Be My Princess CHAPTER 1-

THE NOBLE ENCOUNTER

KRRIIINNGGG!!!!!!

AHHH!!!!!!  BAM!!

The sound of someone fall from bed was heard from upstairs..

“Ouch..” Annabelle, who was sleeping, fall down her bed after hearing the bell

Footsteps soon been heard walking towards her room. 

A few minutes later, her door opened wide revealing a black hair girl with papers on her left hand and a brown hair girl wearing an apron, both with a worried expression.

“What the hell happen?” The black hair girl asked. She puts down the paper in her hand on the coffee table and sat beside the confused blond hair girl who was still sleepy to realise what happen.

“Wha--? Hey, Jasmine,Hanakimi.. when did you come in.?.” She looked beside her and grinned.

Jasmine’s eyes narrowed at Annabelle who seems woozy at the time. Hanakimi went in and pick up the pillows and bolster that lying on the floor. She shook her head when she saw pieces of paper with drawings on it scattered on the floor.

“Like five years ago. Are you okay? You looked wasted.. Did you drink last night?” Jasmine said as she looked at Annabelle who was trying to get up.

“Me? Drink? No.. I stayed all night coming up with new designs for the company. “ She said as she landed herself on the bed, still feeling sleepy.

“Still, you had to sleep or you’ll get sick.” Hanakimi puts all the papers on her desk and sat beside her.

“Yeah… you know what happen when you have lack of sleep.. You’ll get crazy all day and talk to yourself.. Geez..” Jasmine said while walking towards the window and open up the curtain, revealing the beautiful sight of Amethyst in the morning.

“Yeah..yeah.. stop yelling at me, grandma.. I know what I am doing.. I am a big girl now..” Annabelle felt annoyed and grab the towel.

BAM!!

She closed the door harshly.. leaving Jasmine and Hanakimi stunned by the loud bang from the door.

“Man, she is damn angry..I better heat up some pancakes to cool her off..”Hanakimi said while scurried down to the kitchen.

“Whatever.. I need to finish arranging these account or I will not be able to sent it tomorrow..Man! it would be better if I have my own business, so I wont have to face that scumbag everyday!..grrr…”

Jasmine closed the door and went back to her room.When she heard they both are out from her room, she started singing in the shower..

That is exactly happen every morning in this apartment when these three have their day off. Riot as ever.

Annabelle with the usual waking up late routine,

Jasmine with her habit to sleep early and wake up early to finish her bundle office 

works.

Hanakimi..well, she actually never taken a day off. If she did, she might be busy finishing order of pastries that her clients order from her for some special occasion.

How do these totally different people met you asked? Well, they were best friends since high school. Sure there will be some fights here and there, big and small but they eventually find a way to solve it.

Annabelle, she is a 25 years old girl who works as an apprentice designer at Polish company. She is a very cheerful girl with a mind of her own. She have the talent to come up with new designs every day but some of her works were never seen as a work of art because she was a newbie in the industry.

Hanakimi, she is a cheerful and outspoken 23 years old, girl who works as a part time baker on the weekdays and attending orders for her clients on the weekends. She has her way with food. She is a fast learner on that area. She used to wake up in the morning and watched cooking show with her mom on the weekends when she was growing up.

Jasmine, she currently works as an accountant at Prima CO where she was a junior accountant, who is being pushed around by the senior accountants doing their works for them. She was feel depressed, luckily she have her best friends every time she come home so that she can let it out even though she was always open to talk about feelings unlike Annabelle.

Yup, three different person with completely different personalities become friends, why.. its not impossible you know?

Hanakimi POV

“Ahh!!!! So glad to be on vacation, away from the babbling mouth of Maria..” I heard Annabelle who was already pulling her luggage from and yelling her so called freedom..

“Would you knock it off? There is a lot of people here,” I said, while fetching my own luggage. Annabelle was being surprisingly thrilled of this trip. Not that Jasmine and I aren’t excited as she is but she was exceptionally crazy today.

Maybe Maria did pissed her off that much..

“ Her? Knock it off? Seriously, its Annabelle we were talking about here. Throw her over a cliff and her voice still be heard from miles away..” Jasmine said, while walking beside me.

She seems a bit messy with her hair all over the place. Her bun was not a bun anymore, more like a ponytail now.

She seems to be struggling with a big bag consisted with files. I told her many times to not do other people jobs but she still did. Oh well..

“Yeah! Vacation!!woohoo!!”

Oh no.. she never stop isn’t she?

“Don’t get too excited, dimwit. We are here for vacation and work. Remember?” I said to her as we arrived at a hotel called Charleston Hotel where we will be staying. Well, working with big companies have its advantages thanks to Annabelle.

A week before

“Girls, I have a big happy news for all of us!” She said as she walks in, yelling from the front door into the living room.

“Let me guess, you hit a jackpot with a rich guy and about to take us on a vacation.?” Jasmine said, her eyes still focused on the television. I was just walking out from the bathroom after a day of work.

“No, I don’t get any rich guys as my boyfriends. Yes, we will all be going on a vacation!” She jumped on the couch where Jasmine was sitting on. Jasmine sits up, irritated by her shrieking voice.

“What?? Really? Where are we going? Hong Kong Disneyland? Who is the generous people who will be supporting our holidays?” Jasmine said, being sarcastic.

“Oh shut up and let me explain..”

Jasmine and I looked at each other and nodded.

“Okay, my manager have been signing a contract with a company for this huge event in Nobel Michel Castle. He is looking for caterer and event planner for that event. “ She said, eagerly.

“Wait.. Nobel Michel? That huge and legendary castle on a lone island and surrounded by the six legendary kingdom around it??” Jasmine shot up and startled us with her deep knowledge on the matter.

“Oh wait. Do you mean THAT Noble Michel? Where the annual food fiesta were held every year that displays a variety of food all over the world??”

My eyes were shining..

“Errr..yeah..uhm.. Anyway, what do you say? Go or not go?” Annabelle said while looking at over excited Jasmine and I.

“Hell yeah I am going! There’s no way I am letting this moment go to waste..” Jasmine said with eager eyes..

Well, that is one week ago. She doesn’t seems to be that excited now. Talk about mood swings this girl have.

After waking up the next morning, we all went to have breakfast at the hotel’s Café.

“Girls, I just have to say this. The rose tea is amazing. I think it is the best tea that I ever tasted before.” I said to them while having breakfast.

“Usually, I hate tea but I like this particular tea. It has a bit..what’s the word..ah! uumph.. as you say it..” Jasmine agreed with me on tea being so delicious.

“Don’t you mean magnifique?” I took another sip of the tea, feeling the aroma of the tea seeps into air.

“ Whatever.. Its damn delicious..that’s it..”Jasmine said and got up to get more croissant..

“Hey, when are we meeting the peoples for the event?” Annabelle was so busy looking at her phone that she didn’t realised that I am asking her a question.

“Annabelle…? Hey..” I looked at her again, her eyes were so focused.

“OH MY GOD! I cant believe this.. Oh my! Oh my! OMG! OH my.. urmm..”

I was startled when she suddenly shouted like a mad person.

Gees, she need to stop doing that! Long before I am about to shut her mouth, Jasmine came and stuffed her mouth with cream croissant, causing her to stop her yapping.

“W-ehat ther?” Annabelle said behind all the croissant stuffed in her mouth by Jasmine who came back from the buffet.

“ that  is for yelling like a mad man. Next time, I will slap your face..for sure..” Jasmine snorted, sitting down.

Well, Jasmine is a hardcore girl, I’ll give her that.

“Really, Annabelle, you startled me . Thank God I did not choke on anything or I have to be hospitalized on my vacation.. Geez..”

“I am sorry. It’s just that I was so excited to see the pictures of these fine men.” She shoved her phone to us.

However, before we can see it, someone called her phone. The name “Manager” was displayed on the screen.

“Hey, your boss calling you..Answer it..” I said. Annabelle quickly pulled her phone and take the call.

“Yes, boss?”

Before we know it, we were on a limo going to the Noble Michel castle to meet the sponsor of the event. With us is the CEO of  Quid Quo, Miss Cynthia.

The sight of a castle came to sight. We were flabbergasted by how amazing and beautiful the castle.

“Oh my..” I was in awe.

“Oh..!”

“Don’t..shout.. “ Annabelle looked at Jasmine who was gesturing a slap motion with her hand.

“Beautiful isn’t it? There’s no castle in the world that could beat that beauty in sight.” 

Miss Cynthia said while looking at the view of the castle that slowly become visible.

“Incredible.. Amazing and beautiful.” Jasmine responded, also in awe like the rest of us.

“Indeed. U know there is a saying that, if you get married in Nobel Michel Castle, your love will be eternal?”

“Really?” I looked at Miss Cynthia, intrigued by the story.

“That’s what I’ve heard from the elders, but it’s impossible to get married there.’” She sighed.

“Why? It’s too expensive? “Jasmine asked,guessing that maybe money is the problem.

“Price is not the main problem. Only royalty could get married there and as far as I know, unless you are a royalty or one of the six princes from the six countries 

surrounding this island fall in love with you..”

Miss Cynthia took off her glasses and look at us seriously.

“You can kiss that dream goodbye..” She sighed.

Annabelle sighed too, maybe she was dreaming about getting married there too.

“Oh.. I see… That is a pretty impossible dream to catch.. isn’t it?”

Miss Cynthia nodded.

Sensing the cold air surrounding us, Miss Cynthia started to divert the attention to the main reason why we are here.

“So.. Can I brief you girls on which department you’ll be working on?” Miss Cynthia 

reached a file from her bag.

“Oh..that’s good. We can have a head start and know what to expect from the client.” I nodded at Jasmine’s words.

So Cynthia brief to us everything that we need to know. What to expect and what is the event is mainly about.

“This event is mainly a gathering of the six future rulers from the six kingdoms surrounding the island.” Miss Cynthia started explaining.

“ So.. does this event happens annually? Like every year?” Jasmine asked. I was busy jotting down every piece of info that Miss Cynthia gave us.

“Not necessarily, it could happen once every 6 months, depending on how things were between the six kingdoms. So far, the six princes have become acquainted with each other well..” We nodded while writing the notes down.

“ When the event going to happen?” Annabelle asked while taking out a calendar from her bag.

“ Its July 7^th today right? So I am guessing…urm..6 weeks from now..”

Six weeks? Is she serious? Talk about pressured deadline..

“ Six weeks..? that is just around the corner isn’t it?” I asked, worried expression plastered all over my face.

Miss Cynthia smiled, as if she noticed how worried I looked.

“Don’t worry, I will be by your side, guiding you on making this event works. If you need to ask about anything regarding this event, you can ask me anytime..” She gave a confident and trustworthy smile.

I relaxed my shoulder upon hearing those words.. Although, the worries still lingers in side of me whether we can pull this off or not.

The sight of Nobel Michel castle came clearly to our side. The limo slide in the courtyard via the front gate. It stopped in front of a big entrance in to the castle.

If I was flabbergasted by the sight of the castle from a far, I think I would slapped myself,waking up from a dream looking at a fairytale like castle in front of me.

I shook my head and continue watching the castle in awe. I could tell that Jasmine and 

Annabelle was shocked as I am of how huge this castle is.

As we walk inside the castle and arrived what appeared to be a huge foyer. Again, we were in awe. The mahogany coloured walls makes it look so exquisite and unique.

“Amazing.. really..” I said

“You like it? It was handpicked by Sir Michel himself.”

Jasmine, Annabelle and I turned around when we heard the voice.

A tall, dark haired man with a slight smile on his face was standing there with a high class posture in a nice suite and a smile plastered all over his face.

If I haven’t known better, I think he looks like a royal butler or something.

“Oh? Who might you be?” I asked.

“I am Jean, the Royal High Steward. You must be Miss Kim, Miss Grace and Miss Lee who are sent here to help Lady Cynthia to arrange the event?

We nodded. We exchanged look with each other when Jean called Miss Cynthia, Lady Cynthia.

“How are you Jean? I hope things are going well around here since I haven’t have the time to visit.” Miss Cynthia asked Jean.

“All is well taken care of here, like usual. Everyone is busy with the gathering event..” 

Jean smiled at her.

Jean seems to be very close to Miss Cynthia. Do they know each other that well?

If they do, Miss Cynthia must be related to the royalty or something..

“Come with me. I will take you to the lounge room to wait for Sir Michel to come down.”

We followed him into a huge room. There were couches that cost like a hundred Cruz and the view from the outside overlooking the beautiful ocean make it a much more 

lovely view.

Suddenly my stomach started to feel cramped. First day of period cramp..Great.. Just what I need.. Oh man..

Oh.. not now.. Not when I am working.. Geez..

I made my way to one of the couches and sat down to ease the pain. Soon after we all are seated on a red satin couch. We sat down and Jean pour tea into the cups in front of us.

“He will be down soon. Enjoy the refreshment while you are it. “ Jean smiled and start walking to the refreshment table.

We all took a sip of the tea.

“Camomile Tea..” Annabelle said when we sipped the tea.

“Don’t shout okay? You know what is coming..” Jasmine warned her.

I took another sip of the tea and my stomach started to grumble. Maybe I should not drink too much tea while in this condition..

I tried to hold it in but it keeps on grumbling more and more..

“If you need anything, you can just have anything on the table. Excuse me while I bring Sir Michel down here..” Jean bowed and starts walking out.

Jasmine start giving me looks, probably noticing that I am in deep pain or something.

NORMAL POV

“Your Highness, the crew for the event have arrived with Lady Cynthia..” Jean said as he entered the chamber of Nobel Michel

“Very well Jean. We must not let the people wait.. Lets go..” Nobel Michel stood up to walk out from the room when a servant came into his room.

“Your Highness, forgive my sudden intrusion, but did you see His Highness around here? He seems to disappear when I sent the breakfast for him this morning..” A tall, fair skinned guy in gray suit and a worried expression on his face.

“Ah.. Alberto. You’re here? Don’t worry, he will not go far from here. He probably wandering around the castle looking for something fun to do..” Nobel Michel smiled calmly at him.

“Even so..” The guy muttered under his breath.

“Why don’t you try looking at the stable? Maybe he was riding one of the horses?” Nobel Michel suggest to him..

“I will.. Excuse me Your Highness..” The guy went out from the room, leaving Nobel Michel and Jean..

“Shall we go,Jean?” Nobel Michel said, waking Jean from his dreaming..

“Oh? Yes we shall..” Jean opened the door to let Nobel Michel go through it and together they made their way down stairs to meet the girls.

Back at the room, Annabelle is discussing the interior design with Cynthia while Jasmine was whispering to Hanakimi.

“Period cramp?” Jasmine said to HanaKimi.

“Is it that obvious?” Hanakimi’s face went red, imagining how painful she looked.

“Well, not really, but you looked nervous and there’s sweat on your forehead..”

Hanakimi quickly reached the inside of her bag and took out a handkerchief. She wiped 

her forehead. Indeed, what Jasmine said was right. There are traces of sweat on her handkerchief.

“Urm.. Miss Cynthia?” Hanakimi said looking at her.

“Yes, Hanakimi? Anything wrong?” Her eyebrows furrowed looking how flushed she is.

“Could you point me where is the rest room? I think I need to use it..” Hanakimi said while holding her pain.

“ Sure. Go out from this room turn right and walk all the way until you find a purple door. There should be a gender sign at the door to tell you where to go..”

Miss Cynthia said,while feeling worried.

“Do you need me to accompany you?”

“Its okay. I can manage..Thank You..” She said with a smile and then quickly leave the room, leaving Annabelle, Jasmine and Miss Cynthia.

Jasmine cleared her throat.

“Is she going to be fine? She looked in pain..” Miss Cynthia said while exchanging papers with Annabelle.

“Its alright, It’s that time of the month..” Jasmine said, with a meaningful smile.

“Oh ,I see..” Miss Cynthia nodded

“So can you show me the budget and the things needed for the event?” jasmine sat near them while discussing when the door opened up.

They moved their gaze through the opened door. They saw Jean with an older man with a white beard. The old man smile calmly at them.

“Your highness…” Cynthia bowed to him. Seeing this, Jasmine and Annabelle bowed as well.

“ Hello to all of you. I take it that Miss Cynthia told you everything that you need to know?” Said Nobel Michel while sitting down.

“I have told them half what they need to know. The rest I am hoping you could add your opinion to it..” Miss Cynthia said while handing him a piece of paper.

“Oh,, I will.. Let see.. Miss Annabelle Grace, a junior fashion designer. I reckon that 

Miss Cynthia has told you about the design that you need to make for the event?”

“Yes Your highness.. she was telling me about it when you came in..” Annabelle said, controlling her excitement.

“Miss Jasmine Lee, an accountant and part time event planner from Amethyst.. I see..fine country that Amethyst..” Nobel Michel’s tone seem to be a bit down.

“Yes, the country is wonderful. Have you visited Amethyst before Your Highness?” Jasmine asked.

Nobel Michel look up and smile curled up from his lips.

“I had once.. when I was young. So many memories were made there..” nobel Michel seems to be thinking about a memory when he snapped out of it and looked straight at them.

“Erm.. Now..Miss Hanakimi Kim, part time baker and a private chef. Once served Chef Masaharu’s familyfor 2 years before working part time as a baker. I am pretty sure you had a little business going on, am I right?”

His question was left unanswered..

“Oh., Miss Kim goes to the restroom for a while.” Jasmine said,answering Nobel Michel’s question..

“Oh..I see.. Well, let’s discuss something else while waiting for Miss Kim..” Nobel 

Michel suggested. Jean pour tea in the cup in front of Nobel Michel.

HANAKIMI POV

Oh my.. That is such a relief. Thank God the pain is slowly went away, though my head was spinning a bit.

“I better get back to the room to meet my boss..

As I make my way back, I felt as if the room was spinning around everytime I passed by a door.

“Oh.. this is bad.. What is wrong with me?” I hold on to a railing to balance myself from falling.

I was somehow relief when I saw the  door to the room where Jasmine, Annabelle and 

Miss Cynthia were. I opened the door,revealing myself to the people inside the room.

I see the three of them,Jean and a middle aged man dressed in a fancy suit.When I took a step, my head spins like crazy..

“Hanakimi? Are you alright?” Annabelle’s voice rang through my ears.

“Oh-oh she don’t look so good.. Hanakimi!” Jasmine’s voice was the last thing I heard when my vision started to blackens. I feel somebody captured me from behind and 

stopping me from my fall.

The last thing I see was a beautiful amethyst orbs looking worriedly at me. After that it was all black..