Wednesday, January 14, 2015

The Runaway Princess: Episode Six


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I stopped for what felt like the hundredth time that day. Oh, I was a mess. My hair tie had fallen out. My face was covered in dirt. Exhausted. I was so exhausted. 

I counted on my fingers. One...two...three days since I left. Could it really be only three days? It felt like so much longer. Mostly the past  days had been occupied with running, faint sleep in trees, and trying to find something, anything to eat. 


"Ali, how could you have been so stupid?" I  mutter to myself. Besides my clothes and Lauren's ring, I hadn't brought anything in the way of supplies. I'd found a strip of cloth, and used that to tie back my hair, but that was it. The nights were bone-chilling cold, and I was hungry, so hungry. 

Maybe I should just give up. 


No. No. I had to keep going. Because the alternative was returning to the place where I had vowed to never return. 

But if only I had some bread, or-


"Augh!"


"Oh, ow, ow, ow," I whimpered. My ankle seared with pain. Besides that, my head was burning. How had I not noticed that before? 

My boots were wet, I was freezing and starving. I probably had a fever and a twisted ankle too. 

There was absolutely no way I could keep going.


So there I stayed. Sick and starving, unable to get up. It would be a piece of cake for anyone to come and bring me back to the palace. 

Fine. Let them take me.

Resigned to my fate, I was just starting to drift off...

And then I heard a scream. 


17 comments:

  1. I love it!!! Such a cliff hanger. Thanks a lot. XD I can't wait till the next episode!
    ~Leah

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    1. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
      Sorry.
      Anyway, thanks darling!

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  2. AHH LEAH THIS IS SO GOOD!!! When you write amazing stories like this do you write your ideas down, or not? Fabulous job, Girl!!
    ~J

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    1. Aww, thanks Jana! I normally don't write my stories down, I have a general idea of what I want the storyline to be while I take the pictures, then I actually type of the post and figure everything else out.
      Thanks again love!

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  3. One word.
    Fabulous.
    Yes.
    And *why* such a cliff hanger!?!? Who screamed?!? I have to know, you're driving me crazy girl!!!
    - Zoë

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    1. One word.
      Thanks.
      And cliffhanger because I guess I'm really malicious.

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  4. Oh my goodness!!!! I can't stand it! I need to find out what happens!!!! XD
    This part was sooo good! You are SUCH a talented writer! :)
    ~Kaitlyn

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    1. Thanks, darling! I'm so glad you like it, I wasn't sure what I thought of this part. But hey, all's well that ends well. Except maybe in the case of Ali.

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  5. So where exactly do ya get your write skills cause, this is too good Leah.
    I'm so excited for EP 7. xD
    You have a lot of talent girly.
    ~Rylee

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    1. Um.
      Well.
      My mom is an English major.
      But I'm not sure if that's an inherited trait. xD
      Oh, believe me, I'm excited too.
      Thanks love. ♥

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  6. Wow! You're an amazing writer!

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  7. I think someone screamed because they saw the queen to become laying on the ground with dirt all over her ! I need to know though ! ~ Saige4crafts

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  8. Eek! I can't wait for the next part!!:)
    -Emma-

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    1. ME NEITHER. AND I KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

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  9. AHH LEAAAAHHHHH THIS IS SOOO GOOD GIRL. AHH.

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Don't cuss. It's not ladylike.