The arranged marriage

Chapter 4 (Amelia's point of view)

Amelia arrives in the garden and a servant gives the princess her training combination. She goes to put in on and then goes to the weaponry to get her favorite weapon, her precious sword. Amelia starts her training with her trainer, Sir Benjamin Daniels. They do a few exercises to upgrade her agility with the sword and then they take a look at different attacks. The training is long and rough, just like Amelia likes it. They come to the end of the training and Benjamin takes a break and starts talking.

-I know about the marriage.
-Okay, Amelia says putting her hand on her hip, can we continue.
-You're training harder then I've ever seen you train. I know it's upsetting you.
-Benjamin, I appreciate your concern, but I swear I'm fine.
-Amelia, I've known you since you came out of your mother. I can see the marriage is bothering you. Come on, let's talk.
-Fine, the princess says sitting down on the floor, it's just upsetting me that I'm gonna marry a random stranger and that I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with him. What if he's a horrible person?
-I'm sure that Prince Samuel is a wonderful man.
-Benjamin, what if he's ugly...

They both start laughing.

-Amelia, if your parents chose him, it's because they trust their decision.
-Why don't I choose who I want to marry? What is it because I'm a woman? They think they can just throw me off to some guy and call it a day? Do they think that I'm gonna calmly do what they tell me too and shut my pretty mouth up? This is my life. They may be my parents but they certainly don't own me!
-Amelia, I know you're upset and frustrated...
-Upset? Frustrated? No, I'm angry. I'm angry that these adults think they can just order me around, tell me who to spend the rest of my life with, tell me how many children I should have.
-I get it. You think that you don't have a say, but you do.
-Oh really? If I had a say, I wouldn't be talking about this nonsense right now. Can we just go back to training?
-Sure.

They continue the training. Each punch, each kick, each throw was more and more aggressive than the last. The princess was furious and you could clearly see it.

Once they finish, Amelia quickly goes in the castle, without saying a word and goes straight to her room, she changes in a more comfortable gown and falls on her bed. She looks at the ceiling and lets out a loud sigh. I can't do this. I won't do this. I need to get out of here. The princess gets up and searches her desk drawer. She takes out a piece of paper and a pen. She sits on her chair and starts writing an escape plan for the night before the wedding. She plans the whole thing perfectly. A genius plan.

Not only was she strong, but Amelia was also very smart and a quick thinker. She's the perfect person to make a life-threatening decision and choose the right option. She's a very strategic person with a dynamic spirit.