*based on the image linked below by thecottonproject on tumblr*
*By the way, Helike was a real Ancient Greek city that was submerged by a tsunami and Histria was a real Ancient Greek city that was abandoned and forgotten.*
Annabeth was sitting in her room in Athens. Being a princess was hard work. She was only seven, but she already had many duties, being part of the royal family. The only thing she looked forward to were parties and balls. Like the one coming up.
Apparently, the royal family from a Greek island named Helike were visiting. Annabeth's mom, Queen Athena (Annabeth found her mom's name really ironic - they lived in Athens, and her mom was called Athena? It was funny…) had told Annabeth that the King and Queen of Helike had a son about her age. She hoped this boy wasn't annoying like both Prince Travis and Prince Connor from Arcadia. Annabeth internally shuddered. Those boys took out all of her energy. They never did what they were told. Evidently, Arcadia had more lax laws than Athens.
Dressed in her best grey chiton and in her comfortable, yet regal, sandals, Annabeth walked calmly to her mother's room. However, before she reached the Queen's room, she bumped into her best friend, Thalia. Thalia was just a serving girl. At least, that's what the adults thought. To Annabeth and Thalia, they were both of noble blood.
Thalia curtsied immediately. "Good morrow, Princess Annabeth." She greeted her best friend formally.
"Good morrow, Thalia." Annabeth hated the formalities. Thalia was her personal maid, so shouldn't she be able to tell her to stop with the formalities? It was incredibly unfair.
"So?" Thalia nudged her friend softly, both girls still outside the Queen's rooms. "How is my favourite princess?"
"Thals, I'm your only princess. Anyway, I'm… nervous. A royal family is coming over today." Annabeth looked down. "What if they don't like me?"
Thalia blinked at her friend's insecurity before laughing. "Annie! When has anyone not liked you?"
"Don't call me Annie!" She scolded, but she was trying not to laugh. Thalia always managed to cheer her up. "Well, I've got to see Mom now, so… see you later."
Annabeth knocked clearly three times on her mother's door. As it swung open, Annabeth looked around at her mother's room.
"What is it, darling?" Queen Athena asked, while sitting in front of her vanity, with her maids doing her make-up.
"When are they arriving, Mom?" Annabeth asked, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
"In a few hours, darling. Do you want to make sure all of the food is ready?" Annabeth nodded at her mother's question. As she turned to leave, Athena caught her chin and stroked it, lovingly.
The image is [40 . media . tumblr (, com) 09290da80dfdd4b81b545c791c6a196a/tumblr _ o0gzlv4wDh1qlb65uo1_540 . png] - just remove all of the spaces and parentheses; and replace the comma with a fullstop/period. XD