The Hazards of Love
My true love went riding out
In white and green and gray
"Ashley! You must head out now before it gets too dark." Paula yelled at her daughter. Her daughter and heir to the throne was a girl a bit shorter then most with dark brown curly hair who had just turned 17 the week before. Ashley smiled at her mother as she grabbed an apple and headed to the stables.
"Say no more." She said as she saddled her horse and got on.
"Are you sure you don't want to go with a guard?" Paula asked, her voice laced with concern.
"I'll be fine. You worry too much." Ashley said as she smiled a little.
"Fine…" Paula finally gave in as she nodded her head for the guard to unlock the gate. Ashley smiled one last time and spurred her horse onward.
Past the pale of office wall
Where she was want to stray
And there she came upon
A white and wounded fawn
As Ashley rode past the houses of the town she took in the tasks of the town people…all looking content at whatever it was they were doing. She wished she was like that…the only time she was content was when she was riding her horse Colby.
She rode into the woods without a thought in head of what was to happen next. Ashley was known to daydream her days away which is why she just narrowly missed seeing the fawn. It was lying curled up in the underbrush. Ashley took one look at the fawn and stopped her horse. She slipped off Colby and walked up to it.
Singing
Oh, oh
The hazards of love
Ashley never fell in love…couldn't was what the town's people said. She smiled ruefully at the thought of it.
She, being full of charity,
A credit to her sex
Sought to right the fawn's hind legs
She bent down and examined the fawn. She didn't know much about animals but it was obvious that something was wrong with its hind legs. She racked her brain for something that might help the animal but she came up blank. She decided to take it back to the castle with her. But then something unnatural began to happen.
When here her plans were vexed
The tiger shifted strange
The beast began to change
It began to take the shape of another. Not a thought went through the princess's head.
Singing
Oh, oh
The hazards of love
Singing
Oh, oh oh oh
The hazards of love
You'll learn soon enough
The prettiest whistles won't wrestle the thistles undone
Undone
She never believed in love…neither did her mother. When she was younger the Queen would tell her only child the love was a hazard…not worth getting into. It always left someone undone. She had believed it up till now.
Fifteen lithesome maidens lay
Along in their bower
Back at the castle, fifteen maidens waited quietly for sleep to overtake them. They all shared the same bower and had gotten used to the noises of each other.
Fourteen occupations pay
To pass the idle hour
Fourteen of the girls from the bower leave at midnight on the dot to go see to men. In this town there's no other way to pass the time.
Margaret heaves a sigh
Her hands clasps to her thigh
Ashley sighs in wonderment as the transformation takes place. She places her hands around her thigh and waits for it to be over.
Singing
Oh, oh
The hazards of love
Singing
Oh, oh oh oh
The hazards of love
You'll learn soon enough
The prettiest whistles won't wrestle the thistles undone
Undone
Undone
Undone
Undone
A/N- The song is called The Hazards of Love by the Decemberist. Please review and tell me what you think of it so far. I'm planning on making this a songfic. Anyway, please RR