This is my first story...so comments please! ^_^

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Prologue:

The young girl argues violently with her parents. At the age of 16, she was courted by many young lords, each eager for her hand in marriage. One after another, they were rejected. Still, more suitors came, each wanting the gorgeous young woman.
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Her porcelain cheeks were now flushed, arguing with her parents.

"Why Mother? Why must I marry him? I don't even know him!" the princess cried.

"Just do as you're told, darling." Her mother spoke softly. "It is for the best. Don't anger your father now. We are doing this because we want the best for you."

"No!" she screamed. She started sobbing and turned away, "Why? Why must you do this to me?!? All I wanted was to live a normal life, be happy. You don't love me at all! Why can't you see that I just want to be in charge of my own life for once! I HATE YOU!" She turned back to face her father as she shouted those last words.

SLAP! The hand came down, fast and strong, whipping like a snake. The girl looked up, shocked, her hand covering her left cheek.

"You will not talk to your father that way!" He bellowed. "Apologize this instant. I will not have my daughter behaving like this. You will be proper!"

The girl's eyes widened. She immediately looked away. Never in her life had her parents laid a hand on her. Yet, over this silly thing, her father slapped her. Her hair, dark, luscious, black, and glossy, whipped around as she turned back to him.

"NO! I will never apologize. All these years, I've been forced to do what you wanted me to. Now, I'm old enough to think and speak for my self-"

SLAP! Again, the hand struck, full in her pretty porcelain face. Tears streamed from her violet eyes. Her left cheek was now red from her father.

"Stop!" Her mother shrieked. "Don't hurt her! She's your precious daughter, can you not see!" Her mother started crying, pulling on her husband's arm.

"Let go! I need to teach her a lesson. She needs to learn to be obedient. Look at her. She's an animal! What man would desire her! She must be obedient. She must learn to obey her husband and the many men before her!" He thundered, wrenching his hand from his wife.

"No!" She threw herself in front of her daughter. Teary-eyed and still sobbing, she dropped to her knees in front of her husband.

"Let her go, do as you wish to me. Please, she's your only daughter, don't hurt her!" Turning, she whispered to her daughter.

"Run! Run as far as you can. Don't turn back. Your father will kill you. You've angered him enough."

As much as the queen loved her husband and wanted her daughter to be obedient, she couldn't bear to see her own child be hurt by her father's rage and anger.

Turning, the princess fled to the door, slipping outside into the cold and dark night...

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That's the end of the prologue! Comment for updates! =)

Start: October 23, 2008
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