Chapter 3: Where's Driaka

While Driaka was at the castle, Song was flying back to Tiqa. Tiqa stepped outside and said, "Where is Driaka? She never takes this long to get berries and firewood. She's probably dilly dallying again. Might as well go to her." Tiqa walked to the berry patch while saying, "God, thank You for Driaka." After 20 mins, Tiqa finally got to the berry patch and yelled, "Driaka, where are you honey," but there was no answer. Tiqa yelled, "Driaka, where are you honey," but there was still no answer. Tiqa smiled and said, "Driaka, are you playing a game with me? Well, I'm going to get you." She looked all around, saying, "Oh Driaka, you can hide but not Song. Song will give you away. Won't you, Song?" She looked up at the trees and still didn't see Driaka. Tiqa said, "Driaka honey, I'm going to find you." Tiqa looked around until she saw Song flying towards her. Tiqa said, "Song, why aren't you hiding with Driaka?" Song let out a loud chirp, and Tiqa said, "Well, tell me where she's hiding." Song chirped but didn't fly off." Tiqa said, "Song, what's wrong? Where's Driaka?" Song chirped again, and Tiqa said, "Honey, I need to know where you are. We can play again later, but right now, please come out," but there was still no answer. Tiqa shouted, "Driaka, this isn't funny anymore. Please come out. I promise we can play again but I need to know you're alright." The forest was silent, and Tiqa screamed, "Driaka, where are you sweetheart please come out!" Tears ran down Tiqa's cheeks, and Tiqa yelled, "Driaka, please, game over, come out right now!" Tiqa started to breathe heavily, screaming, "Driaka, Driaka, Driaka sweetheart, where are you?" Tiqa dropped to her knees and Prayed, yelling, "God, please help me find Driaka! Please! Please let her be okay." Song chirped and flew. Tiqa heard a Voice say, "Follow Song to see your sister. Trust in Me." Tiqa stood up, saying, "Okay, okay God, I put it in Your hands! I trust You and only You. God, just please take me to her." Tiqa followed Song while saying, "Oh please God, please protect Driaka."

While Tiqa followed Song to the castle, Susan took Driaka to the stable. Susan and Driaka stood in front of Paul, Paul bowed, and said, "Hello, your Highness. I see you have a new friend, and what might your name be?" Driaka said, "My name is Driaka. Are there really horses in there?" Paul said, "Yes ma'am, there are." Driaka said, "That's amazing." Susan said, "I'm showing Driaka around. She and her sister will be living with us as a part of our family." Paul said, "Oh, then I guess you're a princess, Driaka." Driaka smiled and said, "Me a princess! Like in my storybook?" Susan said, "No, even better! You're a real princess." Driaka smiled and said, "I can't believe it, it's a dream come true!" A girl age 10 ran up to them. The girl wore a long pink, bouffant style dress, and white lace gloves. The girl had long dark brown hair and light brown eyes. The girl stood in front of them and said while catching her breath, "I'm sorry, I'm late." Driaka said, "Who are you?" The girl said, 'I'm Jenessa. Susan's lady in waiting, and who are you?" Driaka said, "My name is Driaka." Susan said, "She lives in the castle with us." Jenessa smiled and said, "No way! Are you serious?" Susan said, "Yes, very." Jenessa said, "Well, as your lady in waiting, Susan, I can only say that what she is wearing isn't proper for the castle." Susan said, "You know you're right. It's really not proper." Driaka said, "I'm sorry. I wish it was." Jenessa said, "Well, I guess we're just going to have to give her a full makeover!" Susan said, "I guess you're right." Susan and Jenessa grabbed Driaka's hand and ran into the castle with her to give her a princess makeover.

While Jenessa and Susan were giving Driaka a makeover, Tiqa was trying to find her. Tiqa said, "I should've never let Driaka go off on her own! I'm so stupid! How could I let this happen?" Tears fell from her eyes, and she said, "God, please let her be alright."

While Tiqa was looking for Driaka, Driaka was getting a makeover from Jenessa and Susan. Susan, Jenessa, and Driaka walked down a hallway that had beige stone walls, vases with flowers on top of tables, trees in flower pots, and pictures of Cross on the walls. Jenessa said, "Should we go to the spa first or just do the makeover?" Driaka asked, "What's a spa?" Jenessa and Susan looked at each other and said, "Spa first." They both grabbed Driaka's hand and led her to a big brown door. Jenessa opened the door, and they all went inside. In the Spa Room were pastel color robes, 7 tubs that had warm bubbly water in them, tables that sat next to the tubs that had glasses and bowls of chips on them, cabinets that had food in them, chairs with ottomans that you sat at to get manicures and pedicures, sinks to get your hair washed in, towels to wrap up your hair, and 7 women servants that waited for someone to come in. Jenessa said, "This is a spa." The servants walked up to them and curtsied. The head spa servant said, "Hello, your Highness, Lady Jenessa, and who is this new person." Jenessa said, "her name is Driaka, and she will be living at the castle with us as a member of the family." The head spa servant said, "Hello, your Highness Princess Driaka. Are you guys getting ready for the special dance and dinner tonight? Susan said, "What special dance and dinner?" Jenessa said, "Oops, did I forget to tell you that your sisters are coming over with their husbands, and so are your grandparents, and so are all 3 of your aunts with their husbands" Susan said, "Well, that explains why Auntie Ana is here, but I certainly didn't see Uncle Victor anywhere." Jenessa said, "He'll be here. They took different carriages because your uncle had to finish some business before he left, but your aunt told me he would be here tonight." Susan said, "Well, thanks for the heads up... Not! Well, since I got all the new news, we're going to need the full spa treatment. Plus lemonade, and if that pie is done that too. Please and thank you." The head spa servant said, "Right away. Ladies, you know what to do." The servants took care of Jenessa, Driaka, and Susan, giving them the full spa treatment. After they were done, Driaka said, "That was amazing!" Jenessa said, "And now we do makeovers." Susan said, "Yes, makeovers, and I know just where to go." Jenessa said "Ah yes the Ballroom Gown Room." Driaka said, "You have a whole room dedicated to ballroom gowns?" Susan said, "Only for new ones and those are only for special occasions our tailor Kelly makes our gowns. Her husband, Justin, is our head chef. Kelly is the best. I think you'll like her. She's really great with fashion." Driaka said, "Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

The three of them left for the Ballroom Gown Room. The Ballroom Gown Room had cream color walls and a painted Cross in a picture frame hanging on the wall. Throughout the room were busts, fabric in a wooden chest, 5 tables for sewing with books that had the royal family's measurements, chairs, and 4 platforms to stand on. Each desk had a chair, and on top of the desks were sewing supplies (such as shears, sewing needles, needles, pin cushions, thread, etc...) and pencils. In the room were Kelly and 4 other servant girls. Kelly and the servant girls curtsied, and Kelly said, "Well hello your highness, Lady Jenessa, and their friend. What's your name, visitor?" Driaka said, "My name is Driaka." Susan said, "And she's not visiting. She and her sister are going to live here as a part of our family." Kelly said, "Oh well, my apologies. Hello your Highness Princess Driaka. Now I see you're getting ready for the ball and dinner tonight, right?" Jenessa said, "You're correct." Kelly said, "Well, I have the perfect dresses for you two, and I'm pretty sure I have something for Princess Driaka. Princess Driaka, come over to my table, and I will get your measurements. Now Lily and Lulu, you two can start dressing Lady Jenessa and Princess Susan." Lily and Lulu said, "Right away," and started to dress Jenessa and Susan. Kelly took Driaka's measurements and wrote them down in the notebook. Kelly said, "I have the perfect dress for you." Kelly dressed Driaka in a light green ballroom gown that had short sleeves. Jenessa was dressed in a lavender princess style dress that also had short sleeves, and Susan was dressed in a salmon color ballroom gown that had short sleeves as well. Jenessa said, "Awe, Princess Driaka, you look like a princess." Susan smiled and said, "That's because Driaka is a princess." Jenessa said, "Now we must get our hair done." Susan said, "We can get our hair done in my room." Kelly said, "If you would like, I can do it for you." Susan, Jenessa, and Driaka said, "We would love that!" Susan said, "You can do Jenessa's hair first, my hair second, and Driaka's hair last. If that's alright with you guys." Driaka and Jenessa smiled and said, "It's fine with us." Kelly said, "Good, well girls, I'll do your hair." Driaka, Susan, Jenessa, and Kelly left to Susan's room. Susan's room had a personal bathroom, and a walk-in closet filled with 50 different princess dresses, 30 different pairs of night clothes, 9 princess crowns, and 20 different bottles of body mist. The colors of the walls in her room were pastel yellow, and her bed had yellow with white polka dots on it bedsheets. She had a vanity that had 4 brushes, 3 combs, 17 hair clips, and 45 bobby pins on it and a chair in front of it. Her floor had an off-white rug on it, and she had a picture of a Cross hung up on the wall. On her bedside table, she had a Bible, and on her ceiling were clouds painted on it. Her room was 1700 square feet. Jenessa sat at the chair, and Kelly did her hair up into a princess bun, Susan's hair up into a ponytail, and left Driaka's down but put curls throughout her hair. Jenessa, Susan, and Driaka said, "Thank you, Kelly." Kelly smiled and said, "You're welcome. I'm glad you guys like it. Now I really must get back to the Ballroom Gown Room before her majesty Queen Catherine comes." Kelly left the room while the girls said goodbye to her. Jenessa said, "Driaka, you definitely look like a princess." Driaka said, "Thank you. This is so amazing! I thank God you found me." Susan said, "What a Blessing you are."

While Driaka, Susan, and Jenessa were talking. Tiqa was trying to find Driaka. Song led Tiqa all the way back to the castle. Tiqa saw the castle and said, "There is no way Driaka is in that castle." Song flew in front of her face and flew towards that castle. Tiqa said, "I guess she is," and ran towards that castle. When she got to the front of the castle she saw 15 guards standing out front. Tiqa began to go up the stairs, and the guards stopped her, one of them saying, "State your business." Tiqa said, "Please, my sister is in there. Please, I must see her at once." The same guard said, "State your sister's name," and she replied, "Her name is Driaka." The guard said, "There is no one by the name of Driaka in this castle." Tears fell from Tiqa's eyes, and she shouted, "She has to be in there. Otherwise, Song wouldn't have led me here if she wasn't!" The same guard said, "There is no one by the name of Driaka here." Tiqa saying, "She's here. I know she is. If you just let me in, I can prove it." The same guard said, "We can't do that. You have no official business here. Move along!" Tiqa shouted, "Driaka is here. I know she is. She is my sister! I'm not leaving here without her!" One of the guards said, "Leave now, or you'll be placed in the dungeon for a year." Tiqa said, "Please, Driaka is here! I know she is." Queen Ana walked outside and down most of the stairs. Tiqa said, "Please, my sister is in there," and Queen Ana said, "What's all the commotion?" Queen Ana walked down the rest of the stairs, and the guards bowed. One of the guards said, "This woman was just leaving." Tears ran down Tiqa's cheeks, and she said, "Olease your majesty, do you know Driaka? She's my sister and I can't find her. I was led here. I was told to follow Song to find her. I know she's here. Please tell them she's here. God is helping me find her. Please, I know this can't be wrong." Queen Ana smiled and said, "Go in child." Tiqa said, "Thank you," and ran up the steps. She entered the castle to see Prince Stephen and some servants standing there. One of the servants said, "May I help you?" Tiqa said, "Please, I'm..." Tiqa was interrupted by the laughter of Driaka, Susan, and Jenessa. They all ran up to Stephen, and Tiqa said, "Driaka." Driaka saw Tiqa, smiled, and ran to her while yelling, "Tiqa." Tiqa hugged Driaka while tears ran down her cheeks. She kneeled down to Driaka's level, and Driaka asked, "Why are you crying, Tiqa?" Tiqa wiped her tears, held her tight, and said, "I was scared I was going to lose you too." Driaka said, 'You're not going to lose me!" Susan and Jenessa ran over to Tiqa, and Susan said, "Hello Tiqa. I'm Princess Susan, and this is my lady in waiting Jenessa." Tiqa stood up, curtsied, and said "hello your Highness and Lady Jenessa." Susan and Driaka grabbed Tiqa's hand and took her over to Stephen while Jenessa followed. Susan said, "And this is my brother Prince Stephen." Tiqa curtsied, and a soft smile came to his face. Susan said, "Handsome, isn't he?" Stehpen glared at Susan and looked back at Tiqa. Queen Ana and King Victor entered the castle, and Stephen grabbed Tiqa's hand, kissed it, and said, "Welcome, Tiqa. I was just about to send my men out to look for you." Tiqa asked, "Why?" Driaka said, "Because they want us to live here, and I've already said yes." Tiqa looked at Driaka and said, "Driaka." Susan and Jenessa grabbed Tiqa's hand, and Susan said, "Come meet my Auntie Ana and my Uncle Victor." Jenessa, Susan, Tiqa, and Driaka all walked over to Ana and Victor while Stephen stood there. He heard a v

Voice say, "She's the one." Stephen said, "She's my wife?"