"Wait" the queen stopped making everyone turn to her with questioning eyes
"a princess needs a tiara!" nuri cleared before motioning her maid to bring something out.
it was made of silver and seemed simple but elegant. faes bowed as the queen placed it on her head. it was simple circlet diadem that rested on her little exposed forehead above her mask in a design that looked like interwined veins and a white single tear-shaped gem hanging from the centre. when the veins ended it was a chain-like structure that held two dragons at the back of her head near her bun.
when the queen moved back robin and emma fixed it in place using few pins that cant be seen after they were done. the simple hairstyle that she had before was now not so simple thanks to the circlet tiara.
"now we are ready! princess sky will also get hers when she transforms into her human form alright?" nuri said patting sky on her head. faes smiled as she felt sky's happiness and excitement. faes would have given one to sky if others didn't but it doesn't seem to be the case that made faes happy.
'if sky is happy then that's good' faes thought. sky was just a little baby now and doesn't understand much but even then faes can feel that sky also wanted to get dressed and wear jewellery like her. if she was slightly older by a few years faes would have thought that sky was jealous but there was no need to be. faes would gladly let sky do and take whatever she wants.
she wont let sky feel what the original princess faes felt whenever she saw her older sister princess nia in kingdom altai being gifted and dolled up as a proper princess and she was mostly ignored or given fake compliments and gifts that doesn't matter.
"once you transform into your human body i will get you many dresses and other things that you like baby what do you say?" faes whispered to sky as she took her place. sky turned to face here with her eyes sparkling with excitement the remaining jealousy and sadness was gone that made faes happy. sky nodded as the king began explaining
"first will be the ceremony of princess sky's transformation then the party will be held. a dress will be given to her by the spirits of ancient dragons after she transforms just like they do with other royal dragons that transform. the dress will be a blessing that will be given as an acknowledgement of the ancient spirits and will help you ease the pain from the transformation. princess sky you need to stay awake while transforming even though it will hurt otherwise it might kill you" the king explained
sky nodded in understanding then everyone turned to the double doors. this was a place where the ceremony will be held and only their family a few servants and some higher nobles will be present to be a witness of the blessing.
the doors opened and they entered the big room filled with candles and magic circles. when faes saw the room she only thought one thing first 'its dark!' then she narrowed her eyes slightly 'and looks like it came out of some movies where the witches perform magic'
at her thoughts, faes wanted to hit herself. there are real witches in this world and these types of things are normal! faes placed the thoughts aside and focused on the room and people already present inside. there were about ten to fifteen people both male and female but all were adults. it looked like other than sky she was the only child there. blake and adrian were adults according to this world rules!
'did they made an exception because she was the first princess? how nice of them'
"greetings your majesty king ladon shadowdragon de reptiliance, greetings your majesty queen nuri shadowdragaon de reptiliance, greetings his highness crown prince adrian shadowdragon de reptiliance, greetings his highness prince blake dhadowdragon de reptiliance, greetings her highness princess faes shadowdragon de reptiliance, greetings her highness princess sky mani shadowdragon de reptiliance, may the ancient spirit guide your path" everyone greeted either bowing or kneeling once they arrived.
everyone nodded as the king told everyone to stand. faes gave them a smile when everyone glanced at her and then nodded. at first she was bothered that they wont accept her as their princess but after kai assured her faes gave it a thought and realised that it doesn't matter if they accept her or not she was not their princess anyway. faes can live her life normally even without the title so now she was just going to be a good princess without trying to get others to accept her.
when everyone saw the smile and small nod of their older princess they unconsciously smiled and relaxed. even though they didn't know what race faes was or what her origins were she was a good person and a good princess, if not they would make sure she will be trained properly!
everyone nodded after taking in her attire which was neither too flashy and sparkling nor too heavy to move in but simple yet elegant and good enough for a princess to wear. they saw their other princess sitting over faes shoulder looking around in curiosity and cant help but smile.
their former king aiden would have been too proud and happy if they were here to witness this ceremony. the little princess was just too cute in their eyes but this also made them conscious of the fact that their little princess was still just a baby! according to their resources, she should be around two to three months old yet she is already in knight establishment stage 3. this transformation might be dangerous for her but it was the right time to transform for the best.
if delayed the dangers will just increase. everyone was also looking forward to this ceremony as this was the first time an infant was going to transform in the history of dragons.
"i king ladon shadowdragon de reptiliance thank everyone for their cooperation and presence to witness princess sky mani shadowdragon de reptiliance's first transformation in her human form" king ladon began once everyone was seated in their places.
"this is an important occasion for everyone present here especially our newly found princesses, this is an event that have many dangers but i want to request that everyone here support their princess and help her pass this test and get the ancient dragon spirits blessings" the king finished
faes who was listening felt that it ended too soon. she was expecting a long speech but it ended early than she expected. faes glanced at the king and observed him closely his hands were curled in a fist and his eyes continuously took in everything happening around them.
'he's nervous?' faes observed then she turned her focus on others and found that either they were nervous or excited but faes cant understand why would they be nervous?
its not like they were going to be the main focus of the ceremony or were going to transform through the pain then why- suddenly faes realised that the dangers that the king was talking about might not be just related to the pain and transformation.
are they expecting to get attacked? or is there something else that she doesn't know about? faes turned serious as she continued to observe everyone and their every action from the corner of her eyes as the queen and adrian also gave their own short speech and the magic circles and other ceremonial items were checked one last time.
faes noticed that even the nobles seem to be nervous except a few who were looking at her and sky with disagreement and if she was correct disgust and anger. faes smiled at them but when the nobles saw her smile they felt a shiver going up their spine. her smile was a warning not to bother them or cause any problems otherwise their older princess who was back to her harmless self would not be so gentle.
faes on the other hand was busy trying to think about what danger could be there other than what she knows because the nobles cant be the reason for the king and queen to be nervous.
just as faes was trying to think of a way she heard a 'ding' and then a letter appeared in front of her floating.