Twenty years have passed by till we reach Arabella’s 21st year of life. Today Instead of her maid Alexandra waking her it is her younger sister, Georgina Darcy.98Please respect copyright.PENANAQTTSwkSMHS
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"Get up" Georgina shouts as she jumps and down. Arabella has no choice but to wake up from the rocking queen size bed. "Will you stop that!" Arabella bites back and pushes her off the bed. "Mom wants us" Gerogina explains as she frags her to the bathroom. 98Please respect copyright.PENANA83uC0NFPvH
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The light turns on and shows an apartment size apartment bathroom. The walls are a light blue, just like her bedroom. The details of it such as the bathtub, toilet and the designs itself in a golden color. The light shines in from the windows above. It bounces off the gold and makes it all look brighter. 98Please respect copyright.PENANACgKwuFbzIx
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It's such a good thing that the room itself has such lighting since Arabella only has to use the electric lights at night. Georgina starts the bath and makes the water hot enough for a good steam. They both like their baths scolding hot and have since childhood. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAJPY6s6l5dQ
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It must be a girl thing they have assumed. Their elder brother, Fitzwilliam likes a cooler temperature. The sisters would consider his taste, lukewarm at best and cold at worst. After the bath it doesn't take much longer for Arabella to get dressed. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAfyt6RGZZCk
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Pattie coats, the camisole, the corset and the dress itself. It is completely easy for her with Georgina's help. They Thank God that the fashion of the day is not the same as their mother's. All the layers and frocks weigh you down in their opinion. 98Please respect copyright.PENANA2On7xwUfc9
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Once finished they head down to the private dinning hall. Their mother was there in a light blue high waisted dress and her brown hair was pinned up into a nice bun. "Come and eat" Miranda says as she points to the two seats to her left. It sounds like an indentation but it isn't. 98Please respect copyright.PENANA61ZEYIkKR2
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"You girls were taking you're sweet time getting dressed" Fitzwilliam the eldest of the Darcys walked in. He wore a simple white shirt and pantaloons. "Yet they dressed better than you" Miranda complains to Fitzwilliam. He in turn just waves her off and says "I am in the privacy of my own home". 98Please respect copyright.PENANA0RjWfzcYdm
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Miranda just raises an eyebrow in reposne, "Not for much longer you won't be" The way Fitzwilliam's eyes go wide as he shuffles in his chair. "What are you talking about, Mother?" That is the question the girls have and want an answer for. They were to shocked to speak and whom could blame them. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAJ21kVNUqBn
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"The Royal Family of Avalor is coming" and surprising Arabella speaks first. "Whatever reason are they coming?" All three of them look at Arabella in disbelief. Georgina sequels and holds her hands together as if saying a prayer. "It must be for the marriage season". 98Please respect copyright.PENANA5wUvK8PCNr
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Then it hit, Arabella like a ton of bricks. She had completely forgotten about this seasons marriage market. In some ways Arabella knows it shouldn't be such a suprise. It is the 2nd of March and the marriage market has started. It is ironic in so many ways that she had forgotten. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAmVNqFhQJqx
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The first being her best friend Daisey is debutanting this year. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAaGjAmTpGOk
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The second and more pressing matter, it's her first debutante as well. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAPVfI35OrZQ
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In all true regards she couldn't care less about the event. The entire Ton obsess over the entire season. As if they do not have lives of their owns to live. Which they do not, not any of the women. They are much more like an item to be sold than anything. No rights, no respect, their most important job being to birth an heir. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAK8wwsW2hIE
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"Yes, that would be a good reason indeed" Miranda smiles at Georgina. Arabella knows that she had omitted something. She can tell because her mother nose wrinkles when she does so. Just as Arabella herself plays with braclet when nervous. "When should we expect their arrival " Fitzwilliam voice is even and usually that is when he is angry. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAVCgOUBdWE3
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"Well.." Miranda starts but is blocked out by the sound of several horses and a carrige pull up. All of the Darcys rush to the window well all except Miranda. She is a cunning women, she knew better than to give them notice. Fitzwilliam would have tride to make accommodations else where. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAzRAWxxh9xu
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"We aren't prepared, mother" Fitzwilliam shouts, "What do you think I should tell them?". All can tell Fitzwilliam seems a bit nervous and Miranda brushes any concern away. "I had already informed the Servants weeks ago". 98Please respect copyright.PENANAi3PnamaPHk
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Fitzwilliam head snaps and his face turn from a pale color to beet red in the face. "You did what?". Georgina grabs Fitzwilliam hand, "That is unimportant". Fitzwilliam and Arabella do not agree with that. "We must go and greet them" Georgina runs out the room. In the process she drags her brother with her. 98Please respect copyright.PENANARK1R2aQ0Oi
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Arabella makes a face as if to say "What are you up too?" yet in response she gets nothing. Miranda just follows her other children with an innocent smile on her face. Miranda Darcy is anything but innocent. 98Please respect copyright.PENANA8ztSAZNtot
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The Avalorian Royal Family was quite a good sized family. Eight members in all but three are currently in the carrige to Pembroke Estate. The Queen and King had decided it was fine time to bring back their darling Rosalinda. They knew excalty where to find her. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAxInbMLJUZI
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Yet you see it was not just the lost princess but her twin Prince Theodore whome they were trying to find. Her and Thedore were separated mere minutes after birth. Such a crule fate really but it kept them safe and sound. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAWheUS0sHZY
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Maria knew how hard the lower class had worked for a life and how much they suffer. Muddy and watery roads meet stone hard sidewalks. The road most being filled with feces and urine. Both human and horses alike. That and whatever garbage they did not want. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAtYp4yx041Q
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What it really was is pot of disease and outbreak waiting to happen. Diseases is unfortunately everywhere in the lower classes. If not the streets then the living quarters. "You're Majesty" Maria's Queens main servant, Mr.Jackson brings her out of her train of thought. Maria motions him to sit next to her. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAo3vSsJmg2G
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Mr. Jackson pulls out the chair in the Queens personal chambers. Mr.Jackson is not just the Queens Man but her dear and oldest friend. "The last of the rebels are on the run" relief rushes through Marisa body. She welcomes it, the way one would the sun after a rainy cold day. "After twenty years" Maria's voice cracks and tears fill her eyes. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAoPnNz7I3AJ
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Maria closes her eyes and calms herself. "How bad has the war effected the city and towns folk?" It has such wieght, the war has brought much pain to the people of Avalor. Buildings burned and families ruined. Brother against brother, one solider after another, dead. The cost of war is a mighty great price to pay. 98Please respect copyright.PENANALhleujIjY2
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If she were a normal lady she would have covered her hand over her mouth. Instead she lifts her head in pride. "Never" Maria starts to say before Mr.Jackson stops her. "The men have started writting their names on pieces of cloths" he pauses, "They pin it to their clothes". 98Please respect copyright.PENANAc9oaZaK4g1
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"Smart soldiers, Avalor will forever be in debt to them" Maria gets up and brings out a pen and parchment. Maria writes a paragraph or two and gives them to Mr.Jackson. "Print and Send to all throughout the country and the United Kingdom" Mr.Jackson grabs it and bows to Maria. Mr.Jackson went as fast as humanly possible. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAsFOKvw794Y
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Mr.Jackson want to take a sneak peek, it is just to tempting in all regards. In all account reading anyones mail let alone the Queens mail would be illegal. He goes to the Printer shop and request as many copies as one can do within so very little notice. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAF2yucfXOLW
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As this is going on Maria goes to great Nicholas outside of their secret fortress. They may have won the revolution last month but they are now getting the chance to go back home. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAbZEXy3bpve
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Arabella and her sister Georgina are stand at the ready to the meet the Royal Family. A golden chariot and several horses come upon the estate. Four people come out, three boys and one girl. A brown hair and blue eyes, a trait the entire royal family has. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAux1VDz5kUR
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Prince Thedore and Prince Christopher as well as Princess Kathrine. The fourth member of the group is distinctively different. Brown hair, brown eyes and six foot in height. He is a charmer Arabella can tell with the way he speaks. He is calming and able to make anyone comfortable. 98Please respect copyright.PENANAEmGpECgepi
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To be around this mysterious boy is like being bathed in the sun. The eldest is Christopher, then Thedore and the last of the siblings is Kathrine. "This is Arno Berrux" Arabella curtsy and he takes her hand to kiss it. "Bonjour, Madame" he has a light French accent and yet it sounds like honey. 98Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZHRdHXKIs
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Arabella has never been so comfortable next to another human being before. She can't fight a smile from appear. "Let's go into the sitting room" Miranda explains as they are lead into the main room. Fitzwilliam and Miranda explain the long history of the Estate of Pembroke. 98Please respect copyright.PENANA4jttVuDJK4
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Arabella can't bother to listen, she has heard this a million times. "You really ought to listen" Arno leans her own personal space. She can feel the warmth radiating off of him. "You haven't" She laughs and touches his arm. Arno slides his arm down and grabs her hand. "Let's go" and Arabella can't stop herself from following.
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