I was sitting at my thrown. I leaned my head against my right hand, looking bored while my mom went on and on and on about how marrying Prince Reggie could be good for our country. Prince Reggie was 5'5 with blonde hair. He was the average Rich boy who is full of himself and thinks he can get anyone with just money.
That is someone I don't want to be married to for the rest of my life. I refuse to marry someone who thought he looked better than everyone. This is my problem though. Prince Reggie only wants to marry me, because I was born with bright red hair with orange eyes. In fact all of the prince's I have met wanted my hand in marriage just for those reasons.
Am I silly for believing in love? Am I asking for too much just to meet someone who likes me for me? I guess so, because despite my cries, my parents wouldn't hear me out. They say being a princess isn't about marrying the guy you love. Its about what's better for your country. And in their eyes, marrying Reggie was what's best for this country. So when my parents sat here today to tell me I have to marry Prince Reggie in one week.
Well I guess you could say I was already planning to prolong that deadline. Like hell I would marry that conceited asshole, I rather die than marry him.
"A week really?!"
"Prince Reggie has been pushing the date and plus we are getting old."
"Come on mom please don't make me marry him, anyone but him please." I tried one more time to plead with my mom.
"We have our minds already set. I'm sorry honey, but this is what's best."
"For who?"
"For the country and for you." I wanted so badly to scream that's bullshit, but that isn't how a princess should speak. So I took a second before responding.
"He only wants me because of my hair. To me that is unacceptable. I should have a say in who I want to be married to." I say trying to sound mature and reapectful at the same time.
"Stop with this nonsense. You will be married to him next week and that's final." My mom says while walking away, clearly she's over this conversation.
"Daddy." I say in my little girls Voice while sticking my bottom lip out in a pout. This always gets him when ever I do this. What can I say, I'm a daddies girl.
"I'm sorry baby, but your mom is right." He too gets up, hugs me, and walks away with a frown on his face while I looked angry. This is so stupid, some times I feel like I should just run away. Maybe then that would get my parents attention. Right then that idea didn't sound all that bad.
So when night fall came and my parents fell asleep. I packed everything that was considered important to me. I wore casual clothes and a sweater with a hood so I could cover my red hair. I don't need to draw unwanted attention to myself.
I tied a bunch of sheets together, I tied one end of the sheet to my bed and flung the other half out of the wondow and climbed out. Yes I know this is very dangerous considering I'm a princess and there are bad people out there so my parents say. But I didn't find any other solution other than this one. Once I had landed on the ground safely, I quietly ran into the woods and hid behind a tree to make sure no one was following me.
When I saw that no one had woken up and sounded the alarm, I silently walked towards the town. I would be lying to say I didn't jump every few seconds every time I took a step farther into the woods, because I was. I can't help it, every time I step on a branch, I jumped and turned around, because it sound like someone was behind me. When it seemed like no one was there, I continued on in the woods. Man I hope I make it to town soon. Being in the woods scares me. I started to walk faster just so I can be in town sooner.
Hair rose up in the back of my neck, I can't help but to feel like someone was following me. I don't know if its me being paranoid or what, I didn't care, I ran as fast as I could until I finally made it to town. As I was exiting the forest a hand clasped down on my mouth to cover my screams while the other hand grabbed my waste. I kicked and screamed but it was useless. Who ever had me carried me back further into the woods. Still I kicked to try to make him loosen his grip on me, but he never did. Instead, my kidnapper knocked me out with something hard, and my body went limp.
When I came to, I was in a cabin with some nasty looking man on top of me trying to undress me. I freaked out, I kicked my feet uncontrollably which ended up hitting him in the balls. He rolled off of me while gripping his balls.
I didn't hesitate one bit. I made a dash for the door and yanked it open and ran for my life. I heard my kidnappers feet behind me so I ran faster. I ran into town and never stopped running till I was sure I was safe. I hid under a hut for second to breathe in some air and to take in my surroundings. I looked all around me for my kidnapper to make sure he was no where near me.
All I saw though, were a bunch of little shops that sold all types of different stuff. That's when I realised that I didn't have the bag I was carrying when I ran away from my home.
"SHIT!" I yell in annoyance. Damn, my first night being out of the castle and I get kidnapped and on top of that, all of my shit was stolen.
"UGH!" I yell some more while kicking the air before I bend down to hold my knees.
I started crying then, I guess from being kidnapped and all my stuff being stolen, I just lost it. I'm not normally a cry baby, so I wiped my tears away and started walking away from where I stood. As of right now I don't have any money or clothes so I'm pretty much screwed. Not knowing what else to do, I went looking for a place to sleep at. There were many allyways but they were all occupied and I'm not trying to bring attention to myself. I walked further into town till I found a empty small allyway. I walked into the ally and sat down on the concrete. I put my head down to rest on my knees until I passed out.
I woke up in the morning on my side and with a blanket on me. I got up so quick I became dizzy. That's when I realised my hood fell off of my hair. I quickly covered my hair and looked around to see if anyone was around, but I was still alone. Not sure if the person who put the blanket over me would come back for it or not.
I left it there just in case and walked out of the allyway. My stomach growled then. Damn what am I going to do about food. I didn't want to steal but what other choice do I have. I walked into town to see what I could take without being caught. That's when a comotion started. Two men were fighting, one being the owner of his shop and the other I'm guessing just some random guy. They were fighting over a price of bread.
That's when I realised that the whole town had their attention on them. That's when I made my move. I walked slowly but quietly over to the stand that held bread. Right when I took one the owner saw me. I looked at him for a minute, stuck in place. The moment he made a move for me though I took off and never looked back. I turned into a different allyway than the one I slept in last night. I sat down and was about to eat the bread I stole when two girls came over to me.
"That's some lovely hair you have there. I bet it would give us a bit of money." One girl said. She had on ripped up dirty clothes. She had dirt stains on her face as well and she had dark Brown hair. I got up ready to run away when the other girl grabbed me by the sweater. This girl had brown hair too and also had holes in her clothes. They both started to laugh as I started to hit them with my bread. That wasn't helpful though. The first girl that talked punched me in the face. Blood dripped from my nose as the second girl started to drag me away. I was about to lose conciousness when someone yanked me from their grasp and held me in their arms.
"Leave if you know what's good for you." I heard a deep voice say before I passed out from lack of blood.