Chapter 6: Cooking & So much More! PT 1

(Fine's POV)

Two months later (after Christmas)….

For two months I have been practicing my cooking skills while making many cuisines, desserts, and other delicious food. Most of the time I decide to practice at the orphanage so that I could spoil the little darlings with my cooking that I make sure to take my time so that I can master the recipe and provide them with food that can make their little tummies full.

Shade is busy practicing with his new sword, which I gave to him on Christmas, and he named the sword Shinya no Ryu , meaning 'fiery heart of the dragon', and he has remarkable speed with Shinya no Ryu. I sighed that we have less time to spend together but we see each other at the end of the day.

Bright has a collar around his neck and a leash is attached so Rein can feel whenever he is about to leave or make a single movement. I'm so glad he being watched but I have a bad feeling something tragic will happen in the foreseen future.

Oh! I forgot my birthday comes in two days on the 3rd of February and I wonder does Shade remember it when we exchanged the days of our birthdays for prior knowledge. But the competition occurs on the same day so what am I suppose to do?

All I wish for my birthday since it occurs on my birthday is that everyone is happy and has fun while enjoying the delicious foods that other princesses from the Mystery Star and I cooked. So with that set in mind; I began to concentrate on my cooking skills for the competition.

(Shade's POV)

I've been practicing my swordsmanship with Shinju no Ryu so I my perform in front of a crowd for the celebration for Fine's birthday. All the royalty and countrymen of Sunny Kingdom shall be attending. The only thing is that we have to keep the celebration as a secret to surprise Fine on her birthday.

I also have another present for her and I hope it brings out an smile for her. I have less worries of Bright chasing after her. Bright is watched most of the time by Rein. We do not want any repeats in the events such as what occurred before.

Invitations are being sent to the Royalty and the local in habitants of Sunny Kingdom. It is amazing how fast the messengers in Sunny Kingdom can deliver the invitations to all of the population of Sunny Citizens. But for now I must concentrate on my swords dance that I present at the party.

2 Days Later…..

(Fine's POV)

Today was the day of Princess Cooking Competition and also Rein and I's birthday. We were to turn 11 yrs old. The Competition does not actually start until 12:30 p.m. So while I waited I went to grab some breakfast and then headed to the stables to check up on Bolt.

When I reached the stables Bolt seem very agitated like he wanted to go out for a ride. So I asked a young stable boy if he could help me saddle up Bolt and then go take a rest for a while for all his hard work. After 10 minutes of struggling to get the finally get the saddle secure on Bolt.

Once saddle was on, I climbed on top of Bolt and made a "Click" noise with my tongue that gave the signal to Bolt to start prancing and hen start to stride once when were free of Castle borders and we were in open fields. When we arrived in the vast fields we started to gallop and as our speed increased I felt a sense of being in flight but a flight that was very close to the core of the Sunny Kingdom.

3 hrs later…..

It was time for the competition and the kids had arrived and they were playing with Dainsuke who teaching some easy dances. I had not seen Shade for a while or Rein which is considerably out of the normal since we both have to participate in the competition.

I went into the kitchen with my nice pink apron on top of my hot pink dress. For the competition I was going to create a Hot Chocolate Volcano Cake for dessert and make some Homemade Curry for dinner.

As I was cooking, I got a quick overall sniff of the other Princesses' cooking. Oh! The smell that came of their cooking just made my mouth drool. But got rid of that thought and focused on finishing my curry and then begin cooking the Hot Chocolate Volcano Cake.

20 minutes later …

It was time to serve and Rein was the first to serve hers to the judges who were the King & Queen of the Flame Kingdom, Princess Lione's Parents. It was rumored that they were feared judges when it came to taste an I hope that they just enjoy my cooking and I Hope one of the princesses win the medal for Best Cooking Princess.

30 minutes later….

The time was up and the judges seem to have been enjoying themselves. The judges decided that Altezza had won the dinner portion but the winner was not yet chosen until desserts were tasted. Before I gave the dessert out I gave the kids & Shade some of my curry so they may have something to eat.

After everyone was settled down & eating ; I went back to the kitchen to grab the dessert & serve it to the judges. This time I went first then the rest came after me. The looks on the judges faces were priceless. They had the funniest smiles that I ever saw but at the same time it enveloped them in a nice warm aura which made everyone in the room & audience smile.

After everyone's desserts were tasted, the judges chose Rein as the winner with her strawberry shortcake over Altezza's stacked caked with layers of vanilla icing. So in order to choose the winner Altezza & Rein competed in the game of chance of rock, paper, & scissors.

After three rounds Rein won 2 games & Altezza won 1 game so Rein was declared the Best Cooking Princess. I was so proud of my twin that I ran up to her and hugged her. Camelot & Lulu were crying their eyeballs out since they were so happy that we both won Princess Medals.

(Shade's POV)

After Fine gave Rein the hug and the dessert to the kids. I took her aside and told her I was to put a blindfold so as to act as the surprise. Everyone was to move from ballroom to the gigantic theatre in the back as to where I shall perform.

I seated Fine in the first seat that was specially made for her and only for her. Once everyone came in & settled down and Rein was behind Fine. Rein was to release the blindfold when I gave the sign.

I snapped my finger as signal to release the blindfold and do I began the swords dance. After practicing days & hours with Shinya no Ryu ; I had become very swift when swinging Shinya no Ryu when I made turns that was part of the dance. I also giving thanks to Dainsuke for teaching me how to dance as a professional.

At the end I was sweating bullets at the end of it all but it was worth it all when I saw Fine's spectacular smile.

After everyone was applauding. Fine had ran up to me & I gave her big hug but I have a bigger surprise for her in store. And where is Bright?

Sorry for not updating for a while but this chapter is going to be in parts (part 1 & part 2). NO FLAMERS!