Their Royal Majesties: Chapter 3- Welcome
"Umm...Hello?" Leafy asked, confused as she waved slowly. "S-she's the last of the royal bloodline?!" a woman in a maid's outfit asked. "Yes" the man explained. "Well, I have to take her to be fitted for a proper dress, and discard of this" the maid said. "W-wait! Can I keep it, I share a lot of memories with it, please?" Leafy asked. "Fine, but at least allow me to wash it, for heaven's sake go bathe yourself, a true ruler doesn't roam around coated in mud!" The maid said.
Leafy chuckled nervously, and turned around. "Where is the bathroom, anyway?" Leafy asked. "Your bedroom is on the top floor, your bathroom is across the hall from there" The maid said. "Thank you" Leafy said, slowly walking upstairs.
It was a tiring eight floors before Leafy made it to the top floor, and looked to the left to find a bright pink double door, and a white double door that appeared to have thorns growing on and around it. Leafy decided the one with thorns was the bathroom, but there would be no consequences if she was wrong, seeing that the rooms now belonged to her.
The large round oak leaf shaped bathtub gave off the sweet smell of lavender as Leafy filled it with warm water. Leafy slowly pulled her dress over her head and folded it on the floor beside the tub. Slowly stepping in, Leafy began to scrub at, at the very least, two years worth of dirt.
Once Leafy finished, the maid was there. "I've come up to look at the damage" she said. Leafy smiled, her hands tying the ends of her bath towel together as she listened to the sour, scorn-filled banter about how filthy the tub was, and how the tub was either going to be bleached or burned.
Leafy slowly exited the bathroom, and stood in her bedroom, looking around at all of the vast space, not to mention how big her bed was, it made her uncomfortable. "I'm probably gonna sleep on the floor or outside for a while..." Leafy said quietly to herself. The size of the room was a bit intimidating when you've lived outdoors for almost all of your life, save for two years.
Leafy started to slowly flip through the wardrobe on the left wall of the room. A barrage of different dresses, most with extremely intricate designs. Leafy got her hands on a slim blue dress that flowed at the bottom, but still had no intention of wearing shoes. Leafy sat on the edge of the bay window that overlooked all of the wide open space. Leafy looked into the jungle about two days' travel from here, and saw smoke rising from the area in the middle.
Leafy jumped down from the window, and made a note to herself to go there tomorrow and see what that was. "So, your coronation is next week, welcome, Your Majesty" the man said. "I never asked your name, and you can call me Leafy if you want" Leafy said. "M-my name is...Rhubarb, Your Majesty", the man said. "Cool, alright Rhubarb, what time is it?" Leafy asked.
"Time for you to be fitted for a proper dress!" the maid huffed. "Wait...c-can't I just wear dresses like this unless it's a special occasion?!" Leafy asked. "Fine, walk around looking like a peasant, I'll at least make you some different ones with different patterns!" the maid sighed.
"Okay...can I go outside?" Leafy asked. "Fine, but at the very least try not to accumulate so much filth this time Your Majesty!" the maid sighed, but Leafy had already darted out the door. "Quite the outdoors person isn't she?" the maid asked. "She's the Queen of Nature you idiot, of course she is!" Rhubarb reprimanded.
"Don't call me an idiot, I was raised around the monarchies of the past, and I know how a proper queen is to behave, and Her Majesty isn't following those guidelines, going about and doing this and that like an adventurous child!" the maid scoffed. "Oh go clean a window, remember your place, you are in no position to reprimand your overseer, let alone the woman who provides you with your pay, lest you be fired" Rhubarb remarked. The maid stormed off, headed elsewhere within the castle.