The Switch

Slam! The door closes and I look up; my parents are home. The moment the door closes, my sister Tiffany comes down the stairs. 

"How was your day, guys?" she asks, helping my parents hang up their coats. 

"It was fine, Tiffany," my parents say. I roll my eyes. Tiffany is always the perfect one; my parents think she's an angel. After dinner, my parents usher us to the living room for a family meeting. I've always thought family meetings are lame and a waste of time. "We've been thinking that Tiffany should get her own room because she's been working so hard lately," my mother says. 

"What!" I say loudly. "Where am I going to sleep if you guys are kicking me out?" 

"You are going to share a room with your brother Teddy," my father says sternly. "And that's final." Tiffany and I are twins, so it's unfair how she gets her own room and I have to share a room with Teddy.  

"Today while you were at school we moved your stuff to your new room," my mother says. 

"I didn't even get an opinion on this," I snap. "I wish I had another family." I storm off to my new room. I wake up to the chill of morning air. I look around, and I'm sitting on a large pink canopy bed with silk covers. My room is about 7 times the size of my old room. It has large windows, and a huge closet. Where am I? I wonder, amazed. The door of my room opens and a lady wearing a maid like uniform comes in. 

"I see you've woken up, Princess Caroline," the lady says. 

"Where am I?" I ask, I clasp my hands over my mouth but it's too late the lady heard it. "Princess, don't you know? We are in the royal kingdom of Drestopia." The lady looks surprised. "You can go now," I say nervously, about to chew my nails, but I notice they have a layer of pink shiny nail polish. 

"As you wish Princess," the lady said, bowing. When the lady leaves I walk over to the walk in closet. I slowly open the door and head inside. The room is a mess of pink, pink, and pink clothes. I find a casual pink dress and a pair of pink flats. Then I head into my bathroom. I brush my blond hair and admire how nice I look. Afterwards I open my room door and head downstairs. 

"How is my lovely daughter?" says a man who I assume is my father, the king. 

"I'm doing fine," I say as I plop myself down at the table. The servants look horrified. 

"Honey, your seat is over here," my father says pointing to a seat. 

"Oh, I forgot," I mutter nervously. As I sit down at my seat, I grab a bagel and spread some cream cheese on it then I chomp it all up. Everyone gawks at me "Huh," I say. 

"Honey, don't eat until the king says so," says a servant. 

"Oh, sorry," I say nervously. After breakfast I go down to the garden to have tea with my grandmother. I pour the whole bowl of sugar into my tea cup and stir. My grandmother looks shocked.

"Caroline what has gotten into you?" She asks.

"Oh nothing," I mutter. I wring my hands, thinking about if Tiffany was here how good she would be. Afterwards, I have some other boring classes, and lunch. But after lunch I have horseback riding. I slowly prop myself onto the white horse whose name is Snowflake.  Snowflake starts galloping off "Stop!" I scream, my hair flowing after me like a tail. Finally Snowflake decides to spare me and slows down.  

After many hours of boredom, it's finally time for bed. I drift off to sleep, wondering where I will be next. I wake up to the sound of smooth waves crashing along the shore. I look up and I see that my window is open and I'm at a beach. I look at the mirror on the desk and I have straight red hair, and glasses. I put on my glasses, and I see a sign that says Jenny on it. "Jenny, come down for breakfast!" Someone shouts from downstairs. I jump up and throw on a cute robe with puppies on and run downstairs. My mother has brown hair and hazel eyes, and my father has red hair and soft brown eyes. There is a plate of pancakes, bacon and a glass of orange juice. 

"Eat up, honey," my dad says as he starts to clear the table. After I finish I go outside on the beach to play with my dog, Bacon. I play tug of war with him, then we go play in the water. Afterwards, we head home and I enjoy a mug of hot chocolate. At night, I drift off to sleep wondering where I will end up next. 

I wake up and look outside. There are tall towers, and taxis are roaming the streets. I assume that I'm in a penthouse apartment. I look in the mirror and I have medium length black hair and dark brown eyes. I go over to the walk-in closet and choose a Purple dress and black leggings along with tall black boots. 

"Hannah!" A voice from downstairs calls. I assume that is my mother so I run downstairs. 

"Hi mom," I say, spreading a piece of toast and pouring myself some orange juice. 

"I'm going to the mall," my mother says, grabbing her Gucci purse. "Okay," I say. After my mother leaves, I head upstairs and I go explore the penthouse. Afterwards it's time for lunch. I eat 2 sandwiches with some sushi and spring water. After lunch I play with my dog Mango. When it's time for bed I drift off to sleep wondering if I will ever get home. 

I wake up and look around. I'm in my house! My little brother Teddy is still sleeping, so I go over and look at the calendar. It's the day after I left, which is a Saturday. Was it a dream? I wonder, or was it reality? But I guess I'll never know.