“The Lover Who Dared”
By:Brimady Ramirez-Garcia
In an olden era there was a semi-barbaric king who was so powerful. This king had a daughter, that no one ever dared to love because of her father. Until one day a young man from the king’s workers rose to the challenge.The princess loved him and he loved her. She admired him because of his handsomeness and bravery. All of her inherited barbarism seemed sweet now. Their relationship continued on for many months without the king finding out.
Until one day, the king found out about their romance. Immediately the king sends the princess’s lover into jail and makes a date for when his trial in the arena will be held. The king sent out for the most beastly tiger and the most beautiful lady in the land. The days kept on passing and everyone second of the day and night, the princess thought of which door she was going to point her lover to.
Before the trial the princess did something that was forbidden in the arena. She found out in which door the lady was in and in which door the tiger was in. When she found out who the lady was, so much animosity began running through her. This lady was the most dainty and charming out all of the ladies. She hated her so much but not because of her looks but because she has seen her talk to her lover and admire him.
Due to these looks and talks between the lady behind the door and the princess’s lover, the princess had to rethink over her decision on which door to send her boyfriend to. Even though she didn’t have much time to think she had a final choice.
The princess’s lover walked into the arena tall, handsome, and fair. When you were in the arena the tradition was to bow to the king but he didn’t do that. He just stood there having his eyes meet the princess’s. All eyes were on him and yet he still asked the princess to which door he should go. No one heard or saw only her.
The princess thought to herself,
“I love him but it’s for his own good. I will regret this but atleast it’s better than seeing him die in front of me.”
The princess moved her hand to door on the right. She saw him moving slowly with his hand out in front of him, ready to open the door.
While walking the princess’s lover whispers to himself
“I don’t know if I should put my fate in her hands. What if she thinks that my heart belongs to someone else, besides her. Trust is what our relationship is based on.”
He touches the door with his fingertips and yells
“I do trust her!”
To his surprise he opens the door with the lady. While hugging the lady behind the door he glances at the princess giving her a small smile.
The princess is smiling and pretending to be happy on the outside but on the inside she is furious. She leans over to her father and whispers in his ear
“Am I allowed to release the tiger?”
The king gives her a small smirk and nods his head. The princess has a plan. She didn’t want her lover to know that she was the one who let the tiger out. The princess calls over one of the guards and tell him her plan. He looks at the king for confirmation then walks away. In just a few seconds the guard released the tiger, making it seem like it was all an accident. The princess looked away but she knew what was happening.
The tiger was eating off limbs and chasing the lady. Blood was splashing everywhere. At the end there was nothing left of them, unfortunately since the priest was in the arena at the time he and his colleagues had to go too. The audience just saw globs of blood dripping out of the tiger’s teeth.
After the bloody surprise everyone left, and the king and princess just went back to their castle. For the rest of the princess’s life she always acted normal around guests, but when she went back to her room she would pretend to talk to her lover. Eventually the princess became insane because she thought her lover was still alive.The king had to make a hard choice but he eventually thought that it would be better for her to be locked up in the dungeon.
