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"Come one, come all, come every citizens of the four countries of Elementia, to the most grand gathering of the year. Yes, it is that ever so wonderful time again where our crowned leaders and their families all gather and throw the most grand of parties. A party in which all of the loyal people to each of the four may attend. Even the lowest of slaves is permitted to dine with the highest elite on this day. Water benders of Salacia, earth benders of Eade, fire benders of Plamen, and air benders of Haizia; it is time to leave your home countries and come gather for today is the last day of the year."
Roxal was not very happy. Today was the last day of the calender, which meant he as a prince had to go to the yearly social function where around every corner people were eying him to behave. Roxal was treated like a dog. He was the prince who tended to go a little crazy once in a while, everyone knew so. Roxal was used to being treated this way in fact, it was just extreme on days like this. The last day of the year was meant to be a day to celebrate a year of peace between the four nations. Each year, the four countries would rotate on whom would host it. This year, Roxal's own country of Plamen was hosting. This meant that everyone was frantic and wanting Roxal to especially behave. It made Roxal want to misbehave, but he would not embarrass his father like that. He had already embarrassed his father enough in the past.
Banners were hanging everywhere, the entire castle smelled like food, and things were already getting stuffy from an overload of people. The castle of Plamen tended to be quite quiet. The king and queen enjoyed listening to the lava below them. Yes, the fire nations castle was built on top of a volcano. Most of the terrain of Plamen was volcanic. As fire benders, they could control the lava if things every went crazy. Of course, when they could not things would get burnt but normally the citizens could handle things of the sort. Most things in the country were fire proof, obviously.
Just moments ago, the single prince of the fire nation was being stuffed into a tight suit that he hated. The maids had to scold him, saying that he only had to wear it a few times a year. This was true. Roxal didn't care much of his public image. He was locked away in the castle most of the time anyways. Now, he was sitting on the throne in the middle of the room where the party was to be held. Things were just about ready. Soon, the gates would open and a flood of people would rush in. That would actually be just about now. He could not help but let out a sigh, this night was surely to be anything but fun.
One of those people to enter the room was a pretty little air bender named Eira. She was nothing of status, her mother was a teacher and her father a merchant. They had a humble living and were able to buy fancy things here and there. Eira's father actually had sticky fingers, so sometimes fancy things would just show up in their house. Normally, they would show up on days after this. Security tended to be very lose on days like this. When every citizen in the four countries came into one castle, guards could only watch so many people at once. Eira's mother always scolded her husband for doing this, but it was no use sending anything back. She would not admit that she actually liked having items from the castles in her home.
Eira didn't care much about her parents. She would not help her father, but she would not scold him either. She believed in balance in the world. She thought that castle dwellers had too many things and needed to share more with their citizens. However, Eira also did not believe in stealing. She worked as an attendant to the wind princess, so she would feel bad if she stole from another princess. She also did not want to have something so petty start a war between the countries. Today they were celebrating ninety nine years of peace. So she resided in a sort of grey area.
Today, she was dressed modestly. While most people in the fire country wore fancy suits, the people of the air country liked loose robes more. Eira's robe was pretty and pink with flower prints on it. It was a breathable material so Eira would be able to feel every breath mingle with the wind and air. Other than this, her hair was up in a typical Haizia fashion, with a lovely pin holding it up.
Eira especially loved this day. She loved being able to see all of the royalty, however vain she thought they were. All of them were in fact quite beautiful; each prince, princess, king, and queen. Only the fire prince, king, and queen were sitting at the royal thrones so far. Soon, the rest of the royals would join them. It would be quite a beautiful display.