The Forgotten Princess
It's not easy being a middle child specially when you're the middle child of 7, and even hard when your family royalty. But this was the fate of Arabella Tornwall. She was not unremarkable in any way but when surrounded by 6 other remarkable people she blended in to the background, For she did not have the sword skill of her oldest brother, but she could wield a sword well enough, she did not have the beauty or charm of her older twin sisters, but she was beautiful enough, she was not as skill as her younger brother was at magic, but she could still hold her own, she cared for people in need but not as much as her younger sister and her younger brother who captured the heart of her parents the way she never could.
So with this she became the princess that was good enough and then eventually forgot.
But this worked in her favor for this mean she did not have to attend the stuffy gathering host thought-out the week and her present was not missed, mean she had freedom in a way the other Princess and Princesses did not have.
This is where are story beings in year 987, in the far west of the place garden under a large oak tree, sit a Arabella petting a snow-white rabbit.
'I should head in' softly whispering to the rabbit as she has seen the sunset in the distance. Realizing the rabbit she slowly walks back to the castle and in the main dinning hall where her family gather each night. Making her way to the dining hall she takes in the picture of there family from generation to generation till she arrives at hers family portrait, there her whole family stands clear as day but she blends in to the background once again with her stand to the far right of the portrait hid in her family's shadow.
Not wanting to look at the portrait no more she continues to the dinning room, when arriving at the large door she can already hear them eating and chat yet again starting without as she looked to the clock that down the hall she that dinner was not supposed to start for another 10 min. Standing there try to gather her courage to enter the hall and finally confront them on forgetting her once again she pushes the door open and like normal no looks her way.
' You start without me again' Try to get her voices heard she repeats her self, yet again they do not lance at her, it almost like she is invisible to them. With a defeated sigh she takes her seat at the end of the table.
She finishes her plate before the rest and the takes her leave without saying a single word.
As she makes her way back up to her room she silently wishes that for once they saw her or even take note that she was there. When she reaches the west tower, she began to sob, with know the fact that no one else came to this part of the castle for only here room was located here the rest of her family's was in the east wing of the place. A few years ago the place went under restoration, and she had to move to the west tower while this was happening but the yet again forgot and never moved her back. After climbed the stairs she finally reaches her room, swinging open the door she takes it in, her large bed to left by her window her bathroom and wardrobe door on the right next to her desk and bookshelf and in the middle of the room sat two sofas and a coffee table in case someone came to visit which they never did. But there was something off about the room, the first thing was the snow-white rabbit she was petting earlier was now sat on her bed, the strange rabbit had been appearing in her room every night for the past two months at first she curious how it got there but now she just lad for the company.
The second thing however brought all her tears run back to her face, For her gaze landing on two presents rapped in white and tie with a red bow. As she walked up to the presents a card was place in front of them that read,
...'Happy 18th birthday Arabella'...
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