The document describes life in the Kingdom of Celestia, focusing on several noble families. King Rishi hopes to find his son Prince Ocean a wife and arranges for him to meet three young women - Shaivi Hashmi, Mildrith Noble, and Journey Lampright. The girls get along well with the Prince at their meeting at the palace. Both Shaivi and Mildrith seem impressed by the Prince, while the King is pleased his plan was a success.

1. THE KINGDOM OF CELESTIA

2. EVERYTHING IN THE KINGDOM SEEMED QUIET OF LATE. NOT MUCH HAD
HAPPENED AT THE PALACE OF LATE AT LEAST. HOPEFULLY SOME NEW
ADVENTURE WOULD ARRIVE SOON. NOT THAT KING RISHI WISHED FOR
TROUBLE.

3. IT WAS SIMPLY THAT HIS SON PRINCE OCEAN SEEMED TO HAVE NO BETTER
WAY TO SPEND HIS DAYS THAN CURLED UP ON THAT SOFA WITH A BOOK.
HE LOVE HIS SON WAS LEARNING, BUT A YOUNG PRINCE OUGHT TO
EXPERIENCE MORE THAN JUST BOOKS.

4. VED AND ASHLEIGH WERE ENJOYING A QUIET EVENING JUST THE TWO OF
THEM. SHE WAS EXPECTING AGAIN, AND WAS EXCITED. HOPEFUL THAT THIS
TIME SHE WOULD GIVE BIRTH TO A SON AN HEIR.

5. THE TWO ALREADY HAD A DAUGHTER
NAMED SHAIVI. SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL.

6. THE KING HIMSELF HAD ALREADY COME BY
THEIR HOME TO MEET SHAIVI. SHE WAS OF
THE PROPER AGE FOR YOUNG PRINCE
OCEAN.

7. KING RISHI SEEMED IMPRESSED WITH THEIR DAUGHTER’S QUICK
MIND. HE SEEMED TO THINK THEIR DAUGHTER AND OCEAN MIGHT
MAKE A GOOD MATCH. HE’D EVEN INVITED THE YOUNG GIRL TO VISIT
THE PALACE NEXT SATURDAY IN ORDER FOR THE TWO TO MEET.

8. BOTH WERE ECSTATIC AT THE
OPPORTUNITY, AND WERE HAPPY TO NOTE
THAT SHAIVI SEEMED EXCITED TOO.

9. ASHLEIGH BEGAN IN EARNEST ONCE MORE
ON CONTINUING HER DAUGHTER’S
INSTRUCTION.

10. AS MUCH AS HER CURRENT
CONDITION WOULD ALLOW AT
LEAST.

11. OF COURSE SHAIVI HASHMI WASN’T THE ONLY GIRL IN TOWN THE
PRINCE’S AGE. ACROSS TOWN, THE NOBLE FAMILY ALSO HAD A
DAUGHTER NAMED MILDRITH. EVEN THOUGH THE FAMILY WERE
PEASANTS, WITHIN CELESTIA ANY GIRL HAD THE CHANCE TO BECOME
THE NEXT QUEEN OF THE LAND IF SHE WAS OF A PROPER AGE. IT
MADE THEIR KINGDOM UNIQUE TO BE SURE, BUT UNIQUE WAS GOOD.

12. HONESTLY, LADY HASHMI HARDLY KNEW MARY. SHE’D
ONLY SEEN HER ABOUT THE TOWN MARKET, AND HAD
NEVER SPOKEN WITH HER. SHE WAS A VASSAL TO
LORD LAMPRIGHT SO THE TWO WERE NOT WELL
ACQUAINTED.

13. SHE’D HEARD THEIR WAS A FIRE THAT BROKE OUT IN
THEIR HOME NOT LONG AGO, WHICH FORTUNATELY
THE MEN MANAGED TO PUT OUT BEFORE THE HOUSE
WAS LEFT IN COMPLETE RUIN.

14. SHE ALSO KNEW THAT MARY’S MOTHER HELPED
OUT WITH THE CHILDREN WHEN SHE COULD, AS
MARY WASN’T OF THE STRONGEST DISPOSITION.

15. MILDRITH NOBLE IS ALSO SAID TO BE QUITE CLOSE TO ANOTHER
YOUNG MAN IN THE KINGDOM. THE NUGEN’S SON KEITH. THE TWO
WERE OF THE SAME SORT SO IT WAS POSSIBLE MILDRITH MIGHT
FIND ROYAL LIFE TOO OVERWHELMING. SHE SUPPOSED TIME WOULD
SOON TELL.

16. AND ACCORDING TO THE TOWN GOSSIP RUBY
COLDWELL, EVEN LADY LAMPRIGHT WAS INTERESTED IN
SHAIVI MEETING HER SON AS WELL. WELL HER
DAUGHTER WASN’T SHORT OF OPTIONS IT WOULD SEEM.

17. RUBY SEEMED TO THINK LORD NICHOLAS’ SON THOMAS WAS TOO
UGLY, BUT HONESTLY ASHLEIGH THOUGHT THE WOMAN WORRIED TO
MUCH ABOUT THE MATCHMAKING IN THE KINGDOM. AFTER ALL THE
WISHING WELL AND GYPSY MATCHMAKERS WERE CONSULTED AND
GIVEN FINAL SAY IN THESE MATTERS. ESPECIALLY AMONG THE NOBLE
HOUSES.

18. AND TO HERE RUBY TALK, JOURNEY AND SAGE LAMPRIGHT LOOKED AS
THOUGH A CART HAD SMASHED INTO THEIR FACES. PERSONALLY,
ASHLEIGH DIDN’T SEE WHY RUBY THOUGHT JOURNEY WAS THE UGLIEST
GIRL IN THE KINGDOM. SHE HAVE A VERY NICE LOOK TO HER. LIKELY,
RUBY CALDWELL JUST HAD NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN STIR UP
TROUBLE.

19. WELL NO MATTER, TIME WOULD TELL SOON ENOUGH
WHERE HER LITTLE GIRL WOULD END UP, AND IF SHE
AND HER HUSBAND WOULD HAVE A SON TO CARRY ON
THE HASHMI NAME.

20. BEFORE LONG THE BIG DAY ARRIVED, AND SHAIVI FOUND
HERSELF AT THE ROYAL PALACE ALONG WITH TWO OTHER
GIRLS IN THE KINGDOM. JOURNEY LAMPRIGHT, AND MILDRITH
NOBLE. SHE KNEW JOURNEY WELL ENOUGH THEIR FATHERS
WERE ON THE KING’S COUNCIL TOGETHER, BUT MILDRITH
WAS COMPLETELY UNKNOWN. HOPEFULLY, THE PRINCE
DIDN’T SEE HER FAILURE AT A PROPER BOW.

21. IF HE DID, OCEAN CERTAINLY
DIDN’T LET ON WHEN SHE BOWED
TO HIM.

22. MILDRITH NOBLE, SEEMED TO GET ALONG QUITE WELL
WITH JOURNEY THOUGH SHE HADN’T BEEN SEEN
TALKING TO THE PRINCE YET. PERHAPS, SHE WAS TOO
INTIMIDATED.

23. SHE AND OCEAN WERE
GETTING ALONG WELL ENOUGH
THOUGH.

24. BUT IT DIDN’T SEEM VERY LADYLIKE NOT TO LET THE
OTHER GIRLS ENGAGE WITH THE PRINCE AS WELL. AFTER
ALL A QUEEN OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
CONNECTIONS. SHAIVI DECIDED TO INVITE THE OTHER
GIRLS TO JOIN.

25. SHE WAS QUITE GLAD SHE DID TOO, AS IT WAS
MUCH MORE FUN WITH ALL FOUR OF THEM PLAYING
TOGETHER. MILDRITH CERTAINLY HAD AN ARM!

26. SHAIVI HAD TO BID FAREWELL TO THE PRINCE AT NIGHTFALL, HOWEVER SHE
NOTED THAT MILDRITH DIDN’T SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME CURFEW. I SUPPOSE
SHE WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH WANDERING THE ROADS OF THE KINGDOM
AT NIGHT WITHOUT AN ESCORT. SHE AND JOURNEY BOTH AGREED THEY
COULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING. THEY’D BE MUCH TO FRIGHTENED.

27. THE NEXT MORNING FOUND MILDRITH TALKING ABOUT HER TRIP TO THE PA LACE
WITH HER MOTHER MARY. “I’M GLAD SHAIVI INVITED ME TO JOIN THE WA TER
GAMES WITH THE PRINCE MAMA. HE IS EVER SO NICE, AND NOT AT ALL L IKE I
WAS WORRIED HE MIGHT BE.”
“I’M SO GLAD TO HEAR YOU HAD FUN MILDRITH! CAN YOU GO HELP YOUR
GRANDMOTHER WITH YOUR BROTHERS? I NEED A FEW MORE MINUTES TO JUS T
ME I THINK!”

28. AS IT TURNED OUT HER GRANDMOTHER WAS OUTSIDE WITH
HER FATHER AND ARMANDO NUGEN. MILDRITH RAN OVER
EXCITED TO ASK HIM ABOUT GETTING TO SEE WRESTLERS
AND TO ASK IF HER GOOD FRIEND KEITH HAD COME OVER
TOO.

29. BACK AT THE HASHMI RESIDENCE, ASHLEIGH WATCHED HER HUSBAND
PAINT IN THE STUDY. ALL IN ALL, LIFE IN CELESTIA WAS GOING WELL.
HER DAUGHTER HAD MET THE PRINCE AND THE TWO SEEMED TO HIT IT
OFF AS THE KING HAD SUSPECTED, SHE WAS WITH CHILD, AND HER
HUSBAND WAS LIKELY TO BE ELECTED TO HIGHER SEAT WITHIN THE
SMALL COUNCIL SOON. LIFE COULDN’T BE MUCH BETTER.

30. “I’M GLAD YOU INVITED THE GIRLS OVER FATHER. IT WAS REALLY NICE
MEETING ALL OF THEM. LADY SHAIVI IS SO KIND AND SMART. MILDRITH
SEEMS VERY BRAVE AND JOURNEY WAS QUITE FUNNY!”
KING RISHI INWARDLY SMILED. HE WAS GLAD TO SEE HIS PLAN HAD
WORKED OUT TO GIVE HIS SON SOME EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE RATHER
THAN BOOKS…LIFE WAS LOOKING UP.