Beauty Lies Within
By: Kara
Once upon a time in the small town of Grimshaw, there lived a
beautiful princess. Now this princess did not possess the most
striking good looks, but rather she was of great intelligence and
character.
Her father, King Bob, thought of his daughter as merely a
possession and sold her into marriage the day she born. Bridget was an
ugly baby in his eyes and he figured he should sell her to make sure
she was taken care of. The princess, Bridget, was promised to Prince
Kevin from birth and was to marry him on her eighteenth birthday.
Bridget, now seventeen, was not looking forward to her pre-arranged
marriage. She felt she did not love this boy, whom she had never even
met, and despised her father for being so cruel. She believed her
father to be extremely old-fashioned and she, a modern woman, was not
about to put up with this.
It came to be that Bridget's birthday was soon approaching. One
day, Bridget, out in the garden sobbing, was discovered by a young
boy about her age. This stranger, much like Bridget was not strikingly
handsome, but by contrast did not seem to be the richest young chap by
the appearance of his clothes. He confronted her, listened to her
problems, and talked to her for hours.
Bridget found herself falling in love with this nameless stranger.
If only he was the one she could marry, she thought. Bridget went back
inside her house, but only after promising to meet the boy the very
next day, same time, same place.
Bridget pondered approaching her mother, Queen Rita, with her
excitement of a new found love, but rejected that idea. Her mother,
much like her father, did not truly understand her and looked down
upon her for not being beautiful on the outside.
Bridget continued to meet the unknown boy every day for a month.
Bridget was deeply in love with him, and she was sure that he felt
the same way. Finally, it was the day before Bridget's eighteenth
birthday. Her mysterious love met her in the garden yet again, but
this time Bridget could not control her emotions.
"Oh, what should I do? Please find me a way out of this terrible fate!"
Bridget cried.
"My dearest Bridget, I fear that a poor boy like me can do you no
good. Marry this prince and forget about me."
"But him, I do not love, and you I love with all my heart. Save me
from my destiny" Bridget sobbed.
"I'm sorry, I can't. But some day, if only in heaven, I promise we
will be together." And with that, the boy disappeared into the night.
Bridget, overcome with sadness, returned home to sleep, only to look
forward to awaking in the morning to face her nightmare. Just before
retiring to sleep, Bridget cried into the night from her window.
"Oh fool, I care nothing of money. Love is all I need and I would
rather marry anyone than some stupid rich prince!"
Bridget awoke the next morning, and pleaded with her mother and
father to release her from her misery, with no results. She dressed
herself in her wedding gown and fled to the garden to enjoy her last
few moments of solidarity. The day passed beneath her, and the night
was soon approaching. Bridget's time was running out. Suddenly, a
voice interrupted her thoughts.
"We meet again." Bridget, startled, looked up only to find her love,
dressed like a prince on his wedding day, staring down at her.
Awestruck, Bridget whispered,
"You?" The boy smiled,
"Oops, I guess it's bad luck to see the bride before the wedding."
"Kevin, it's you? All along it's been you?"
"Yes my love. Come on, let's escape into the night and leave behind
your controlling parents. My parents have made it possible for us to
be together in my palace" Kevin said. Bridget was so ecstatic to get
away from her so-called parents who had never looked past her
appearance to see how beautiful she was inside.
And so, Kevin and Bridget fled from Bridget's hellish property,
never to look back. They now live in the palace of Kevin's family,
where worth is judged by neither looks nor wealth rather by who you
are on the inside.
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