A sea of people, a thousand lights shine the royal guards dressed in the best cotton made attire. The finest masters of the art decorated the hall, and an ice sculpture of a man and woman helping to mend each other’s hearts reinstated the theme for the day ” BROKEN HEARTS SHALL LOVE AGAIN”. The beautiful masterpiece stood at 11ft, that’s almost the height of a full-grown elephant; the maids weren’t left out as they wore silver stone sprinkled gowns lined up on each end of the door with their most charming smile on display. Everyone shined like a star, everyone except me. I am the daughter of a middle-class merchant who lives down the crooked road not too far from the king’s court. My family provides all I need but nothing over the top. My name is Egrandandof. I have never felt the need to put on the most acceptable attire to appease the gaze of many and a bunch of boys. Instead, I have always been down and dirty with the boys, always in my boots and cloth cap and a rugged trench coat, but my sisters, oh my sisters, made pretty sure that that wasn’t the case tonight as they buttered and dolled me up in some substances I probably might have choked on. My childhood friend, the prince Danny Kristoff the 4th and heir to the throne, was to make his return after my years of travel, gathering knowledge from the lands far and wide he was finally back home and would be at the HEART’S BALL. So they wanted me to look my best and put me in clothes that had me constantly adjusting and trying to get used to them.

The moment finally arrived as Danny walked through the crowd and every maiden stared at him as a God sent from heaven. I stuck to my drink till the very moment he was in front of me, and then I rose my head to see him again. Still, for the first time, I didn’t see him the way I once saw him the boy I bullied most times and was scared of me till me we became friends was all grown and had become a charm well-groomed groom prince all I could see was handsomeness that marvelling, all I could see was a future.

His greetings had me standstill still for a few seconds, only to be brought back to reality by a nudge on the cheek from him. I returned my greetings, too, gazing into his eyes. We spoke for a minute or two before princely duties took him away. I sat watching others dance and had so much happiness as the ball reached its peak everyone had someone. My heart raced like a child again when he whispered those famous words I hadn’t heard in a while. However, this had a tingle down my spine ” would you like to sneak out?, this place is a bore” I had to keep my emotions in check before I made a fool of myself, running like when we were kids. I probably stumbled a couple of times, but it didn’t matter then, although now it did with the load of accessories my sister attached to me and the heels. I had to walk elegantly like a lady while some eyes got a glimpse. We climbed to the top like kids again, and he held me like a lady as I gazed into his eyes before I heard those words ” my husband, father said to find you here, he was right” I was stuck at ” my husband” as he went down the ladder and I stayed alone on rooftop top.