Sofia the First

Chapter 5: A Picnic with Hugo

Tonight was the goiing away party and tomorrow was the wedding, because of this Sofia was just as busy as ever! Why couldn't her last days in Enchancia be quiet and peaceful? She did have a little bit of peace till Amber interuptted for their ladies day. She coudn't blame Amber, her sister was just trying to help. It was thanks to the now blonde queen that Sofia was able to visit a home she and her mother use to live in.

She was going to miss Dummwitty with it's villagers, her village friends and her favorite royal servants. Of course she had to stay her optomistic-self is if she was going get through these last few days of her home. Sofia only hoped her happy spirits were enough.

"Everything looks great Thomas." Sofia said to the new steward of Enchancia as she looked around the Ball Room. After a few years with the young man the brunet-haired girl became friends with the young man Bailywick reccommeneded. "Everything is going to look beautiful."

"I agree Your Highness, I feel proud of it myself. I was a bit nervous about the decorations you and I have picked ou for the party but I guess everything turned out alright. The decorations look simple yet almost fancy itself." Thomas said as he took pride in his first big planning.

Sofia smiled and agreed. "So is there anything else I need to do Thomas?"She hoped the decoration were the last thing she needed to do. Right now the princess was wanting some time alone to herself to think about all the adventures she had and all of the friends she had made and was going to miss.

"All that is left to pick out your dress for tonight's party and for tommorrow's wedding. Other than that your done." Thomas said as he looked at the clipboard in his hands. The young man just couldn't go around the castle without it.

"Great, send the dress maker to my room and I'll meet her there." Sofia said as she started heading out the door.

Thomas bowed "Yes, Your Majesty." he said then took one last look at his and the servants' work. He couldn't be more pleased with himself. Now all he needed to accomplish was master Quen Amber's high-standard decorating. If only Baileywick had given him a heads up on how the oldest sibling's high-standard decorating. If there was any chance Amber would throw another ball. Perhaps, if he kept his fingers crossed he wouldn't have to worry.

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As Sofia was headed towards her room to meet the royal dress maker she bumped into Hugo.

"There you are Sofia, I was just about to come get you." Hugo said as he held something behind his back.

"Oh, what did you need?" Sofia asked as she caught a glimpse of something brown behind his back. She needed to get to her room to meet the dress-maker so she could have some alone time with herself.

"I know how stressed you've been with planning this mess with tonight's party and the wedding tommorrow, I sort of thought we could sneak out a bit and have a quiet picnic together. We haven't had any alone time, so I thought this [icnic could actually celebrate this mess." He said rubbing the back of his neck.

He had wanted it to just be him and Sofia a bit. Sofia wasn't the only royal that was busy, he had took part in planning the wedding too. He didn't help the going away party because he knew that was Enchancia's way to celebrate Sofia's wedding. Hugo was going to give his future bride time with her family and friends. He knew the wedding was going give him part of spotlight but tonight Sofia was going to have it.

She laughed and nodded "Sure, I'd love to but first I got to meet the dress-maker in my room first to pick out my gowns."

"Then I'll meet you outside in the Royal Garden." The dark-haired man then walked past her and started to head to the the gardens until Sofia stopped him.

"Wait." Hugo turned aound to face her. "I'll meet you there but don't set up. I know a good place to have our picnic." Hugo nodded then continued on his way.

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After Sofia had met with the dress-maker she made her way towards the gardens to meet Hugo for their romantic picnic. Even though she had wanted peace and quiet to herself Sofia felt this picnic was going to be better!

Ever since Hugo got here she hadn't had any time with him except to plan for the wedding but that did not count. She really wanted alone time with him as well as herself but mostly thought of herself to be with. This was only because she hadn't thought of spending time with him until he had asked.

Once she was outside she realized the sun was telling her the afternoon was almost over. That meant she only had a few hours alone with Hugo. This piece of news didn Follo't upset her.

"Hugo!" She yelled to get his attention. The prince looked up and smiled. He grabbed the picnic basket he had brought and ran up to her.

"So where's the special place you mentioned?" he asked. becoming courious.

"Well, it use to be my secret garden but now that a ot of poeple have been to it I really can't say it's a secret anymore. Follow me."

She took his hand then lead him to her garden. Along the way Sofia realized she hadn't taken off the yellow bows that lead to her garden. Should she take them off since she wouldn't be coming here anymore? Making a mental note to herself to take them off on the way back she opened the door.

"Wow, I got to hand it to you. This is a perfect picnic spot."

A smile a appeared on her face at the compliment. "Thanks, this is where I had my first royal prep tea party. I still used this place jut to get away. Many times I had to bring Mr. Cedric and Baileywick here so they could relaved once they felt stressed over the work they were doing."

Hugo spread the blanket out, set the basket down then pulled out some of the food. "You must really like those guys huh?"

"Yeah, I do. Did you ever make friends with any of your royal servants?"

"I'm afraid your the only royal whoever makes friends with the servants. Where I live we respected the servants we never became friends mostly because we never thought of it and just stuck to our jobs."

"Well, maybe you should make friends with the servants once your king. It woill be fresh start." She suggested as she at a biscuit.

Hugo thought over the idea and wasn't too sure how that idea would work out. To her it may sounded like a good idea but he wasn't sure if he could pull it off. Making friends with the servants wasn't something his family didn't think about.

As the hours ticked by Hgo and Sofia talked about what they would do once they were king and queen. Hugo could see how nervous Sofia was at her upcoming position. He had to be patient. After all, she was once a villager but Hugo could remeber back how good Sofia became to adjusting to her new life. Perhaps, she would do great things in her queen years and would probably make some changes in their castle.

When Hugo looked up he saw that the sun was setting. "We should head back mow. I have to meet my family after I get ready. You have fun with your family and friends tonight." he said as laid out his hand to her.

Hearing Hugo's words made Sofia feel uneasy again. She knew tonight wasn't going to be fun. A matter was to be settled tonight and it was with her mentor. The question that was now plagueing her was that would things turn out bad in the end?

She couldn't imagine what Cedric's confession would be. All that she was that it was about her.

As she was passing the sorcerer's tower Sofia looked up to see if Cedric was watching her but when she did he wasn't there. She could only hope this night wouldn't turn into a disaster.