Annabeth's POV-
"Annabeth, the McLean's are here!" My mom called to me.
Aphrodite McLean is a popular designer lately, and has been hired to prepare for Prince Triton's coronation when he turns 16 in a month. Her and her daughter, Piper, are moving in, probably permanently, to be the castle's head designer. Piper is my age, so hopefully we get along. I'm supposed to greet her and give her a tour of the castle.
"Ok, one second!" I yell back as I fix my hair, dress, and double check my light makeup. Ugh, living in the castle as a servant is hard enough, let alone being the daughter of Athena Chase, the King's most trusted advisor.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see Mom's brown head of hair peek through the door. "You coming?"
"Yep," I sighed, walking out behind my mother.
My mom had long, straight, brown hair, a natural tan, and a regal stance with piercing gray eyes that look like they're studying your every move. Which they are. Besides my hair, I look like an exact copy of Mom, but younger. I have long, curly, blonde hair, that is usually a mess or in a messy updo that somehow looks refined.
When we get to the throne room, we quickly curtsy to King Poseidon, Queen Sally and Prince Triton. Queen Sally and Prince Triton look very similar. They both have soft brown hair, not quite as dark as Mom's, and soft blue eyes. Queen Sally is a good height of 5'7" while Prince Triton is around 6'. King Poseidon looks very different than his son, with sea green eyes and jet black hair, with a trimmed beard to finish it off. King Poseidon is about an inch taller than Prince Triton, but since they are on different platforms, King Poseidon looks like he's a head taller than Prince Triton.
Once we curtsy, Mom takes her place to the left of King Poseidon while I take my place to the left of Prince Triton. Once he's crowned, I'm supposed to take my place as the new Kings trusted advisor. Shortly after, a servant announces that Lady Aphrodite McLean and her daughter, Piper, are here. They enter side by side and curtsy deeply. Aphrodite is wearing a pastel pink dress, that is strapless and flows into a cream color near her ankles. She has medium length blonde hair and kaleidoscope eyes. Her daughter, Piper, shares her eyes and face shape. Piper has choppy brown hair that is neatly curled and parted down the middle. She is wearing a knee length white dress with sparkles at the bottom.
After introductions, Piper and I were dismissed. I was supposed to give Piper a tour, but we started with an informal introduction.
"Hello, my name is Annabeth Chase, and I'll be your tour guide this evening. Please follow me," I said jokingly in a low voice.
"I'm Piper McLean," she laughed. "How long have you lived in the castle?"
"My whole life. My mom has been the King's advisor for almost 20 years now and I turned 16 not that long ago."
"Cool! When's your birthday? Mine's June 3rd, so I turned 16 about a month ago."
"Neat, mine was July 12th."
"Oh wow, that was like 2 days ago! Did you do anything to celebrate?"
"Yeah, me and my friends had a little party. Come on, I'll show you to your apartment and then we can meet them," I say, walking down the hall towards one of the side doors, pointing to each room we pass.
"Ok, so this door leads outside to the nobles apartments, aka the Southern Tower. Here's yours and your moms place," I say when we get to the door that says McLean. I open their door with the key that will soon be Piper's. Once I opened the door, I handed the key to Piper. Her mouth was wide open as she stared at the living room.
"Close your mouth, you'll catch a bug," I joked.
All the furniture starts out the same, but the residents can change it however they want. The door leads right into the living room with a closet door directly to the right and a coat hanger to the left. A rug is placed in the center with a wooden coffee table in the middle. A brown leather couch has the back to the door with a tv on a stand matching the coffee table on the other side of the rug, against the wall. To the right of the couch, the room opens up into a kitchen and dining room. The dining table and chairs are made out of the same wood as the tv stand and coffee table. The kitchen has a very open floor plan and is separated from the dining room with a bar and stools. The cabinets are gray and the countertop is white. The appliances are also gray. On the wall of the tv, there are two bedrooms on each side of the tv. The one on the left is the master bedroom. It has a connecting bathroom, gray walls, white curtains, a light purple comforter, a stone fireplace and white furniture. The bathroom is mostly gray and white tile. The room to the right is basically the same, just smaller. I love the noble's apartments, mostly because I designed them a few years ago when more nobles started moving in.
"It's... beautiful," Piper whispered.
"I'll let you look around a bit. Come to my place when you're done. It's 2 floors up and has the name Chase on it," I say as I turn and walk out.
A/N-
This chapter is probably going to be the normal length. It's 945( ish) words, not including the A/N. Sorry if the descriptions are bad, that's not my strong suit. I'd love some constructive criticism though! Also, please spread the word! I really hope the story gets at least 100 views. Also, I plan on updating every Tuesday after this chapter, so hopefully I can stick to that. Thanks so much for reading my crappy writing!
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Published: Wednesday, June 24, 2020
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