Melody Clayton

Prologue

Prologue 

"Ma, I already want to sleep." the 10 year old little girl named Melody said, she yawned while stretching her arms. 

Her mother took the book carefully and starts to tell the story. "Once upon a time, there was a princess named Aurora."

"Change her name to mine." Melody requested. 

Her mother giggled. "Once upon a time, there was a princess named Melody." She started again.

In the middle of the story Melody ask. "Ma, are princesses real?" she ask with a sleepy voice. 

"Of course Melody, that's why your here. You are a princess." Her mother said with a smile on her face.

Melody's eyes widened. "So it means, you and dad are the King and Queen!" She said with her wide round eyes.

"And they lived happily ever after." She ended the story. She looked to a girl who feel asleep in her arms. :

"Fairytales aren't real, the prince isn’t there to save you." I caressed Melody's face. "But I know that there's a man who will enter your castle--your life. He'll treat you like his own princess."

I looked at the door when it opened. The man entered the room. 

"I told you not to tell her stories, she can easily fall asleep." He said and kissed her forehead.

"You should bring Princess Melody to her room." She said and chuckled. "You should rest too, my King."

"Okay but I'll be back." He kissed her forehead before carrying the sleeping Princess Melody. 

***

"Mama!" Melody called her Mom as she entered the room the next morning. 

"Melody!" Her mom kissed her on the cheeks.

"I had a dream!" Melody said out of excitement. "There was a prince who saved me from a dragon who's going to eat me!" 

"Who's the prince?" Her dad asked with a sleepy voice.

"I don't remember his face and his name..." she said and pouted. 

"Hey, don't pout. You'll be ugly if you pout!" Her mother said but she pouted even more. "The prince won't come if you pout!"

Melody shook her head and intertwine her fingers. A tear drop from her eyes. 

"Hey! Why are you crying?" his dad approach her and wiped her tears. 

"M-mama, said if I pout... the prince won't come here... and I'll be ugly." she said, her tears are continuing to fall. 

"Your Mama is right! So you better not pout again and always smile!" her father convinced her. 

"If I smiled... will the prince come here?" she asked and her father nods. 

Melody smiled while wiping her tears. She look around as if she’s looking for someone. "Where is he?" she asked. 

"Who's he?" her father ask. 

She pouted again. "The prince! You said he'll come here if I smiled!" 

Melody cried again until she gets tired of it and fell asleep on her mother's lap.