"A young beauty wandering into a royal ball to meet her prince?  Hehe, sounds like a real life fairy tale.." A boy mused as he cleaned his lucky knife.   This boy, along with the other selected assassins were preparing for their assault on the royal ball.  Some other older boy looked to the knife-sharpening boy and smirked, "yeah, except this one isn't gonna have some stupid 'happily ever after' at the end of it....at least not for that prince" they laughed together.  Their mission is to infiltrate the party undetected by the palace guards and keep a scene from happening just in case someone tried to interfere or the mission is compromised.  But the chosen leader of this mission had a special task to complete.<br/><br/>"Would you two knock it off and help the others load the cargo?  As soon as we finish the mission, we need to have everything packed up so we can make our escape..." A voice rang out from behind a dress curtain.  Small gasps and grunts could be heard as another girl did her best to try to get their leader into a dress.  Their leader, Colette, was not a heavy-set woman, but the corset being tightened around her torso was practically choking her.<br/>"O-ow!" Colette let out a squeak, followed by a few choice swear words as the corset was tightened further.<br/><br/>"Oh come on Colette, you know you wanna see some blood spill tonight" the boy mused.  Colette smirked cynically.<br/>"We're almost finished, now we just need to fit your dress on and then we can make our way to the ball" the City Rat girl said to the blond quietly as she finished her work.  By the time she was finished, Colette looked drop-dead gorgeous.  Her usually messy golden hair had been properly washed and brushed till it was as soft as silk, tied with a black ribbon in the back.  Her skin felt just as smooth, while it looks as delicate and pure as porcelain with her cheeks tinted a light pink hue.  Her dress fell dramatically over her body, highlighting her slight curves and the bottom of the dress flowed swiftly around her.  She looked completely different from her usual persona, which was exactly what they had hoped for.  Collette looked coldly at her peers as they stared at her as if they were seeing her for the first time, "Are you done?  Because I would like to end this party as soon as we can.." She stated.<br/><br/>Soon the group left their hide out and headed to the castle of the Northern Isles, where the royal ball was being held.  Colette and one of her peers would enter the party with their stolen invitations while the others infiltrated the ballroom in secret.<br/><br/>The castle looked quite lavish and beautiful when the golden tinted light from within the main hall shone through to the front courtyard.   Colette would need to put on a facade while she was seducing the prince, and hide the cold dead look in her eyes.<br/><br/>They entered the party accordingly and descended down the long velvet carpeted stairway, arms linked.  All eyes seemed to fall on Colette, causing her cheeks to turn pink from the positive attention. She seperated from her partner so she could wander about alone.<br/>'Don't let it get to you....this isn't you....' She thought as she attempted to seem pleasant and innocent in her appearance.  She needed to locate the prince.  She only had till midnight to murder him after all.