.ღ.The Lost Princess.ღ. {No Longer Accepting}

[ᴄᴀʀʀᴏᴛᴄᴀᴋᴇ.]

(Hope you don't mind, but I had to use the queen fo a tad in this one.)
Where is she? Audrea thought to herself. Then she rememberd-she would probably be outside the palace. She plopped down on a chair grumpily. She may not need to ask her mom, though. Maybe she could send a knight off to ask her. Or maybe- She stopped thinking as she saw her 'mother' stroll by. "Mom, could I hold a ball for the town?" The queen looked surprised for a moment, then nodded her head. "Thank you, mom," Audrea said, leaning over to hug her slightly. The queen walked off, and she strode back to her bedroom, slipping into the walk-in closet to find a dress. She hoped the knights or someone would spread the news and figure out when it was. She was tired, and she walked out of the closet to plop down on her bed. Let the maid see her taking a nap in her good dress.

(I'll post for Tyson later.)

[Wildmagic_warrior]

[I was looking on the front page, and I noticed you had Veronica ranked as a knight. She isn't one- Veronica is a Warrior who used to be a knight, but left.]

[~Erica~]

(no worries I'll just follow )
Erica smiled it was so Veronica to get impatient and leave before one had a chance to answer a question she had posed. She gathered her bow and left left leaving a tip on the table she was sitting at, she was about to go out the door when she felt eyes on her. She turned and saw the man Tristan watching her she glared at him trying to get him to dismiss the idea of following her, since she was sure thats what he was thinking. then she turned around abruptly and exited the pub hurrying to catch Veronica. When she finally did they were heading up towards the hills. "Gosh Veronica you walk to fast, I almost lost you," Erica said playfully even though it was hardly true, "Anyways to answer your former question, no, I'm no longer in the service of the royal court and have not been for a long time. Surely you heard about my, well defecting from the ranks of knights. I didn't have the heart for battle back then, but now well, thats no longer true of me anymore. Besides my business has not been, well legal exactly, for a fair amount of time." she answered smiling at the last part.

Tristan watched as as Veronica and the other woman left the pub, he saw the dissuading glare the archer woman gave him. He merely smiled back and turned around waiting for her to leave, he counted to 20 and then left the pub as well not sure wether or not to follow. He nodded to himself and looked down the road looking for the girl. It wasn't like he had anything better to do. He caught a glance of her as she went around the corner, he follow at a safe distance. Tristan was after all a pavement artist.

[Wildmagic_warrior]

"Ah, I see," said Veronica, giving Erica a grin at the last bit. "Well, as I suppose you can see, I'm not quite a knight either. However, I think I retained a bit of my sabre skill from training- well, how could I forget? Swordmaster Jaye beat it into me near every day." She laughed quietly at this, remembering her days in training. It was so long ago, now, since she had left training and gone into service, and gone to war. She had paid for her skill with blood, but when she was nineteen, and headstrong... well, there were rumors. She had left the service. "I hope you haven't fallen into banditry, Erica," said Veronica suddenly. "This villagers have little enough as it is, what with royal taxes. I hear that they're repossessing families now, forcing them into service because they had to choose between feeding their children and paying the rent."

[тнε.τяαgιϲ.нεяσιηε~]

{Who is Tristan following? O_o....Oh and Sorry WildMagic_Warrior, I was doing all the character's at once that I didn't realize that xP}

At the center of town, three knights stood. Two of them held a horn, while the other was carrying a scroll. The two knights on the side blew their horns to a fanfare tune. Most of the townspeople's attention were caught as they began to form a crowd around the knights.

Annalise was intrigued on what all the commotion was about, so she stood up, paid for her cup of tea and walked over to the crowd.

"The royal princess has declared a royal ball for tonight. Everyone is welcome. It starts at seven this evening. We're looking forward to your comings. That will be all." he folded the scroll and exited with the two other knights.

Annalise thought of this as a perfect opportunity to retrieve her parents, without being pushed away. It was hours before the ball started, so it would be best for her to plan ahead.

[~Erica~]

(lol did ur charrie suddenly change names Wlidmagic_warrior?? oh an Tristan is my boy charrie)
"No I would never steal anything from these poor people!" Erica cried feeling offended, "But if I saw a rich pompous duke come by I might not be so kind. However I usually only take jobs from people, I don't rob randomly and I certainly don't take assassin jobs either." She huffed her pride hurt.

[тнε.τяαgιϲ.нεяσιηε~]

{I was about to say the same thing Kaehlin and I know that tristan is your male character, bu you said he was looking for a girl, I was asking to who that girl was.}

[~Erica~]

(Oh ya he's following me n Veronica ;P I've got nothing to do with him so at the moment...)

[Wildmagic_warrior]

[Haha, sorry X3 Sonja is my knight character in a different roleplay, and I get them mixed up sometimes. Especially so early in the morning, when I shouldn't be on CS in the first place.]

"Ah, good," said Veronica, beginning to get uncomfortable standing up. "When you 'not exactly legal,' I was worried that perhaps you had been robbing from the people here." Her eyes glinted harshly. "In the case of which, I'm afraid I would have to kill you. Anyone who steals from those poor folk is a menace- the knights are betraying the Code of chivalry we all swore by." The young woman sighed angrily and sat down on a rock nearby, watching the sun overhead. "I can't believe they're forcing people into palace service for not paying the rent. It's... it's unthinkable, that's what it is. Just awful."

[OutFoxed]

A trumpeting noise caught Marley's attention. She tugged her older sister's arm in the direction of the forming crowd. Lila followed after her, indifferent on hearing what the knights had to say.

"A ball?" Marley's voiced chimed in awe.
"It's a gathering of all the people. Everyone dresses up. Girls go in big flowing gowns." Lila monotoned. She knew she would never be invited, or if she was, she could never go.
As her older sister simply summed up the fabulous event, Marley's eyes grew bigger and her mouth formed a tiny 'o'. "We must tell Mummy and Dad! And Liam and James!" The usually quiet little girl was practically glowing at the idea. Lila sighed and shook her head slightly. One day soon Marley would have to understand how they're life was, but why crush her dreams now?

The two girls started walking away from the crowd, heading back down the street that continued out of the village center. The pub was one of the last buildings they would walk by before the road narrowed to a rocky dirt path in between expansive fields. The brown haired little girl was excitedly whispering to her doll and Lila once again was staring off in to space.