"Um, my lady?... What's wrong?" he, Anthony, asked and Silver looked at him with his pupils widened in pure shock. Anthony's face grew with a mix of worry, sadness, guilt and concern.
"Are you alright?" He began to grow concerned.
But Silver couldn't get any single words out of his mouth. He sat on the swing, his body started to shake and could feel his heart beat faster than its normal speed. He stared into Anthony's eyes. Anthony put his hand on Silver's shoulder and kept staring into Silver's eyes.
"Lady Golden, are you okay?" Anthony asked once again. He could see that Silver looked mighty scared.
Silver couldn't speak. All that was going through his mind was 'this can be!!' He couldn't believe his eyes. He was staring at the person that he met and it was the human personal of Staghart. But how can this be!?
"I…. I'm sorry but I do believe it's time for me to go home and thank you for the wonderful night." Silver finally broke his silence, before getting up from the swing and Anthony, also getting up, looked at "her" confused.
"What? Why?" Anthony's eyes betrayed his confusion over "Lady Golden's" statement. "Wait, but you haven't had the chance to tell me your name." Anthony told "her", holding "her" hand. "Who are you anyway?"
Seeing his confusion, Silver hurriedly himself as he went around Anthony while trying to free his hand. "Please, let me go!" He cried. "You must let me go!" He shouted.
Anthony, still confused as ever, looked down at "Lady Golden", who was now looking terrified as if he was going to do something horrible to "her" and he could see a tear running down "her" cheek. "Lady Golden!" He said loudly. "Please calm down!"
But Silver finally managed to pull his hand away from Anthony, picked up his gown and immediately dashed out the secret garden. He ran as fast as he could in his heels to collect the princesses and quickly inform them that they needed to get the heck out of here.
He could hear Anthony following him by the sound of his shoes, but didn't care about that anymore. He needs to get out but this garden is built like a maze to him. Most lead to a dead end, others lead to nowhere. He finally found himself back in the back view of the Draventon estate and into the ballroom where the dance floor was clear and quickly made his way through the open French doors. Anthony enters the ballroom and chases after "her" from behind.
"Lady Golden, wait, please!" Anthony managed to grab Silver's hand.
"STAY BACK! I SAID STAY BACK FROM ME!!!!" Silver snatched his hand back immediately but the heel part of his shoes stepped on the hem of his dress skirt which caused him to fall on his back and his mask flew out from his face before hitting on the middle of the empty dance floor.
He caused a mighty stir and pretty soon, everything came to stop. The musicians stop playing their instruments, the guests stop eating and chatting as the whole entire ballroom looks on as they watch in complete silence.
"Oh my goodness! Are you alright!?" He shouted in a considerable tone.
"Ak! Y-yes!" Silver shutter, hiding his face with two hands from being exposed while trying to find his mask.
"Please, show me your face and I promise to not get mad or angry." He said.
"Please, why are you freaking out?" He said. "I just don't understand, why would you run away from me?" Anthony asks.
Silver was silent.
Anthony kneeled in front of Silver. "Please," He spoke softly to him. "Have I done anything to upset you? Please answer me."
Silver could only look down, not knowing what to say. He felt guilty for causing so much commotion. He didn't mean to cause such a scene.
"You… you promise?" Silver asks.
Anthony bowed his neck. "You have my word… my lady."
"Hate to break it to you but I am no lady you see but rather……"
Silver sighed as he had no chance and slowly moved his two hands away to reveal his face. Everyone in the entire room gasps in shock.
"……I'm a guy." He exposed his gender to him.
Everyone couldn't believe this, he was actually a guy! All of the young men that Silver has danced with before were shocked as well.
The Princesses' expressions are mixed with panic and worry as they look at the guests' shocking expressions around them. When Silver showed himself, they all decided it's time for them to get out of here before any damage is done. They all made a run toward Silver.
"And who are you?" Anthony asks them when they come up to them. Rapunzel and Jasmine stood protectively in front of Silver blocking Anthony while Ariel and Anna helped Silver get up in the back from his feet and Ariel picked up his mask from the ground.
"I'm Princess Rapunzel of Corona." Rapunzel introduces herself when taking off her mask. This is followed by Ariel, Jasmine, and Anna as well when all three take off their mask, revealing their faces one by one, exposing their identity to everyone, they could all hear the sound of the guests gasping surrounding them.
"Princess Ariel of Atlantica."
"Princess Jasmine of Agrabah."
"And I…… am Queen Anna of Arendelle," Anna exclaimed. The entire guest immediately started bowing respectfully to the presence of the royals in the ballroom.
"Princesses and Queen...? My Ladies." He quickly bowed to the Princesses. "And I am assuming you happen to know this young man?" Anthony asks them, before standing up.
"Yes… we do." Ariel nodded as she responded. "He's a friend of ours."
Ariel nudged Silver a bit, motivating him to say something to the Lord.
Silver gulped before looking straight through his terrified eyes. "Y-y-your G-G-Grace." He formally addresses him with some stutter. "M-m-my friends and I owe you and your f-family our deepest apologies for uninvitedly crashing into your b-ball."
"Silver, are you alright?" Ariel looks at him, noticing his body is shaking. "What did he do to you?"
Silver looks at her and shakes his head. "N-nothing. Nothing happened to me."
Anna, Rapunzel, Ariel, and Jasmine all looked at each other as they're confused about what was going on.
"Silver, are you sure?" Rapunzel asked him. "Did he… you know… did something bad to you or something?"
Anthony quickly got between them.
"No your Royal highnesses, I do not do anything to him! I am positive." Anthony assured them.
"Oh really?" Jasmine asked him, crossing her arm. "Explain to us why he is shaking?
"I don't know!" Anthony answered.
Anna looked at him confused. "Why is that?" She said.
"It was like he saw a monster! Or a ghost!" Anthony explained.
"Okay can any of you boys tell us what in the name of Disney is going on!?" Rapunzel questioned the two. "Silver, what happened!?" She asked him again. "Please tell us what's wrong?"
"Well…" He looked at them, shivering. "You see I-I-I-"
DING!
Suddenly, the sound of the grandfather clock began to strike the first chime of midnight. The princesses and Silver went silent and looked at each other, realizing that it was indeed time for them to go home.
DING!
"Oh, would you look at the time! We must be going now! Bye bye! Hehehehe. LET'S GO!" Anna exclaimed as she took Silver's hand and immediately dashed out of the ballrooms with Ariel, Jasmine, and Rapunzel in the front and hitching up their skirts so they wouldn't step on their gown while they ran. Silver turned his head back, seeing Anthony stood in the middle of the dance floor with the guests looking at them as the grandfather clock chimes.
DING!
The Princesses ran with Silver the best they could, running down the hallway toward the foyer where they exited through the double door of the estate. Silver ran after them while trying to keep up. He started to feel a bit sweaty from running. As he ran, a sudden sound of "THUMB" landed on the stone. He reached the bottom of the stairwell to catch his breath, and he seemed to have paused for something.
DING!
Silver lifted up his skirt only to see that one of his slippers was missing. He turned and gasped as he realized that his slipper had fallen off, laying down on the landing of the stair.
DING!
"My slipper!" He was about to retreat, but all of the sudden, Anthony came out of the front entrance.
DING!
"Wait! Don't go!" He calls out to him. "You didn't have the chance to give me your name."
DING!
For a split second, Silver looked indecisive. But then, Jasmine went back to get him. "Don't just stand there! Let's go!" She growled and immediately grabbed his hand as both continued to run off while Silver looked sadly at the slipper that he had no choice but to leave it behind.
DING!
By the time Anthony had reached the spot where Silver had left behind, stooping down, he carefully picked up the object that belonged to the boy – his slipper. He gazed upon it for a moment, admiring its beauty, never taking his eyes off of the sparkling slipper. But he gazes up to where the group has run off into.
DING!
Back in the group, Silver tears up in his eyes and he and the Princesses run out of the Draventon estate and into the woods, far and far where no one could see them. He immediately took out his magic paintbrush and began painting the door.
DING!
Once he finished painting the door, he turned and faced the princesses. "Get inside, now!" He commanded them.
DING!
"C'mon, girls!" Rapunzel demanded them. One by one, all of the princesses rush inside with Silver being the only one to enter inside. The painted door shut behind him and vanished.
DING!
They immediately arrive back at the Magic Kingdom at 7 o'clock pm on the Tomorrowland side of the castle inside one of the castle tower's barriers. All groups of fifths, no longer wearing their rococo costume but rather back in their normal attires, stumble out of the door and pile on top of each other. Silver found himself on top of a pile of princesses.
"Well, at least I am not buried inside of the pile," Silver groaned.
"Can y'all please get off of me? I need air to breathe for goodness sake!!" Jasmine cried, her pair of legs is the only ones that are showing. "It's getting hot and stinky here already!"
Soon, the princesses and Silver got off from each other. Jasmine, finally getting some air, got up from the ground and dust some dirt off of her gown. "I am sooo going to take a bath when I get home!" She commented.
"But at least we all have fun!" Rapunzel tries to look at the bright side.
"The food they have is delicious!" Ariel claps her hands.
"Don't forget they even have a chocolate fountain at the dessert table!" The princesses began to talk about their favorite moments from the Draventon ball. As they talk, Anna turns and notices Silver is leading his back on the wall, still shocked by what just happened.
"Silver?" Anna called out. But got no response from him.
Silver then starts having a panic attack as he stares down at the ground. His heart starts pounding fast, his breathing is heavy and shaky, and he begins to sweat profusely.
"Silver!" Anna went over to him and kneels down beside him.
Rapunzel notices this and she too kneeled down beside Anna. "Just breathe Silver."
Silver shakes his head as he tries to get his breathing under control.
"Silver? What happened? Did something happen?" Rapunzel asked, noticing how shaken up he was.
"He-he is re-real!" Silver stuttered out, looking at the ground. He try to breathe again, but this time, it felt like he couldn't catch his breath.
"Re-real? Who is real?" Ariel asked. "Who exactly is he?"
"I-I met- He was- I met-… Anthony!" Silver choked out. His throat was thick with emotions, making it hard for him to speak. "I met the human persona of Staghart!"
"WHAT!?" Anna, Ariel, Rapunzel, and Jasmine all yelled at once.
"REAL!?" Rapunzel gasped.
"Real… real!" Silver repeated again.
"What do you mean he was real!?" Jasmine said, grabbing Silver by the shoulders and shaking him. "Are you saying you met Staghart's human persona!? Your EX's human persona!?!?"
"Yes! I-I did! I know it sounds crazy, but I swear it was him! It was his human persona!" Silver told them. "He turned out to be real!" He cried out.
"His human persona!? You are saying that the guy you met at the ball tonight is Staghart's human persona!?" Anna shrieks.
Jasmine, Ariel, and Rapunzel all had shock in their eyes.
"How could this be!?" Ariel asked.
"That doesn't make sense! That means he is real!? And that means Staghart took the human form of someone who's already existent!" Jasmine exclaimed.
"And you're telling us that this person is Anthony the Human?" Rapunzel added. "You are saying that the man you met tonight is actually his actual human persona!? Not the human persona of Staghart! Is that what you are saying!?"
Silver nodded, finally calming himself down.
"I-I don't understand?" Ariel said. "How is that possible!? You mean to tell us that when Staghart takes a human form, he actually transforms into someone else!? Someone with the same name and face!? This isn't possible! It doesn't make any sense!" She cried.
"It doesn't make any sense!" Jasmine agreed. "How on earth does Staghart take a human form that already exists? Don't gargoyles take their own human form?"
As the princesses began to argue these shocking discoveries amongst themselves, Silver silently sat still. He didn't say anything. He couldn't process any of this information.
That's when he remembers back during the Hex era, Staghart reveals that Puck transforms him into a human and makes him lose his memory. He knows that Puck is a trickster of the group of the Children of Oberon. Could it be possible that Puck might have been playing around with spells or something like an… Shapeshifting or Changeling spell? Is there a spell of taking someone else's physical appearance?
"Is it possible for Puck to somehow use a spell on Staghart to shapeshifter into someone that already exists?" Silver wondered. He's not 100% sure if Puck knows this spell or not.
Whatever Puck did, he really needed to have a serious talk with him once he found him and told him that he had met someone that Staghart took a human form of. Silver got up and looked at the princesses who were arguing amongst themselves. He then blew a whistle at them causing the princesses to stop and looked at him.
"Listen," He told them. "I know this is all very confusing and shocking right now, but should we be worrying about our family finding out the truth for sneaking into the ball?" Silver pointed out, but in reality he just wants to change the subject. "We will be maaaaaaajor trouble if they do."
Now this caught the princesses attention. He got a point there, if they found out the truth, they would face serious consequences.
"Don't worry! They won't know what we've actually been doing!" Anna assures Silver, patting on his shoulder while the fifth started to leave the castle tower barrier. "It was just one night and it's not like someone posted a picture of us on social media. All we have to do is never mention the ball ever again."
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!!"
Let's just say they did especially find out and boy where they weren't happy about it. How? Apparently, someone posted a video of them at the masquerade ball, this went viral on Twitter and it even made a headline in the media.
"Anna of Arendelle! I can't believe you lied to me!"
Elsa holds a newspaper in her hand with a picture of them fleeing along with the headline that read:
FIVE UNINVITED GUESTS CRASH THE DRAVENTON BALL!?
"You said you fifth were just going to have some fun in London and that's all! But I have never expected to learn that you all went into a ball you were not supposed to." Elsa glares at her sister. She was furious when Gerda brought her the newspaper that was delivered to the Castle. At first, she didn't want to believe it until she read it with full details and couldn't believe her own sister lied to her.
"When we get back to Arendelle, you are forbidden to eat chocolate for two months, II will have Gerda and the maids to search every inch of your room to see if you have some chocolate hidden somewhere. You are suspension as Queen of Arendelle for one month, and I will be taking over your royal duty as regent until two months have past."
But Elsa wasn't the only one being mad at her sister, Ariel father King Triton, Jasmine father the Sultan, Rapunzel parents King Frederic and Queen Arianna, and even Silver parents Mr. and Mrs. Willow was not happy once they were all informed by Elsa about the incident at the Draventon Ball. All were in the private room in Cinderella Castle to have a serious discussion about their kid's actions.
On the opposite side of the room a different argument was taking place. King Triton is glaring down at her redheaded daughter, disappointed and also furious in his eyes. "When you said you children were going to London, I assumed it was because you fifths wanted to have some fun around and go on sightseeing. I did not think it was because you fifths sneak into a party that you weren't invited to."
Ariel looked down at the floor, no response at all and knowing she was guilty. Her father King Triton throws his arm up in the air. "You all have completely ruined the Draventon ball and caused quite a scene!" King Triton took a deep breath before calming himself down. "I thought I'd raise you better than that, Ariel." He sighs in disbelief while shaking his head.
Jasmine was sitting on the chair with her head resting on her palm on the arm of the chair. Her father had given her a non-stop lecture about trust, lying, and safety that she hadn't said a word since they went into this room. "You're grounded for the next month!" The sultan is red in the face. "We'll talk about this more when we return back to the palace to discuss your punishment!"
Didn't want to argue with her father, Jasmin, feeling guilty, just simply nodded at him.
In the other room, King Frederick and Queen Ariana were asking how their own daughter did this. Rapunzel was looking at her hands sheepishly. This wasn't the last time she disappointed her parents… Well… more like her father. The first was leaving the walls of Corona without his consent which he later forbade her from doing that. King Frederick was frustrated by how his daughter could attend the Draventon ball and caused a scene. They grounded her and she wasn't allowed to paint or go outside the castle, they'll hand her a very strict duty as Princess of Corona. Rapunzel will be kept under watch by her maids who will follow her around the castle and make sure she does her duty.
However, the loudest and biggest voice was happening is Silver's parents, who were practically screaming at him.
"Silver Julio Willow! I don't believe this!" His mother, Mrs. Paula Willow was outraged and her face narrowed. The mother has long dark brown wavy hair and medium to deep skin with cool sand undertone and is almost the same height as her husband. Her hips and bottom are wider than her shoulders and bust. She wore this long sleeve vivid tangerine blouse, peach-yellow pants, a pair of matching flats and her wedding ring with a small diamond.
"But mama I-"
"Imagine our shock when we're notified by Elsa who informs us about this!" She interrupted him. "Our son went into the Draventon ball without an invite!!! IN. LONDON!!!!! CROSS THE POND!!!!! How could you do this?! Lying to your parents! To your papi! To me! Your mother! Do you have any idea how much trouble you could've put yourself in? Silver, you could get kidnapped at the party! Or worse!"
"Hijo," Silver's father, Mr. Roberto Willow spoke to him calmly but scowling. He is a heavy-set man, with deep skin with bronze undertones with a slightly strong musculature with wide shoulders, bloated stomach and thick arms with some hair, and a black wavy short haircut. He is dressed in your typical dad look by wearing this regular-fit vanilla color polo shirt in a cotton jersey featuring a collar, small V-shaped opening at front, buttons pleak, short sleeves that hug his biceps, and a straight-cut hem with a slit at the sides. A pair of jean pants held up with a dark brown buckle, a pair of brown shoe laces, his golden wedding ring and a golden watch on his right wrist.
"What you did was inexcusable, you went to the United Kingdom, a country you don't know and decided to sneak into the party… you didn't once stop and think about what could happen if anything goes wrong. There could be a fire breakout, a robbery taking place, being held hostage, or anything." He explained.
"You need to understand that your mama and I are deeply worrying and concerned about your safety and your well-being. You lying breaks our trust. As a result, you'll be less likely to grant our permission to do activities in the future if we can't trust that you're going to tell the truth and be where you say you are. Until we can trust you again, you'll not be going out alone so instead, your mama and I will be chaperoning you wherever you go. But if none of us is available, then you will stay in our house. Did you understand?"
Silver sighs, while taking a deep breath he bow his head down in shame. "Yes papa……"
"When we get home," Now it's Mrs. Willow turns to speak sternly to him. "You will not be going to Magic Kingdom or hanging out with your friends for this entire month. You will remain at home for all time and I'll confiscate your phone and your magic paintbrush until your punishment is over." She explained, she had her hand out and Silver had no choice but to give his mom his phone and his magic paintbrush from his pocket.
"You will help me or your papa around the house as well watching over your twin sisters. You are forbidden to play video games on your own so we will confiscate that as well. And more importantly, you are also banned from Magic Kingdom for this month too, is that clear?" She exclaimed.
Silver didn't seem to protest but something seemed to trigger four princesses. Silver wouldn't have done any of this had he not been forced to go with them.
"Wait!" Rapunzel said, stunning the small group.
"Yes, Rapunzel?" Roberto asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Silver wasn't at fault for this," Ariel said.
"Whatever are you talking about?" He asked.
"Silver didn't agree to this in the first place!" Jasmine exclaimed.
"What did you mean by that?" Paula questioned her.
"Silver wasn't part of this whole going-to-the-party thing... he didn't want to attend the Draventon ball and wanted nothing to do with it in the beginning, we FORCED him and DRAGGED him to go with us against his will. He tried so hard to convince us it was a bad idea and to beg us to leave the ball. He was only trying to look out for us and not get caught into any major trouble," Anna confessed the whole situation to Silver's parents. "But we, ignorantly, ignored him and went inside all because we wanted to have some fun!"
"So please do not be very upset at your son for attending the party but rather us instead." Rapunzel added. "We princesses are supposed to set a good example but sadly it was not a good example we taught him."
"You are being extremely reasonable and honest to us girls." Paula spoke softly to them. "While we appreciate your confession, my husband and I are not happy with you girls having our son lie to our face. But I can only hope that one day my son will never do it again," She said before turning back to her son. "For now only, your punishment will decrease to half the month instead."
"Thank you, Mrs. Willow," Anna said with a nod.
"Thank you girls..." Silver said with a smile at them.
"However, this action would not go unnoticed without punishment." Elsa eyes them, walking toward the group. "And I think I know just the right punishment for you fifth."
So what's their punishment for lying and going into a party they weren't supposed to be?
"I just can't!"
Ever since attending the Draventon ball yesterday, Elsa reveals their punishment, they are going to do some tasks on the Disney's Horse stable for this entire month. Maximum the horse was there to supervise to make sure these fifths were actually doing their jobs correctly and making sure they weren't trying to ditch.
The fifth were all dressed in rags similar to Cinderella rag (except Silver wore pants instead of skirt). All of the girls wore their hair into a bun so their hair won't get in the way of their chores. Each was given a different task and by tomorrow they rotate: Anna was giving the horses their baths, Rapunzel had to check and pick out hooves daily, Ariel removing cobwebs from the ceiling and light fixtures, and Jasmine is given a task of cleaning up the horse's excrement much to her dismay.
As for Silver, even though he was dragged by the princesses by force to attend the Draventon ball with them and the princesses confessed it all, he was given an easy task to simply groom and feed the horses.
"If you hadn't suggested the idea of sneaking into a ball, this wouldn't happen!" Jasmine rolled her eyes while scooping up the horse mess with a shovel as she made a disgusting face. "And I wouldn't have to clean this gross stuff up!"
"Oh come on Jas!" Anna said to her while water spraying the horse. "It's not that bad."
Jasmine glared at her. "Easy for you to say, you are just giving them a bath while I have to clean up their mess!"
"Look at the bright side!"
"What bright side?"
"At least it's not one of us." Ariel responded, the princesses and Silver snorted and immediately covered their mouth with their hands to suppress their laugh. But Anna and Rapunzel eventually burst out laughing instead.
Jasmine's mouth drops as she gasps, "Oh why you!!!" Her hand grips tightly to the shovel, just as she was about to smack her in the head, she suddenly slipped on something and landed on the bucket of water on her bottom.
"Eww! I think I just stepped on some mud."
"Uuummm, I don't think those are mud Jasmine." Silver said, not looking at Jasmine as he's busy doing his task of stacking the hay up neatly, and knowing what she steps into.
If you listen carefully, you could hear Jasmine loud shriek in the distance. Let hope these fifths learn their lesson.
And let's hope they will never do it again next time, crashing into someone's rich party, perhap now Silver will learn to never agree to let these four girls take him to the party that they are not invited to. But seeing your ex's real human persona is surely shocking to see and not something you would expect. Can you imagine crashing into a party and meeting the real human persona of your EX? Not what you expected huh? Seeing Silver having a mental shock when he learns he has met his ex's human persona is such a shocking discovery.
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Next Chapter: How did the Draventon family react after the incident at their ball.
