**Disclaimer** I understand that in the canon story Damon is kind of a douche and he marries a girl names grace (who I eliminated early on) however for my own story and creative licence, I reinvented him, all of the selected girls and the Queen to fit in with what I picture in my head when I'm writing my story. Sorry if that caused any confusion, but I hope that it's all cleared up now! Please don't be afraid to PM me or leave reviews telling me your favourites
The girls curtsied towards the royal family, who had an addition to their table that night, and sat down. On the right end of the King and Queens table, sitting right next to Queen Adela herself was the Princess of New Asia, she was one of the most beautiful women the girls had ever seen. Her big bright eyes watched them as they waited to be served. Briar Turner wondered if Damon would call off the entire selection just to marry her. Once dinner was over, the Queen stood and addressed the 15 remaining girls.
"As all of you must have noticed by now, there is a new addition to our table tonight" Adela motioned gracefully towards the Princess. "She is staying in the palace for only a week and I hope that you all have it in you to welcome our guest, the Princess of New Asia, Nuo Soo." The girls stood up and curtsied once again. The Princess smiled gracefully and excused herself from the room without one looking any of the girls in the eyes. Queen Adela cleared her throat and spoke again. "What you may not know about New Asia, is that they don't exactly agree with what Illea is doing right now in terms of the selection, especially not their royal family. So it is your job, as representatives of Illea and the Selection, to convince the Princess otherwise. Sophia will have a project regarding this in the morning, you are all excused."
As soon as the dining room doors shut behind them, the 15 girls broke out into whispers.
"What do you think she doesn't like about the selection?"
"Is it something we all did wrong?"
"What's Sophia going to force us into this time?"
The latter of those questions was answered the next day in the Womens room. Sophia walked in, her pregnant belly appearing in the doorway before anything else. "Girls" she sounded exasperated "Please quieten down, as you all know the Princess of New Asia is here, and she does not like The Selection. Not one bit, nor do her family. She also has 3 younger sisters, who we believe may be the easiest to persuade into liking the selection. What you will be doing over the next five days is in groups of 5, making a care package to each of the Princesses younger sisters." Eyes narrowed all around the room, most out of fear and one out of anger. Queenie raised her hand "Can we choose our teams?"
"Unfortunately not Queenie, but it's something one of you will have to get used to, the Queen has to work with people she may not like all the time. Your groups are: Madison, Saffron, Queenie, Rosie and Vanya, you will all be sending a care package to the youngest sister Rou. Lucy, Maya, Brair, Sherri and Riley, you will be sending a care package to the second youngest sister Jia. Which means Allay, Astrid, Kiva, Samantha and Dani will be sending a package to the eldest sister, Wen. Ask your maids for resources and bring it to me in five days."
The girls immediately separated into their groups and found that a maid brought them a small sheet about the sister they were going to send things to. The youngest, Rou was only 6, she loved playing outdoors and looking at flowers, the next, Jia, was 8, she loved playing dress up and making jewellery, the last sister, Wen was 14 and she loved reading and music. At the bottom of all their papers it also said that they were expected to make a small gift for the Princess who came to stay will them, Nuo who was 18. They all knew that they wouldn't be getting much sleep over the next few days. And what was worse, they wouldn't be able to focus on the Prince.