The Princess Birthday Ball

[smallestopener]

The huge, white tent sprawls on the lawn beside the lake. It has been transfigured there for a very special occasion. A stone walkway leads from the bar to the tent - the pavements are wide enough that ladies' dresses won't trail on the ground as they make their way to the entrance. Over the draped curtains of the entrance way is a large banner which reads "Happy 7th Birthday, Ingress".

Once inside, the honored guests will be in the midst of an enchanted ballroom. There are balloons drifting in bunches from the circular tables lining the sides of the large dance floor. Floating candlabras glow with gentle light from above. There are trees in large ornamental pots interspersed throughout sparkling with fairy lights from real fairies.

One long banquet table is positioned on along the side of the ballroom - there are treats of all description. Little finger sandwiches, chopped up fruit, cookies, cheese and crackers, and other child-friendly h'ors douerves are presented to make sure the dancers are sustained throughout the the party. There are large bowls of ice cream (kept cold with magic)and sundae fixings. Punch bowls of sherbet-flavored drinks await ladling into crystal goblets. But most impressive is the large birthday cake with blue, purple, and pink icing roses festooning it.

Ingress is busy greeting her guests in her gown - a birthday gift from Amy and Susan - but soon she'll be dancing to the music provided by the overlarge Gramophone in the corner, which is playing a wide array of dancing music from waltz standards to court music to pop hits of the 20th century.

Tom, who's pretty tired from the magical effort required to pull this off, is in the background making sure his little girl is having a perfect party, and Princess Amy is helping Ingress in her hostess duties.

Come in and enjoy the party!

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[smallestopener]

Ingress grins but remembers her manners. "Thank you very much. May I please open them?"

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[young_tmriddle]

"We four, actually. Our boy is-" Tom scans the crowd, "Well, Gavroche is somewhere, but you'll like him, as well. If you'd like, we can leave the ladies to their hostessing and find a table."

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[iopenthings]

Door rolls her eyes and shakes her head with amusement. "Yes, you two go off and leave the hard work to us."

She takes Ingress's hand and shoos Tom and Salazar with the other.

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[smallestopener]

Ingress is wearing the headdress now, and as she waves to Salazar, it slips over one eye.

"See you later, Salazar!"

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[sanguimmuno.livejournal.com]

Salazar does the Dark Ages equivalent of a mental facepalm and nods.

"Yes, yes, let's us do that. Forgive me Lady Ingress for keeping you from your other honored guests? I am a rather selfish old man when it comes to things like this. I am new at this family concept."

He waves to Ingress with a huge smile playing on his lips and in his eyes.

[river_meimei]

River beams. More.

"What it means," she says affectionately, and turns enough to give Simon an expectant look.

[simon_doctor]

Simon quietly passes her the box he's carrying.

[river_meimei]

It's small enough to hold one-handed: about a foot long, and a few inches wide, wrapped in bright purple paper and tied with ribbons. River slips her hand free of Ingress's to take it anyway, and passes it to the birthday girl with great care, as if it's something fragile and possibly squirmy.

[smallestopener]

She opens the ribbons by passing her hand over them, but she rips open the paper because that's more fun.

"It's a scepter! Just like yours!" She hugs it tightly to her. "I love it."

[river_meimei]

"Means you can be Queen," River says solemnly, and then grins again proudly. (And maybe a little gleefully. More Queens about is a thing she approves of.)

"When you want. The tangibility is technical."

[royal-guarantor.livejournal.com]

"I'm Roshaun, and this is Dairine."

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[mistressmaryquitecontrary]

"My mother had parties on her birthday sometimes," Mary admits, "but I was not to attend - they were grown-up parties."

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[balletrat]

*Meg snickers.*

I'm a little bit afraid to ask how many you did eat last year, now.

[smallestopener]

"Gavroche told me about you! You're wizards like Nita," she says with a huge smile. "Do you like to dance? And eat cake?"

[royal-guarantor.livejournal.com]

"Yes, we are. And those both sound very good things to do."

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[whitest_witch]

The little 'princess's birthday ball is to be graced by two queens, approaching in a manner as regal as she could wish for.

Jadis is clad in her softest gown, a delicate confection of ice crystals gracing her hair, frostlets wound up her bare arms. She's carrying a perfectly enticing parcel, wrapped in a paper that seems to have been spun out of moonlight and shadows, for all that it is as tangible as the ground or the tent or the guests at the Ball.

[smallestopener]

"Good! I hope you both have lots and lots of fun."

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[smallestopener]

Ingress doesn't know who Jadis is, and there are no Narnians around to tell her. She doesn't notice Tom edge a little closer to where she stands greeting guests.

What Ingress does know is that this lady looks very pretty. She curtseys. "Welcome to my birthday party, Madam."

[smallestopener]

"Okay," Ingress agrees, not quite understanding, but utterly entranced by the shiny. "Thanks!"

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[smallestopener]

"Um, lots. My tummy kind of hurt, but Tom gave me a potion, and then I felt better."

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[smallestopener]

Ingress is even more shocked. She is so very glad poor Mary is here now. "Then you must have a grand time at mine. You can have a big, big piece of cake and all the sweets you like and dance and dance."

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[regina-nivalis.livejournal.com]

*The Snow Queen inclines her head in greeting. She wears a gown composed entirely of ice crystals, glittering in the candlelight. She wears a circlet that flickers with cold blue fire*

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[smallestopener]

And this lady is very pretty, too.

"Greetings to you, as well," she says with another curtsey. "I'm Lady Ingress of the House of Arch, but Snow White made me a princess just now for real."

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[whitest_witch]

Jadis smiles sweetly at the little girl. Truly sweetly, for all of the things in her past aside, she genuinely likes children.

"We heard it was your birthday, little lady," she says.

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[regina-nivalis.livejournal.com]

Indeed. It is a pleasure to come to the ball of a young princess. I am the Snow Queen.