Sorry I havent updated in a while...Finnaly things are normal again...Its my birthday today, so Im going to try and finish this chapter & the final part of this book today:)
Chapter 20
Yeah. I never should have told Lissa to wake me up if she needed me. I felt her emotions and her calling before I felt her shaking me. Anxious, nervous. 'Rose. Wake up. Now. Rooooose?' and then I was litterly shaken awake. "Hmm. Lissa, its like.. Four pm. Jeesh, Your thinng isn't for three and a half hours." i said, barely awake enough to see the time.
"Yeah, But I can't get back to sleep. And you left your door unlocked, so I just came on in. Hope thats ok." I sat up a bit and scooted over so she could lay down or sit or whatever. I noticed she had on some polka dotted pj pants with a tank top.
"Lissa, please tell me you didn't walk all the way over here in those.." She shook her head.
"No. I kinda jogged. The sun was killing me." I rolled my eyes, which she ignored.
After we sat there and chatted about random stuff, good gossip and such, she finnaly said what I already knew from pricking through her mind a little. "Rose. I don't know if I'm ready for this."
I grabbed her hand and said,"Lissa. I told you about this already. Your perfect for the job. You have a nuetral opinoin, and you love to help people. You canbe feirce when you need to. If you had to, you could even throw a punch. I think your ready." I joked around about the punch thing, which got me another evil look.
"Yeah, and lets hope i'll never have to hit anyone again. But as much as I know your right, i just cant grasp the fact that I can do it. Knowing my luck I'll fall off the chair, or mess up my promise speech."
"Lissa, your just nervous. Once your ceremony is over, you won't feel like that anymore. You'll be fine, and you'll be a great ruler. No way on earthcould anything make me think different."
She breathed in a few times, calming herself. She nodded, then trying to think of something else, she said,"Come on. I've been in here for like...two hours. We need to get ready."
I nodded. She dragged me over to my closet. "Ugh. Lissa, I already have something picked -" She cut me off by handing me a beautiful black gown. And I mean gorgeous. "Lissa...where did that come from?" I breathed. She smiled. "I knew that you would have to look great for this, and so would I. So I got us some new dresses. Pretty, Right?" Wasn't that an undrestatement. It looked like a dress you would wear as a brides maid, or even the bride, if it would have been white. It was compleetly sleeveless, and it was a soft material that sparkled on the top. Right where the waist started, it frilled out a little, like a prom dress. It had some floing ruffles, but not the kind that look too much. its like the material ad over flowed on top of each other. It, too, spakled, but there were sparkly beads sewn in the silk-like material. "Wow." Was all i said. It must have cost a fortune. Like she read my mind, Lissa said,"It wasn't too expencive. It was on sale, probably because its still late summer, and no one need that type of dress now. Don't worry, I know it'll look good on you."
I slipped it on. I swear the dress was made for me. It didn't stick out at the bottom like I imagined it would. It actually laid down almost flat, if it weren't for the ruffles. the obbom of the dress barely dragged on the floor. Lissa smiled. "See?" she asked. I nodded. I left my hair down and put on a little make up while she put on her dress. When I looked at her, I knew she was a queen. It was a green so dark it looked black. It was also sleeveless, and long. But unlike mine, it was thin silk, and shimmered. it layed on her body beautifully without looking slutty. She turned around so I could see the back, and it was as pretty as the front. Lissa threw me a glance, and I realized i was staring like a moron.
"Ready? We have to be there early. And If Dimitri's coming, we need to go get him. God, I hope hes ready. I really don't want to be late."
I shook my head, and we walked down tcourt toward Dimitri's place, we turned heads. I smiled, feeling like for once i was being looked at because I looked great, instead of breaking some kind of rule. Lissa just looked down, now liking the attention.
"Dimitri! Are you ready yet?" I yelled as I banged on his door. Within a few seconds he was at the door, looking jaw dropping himself. When He smiled, and pulled his door shut, I said,"God, we are too damn sexy." Dimitri chuckled while Lissa shook her head. "What? you gotta agree with me there."
"Rose, sometimes I wonder whats going on in your head. I'm about to be crowned queen, your getting married, and hell, Life as we know it is changing. And your worried about us looking sexy." Lissa said the word wierd, which made me laugh.
Ok, Believe it or not the place Lissa's thing was going on looked like an auditorium. A huge one at that. We were on a stage like thing, which had like a couple thousand seats in a half circle around it. There as a curtain,yes. A real curtain, that we-we being Dimitri, Me and Lissa, along with the Lloyd guy and a couple other guardians- stood behind. Lissa was sitting in the throne, eyes closed. I was standing beside her, telling her how things were ok, and Dimitri was joking around with Lloyd. The guardians stood at the ends of the stage, quiet.
"We are ready to start now, if thats ok." Lissa sudenly said. Through the bond she told me that if we didn't do it now, she was likely to run away screaming. Lloyd agreed, and called everyon to order. Dimitri Came to my side, and in turn I moved closer to the side of Lissa's chair. We all straigtened up, and as the curtain was pulled away, Lissa gasped, me along with her.
"Good lord. Every freakin' body must be here." I muttered. Every seat was filled, and some people were standing on the sides. Lloyds voice made me jump a little.
He started it off as if it were a wedding, which made me smile to myself. "We have gathered here today to witness Princess Valissa Dragimor make an oath to fulfill all duties required of her as queen. Her gurdian, as well as Guardian Belikov, is presented here as well. They will both vow to protect her as well as possible." That caught me. I had to say something? Not that I minded protecting Lissa, I mean thats what i've trained for my whole life. But wow. Before I could think any longer, he was next to Lissa, her hand in his. "Princess, do you promise to think of all your people before yourself?" he asked.
"Yes."
"Do you promise to weigh every single issue carefully, and make the desicion that best benifets the society?"
"Of course, yes."
"And Last, to you promise to judge fair, and take on all problems that come your way?"
"I do." Lissa said. Lloyd moved to me and Dimitri.
"Do you, grdian Belikov and Guardian Hathaway, Promise to pretect Valissa with everything you have, until your plast breathe?"
"Yes." Dimitri and I said at the same time.
"Rose, do you promise to be fair as well as Valissa in any issue that involves you as her go-to person, as her advisor?"
Woah. 'Yes, my doings. Your basically second in comand' Lissa told me in my that I didn't want to help her in every way I could, but this was a surprise! I shut off my mind babble, and I Spoke loudly,"Yes." and Dimitri grabbed my hand. Lloyd turned to Lissa again, this time with a beautiful tiara. Yeah, I know its a cliché, but still. It had dimonds on the front, and it was definatley something sleeping beauty, or Cinderella would wear. I smiled, and Lissa smiled back. I felt the anticipation...the nevousness...that She was feeling.
"By the power invested in me, I declare you our Moroi queen" Lloyd said, and he placed the crown on Lissas head. She stood up, and like the nerd he was, Christian shouted out from his seat as close as he could get,"Go queen Lissa!" That made me giggle, but I shut up when many people chanted back what he said. Then of course the catter started, along with the hugs, whoops of joy. Lissa walked up and grabbed my arm. A picture flashed through my mind...it was of us-Lissa, Dimitri, Christian, and me. The big happy family.
I kissed Dimitri, who was rubbing cirles on to the hand he was holing. On that hand sat my ring. The ring that I would wear forever, and enjoy every minute of that forever.