Arianna

She pushed her way through the thick forest, running for her life. The guards chasing her would most definitely not spare her if she even dared stop running. Tears welled up in her eyes,

"I didn't do it!!!!!!!" she cried to the sky until she tripped on a rock and fell down a steep hill, rolling and tumbling, she landed with a loud thud. She opened her eyes, cuts scared her body, her lovely maiden dress torn.

Her vision blurred, her world went into the thick darkness, her last words, 'I didn't do it.'

*Hey guys, it's Esther here, welcome to the world of Arianna!! Follow our quirky heroic maid as she does all she can to protect the prince, and I hope you enjoy the adventure along the way.

I just wanna say that this was the first book I ever wrote and I was still very young then, so it is quite humorous (to me) and very playful. I do hope to rewrite it one day but I'm proud of what it is now, it was hard work then and it'll be even harder work when I'm rewriting it in the future.

Thank you for giving this book a chance! Love y'all!!!*

"I'm coming!!!!!" she stirred as fast as she could and put the food on a golden plate, which was then placed on a tray. Arianna walked as fast as she could, her heels clicked quickly on the polished, wooden floor, she made it just in time and handed the tray to her best friend, Ruby. Ruby dropped the tray on the elongated dining table, and both waited for his majesty to come down from his chamber.

As he came down, he greeted his two most favorite maids and dismissed them. The two rushed back into the kitchen, they looked around and when no one was coming, they high fived each other, laughing

"We made it!" Ruby exclaimed "for once I thought we were screwed!" she brushed her red locks away from her face.

"oh Ruby, Ruby, Ruby," Arianna sing-sang, waving her finger "my plans are always full proof. They simply cannot just fail!!" she laughed triumphantly with her hands on her hips. Ruby just smirked at her sister's childish behavior. Although the same age, Arianna tends to act a bit childish and immature. She's such a drama queen.

Arianna dragged Ruby all the way to the maid's quarters. Ruby knew exactly what this meant. She was hungry. Breakfast is Arianna's favorite meal of the day, she could not resist scrambled eggs with crispbread, toasted to perfection, accompanied with her favorite drink, pineapple juice. she ate like a monster, not bothered by the other maids' disgusted face. She stacked her bread with eggs slipped within them, and once it was tall enough, she first spread her napkin on her lap like a lady would do, then dugs her fingers and took a massive bite as a ferocious beast would do.

Pieces fell from her mouth but she caught them and put them back in her already filled mouth. After five seconds of chewing, she swallowed and the food sat like a rock in her tummy, she then grabbed the jug and started pouring juice into her mouth, some spilling on her dress.

And when that was done, she let out a manly burp which echoed round the walls of the palace. She sank in her seat, full. She wiped her mouth with her wrist and looked at her fellow maids,

"what!?" she asked unaware of what she had done. She looked over to her sister, who was hysterically laughing,

"Arian, you're scaring them." she burst into a more uncontrollable laugh.

" oh...." Arianna thought for a while but then burst into a fit of laughter. Ruby was laughing so hard, tears rolled down her cheeks, and Arianna was not far behind. They held each other for support from their seat. The other maids felt irritated by their tomboyish behavior, they left agitated, not touching their breakfast. It had been spoilt by Arianna.

Next day......

The sun rose in its glorious light, and its rays penetrated the room of Arianna. Who was still asleep. The alarm repeatedly sang to the sleeping girl, but she wasn't budging. It read 7 AM, but Arianna turned her back on the machine, smiling in her sleep. She was having a good dream and paid no attention to the annoying 'dream destroyer' machine. The sun then took action, and it directed its rays on her face. She grumbled in her sleep and decided it was time to wake up. She growled at her alarm and lazily stood up from her bed.

Her nightgown reached all the way to her feet and her jet black hair was an utter mess!! She yawned lazily until she heard a knock on the door,

" yes, who is it?" she asked, then Adrian, her best male friend and a soldier in the palace came in hurriedly,

"Arianna!!!! You're still in bed!?!?!?!?!? Princess Eleanor will arrive any moment and you're not dressed!?!?!?!?!?!? The prince will so fire you!!!!!" he panicked.

Arianna's eyes bulged out, "wait, today's the day?"

"yes, today's the day. The prince specifically mentioned he wanted all his maids to be outside the gate at the arrival of the princess." he preached to her.

Arianna shoved the preachy soldier out the door and locked it. She took off her nightgown and brushed her teeth while combing her hair. Adrian was right, if she came a second late, it would be out the door for her. She shivered, since there was no time to take a bath, she put on her maid outfit and sprayed a lot of deodorant on herself, then splashed her face with cold water and ran out the door.

Adrian smirked, at least she's out of bed.

Arianna rode the railings of the stairs like a wave, then jumped off, doing a backflip in the process, and landed in one piece. She smiled at herself for the amazing stunt she pulled. But no time to fantasize, she continued running. The golden gate which was the entrance to the palace came into view,

"yes!!" Arianna increased speed, happy that the princess had not yet come. But little did she know, someone had accidentally spilled water on the floor, and by the time she had realized it, it was too late.

"no!!!!!!!!" she screamed, sliding on the polished floor, keeping her balance not to fall. Her scream attracted the attention of her fellow maids which were lined in a straight line, they turned and saw her coming rather fast,

"watch out!!!!!!!!!" she warned her fellow maids, but none of them seemed to care except for Ruby. Well, that was until the prince decided to come to check upon them. She crashed into him and left the maids in jaw-dropping awe.

Arianna opened her eyes, the landing rather soft, and saw herself on the prince.

"I'm so fired"

"Arianna, you have to be more careful. What if I wasn't there, you could have hurt yourself" the prince's words shocked the maids including Ruby. Arianna looked at his icy blue eyes, she blinked and found herself lost. His eyes were beautiful and capturing. She snapped back into reality and stood up, off of the prince, and apologized. She went to her space quietly and waited for the princess.

Princess Eleanor arrived not long and met the maids in a long line as she expected. Arianna was bored out of her soul, she noticed even the prince was not happy to see her for some reason. The Princess looked at each of the maid's faces as if trying to compare her beauty to theirs. Her fan danced around her face, a soldier beside her to fulfill the duty of protecting her. To Arianna, Eleanor moved so slowly.

Not long, she started tapping her foot to a catchy song she'd heard on the radio, then started nodding her head. Ruby looked at her and nudged her side, but she didn't listen. When it came to her turn, Arianna was still dancing on the spot, her eyes closed imaging her own band performing. Eleanor looked at her with a cocked eyebrow, she waited for when Arianna would be done. Eleanor snapped her fan, which snapped her out of the dancing mode. The prince stiffed his laugh, he knew there was going to be a problem between the two girls. Arianna was the whacky type while Eleanor was stricter than hell. Arianna gave the princess her best smile, but Eleanor gave an agitated face and walked past her. Arianna simply blew raspberries behind her back.

...........

The princess and the prince discussed in the garden while Ruby went to give them a drink. Arianna watched them diligently like a three-year-old girl. Her faced smeared on the window, trying to get every detail of their discussion. Her mother told her it was a bad habit and should get rid of it, but she never listened. A young girl of eighteen should never have that behavior, she listened carefully until a hand clamped on her shoulder. She turned and saw Elaine, with her two lost puppies, Ellen and Emma, her worst enemies.

"you know if you like spying on the prince, you should marry him" Elaine joked making her and her guinea pigs laugh.

"ha ha ha, very funny Elaine, I'm sure it took you a month to come up with that one" she shoved the blonde out of her way, which was very surprising to her. It was very unladylike to shove a person.

Arianna walked down the corridor which was beautifully decorated with pictures of the king and queen with their son. She looked at a picture of prince Rob. He was composed on a chair with his parents beside him. The king and queen had currently gone to a conference in another country and would be back in a few days. She studied the photo and saw it was dirty.

She grabbed a feather duster and a stool. She climbed the stool and waved her duster at the photo, cleaning the dust of it. She had to stretch sometimes to get the corners of the photo frame.

The stool shook to her dismay, but she paid no attention to it until it started rocking wildly. She tried getting off it, but it was too late, the stool fell and it was her turn to fall. She had a fall with no hard landing. That's weird. She looked up at her savior.

It was Rob. Moments of what happened in the morning flashed in her mind. She looked down, timid for once in her life. Rob looked at her with his generous smile,

"could you at least be a little more careful?" his hands wrapped around her back and thighs. He dropped her down and continued "why on earth are you cleaning the photos? That's Elaine's job. Where is she by the way? Elaine!!" he called her name and not long she came running,

"yes sir"

"why is Arianna cleaning the photos?"

"I-I-I-" she stammered,

"if this happens again, I'll have no choice but to kick you out. Got that?" he said sternly,

"yes sir." her head dropping. Arianna was at a loss for words. Did the prince just fight for her? Major déjà vu.

"Arianna follow me," Rob commanded and she obliged. He took her to the garden and sat down on one of the chairs. He motioned for her to sit down and she slowly responded to it. He turned to her and smiled,

"I'm sure you're wondering why I called you here." she nodded to his question,

He smiled furthermore, "I want you to take care of princess Eleanor while she's here." Arianna looked at him confused, not even understanding a word he said.

"you know, teach her how to loosen up. I know there are so many things she can learn from you. You know, how to be cheerful and probably how to sing." Arianna burst into a fit of giggles, which made Rob's smile broaden. She nodded in affirmation of Rob's request.

"ok, my prince, I'll see what I can do." she stood up to take her to leave,

"oh and Arianna," his words stopped her in her tracks, "call me Rob." he gave her his dashing smile and she returned the smile.