Lacey was sitting on a crate on the main deck in a quiet corner with a book in her hand. She was not that much of a book reader, but she just liked sitting around in the sun and reading once in a while.
It had been a week at sea, her father had said. "That they would be there soon, it would probably take four more days." They were heading to the land in the south, to visit her father's friend that is the king of one of the largest Kingdoms in the south, her father had told them.
Looking up from her book she gazed out at the ocean. The water was calm, and she was not looking at anything in particular, there were no clouds in the sky.
She stood up, but as she did her skirt caught on a nail, not seeing it. Lacey jumped down off the crate, a loud (RIP) sounded.
Lacey looked in horror at the long rip in the blue fabric of her dress. "NO!" She cried, pulling the fabric up closer to her face, the frayed rip was long, she groaned, so much for taking good care of it.
Lacey hurried down the hall to her cabin door, opening it she hurried inside and over to her trunk. Pulling out a small box and opening it, inside was needles and thread in all sorts of colors.
Picking out the blue closest to the dress's color and threading the needle, she looked at the tear, with a sigh she started neatly sewing the fabric together. It took her a couple minutes to get it done.
Lacey looked at her work in satisfaction, running her hand over it, the place glowed under her touch. The whole dress glowed, Lacey stood up, the dress pulsed making her feel warm and fuzzy.
Lacey looked at the dress running her hand on it. "I'm sorry I ripped you." She said. it felt weird but she had to say it. The dress faded from blue to green, a soft pastel green, and she could sense that it was happy with her apology.
There was a gasp from the doorway, her mother looked shocked. "...Wha!.." Her mother said, the dress faded back to its original color, Lacey looked at her mother, and sighed. "It's magic." She gestured to the dress. "l can see that."
Lacey looked away not knowing what to say, her mother came into the room, remembering why she was there. "I wanted to talk to you." She said, as she gestured for Lacey to sit. Silence fell, then her mother laughed a little.
"I'm glad your father gave you that dress, if anything happens just trust it." She said, she said it almost as if she knew something would happen. Lacey looked at her mother, she was smiling now. "This trip was dangerous from the start, let's just hope we get there and back in one piece." She said, Lacey looked at her mother worried.
Her mother kissed her on the forehead, then stood. "Let's go get something to eat, the others will be there by now." She walked over to the door, looking back she smiled. Lacey got up following her mother down the hall, they went to the dining room for the royal family.
Four days later Lacey and Angela stood by the ship's railing. Looking at the land that was slowly getting bigger. She was dressed in the beautiful blue dress, the wind ruffled her hair, It was hanging down past her waist.
But she wore a hairpin, the black flower reflecting the sun, her sister was in a light blue dress that came to her knees, her hair was in a band, it fell down her back and the wind blew it in Lacey's face.
Lacey pushed the hair out of her face, Angela looked at her, because of the motion, Angela giggled, pulling her hair over her shoulder to keep it from going in Lacey's face. "There you two are." Alex said, come up behind them.
Lacey did not look around still looking out over the water, Alex came to stand beside her. "That is the biggest Kingdom in the south, King Darren and Queen Raylee, and their four sons are fair rulers." Alex said, Lacey looked at the big castle they could see from where they stood.
Angela sighed and said, "I can't wait to get off this ship!" Alex laughed, "We will be staying for a while, you don't have to worry about sailing again for a week or two." Lacey walked down the dock behind her father, her mother was beside her, Angela and Alex followed.
They got in a carriage that was waiting for them, the ride was not awfully long. Lacey looked out the window, as they rode along through the city streets, there were people everywhere going about their business. They soon reached the palace, the big white brick building was tall and old.
Lacey looked up, the towers went so high they blocked out the sun. King Darren and two of the princes were there to meet them, they followed them into the palace and went down many halls and turned so many corners Lacey lost count.
They soon entered a big room that had Black couches and a table in it, it was a small sitting room, the king and her father were in a deep conversation.
Some servants came in with sweets and drinks, when they left, one of the princes followed. Lacey looked at her father and King Darren they were talking, but looked back at the door as it opened, in walked a beautiful woman and the prince from before, followed by two other young men, they took seats.
Lacey's father got up from his seat. "My good friends, I would like you to meet my dear wife and my daughters!" He said to King Darren.
To be Continued-