7 years later...

Elizabeth ran into to Brian's room "Brian let's go we are going to be late for our FIRST day of school!" She yelled, slamming the door. She ran down the halls, skipping with excitement. Brian fell out of bed onto the floor, groaning. He got
dressed and stumbled around the castle to find his sister, who never seemed to run out of energy. "Elizabeth?" He called. She Grabbed his hand and pulled him with her. They jumped into the horse carriage and made their way to school. As
they walked into the building, they saw people staring, but not at them. A girl with red hair and an attitude walked down the hall in front of them, a smirk on her face. Everyone moved out of the way, avoiding her at all costs. Elizabeth casually
walked up to the fiery girl and introduced herself. "I'm Elizabeth!" she said, smiling. The girl looked her up and down. "Yeah. I know. I work at the palace. And just because you're royalty doesn't mean you get any special treatment,
so don't ask," Elizabeth was stunned for a moment. Most people didn't know who she was, and most definitely did not work at the palace. She turned around to Brian and he put his head in his hand, obviously embarrassed. Elizabeth's cheeks grew
red and she shrugged. All of a sudden people were looking, but not at Elizabeth. They were looking at Brian. First of all, if he was the prince, whoever married him had a chance at being queen. Second of all, he was good-looking. Suddenly all the
girls rushed forward and began talking to him, their voices overlapping. The redhead looked at Brian for a moment, then turned away, cursing herself for thinking of liking him.

Elizabeth sat at a table at lunch, wondering where her brother was. She had been lonely without him. The two had used to have been inseparable, but recently she had seen less and less of him. Girls were constantly swarming him, and it seemed like he enjoyed
it. She was a bit weirded out, and had told Notch about this, but he said it was good that Brian was going to find someone to rule with him when he was old enough. Elizabeth sighed and poked at her food. She heard the annoyingly high pitched laughter
of girls and knew that Brian was almost in the room. It had been fairly empty with the redhead, whose name she had discovered was Rebecca, herself, and some strange boy occupying it. She had noticed that Rebecca always left whenever Brian came into
the room, and found it odd. Maybe the girl just disliked Brian. Whatever the case, it was just one less girl following Brian around. Brian ran into the room and slid under the table Elizabeth was sitting at. The group of girls followed in behind him,
looking confused, trying to find where he went. They turned around, and left, looking for where Brian was. He peeked above the table, a desperate look in his eyes. "You gotta help me," he said. "they're everywhere. They never leave
me alone!" Elizabeth laughed. "I'm glad I don't have that problem," she remarked. Brian looked scared. "I cannot take another girl talking to me. They're all psychopaths!" Elizabeth grinned at him, happy that her brother was
still the same. She stood up and said, "I'll take care of it. Don't you worry," and grinned as she ran out of the room. Brian sat up in the spot Elizabeth had previously been. The odd boy was sleeping now, and it was only Brian and Rebecca.
He looked at her and a confused look covered his face. "You're not like the other girls," he said. "What?" She asked. "Because I don't follow you everywhere? That's just weird, dude. Besides I don't understand why they like
you. You're not even that good-looking." She knew she was lying to herself. Yes, she found him attractive, but she had a reputation. She could NOT have a crush on him. Brian looked confused again and shrugged his shoulders. He picked the cookie
up off of Elizabeth's plate and walked out the back door.

When the pair got home that day, Notch called them into his study. "Now listen," he said. "you two are getting older and you need to learn some important skills. So, I've hired a person to train you in weaponry. They're very talented and
their father is my head guard. You're training starts today in about five minutes. Go down to the garden and they'll be waiting for you." Elizabeth and Brian looked at each other then hurried down to meet their new instructor. A handsome man
was holding a sword and fighting a dummy in the practice area. He swung left and right, landing the blows hard and strong. Elizabeth took a step towards him and cleared her throat. "Hello!" The man said. "you look beautiful today, milady.
My name is Jonathan." Elizabeth blushed and Brian rolled his eyes. "Are you our new fighting instructor?" He asked, bored already. A person who had been gracefully fighting pulled their helmet off to reveal a beautiful face with red
hair. "I am." Rebecca said. "Now let's get to work."