The Royal Ball

The day of the Royal Ball has arrived.

Or should I say morning?

Lona tugged at my hair, "Stop resisting. I have to get you ready... Are you asleep?!"

I snorted, "Huh? What?"

She frowned, "Stop falling asleep. Didn't I tell you to go to sleep early last night?"

I yawned, "Yeah. Yeah."

"And did you?"

"Mhm."

I didn't. I stayed up to my usual time. I didn't know Lona would wake me up before the sun even rose. When I laid my head down to sleep, she came into my room and forced me out of bed.

Lona lectured me, "I don't believe you. It looks like you didn't sleep at all."

I forced a smile, "What do you mean? I definitely slept like a baby."

"Don't lie to me. I know you stayed up late again. You have bags under your eyes."

I sat listening to her lecture me and felt my eyes closing again. "Why do I have to get ready so early? The ball isn't until tonight."

"You have to travel there first. It's in the Imperial City."

My face dropped, "I have to go back there?!"