Lucy's POV
There was a princess in the era of giants, dragons, fairies, and wizards in the kingdom of Fiore. The princess always wanted to be a wizard, it was her dream. The magic she wanted to do was hard to master and very complex but she was willing to do whatever it took to make her dream come true.
Being the princess meant she had responsibilities and her father would never allow her to go out and do magic to help others, not because he didn't want to help them but because it was too dangerous. He had already lost his queen and didn't want to lose his daughter. They were eating at the Dinner table when Lucy tried to persuade him on last time before possibly giving up.
"Father, please! I beg of you! This is what I want to do with my life! Please, let me go!" Lucy pleaded. She had been trying to get him to see her side all week but her tears clearly weren't enough for him to say yes.
"Lucy, you know better than to ask me that! You know how that worked out with your mom! I lost her, I will not lose you! You'll stay here forever if that's what has to happen, you know I can make it so." Her father yelled.
"Don't you dare say that. She was better than any of us and she was just seeking out the life she wanted!" Lucy didn't understand how her father could not agree with what she was saying.
"Lucy! That's enough! You are to never leave this palace! EVER!" The king stormed out of the dining hall leaving Lucy to eat and cry in her sorrows.
Later that night Lucy sketched a plan of escape. She knew every nook and cranny of the palace and new secret ways in and out. All she had to do was go out to the hallway.
"All right, now to just execute my plan without alerting the royal guards, my father, and citizens." Lucy mumbled to herself.
Two royal guards were stationed outside her door, they're shifts would change every three hours. When the two guards finished their shift they walked right down the hall instead of waiting for the other guards to show, just like always.
She had approximately two minutes and 34 seconds to leave her room without being noticed. Tough part the halls were so long that they take minutes to go down. The guards could see her by the time they get back just turning the corner.
"Ok, go time!" Lucy told herself.
Lucy ran out the door and down the hallway. If she could make it past the corner she could go through a hidden door in the wall that leads to a tunnel that leads outside the palace gates and into the city.
Turning the corner she saw someone she wouldn't have expected to see. Her father. He was out of his throne room and actually talking to someone. If she waited for another second, she would be caught. She quickly ran to the secret door in the wall, glancing not even for a second at her father before she entered the passageway.