The Magic of Love
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Authors Note: Just thought I would do a little twist on a multitude of tales. I hope you enjoy.
Prologue:
The king of Three Winds had four children, which in the mind of the citizens, was not quite right. In all of history, there had only ever been three children of the Three Winds kingdom and it seemed quite incorrect that King Lotharian should have four.
There were three princes of the realm Morian, Adian, and Rainan, the three oldest children, and the one princess Alarihandara (Alaria for short) who was the youngest by about five years. Now, not only were there four children, but the fourth was strange indeed in the eyes of the country. Not only was she a girl (the kingdom had only a long line of princes) but her name was a very un-three windian name. Also, unlike her three brothers, she had a dark complexion, while they were all fair skinned, and had long raven black hair (her brothers had blond hair of course). Everyone wondered where Alaria got her dark skin and hair for both her mother and father had light skin and blond hair. The court whispered behind Alaria's back that she most not be even of the known kingdoms for there was no kingdom that had a complexion of hers. Alaria was much loved by her three brothers, who were always watching out for her. They defended her from the stares of foreign dignitaries and the jokes and laughs of the lord and ladies of the court. However, as time went on, it became harder and harder to defend Alaria as she became more and more strange in everyone's eyes.
Before much more of the story can continue however, some things must be explained about the Three Winds kingdom and the realm of which it lived in. The main inhabitants of Three Winds are humans, but, they share the land with a myriad of beings. Elves are found scattered through out of the land and many of them even hold land and are members of the court. Dwarves are less common being as they spend almost all of their time in the mountains in the east of the land, hardly coming to court except when large royal feasts (with a large quantity of wine is expected) are given. Witches and sorcerers are very common and their numbers could rival the humans. There are numerous nymphs and wind sprites and of course imps. There are fairies of every kind and occasionally a band of centaurs will settle down, but only for a while for it is hard to keep a half horse in one place for any length of time. There are talking wolves and bears and even a band of griffins (although they are left alone for they only associate with the royal family). The most amazing and marvelous creatures of the land are the dragons. Left alone by all, they inhabit the mountainous regions and the thick forests. They do not take kindly to humans or any other creature. They have some tenuous agreements with the elves and witches, but even then, neither an elf nor a witch would ever approach a dragon without being summoned first. Magic is not as common as expected and is really only found in strength in the royal family and the dragons. Now, to the princess Alaria…
As said, princess Alaria's behavior kept getting stranger and stranger, at least the expected behavior of a princess. She was schooled by the best tutors of the land, and yet, there were only a few areas where she actually was willing to learn. She was good at dancing and had an excellent singing voice, however, she was horrible at sewing and courtly graces, horrendous at Latin and foreign languages. She was considered an excellent archer and was fairly good with a sword. She could not compose a poem if her life depended on it and her ability to host a ball was deficient. She could pick out beautiful clothes and yet flower arrangements eluded her. She scorned visiting princes and yet, could be seen conversing with the elves and witches for hours. She was loved by all animals, magical and not and was considered the best equestrian of the land (some even suspected she could talk to her horses). One last notable feature about her was that she was the most able sorceress anyone had of ever seen or ever known.
Such did the years go by and Alaria started to grow up, becoming more beautiful with each passing day and more strange as well. She loved to spend hours out in the forest alone with her horse, sometimes not even coming back to eat. Her parents and brothers were constantly worried about her and tired to get her interested in the life of a princess; however, she always seemed to slip away from them. Her magical powers grew to the extent that no one was willing to cross her and even her family became wary of offending her. She never seemed to be interested in love nor any romance at all. Little did they know that her days spent in the forest were filled with trying to find her soul mate, who she could hear calling her in her heart and soul. She felt a constant pull towards the deepest forest and the mountains that were beyond, and as we all know, there is only one race that dwells there...
Will be continued soon, that is, if you want more of it…
