Chapter Eighteen; The Ball
I'm sorry that it's been awhile but I've had a lot of beautiful weather outside lately. Anyways, here's the next chapter and I really hope that you enjoy it!
The next morning Lilly, Dan, and Sophia all headed down into the kitchen for their breakfast which just happened to be (except for Puff who had a very nice helping of spider soup) flapjacks and wild berries. "This is absolutely delicious!" Lilly exclaimed excitedly.
"Isn't it?" Sophia questioned her with a warm and loving grin. "We have the best chefs in our castle." she said but Dan just simply heaved a deep and heavy sigh while he held his head up with one hand and poked his flapjacks with his fork using his other hand.
"What's wrong Dan?" Lilly wondered.
"Oh nothing, I was just thinking about the ball tonight that's all." he replied.
"Me too. I can't
wait! I love getting dressed up!" Lilly cried while a wide grin started stretching a crossed her face.
"I don't." Dan began. "And I don't like dancing either."
"Why not?" Lilly asked him before he shook his head at her.
"I don't know." he told her.
"Well, I don't think that it's rocket science, I mean all you do is move your body and your feet to the rhythm of the beat. I thought that all leprechauns knew how to do an Irish jig or something." she said.
"We're
supposed to know how to, but I'm pretty sure that it skipped a generation." Dan told her.
"Well come on, I'll show you how, it's really rather easy." she began with a grin while she grabbed ahold of his arms and pulled him up from out of his chair.
"But we don't have any music." he pointed out to her.
"Oh don't worry,.." Sophia began before she hovered out of her chair and up into the air. "I can take care of that one." she said with a grin while placing two of her fingers in-between her teeth and whistling loudly. A few moments later three more fairies flew into the room. "Lilly Jacobs I want to introduce you to my sisters." she said while placing one of her hands out to present them to her. "This is Izzy, Ana, and Anastasia." she told her.
"Nice to meet you Lilly, my sister has told me an awful lot about you." Ana began while Izzy shyly smiled over at Dan.
"Yeah, but she never mentioned anything about your other friend." she said with a tiny little giggle.
"Anyway,.." Sophia began while taking a deep breath and rolling her eyes. "Come here girls, I have a little task for you to do." she said while waving her hand over to them before all four of the fairies huddled together. Lilly noticed that Anastasia had golden wings like Sophia's (and their father) while both of the twins had silver wings like their mother's.
"Wow, they really do look alike." Lilly whispered over to Dan who silently nodded at her along with Sophia's sisters.
"Alright, do we all know what we're supposed to do?" Sophia questioned them before she placed her hand smack dab in the middle of the circle while all of her sisters placed theirs on top of hers and whispered sounds of agreement and nodded. "Alright then, and break!" she exclaimed excitedly while Lilly turned her head over to look at Dan again.
"What's happening?" she asked him but Dan simply just shrugged at her. A few seconds later all four of the fairies were flying circles around them. In fact they were flying so fast that Dan and Lilly felt their feet lift off of the ground. Then all four of the fairies began to sing. Dan gulped. He wasn't sure what he was supposed to do, but instinctively he grabbed ahold of Lilly by her hands and waltzed a crossed the air with her while twirling her around in different directions. He grinned at her while the fairies continued to sing and Puff watched them from down below.
"See? You do know how to dance after all." Lilly told him.
"Well I guess that gives a whole new meaning to the phrase walking on air." he said before he stifled a laugh.
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Puff hopped a crossed the dresser while Lilly examined herself in the mirror. She had a beautiful shimmery pink sleeveless dress on with a pair of black flats on her feet. "Princess Lilly." Puff said before bowing his head.
"Don't be ridiculous Puff, I'm not a princess." she told him.
"On the contrary I do believe that he's right." Lilly gasped before quickly spinning around to see Dan standing behind her and slowly walking further into the room. "Sophia wanted you to have this." he began before he slowly held up a glittery pink tiara that matched her dress. "She wanted you to be the honorary princess for the night since this is your first ball." he told her while placing the tiara on top of her head.
"Ooh,.. pretty." Puff said while Dan and Lilly exchanged warm and loving smiles.
"Princess?" Dan inquired while offering Lilly his hand. Lilly placed her hand inside his before he kissed the back of it and started leading her out of the room.
"Come on Puff." Lilly said before the tiny little puffball raced towards the end of the dresser and then leaping through the air managed to land on top of her shoulder just before they exited the room together.
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Queen Maria and Princess Sophia were the two fairies that greeted Dan, Lilly, and Puff as they came down the stairs and entered the ball room. "Wow Lilly, you look beautiful." Sophia told her.
"Like a princess for sure." Maria said while the two fairies smiled at her warmly and lovingly. "And Dan looks like a rather handsome young fellow as well." she added. "Your hair is all combed back so nicely and I don't think that I ever saw you without your top hat on." she said.
"Well in that case, if I have your approval, may I ask your daughter to a dance?" he questioned her.
"You may." she replied before Dan placed his hand upon his chest and bowed. "Thank you your majesty." he told her before slowly rising back up and then walked over to Sophia while Lilly sadly watched him. "Princess?" he questioned Sophia in exactly the same matter that he had to her before he took ahold of Sophia's hand and kissed the back of it and then led her away just as King David walked over to his wife.
"Look at her David." Maria began heaving a dreamy little sigh while she smiled at the pair of them. Dan took Sophia inside his arms and instantly started waltzing with her a crossed the dancefloor. "She looks just like I did when I first laid eyes on you." she told him.
"Oh please." Lilly muttered underneath her breath before she turned around and started heading towards the patio door. She grabbed ahold of it and pulled it open and then slammed it tightly shut behind her.
"Is Lilly alright?" Puff asked her while she walked over to the castle wall and hunched her body over it.
"Yeah,.." she began as a tear rolled down her cheek at the thought of losing her two best friends. "I'm fine."
That's the end of this chapter, hopefully there will be more soon. Poor Lilly.