"Master. Master. Wake up."
"eh? w-What? Celine? What's up?"
"Master, the king invited us to dinner remember? A guard just came by to say that it's time."
"Dinner? OH! Shit. Well I guess we better get ready for dinner."
After he said this Vance went and also informed Alice about the dinner. After informing her they all prepared to go to dinner.
After getting ready they headed towards the castle. As they got to the gate the guards recognized and moved out of the way for them to pass. Once they got into the castle a guard led them towards the dining room. As they reached the dining room they noticed John and Hope. And as they noticed them, they had noticed Vance and his party.
"SIR VANCE YOU'RE HERE!!!" Hope said excitedly as she stood up and waved energetically.
"Ah Vance, you made it." Said John.
"I'd like to introduce you to my wife, the queen, Lucy."
"Hello I'm Lucy as you've heard." Said the queen.
"Pleasure to meet you, I'm Vance. And this is Celine, and Alice."
"Hi I'm Celine."
"Hello, I'm Alice."
"Ah, Sir Vance I want you to meet my sister, Jess." Said Hope.
"Hello, it's nice to meet you. I want to thank you for saving my little sister. I don't know what would have happened if you didn't come along." Said Jess.
"Ah, it was no problem. I'm glad I managed to get there in time to save her."
"Well Vance, as part of our thanks for saving her I'd like for you to enjoy dinner with us. Hopefully we could keep a friendship between our family and you." Said John.
"Well that sounds pretty cool. And we'd be delighted to stay for dinner."
"Well that's good to hear Vance."
"Sir Vance the food is reaally good. I hope you like it." Said the ever energetic Hope.
"I'm sure I will." Said Vance.
Vance, Celine, and Alice then sat down at the table. As they sat down, John raised his glass and spoke.
"To Hope's safe return, and to her hero Vance. TO HOPE AND VANCE." After finishing his statement everyone followed suit in raising their glasses. After the toast, their meal began.
Course after course passed as they chatted, ate, and drank.
As they reached near the end of dinner John turned towards Vance and began to speak.
"Vance. As you might have heard earlier my daughter wanted to give you a special reward. And after you had left we had discussed this reward. And now I would like to talk to you about it."