Two days had passed, Lacey lay on her bed Looking up at the ceiling, with a groan she sat up, the last two days had been the most boring of your life. It was past noon. She was just waiting for it to be night.
She got off the bed and walked out the door, no one was in the sitting room, she slipped out the door and walked down the hall. "I'm going to go look around a little." She told herself, turning down the hall she walked until she came to a set of stairs.
She headed up them, at the top was a big picture of King Darren's Family. The king stood beside his wife while their sons sat at their feet, she looked at it for a minute or so before heading down the hall, taking turn after turn she soon found herself in a small dimly lit hallway, Lacey looked all around.
Oh no, she was lost. Just then a door at the far end opened and out stepped Prince Jackson, Lacey looked at him, he had his head down and was looking at some papers in his hand. As he came close Lacey called out.
"Prince Jackson!" She greeted, he looked up in surprise. "Lacey, was it?" He asked, she nodded. "Why are you here?" He asked, she sighed.
"I was bored so I went for a walk around the palace, but I'm lost..."She said dumbly. "Well you should have asked a servant to help you back to your rooms." He said, looking back down at his papers, he started walking again.
"Well follow me and I will take you back to your rooms." He said, as he passed her, she followed him for a while, before talking. "What do you guys do for fun around here?" She asked. He stopped and looked at her.
"Well I'm really busy these days, but I go on a daily horse ride, if that's what you mean?" He said, Lacey stopped too. "Can I join you? I get so bored sitting in my room all day!"
He started walking again. "Do you know how to ride?" He asked. "Of course." Lacey said. "Ok sure, does your sister want to join us too?" He said, Lacey laughed. "No, she is scared of horses." They reached her sitting room door, he stopped.
"Here we are." He said, she smiled at him. "Thanks."
Lacey got to the stables, the afternoon sun shone down on her head, she was wearing a riding dress.
She walked to the door, the young boy that stood by the door opened it for her, she smiled as she walked past him. inside she walked down the row of stalls that housed the horses, she went to a stall, inside was a black mare, eating hay. Footsteps came up behind her. "Have you been here long?" He asked, "No, I just got here." She said, turning around.
The prince opened the stall that the mare was in and started saddling her. "You can choose any horse to ride in this stable." He said. Lacey walked down a little farther to a stall, inside was a brown mare with a white mark on her head. "This one." She said.
A servant saddled her up and brought her over to Lacey. Lacey led the mare back to meet Jackson who was already in the saddle, She swung up and into the saddle and they started down a path that led to the forest. They rode into the trees.
The sun fell through the trees, and danced across the ground, as the wind blew through the tops of the trees. Lacey rode side by side with Jackson in silence through the trees, the forest soon fell away to a green meadow, flowers spread throughout the greenery.
Lacey pushed her horse into a run, they flew across the meadow, she looked back to see Jackson's horse right behind her. They raced around the meadow, after a while their horses slowed.
Lacey was laughing so hard her sides hurt, as she slid of her horse and fell in to the grass Jackson pulled up his horse but stayed in the saddle. Lacey sat up catching her breath, she looked up at Jackson. "Could we do this again another day?
I haven't had this much fun in a while." She said, getting up and swinging back up into the saddle, Jackson nodded, "I would love for you to join me again." He said. They rode back, Lacey kept up a conversation the whole way back.
He left her at her sitting room door, so she could bathe and change before dinner. Lacey cleaned up and got dressed in her blue dress, the fabrics touch made her feel safe. She left her room and headed to the dining room.
When she arrived her family was already there with the King and Queen and their four sons.
Later that evening the family sat in the girls sitting room talking. "We are going to leave at the end of the week." Her father said.
"We must get home before the Knighting Festival." He continued. "But Queen Raylee has planned a party for us before we leave!" Her mother said. "It will be the day before we leave."
Lacey look at the dresses laid out on the bed, they were the best ones she had brought with her, there was a gold one, a light yellow one and a red one, they all looked beautiful but!
She walked over to the trunk where everything was packed and ready for their departure the next day, the blue dress lay on the top, slowly lifting it out she put it over her head and went to look in the mirror.
The dress was long sleeved and had a long skirt, but was otherwise plain, the zipper slowly zipped up sending the tickling sensation through her, she liked it, it always made her feel safe, but she wished there was a little more style to it.
To be continued-