◾️Princess Anika Jaisingh ◾️

"Princess get up"

" Princess sign these documents "

" Princess dance with a random prince "

" princess give a speech "

" Princess bow down "

" Princess show some delicate movements "

" PRINCESS, PRINCESS, PRINCESS !!!!!!!  I am fed up of this drama!!  I am fed up of trying to be the epitome of perfection!!!  I am fed up of this princess tag!!! Can't I live like a normal human on this planet or is it too much to ask for "   Anika poured her frustration out. Not Anika. Princess Anika Jaisingh of Chittor poured her frustration of weeks of princess training out in front of The queen who sometimes also is her mother. Sometimes.

    " Anika stop creating a ruckus out of nothing. Accept the fact that you are born in the royal family of chittor and that you are a princess. You are going to be the queen next week and is this how you behave. Like a kid."

Queen Amaaya Jaisingh of chittor stood up speaking in a crisp tone. She was considered the most graceful and intelligent when she was a young princess. But her daughter. It was hard to even get her to behave like a lady.  This was because she was kept away from all of this throughout her childhood and teenage to keep her away from the prying eyes of media.

      Next week was Anika's crowning ceremony. Invitations were sent and media was invited. All were busy in preparing for the first appearance of their princess. And here was Anika behaving like an absolute pain in the neck. Cribbing about the restrictions,  arguing about how this was so not done and overall complaining about being a princess. Amaaya sighed and left.

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After the fight that she had with her mother, anika was sitting sobbing on her bed. Anika was in the US doing her graduation in Designing when she was told that she was going to be crowned as the next queen. She had always knew that she belonged to the royal family. But she had no clue that this princess prince thingy still worked in the 20s. Their family was into politics and took some decisions regarding the estate and their 'kingdom '. Other than that they had a tourist visit area in one section of their palace which earned them the money.

     From the day she came to know of this she was sceptical about it. Talking to media, answering their questions, solving people's problems, solving political problems, in short speaking in front of people who judged her by her face and tag was so not her thing. She was never that kind of a person who would go on and speak in front of so many people. Literally so many. She was so unsure. Of how she would handle all these things together. Business, estate, tourist attraction business or whatever. To top it all mom had come up with this princess training that taught her the rules and regulations of being a queen blah blah.  Wasn't all this enough that Mom had also started seeing potential Prince's for her marriage?!. All of this was just so sudden. She just felt so caged.

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   Anika woke up the next morning to find a line up of maids in front of her bed. All of them had grim faces as if attending a funeral. Why were they staring at her like that?!  Did she again break a rule? Gosh, she didn't even remember which one she broke!!
     Anika gave a cheeky grin to them hoping to get through with it. The maids started moving near her. She felt like a prey to their rude faces. Let her be the queen, the first rule she will make is compulsory smiling.

    The maids started moving around her bed. And in one sec, I kid you not. One kept shoes under her feet. One had opened the curtains. One had brought her breakfast. One was lending her hand to get out of the bed. Before Anika could sink in stuff. The maids chorused  " Good morning, Princess " with a smile so wide that  Anika was sure it was fake. Their wish sounded more like the siren before a war than a sweet morning wish.

      Anika freshened up and was about to wear a pair of jeans and an old tee when One maid came and told her that she had to wear a formal Saree due to the arrival of guests. Great !! She didn't even have the freedom of choosing her own clothes. Lovely!!
  

Anika fiddled with the pallu of the Saree.  Hell the whole Saree. Her Saree was all over the place. She was in a tangled mess.  Why was she not taught this in her training?  Did they expect her to know this being brought up in the US ?! Anika finally fed up of this mess gathered the Saree determined. She knew the way out.
New rule - No compulsory Saree.

    When Anika entered the hall where they were meeting few guests. These guests who were from another royal family had come to stay for her crowning ceremony.  When Anika entered everyone looked at her shocked. Anika stood proud at her invention. Everyone started laughing at her. Her Saree was messily wrapped around her waist and the pallu was literally thrown in a bundle over her shoulder.  To top it she was decked up with jewelry. After all she thought that's how to be queens dressed.
      Anika looked like a small pipsqueak drowned under the Saree and the jewelry.
Queen Amaaya quickly got up, excused them and took Anika to the nearest room.

" What was the need to wear a Saree if you couldn't?!  You could have called someone couldn't you, the palace is filled with maids. Anyone would have helped you. But no, you have to make a joke of yourself and our family.  Do you think this is funny Anika ?!  They were important family friends. If you keep embarrassing yourself like this who would except you as the queen?! "
  Amaaya sighed. " You have dissapointed me Anika. I had faith in you when I brought you back here. I had faith that you would prove to be much better than me as a queen.  I know baccha Being a queen isn't easy. Heck being a princess isn't easy for you.You need to balance international and national relations to provide benefits to our people. Everything we are telling you to do is for your and our kingdoms benefit. Anyway you would just give me deaf ear won't you?! "

Amaaya sighed and left the room. Anika could clearly make out the disapointment and broken trust in her eyes.  This was her worst dream. She was sent to US after 7 years of her birth to her Nani's house to avoid media interference. From then she was away from her mom. Of course her mom came to visit. But moms were supposed to be with you every day weren't they?!. She was not complaining. She knew her mom had many responsibilities. But she craved for her attention. Her approval. She never wanted to hurt her mom. But now she had.
she was just so confused and lost. There were so many things to do and thousand ways to do them. How would she understand what to do?!  This was just so new to her and not to mention sudden.
Anika kept thinking till sleep captured her and her eyelids dropped close.

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Hey guys, this is another short story from my side. Inspired from The princess diaries which is my absolute favorite. But you will expect many, I say it again many twists and unexpected turns. Be ready for this journey guys. 💁💁

Also do comment your views on this guys. It means loads to me. 💕💕❤❤❤❤

Yours truly,
Kamakshi.