Fan Fiction by Bella

    ONE “Desponie,” My mother, Queen Iris’s gentle voice with an Irish accent, cut into my lesson of “How to Deal with an Unruly Peasant”. “Your Father would like to speak with you,” she says. I let out a sigh of exasperation as I tug on my red Dutch braid. I always insist that my hair be braided because it will be out of my face. “Oh, great,” I groan softly, but I know my mother heard me. She has ears like a bat. Lately, my father has been wanting to have “conversations” (really, they are more like squabbles,) on how I should be more mannered, pretty, punctual, poised, and responsible. And that all of those things can be taught to me at that fancy etiquette school he keeps reminding me about. I don’t want to go. I would rather stay here or better yet, learn swords and shields. My mother laughed.    “I’m sure it won’t be that bad,” she says, trying to put a positive spin on the squabbles, as she always does. I shrug, stand up, and start walking with her to th...

  The Princess in Shining Armor by Bella Simmons Once upon a time, as most stories begin, came a new story. The story of a knight in shining armor and a fair, beautiful princess. Now, before you get excited at the prospect of that beautiful, romantic tale that gets told time and time again, this is not your typical knight and princess story. In fact, it’s quite different. Now, this story does contain some of those traditional elements: a fair princess awaiting rescue, a knight in shining armor, a white horse, a mission to slay the dragon and save the princess. It’s a bit like that, yes, but haven’t you ever wondered if a princess might want to do more than that? That she might not be your average princess curtseying her way through life? Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with that traditional formula, but don’t you think that sometimes, there’s a rare princess who might want to be, a knight?