Once upon a time there lived a princess. This was no ordinary princess as she didn't live the luxurious way most princesses lived. There were no castles, fancy balls, or even a handsome Prince to rescue her from an evil queen. Oh it was quite the contrary, she was the rescuer and the healer. Seeking out the most broken of people and trying to fix them. Yet this gift did not come without a price. Each time she came to someone's rescue, a piece of herself was lost. Despite how much it had hurt her, she refused to give up.
One day, the princess happened upon a very broken Prince. He had no family to speak of, and nowhere to live. In the midst of her dangerous rescue of this Prince, she welcomed him into her life and her home. She made sure the Prince had all he needed. A home, clothes, food, and a warm bed to sleep in. She did all She could with what little she had to make him happy. This was such a challenge because the Prince was in so much pain. He had 3 little princesses of his own that he had said were being kept from him by an evil queen. The heroine of our story rose to the challenge of doing all She could to make her newfound Prince happy but nothing seemed to work. Especially since she didn't think the Prince made a valiant effort to rescue his own princesses, or himself. Each attempt was a failure that broke her heart. To cut down on the financial hardship the addition to her kingdom had caused, the princess had asked that the Prince also find a job. While the princess was hard at work, the Prince was courting other princesses instead of honoring the request.
What the princess did not know was that the Prince had ill intentions all along. Her love for him blinded her from the red flags that were there the whole time. The Prince was so convincing that he would one day love her as much as she loved him, but he kept her at arms length. Feeling like a failure, his love was like a carrot being dangled in front of a mule to keep it moving. And so she did his bidding, in hopes that one day he would love her as much as she loved him. In many ways she was more of a servant. Yet she didn't mind because she loved him so much.
There was a grand celebration for the prince's birthday, the princess looked her best and took the Prince out for a night to remember! Celebrating and enjoying libations. There were pictures of the event to mark the occasion that had meant so very much to her. Until the princess discovered that she was a laughing stock and a joke amongst the Prince and one of the many other princesses the Prince secretly had in his life. The Prince often had other princesses challenge the heroine of our story as if she was nothing more than a peasant with misguided affections. The princess tried so very hard to forgive the Prince for breaking her heart, yet to this day the pain this had brought can still be felt.
It wasn't until the Prince had lost his temper and struck One of the princesses loyal subjects, did he finally profess his love for her. The princess, more like a fool was so longing to hear those words that she didn't see that the Prince was only manipulating her broken heart and our story should have ended there.
The princess waged on in her quest to make her Prince happy, despite the misery and pain she had often felt. The princess did all She could to help the Prince reunite with his 3 little princesses, And then the princess happened upon a wounded baby unicorn. The wounded baby unicorn was so special and seemed to unite the Prince and princess together..or so the princess thought. In all of the hoopla around the baby unicorn, a miracle seemed to happen. The evil queen released the prince's 3 little girls from her clutches.
What the princess of our tale did not know until much later was that the evil queen was not so evil after all. The Prince had abandoned his princesses so he could be free to venture out on a quest and had made no effort to retrieve them until the princess had offered to help. The Prince had no mighty steed for which to travel and relied on the princess to provide him with means to travel to any destination he so desired. The not so evil queen was relocating to a new castle and had asked the princess to take care of the 2 younger princesses. Despite limited means, because she had loved the Prince so much, she did. The princess thought now that the Prince had been reunited with his estranged little princesses that he could once again be whole and love her the way he had promised he would. The strain of taking care of the wounded baby unicorn, her own loyal subjects, the Prince and his 2 little princesses had become difficult to bare on her own. She pleaded with the Prince for help because his 2 little princesses were often very un-princess like. Despite the princesses pleas, she became a slave in her own home. The Prince was often so engrossed in the latest technology he was oblivious to anything going on around him. It had finally escalated to an uprising of the loyal subjects who had to wait on the un-princesses who had subjected them to cruel treatment in their own home. The uprising resulted in the thwarting of the Prince and his 2 little princesses. The princess was devastatingly heart broken.
The Prince began making horrible accusations against the princess and turned the family he said he didn't have against her too. Still despite all the pain he had caused, she reluctantly fell for his charms once again as he begged on his hands and knees to be in her life so he could help take care of the wounded baby unicorn and promised to never hurt her or her loyal subjects again. What The princess did not know was that the kingdom The Prince was residing in, wanted him to leave. The princess held council with her loyal subjects and although hesitant, thought it would be best for the wounded baby unicorn if he returned to the kingdom.
The wounded baby unicorn became very sick and required a lot of care. The princess worked very hard to make sure that the baby unicorn got all of the care she needed, but she also needed a lot of help from the Prince. The Prince did a fairly good job in the beginning, until he started getting comfortable in the kingdom again. Again, the princess requested The Prince get a job to help take care of the baby unicorn. The kingdom had slowly deteriorated, the Prince again had become engrossed in the latest technology, often at the cost of the sick baby unicorns health and well being. The princess begged and begged the Prince to honor the promises he had made because she was working so hard to maintain her kingdom and keep the baby unicorn alive. The New technology seemed to have won over the princess Yet again. She felt defeated.
The Prince and the princess had to travel to a distant land to make the baby unicorn healthy again. The Prince was so distracted by the sights and sounds of this land that he seemed to forget the princess and baby unicorn were even there. The princess had to stay behind with the baby unicorn and the Prince had returned home. He had sent a message to the princess asking if he could have a celebration in her absence. After returning from the distant land with the baby unicorn, the princess begged the Prince for his time. There were new things to learn about the care of the baby unicorn. The princess had missed her Prince and she wanted to be held and comforted after such an ordeal. The Prince argued that his attention was needed with his new technology. Again the princess felt defeated, heartbroken and misled by the Prince. She felt as if he never did really love her and merely used her and the baby unicorn to survive by any means necessary. The princess had spoken up about the pain The Prince had caused, and one of her loyal subjects had questioned why she was crying and came to her defense. The Prince became very angry and violent. The princess attempted to protect her loyal subject and had gotten the brunt of the violence, the effects of which are still felt today. The guards had seized the Prince and exiled him from the kingdom.
The royal court had ordered that the princess and everyone in her kingdom be protected from the Prince. Efforts were made for the Prince to see the baby unicorn but he refused. Instead the Prince chose to defame and harrass The princess, lurk around the kingdom he was exiled from and go against the royal courts protection order. And with the flick of an evil tongue and some harsh words amongst his new found minions, the princess was now the new "evil queen".
Although no dragons were slain in this tale, since there are so many ever changing stories floating around these days, I figured I would write one that is believable. The End.
