Chapter 3: tradition
Diana sat on her bed and Irene sat on the reading table chair.
"Irene gets ready, we are leaving in a minute time" Diana said playing with her Bangles.
" Yes your majesty" Irene reply.
Few minutes pass by and princess Diana gets down from her bed she adjust her dress and walk towards the door. Irene ran after her and open the door for her and the royal soldiers bow their heads in greetings.
She walked pass them and Dimitri tried to follow her and she stop in her track and raise her right hand up.
"I can walk around myself. I don't need protection" Diana said lifting her hands up and Dimitri stop in his track.
" Your majesty, it's my duty to ensure your safety anywhere you go. " Dimitri said with his Spears in his hand.
" I'm safe with Irene. I don't need your protection so I suggest you go back to your duty post. Infact take a day off" Diana said waving her hand in the air as she take the spiral stare down.
" I insist your majesty" Dimitri said tailing behind her and Irene .
" It's an order" Diana thunder and her formidable aura engulf the entire area.
She took the stairs down gently and slowly and Irene tailed behind her while Dimitri went back to the princess chamber. He was suppose to follow the princess wherever she goes but the princess insist he stay behind.
The king and the queen will be mad if they finds out he allow the princess to take a walk all by herself.
They arrive at the hall way and the princess took the door leading to the royal stable. She entered the stable and look for Barbie her personal royal horse. She searched the entire stable for the white horse dress in royal attire but she couldn't find it. She went to the back and find her resting gently under a tree.
She ran her hand through her body and Barbie rise to her feet.
"Let's go" she said leading Barbie out of the stable and Irene follow behind her .
She climbed on Barbie back with the assistant of Irene and Irene sat behind her and Barbie neigh. Diana draw the rope and Barbie started troting. They took the route in the bush avoiding the royal soldiers. They went into the wood as the morning sun shine from the East.
"I will be turning 16 in thirteen days time." Diana said not releasing her grip from the rope.
" Yes your majesty" Irene replied behind her.
"And I am expected to chose my groom that day" Diana said riding the horse gently through the woods.
"Yes your majesty. There will be a lot of princes on the occasion and you will have to chose among them. I guess prince Jack will be the lucky one. He cares about you so much and he is so charming" Irene said behind the princess with a smile on her face.
" What makes you think that he will be the lucky one?" Diana ask ordering the horse to take the route by her left as they appear in a lonely path.
"Prince Jack is a handsome guy. He is the son of king Lucia one of your father greatest Ally. The two times I have come in contact with him, I know he is the right person for you" Irene said with all sincerity in her voice.
" Do you know I despise prince Jack so much?" Diana ask with her round shaped face shining under the sun.
"I don't but why your majesty?" Irene ask with a question mark on her face.
She don't see any reason why the princess should despise the prince that much and besides he doesn't looks like someone who is harmful or cold. He is the type every girl will want to be with. Even old aunties drool over him whenever they see his shadow pass by. Seems like the princess have a bad taste when it comes to men.
They arrive by a river in the wood surrounded by talk trees and flowers. The horse stop close to a tree and Diana climb down with the assistance of irene her personal maid.
She walked over to a log of wood near the flowing river and sat on it.
"I really don't like him. I don't like men to be precise especially that Jack of a prince. Everything around him disgust me and I don't think I can survive with that person by my side." Diana said splashing the water with her tiny fair legs and Irene just stood there looking around the serenity.
"Is it really necessary for me to get a groom on my sixteenth birthday?" Diana asked looking at Irene and Irene nodded her head.
" Yes your majesty. It is very necessary for you to get a groom that day" Irene reply with a bow and Diana turned away with a smirk.
"It has always been like this right from the beginning and it's one of our custom and tradition. It's very important especially to the royal household" Irene said plucking a flower on a tree as she walk round Barbie who was lying on the ground. Lazy thing.
Diana really don't like this tradition of a thing. Who gets married at sixteen? No one does that. I'm going to put an end to this so called tradition. I'm not getting a groom on my sixteenth birthday and all these disgusting suitors wooing me they should better stay away from me before I unleash my anger. Father and mother should just reconsider this or else... That Jack of a prince had the gut to kiss my knuckles without my permission. anyways let me just keep what I am going to do to myself. I don't have to broadcast it so that everybody will know and for Uncle Claudius I will have to watch him closely. I don't really trust him. I have been seeing him around the king's throne lately and it's rather suspicious. I hope he is not going to do anything despicable on my birthday party because he has always be a cruel man who always come up with a plan on his sleeves.