week 5, stary writing camp, chapter 3
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Lucy
I held on to my father's arm as we walk down the aisle. Don't ask me what it is or why we are even here.
All I remember is my father telling me that he is going to get married again the other day when the lady and her daughter who is a little bit younger than I am showed up.
"Hi, I've been waiting for you for quite a while now" my father said as soon as the door was open.
"Oh! Sorry my Lord, our carriage had some problem with the snow on our way here" she said as she walked in.
He helped her out of her coat and hanged it somewhere.
I just kept on staring at the two of them, wondering what on earth is happening.
"Mommy, you left me behind in the snow, how cruel of you" a girl said behind her.
"I am sorry little one, I thought you were in already" the woman said in a soft voice.
She then turned to my father.
"Pardon me my Lord, this is my daughter, intra, intra, say hi to him" she says.
"Hi" she said, not even looking up to him.
"Oh hi intra, it's so nice to finally meet you" he greeted.
He grabbed a hold of my hand.
"And this is my daughter, Lucy" he said.
"Hello there little one, you didn't tell me she is quite beautiful" the lady said.
"She takes after her mother" he replied.
And that's true.
Everybody around here says it all the time.
"Oh! I see" she exclaimed.
"What's this on your head?" the little girl asked.
"Oh, this is my hair" I answered politely.
She started laughing as if I said something ridiculous.
"You call this hair, it looked like a mop on your head" she said.
"Now don't be rude intra, you know everybody had their own kind of hair" her mother said.
"And mommy, she looked pale as well" the girl pointed out.
This time around, her mother ignored her.
"My name is latana, your soon to be new mom" she said.
"Hi, uhm..."
"You can call me Mommy as well" she said.
I nodded my head.
Long story short, now here we are, alongside our parents, whom are getting married.
"Do you, Lord farqward take Lady latana as your lawfully wedded wife?" the priest asks.
My father took a side glance at her and smiled.
He looks so happy today and that made me happy as well.
"Yes, I do" he answers.
"Now, do you, Lady latana take Lord farqward as your lawfully wedded husband?" she was asked as well.
"Yes, I do" she answers.
"Then by the power vested in me by the king, I now pronounce you man and wife" eh announces.
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the town, an old lady was walking through the doors of the palace. Everybody tried to stop her but it seemed like she has no ears to listen and so, the old hag made her way into the palace and right into the prince's party.
He stood up, furious at the sight of the creature before him.
Everybody around knows that the prince hates whatever that is ugly and dirty, so how did this hag got in here?.
"Who dares let this dirt come into my house and ruin my mood?" he screams out.
Nobody dares to speak when the prince is furious and so, they all kept quiet.
"My son, I have travelled far and wide with no food and no water to spare and then finally, I stumbled upon this place seeking for your aid my child" the old hag begged.
The prince did not but laughed at her at her stupidity.
"You, you ugly thing, how dare you come to my palace and fill it with filth, the whole place stinks now that you are here" he screams.
The old hag looked at him in utter surprise.
How could man be so cruel at heart.
"Please my child, won't you help me out" she begs again.
But the prince didn't want to help out.
All he wants is for that old thing to be out of his sight nad then his palace would be all cleaned up from her filth for he hates all that is dirty and ugly.
"What are you waiting for, get her out of my sight immediately" he calls onto the guards.
They moved forward at his order and tried to grab onto the old hag but before they could, light illuminated everywhere, blocking everyone's view.
The light blinded everyone that is in sight, causing their eyes to ache.
The prince gasped at the sight that stood before him after the light has dimmed out.
It was the sea witch, everybody knows them and their ways of disguise.
But he never thought that one day, there would be one at his door step.
"I see that you are not good at heart, you take others as only your servants and never seem to help others, so for that, you shall be cursed for the rest of eternity" the now half human half mermaid says.
With that, another light illuminated everywhere, blinding them all once again.
"You shall be cursed forever, you like whatever is good and abhor whatvever that is bad and ugly, you shall be the ugliest of them all" she adds.
With that, the prince falls to the ground unconscious as well as all the people around.
The whole place turned quite that you can even hear the drop of a pin and with that, marked the down fall of the prince.
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