16-Decisions, Decisions...
Carmen's eyes were slightly red, but she had coated them mostly in make-up to make them look not as bad as they had been. The Princess kept on staring at her reflection in the mirror, taking in deep breaths as prepared herself to go back out and talk to her friends again.
"You can do this." She assured herself, but not wanting to put any more pressure on herself as it was. "You are Princess Carmen Elizabeth Lesedi Shaw. You are able to do anything."
"Well, Miss Princess Carmen Elizabeth Lesedi Shaw, how are you today?" Carmen's eyes went wide when she realized she wasn't alone in her room. She quickly turned around, and to her horror, found she did know that voice after all.
"Karia!" She smiled, trying to force herself to be happy that her sister-in-law had dropped by. "I was just...Uh..."
"About to renounce your title as future Queen of Scarlatina?" Karia finished for her, raising an eyebrow. She was very clearly unimpressed by what Carmen was thinking of doing. "I'm here to make sure you don't."
"Karia..." Carmen sighed, falling face down onto the bed beside the Queen. She was quite confused as to why Karia was there to talk her out of it; it wasn't as if Scarlatina and Indicenta had a strong bond. The only bond they had at all was the war against the Trackers back in 1609 and now that Carmen and Drake were married.
The Princess rolled over, looking up at her sister-in-law with pleading eyes. Carmen didn't want to become Queen, everyone knew this by now, but there wasn't an official way out of it.
"Please don't..." Carmen practically begged her voice no higher than a whisper. "I don't want to become Queen...Please don't make me..."
"Even if it meant losing Drake?" Karia asked, only confusing Carmen even further. She seemed to be good at that; then again, a lot of people seemed to be good at it.
"Why would I lose Drake?" She asked. "He's MY husband...We're a team."
Karia shrugged, turning away from Carmen for a minute. It was obvious that there was something that she had never been told, something that everyone wanted to keep from Carmen.
What else was knew? Carmen always found out new things daily about her the life she was living. It was as if no one wanted to tell Carmen it all at once, it was as if they all wanted to pace themselves in telling Carmen, which only pissed the Princess off a great deal more.
"You know that you and Drake are only married so he can become King of this country, right?" Karia turned back at the last word, hoping Carmen understood at least that much of her own life. "If you don't become Queen then you and Drake will have to divorce. He'll have to find another Princess whose in-line for her own throne so he can become King."
Indicenta had a different rule book to Scarlatina. In Indicenta, all members of the royal family had to become King or Queen of a country, even if it wasn't their own. It was a long line of family history in which it had been done in, so Prince Drake had to become King of some country.
"I don't want to lose Drake..."
"But you don't want to become Queen, either." Karia reminded her. Carmen sighed, this was useless. She was losing out on something one way or another. "I suggest you have a long and hard think about what's more important to you."
The rest of the group was crowded around in the living room of the palace once again, greeting their new arrival.
"Dude!" Thomas cried, smiling his ass off. "You look like a freakin' hippy!" Some people were finding this more amusing than others.
"I'll take that as a compliment." She replied, "Thank you, Thomas." But Heather's glowing red eyes were still narrowed down on the defenseless boy.
She was wearing a pink skirt, complimented by a white and blue stripped top and a pink headband around her forehead. It wasn't the best of outfits, but it was better than what she used to wear. At least this way she fitted in better as an individual, not a Tracker.
After a long while of disputing it, Celia had finally decided to call in the help of her sister. After all, this was partly her battle to. It was a battle against their mother and sister, though neither would like to admit to either of them being related to either of those two.
"Can we move past Heather's new look?" The assassin asked, "It's something to do with her work and no one wants to get involved with it, capiche?"
"Please can we all focus?" Dallas asked, "I put my heart and soul into that speech I gave, can you at least show me that it inspired you just a tiny bit?"
Everyone smiled at Dallas. Without Carmen around now, they needed someone to lighten the mood when things got tense. Dallas had just volunteered.
"Sure thing." Jenifer smiled in reply. "We need to start with a plan."
"Can't we just get to the part where we kick ass already?" Heather asked, throwing herself onto the sofa and making herself at home already.
"We need a plan first, Heather." Rosie replied. Everyone did like the extra help, but they all knew that having Heather in the palace was a lot more dangerous than having Celia.
Celia may have been as assassin and killed people for a living, but Heather had history with a lot of people in Scarlatina. The last thing any of them needed was the past being brought back up and any more fights to break out would not be appreciated.
"We storm in and kick some ass!" Heather shouted. "Plan sorted, let's move!"
"A reasonable plan, Heather." Drake told her, not wishing for any death on his watch. He was sort of in charge due to the fact this whole thing was his wife's idea and he was future King-Hopefully future king of Scarlatina.
Heather rolled her eyes, unimpressed when no one wanted to go along with her plan. But as it was Drake who had spoken up first, it was Drake who she was going to target, "Don't you have a wife to comfort or something?" She asked, implying he should do something better with his time.
All eyes moved to Drake, but he didn't look back. His head loomed low and his eyes stayed shut as he thought about the words. He knew all about the Indicenta History laws and he knew all about Carmen not wanting to become Queen.
"I don't know..."
A/N: Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!
WE CAN'T LOSE DRAKE! I imagine his to be very hot, sexy and attractive...Next to Thomas, HE IS AMAZINGLY GOOD LOOKING!
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Sorry for no update yesterday...Seriously, I am sorry...I just was having a busy and bad day...Meh, it's cool...
To make it up to you, if I can get enough reviews before I go to bed tonight, I will add another chapter to this story...How does that sound? LOL!
I was gonna write this earlier too, but I have been out with my family and family friends for a while because it's me Nan's birthday :) Soooo we went out to lunch to celebrate...Toby Calvary; Cockleshell makes AMAZING hot chocolate fudge cake...=Q (Does that look like a drooling face or what? LOL!)
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Okay...I am in an overly-happy mood again today...Why, you may ask? Well...I came home today, logged into my DSi and took a good look at my stories...You know what (though y'all probably know anyway...)? I'M AT 100! AAAAAHHHH!
Unlucky 100 -_-
OKAY! MOVE ON FROM THE DEPRESSINGNESS AND BACK TO THE HAPPINESS! xD
YAY!
LOL!
100!
The story is called Fallin'...Please go read and review if you haven't already xD
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OH! To celebrate, I have a lot of new story ideas (FIVE TO EXACT!) and I want you guys to pick which story you would like me to write next for ya'll...
Truth or Dare (Eventual DxC…Maybe)
Courtney Garcia had it all. Living the perfect life. At least until one game of Truth or Dare spills out the truth about her...Can Courtney prove herself before the week is up and before she becomes an outcast forever?
[This may bump up from a T to an M, depending what you guys think!
I recently got this idea from listening to Emily Osment's song Truth or Dare, but the story hasn't got a lot to do with the lyrics of the song, just to let you know! I really do love it...Though it's just me...hehe!]
Accidental Love (DuncanxBridgette)
The punk and the surfer. Two people who were never meant to be. But when Bridgette saves Duncan's life at the beach one day, he would do anything to repay her. Anything. Post TDI.
[I have had this idea for AGES! I have always wanted to write a DxB fic because I really do love the pairing...However! After writing half of the first chapter, I did give up because I thought it wasn't really going anywhere...BUT! I do have it planned out and what-not, so if I finish the first chapter and upload it, you guys can be the judge! :D]
The Lost Princess (DxC)
Princess Courtney vanished ten years ago, no trace was ever found. Now, ten years later, two con men are trying to teach a poor, little orphan girl to become the missing Princess to get the gold prize. Little do they know a secret is to be unlocked. (Based off Anastasia)
[Yes...I did tell you guys that I was planning this story a while back when daddy-dearest got me out my video player to keep Ashton(My young almost three-year-old cousin) occupied! After he left, I found myself watching a load of old videos I owned, one of them being Anastasia (WHICH I FOUND OUT WASN'T DISNEY!). I love the film and am more than happy to watch it again just to be able to write this fic for ya'll!]
I know there are only three there...But A) One of them is a Harry Potter fic and I haven't plotted it all out yet...Okay, I haven't plotted most of it out yet...BUT! I do know what I want it to be like...Sortta...Involves Voldemort and the kids...hehehe! and B) I have given you the plot to the other one before, it's about Heather wishing she could do it all over again...Yeah...I'm not too keen on that idea...And I'm too lazy to have to watch all the TDI episodes again so I can write it...Maybe one day, guys...That's if you want me to...
OH! If you want to know more about any of the story summaries given, do ask and I will tell :D hehe!
Thank you to;
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Wow...This is a pretty long AN...haha!
My mother wants to take me to Mandy's tomorrow...That should be fun...Last time we went there, we all got to stand around in the freezing cold for 5 or six hours because Dan's car rolled down a hill and into someone's garden steps...-_-
hehe! But Mandy does own an over-excessive amount of chocolate...I mean it...She has two massive tubs (You know in the fridge, sometimes there are two see-through draws? Yeah...Two of those...) FILLED TO THE TOP with assorted chocolate...
I will need to start doing my exercising again...Well, all my blisters have healed over now, I can start me walking again :D YAY!
hehe! I like walking...
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'So much for happy endings, So much for miracles, So much for trusting you it-It feels so typical!' ~Emily Osment, Found Out About You.
Still loving that song...
Thanks for reading, please review :)
Love, ChloeRhiannonX