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I walked down the hall, enjoying the light rustling sound my skirts made.

As always, Cecilia was a step behind me, and I could tell she was beaming; proud that her girl was now a lady.

I came to a stop at the top of the grand stairs that over looked the huge foyer below where Mother and Father were waiting with a dozen other nobles.

I saw Father smile proudly, and mother wiped away a tear from the corner of her eye.

"I present," said Cecilia importantly "Crown Princess Lolly Frostine Amelia Geneva Kandy of the noblest CandyLand."

The crowd below applauded as I descended the stairs, smiling a little.

When I reached my mother and father, mother kissed both cheeks as I sign of affection.

I was led into the dining room for my first breakfast as a lady, which passed without a hitch, and then was led into the sun room to have Father and Mother explain what would happen the rest of the day.

I sat on the small hassock at the foot of Mother and Father's chairs and listened to Mother speak.

"For the rest of the morning, you will be adjusting in your new chambers. Then, at five o'clock you will be dressed, and at six you will be escorted to the gardens where the ceremony will take place." She said with her official tone.

I nodded, stood, and followed Cecilia from the room, where she led me to the west wing.

My stomach had little jitters in it. I wanted to see my new rooms, to see what ladies' rooms looked like, and prayed that they weren't those frighteningly childish bubbly, walls.

Cecilia stopped in front of two large double peppermint doors, took a deep breath, and opened the doors with a flourish.

I gasped. It was the most beautiful room I'd ever seen… mind you I haven't seen many, but even from imagining rooms from books, I'd never dreamed of anything this amazing…

A huge living space with shelves upon shelves of books… a black licorice piano… a wide chocolate couch with thick cow's eye pillows… real Twizzler trim… Egg nougat cream walls…black taffy melt spread thick on the floors…

It was as though I stepped into a fantasy world.

"Is' 'nit beautiful?" Cecilia asked, breathing in the amazing smell of the room.

"And you haven't seen the dressing or bedroom yet!" She added, gesturing to the two rooms on either side of the huge bay window that faced the Ice Cream Ponds.

I shook my head; I had forgotten that there would be more after just the one entry room.

I walked into the door on the left first, the dressing room.

It was an array of the same pastels I had grown to loathe, but displayed in such a manner that it was as though seeing them for the first time.

Coconut slices set the hard floor with the stripes of pink white and black, with Chiclets tiled walls. A large wardrobe of fine peppermint resided on one of the walls, and a big vanity made from either truffle or nougat, with the hassock a Valomilk, and the giant rug in the middle of the room a rolled up role of Licorice Laces.

"Wow…" I said, trying to take in everything at once.

"Let's see your room!" Cecilia said excitedly. I could tell that it was her first time here too, and she was as eager as I was to see everything.

"Okay!" I said, and followed her out the door.

She paused as she was about to open the door to my bedroom, and stepped back, gesturing for me to take the handle.

"Milady…"

I giggled a little before taking the knob in my hand, and twisted it, throwing open the door.

We stepped inside astounded to silence. This room was by far the best…

Soft truffle padded our feet below us, Lemon Sticks in the six corners of the room, Hershey's paneling, with Chuckles melted into one rainbow looking paste above the paneling. A Baroque four post canopy bed made from the darkest and richest chocolate, with the most ornate carvings that I was floored. The pure white sheets were a striking contrast, but were softened by a soft blue flower pattern.

"Lord be…" Cecilia breathed, hand on her heart.

"Cecilia… I think you took us to the wrong chambers…" I said slowly, not believing that all this could possibly be mine.

"No…no, Madame said this was the chamber…" Cecilia said seriously.

After a moment she realized that I had mostly been joking, and we both laughed.

"I suppose it was a smart idea to insist upon me spending a few hours here to adjust to all this… finery…" I said, walking tentatively over to the bed and feeling the sheets, wondering if it was safe for me to lie on them.

I bit my lip, reluctant that I should mess it up, but Cecilia whispered behind me "Whether you are afraid of the covers or not, you'll wind up in them sooner than later."

I smiled and before I really had time to stop myself, flung myself on the bed, bouncing a little.

It was the softest bed I'd been on, ever, and I sank right in.

"Cecilia, I never want to get up!" I said, sighing.

I saw her shrug. "Alright; I'll be along to get you at five to get you ready."

And before she had even finished the sentence… I had already drifted to sleep, lulled by the incredible cushion.

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