elizabeth recognised as Lady Fiona.

Lady Fiona was the most extravagant and fancy woman in the whole of Britannia, only wearing the most beautiful and rare clothes. Not to mention she was up to date on all the news in Britannia making her excellent conversation.

Elizabeths heart broke, no wonder he didn't come to get her. She was days old cold watered down porridge compared to Lady Fiona. Meliodas was laughing at something she said and kissed her knuckles lightly, Fiona turned pink. Silently, she went inside.

Maybe he didn't like her because she was plain, maybe Meliodas wanted a girl that would tease him and have great conversation and be exciting.

Elizabeth went back inside and stood against the wall, Ban and Jericho were now dancing awkwardly while Diane and King has come off the dance floor and were eating the finger food. Elizabeth sat back and wished herself to be more interesting and for her feelings to be returned.

*~*~E is for...*~*~

Meliodas came in a while later and saw Elizabeth standing by herself. He smirked and casually walked up to her, but his smirk faded when he saw the sadness on her features.

"Hey Elizabeth, what's up?"

She looked towards him and gave a sad smile that made Meliodas freeze.

"I'm okay, thank you Sir Meliodas" and the two were silent.

It was uncomfortable to say the least, just as Meliodas was going to break the silence between them, Elizabeth spoke up.

"I'm glad, you know"

"What of"

"You, I'm glad that you've decided to court Lady Fiona. You deserve someone"

Meliodas blanked. Lady Fiona? That vain woman from the balcony?

"Why would you think I'm going to court her?" He asked curiously.

Elizabeth blushed, "W-well. I mean, she's so pretty and wears really nice clothes and has really good conversation and-"

"Elizabeth, I'm not courting her" Meliodas cut in. Elizabeth turned even more red and looked away.

"O-oh" she spluttered, "Right"

Meliodas gave a faint smile. "Were you jealous?" He sang softly.

"N-no, I sw-"

"because I wouldn't mind if you were. In fact- I'd actually really like it"

Elizabeth didn't say anything but smiled.

"C'mon, I promised you a dance didn't I?"

"Yes, you did" Elizabeth grinned.

Meliodas pulled her onto the dance floor and placed his hands on her waist, Elizabeth held onto his shoulders.

"Elizabeth" he said huskily, making her breath hitch.

"Y-yes"

"I don't care about all that, the conversations and clothes and for the record- I think you're prettier. Someone told be she had information about the Coffin of Eternal Darkness so I had to 'woo' it out of her."

Elizabeth's face burned,

"In fact, her information was virtually useless. So don't worry about being extravagant or having nice things, because I don't care about that, as long as you keep being yourself.

Elizabeth leant down and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Thank you Sir Meliodas"

The End.

A.N. Oh god. It's done. Finally. I apologise to the person who sent me this prompt, I've made a bit of a mess of it ;/\; but it's finished, I'm sure once this book is complete, I'll rewrite this whole prompt.

Oh god, I'm so freaking happy. On a side note, I'm home and the letter F will be up in a few hours. It'll be better than this - I promise.

Okay, sorry for fucking up this prompt ;-; and see you next chapter.

- Ruby xxx