Esteban's POV

I wake up to the sound of faint footsteps outside the room, I then realized that it was still dark out and wondering what it could be. I decided not to get up, as I felt myself getting already about to fall asleep again. I then rolled on my side and instantly fell into a deep slumber once again.

Time skip to morning

I felt the warmth of the sunlight hit my face, I slowly opened my eyes and turned the other way to block out the light. I sat up on the bed and stretched my arms, feeling the faint sound of a pop, I removed the covers and walked to the washroom. I looked into the mirror to see my hair in a mess, it looked like how after the jaquins played with it. I washed my face and fixed my hair, then changed into my clothing. Just as I finished putting my boots on, I heard a knock at the door followed by a feminine voice that I never heard. "Excuse me Chancellor Esteban, the princess asked me to invite everyone down for breakfast as she is busy getting ready." I opened the door to see a woman I have never met before, she reached up to my shoulders and has chestnut hair with a blue rose tucked in, olive skin with hazel eyes and a surprised look on her face. "I'm sorry señor for interrupting, but chef Nikolas is preparing breakfast which should be ready in a couple of minutes." I closed the door behind me and followed her towards the dining room, "I'm sorry, I don't believe we have met." I spoke to her with a curious look, her eyes widened a bit and her face turned a shade of red. "Oh! My apologies Chancellor, my name is Gloria, and I'm one of the royal staff members that help around the palace. Im sorry that I didnt introduce myself." I slightly nodded my head and assured her she doesn't have to apologize. Once we head into the dining room, I see my family sitting at the table talking happily to each other. I sat down next to Elena and smiled at her. "Good morning Esteban, did you sleep well?" "Good morning Elena, yes I did sleep well, did you as well?" I asked her and she nodded her head. As we were talking towards one another, I heard the melodious tone of Anita; "Goodmorning everyone, I hope you all had a good rest, because today I will be showing you around the village, the villagers will be happy to meet you." I turned my head towards her direction and I saw her wearing a different dress from yesterday, she wore a long, silky violet dress and had on her fingerless gloves which reached up to her shoulders along with a choker necklace that has a cerulean gem attached to the end, she had her hair tied into a messy French braid along with her tiara on. She seemed to have something else on her; 'has she always worn that cuff bracelet on her wrist? Hm, i also didn't see her with a pin of a rose on her, and I  also didn't notice the gold sash on her.'  I was pulled out of my thoughts when i heard the doors open from the kitchen and the sound of Nikolas voice. "Breakfast is ready everyone, I hope you enjoy the dish I made today, before we pass out the food is anyone allergic to ginger besides the princess?" No one raised their hand after his question, and Nikolas sounded relieved. "Alright, well here is your breakfast and I hope it's delicious. We started to eat our breakfast until I heard my abuela speak to Anita, "Princess Anita, I didn't know you are allergic to ginger." She smiles softly and reassured her that it was okay, "Oh it's fine, that's just how Nikolas makes this dish, ginger is what makes it better." We continued eating our breakfast and speaking with the princess until we finished.

They finish

We finish with our  breakfast and start to get ready to head outside with Anita, along with Antonio, Lorenzo, Marcela, and two more people that we haven't met yet. We board onto the carriages and head to the village.

Switch POV

I watched as the carriages start to head towards the village and motioned for Carla and Ash to follow me, "We must follow them to see what they will do." They nodded in unison at me and we  all head off towards the village. Once they stop, we hide behind some rocks and watch as they get off the carriages. "So that man must be Antonio, and that young woman must be her guard Marcela, but who are the other three that are with her?" There was a man with gray hair along with a gray mustache and beard who looked almost like Antonio, "He must be Antonio's father, based on his looks." Another man with thick black eyebrows and jet black hair that has graying along his temples and gray eyes, next to an older woman with tanned skin, she has honey golden eyes and dark brown hair. "We need to know if they are related to her in any way." 

Switch to Esteban 

We walk around the village and I see the villagers looking  at us and whispering to each other while we walked around. We stopped when we heard all the villagers talking. "Hello princess, it's wonderful to see you again!" Anita chuckled a bit and waved to them, "Hello Mrs. Tinajero, how are you?" She walks towards her and embraces her in a hug to which Mrs. Tinajero returned. "Oh, I'm doing well, thank you princess." She smiles back at her and is greeted by a group of children. "Princess Anita! We missed you, and we made you all flower crowns to give you!" One of the little girls said to her with excitement. Anita giggled and knelt down to her level and allowed the little girl to place it on her head. "Thank you Perla, did you make this yourself?" I looked at her speaking with the little girl until I felt a tug on my sleeve, I look down to see another little girl smiling at me. "Hello, my name is Sylvia, you must be one of the new visitors. What's your name?" I felt a small tug on my heartstrings once I met her, she reminds me of Isabel as a little girl. "Hello, my name is Esteban Flores, Chancellor of Avalor." She gasps after hearing what i said and bounced up excitedly. "You're from Avalor? I heard so much about it, is it true that there are flying jaguars that talk?" I felt a small smile plaster on my face and I nodded at her. "Yes there are, in fact there are many that fly around." She gasps louder and smiles brightly. "Oh, that sounds wonderful! You're my new friend now Esteban!" I felt touched for some odd reason, I just met her and now she wants to be my friend? She is definitely like Isabel in her childhood years. I look at Anita's direction and see her laughing with the group of children surrounding her and I saw Antonio playing around with a smaller group of kids while wearing his flower crown. I looked back at Anita and I smiled at her hoping she won't notice me and felt my face getting warm. I looked away as soon as she turned to my direction and saw my family getting along with the children. I walked towards Elena and interacted with the other villagers.

Sorry if I took so long, I had so much homework I had to do for college, and I have been busy so much, that I literally forgot about this until I realized it. I'll try to update more often and I'm sorry this one was longer than the others.