Chapter 1: 1) How it all began…
I woke up to the sun shining brightly through my window panes. I jumped out of bed excitedly and went to look out the window at the beautiful scenery. It was a very special day today and I was curious as to how it would turn out. Today was my eighteenth birthday and I had no clue what would happen, just that the prophecy had said I would finally be free to rule, but who knows if or how that will ever happen. Shrugging my shoulders, I started stretched and moving to get ready for the day. I rushed about cause I wanted to get ready quickly and go say good morning to Drak. His real name was Drakon the magnificent dragon but I had changed it to Drak when we became friends. He seemed to like it - as he always smiled and came when I called. Of course, that is not how it was in the beginning. He hated me at first, but I did not blame him for that - after all, he was just doing what he was told to do by Margaret of Warde.
Thinking back, I try to remember the way the story was told to me by Grace, the Moon Witch who raised me to age six. I was the first born child of King Henry and Queen Contessa, christened Princess Anastasia de Valois, future ruler of all Utopia. Of course, that was very short lived. It would be a major shocker if I ever get to rule, or even get called princess, ever again. My whole royal birthright was ripped away and my future was ruined, according to Grace, when Margaret of Warde came to my christening. I roll my eyes thinking about the story, as it always seemed so unbelievable. As Grace had told it, Margaret was an evil witch who was known all throughout Utopia for being very powerful, very greedy, and very spiteful. Margaret had arrived at my christening celebration party very pissed off due to not being personally invited. Grace had said she came in ranting and cast the spell over me before anyone could say or do anything to stop her. It all seemed a bit to much like the story I had read of Sleeping Beauty to me, but who am I to question how it went down, as I was just a baby then. Granted, sleeping beauty also got a spell cast on her to cause sleeping, where as I got instantly transported to a magical tower, guarded by a magnificent dragon, but everything else seemed similar to me. I think Margaret expected me to die before the year was up, being just a newborn with no one to care for me. I do not think she ever expected anyone to be able to get to me around Drakon, much less even try, like Grace did. As a moon witch, Grace had been able to use the power of the moon to do a cloaking spell and sneak into the tower. I am thankful she did - or I would not have grown up.
Grace was the only mother I had ever known, and thinking about her made tears come to my eyes. I missed her so much. I wish I knew why she had stopped coming. It has been hard the day she just did not come back, the day of my sixth birthday. I kept looking for her and hoping for her to come back for months afterwards but she never did. When I finally accepted that she was not coming back, I was then plagued with questions of why. I would never have made it through that time period without Drak. We started becoming friends back then and I could not imagine my birthday, or any day, without him now.
Drakon is a great and magnificent dragon. The major downfall is that he is a dragon who has to follow the Ancient Laws of dragons, though. There are many rules associated with dragons, but the major three laws govern most all the other rules. "Law one - The first person the dragon sees after birth is who they must always obey. Law two - A dragon's power comes from "within" the blood. And Law three - A Dragon can never be forced to harm or allow harm to those they love." Sighing as I brushed my hair, I thought about how those laws were why I could never leave this place but also why I knew I would forever be safe.
Margaret has come once to see if it was true that I was still alive. I had been seven or eight when she had arrived and tried to kill me, upon learning of my survival. Drakon had been tasked with making sure I was trapped in the castle and that no one could get to me… so when she tried to reach me, he had refused to let her into the tower. Thankful that Drakon cared about me, Margaret demanded that he let her in or kill me himself - and he had refused both commands as they violated law three. Margaret has visited every year on my birthday since just to try to get into the castle tower… but she always fails due to Drakon stepping in.
Thinking about how Drak and I become friends, I smiled thinking about how he rescued me at my weakest moment and how I would be forever grateful.
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