Theodosia watched as the crown was placed on Amelia's head. He mentioned for the newly crowned queen to get up, and when Amelia did, he said, "Her Royal Highness Queen Amelia Victoria Louis of the Kingdom of Oscana." The people stood up and clapped, some stood up but didn't clap.
Amelia slowly made her way to her throne, cautiously sitting in it. The throne beside her was still covered in ice, and likely would be for a long time. She looked out at everyone in the small crowd, and her eyes caught Theodosia.
Theodosia gave Amelia a smile and waved at her before disappearing back into the crowd. Unlike the others in the crowd, she wasn't a guest, but instead see was a worker who should have been working at the moment. She madenher way out of the crowd. "Excuse me. I'm terribly sorry, but could you. . .? Ah, thank you." She said as a couple of people moved out of her way so she could pass.
Amelia saw Theodosia leaving, and her heart sank. She seemed to be the only person to make her feel better. Amelia wasn't afraid to admit that she thought she liked Theodosia, to a romantic point. So the other girl leaving made her feel slightly empty in a room full of people she didn't know.
(Poor Amelia)
She looked at the newly crowned queen and gave her a smile before disappearing from the room. The servants had much work to do now that the rest of the guest were starting to come in. She rushed to the kitchen and started helping around, wanting to get everything running smoothly.
Someone started to shout over the crowd. "Queen Amelia! When are you going to marry and give Oscana a king?!"
Amelia stood up quickly, her eyes scanning the crowd. "Who said that?"
The person stepped forward, and ice shot towards them and held their hands together in makeshift handcuffs.
"I do not need to marry a man to rule my kingdom. It doesn't have to man, nor to I have to marry. I am going to make changes that my parents failed to take note of. I would rather watch my kingdom fall than let a man rule it for me."
Gasps were heard from around the room, and some whispering too.
"You heard that, Penny? She would rather let her own kingdom fall than letting a man rule it! She'll doom us all!" She whispered to the young woman beside her. She, of course, didn't know that she had whispered loud enough for the other guests in the room to hear.
Despite the fact Theodosia had left the room, one of her friends was still in the room. He had decided to stay in case something interesting happened, and by golly, was things getting interesting. He mentally made a note to tell Theodosia what happened.
Ice handcuffs shot towards the people who Amelia heard speak. This silenced the crowd. "I need you to know that I am not going to arrest you. The castle dungeons will only be filled with people who deserve it, and they will be tried and punished accordingly. I am not my mother, and I am certainly not my father. I alone am the ruler of Oscana. I will not let it be ruled by another, not until the day I die. Even then, the next ruler will be whoever I nominate. The kingdom of Oscana will never be ruled by an outside as long as I am alive. Do I make myself clear to every single one of you?"
"Y-yes your majesty," The people who had spoke said in union, quite scared that Amelia would decide after all to send them to the castle's dungeon or even worse, to freeze them and make them ice sculptures. Theodosia's friend steathly made his way out of the throne room and quickly made his way to the kitchen.
"Theo! You have no idea what just happened!"
"Er, Jace, could you possibly tell me later? I'm quit-"
No, I have to tell you now. So some people started talking bad about the queen and she got angry. Like I mean super angry. And she had those people in ice handcuffs and explained that they weren't going to the castle's dungeon. Oh, and she also said how a man wasn't going to rule the kingdom and how no outsider would rule the kingdom as long as she was alive. It was actually quite interesting."
Theodosia sighed. "It would've been better if she did send them to the dungeons. It would have served them well."
Jace nodded and started helping around.
"Good." The ice handcuffs disappeared. "My father was a tyrant. He stole from the poor and arrested anyone he thought deserved it. My mother went along with it as she was a coward. I will not be either of them. The kingdom is going to change. For the better." Her eyes gazed over the crowd. Her crown perched perfectly atop her head, glinting in the sunlight streaming through. She motioned to the other throne. "This throne will remain iced until the time I decide it will not be. It will not melt, and I highly suggest not trying to break it, as it will not break either." Amelia stood. "From this day forth, Oscana will be a better kingdom. People will want to live here. It will prosper under my ruling. I will see to it."
The people in the throne room nodded, not wanting to anger the Queen even more. Not many people agreed with her. They believed that a man should be the one ruling the kingdom. But as long as they were in the castle, the couldn't say a word about it. Afraid that the newly crowned queen would decide to execute them.
A man entered the throne room, telling the people that in a couple of minutes, they would be escorted to another room for the meal.
Amelia waited until every guest had exited and the doors were closed before collapsing into her throne. She knew this would happen. She knew that her subjects wouldn't accept her as Queen without a husband to rule for her. She knew that this whole thing was utterly pointless.
Theodosia looked around the kitchen. She could let others take care of everything and pay a quick visit to Amelia. She sneaked out of the kitchen and ran into the throne room. She spotted Amelia on her throne, looking pretty exhausted. "Your majesty, are you alright?" Theodosia asked a bit worried. She knew that the coronation didn't go exactly as both women would have wanted it to go.
Amelia sat up straight when she heard someone speaking. She was Queen now, and she needed to act the part constantly. She almost dropped it when she saw that it was Theodosia, but figured it was best not to.
"No, I'm perfectly fine. Why do you ask?"
"Well for one, you don't look okay. You look pretty exhausted. And second, I heard what happened in this room. Don't try to fool me saying that you're perfectly fine, because it isn't going to work. Well, at least not with me. I know your queen now and you have to constantly act the part, but whatever we discuss won't leave this room. I promise. So, let me ask this one more time, Amelia, are you okay?"
Amelia didn't really react, kinda just staring at Theodosia while the gears turned in her head. Then ice formed over the cracks in the door and she burst into tears.
"No! I can't do this! I can't be Queen! All they want is for me to get married off to some random prince! I don't even like guys!"
Theodosia jumped a bit when she noticed that ice formed over the cracks in the door. She sighed and looked at Amelia. "Well, you can't exactly leave the Kingdom without a ruler. And for what they want, you shouldn't care if they want you to get married to some prince. What should matter is what you want, not what others think is best."
"How am I supposed to not care when everyone is against me? You saw what happened to my father. He was so hated that they stormed the castle to try and kill him. Sure, they only managed to paralyse him waist down, but they still hated him enough to do it. How am I supposed to confidently rule when everyone in the kingdom wants me gone?"
Theodosia thought about what Amelia said. She was there when the townspeople stormed the castle to try to kill Amelia's father, but then again, the King was a tyrant and a crook, and it was his fault that all of that happened. Theodosia sighed and rubbed her eyes.
"I don't see where you're getting the fact that everyone in the kingdom wants you gone. Sure, some people don't like you, but I know for the fact that most of the kingdom does like you. Those who talked bad about you are the ones who don't agree with you because they don't know how different this kingdom can be with you as the ruler. You just have to show them how wrong they are about you."
Amelia looked at Theodosia, wiping her tears away. She sniffled slightly, her eyes red with tears. There was something that she just felt when she was with Theodosia, something she couldn't really explain. Was this what people described as love? Perhaps. Amelia couldn't help but feel happy at the thought of having Theodosia by her side for the rest of her life. "You really think so?"
"Of course I think. I know you're going to be a great Queen." Theodosia said with a smile. "Now come on, you need something to eat. Or if you're not hungry, you're going to need to at least show up at the Great Hall. You know, so people don't think you're off doing something suspicious."
Amelia slowly stood up and walked towards Theodosia. She grabbed the other woman's hand, clutching it tightly while she looked into Theodosia's eyes.
"I'm probably going to regret this, but…" She leaned forward and kissed the other woman.
Theodosia's eyes widened as Amelia kissed her. She wasn't expecting it at all and her mind was telling her to pull away, but her heart was telling her something else. It was telling her the truth. That she had fallen in love with Amelia and to stop pushing those feelings down. After a couple of moments, Theodosia pulled away with a smile on her face.
Amelia looked at Theodosia with elated eyes, but there was some visible fear behind them. "Um…was that OK?" She began to pace. "I know that I probably shouldn't have done that because you didn't say I could and you could also want nothing to do with me in that way and…"
She trailed off, her voice getting softer and softer.
Theodosia followed her with her eyes as Amelia started to pace. She grabbed her hand, making Amelia stop, and gave her a smile. "Amelia, calm down. Yes, it's true that you didn't ask, but I don't mind. I have feelings for you too, but I've been pushing them down because I always thought that it would never work. We were friends and I didn't want to ruin our friendship by telling you how I felt, so I decided to just push them away and settle for the next best thing. And now that I'm saying all of this out loud, I feel a bit silly."