Beck and tori or Beckett and Victoria, spent a lot of time discussing their past memories.

"Ooooh and do you remember what happened when we were 7?" she asked.

"How could I forget, you dared me to kiss you, and I ran away after I tried"

"Yeah" They both laughed at old memories.

"Your majesty!" Beth came outside in great hurry.

"The king has called you in his throne room immediately"

"Me or Beckett?" asked Victoria

"His majesty, the prince"

"No need to be formal, just call me Beck" he said

"But…." She stuttered

"No, Beth, call me Beck"

"As you wish"

"Okay, Tori, I'll see you at the banquet tonight?"

"Oh, that's right; I have no idea what it is"

"Don't worry madam, we'll teach you"

"Okay Beth"

"Bye, Tori" said Beck

"Bye Beck"

Beck rushed in and Tori and Beth took the back door, well a backdoor since there were a hundred.

"Oh, Tori, you're here" said Helen. Getting up, she put away her sewing and rushed towards her.

"Do you remember anything about banquets?

"I'm sorry but I don't even know what they are"

"You do know Tori; you've been to a million. It's a dance and then a dinner where everyone in the kingdom is invited. This one is to celebrate you're wedding."

"Oh, okay, let's see, there's a dance and then a dinner?"

"Yes. Now, let's start with a dance and then move on to table manners"

"Okay"

Helen called in a dance instructor whose name was apparently Sebastian.

"Okay, you're majesty, have you ever waltzed before?"

"Oh, I had to learn once in one of Sikowitz's plays"

"Wait, Sikowitz? That crazy barefoot teacher?"

"Yes"

"Wait, Aunt Helen I wanted to ask you something"

"Sure"

"When I saw you in that tower, your hair was blonde but now it's brunette, how?"

"Oh, I had to put on a wig before because my boss thinks blonde will attract more people"

"Oh"

"Tori, you sure, you know how to dance?"

"Yes, Aunt Helen, try me."

"Well, Sebastian, you can start"

Sebastian nodded and bowed down while Tori curtsied. She put her hand on his shoulder while he grabbed her waist and held her hand. The orchestra, who Tori hadn't noticed yet, started playing, their fiddles and trumpets and stuff.

As they started gliding across the room, Tori felt uneasy and the urge to see someone took over her. She couldn't put her finger on it, but she felt like she was waiting for someone important, and he or she was the only one who could make her feel better. The music ended as Sebastian placed a light kiss on her finger. Tori felt bad, but tried her best to smile, for the sake of her family, expecially Helen and her mother.

"Tori, you were great" said Helen "Now, that's done with, let's move on to table manners"

They made their way to the gigantic ball room and though huge gates, was a long table. Helen and Tori took their seats.

"Okay Tori, no slurping, twittering, kicking, moving, and don't slouch and always use a fork and….."

Time went fast. "Okay now you've learnt everything, Beth what's he time?"

"3 hours till the moon is up, you're majesty"

"That means it's almost 5, oh no! We're short of time!"

"But doesn't it start at 7?"

"Yes Tori, but we need to get you prepped up …. Uh …. Beth call Sally, Lila, Aurora, and 5 or 6 other maids and hurry to Tori's room, okay?"

"Yes, you're majesty"

"And did my daughter arrive yet?"

"Yes, you're majesty; she's in the throne room with her majesty, Queen Katherine."

"Okay, good, tell Sebastian to call her, since it'll take long for you"

"Yes, you're majesty"

Helen took Tori's hand and rushed up the huge flight of stairs and made a few turns finally arriving. To their surprise, all the maids, except Beth we're already there. Beth arrived seconds later.

"Girls, is Victoria's dress ready?"

"Yes, ma'am, I'll bring it up" said Sally and rushed out.

"Okay Tori. Go and take a shower quick and put on a robe, it's in the washroom, oh and showers don't exist yet so use the barrel and the mug"

"Okay" said Tori still surprised at what's going on around her.

She entered the washroom and noticed that the water in the barrel was already heated, there was no shampoo, only soap.

"Aunt Helen, where's the shampoo?" she called from inside.

"Shampoo's don't exist yet, but there's a mixture of herbs in a plate near the wooden sink, it's much better as it rinses off easily" she shouted back

Tori looked around and found a mixture on a small plate; it was pale, almost white, and smelled of china roses. She quickly out in on her head and washed it off, she finished with the soap and dried herself with some cloth, instead of a towel and quickly put on the robe, she came out with her hair still wet.

"How do you guys dry your hair?" she asked

"Don't worry dear, it'll dry naturally" said Helen

"Okay"

Beth came in with two or three trays; she put them on the table and let out a heave.

"Beth are you tired, it's alright, you can take a rest" said Helen

"Thank you you're majesty" sad Beth.

Beth sat on the bed, watching the other maids.

"Aurora took out a small wooden thing from the tray.

"What's that?" asked Tori

"This is a hairbrush, don't worry the thorns are sterilized" said Helen

Tori gulped Thorns? They were going to use thorns to brush her hair? Tori never remembered this kind of treatment when she was small, hell, she didn't even remember the last time she brushed her hair over here.

Aurora started brushing her wet hair; it wasn't as painful as she thought, but painful enough for her to shriek, minutes later, Rose arrived.

"Hey mom, Hey Tori, how are you enjoying you're new life?"

"It's okay" she answered. Rose gave her mom a hug and then went towards Tori. Aurora, I'll take it from here.

Tori's here were partially dry now; she brushed it once again and started braiding it while Lila put some strange powder on her face. When they were done Tori felt her hair, as there were no mirrors.

"Wow, it feels so complex" she said. Rose laughed "It is, I took a course on hairstyles back in England"

"Wow"

"Okay, Tori, guests are already arriving, hurry up" said Helen and as if on cue, Sally came in with a dress. Tori put it on. It reached Tori's ankles, maybe a little longer. It was a pale green and showed Tori's delicate frame. It was set into layers. The last one had a lot of fancy embroidery on it. The sleeves were almost half and fixed to the dress with the neck. Tori looked beautiful.

Several seconds later, Tori's mom came in.

"Oh, Tori you look lovely" she said as she hugged her. "Here, I came here to give you this" she said handing over a small necklace in the shape of a heart. I "It was passed down in our family line, and now I want to give it to you" she said.

"Oh, mother, it's lovely, thank you" she said kissing her mom's cheek. Her mother was already dressed in a dark blue gown with a high ponytail.

"Girls, we made you dresses, they are all in your room" said Rose addressing the maids. "You will also come to the party"

"But madam, we couldn't" said Lila

"Nonsense, you will, now go!" said Tori.

The maids made their way out, followed by Tori, Rose, Catherine and Helen.

A/N: Hey guys thnks sooooo much for reviewing btw, if u want 2 see Toi's dress Here's the link:

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