Woods of the Past

One

     The day started as regular as everyday. Queen Regina left to go visit her step-daughter and husband at their summer palace, since she felt as if they did not love her enough to care if she moved to the other castle all alone. Half of the guards left to go guard her, and half stayed there. Although, they were still more loyal to the king and his daughter than to her. She looked out her carriage, very distraught, at the fact she was alone. She had no one. A tear streamed down her face. (You may feel as if she is being dramatic, and that everyone has to deal with loneliness, but mind you that she has been lonely for many years now, and it seems as though it will never be better.) A horse neighed and the carriage stopped suddenly. She pushed the door open and gently got out of the carriage, looking for her coachmen, but they were gone. There was a small tree that had fallen down, and Regina, still being the strong woman she always has been, pushed the tree off the road and then looked at the side and saw it had been cut down. At first, she thought nothing of it, just that it was a lumberman who was too faineant to push the tree off the trail, but then she realized it was a robbery. Slowly and steadily, she reached down to grab a rock from the ground and then she heard a slight noise in the trees. Quickly now, she grasped two rocks, one for each hand and slowly waited for who dare rob her carriage. She looked up into the trees and saw a man in a hood.

     "Look, I'm not going to hurt you, so you can come down, although, I doubt you really want too, considering there is no jewels or coins on this carriage. I come from the other castle. If you were going to rob a carriage you might as well rob my husbands," she laughed and then realized what idea she just put in this man's head, "but you shouldn't. If you come down now, I will let you go. If you don't I'll climb the tree and throw you off."

     "M'lady, I doubt you would climb a tree. Especially in a dress," the man taunted.

     "You can have your doubt, but when you have a broken nose, don't blame me. And it's Your Majesty," she corrected.

     "If you think you can climb this tree, be my guest, My Majesty."

     She zipped down her dress to reveal a white corset and some white leather pants. She ran to the carriage to grab her small grey cape with some boots. The man looked down and realized what he had done and what would happen to him now. The queen grabbed one branch and then the other climbing higher and higher each second. The man tried to get down but he stepped on the wrong branch and came tumbling down. It took him a second to get back up from his fall, but once he did he laughed and started to run. Only a few ten feet up the queen jumped down and started to chase him through the woods.