Love Me Harder

Chapter 1

Do you believe in fairytales? The unimaginary places, fairies flying around the woods, witches, magic, hope and true love? Those stories have been told from generation to generation and they've never left people's minds. I don't know who made that up but it seems like they succeeded in making people believe in their bullshit. 

I knew from the beginning that they weren't real. None of them. But guess what? Most of them are happening in my life. Let me get that clear. For example, the unimaginary place I mentioned earlier is where I live now. That humongous place where I have to spend the rest of my life stuck in. Big white pillars in every entrance, granite marbles, hundred thousands dollars painting hanging on every wall, and also golden materials in every corner of every room. I haven't even found the end of this house yet even though I've lived here for 17 years. There are so many rooms and hallways where I've never been before. You see, theoretically, this is my house but my dad, the King, doesn’t allow me to go wherever I want. All hallways and doors are guarded by a bunch of knights. 

And of course, I'm a loner. My parents won't even let me have a talk with people outside the house, for a chance. I've been studying privately inside the house since forever. The house is like my whole world. Most of the kids out there are able to learn a wide variety of things, different things every day. They also have a chance to get to know and develop themselves. Unfortunately, I can't do any of these things. I don't have a clue as to what my abilities or special talents are. All I know is that, in the future, I'll have to replace the Queen. I have to learn the basics such as how to be honest, grateful, powerful, strong, kind, and respectful in front of my people, study as many languages as I can even though that'll probably take forever, no novels -not even comics- except history, geography, and literature books. I have to consume them every day, no breaks. And also learn how to sing, dance, pray in the morning and evening, eat, sit, talk, behave, wave, laugh, and politely express myself. 

Another reason why I called myself a loner is because I have just about 32 hours maximum for each week only to see my parents. Is that normal? No, I don't think so. I only have conversations with my teacher and some of the maids. Speaking about the maids, they're pretty much as like fairies. They're flying all around the house, it's like they're everywhere. You could find them in every corner of this enormous house. Not just one, but at least 7 maids in every hall, sometimes more. No need to yell or try to find them, just press a button and they'll come to you in seconds. 

 The said withes would be my parents. For some unknown reason, I love them. Even though we almost never see each other, I know they still care about me. The sweetest thing they have done for me is that they always send me a piece of paper via maids when it's time to eat. They usually write some quotes, tons of advices and things like that. They travel a lot. You know, politics, making relations with another countries and such. But sometimes, I just hate them very much because they keep me "chained" like I'm some kind of an animal. I know deep down they're doing this for my own good, but sometimes I just can't accept that.

They are two difficult periods that every princess must go through. The first is the childhood one, when we're forbidden to behave like most children and we're asked to act more mature than we're supposed to. That's why we don't get the wonderful memories that everyone deserve to have and remember. We have limited time to play and our days are only filed with studying and learning. The second period is the teenagers’ time, where I'm literally at right now. When a princess turns sixteen, she has to find a partner or, how we call them, a prince. 

The rules are simple. The prince must come from a royal family and the princess has the right to decide which man she wants to marry. But she's given only two and a half years to make that very important decision. If she can't find her 'true love' by then, the King and Queen will decide which man the princess will marry and she must accept it gracefully. Most of the princesses get married or they’re already married by the age of 20.