Chapter 2
In case you were wondering my name is Evergreen. No mine is not as elegant as my mother's nor as noble sounding as my father's. My name is plain and simple but my past is not. My future will be even more complicated, once I reach 15 as that is when it all begins. Once I turn 15 I will have be eligible for the position my parents currently occupy. The one catch is I have to have a man beside me and I do not want to. Valia raised me to be able to be independent, but she also raised me to be the future ruler of our fair city and that is the one thing I can't turn down. It is my right as the child of Valia and Connor to rule our fair city. They could have picked any other child that was abandoned here, but they chose me. I turn 15 in a month and I have to find my true love by then and I may just end up settling for someone I can be best friends with if it comes to it.
My parents have taken it upon themselves to arrange for me to throw a ball for some horrible reason. They want me to meet eligible bachelors and get the people to accept me more than they do now. I wish our city would outlaw this rule I mean this city has only been around for 29 years since joined with Valia and we've had the same rulers for all 29 years. There shouldn't have to be a rule if there has only ever been 2 rulers and they ruled together. It should not become a custom, but since my mother and father joined cities they think there should be a representative of each city. So there's a ball tomorrow night, and I'm not allowed to wear pants! Valia is making me wear a dress! I had Connor talk her into going more my style though. He's the only one she would listen to. Therefore, it's blue-green with just a little bit of ruffles at the bottom, which she insisted upon. Connor talked her out of the pink all poofy one for me. I owe him big time and he knows it.