I don't own Sofia the First
Amber made her way into the castle and walked down the halls when she arrived to the kitchen. Once she made her entrance, every chef stopped doing their regular duties and walked over to Amber. "How can we help you Princess Amber?" the chef of the kitchen asked her.
"Well," Amber spoke as she tapped her chin with her finger, "I changed my mind about having the tea party inside. I would like to have it outside."
"Where exactly do you wish to have your tea party?" one of the female chefs asked her.
"At the garden," Amber told her, "I would like a fancy looking table, three chairs with the most comfortable pillows that you can find, and roses! Oh we must have roses as a decoration!" the young princess exclaimed as she clapped her hands together. "And I want the best cakes and pastries you can make."
"As you wish Princess Amber," the chef nodded with a smile. He knew that it was going to be a lot of work attending to Princess Amber. It always was! If she was not happy about something, he always shook at what the king, queen, or even Baileywick had to say, but nevertheless he always tried his best to make both Amber, Sofia, and James happy with their demands.
Amber gave him a bright smile and walked out of the kitchen. Oh this is going to be the best tea party ever! she mentally exclaimed. Ever since she had attended one of Hildegard's tea parties, she had wanted to host one on her own. All she hoped for was that the tea party went well and that no one was going to spoil it for her. The again, the garden where she planned to host the event was very beautiful and quiet and she knew that there would be no interruptions. Since everything was going as she planned, she walked outside of the castle and into the sunlight. Into the distance, she noticed Sofia and James, as well as their animal companions walking together.
Ever since Sofia had gotten here, things had been quite different. At first, the two sisters had not gotten along very well and when Amber though about it now, she felt guilty for not accepting Sofia from the start. Ever since her mother had passed away, Amber did not want to have another mother. When her father announced that he was going to get married to someone that made his shoes for him, Amber thought that she was going to faint. She did not want to have a mother as a commoner! She did not want another mother at all. Her first thoughts on having another mother was how her and James were going to be treated. Was she going to mean and cruel just like all stepmothers were? However, after seeing what a wonderful woman Miranda was, Amber began to accept her as her stepmother as well as Sofia as her stepsister. But deep down, no matter how much Amber loved both Miranda and Sofia, no one was to replace her own mother. Just thinking about her mother bought tears to her eyes, but she quickly batted her eyelashes to avoid them from falling.
She looked up to the sky when she heard a sound of a horse's whinnies. Two flying golden carriages flew down to the steps of the castle and Amber smiled when she saw her friends, Hildegard and Cleo, getting out of the carriage. "We will be home shortly after one hour," Hildegard told the carriage man as he gave her a nod in response.
"Hello ladies," Amber greeted her two best friends as she approached them. They greeted her in return and Hildegard asked, "so where is the tea party?"
"I am sure that it is all set up now," Amber told her, "we will be having it out in the garden on this glorious day. Follow me," she said and she led her friends to the garden. Once they walked there, Amber was amazed at how quickly the servants had set up the place and how quickly the pastries had been baked. In her point of view, the setting for the tea party looked absolutely beautiful. There were pots of roses set to each different section of the garden and a swan that was made entirely of roses and placed as the table setting. The table cloth was white and soft and her favorite china cups and plates had been set around the table.
"Wow Amber," Cleo cooed when she notched the beautiful table setting, "this place looks wonderful."
Amber couldn't agree more, "I know," she said with a smile, "now lets sit down and enjoy the tea party." The three young girls took their seats around the table and each one pour a generous amount of tea into their cups.
Cleo took the liberty into taking a small tart and elegantly eating it while commenting on how good it tasted. Hildegard drank her hot tea as slowly as she could while the girls gossiped about the events that had taken place during the school week. On some occasions, the girls laughed with one another and their laughter echoed across the kingdom.
From the tower of the kingdom, a black raven named Wormwood had his head tucked behind his wing as he was snoozing. He let out a frightened caw when he heard a high pitched laugh. Angrily, he flew over to window sill and scowled at the three young princesses who were enjoying their tea party. If they understood him, he would have liked to fly down to them and tell them to be quiet. He looked over at the window and took the liberty to close the window himself. His claws grabbed the knob of the window and he tried his best to pull it as best as he could, but he was just not strong enough to pull it.
Why must I hear a high-pitched giggles of three young girls when I am trying to rest he miserably thought as Amber, Cleo, and Hildegard continued to laugh at the topic that they were talking about. Now was the moment when he wished that his master, who had gone out to take care of some errands, was here to shut the window. He didn't even understand why the window was left open in the first place?
He cringed once more when he heard Amber's laughter. "No," heard her say and he turned to look down at the young princess, "I cannot believe she did that."
"I know," Cleo agreed as to what Hildegard was telling them, "it is very embarrassing."
Hildegard only nodded in agreement. Her eyes suddenly turned to the left when she heard a rustling in the bushes and noticed James walking over to their tea party with Rex, Sofia, two birds, a squirrel and a rabbit. "Hi Hildegard, hi Cleo," Sofia greeted the two princesses. Hildegard gave her a small wave and Cleo smiled at her.
Oh great Amber mentally face palmed when she saw them. Knowing Rex, she knew that her tea party was going to be ruined. "James," she said and looked at her brother, "can you go and walk your dog somewhere else?"
"I tried to steer him away from here," James told her, "but this has always been his favorite place. You know he likes it here Amber."
"Yes but I am having my tea party here," Amber spread out her arms to signify what she was talking out.
Sofia felt that her step siblings were going to get into one of their famous tiffs once more. "James, maybe we should find a different place to go to," she told him, "maybe its best not to interrupt their tea party."
James's hands clutched onto Rex's leash as he tried to pull him away from one of the rose bushes. "Rex no," he said to the dog, "come boy, let's go somewhere else." However, Rex's mind said otherwise. He was more interested in the bright red color of the roses. His nose sniffed the flowers and his tail wagged back and forth to show his excitement. He leaped in the air and ran over to Princess Cleo, dragging James along with him. Cleo giggled as she patted Rex of the head.
Amber noticed and felt that Rex was getting excited. She knew that this was not going to end well. "James just take Rex somewhere else," she ordered, "I don't want him to ruin my tea party!"
"Can't you see that I am trying my best to pull him away from here," James said, "come on Rex don't make this any harder than it is."
Suddenly, a yellow butterfly flew past James and landed onto Rex's nose. Rex looked at the yellow butterfly and his tail began to wag in excitement. He leaped in the air, which caused the butterfly to remove itself from the dog's nose and fly away. The collar broke loose and Rex was free to chase after the butterfly. He leaped on top of the table where the tea was set, causing Amber to let out a shriek of horror.
"Oh my dress!" Hildegard screamed when the tea that she was drinking spilled all over her blue dress.
"Now it's my dress!" Cleo whined when one of the desserts landed on her lap.
The butterfly hovered over the table and Rex jumped around the table as if the butterfly was playing with him. He barked in excitement and continued to chase after the butterfly as it flew and over to James. "Oh no," James said she Rex leaped on top of him and plummeted him to the ground. The butterfly hovered over James for a mere few seconds and then flew over to Sofia. Sofia was lucky enough to get away from the butterfly before Rex had the chance to throw her to the ground as well.
"That's it," Hildegard said, "I am going home," she pushed her chair away from the table and walked away.
"Me too," Cleo agreed as she did the same and followed Hildegard.
Before the two princesses knew it, the butterfly flew past them and Rex chased after it. The dog slammed himself against Hildegard, who slammed against Cleo, who slammed against Sofia that happened to be standing just behind them. Cleo reached out toward Sofia to support herself from falling to the ground, but instead, her hand grabbed her amulet.
When the princesses fell to the ground, the amulet broke away from Sofia's neck and landed a couple of feet away from them. "Ohh," Hildegard angrily scowled as she looked at her dirty dress, "I just had this washed."
"Me too," Cleo said as she got up from the ground, "now I have to ask for this dress to be washed again."
Sofia rubbed her head as she picked herself off the ground. She rubbed her hand against her neck when she felt it beginning to sear. She gasped when she felt that her amulet was not around her neck. "My amulet," she exclaimed, "where is it?"
Cleo's hands made their way to her mouth when she noticed the red a red line that had formed around Sofia's neck. "I am so sorry Sofia," she apologized to the princess, "I didn't mean to-" she was interrupted by Hildegard's response to Amber's tea party.
"When a host another tea party, let us know that there will be dog's there," she said to her friend and she walked away from Amber, "come on Cleo, let's go home," she said as she wove her arm with Cleo's and the two princesses walked away from James, Sofia, and Amber.
Once they were gone, Amber angrily slammed her fists onto the table and scowled at James. "How could you do this James?" she yelled which scared both James and Sofia. The both of them turned around and looked at her. "I told you that I was going to have a tea party out here!"
"I cannot control what Rex wants," James told her, "I tried to pull him away but you know how he is."
"Why couldn't you just walk him somewhere else and away from the garden?" Amber walked over to him and stood a good couple of inches away from his face.
"Um guys," Sofia jumped into their conversation, "I don't think it's best to make a big deal out of this."
"It is a big deal Sofia!" Amber put her hands on her head, "I had been planning this tea party for a long time now and look at what happens. My brother waltzes in her with his dog and ruins everything!"
The two siblings began to bicker back and forth with one another, causing an irritated Wormwood to turn around and look at what was going on. Then, something shiny caught his eyes that was snuggled within the grass blades. He flew down from the windows and made himself as invisible as he could from the children. He hopped over to the shimmering object and when he got over to it, he almost let out a surprised caw! It was the amulet. The Amulet of Avalor that his master had always tried to get from the princess but was never successful.
Without wasting one moment, Wormwood scooped the amulet into his beak and flew back to the tower of the kingdom, where he waited for his master to return.