Prince
Charming's Diary
Prince John
Day 20
I did not have time to go
see Ella yesterday, but I did write her a note and send her an
invitation to the ball. But, I could not send them. The post would
not get them to her until after the ball, so I simply carried them
around in my pocket and wished I could see her. I shudder to imagine
what Joseph would say on the subject. He has no right to make fun of
me, though. He got married himself, so he likes a girl. Next time he
opens his big mouth, I will throw that back at him.
I am pleased that all the
pirate decorations are gone. Father is too. He confided that he has
never been so happy to see something taken down. I know he has been
having a lot of real problems with the pirates. I made a vow, that
once this final ball is over, I will help him more. I do not think I
shall be afraid to fight pirates. It will most likely be a lot easier
then battling my tutors. I look forward to the end of these horrible
balls. But I am certain nothing else terrible can happen between then
and now.
I have just made an
interesting discovery, I was wrong about nothing terrible happening.
Guess what! I am allergic to peacocks! Even as I write, my eyes are
watering and my nose feels ticklish. I will sneeze in a second.
Elaine's father lent us five peacocks. Usually, I like him, but at
the moment, I want to throttle him. Eleanor's father, gave us huge
bouquets of real peacock feathers. They are old, dry, dusty and even
worse then the alive peacocks. I wish I could ram them down his
throat. Jaden's son toddled after the peacocks and pulled out their
tail feathers. The fat birds immediately turned around and began
pecking the boy. He screamed. Jerome meanwhile fell over, because he
was laughing so hard. Our cousin Kane, kicked him.
“The poor infant is
suffering!” he said.
“That will most certainly
teach him not to grab what is not his.” Jerome shrieked and doubled
over again. I shudder to imagine what the small child's grandfather
would say. I have a feeling he will be more upset about his birds
then about his grandson getting violently pecked. To make matters
worse, neither Kane nor Jerome attempted to rescue the brat. So I
waded through the peacocks and grabbed the child. It was about then
that I discovered that I was allergic to peacocks. The most annoying
part about it was that I would be wearing a peacock feather cloak and
their were a lot of peacock feathers on my hat.
The ballroom was draped in
Peacock blue and dark greens. There were stuffed peacocks and
feathers everywhere. I was constantly sneezing. My eyes were growing
red and my face felt swollen. But the only person who had the
kindness to ask if I was sick was Lady Cinderella. Ella Marie would
have asked if she had been there, I know. I told Cinderella that I
was allergic to peacocks.
“Should I take these out?”
she asked as she tugged at the silly feathers in her hair.
“No!” I said with a week
grin, “I am covered in them.” But she did end up taking them out,
and I took off my hat and cloak. Then we played chess in the back
garden, where there were no peacocks. I spent the whole time trying
to figure out who to tell her that I did not want to marry her. I was
afraid she would believe I led her to believe that I would marry her.
Life is so awkward. Some people could say it is all peacocks and
balls. But if that is so, then I say, it is all sneezes and sore
feet.
Day 21
Exactly the same as on the
other two nights, the clock struck midnight and Lady Cinderella took
off. This time she had to go through the ballroom to escape. I
followed her in and bumped into mother.
“You are not letting her
get away again!” she yelped. I sneezed. Mother was very peacocky,
“If you chose that princess, then at least find out where
she lives!” she gave me a push. I ran after Cinderella feeling
stupid. I had forgotten to tell mother that she was not a princess.
When I got out of the palace, Cinderella was running down the steps.
“Wait!” I called. She
tripped, one of her slippers fell off. She hesitated, then a green
scaly footman picked her up and stuffed her in what looked like a
giant golden pumpkin. “What?” I gulped. A feathery man with a
beak slapped the rumps of four mouse tailed big eared horses, with
his reins. I simply stared. Were my allergies giving me
hallucinations? Then Kane, Joseph and Master Won came plowing out of
the palace.
“Do not let her get away!”
Master Won instructed me, as the pumpkin carriage rattled off.
Obediently I started down the steps. “No! It is a ruse to get you
out of the palace!” Master Won shouted. I wished he would make up
his mind. Kane ran down the steps and picked up the shoe.
“She left you a glass
shoe!” he chortled, “How uncomfortable this thing must be. No
wonder you two did not dance today! HAHA!” he brought the shoe to
me. I took it and shuddered, imagining dancing in those ankle
breakers.
Master Won led the pursuit.
I thought it was foolish, but he insisted on taking ten armed men and
riding after the silly carriage and its mistress. But I would not
have minded being introduced to the strange footmen and driver of the
pumpkin carriage. But meanwhile, I had to go back inside and sneeze
for the rest of the night. You would think that they would at least
have let me join the pursuit. I feel offended.
Day 22
Master Won and the armed
men finally came back to the palace today. I have a strong suspicion
that they had spent all day yesterday drinking in a tavern. Some of
them seemed just a little tipsy. Their story was that they fallowed
the carriage, when suddenly it bounced up into the air, shattered and
vanished.
“Excellent!” I said,
“Now if you will excuse me, I am going to see a very dear friend of
mine!”
“And get lost in the woods
again?” Mother snapped, “I will not have it!” Mother wanted me
to get married, yet she would not let me go and visit the girl I
loved! I spent the rest of the day going over pirate files with
father. He was engaging an attack against them. I wished I had
volunteered to help him sooner. He seemed genuinely happy that I was
willing to assist him now. Somehow I doubted that any of my brothers
had ever volunteered before.
To Be Continued
John's Peacock theme costume.
Elise's peacock theme costume.
I know it's bad that I don't have Cinderella's drawing, but I didn't feel like finishing the drawings. Hopefully I'll have them done by the time I put out the next part.
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Happy Birthday Emily!!
ReplyDeleteI really like this story and the pictures! :)
Thank you Anna! :D
DeleteThank you again! I'm glad you like it.
Also, thank you for the card, it was awesome!
Wow, I love those peacock outfits! Very nice drawings!
ReplyDelete- Anna
Thank's Anna! :D
DeleteYou just reminded me, I haven't posted Cinderella's or the queen's outfits. :( Oops!