The Ball

• Joyce Yacoub, Grade 6, St Mark's Coptic Orthodox College
• Short Story
• 2020

Excellence Award in the 'The Inside Story 2020' competition

Crystal glasses clinked as the guests toasted
in honour of the prince and wandered around
the stunning ballroom. The ballroom, in all its beauty and divine nature, was truly a sight
to behold; something to take one’s breath away. Radiant crystal chandeliers,
extravagant tropical flowers and vivid paintings were just a few of the ballroom’s many features. However, the
ballroom was nothing compared to the beauty of the guests themselves. The prince looked around for the woman of his dreams
and immediately spotted her. She was a young woman with royal
blue eyes that gazed unyieldingly. Chestnut brown hair went past her shoulders and covered her delicate skin. Her lips were a rose red, her complexion, a tawny olive with long lashes batting gently at her eyes. As she walked up to the prince, envious eyes watched her, a
beauty so radiant that the sun and moon hid in shame.