It was a beautiful morning in the kingdom of Aerin. One could hear the chattering of the people in the roads of the capital Madeleine. Birds chirping, children playing, old women gossiping and young adults getting ready for their mundane activities.

And there was I, just on my bed sleeping like a baby refusing to wake up because of the wonderful dream I was having although I forgot it as soon as my closest and personal maid decided to wake me up!!.

"Auuhh!! why did u wake me up? I was enjoying such an amazing dream!!."

"I'm sorry miss Sophia but your mother requests your presence in the dining hall.."

Oh shit! I forgot that my mother was at home....well forget about that dream..well I kinda did but I gotta get ready first..

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..AT THE DINING TABLE..

I hurriedly rushed down the stairs and sat at the dinner table. And my mother informed me today that our family has gotten an invitation to attend the royal ball. Well to say exactly it's a GRAND royal ball considering the invitation has been sent to one and every household in hopes of selecting a wife for the crown prince. Seems awfully similar to the storyline of Cinderella does it not !?well anyways who am I to judge, I might also get a chance to meet my prince charming at the royal ball.

And so I excitedly or..anxiously waited for the time to arrive when I could finally doll myself up and go outside.

Now just to be clear, it's not that I am forced to stay inside the house by my family or anything it's just that I choose not to go outside..why u may ask?....don't really know actually.

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Well anyways finally the time came and my maid Maria helped me to get all dressed up and ready to go to the royal ball.

And so my family set off in our carriage and may I just say..WHAT THE HECK!!" ok i know i said that it's a GRAND ball but isn't this too much!! I mean it's not like the palace is small or anything..its huge but the amount of people gathered here is...just....huge... .

Well anyways we walk inside and the palace is literally shining!!..its so magnificent!!. There are several antiques,paintings and other..stuff but even with all these the place still looks extremely elegant and not too showy. To put it in simple words...THEY NAILED IT!!.

And while I was admiring the pictures and paintings hung on the wall, i suddenly heard a deep and dare I say a charming voice behind me saying "do u like them?"

It was a simple question, quite a nice way to start a conversation actually and so I turned my back to face the person and ......it was the crown prince himself just casually gazing down on me because I was slightly shorter than him.

I uttered "y-your royal highness! what are you doing h-here ?" and bowed.

*His dark ocean-like blue eyes shining brightly due to the light coming into the room, his broad shoulders, his silky and smooth dark blue hair......shit why am I drooling!??

he chuckled and said "u alright..?"

I think I'm about to get a nosebleed...how could someone be so perfect !!, were my thoughts at that time and finally I decided to reply to him and said that I was completely fine and asked him again for why he was here at the corner of the hall instead of participating in the event and dancing with the lovely girls present here.

He said "Well I came here to ask if I could dance with you?, is that alright? "

"huh!! me? why me- I mean yes I would love to dance with u" I said while being confused as hell but I didnt show that on my face and decided to go with him to the dance floor.

He offered his hand while slightly bowing to which I held his hand and we both went to the centre of the hall for THE DANCE of my lifetime.

It felt so magical and wonderful, I felt like I could dance with him forever, just holding his gentle hand and spinning in his arms as he holds my waist..man the butterflies I felt while dancing with him..

And of course every single woman out there just glared me down like I was a deer who was about to get killed by a thousands of lions but I decided it was the best to ignore the glares and just focus and enjoy the moment since it's not a thing that can be done every day.

And while I got those intense murderous glares by the women, my family just standing in the corner looked super proud of me.

Perhaps they thought I had gained the attention of the crown prince meaning they could ask for their help later on in the future

But I for sure thought that i was just a woman in the eyes of the crown prince who he could easily just throw away as soon as he was done with what he wanted from me and I was just some young lady from a random noble family whose name he has probably never heard of....

But I must say... I certainly got my Cinderella moment which I had zero hopes for and I think that coming today was a wonderful decision and perhaps I should also thank maria for dressing me in such a way that I managed to catch his royal highness's attention like that's some real magic right there....

but sadly the time came when our dance came to an end and for probably the last time we looked into each other's eyes.....and parted...

The event ended and everyone invited was anxiously waiting for only one thing...who will be the princess? the wife of the crown prince of Aerin, the wife of..me..

Heck, not just them even my whole family was having high expectations on whom I would choose since it could either strengthen the kingdom or weaken it. I would either make a every good choice or.. a very bad one.

The tension in the room was quite visible, and everyone started becoming more and more impatient

And the only thing I could think about was...THAT WOMAN...

Her beautiful and lustrous long brown hair, her shiny golden eyes and her beautiful smile sh- she was all I could think about at that moment, no one else but her..

"I have made my decision" I announced to the people. The voice echoed throughout the room and everyone shifted their attention towards me..like I wasn't already nervous enough...

But anyways I stood tall and declared "the woman who I will be marrying in the future is Sophia".

I glanced at my family to see their reactions and found them smiling at me, I was relieved that I did not disappoint them and I was glad that I chose her to be my wife...

the most probable reason for this was that the Elizabeth family holds a lot of the military power even outside our kingdom..but more importantly..

I slowly turned my head to see her reaction and....she was shocked..

Huh shocked, I thought we were already making up plans for our entire future together in our head while dancing like i don't know about her but i was!!...

Anyways *fakecoughs* got a little carried away....

I noticed my father coming closer to me and announcing -

"Sophia Elizabeth, the young lady of the Elizabeth family, pls come up to the stage"

my heart started beating faster as I saw her coming up the stairs..

She bowed and said "I'm extremely honoured to be selected to be his royal highness's future wife, I thank you for that your royal highness"

And as usual my father gave a fatherly laugh and said that she was a very humble and polite woman and expressed that he was also satisfied with my choice ( well of course she is great) and with this the event actually and finally came to an end and everyone although disappointed, still bowed and took their leave.

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Meanwhile on the other side....

the crown prince actually chose ME!?! like what!!....am I still dreaming and enjoying the awesome dream that I apparently told Maria about!? because this certainly doesn't seem real!!.....and on top of that why am I in the same room as the crown prince ? ALONE!!!

and just when all these thoughts were going on in my head, his royal highness asked if I was not happy about his decisions.....

ayo what..?...r u kidding me why does he think I would not like this !?!?? huh!!?

but of course, camly I said "of course not, I am extremely grateful to be your wife- I mean future wife..."

he smirked an- HE SMIRKED!! (that's my weakness btw)... anyways, and assured me that he would treat me well and told me about how he felt during our dance..

"it almost felt as if it was..

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT"

"LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT"

we both said at the same time looking stunned at each other and laughed it off..

we started getting comfortable with each other and talked for about 20 mins...or perhaps 30? maybe 40.. uhh....yea we talked for a long time

and not just the crown prince, I also talked with his family and he talked with mine, this went on for a while and we even stayed for dinner..

like can u imagine sitting and eating at the same table with the literal royal family !?! (yeah I know u can't :)..)

we had our delicious dinner and went home

While laying on my bed I told Maria all about my feelings that I felt towards the crown prince while we were dancing and etc. Which was surprisingly quite similar to what the prince felt as he had told me about it earlier, and I couldn't stop thinking about HIM all night...

I mean to think that this morning I dreamt of just having fun at the palace and not expecting anything from anyone to now actually becoming the soon-to-be crown princess......*sighs* ...a lot can happen in just a day I guess...

and hence we should always cherish each day because u never know what will happen next.....

Caring and cherishing someone is an act of love they say.

I was never curious about love. I never understood why the people around me liked to talk about their partner so much. Not until now.

"love at first sight is not real",they said. It's just a saying they said. That's not possible they said. Well then how do u explain this?...

how do u explain the feeling I felt for this man or the feeling he felt for me on the first night we met each other. It took one dance...just a dance for us to fall in love with each other.

I finally realised what it meant to be liked, cared and cherished by someone. What it meant to truly love someone by their whole heart. To be loved by someone who would die for u, die for the person he/she loved.

and thus began our love story...

the love between the crown prince and the young lady of the Elizabeth family.

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"wait a min...aren't things going a little too fast !?!....I'm already getting married !!...but it's only been a week since the announcement!...like excuse me we barely know each other!!??!!"

well all this complaining was useless since they decided that I would marry him in 2 days......2 FREAKING DAYS!!!....and I was left with no other choice.

Their logic was that since the last 7 days I have been training to become a crown princess in all fields like minding my behaviour, my walking style..., my talking style, like basically everything.

I mean it's not like I'm becoming a queen but still...being just a crown princess is a lot to handle as well

especially when those few officials who will find mistakes in each of my steps will be there too ...like why?... and no one there would be brave enough to protect me from that shit...(except the royal family but we are talking about rare circumstances )

But nevertheless I can't believe I'm getting married.....I've come a long way for sure...*the silence is too loud* .....and what exactly am I supposed to do these 2 days ?

Of course ny family would say stuff like just calm yourself down or something like that when they are not calm themselves....

But I decided to enjoy these 2 days by roaming around the pala- I mean the city...so I went outside with Maria and we had a ton of fun!!

we went from one stall to another stall eating different kinds of things and buying things as well. And suddenly I heard a familiar voice behind me....

" Your royal highness!! what are u doing here??" (~do u get deja vu~)

"I came to just take a look around the city what about u ?"

damn man..its only been a week since we have met how come he is twice as handsome as he was before?!!......shit I'm drooling again. (not a princess-like behaviour I see)

not minding ur damn business I see!!can u stop interrupting my story for once author!?!.....(sorry)

*clears throat* anyways as i was saying...

"I decided since there is only two days I might as well just roam around the city for a while" I said

"are u excited for the wedding?" he asks teasingly.....excited!!? how could I not be but I obviously replied calmly and said that I was and thanked him again and guess what....he smirked...AGAIN!!

anyways, we both decided to hang out together and explore the city and Maria and Tyler (Sebastian's guard) ended up being the third wheels....hehe sorry Maria

we had our time and he dropped me off and just like that our day came to an end....

my night thoughts?....yea I still can't stop thinking about him I mean he is a lot more than what author shows u so I will leave him up to your imagination...

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