𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐃 | ❝Hope is good, Hope will never disgrace, but make no mistake, Hope will hit you in the face!❞
In which the Just King becomes betrothed to a princess from a neighboring kingdom, only to fall in love with the prin...
WALKING IN THE WIND i. FATE HAS A STRANGE SENSE OF HUMOR
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IT'S NO SECRET THAT children, and oftentimes adults, long for fairytales to become their reality. It's only natural to wish for something so genuine and pure to exist in our complicated lives. One "once upon a time" and a "happily ever after," and that's it. Your life is over. Unlike real life, fairytales are simple and therefore, ideal.
Hope adored fairytales, and she wasn't ashamed of it. They taught her some of the greatest life lessons, like "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and "never take life for granted." However, she always deemed it peculiar how often the in-between parts of these stories were neglected. No one ever discussed the dragons that were conquered, the poisoned apples, or the great chase of it all that give these life lessons their meaning. In her opinion, those were the best parts!
Well, maybe not for the person on the receiving end of those horrid things.
Perhaps it was a bit strange of her to feel so passionately about fairytales now that she wasn't a little girl anymore, but she couldn't help herself. Fairytales were the foundations of her childhood, something that she cherished. Everything was so simple back then. When you're small, the world is endless. You're too overwhelmed with the excitement that life holds in the palm of its hands to notice the cracks, the flaws, and the shadows.
Sometimes, Hope found herself holding onto fairytales when things got bad. After long days, she'd recall her favorite stories — ones about Aslan, knights, and true love. That was something Hope noticed was common in all stories: true love. And if there was one thing Hope loved most, it was the idea of love.
She was a firm believer that love was the most powerful form of magic. She supposed that in hindsight, love could stop all evil. Think about it: what war did love ever cause? Exactly. None. Perhaps if more people cherished love over war, the world would be a better place!
...Then again, what wars were ended through love anyway?
Hope believed in a lot of things about love, but the strongest opinion of hers was that no matter what, love couldn't be forced. How can you force something to be true when it's simply not? It's like trying to force your foot into a slipper that doesn't fit. Artificial love can't grow into true love. It can only become the opposite, which is pure hate.
You'll have to forgive Hope for feeling so passionate about the subject. It was something she thought of often. She blamed it on the fact that she was living a real-life fairytale.
Yes, you read that correctly. Hope was living out a true fairytale life. She resided in a magnificent castle with towering ceilings and innumerable servants. The windows were always spotless and the meals were phenomenal. The castle in question existed in the heart of a small island to the east of Narnia. Like many other islands, this island was one of many that didn't consider itself to be a part of Narnia, acting as an independent land. It was a small kingdom called Wysteria.
