Once upon a time in a not so far away land, a princess slept in her castle, but, not so far away a lioness slept in a cave holding her father, the king close. She could hear it's load snoring through her castle walls and she nervously awaited it's awakening. It seemed to be a time bomb waiting ti go off at any minute. The princess went about her daily activities the only way she knew how, trying to keep quiet, so not to wake the sleeping lioness, but the lioness was angry and did not like the princess. One day, when the King was on official royal business, the lioness snuck into the castle impersonating the King. The Princess, however saw through the horrible disguise and was horrified at this deliberate intrusion.
Anger swelled up inside the princess, and so she challenged the lioness to a duel. The lioness quickly accepted, and after only a few moments the princess came to her senses and quickly tried to withdraw her challenge, but it was too late, the lioness had a cunning plan and the castle guards were on their way to seize the princess. The lioness had accused her of treachery. Tears welled up in the princess's eyes, and after a short glance back to the lioness's grinning face she ran out the castle gates and into the dead city streets below. And there she kept on running. She was sure the King would prosecute her for her behaviour.
Soon the King came and found her and the Princess was scared she would be sent away again. She thought of the Queen high in her tower, and part of her wished she could just go back home. But the King surprised her and swept her up in his arms and took her far away from the lioness's cave. After many weeks of sleeping in the royal stables the King and the Princess found a small home far away from the lioness's cave and the beautiful castle the princess one knew.
The home was not grand, or beautiful, or isolated, but it was a home and the Princess hopes she could stay there forever and ever. The Princess and King now lives among the peasents, and were no longer royalty, just normal people, with all the riches they desire and the love of their people. Their friends.
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