As the morning slowly rose, she slowly opened her eyes, as she then slowly looked around in a dark room, 'It's still dark' she thought, as she let out a light yawn, She snapped her fingers twice, and just like that, the candle was lit,
She brushed her long white locks, 'Should I visit them?' she thought as stood up from her bed, She slowly walked to the mirror and looked at her appearance, to see whether she looked presentable or not,
She turned her back away from the mirror took the candle that was lit, and brought it with her to her closet to look for a jacket or a scarf that would warm her,
She examined her closet and decided to take the black jacket with white fur and wear it, she then took a pair of slippers and wore it, 'I'm ready she thought, as she snapped her hands twice, and she was teleported to a small cottage, that is extremely dark,
"Master?"
She heard a voice, she then turned to look where the voice came from and saw a pink-haired lady, with pink eyes and wearing a nightgown, holding a lit candle, "Did I wake you, Lily?" She asked her as Lily let out a small yawn, and then shook her head
"No, it's ok, what brings you here? And Spring is in her room, she'll be out in any minute" Lily explained, as she went to turn on the lights and blew the candle fire off, She then took her master's jacket
She then let her sit on one of the couches, "Don't you have a presentation to the Royal Family? Don't you need to prepare?" Lily worriedly ask
"What's there to prepare? It's not like I wanted it, I'll just be like a weak lady just like the rumors that my family had spread" she remarked, crossing her legs and her arms
"But even so, you still need to prepare the best, as you're the young lady of Florence"
"Good Morning Master!"
Both their heads turn to look at the Short-headed girl, who emerged from the other room, and sat next to Lily,
"Good morning Spring" she timidly responded, as the young subordinate then let out a small smile at her,
She eyed her two special subordinates, Spring, a Water Spirit, and Lily, a Fire spirit,
When she turned 10, she went and found these two Spirits in their temporary hideout, Spring stayed in Azul Lake, and Lily stayed in the Feiry Volcano in Flowerville, and bonded with them, and the two regard her as their Master
"I'll go get tea" Spring, stated and stood up from her seat beside Lily, and went to the kitchen to brew some tea for her, leaving the two of them to communicate,
"Anyways, Lily, how's the sale of 'My Own Snow White'?" she started to ask, wondering how well her latest book had sold,
"It's been doing well, Master, The Foreign branches kept on asking for additional copies, as it kept getting sold out" Lily, explained, She snapped her fingers twice, and in a split second a paper appeared in front of her Master,
Ariana took the paper, and read the contents inside, letting out a small, expressing that she was satisfied with the outcomes,
"And as usual, the profit will go to the vault and be saved up so we can buy that lake and the mountain you two lived," she said, letting out a small smile,
"The tea has arrived!"
After a few minutes, Spring returned, pushing a cart, where the tea was placed, She then handed each of them a cup of tea, which they accepted, letting out a 'thank you' from their mouths,
Spring then took a cup for her, and sat next to Lily, listening to whatever gossip they wanted to talk about,
"It's been quite a drag, I don't know why they wanted me back home when I'm perfectly living so fine back here" she whined, crossing her arms, and pouted,
"Isn't it obvious, my lady? It's because they want you to be wed to someone powerful!" Spring exclaimed as she stirred her tea until the sugar had dissolved, her eyes widened in shock, at the possibility
"The Florence has been quite a historical family, much older than the current royal family, The family name has lived for more than thousands of years," she said, as she placed the spoon back on the table, and took a sip of her tea,
"True,"
"But it could be that they knew something about you being Ria? Or a magical being" Lily remarked, elegantly sipping her tea, like a noble
"That is absurd, how can they get through to our barriers then?" Spring retorts from Lily's words, and the two start to argue over nonsense
Hearing both of their words, Ariana let out a small smile, remembering the meeting she had with the final boss,
"But even so, someone had caught me using magic" she casually said, taking a sip from her tea, she immediately grabbed the two's attention and looked at her in horror
"Someone had seen you?! How?! Why?!" Spring exclaimed loudly, with her eyes widened in shock,
"It just happened" She shrugged her words, which made Spring mentally face-palm herself, knowing that she couldn't get an answer out from her master,
"Didn't you just sleep immediately last night? I doubt that you'd let someone in your room, unless you went somewhere" Lily asked her,
"Of course, I went somewhere"
"Where?" Spring asked,
"In the Imperial Library," she innocently said, letting out a smile, Hearing the place, the two subordinates froze,
"Someone in the royal family had seen you?! You didn't use your real look right?!?" Lily, who is always composed, lost her cool, as she was worried for her master,
"Of course not, I put on a look that it seemed I was a royal member, Of course, I've been found out," She nonchalantly said as if she wouldn't be exposed as a Florence,
"Which Royal Family member had caught you? Surely it's not the 2nd Prince right?" Spring asked in a worried tone, hoping that it was not the monster Prince,
But their smiles and hopes had vanished when seeing the look on their master's face, confirming that the one who indeed caught her was the 2nd prince,
"Unbelievable!"
"No need to panic guys, Even if he were to know who I am, he would immediately think of my identity as Ria, rather than the Ariana Rose" she explained to them, as she stood up from her seat,
"But even so, I'll be meeting him later, to confirm whether he thought it was me, or my other identity" she added, letting out a smile,
Her two subordinates then looked at each other, before the two stood up and faced their beautiful young master, "I'll be going now, and don't worry, I'll send my new manuscript sooner or later" she bid them goodbye,
The two then gave her a small bow, before she magically teleported back to her room, that sun was shining so bright, and as she landed on the floor of her room, she heard a knock on the door,
"Are you now awake, my lady?"
She let out a smile,
"Yes, come in now"
~•~•~•~•~•TIME SKIP~•~•~•~•~•~
"Entering Duke and the Duchess of Florence, and their daughter, Lady Ariana Rose Florence"
As the King's servant announces, the big doors of the palace, then open, revealing the Florence Family, who elegantly enter the room,
Her eyes roamed around to see that everything was gold until her eyes landed on the Royal Family and some other men in the King's court, who were here to witness her first appearance,
She could hear the murmurs of the people around, saying she looked nothing like a Florence,
"Duke Edward! Duchess Joanna! Welcome to the Palace!" the King welcomed her parents,
"Your Majesties" they greeted, Her father bowed at them, and as the two curtsied at them, they indulged themselves in some small talks, to catch up,
Her eyes looked at the King, the father of the nation, who was now old and ready to retire, Beside him, was his wife, the Queen Consort, both were sitting on their throne, and at the back, was where all his children were present,
The Crown Prince, Prince Leon, who is the second male lead of the story, became the King after his brother, the second Prince died, at the hands of her brother,
The 2nd Prince, Prince Luke, hates everything that goes in his way, in contrast to his kind brother, he was the opposite, he would be dead because of his curse,
Princess Michaela, the girl who would make the heroine's life a living hell, secretly likes her brother and would do anything to be the Duchess of Florence
"She must be your daughter!"
She snapped out of her thoughts, hearing that she was now mentioned,
"Good Day, Your Royal Highnesses, I'm Ariana Rose Florence, the only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Florence" she introduced, giving them another bow, and looking them in the eye, ready for whatever the battle she would face,