lena POV
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. I groaned and rolled over, turning off my alarm clock. My name is Elena Castillo Flores, and I am the royal wizard of Avalor. Let me explain how I went from an ordinary girl in an overcrowded house under a tyrant's rule to royal wizard of Avalor.
Forty one years ago, the royal family was in power. They were nice enough people, the widowed Queen Rafa, her 15 year old daughter Marlena, and her oldest son, aged 16, Mateo De Alva. But then, Shuriki, an evil, power hungry sorceress from the Northern Isles invaded our kingdom. She killed the royal family's personal guards, and attempted to kill the family too. But my grandfather Fransisco, the then-royal wizard of Avalor, had a spell that could put the Queen and Princess in a magical painting to preserve their age. But the spell would takes time. So Mateo decided to face Shuriki on his own. He was brutally attacked, and until recently, no one knew what had happened to him. He had been trapped in a locket, the one with his father's picture in it. His father, who had been very loyal and loving, had sucked him inside the locket to protect him. He had been age preserved for 41 years also. I had been the one who freed him. My grandfather had found the locket. Too afraid of Shuriki, who had opposed music and magic excluding her own, he had hidden away the locket in his secret underground workshop. One day, I had accidentally kicked an olaball into the hole in the wall, and noticed the stairs behind a door a little way in. Climbing them, I had discovered my grandfather's workshop. Until recently, I had thought my family had no idea I practiced magic secretly. I lives with my parents, younger sister Isabelle, maternal grandparents, and orphaned cousin Esteban. They had all figured it out, but decided to let me do it. When I discovered the locket, I thought nothing of it. Until one night I had a vision of what had happened and how I needed the locket and Shuriki's wand melded together with a spell only a descendant of a witness could cast. With difficulty, I managed the tasks, freed the rest of the family, and helped lead the march that gave Avalor back it's freedom. And in return, crown prince Mateo appointed me royal wizard of Avalor. Any who, enough about back story. Let's get to now.
Last night was amazing. And hopefully, tonight will be better. Here is more back story for you!
I was walking in the palace gardens after dark, like I always do. I finds it relaxing and beautiful. But, I ran into Mateo. He asks me to walk with him. We talked for the longest time, and then, he pushed me on the swing. We sat together on the bench in the garden, talking about differences between us, and also similarities. At one point our hands accidentally touched for the briefest moment. We looked at each other to apologize, but we got lost in each other's eyes instead. We were leaning closer, and closer, and then we kissed. I hands never thought about Prince Mateo like that before, but now it was all I could imagine. Blushing, he asked me out to dinner the next night. I skipped about as I put on my wizard's robe, grinning manically. Today would be a great day, I could feel it.
Mateo POV
I stood in the palace gardens, on the edge of the cobblestone road, by the white rose bushes, a bouquet off them in my hands. They were her favorite flower. When I saw her, I literally could not breathe. She was always pretty, but tonight even Aphrodite would have been jealous. Her hair fell down her back in long, loose waves, and she wore a light blue dress with red and gold flecks in the fabric. Her golden heels perfectly accented the dress and earrings she wore. I bowed at her approach. "Please, Mateo! You're the prince! Why should you bow to me?" I smiled at her. She was different, and I liked that. "Shall we?" I offered her my arm. She took it without hesitation, and off we went.
A half an hour later, we were sitting in an italian restaraunt. I looked at her, that perfect smile of hers, as she looked into my eyes, and I tell you, it stole my breath away. We talked for hours, about how annoying Dona Paloma was, about how annoying little sisters could be, fun memories with my families, about our favorite songs, about our greatest strengths and weaknesses. She talked about being a wizard, and I talked about being crown prince. We both talked about how neither of us felt ready for our jobs, but how we encouraged the other. As we walked out, we went to the pond behind the restaraunt. Holding hands, we went around the pond, still talking about the most random things, things we didn't even know how they came up in conversation. As we went back to the palace, as I said goodnight, she leaned in and kissed me on the lips. I kissed her back, just as hard, and it was perfect.