It's the big climax! Will Carly get her happy ending?
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Carly stood up and then she went over to the door. She looked through the peephole, and she saw the two people she least wanted to see: her neighbors.

"Carly, we know you're in there!" Giselle said.

"Get out here." Marie demanded.

"No," Carly said. "You won't do anything to me this time."

"Listen up," Giselle said. "Prince Sieg is coming to find the girl from the ball! We are going to prove to him that it was one of us! You didn't even go, so don't even think of coming out of there while he's here."

'It figures.' Carly thought. "But what if he asks for every girl in the complex to try on the shoe? Orders from royalty can't be disobeyed."

"We're going to make sure it doesn't have to come to that!" Marie said.

Giselle then took one of the spare keys from the lobby and locked Carly in the room.

"Hey! Let me out of here!" Carly said, banging on the door.

"No way! You just stay in there and let us take the prince for ourselves." Marie said, as she and Giselle snickered wickedly.

'They locked me in my own room. Good thing I have the other key... Now I just have to find it.' Carly thought, as she tried to look around for the key.

She also opened her closet, took out the remaining shoe, the dress, and the jewelry from the night before, and decided to put them on.

Prince Sieg soon arrived at the apartment, and then he emerged from his luxury car. He looked at the building before entering. As soon as he came in, the girls all started to clamor and prattle in surprise at the thought of a prince coming and trying to find his mystery girl amongst all of the other girls.

Seeing him coming through the halls, Giselle and Marie immediately got on their best clothes and put on their best accessories, makeup, and perfumes to really charm Sieg into believing one of them was the girl he was looking for.

"Your Highness," Giselle and Marie said, simultaneously. "We are at your service."

Sieg recognized the two of them from the party, before saying, "I recognize you two as dance partners for Prince Hayden and Prince Ivan. I doubt either of you are her."

"Oh, no," Marie said. "It's definitely me!"

"You're too short," Sieg said. "What makes you so sure its you, if you don't mind me asking?"

"Well, you know 'Cinderella', right? If the shoe fits, I'm the one." Marie said, batting an eyelash.

"Alright," Sieg said, in defeat. "All women in the apartment complex must try on the shoe."

Carly had changed into her dress and gotten her other shoe out of the closet. After putting on the jewelry and getting her hair done in the same way as she did at the party, she was ready. She put her ear to the door.

Sieg had put the shoe down and Marie immediately made a go for it. She snatched it up, and she tried to put it on her foot, but...

"I can't believe this! This shoe is too big for my foot! And the color... Ugh! Not matching any of my clothes!" Marie said, before covering her mouth in a gasp. "Oh, um..."

"I guess that makes it clear that you're not the one," Sieg said, annoyed. He turned to Giselle. "Your turn."

"Oh, yes..." Giselle said, confident that it was her size. She batted her eyelashes and flipped her hair.

Giselle put the shoe down in front of her, and she stuffed her foot in the shoe.

"Hey, careful, you're gonna crush it!" Sieg shouted, as he saw the problem with Giselle; her feet were actually too big for the shoe.

He snatched the shoe away.

"Hey!" Giselle said.

"Is there anyone else in the complex who could try this shoe on?" Sieg asked, getting a little impatient with the situation.

"Oh, no one at all," Marie said. "Might as well tie the knot with me."

"No! He's going to marry me!" Giselle said, protesting against Marie's suggestion.

Sieg rolled his eyes before turning to leave, when the sound of a door opening was heard.

"May I?" Carly said, as she came out of her room, wearing her dress and jewelry.

"Carly?! But..." Marie began, but...

"You merely locked me in my own room; I'm the one with the key, silly." Carly said, with a smile, holding up the key to her apartment.

Sieg gave Marie and Giselle a questioning look; they flinched in response to this gesture.

"So... Your name is Carly?" Sieg asked.

"Yes," Carly replied. "I would like to request a chance to try on the shoe; it would be a great honor to help you."

Sieg sensed something familiar about Carly; he did not know what it was, but he knew he had to figure it out.

"Miss, if you would, please?" Sieg said, putting the shoe down.

Carly nodded, with a smile on her face. She placed her foot into the shoe; a perfect fit.

"The mask, please?" Carly asked, as she smiled politely.

Sieg handed the mask to Carly; she put it on, and she finally became the girl that Sieg had fallen in love with. Carly lifted the hem of her dress to reveal that she was wearing both shoes, and she curtsied to Sieg.

"How?!" Giselle shouted. "You crashed that ball, didn't you?!"

"Impossible," Sieg said, as he turned to Giselle and Marie. "Every bachelorette in town was required to be in attendance. Was that not in the invitations the two of you received?"

Giselle and Marie flinched.

"With help from May, who got me the clothes, and Yosef, who arranged the limousine, I was able to go to the ball incognito; if you two were there and you knew who I was, you'd give me a hard time and ruin my night," Carly said, before turning to Sieg. "The truth is that my two neighbors here tried to prevent me from going by dumping all of their housework on me that night."

"So, you prevented the required attendance of a guest?" Sieg asked, turning to Marie and Giselle.

"She's just a pastry chef," Marie insisted. "She doesn't deserve such a man as fine as you!"

"I think you're the ones undeserving in this situation," Sieg said, as he took Carly's hand. "On the other hand, if not for you two, I wouldn't have been able to meet my destined girl."

Carly blushed at this comment; she smiled shyly while saying, "Destined, huh...?"

"Yes," Sieg said, as he pulled Carly in and hugged her. "I really am happy that the ball actually served its purpose of finding me a bride. Because it did."

Carly's face went redder, and she smiled a little bit bigger. She leaned her face into Sieg's chest, and she sighed happily.

"I really hope to get to know you more." Carly said.

"And I you." Sieg said, as he lifted Carly's face with one hand and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

Giselle and Marie began bawling loudly when they realized that Carly was the one who would become a princess instead of the two of them.

Sieg soon brought Carly into the car that was waiting for them outside; the pair got into the back, while Hans, emotional from the outcome, started to drive to go back to Nobel Michel Castle.

"You really are beautiful," Sieg said, before taking off the mask. "But you're much more beautiful without that mask."

"You're too kind, Your..." Carly began, but Sieg merely put a finger to her lips and smiled.

"You can ditch the formalities when it's the two of us alone," Sieg said, as he used his free hand to hold Carly's. "I intend on making you my future wife; we'll have plenty of time to get to know one another much more before we marry."

Carly blushed once again at this; she smiled before saying, "Yes, Sieg; as for the mask, since you found me, I don't need it anymore."

From the balcony, Hayden and Oliver were waiting for Sieg; once they saw Sieg's car coming, they smiled, because they knew that their friend had succeeded in finding the girl of his dreams.

"Sieg's back, guys!" Oliver called inside.

The others ran down the stairs to go and greet the girl who would seen become the wife of their friend.

Sieg and Carly walked hand-in-hand into the castle, with Carly still in her dress, but this time without the mask. Carly blushed and was a little overwhelmed with meeting the other princes.

"It's an honor to meet you, Carly," Prince Hayden said. "I'll be honest; I never thought Sieg would fall head-over-heels for a girl this quickly."

Sieg blushed; Carly looked at him briefly before saying, "You mean...?"

"The poor guy; it was love at first sight." Oliver teased.

Carly went red in the face, while Sieg's face went even redder.

"C-Come on, Carly!" Sieg said, as he snatched Carly's hand and started to walk down the hallway.

"Isn't it rude to blow the others off like that?" Carly asked.

"True, but if I didn't do that, you and I would never be able to get to know each other better." Sieg said, as he opened a door to the bedroom he used in the castle.

"Um, this..." Carly said, going red in the face.

"Just sit on the couch and cuddle with me," Sieg said, as he sat on the couch, and opened his arms for Carly. "My sweet Princess."

Carly blushed and ran into Sieg's arms; she was crying tears of joy at being found by her Prince Charming.

She and Sieg shared many kisses with each other as they were so happy to be in private and to be with the one they loved.

Within the year, they were married. DresVan Kingdom was delighted to have a princess as devoted and passionate as Carly. It was a happy ending for Sieg, who had met his dream girl and was so happy to be wed to her. Carly had never been happier about finding true love and a way out of the misery she was subjected to by her neighbors.

Speaking of whom... The two of them needed lessons on housekeeping, cooking, and flirting...

THE END