(An Original Flash Fiction By The Story Builder, Do Not Steal This Story Idea.)
I stared out the large window. My skin reflected against the glass as the rain poured outside. I was deep in thought when I felt a warm hand on my shoulder.
“Thinking about something?” Brandon asked.
“Just remembering what happened in April…” I said with a shudder.
“What happened in April?” Brandon joined me on the sofa.
“Remember me having to go off to some sort of camp thingy?”
“How could I forget.”
“Anyway, so in April when I got there the weather was HORRID! It was freezing cold; we were by a lake.”
“Go on!” Brandon urged.
I played with my long auburn hair. “This camp was not an ordinary camp at all. When I got there, it was filled with prehistoric animals, even fantasy creatures! We were taught how to fight them and ride them and …”
“Wait go back, Prehistoric? Like DINOSAURS!”
“Yes, brother like dino’s, may I continue?”
Brandon hastily shook his head in agreement.
“So, one day they sent us out to these woods, forest thing, anyway, we had to fight a bunch of creatures, a T-rex, a giant scorpion, etcetera.”
“YOU FOUGHT A T-REX?”
“Not exactly, my camp friends helped, I guess… Anyway, so I found a Pegasus in the woods, it spoke to me in horse and said: ‘I am Pegasus. And you are my rider. Hop on we have a prince to save!’ I did what he asked. Don’t ask me why because I still have no idea!”
“Pegasus. Like THEE Pegasus?”
“No! Her name was just Pegasus. So, I nicknamed her Peggie of course!”
“I have never heard such and insulting nickname in my entire life!”
“Oh please, do you want to know what happens next or not?”
“Do go on!”
“So, we got to this high tower and guess who was stuck inside?”
“A princess of course!”
“No! It was Prince Charming himself! He needed my help to get free from his prison. It was being guarded by a Dragon!”
“This story seems fishy…”
“I am telling you it is real! Anyway, so I talked to the Dragon, turns out she was more than happy to let us save poor Prince Charm butt!”
Brandon started laughing. “Poor Prince Charm Butt?”
“You will soon understand why I call him that! So, we took him down and then he got on one knee and asked me to marry him.”
“But you’re fifteen!”
“That’s what I said! Anyway, he refused to take no for an answer. When I finally said I would think about it he practically lifted me up and carried me off. Saying ‘We shall be wedded in the morning, my knight in shining armer!’ I bit him, so he dropped me. I told him no and got back on Peggie.”
“What happened then?”
“Well, I flew far away. I went back to camp and continued with my Fantastical Creature training. A week later, Charm Butt was knocking on my cabin door. He said a bunch of nonsense about love at first sight and then grabbed my hand and stuffed a ring on my finger. I protested but that did nothing to change his mind Apparently once he put the ring on my finger, I was stuck with him for life!”
“EWWW!”
“I know! Then he took me to his castle and locked me up in a room. He said we would be wedded in the morning and that was that. I was silent through the whole ceremony until the Priest asked me if I do or don’t do, of course I said I don’t do!”
“And then?”
“The Priest had the nerve to pronounce us husband and complaining wife!”
“Oh my!” Brandon was laughing so hard he fell to the floor.
“When it was done Prince Charm Butt had the nerve to kiss me!”
“Way too many nerves were struck that day!” Brandon chuckled.
“Then Charm Butt lifted me in his arms and carried me to the castle, where I was told how I may and may not address my new husband.”
“Did you escape? Or play along?”
“Escape of course! I was not spending the rest of my life with that hideous thing!”
“So, how did you escape?”
“I climbed out the window, Peggie was waiting for me. We flew back home, and Peggie left me here while she dealt with Prince Charm Butt…”
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
“I’ll get it!” Brandon raced to the door. But it was opened by a young man of say seventeen. “Hunny, I’m home!”
