Okay. So here's the deal. I'm not going to do plane rides for all the characters. Sorry. The main characters will all get plane rides, and the main antagonists. It will be one or two of them to a plane, with two or three other characters. Once I get to the palace, it will be more detailed.
Grace's POV
Grace walked onto the plane to see two other girls sitting on the plane. One of them looked up shyly, and one of them stood up and came over to her.'
"Hi, I'm Annalyse." She said, extending her hand to Grace.
"Hi." She said, shaking her hand. There was an awkward silence, and then Annalyse went to sit back down.
She said a polite hello to the other girl on the plane, who said her name was Hannah, but she was very shy, though she seemed very nice. Grace made a mental note to get to know her better, as she did seem nice. Grace said bye, and then went to a seat. She wasn't really one for being very social. Sometimes she was, but not right now.
She went to a seat away from the other girls, and sat down, putting her bag on the seat next to her. Unluckily for her, a tall blonde girl walked in right at that moment from the back of the plane. She glared at Grace for a" second.
"So you're the one who's been holding it up." She said, rolling her eyes in annoyance. Grace thought about all her possible responses, and decided to go with a less scathing one.
"I am." She said. The other girl sighed, and looked extremely annoyed.
"Well, stop holding me up. Like, why did they have to put me on a plane with a bunch of lower castes. It's like, so insulting."She rolled her eyes yet again. Grace decided it was time to actually say something.
"You know what's insulting? Being put on a plane with someone who thinks I'm lesser than them because I'm poorer." She said, neither her voice nor her gaze wavering as she said it. The other girl whirled around.
"You think you can talk to me like that? Do you know who I am?" She said grandly. In many people, it would have caused them to back down, but not Grace. She wasn't going to let this girl rule over her.
"Actually, I don't think I can talk to you that way. I know I can. And no, I don't know who you are." She said, remaining calm. The other girl scoffed, and flipped her hair over her shoulder.
"Of course you don't. What are you, a six? A seven? I'm Lucinda Summerfield, a famous actor and model. But you wouldn't know that, because it's not like you could afford my movies or magazines." She smiled triumphantly, thinking she had won.
"Or I just don't want to see you and people like you more than I have to." Grace said, staring at Lucinda's eyes, even though with the heels she was wearing, she was about a foot taller than Grace. Not that it was difficult. Finally, Lucinda looked away. Grace sat down in her seat and took out her drawing pad and started working on her drawing of a wolf, looking straight ahead with its sad eyes.
Once the plane took off, and the captain told them it was okay to take off their seat belts and move around the cabin, Hannah came over.
"Thank you for standing up to Lucinda. She was pushing us around a lot earlier before you came, but now she's not." She said. Her voice was still quiet, but it had gained some confidence from earlier.
"No problem." Grace said. Then she lowered her voice. "She's awful." She said, looking over and making sure she couldn't hear. Hannah nodded vigorously.
They chatted for a little while, and then Hannah went back to her seat. A few minutes later, the captain announced that they were starting their descent.
Well that wasn't so bad. Grace thought to herself. Maybe this would turn out okay.
As Grace walked off the plane, she could already hear the crowd from where she, Annalyse, Lucinda, and Hannah were. They were given instructions not to stop and chat with anyone-not because it was bad, but just because they were running on a tight schedule.
Grace adjusted her bag on her shoulder one last time. All the girls made last little adjustments, and then they were ready. The doors swung open, and they were greeted by the roar of the crowd, and rows upon rows of faces. They walked out.
Grace looked around, as she wasn't forbidden from doing that. She was astonished by how many people were yelling her name, and holding signs with her name. She was a six, and as much as she hated to admit it, Lucinda was right-she was a nobody. But there were still people cheering for her.
She took her lead from the other girls, and started smiling and waving. People were throwing flowers at the four of them as they walked down the carpet to the car that was waiting for them. To be honest, it felt a little silly. There were cameras and people going berserk as they walked to a car. Not strange at all. Sure.
Grace snuck a glance at the other three girls. They were also waving and smiling, not wanting to be the weird girl who walked along without acknowledging anybody. They kept walking.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, they reached the limo that was waiting for them. Grace did her best not to jump inside. Once the doors shut, the sound of the crowd became, thankfully, muffled. She swung her bag off her shoulder onto the unoccupied seat next to her. The other girls were sitting in the rows ahead of her. They drove, getting closer and closer to the palace, where she would meet the Prince, and the other girls in the competition.
Hopefully they'd be nicer than Lucinda.
Okay then. Another chapter. This chapter wasn't as good, so sorry.
HestiaAbnegationMockingjay-And may the odds be ever in their favor. Oops, wrong story. Haha...
Lorelai Sofia Petrova-Thanks. Greece and Scotland are cool places (at least they seem like it. Not like I've been...)
4Love4Love-Wasn't her they were talking about. She'll actually get introduced because she's a main. And I probably won't kill her, because I like her too.
HyperFLUFFY-Don't worry, I have no plans of making Lucinda or Colette become nice people. Their purpose in this story is to be bitches. But yeah, (I say this as one) there really isn't many places for sadistic weirdos in this world. I literally can count the number of friends I have on my fingers, and my fingers and toes combined can't count all the people that hate me.
Dolphinsplash12-Thanks! You can still submit, I need a few more characters.
Celtic Silver-Thanks! That's so cool your grandma lives in Thailand! Plus the north pole would be super cool to visit.
RQOTD-If you could have three superpowers (one is too difficult) what would they be?
For me it's flight, invisibility, and mind manipulation.
