8-Indicenta

Carmen pouted as she stared at her reflection in the mirror. The usually pink front part had been washed away, leaving in the sandy color to match the rest of her hair. She was also wearing a plain black dress, complimented with a red sash around her waist.

"Promise me you won't kill Olivia until I come back." Carmen told Rosalinda. The tanned girl smiled, shaking her head slightly.

"That is a promise I cannot make."

"Well you'll have to!" Carmen pleaded. "I want a piece of the action!"

Everyone cracked smiles. Carmen was a lot tougher than anyone would have ever imagined a Princess to be. She believed in fighting her own battles and Olivia was definitely one that had interfered in her life badly.

"I still think we should go with you." Jenifer spoke up. The seventeen year old was finding it hard to believe that Carmen wanted to go it alone. If it was Jenifer, she would have opted for her friends to come as back up just in case the guy was a complete jackass.

"I'll be fine, Jen." Carmen smiled at her cousin. "Besides, my mom will be with me too."

All of the girl's exchanged glances as Carmen kept on inspecting her reflection. It was quite hard to think of words of encouragement for her since none of them had ever known someone who had been in her shoes before.

"I do hope you like this guy." Abigail smiled, being the first to try her luck.

"Yeah, some stuck up Prince who I have probably have nothing in common with and who will probably hate everything about me." Carmen replied. She was not making it easy for the girls.

"Well we're hoping you like him." Rachel told Carmen. "Because if you don't, then you'll still end up marrying the guy and having to spend the rest of your life with him."

"Thanks for the encouragement." Carmen muttered before turning around to face her friends.

The Princess was hoping on a 'You look good', but nothing of the sort came. All the girls were silent. They smiled, but it was not helping to settle Carmen's nerves. She may have put on a brave front, but she was dying on the inside. Rachel was right after all, even if she didn't like him, she was stuck with him for the rest of her life.

"CARMEN!" Arianna's voice echoed through the walls and into their room.

"COMING!" Carmen yelled back. She took in one last deep breath, smiling at her friends before heading towards the door. It was now or never.

The palace must have been at least three times the size of the one Carmen called her home. It was completely made of white marble inside and out. It took Carmen's breath away as she saw it. It left her gasping for air by the time the two blondes had even walked through the front door.

There was a girl waiting to meet them, a broad smile on her face. She had dark hair, though it was more blue than black in the light. On top her head was a tiara, much like Carmen's own one. Her clothes consisted of a midnight blue t-shirt with a funny looking red pattern running all around. Carmen had never seen such a beautiful t-shirt in all her life.

"Hello." The girl smiled. She must have been in her early twenties, at least a few years older than Carmen herself. "I'm Princess Karia."

"Queen Arianna." Arianna smiled back, the two giving each other a bow of the head in respect for one and other.

Carmen was too busy looking around in amazement. She had never been in a palace quite like this one, and she sure as hoped never to leave it either. She much preferred this palace to her own.

"Wow...I really like your place." The teen girl smiled, unable to stop looking around in shock.

"Thank you." Princess Karia smiled her thanks. "Drake shouldn't be too-" But as she was speaking a teenage boy had appeared at her sight, slightly out of breath from the running he had done.

"KARIA!" He yelled as if he was still on the other side of the long hallway. "YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME!" His words were choked out from his dry throat and panting. "DEVON KICKED A FOOTBALL THROUGH NEXT DOORS WINDOW AGAIN AND NOW THEY THINK I DID IT!"

"Not know, Drake!" Karia hissed at her brother. "You have guests..."

The teen boy's eyes went wide as he turned to see his future bride and mother-in-law standing before him and his sister. Drake didn't look a lot like a Prince. He wore a baggy midnight blue t-shirt like his sister, only his was plain and the red came from the shirt he wore underneath it. His hair was the exact same color as Karia's also; not quite dark enough to be called black, perhaps a dark blue. And he also had two thin strips of color across the edge of his hair that ran into his face. One was a light green and the other was the same color as his t-shirt.

"I'm Prince Drake." He smiled after clearing his throat. He took Arianna's hand in his own, kissing in gently.

"Queen Arianna." She replied with grace.

"A pleasure to meet you." He released the Queen's hand and took Carmen's, kissing it too.

Carmen didn't even blink as she stared down at her fiancée. Her mouth was open slightly and she looked like a statue. No movement was shown as the shock overwhelmed her.

Arianna nudged her daughter in the side quickly, "Carmen..."

"Yeah." Carmen brought herself back the realities of life. She shook her head clean of all the thoughts she had, had going on. "Right...I'm Princess Carmen." She curtsied as Drake released her hand from his gentle clutch.

"Lovely to meet you."

"Well." Karia smiled, happier than before. She was quite proud of her handy work. "We can see how much you two have to talk about."

"We'll leave you to it." Karia clicked her fingers at the exact same time as Arianna. The two disappeared on the spot, leaving Carmen in another state of shock.

"I thought they'd never leave..." Drake mumbled. Carmen smiled, she had been thinking along the same lines, if you count 'I can't believe they left us!' as along the same lines.

"So..." Carmen whistled.

"Trust me; this isn't exactly easy for me either." Drake admitted straight away. "I woke up one moment because my sister jumped on me screaming 'YOU'RE ENGAGED!'" Drake imitated Karia very badly, making Carmen giggle at him. Drake smiled; happy he had made her laugh.

"You think that's bad? My mom decided to tell everyone except me that I was engaged." Carmen smirked. "I was being congratulated for something I had no idea about!"

"I bet that was confusing." Drake smiled. Carmen had to stop herself from drooling. His smile lit up, not only the room, but her heart too.

"You have no idea..."

Silence. It was an awkward situation to be in. Neither had met before and it wasn't exactly the best of environments for them to have met in. They knew there were definitely people watching them from a far, hoping for some sort of action to happen.

"Do you want to go for a walk?" Drake asked. Carmen smiled, but shook her head.

"I would love to say yes, but I can hardly move in this dress." She rolled her eyes, hoping Drake would smile at her again. He didn't. He stared down at her with a confused expression and puzzling eyes.

"You're not wearing a dress."

"Yes I a-When di-How di-WHAT?" Carmen almost screamed. As she had turned to downwards to prove herself to be right, she had found herself to be wrong.

The Princess' dress was now gone and she was back to her regular faded skinny jeans and half neon pink, half netted t-shirt. Even the bright pink had been restored to her hair.

It was a miracle to her, even more so as Drake smile even wider than he previously had. Carmen wanted to melt right through the floor right there and then just at the sight of his smile.

"So, how about that walk?"

A/N: AWWWWWWWW! I think they hit off ;) LOL!

Why am I in a rush right now? It may have something to do with the fact I have to wake up at eight AM BECAUSE! (This is the ONE time I will EVER WANT to get up so early!) HARRY POTTER COMES OUT TOMORROW! AAAAHHH! I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT! IT'S HERE! THE END IS HERE! OMG!

I'm going to the 11:30 AM showing with Aaron...I REALLY wish we had opted to go to the Midnight screening now...I REALLY DO! LOL! BUT! Alas...I would have fallen asleep most prob. ;) LOL!

HARRY POTTER! HARRY POTTER! HARRY POTTER!

AAAAHHHHHH!

OH! I did tell you guys this before...BUT! Because I don't think any of you did it, I am asking again XD! Go onto my profile and go onto my favorites...The top story, if not the top story then it should be second or third...Depending if any of my favorites stories have been updated since I have posted this or last checked...LOL! UMMMM! Where was I?...OH YES! Take Nothing For Granted :) PLEASE READ IT! If you are much of a HP crazed fan as me...Or even NOT as much as a HO crazed fan as me...PLEASE READ IT ANYWAY! LOL!

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I'm FAR too tired to reply to you guys...BUT I WILL ANYWAY! LOL!

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Though you mostly seemed concerned that Olivia shall return...ahaha! Yeah...BUT! I have my reasons behind EVERYTHING! LOL! Which includes what shall happen with Olivia, possibly THREE old faces...I can't remember off the top of my head...AND! One more new one to go...LOL!

BUT! I CAN NOT GIVE AWAU TOO MUCH! NO MATTER HOW MUCH I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANNA! AH! Seriously, there is ONE major plot twist for Olivia and...A Guy...Yeah...Lets call him a guy...LOL! SO! YEAH! Olivia and this a guy have a plot twist AND I WANNA TELL YOU BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S A SECRET! =O! =O! =O!

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