Moving to know Baneria

my father went to apologize to Prince Eric for Beatrice's unmannered behavior, he also banned her from getting any new stuff till the next year and from using any servants, which means she has to do everything she wanted by herself.

The Queen was so angry when she heard the punishment her husband had given her daughter and went to rebuke him for doing so but stop after the King threaten to take away her title as a queen, she had no other option than to go back and soothe her angry and crying daughter.

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Today was the day I was going to leave for Baneria, I and Prince Eric had made our marriage official by signing some document at Endoria's High Court with families from both parties as a witness.

My dad also assigned Yvonne as my maid in escort, which made me happy because I'll be having someone I can talk to since I don't know anybody in Baneria, Yvonne was also happy, she would have moved to one of my sister's chambers and they might end up treating her badly because she had worked for me.

My brother who acted like he didn't care was already shedding tears, telling me how much he will miss me, he helped me to pack my stuff, placing his favorite bracelet and a picture of him and our mother as a memorial gift, I know I'll miss them too, how they made me laugh, how I use to play with my brother, making our mother and maid to chase after us, I'll every memory I had made in Endoria,

"the lord guide you, my daughter, don't you worry about anything, I promise to find time to visit you when I have the chance," she told me with teary eyes, smiling half-heartedly while stroking my hair gently.

"Okay, mom," I answered her trying to clean off the tears that attempted to come out.

"Promise me you will take care of yourself, and won't let anyone hurt you," shielding both my cheek.

"I promise not to let anyone hurt or treat her badly when she is in Baneria," Prince Eric's voice was heard from behind as I and my mother turn to see him.

" you're a kind man, my prince," my mother told him, giving him a cute smile.

"It would be my duty to fulfill anyway," he told my mother returning the smile to her.

"you have heard, prince Eric will take care of you," she told me, her smile was a bit warmer than before maybe because of what Prince Eric said.

"and Yvonne don't let Zara go out by herself, you know how much of an explorer she is," my mother instructed Yvonne

"don't forget to send us letters when you are in Baneria," my brother informed me.

"I promise I won't forget,"

my carriage finally arrived and the prince held my hand to help me get into the carriage, before getting into his carriage, Gunther shared a carriage with the prince while Yvonne shared a carriage with me.

I waved at my parents, my brother and a few people from Endoria that came to bid me farewell, my sisters and their mothers were the only ones that didn't come out to bid me farewell, I was surprised to see my stepbrothers who were among the crowd waving their hands at me.

the trip to Baneria was longer than I thought, we had to stop by to get some food and shelter, and it took us two days to arrive,

Baneria was quite bigger than Endoria, in both population and landscape, its environment was also neat and beautiful, and they also had beautiful nature that surrounded them.

A crowd of people from both sides of the carriage were hailing and waving their hands, some were throwing flowers at our carriage, it made me happy to see how welcoming they are, I looked outside of my window waving my hands at them too, Yvonne also did the same.

We finally reached the castle which was also bigger than the one in Endoria, it was built out of perfection with stones of equal size and shapes, and it stood there as if it was contour from a kid's fairy tale book, I noticed that the King and prince's carriage went to a different path of the castle, but didn't put interest in it, maybe they have something to do, a group of maids came to help me and Yvonne with our luggage, and also directed us to my new chamber.

"Baneria is so...big," Yvonne whispered to me also fascinated with how beautiful it was

"I thought the same thing,"

"I think we're going to enjoy Baneria more my princess, here you won't have sisters or stepmothers that want to torture you all day," she snarled, rolling her eyes

We finally reach the chamber I was going to live in which was bigger and fancier than the one I had in Endoria.

"Even your chamber is big, moving to

Baneria is like a dream come true," Yvonne said admiring my room.

I took my bath before wearing one of my casual dresses, Yvonne had left for her room and the maids were already done arranging my room.

A girl with black raven hair entered my room, she wasn't dressed like a maid and she had King Edward features, icy blue eyes, and tanned skin, her smile was also captivating.

she suddenly came toward me, embracing me which made me surprised.

"oh..., sorry for not introducing myself properly, my name is Diana and I'm your sister-in-law," she made known giving me an understanding of who she was.

"I'm Zara, your brother...new...wife," I stammered a bit, shrugging my shoulder which made both of us laugh.

"you don't have to worry about my brother, I can assure you that he is the nicest and kind-hearted man, you will not regret being with him, he might be hot-headed and very hard to understand or be with because he loves having it his way but he will never hurt anyone on purpose," Diana explained to me, sitting on my bed as I joined her.

"Thanks, the information was helpful," I let out, giving her a shaky smile and minimal eye contact because I was shy.

"it's ok, I know that this is an arranged marriage and you two might be having a hard time getting to know each other, so you can meet me if you have any questions in the future, what are sisters for," she told me, making me happy that she considers me as a sister.

"When you are less busy, I can take you out to explore more of Baneria," she informed me.

"Really?"

"uhuh,"

"how about now," I inquired, unable to hold my excitement.

"aren't you tired, you just arrived today," she asked looking concerned.

"I did nothing but sleep and eat during the journey, so I don't feel tired at all," I assured her.

"what are we waiting for, come let go," she declared, getting up from the bed and dragging me with her.

"wait, I hope my dress I okay," I asked her, holding the flare of my dress while she studied it.

"It's okay, you look like a regular girl," she informed me holding my hands, as we went outside the castle.

"aren't we going to use a carriage," I inquired as we were about to reach the gate.

"I usually go alone, but if you don't feel safe walking alone with only me, I can have some warriors accompany us and use a carriage," she told me, puckering her forehead and giving me a tight-lipped smile.

"It's okay, I like your idea," I assured her, smiling at her as we continued our journey, giggling at each other

Inside Baneria so lively, we kept on bumping into people due to how crowdy everywhere was, its a good thing that Diana was holding my hand or I might have been lost by now.

"there's one of my favorite sweets," she informed me dragging me toward the place where it was being sold.

"how much for your sweet," she asked the seller.

"one cent for each,"

"I need ten of it,"

" ok my lady," the seller said packing it for her, she gave the seller his money before giving me some of them.

We went to a local cinema to watch their latest drama which turns out the best show I have ever watched, it was funnier than the ones the royals watched, she paid for the show when it was over

she also bought me a cute, hairy puppy that loves barking, we tried out some local foods before heading back to the castle.

Diana showed me round the castle, the was a beautiful River with a forest by the side which Diana warned me about going in, she also showed me the beautiful flowers garden and beautiful sculptures, we decided to take a break since I got tired, as she escorted me to my chambers promising to meet me later.

I came inside to meet a worried Yvonne, and prince eric with Gunther,

"What's wrong," I questioned, as Yvonne ran towards me hugging me.

"Thank God, you're okay, I couldn't find you anywhere, so I decided to alert the prince," Yvonne explained to me,

"I'm so sorry, I didn't inform you that I was going to go out," I apologize.

"why didn't you inform her that you were going out, and who did you go out with," prince Eric questioned, giving me a cold icy stare with a clenched jaw.

"I didn't want to disturb her, since she slept less while we were traveling, and I was with your sister," I informed him, biting the inside of my lips and looking sideways.

You were with my sister whom I never introduced you to yet, for God's sake, what if it was just a random stranger you would have followed, causing everybody to panic,"

" I'm sor...,"

"I don't want you going out, without informing anyone, understood," I was starting to get angry at the way he was talking to me, but didn't say anything about it.

"yes," I gave him the reply he needed, praying he leaves my room sooner, which he finally did, leaving me and Yvonne in the room alone.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault," she said, keeping her face down.

" It's okay, it's not your fault," I assured her, giving her a hug,