A Different Kind of Princess

Chapter 4: Take Pity Or Don't

"Father, may I converse with you about something?" William asked his father who was busy, writing a letter.

He was a tall, muscular man, with a beard of gray hair and a full head of gray hair that was covered by his crown.

"Ah, William! There is someone I would like you to meet!" His father said, excitedly.

"Yes yes, but first I must speak with you about-"

"Hello William." A high pitched voice was heard behind him, cutting off his sentence. He turned around to find a girl, around his height, long blonde hair and deep green eyes smiling at him.

"Um... Hello." The Prince said, as more of a question that a greeting.

"This is Rose. She is the princess of the Jossburg. Their king and I have decided to merge kingdoms. And what better way to do it by marriage."

William almost got whiplash looking at his father. "What?"

Rose came closer and wrapped her arm around his. "We are to be married as soon as possible." She said, dreamily.

"But father, I-"

"William, there are no buts. We need this merge so our kingdom can survive."

This could not be happening. He could not have an arranged marriage, not when he cared for someone else!

"Come William, there are several different wedding dress stitches we must go through! This has to be perfect!"

Will looked at his father. He was going to need to talk to him, and fast, because this wedding indeed was not going to be perfect.

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Charlotte didn't go home; or whatever she called that place. She didn't want to. She never wanted to go back, ever again. But she knew she had to. She had no choice. She had left everything there. Her clothes, even her hair clip, she'd had that since she was a baby. It was the only thing she remembered of her before life.

Charlotte groaned and lowered her head. Her life was so complicated.

"Epona, why can't I just roam free like you?" She asked, stroking her horse who was laying next to her.

She was just spend the night here, in the dark, in the woods, just herself and her horse. Nothing could go wrong... Right?

She laid her head on Epona's stomach. She slowly began to drift off to sleep.

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"Ooh this one's nice. Isn't it Will?" Rose asked for the seventh time as they or she was looking for the right wedding dress. Will just nodded boredly.

He wondered what Charlotte was doing at the moment. He hoped that Marina didn't hurt her. She seemed like a horrible woman.

But it was no matter. Charlotte would be eighteen in a few weeks and she would be free! She would come to the castle and ask his father to let her be free from Marina... And maybe the his father would see her. Maybe his father would see what he was doing was wrong and that William could love on his own.

But he would be married by then... To Princess Rose.

He would stop the wedding. Yes he would stop it for Charlotte.

"Will!" Rose shrieked, making him flinch hard from his thoughts.

"Yes, yes, what?" He asked, looking at her with annoyance.

"You're not listening to me!" She whined.

William closed his eyes. He hadn't been with this woman for 24 hours and he already knew she was crazy. He just had that under 24 hour touch with people.