Natalia was combing her hair insider her room when she heard a knock on her door. " Come in " Natalia said, and the door opened, revealing her mother. Natalia quickly courtsied to her mother and she smiled. " Natalia, you are called by your father downstairs " her mother said and she nodded. She was led to their dining hall, where maids, butlers, knights, and most of all - her father was waiting. A knight stepped forward and pulled out a chair for her to sit on. She smiled at the knight as she muttered her thanks. There was total silence inside the hall, but then her father spoke.
" Princess Natalia, your mother and I will be away for a while. You do understand that we have to plan the strategies for the war, right? " her father announced and Natalia could do nothing else but nod. She felt saddened by this. But protecting their people was their job, and they had to keep their vow. " Is that all, father? " Natalia asked her father with a sad smile. Her father grinned and stood up. He rarely does, so in this case, this must be very important. " Since we will be leaving, I am more than obliged to assign a knight to you. He will be protecting you, in case attacks from the other kingdom will be involved. He is one of the best knights that we have, and he's around your age. He's just a new graduate, but he's really tough " her father announced.
" You'll be assigning a knight to me? " Natalia gasped in surprise. Her mother nodded with a smile. This was new to her. In her fifteen years of existence, this was the first time that a knight had been assigned to her. " Okay then, let me see him " Natalia replied to her father as she looked at the knights standing on the side of the hall.
' I hope that we'll get along ' Natalia thought.