Later that afternoon, when the princess and the others returned to the castle, it was almost night, and they saw that the castle had been fully decorated and that the maids had already begun preparing for the arrival of the guests, which would be soon.
"Adora, you guys are back," the queen said as they entered the castle, and Adora looked at her then they smiled.
"Yeah, we got a little late," she replied
"It's fine, you guys have a lot more time to get ready, I think, the boys already left, they went home to start getting dressed, they don't want to be late, talk about dressing, even I might be late," the queen said as they stared at her then smiled.
"'Your highness,' Olivia said and the queen looked at her.
"What is it?" she asked and Adora tapped her on the shoulder, then she looked at the girl.
"Slow down and take a deep breath, you need to relax," Adora said then the queen exhaled deeply.
"You are right, thank you Adora," she replied.
"You don't have to thank me, but you're welcome," Adora said.
"I am the queen, and I don't want to be late," she replied.
"I understand that, but there is a lot of time left, the guests won't start arriving early, most of them will be arriving in about two hours, it's a natural thing, they don't arrive earlier than the given time, we have a lot of more time, calm down," Adora said and the queen smiled, feeling a little more relaxed.
"Are you ready for the ball?" the mage asked as he approached them, and Adora looked at him.
"Yeah I am, aren't you going to get ready?" she inquired, and he sighed.
"I will be leaving in a few minutes to do that," he replied. "It's a good thing today wasn't a tiring day, good thing we all had the day off, it was quite a relaxing day, to be honest."
"Yeah, that's true, today was oddly relaxing, and I'm not saying that because we didn't have much work to do, it was naturally relaxing," the queen said before Adora looked at her mother's portrait and the queen looked at her then glanced at the portrait and smiled.
"Are you all right?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she responded, "I think I'll start getting dressed."
"Okay, I think I will too," the queen said.
"Same here," Sarah replied and the queen smiled, then they all left to go get dressed for the ball.
After Adora left, she went to her room and smiled when she saw a ball gown on her bed; since it was modern, there was no need for the plain old ball gown; as long as it's pretty, you're good to go.
"I like it, but I'm curious who left it here." She wondered and then went to freshen up; after the girl finished, she began getting ready for the ball, but while doing so, she remembered her mother's death, despite her best efforts not to remember because she just wanted to enjoy her night with her family and friends.
"I'm doing my best, I can seal certain things away, but being a memory, I can't and I don't think I want to, mother, this is going to get a lot harder," Adora sighed as she put on her dress.
The girl knew things had changed, she knew what her goal in life was, but there was a part of her that was just growing to be free of all the madness in her life that seemed to be a daily thing that wouldn't just go away, and it's something that not just her, but all of them has to put an end to, to be specific it's all connected to her and Alix.
After the princess had finished getting dressed, she was about to put her shoes on when she heard someone knocking on her door. When she opened it, she saw the girls, who smiled brightly upon seeing her and she smiled back then placed her shoe on.
"Your gowns are lovely, and you all look lovely," Adora said, and they all smiled.
"Thank you, Adora, you look amazing too, we haven't seen you in a proper royal look in a long time, now this is a great one," Nina responded, and Adora smiled.
"Shall we go?" Adora inquired, and they nodded before departing for the ballroom, where the majority of the guests had already arrived.
Adora saw Alix and the others had already arrived when she entered the ballroom from the stairwell, and she smiled as they descended the staircase with people watching, and Adora grabbed Nina's hand, and the girl smiled.
"It's fine, just ignore them, pretend half of them don't exist, or imagine cow heads on them, I know half of them you want to kill," Nina said, as the others chuckled and Adora smiled.
"Well, you girls look great," the king said as they approached them, and the queen fixed Adora's twirled hair by the side of her face, and the girl smiled.
"You look absolutely stunning Adora, the gown looks great on you, I wasn't sure but do you like it? Are you comfortable in it?" the queen asked and Adora glanced at her.
"Wait a minute, you are the one who gave me this?" she asked and the queen nodded then Adora smiled.
"It's pretty and comfortable; I like it; thank you very much," she replied, and the queen smiled brightly.
"Good, I'm glad you like it; I know you don't like wearing certain things, so I found this; I thought you might like it, but I wasn't sure, and now that I know you do, I'm happy," the queen said to which the king smiled.
"You look pretty too," Adora replied.
"Thank you," she said as Alix and the others approached them.
"You all look pretty, Adora," Ayden said.
"Thank you Ayden," Adora replied as the other girls smiled. Yan went to Nina and leaned in close to the girl, causing her cheeks to flush, before Adora grabbed him by the ear and he looked at her.
"Hands off for now," she said, and he grinned. She then released him and noticed the maids bringing out the cake and everyone gathered around her, and she sighed when they began singing happy birthday to her.
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