A Tale On Every Dale (ONC2026)

Every night on her birthday, Princess always receives the finest gifts, books that held different versions of her life, each one offering her a glimpse into who she could be, and a chance to live those possibilities.

With every birthday, she stepped into a new life. Each experience filled her heart with joy, enough to make her forget the life she always had to return to once her visits to those dreamlike worlds came to an end.

She was happy.

However, she realized that the stories from those other worlds did not simply fade when she woke. They had the power to shape her real life as well. She never imagined that fragments of those stories would stay with her long after she had closed the books.

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This story is an entry for ONC (Open Novella Contest)