Prompt: Fairy Tales
Long ago, Veloce believed in fairy tales. She would dream that Vocruen, her loyal servant was actually a knight in shining armor, rescuing her from the other village children and taking her off through the sunset where she lived happily ever after.
Then the King of Kronzel came, and with his men, took her knight away. Sobbing, the princess reached for her knight. Vocruen holds his ward tightly and whispers in her ears about faraway lands and promises of happy endings; and then she found herself alone.
As she grew older, Veloce's fantasy of a charming prince rescuing a damsel in distress no longer gave her the energy of the positive outlook on life as it did before.
The King of Kronzel reminded her of how lucky she is to still live inside the Maelstrom.
The village kids dubbed her a witch.
The village people resented her.
And now she was hunted by an assassin and all the king's men.
There were times though, where she felt the rest of the world slowed down and in the quiet of night did Blackbird appear with a glint in her eyes. The assassin would whisper in the sorceress' ear about a peaceful world and a happy future just for the two of them; it was then and only then did Veloce's dreams of a knight returned.
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