Amber walked down the hall. She muttered to herself, angrily.
She stopped outside Sofia's door and banged her fist against the heavy oak.
"Sofia! Hurry up! You're making us late!" Amber yelled.
Sofia yanked open the door. "Don't get all antagonistic." Sofia exited the room and glared at Amber.
Amber glared back. "Ill get upset if i want, you lazy girl."
Sofia closed the door behind her.
"Keep quiet. I don't have time to listen to this." Sofia snapped. "Jeez its every day with you."
Amber shoved Sofia into the wall. "Don't tell me to shut up!" she yelled.
Just then Roland came upstairs. "Alright you two. Cool it. Lets go."
Amber and Sofia moved to follow Roland.
"Amber pushed me." Sofia complained to Roland.
"So?" Roland said.
Sofia stared at him with a dumbfounded expression.
"Sofia told me to shut up." Amber told him.
Roland stopped in his tracks. He turned and glared at Sofia.
"Do not tell your future queen to shut up. You need to show respect for Amber." Roland said.
"She doesn't show respect to me. She pushes me around like im a slave." Sofia complained.
"She doesn't have to show respect to you." Roland said.
"Respect is earned, not demanded." Sofia started to tell them.
"Shut up! Enough of your stupid quotes." Amber said.
Sofia glared at Amber.
"Why you..." Sofia began.
"Mind your sister Sofia." Roland said. "She told you to be quiet and you will. Furthermore you have made us late and will be punished later for it. Lets go." Roland turned and walked down the stairs. Amber and an angry Sofia followed.
The exited the castle and walked towards the carriage. Miranda and James waited inside it.
The entered the carriage and the driver slapped the reins. The horses rushed down the driveway and through the gates onto the street.
"What took so long honey?" Miranda asked.
"More of Sofia's antics. She took too long dressing up and yelled at Amber when she said something about it. Then she lied and said Amber pushed her and when told to be quiet, kept running her mouth and demanding respect from me and Amber." Roland said.
Miranda sighed and turned to Sofia. "Sofia you must stop your tomfoolery antics. I am getting tired of this. "You are 16 years old. You're not a child anymore. You need to show respect for me and the King and future queen. I am afraid that you will have to be punished. You will not be going to movies tonight with the friends." Miranda told her.
Sofia gasped. "But Mom..." Sofia quit talking at the look of her mother.
"Furthermore you will be accompanying Amber and her friends on their 2 week long boat trip aboard the floating palace tomorrow. AND you will do everything that they tell you." Roland said sternly.
"What?! But thats not fair!" Sofia complained.
"Sofia!" Miranda called her daughter's name sternly.
Sofia kept quiet. James looked at Sofia nervously.
The next morning, Amber stood by the front door waiting for her friends. Her bags sat by the door. A knock sounded. Amber opened the door and saw her three friends on the doorstep surrounded by luggage.
Ruby, Jade and Lucinda entered and greeted Amber with hugs.
"How are you Amber?" Ruby asked.
"Im good. How are you?" Amber asked.
"We're good." Lucinda said.
"i can't wait for our two week getaway. Just us 4. A vacation well needed." Jade said.
Amber frowned. "Actually there will be five of us." she said.
"Really?" Lucinda asked. "Who else is coming?"
"Oh no." Jade groaned. "Dont tell me Sofia is coming."
Amber nodded. "She is."
"That's just terrific." Ruby said.
"I cant believe that we have to deal with her for two weeks." Lucinda said.
"Im not exactly thrilled to be trapped at sea with you either." Sofia said as she came downstairs. She dropped her suitcases beside Amber.
"Dont start complaining and just load our luggage in the carriage." Amber said.
Sofia grabbed her luggage and exited the castle.
"She'll be our assistant while on the trip. She has to do everything we tell her." Amber told her friends.
The girls grinned. "Oh this is gonna be fun." Jade said.