Hey guys, I wrote another chapter! Just so you know things are about to get a lot more interesting! You just have to bear with me for the first couple of chapters because I have to set everything into place, introduce all the characters, and all that boring stuff. Trust me though, it totally gets….well, interesting.
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Once, when I was really little I ran away. Not for long, but I left the castle and went to the park a couple streets over. I had been staring at maps all that day, totally enthralled with the idea of being able to just walk around and explore, like the people in my books did. So, I asked Cory if I could just go outside and walk around. He told me that he was so sorry, but it just couldn't happen. When I asked why, he told me that I was princess, and princess can't do that. As if that explained everything to little seven year old me.
Well I was so angry that I wasn't allowed to do anything, and somehow I knew that I would never be able to. Later that night, I stole some clothes from one of the servant boys and put them on. I just walked out of the building. Just. Like. That. I couldn't believe I had just done it, I actually left. That happiness was short lived though, because I didn't know how to get anywhere and I felt so small with people bustling around me. So, I tried to go back into the castle, but the guards at the door laughed at me and told me to go home. I remembered that I had my disguise on, and thought that was probably why they wouldn't let me in. I took my disguise off and told them that I was the princess. The guards just didn't believe me, which was understandable, considering. I started crying, asking for my mom, Cory, anyone.
That was when another little girl, with long chestnut hair and doe eyes, came to the other side of the gate. She asked me why I was crying, so I told her. She nodded understandingly and said "I'll go get my daddy. He will help you. You just wait here, okay?"
"Okay" I sniffled.
A few minutes later, I heard her voice again.
"Daddy, this way, over here. You have to help her." she said, pretty authoritatively, for a little girl.
"Honey, we can't help every crying little girl you see." I heard another voice say. It sounded a lot like Cory, but I didn't want to get my hopes up.
When they came into my line of vision, I saw that it really was Cory! I got up and looked forlornly a the other side of the gate.
When her saw me Cory gasped. "Oh my goodness! Maya! Open this gate at once!" He said angrily.
The guards looked scared as they slowly opened it. Once the gate was fully open, Cory picked me up and I put my arms around his neck. I couldn't stop myself, I started to sob into his shirt. I had been so afraid that I would be left out there forever.
He said "It's okay sweetheart. It's all gonna be alright."
The day after that I stayed in my bed all day and was treated as if I was sick. The brown haired girl came to see me. She brought her favorite books and some crayons to draw with. We had been best friends ever since.