I Walked With You Once Upon a Dream...
"Yes, Grammie, I know I'll be missing the Cotillion. I know, it's my favorite part of spring. Yes, I know Mal's being announced as his Lady!"
I paced around my room, around the piles of clothes and overstuffed bags scattered everywhere.
"Are you sure it's best for you to miss that?" Grammie demanded on the other end of the phone.
"I told you, I just need a bit of time to regroup and plan for when I get back. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather suggested this spa vacation because they noticed I've been stressed since the coronation."
"As you should be. That boy chose a villain over you, Audrey."
I flopped on my bed and fought the urge to scream. "I know Grammie. I'll fix it. When I get back."
"You better." The line went dead as she hung up.
A few tears leaked out and slide down my temple. One month and three days since the coronation. One month and three days since Ben proved to everyone that he'd chosen Mal and hadn't been spelled. One month and three days since everyone had fallen in love with those stupid villains.
I needed a vacation.
The castle was overgrown with roses. They climbed every tower and hid every door. The only way in was through the window in my room, up high above the cliffs where the sea crashed below.
But then a ship sailed up, a black flag with a skull whipping in the wind. It anchored below my tower and a grappling hook was thrown up. A boy in a red coat began to climb up the cliffs, nearly slipping on the sea slicked rocks. But then he reached the top and heaved himself over.
His journey wasn't over, though. He ran for my tower and climbed the rose vines all the way to my window, throwing himself in with a loud thud.
He turned to me, his eyes piercing, his tattered clothes blowing in the wind.
I laid in my bed, hands folded perfectly, asleep but seeing everything, just like my mother. I was trapped, cursed, waiting for the one thing that could wake me. Him.
"Audrey," he whispered as he kneeled next to my bed. His accent made my name sound exotic, less like a princess, more like some fine jewel found far away.
Then he kissed me. Light pulsed through my veins, I opened my eyes…
And saw my messy room as the rising sun shown through my window. It had been a dream.
But I'd never seen that boy before. The ripped clothes, the flag…he almost looked like a pirate. And pirates only lived one place…
"Shake it off, Audrey, shake it off," I muttered, climbing out of bed. I needed to focus. I needed to find a way to get Ben back. Even if I couldn't quite forget the feeling of the pirate kissing me.
I kind of like Audrey and Harry. They balance each other well, Harry being a wild pirate who lets Audrey be kind of crazy and Audrey keeping him in line with society's rules and such. Anyway, thank you all for reading! This is the end of this story and I really hoped you liked it!