It is early in the morning and a girl lies sleeping in her room. Her
magenta hair falls across her face as the sun, shines down on her. She
opens her purple eyes and looks out the window, watching people down below
getting busy to prepare for the day. She watched in envy at the freedom
they have and wish she could have such freedom. Being a princess did not
mean anything, it was all duty and plain boring. She wanted to get all
dirty, and fight with other people. She wanted to get into trouble and
mischief. She was not allowed to do anything that was dangerous, and to
her father that meant everything.
She wanted to be able to run down the street playing with friends. More importantly she wanted friends; the so-called friends in the castle were people who wanted to get close to her because she was a princess. They did not care about her; even people outside the castle all tried to be her friends because of her status. Nobody even knew who she really was on the inside except Lady Naomi. Naomi was one of the few real friends, along with Brad, Naomi's fiancee, Jaimie, the young advisor, and Jack her personal guard.
The longer she watched them the more she wanted to join them. She thought of a plan to leave, but she did not want Jack to get in trouble. She sighed and remembered the last time she tried to get out. It was disastrous and Jack was almost butted out, but she persuaded her father to keep Jack because he was the only guard that had ever understood her. So instead she pushed away the thought and decided go head to breakfast, food always gave her some comfort, especially the sugary ones. As if reading her very thought Jack appeared at the door, "It is time for you breakfast Princess Leena." As she turned away a figure caught her eye.
The person had blonde hair and looked about the same age as her. What really intrigued her were his green eyes, not many people around here had green eyes. She wondered where he had come from, it looked as though he traveled a lot and she hoped he would stay long enough for her to meet him.
A Name
The town looked safe, untouched, no hunters had reached this town. He desperately wanted to keep it that way, but he need a place to stay and he could not go back. The first thing he noticed was the castle, which meant he was in another kingdom and the hunter would not risk coming in to fast. Secondly, he noticed the friendly atmosphere, everyone here smiled and welcomed him, he loved it, and it had been years since anyone had done that.
"Young man, do you need a place to stay?" asked an old woman. He nodded and moved to follow her to her home, a little hut at the edge of the forest. The woman asked for his name, he panicked, he did not have one. She gave a knowing smiled and asked if she could call him TJ because he looked so much like her own son, who had died a few years ago from a disease. He accepted feeling sad for the woman's lost, but also the joy of having a name.
It took some time to settle in, but TJ managed to set into a daily routine of helping the old woman named Amie do a few errands. He came to know almost all the people in the small village in a week. They were happy that TJ made Amie happy and welcomed him in readily. Today he had been sent to the castle to ummm…find some friends? Amie had wanted, more like insisted that TJ go find some friends his age, but he knew if he had to leave again, they would try to stop him. He owed it to Amie for taking him in and giving him a name so he would try.
In the courtyard many people were walking around, chatting, playing, and many other things. He noticed a girl with magenta hair sitting off by herself at the other end or the courtyard and decided to say hi. When he got closer he saw the girl's face, recognizing the look as one of sadness in her purple eyes he moved to comfort her. "Why are you sad?" he asked, the girl quite startled at his sudden appearance jumped in fright and a small yelp. TJ felt really sorry and began apologizing to her, she turned away but he heard her give a small laugh and tell him it was OK. He gave a small smile; he had made his first friend.
Nice to Meet You
Leena had never been caught this off guard in a long time, she was quite angry with the person. When she turned to give the unfortunate person a good yell, she was surprised to see the green eyed boy from that morning, apologizing to her? Oh, he was the one who startled her, hehe, she could not help it, and he was so cute!
Whoa there Leena, getting ahead of yourself there, he is not cute. He is annoying you, yeah that is it, and he is annoying you right now. She saw him falter as he saw the look on her face change to one of rage. He gave a whimper and at that moment Leena stopped. He whimpered? What kind of person whimpers? Poor kid, maybe she should not be so mad at him. She moved toward him and gave him a small hug. He looked up and gave a shy smile and said sorry again. She told him it was mostly her fault and inquired why he was so ummm…easily frightened. She watched his face for signs, but he kept his face emotionless as he decided to say something.
Leena sighed and asked for his name, she noticed the seemingly relieved look fly across his face before becoming happy again. He said his name was TJ, interesting, she asked if he knew Amie. She was surprised at his story of how he got his name and met Amie. She felt sorry but decided not to feel too sorry since he didn't seem to want any pity from her.
She wanted to be able to run down the street playing with friends. More importantly she wanted friends; the so-called friends in the castle were people who wanted to get close to her because she was a princess. They did not care about her; even people outside the castle all tried to be her friends because of her status. Nobody even knew who she really was on the inside except Lady Naomi. Naomi was one of the few real friends, along with Brad, Naomi's fiancee, Jaimie, the young advisor, and Jack her personal guard.
The longer she watched them the more she wanted to join them. She thought of a plan to leave, but she did not want Jack to get in trouble. She sighed and remembered the last time she tried to get out. It was disastrous and Jack was almost butted out, but she persuaded her father to keep Jack because he was the only guard that had ever understood her. So instead she pushed away the thought and decided go head to breakfast, food always gave her some comfort, especially the sugary ones. As if reading her very thought Jack appeared at the door, "It is time for you breakfast Princess Leena." As she turned away a figure caught her eye.
The person had blonde hair and looked about the same age as her. What really intrigued her were his green eyes, not many people around here had green eyes. She wondered where he had come from, it looked as though he traveled a lot and she hoped he would stay long enough for her to meet him.
A Name
The town looked safe, untouched, no hunters had reached this town. He desperately wanted to keep it that way, but he need a place to stay and he could not go back. The first thing he noticed was the castle, which meant he was in another kingdom and the hunter would not risk coming in to fast. Secondly, he noticed the friendly atmosphere, everyone here smiled and welcomed him, he loved it, and it had been years since anyone had done that.
"Young man, do you need a place to stay?" asked an old woman. He nodded and moved to follow her to her home, a little hut at the edge of the forest. The woman asked for his name, he panicked, he did not have one. She gave a knowing smiled and asked if she could call him TJ because he looked so much like her own son, who had died a few years ago from a disease. He accepted feeling sad for the woman's lost, but also the joy of having a name.
It took some time to settle in, but TJ managed to set into a daily routine of helping the old woman named Amie do a few errands. He came to know almost all the people in the small village in a week. They were happy that TJ made Amie happy and welcomed him in readily. Today he had been sent to the castle to ummm…find some friends? Amie had wanted, more like insisted that TJ go find some friends his age, but he knew if he had to leave again, they would try to stop him. He owed it to Amie for taking him in and giving him a name so he would try.
In the courtyard many people were walking around, chatting, playing, and many other things. He noticed a girl with magenta hair sitting off by herself at the other end or the courtyard and decided to say hi. When he got closer he saw the girl's face, recognizing the look as one of sadness in her purple eyes he moved to comfort her. "Why are you sad?" he asked, the girl quite startled at his sudden appearance jumped in fright and a small yelp. TJ felt really sorry and began apologizing to her, she turned away but he heard her give a small laugh and tell him it was OK. He gave a small smile; he had made his first friend.
Nice to Meet You
Leena had never been caught this off guard in a long time, she was quite angry with the person. When she turned to give the unfortunate person a good yell, she was surprised to see the green eyed boy from that morning, apologizing to her? Oh, he was the one who startled her, hehe, she could not help it, and he was so cute!
Whoa there Leena, getting ahead of yourself there, he is not cute. He is annoying you, yeah that is it, and he is annoying you right now. She saw him falter as he saw the look on her face change to one of rage. He gave a whimper and at that moment Leena stopped. He whimpered? What kind of person whimpers? Poor kid, maybe she should not be so mad at him. She moved toward him and gave him a small hug. He looked up and gave a shy smile and said sorry again. She told him it was mostly her fault and inquired why he was so ummm…easily frightened. She watched his face for signs, but he kept his face emotionless as he decided to say something.
Leena sighed and asked for his name, she noticed the seemingly relieved look fly across his face before becoming happy again. He said his name was TJ, interesting, she asked if he knew Amie. She was surprised at his story of how he got his name and met Amie. She felt sorry but decided not to feel too sorry since he didn't seem to want any pity from her.