It was a quiet autumn night, and not too chilly since it was just at the cusp of summer and autumn, so the two windows in Princess Alexandria's chambers were swung open, letting in the comfortable night air. She could smell smoke from the bonfires that the people in the country had lit for the Autumn's Harvest Festival, something they did every year around this time. She usually went, however not one but both of her brother's were there, and she just hadn't felt up to dealing with both of them during the same evening. She was sitting on her velvet lined bench in front of her vanity dresser, combing her long honey colored hair out. Usually, her bed chamber maid would be doing this for her, Alexandria had dismissed her and all of her lady in waiting's for the evening so as they could attend the festival. The whole palace was silent, not just on her side, but the actual entirety of the place was still. Everyone had gone out as usual, and for the first time in her whole life, she knew what it felt like to be completely alone, and know what peaceful serenity that quiet could offer. Even her two standard door guards were dismissed, which she was sure she would be reprimanded for later on in the week, but at this point she didn't quite care. Honestly, no one ever came to the palace during the festival until after sunrise, and then it was just mostly those who lived there.
She brought her long hair from in front of her should to let it fall naturally behind her, so that it covered her backs of her shoulders where her nightgown left bare. Her hair fell to about halfway down her ribcage, and he nightgown was long, going all the way to the floor, so that you couldn't even see her small bare feet. She stood up, admiring the lavender silk that the nightgown was made of, and thought to herself about how her soft green eyes seemed to go well with this color. I will have to order some gowns in this color, she thought to herself. She stretched, and sat back down at her vanity, moving the candle holder a bit closer to the mirror, so the flame from the bee's wax candle illuminated her face a bit. She carefully removed the flower shaped pear earrings from her ears, and unclasped the string of pearls that hung from her neck, and then placed them in her small velvet pillow on her vanity. She sighed and got up, stretching, and walked over to her bed, laying down and not bothering to turn down her covers or furs. She just lay there, with her eyes close, enjoying the stillness of the palace.