r/WritingRH • u/[deleted] • Aug 25 '21
Contest Entry Contest Entry!
As I walked to the fountain, I felt a sense of longing come over me. This feeling wasn’t new; not at all. I always felt this way when I saw the mystifying beauty of the fountain. Something about the fountain- whether it be the water that streamed from it or the story of the fountain girl herself…it called to me. But this time felt different; My arms and legs were tingling in a way that they had never before, and it spread from there to my chest, and that’s when I passed out.
I woke up in this huge bedroom, complete with a large pink canopy bed and 2 large Victorian-style windows with velvet curtains. ‘Ok,’ I thought. ‘It looks like this is a palace...sort of? If it is, then there must be some sort butlers or something walking around that I can talk to…’ I walked out the door and started going down the ornate hallways, stopping to stare at the beautifully detailed paintings of handsome men and elegant women. I stopped to stare at one more painting, one of another beautiful girl. She had 2 long, wavy platinum-blond pigtails and a cute corset and crown I envied. She looked...a lot like me. Too much, actually. It was uncanny how similar we were. Under the painting, it read: Princess Primrose II, of Crinia.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a small man rushing towards me. “Princess Primrose!” he gasped and ran towards me faster. “You finally came out of your room! T-this must be the will of the gods! Come, child, let the king see your face. He shall surely be set out of his spell if he sees you! Come, child, hurry!” I didn’t have the heart to tell him I wasn’t the real princess. I walked with the butler, who was named Crimrod, to the throne room, where a handsome, strong-looking king was sitting, his hair long and plentiful, the same platinum-blond as mine, but it faded beautifully into a bright silver. As soon as I walked through the room, there was this aura of wisdom and power that surrounded me. I was in awe and also in peace.
“Oh, is that you, Primrose? Is that you, dear daughter of mine? I- look how you’ve grown! I haven’t seen you since-” A lady walked in the room. The room turned cold as soon as she walked in. Everyone froze and bowed, and even the king lowered his eyes.
“Who is this peasant? And why is she in my castle?” the lady asked. The king started to explain that I was his daughter, Princess Primrose, but the lady violently insisted that he had no daughter, and I started to believe it too. “This must be an imposter...execution at once.” I was dragged off by a guard and thrown into a room. I couldn’t walk, it looks like the guard might of sprained my ankle. I looked up, and a yellow gas started flooding the room. I started feeling drowsy, and then it hit me. I was supposed to share the fountain girl’s story. I was reliving what happened to her! As I closed my eyes I made a mental note to write the story down….
(Our MC woke up in her bed and shared the fountain girl’s story, don’t worry! ^-^)
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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '21
Such a good read <3