100 - 16 September to 22 September 2007

16 September - Happily Ever After

‘So,’ said Prince Liam.

‘Yes?’ said the Princess.

‘Er.’ He suddenly felt very warm. ‘Your tower is very…clean.’

The Princess lifted her lukewarm tea to her lips, but failed to stifle her disappointed sigh. ‘Oh.’ She spoke into the rim of her china teacup. ‘Thank you.’

Unfortunately, their’s wasn’t really a fairytale relationship. The Prince had been assured finding his true love was as simple as rescuing her.

‘Well. I’d best be off.’

They stood together and he moved to the window. He took a fistful of her tower-long hair.

‘Same time tomorrow, then?’

The Princess’ silence wasn’t particularly encouraging.

I like fantasy, and I like comedy. I know I am good at the former, but I’ve always thought that I was pretty hopeless at the latter. I was very pleased with how this turned out, though.

If you want to know something kind of interesting, this was originally a bit about a princess waiting for a prince that would never come. If I had more space it would have been really bittersweet, but condensing it in to such a small place made it seem really melodramatic. Pity. Maybe next time.