It was morning and then sun was out but I was still in bed . I had a very bad habit of sleeping in. My dad came into the room and opened the windows, rays of sunshine entered the room and stung my eyes .
I was forced to turn the other way ,i wasn't ready to get up from bed . My father looked at me and shook his head sideways , he was holding a pink maiden dress in his hands.
"Emily " He called .
"Huh" I opened my eye and yawned stretching my arms I turned to my father and said .
"good morning" He smiled at me and replied.
" good morning dear "
I stood up from the bed . He handed the pink dress over to me and said "it belonged to your mother she wanted you to have it someday".
I took the dress from him and smiled "thank you" I uttered , giving my father a warm hug. I looked at the dress with tearful eyes . It was nice to have something that reminded me of her.
"Aren't you forgetting something" He said .
"forget what?" I asked .
" The palace , the carriage will be arriving any minute now " He replied .
"oh no " I exclaimed .
I had forgotten , i was to go to the palace. I went to bed that night thinking it was all a dream . I hadn't packed any of my things .
" I'll be waiting downstairs" My father trailed off leaving the room .
I immediately cleaned up and had a change of clothing I wore my mother's pink dress and attached a pink ribbon to the back of my long curly brown hair, matched with my black flat shoes. I brought out an old box that I could use to pack my things . I didn't have much,so i only packed a few things .
I walked down the stairs and my father was waiting for me.
"ohh you look so beautiful" He praised .
" thank you" I said , talking a playful curtsey while spinning around . I felt like a princess wearing my mom's dress . I dropped my luggage.
I went to the back of the house where my mom was buried with a bouquet of flowers .
"I'm sorry ,I have to leave the farm we love so much" I murmured.
"I promise I will be back to take care of the farm" I added , I placed the flowers on her on her grave.
"Emily the carriage is here" My dad yelled .
"I'll be right there" I yelped .
"Bye mom " I uttered.
I went into the house and picked up my luggage . The carriage was already waiting for me out side .
"I'm sorry you had to do this " My father said.
"Don't be , I want to do this " I replied.
"Make sure you write to me everyday" He said hugging me tightly .
" I will , and please take good care of the farm" I requested .
"I will" He promised.
"And you take good care of yourself too, okay" he added. I smiled at him and nodded.
I hugged my two siblings "take care of yourselves" I advised.
I went inside the carriage, and we took of to the palace.
"Bye don't forget to write"" my father and siblings waved at me .
"Bye " I waved back at them.
It was a bumpy ride , I got to see new sights . We passed through the village, which was very lively there was a lot of people and they were all well dressed . The village was filled will a lot of beautiful face . I felt unsure of myself I was just an ordinary farm girl , how was I going to fit in, I thought to myself . It was certainly different from our small town back home.
After spending hours on the road we eventually got to the palace. I was stunned by the size of the palace it was huge and beautiful too . They had the prettiest flowers surrounding the palace. As I got off the carriage.
I spun around bewildered. I had never seen such an enormous sight before. There was a lady already waiting for me .
She looked at me from head to toe "My name is mistress Carolyn" she said.