Brianna's POV
Lady Morbucks looked really mad as I didn't have nothing to report and she didn't get to see any of the Princes.
"Are you telling me that you...Had a day off and can't tell me nothing."
I sighed, "Nope nothing." I was trying hard to hide my smile, still...my heart was pounding like crazy and I felt so sick.
"Worthless...Worthless Girl...I should let you walk home for such laziness, you're..."
Lady Morbucks can do all the screaming she wants but...for some strange reason, I was at peace. I was totally relaxed...I could stare out of the carriage window...
"Well...at least we'll have something to look forward for, the Ball and Countess' wedding."
Bubbles is getting married?
I snapped out of that, just to hear that...
"When?" I asked.
"Possibly by next week. I don't want her marriage to upstage my darling daughters prospal to Royalty...or Duchess of Asheia." Lady Morbucks laughed.
"NOT A CHANCE IN HELL!" My brain was screaming inside my head, "IF YOU BITCHES GET ANYWHERE NEAR HIM, I'LL CURSE YOU AND FUTURE GENERATIONS!"
Duchess looked at me, "Brianna, did something happened?"
"Huh?"
"You seem oddly quiet...you usually have that annoying and childish habit of talking back."Duchess looked at me, and the others just noticed.
"Damn you Duchess."
"I guess I'm still a little out of it, so who is Countess marrying?"
"Baron Von Wilson."
Baron...who the hell...wait...Wilson...
"No way Danny."
"Maybe...or his father...either way a climb in the social ladder and he is decently close enough to the King. In face, already...he has introduce Lord Morbucks to his highness. Already...Good fortune shall finally make way."
No way, Bubbles...and that asshole...there's no way...I swear I'll find out...there has to be some mistake.
I don't think the carriage could move fast enough for me as I finally arrived back to the Morbucks Manor.
"Oh Brianna, "Maggie was crying as she hobbled over and hugged me, "You dear child, I was so worried, they said that there was an accident."
"Maggie, I'm fine."
"You foolish girl, one of these days, you're going to give your Grandma Maggie a plague of the Heart (Heart attack)."
"Don't you have some work to do right now." Lady Morbucks said.
"Mistress, let me take Brianna home, she still looks tired and I'll do all of her work for her."
"Maggie, I'm fine...in fact...I can work...I'll do Maggie's chores as well."
Lady Morbucks seem to have been thinking for a moment and then she just smiled, "Alright Fine then, Maggie, you're excuse for the day...be happy that you're in my good graces."
I was at least happy for that, Maggie had been looking really tired, she barely eats anymore...I should ask Belle about this. I have to get her out of here as soon as possible. Maggie was having a hard time walking too.
"I'll take her back to my house and come right back."
Buttercup's POV
"C'mon I know something else happened, say it." Bubbles was pushy, "Your face is peachy Rose you can't hide it. Tell me," She suddenly had this shock look on her face, "You kissed him didn't you? You kiss the Prince." Bubbles was cheering and she accidentally poked me with a pin.
"Calm down, it wasn't a big deal." I said.
"Are you serious? This is great-"
"CINDERELLA!"
"Damn it, what does she want now?" I had to pull the dress off that Bubbles was making around me.
"Buttercup, you can't move...for this sort of dress spell to work, I need you're exact measurement, and I can get only that by putting it on you."
"CINDERELLA!"
"Bubbles, why can't you just use your wand? I really gotta go."
"I can't ball gowns are different, they're tougher."
"CINDERELLA! COME DOWN THIS INSTANT!"
"I'm so sorry, Bubbles." I took off the dress and put my clothes back on, "I'll be back." I ran down the stairs as fast as I could.
"Well, it's about time, how many times do I have to call...Maggie is having the day off...and you shall perform her chores as well as your own." Cousin Morbucks just smiled.
"What the hell?"
"May I remind you that Ladies of Noble Birth don't use such language. Honestly, I thought a Stork like you would understand that. You'll clean out our chamber pots, give Sapphire her bath, not to mention the dusting, wiping the furniture, we also need some apples, and fresh flowers. My flower garden needs clipping as well."
"Fine then...I'll do it."
"That's much better, if you hurry, I'm sure you'll have enough time for your dress. But you better hurry...only two days before the Ball." Lady Morbucks and the girls just laughed and walked into the house. Normally I would've been pissed off...but lucky for me most of the chores were outdoors. I had to look around several times before using my magic as the flowers and hedges shaped themselves. I grabbed some apples and pulled out some flowers...I wasn't gonna give 'Dear Cousin Morbucks' the chance to beat me. I was already finished with the outside chores just as Brianna was coming back.
"What but I told that bitch I was doing Maggie's chores?" Brianna looked ready for a fight, lucky it wasn't with me because I was exhausted, "You're using too much magic genius."
"I've got too. She thinks she can give me all these chores and think I can't finish my dress...I'm gonna prove her wrong. Buy me some time...Bubbles need to measure me."
"About Bubbles, did you know she's getting married...to Danny?"
I dropped the case I was holding, but lucky for me...Mina caught it or more like it caught her.
"Cupie...Bree Bree you're back, Bree Bree...look at what I made...Chocolate Brick...Mina...really you're gonna argue with me inside a vase...Chocolate Cake...but it looks like a brick. I used the left over chocolate and melted it into frosting...and...what's wrong with Cupie? It's not a bug is it?"
"I'm guessing not, Lady Morbucks just told me on my way back here."
"About?" Belle just said but I could barely hear anything else after that.
Bubbles and Danny...no way...Bubbles is polite and all to him but there's no way. What about all that talk about her sweet heart...something has to be going on here.
"I've gotta go, cover me." I went up the stairs...
Bubbles turned around, looking cheerful as always, "Oh great, close the door, if I can just get this first part done, I can finish the dress just in time for the Ball."
I was standing there still as Bubbles was putting the clothe over me and pinning the clothe together as she was getting my measurement.
"Bubbles...are you engaged to Danny?" I just plainly asked, and she just stopped...but then continued.
"Either to him or his Dad, Mother doesn't care as long as it's with some sort of wealthy lord."
"What about your Lord? Are you really gonna give him up? I thougut you were crazy about the guy." I asked, I wanted to start screaming but Lady Morbucks was in the house, I knew she had something to do with it, "Bubbles, I don't know much about love and crap but if a guy makes you happy...to hell with it...it's better than being with Danny or his stink father, I'm serious, the bastard bathes once a month at least."
"I talked to him last night, after what happened with Mother and her telling me that I was gonna marry Baron Von Wilson. I had every intention of being a good little girl and doing what she said..."
"Bubbles...you didn't?" I shook my head.
"Mother, can think all she wants but he's worthy...he's sweet, kind, a little michevious true and he smells nice too." Bubbles smiled, She revealed my measured undergarment and I put my clothes back on, "I can't wait until you marry the Crown Prince." She whispered.
"Marry!" I whispered back in shock and my face felt hot, "No way, my life is already complicated enough."
"You're not gonna marry him?"
"I'm not even 17...I barely know the guy like that-"
"Well of course not, you're gonna marry him at least at 18 or 19...I think that Royal Tradition...but then again the younger...the better for kids."
"Kids!" I think smoke came out of my ears, "No way...I'm not a Noble, I'm in so much trouble-"
"But he is the Crown Prince...I'm sure he can do something about it...or maybe he won't even care. Can you imagine you and the Crown Prince dancing...being surrounded by people...and you being...*gasp* a Princess...You'll be a Princess."
"This isn't about me, this is about you. What are you gonna do?"
"You'll just have to see." Bubbles giggled as I quickly went back to work. I was dusting the library when a fell off the shelf. I picked it up...
"Fairy Magic...interesting..."I opened the book and saw the table of contents and saw Earth Fairy Magic, "Earth Fairies are the strongest out of all the fairies, their strength is the reflection of the earth, like animal fairies, they're great with animals. Hear that Fang, "I looked down as Fang rubbed up against my leg, "Earth Fairy Magic...I can already do that...and making flowers grow...enchanting trees and plants...turning a pumpkin into a carriage...that's odd...who would want to turn a Pumpkin into a carriage. The enchantment needed must be strong, with the incantation Pumuin Ridus Cariua."
"CINDERELLA!"
That scream made me nearly drop the book...
"What do they want now! Damn it, I have at least three names now." I growled as I put the book up, "I would love to turn them into pumpkins. Rotten Pumpkins."
I quickly went down the stairs, Lady Morbucks was standing in front of the girls, "Oh there we go...Our Prime Example, Cinderella, come here."
I stood right in front of the two other girls...
"Now then...A man can tell about the breeding of a lady by: height, posture, beauty and elegance. Here Cinderella...is too tall...a man doesn't like a lady to be of equal footing...not to mention her long feet. Beauty...is adequate enough for a peasant," Lady Morbucks snickered and so did the other two.
"Well Mother, some men love tall girls, makes them seem graceful like a swan...an. Beauty...she has a nice complexion and lovely eyes."
"Yes but a noble woman must have a pale milky white complexion, not this brownish complexion. Elegance, grace and air must be shown even when walking and bowing. The Crown Prince will know for sure if your a proper lady or not.
"Or maybe he doesn't give a rat's ass about all this."
"When you walk into a room, your very presence should demand attention and that's where posture plays a good role in this. Prime example..."She looks at me again, "You just had to be so tall, but I'll give you this you have excellent posture."
"I bet that hurt, for her to say that."
"We also must good to a rather sensitive topic, a woman's 'appeal'. Men like a pretty wife...a noble woman with beauty doesn't stay single for long. Her bosom must be enough to show that...she's...'well in doubt where it counts' as my mother use to say. Now lets see the chests..."
All three girls stood right beside me...of course I would fail...
"Now then...as any other man, the Crown Prince is into women with a round chest."
"Wrong, that perverted bastard likes legs...I gotta remember to cream that jerk for slapping me on the butt."
"Duchess...Princess...excellent shape...Countess, yours is a little too big but perfect as well...Cinderella...well...I'm sorry to say but you have nothing up top," I could hear some snickering, "Such a shame you can't reveal your legs...and such lovely lovely emerald eyes. Honestly Cinderella, your mother had a well rounded chest...even Brianna...a child of low breeding has a chest...But a cross breed like you can't muster a pair."
I swallowed had as I was tightening my fists, she's not worth the rock she crawled under.
"Mother!" Bubbles gasped, "I'm sure that some men would find Cousin Buttercup's figure very appealing, for example," Bubbles grabbed my face, "Her lovely face, never a single blemish...lovely Raven hair-"
"That hangs over her face half the time. Really Countess...she is an embarrassment-"
"I'Ve had enough of this...this bullshit...I've got ton of work to do! And a Ball to get ready for." I stomped right outside, grabbed the hoe and broke it in half. I was an inch away from punching her into a wall. But she's not worth the trouble...I started laughing at how she thought she knew about the Prince.
Butch doesn't give a shit about that elegant and posture crap...and he likes my figure...that perv said so himself...looking at my figure through my clothes...I kinda missed that bastard already...I came back inside and started cleaning again, the nasty chamber pots...sweeping and mopping again...the floors.
I thought about Bubbles...Brianna was super worried...
"I think Bubbles has something planned." I whispered to her.
"Seriously, Bubbles?"
"Yeah, she didn't seem worried at all...she'a just focused on me marrying the Prince." I whispered lowered.
Brianna had this strange blush on her face...
"What happened?" I asked.
"Well...you know that bastard Duke Blitz...yesterday...I was on a date with him...at his place."
"You didn't...do 'that'?"
Brianna's face turned red, and she whispered a scream, "No you dumbass!"
"So you went on a date the same day we went on our dates...so what happened?"
"He Proposed."
I dropped another vase but this time right on my foot, I grabbed my foot and start hopping a big, "Ow Ow ow...damn it...he proposed and?"
"Well I-"
"CINDERELLA!" Lady Morbucks started calling my name or this nickname again, "CINDERELLA! COME HERE THIS INSTANT!"