AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hi this is my first Princess Diaries Fanfic and I'm actually really nervous about this ... I hope you like this. Oh, by the way I'm from New Zealand so my spelling might be different from yours

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Main Characters: Charlotte and Pierre

DISCLAIMER: PRINCESS DIARIES AND CHARACTERS DO NOT BELONG TO ME, IT BELONGS TO DISNEY!

It was a beautiful day at Pyrus, the capital of Genovia. It was almost Christmas and everyone in the palace was buzzing, the palace staff were all excited for the Queen Mia's first Christmas as the reigning queen. Most of Mia's family was going to be celebrating Christmas with her in the palace- her mother, her step-father and her little baby brother was coming over from the States, Clarisse and Joseph were going to stay in palace (they decided to move to their own property that wasn't that far from palace grounds once both of them felt Mia was finally comfortable and use to her new duties) and Mia's uncle Pierre was coming to the palace from Florence, Italy.

Mia couldn't wait for Christmas though her uncle Pierre was arriving that day her family in the States was going to arrive Christmas eve. Mia was pacing in her study, it had been a while since she had seen her uncle, the last she saw him was the day of her coronation then he had to go back to Florence to her demise. The day when her uncle would come home was the day her Grandma and her Grandpa was coming to the palace and she wanted to hear her Grandma's judgement of how she was ruling independently, she did truly cherish every thought her Grandma had of her reign so far and she really hoped that Clarisse was proud of her.

There was a knock on the door that stopped Mia's pacing, "Come in" she said trying to hide every inch of worry she had. Charlotte popped in and bowed her head "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Pierre has arrived", she said politely with a slight twinge of worry and nervousness but Mia brushed it off.

"Thank you, Charlotte, would you mind if you could inform my Grandma and Grandpa of my uncle's arrival?" Mia asked

"Of course your Majesty, I will inform them" Charlotte replied then bobbed out of the room

Mia rushed to meet her uncle, to Mia her uncle was one of the nicest men she had ever known. She met him at the doors of the palace, "Uncle Pierre!" Mia greeted as she put her arms around his shoulders, "Ah, my one and only darling niece, Mia" Pierre said returning the hug. While they were hugging Charlotte popped in but once she saw that they were hugging she tried to remain in the background, but Pierre caught her eye and once they broke the hug Mia saw he was staring behind, so she turned around to see Charlotte,

"Charlotte, have you informed them?" Mia asked

"I have and they'll arrive at the palace in a few minutes, Your Majesty" Charlotte responded walking towards the two "Your Highness" she added bowing her head

"Hello, Charlotte. You don't need to call me your highness, you know" Pierre said with a small smile

"I am still under the protocol, and you have and always have had royal blood, your Highness" Charlotte responded almost emotionless. Pierre didn't know how to respond to her comment was true and for a moment it was silent and tension filled the air and the three of them knew of it "Forgive me but would you please excuse me" Charlotte said almost timidly, she curtseyed then rushed out of the room.

When Charlotte was out of sight she slowed down and tried to catch her breath. Her mind was racing and her heart felt as if it was trying to run away from her, seeing him made her feel nostalgic and heart-broken, she needed to be away from the world for a moment so she rushed downstairs to her own suite.

She closed the door behind her and rushed to the closest chair and put her head in her hands. 'I shouldn't feel like this … but I'm still human and I can't always be the superhuman assistant … but still I shouldn't feel like this he's still a part of the royal family … but I shouldn't have had even stronger feelings when I was younger … when I was naïve' she thought, fought back tears and screams of pain. She stood up and walked to the bathroom and started to touch up on her make-up and began to think 'look at me, I'm on the brink of tears. Why did I let myself fall all those years before …?'