I have worked in the castle since I
was a little boy. My mom was the Queen’s favorite maid, so as soon as I could
work, I became a part of the castles work force. I worked my way up to become
one of the Kings best servants. I have always done everything to the best of my
abilities, but I am quite aware of my fatal flaw. I am hopelessly and endlessly
in love with the princess. She is the most beautiful, compassionate, and kind
person that I have ever met. That is why I did what I did.
I was attending to the King, as
usual, and he called in his three daughters. I thought nothing of it at the
time, I was just excited to see Victoria. The moment they walked in the room
changed, everywhere she goes, the room lights up with this happiness. Don’t get
me wrong, the other princesses are ok, they’re just a little, well honestly
they are self-absorbed and rude. When they came in the king had them sit, he
said,
“I have decided to split my
kingdom, and for whom ever loves me the most, I will give the largest piece”
I pretended to keep to myself, but I
knew in my mind that Victoria would win because there has never been a more
loving person. The oldest sister went first and said that she loved him more
than all of the money and riches in the world. The King seemed to be quite
content with this answer. He moved on to the second daughter, she proceeded to
say that she loved him more than all of the gowns and jewelry in the kingdom.
When it got to Victoria, I couldn’t help but stare. She looked up gently and
smile at her father. She said with a clear and sweet voice,
“I love you more than salt father.”
I almost jumped out of my skin. Why
would she say that? She should know that her father would be outraged about a comment like that, but I had to keep my place, so as he yelled and raised fury I devised a
plan of how to help. He had come to me and told me to take her to the forest and
kill her. But how could I do that? I decided that I would get one of mother’s
old mouseskin cloaks and take her to the forest as he said, but I was never going to kill
her.
We got to the forest and I took out
the cloak. She didn’t plead and didn’t cry, as if she knew that there was no
terrible fate for her. I handed her the mouseskin and she looked me straight in
the eye and said,
“ I owe you my life. But I still
need your help.”
So of course I enlisted into her plan.
First, she disguised herself using the mouseskin, and we snuck back into the
castle. Then, we headed straight for the kitchen and she started rummaging through
the pantry. I tried to keep watch but I had no idea what she was doing. She
caught me staring and told me to help her get rid of all of the salt.
It all suddenly clicked, and we
took all of the salt and hid it in the shed at the back of the castle. At
dinner we stood by the door and listened. The king was outraged with how
terrible everything was tasting. Victoria looked at me and smiled. She grabbed
my hand and we started to run. Once we got far enough away from the castle, I
asked her why she didn’t confront her father. She explained to me that she didn’t
need to. He was never going to change. She then looked at me, and for a moment
it was just her and me in this whole world. I wanted so badly to take her in my
arms and kiss her, but who am I to kiss a princess. I looked away and started
to turn back to the castle and she grabbed me and kissed me. And that is how I
knew that I was going to spend the rest of my life chasing this complicated
woman. She may have owed me her life, but I owe her my love.
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