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Well, maybe she wouldn't be so disproving if the deplorable thing hadn't tried jumping at her. She eyed it back with just as much suspicion as it did her, standing her full height even as she considered the knight's suggestion; he would be right that it wouldn't do to make an unpleasant...

Finding the kingdom hidden in the centre of the forest was easier said than done. Following behind the knight over fallen oaks and hooking branches, Lillian was curious as to how the knight even knew where they were going. It wasn't as if there were many distinct landmarks about that they could...

(Haha, that's alright. Actually, my laptop's broken as well - it won't charge - so things'll be a little unsteady for me too.) The little gnome always seemed to be rather disappointed and exasperated with her efforts. Lillian tried to keep up with the other gnomes' pace but they were actually...

Lillian spent the majority of the evening trying to observe the gnomes and their behaviours. She realised the illustrations in the books never really did capture the real thing, be it the gnomes, the creature in the bog, nor - Lillian shuddered to recall - the mangled gorgons they'd encountered...

Lillian stepped back to look up at the knight, noticing the dark blots lining underneath knight's eyes and the slight telltale slouch of his shoulders underneath his armour. Despite the food and the brief rest, he still looked worse for wear. Lillian loathed to wonder if she looked just as...

Blinking, Lillian merely gave a subtle tilt of her head. She didn't think that the knight would act... almost submissively, however minute the signs. The image and his tone of voice didn't seem to quite fit with the often callous knight. Of course, he did most everything she asked but always...

Lillian's head jerked up from the page she was on. Her brows furrowed in offense and she bit her lips together so as to not reply discourteously. Did he really think she was so incompetent that she wouldn't know how to act in front of a King? If anything, she should be the one asking him...

She turned away when the knight started inhaling his stew while sat on the ground, finding no need to further aggravate her stomach and looked at her own plate so bluntly put in front of her. It didn't look all that appetising but then she'd reminded herself that beggars couldn't be choosers and...

Till she was ready... That was something to think about. Lillian didn't think she'd ever be ready. It was such a grand task that was asked of her - certainly none that any self-respecting lady her age should be expected to undertake - and she was so sparsely prepared. Lillian supposed this was...

When the knight returned, he had a dead fish in hand with its head completely smashed and covered in blood. The sight alone made the painful sensation in her stomach recede and fester into nausea; but then the smell hit her and Lillian dropped the book she'd been reading on a nearby table in...

Lillian looked up from her musings when the knight arrived with some food. She hadn't thought about breakfast. "Gardener?" She asked curiously, she'd been under the impression that they were the only ones at the cottage. "Yeah there's some little folk around here. That garden outside didn't...

That night, sleep was a warm sanctuary. A comfortable, dreamless haze that curtained her consciousness away from reality and let her finally relax. Even when sunlight slipped through the gaps in the threadbare cloths covering the patterned windows, Lillian found herself disinclined to move from...

* It was a wonder how Lillian was able to restrain herself from all but collapsing on the bed she'd found in the cottage. When they'd finally caught sight of it, all the fatigue from having to live like a savage flooded her aching legs and stiff back, and she'd found the last few metres so much...

Lillian took the mirror with a shaky exhale. She'd watched the knight drop it on her trek up, and things didn't seem to be going well for a while that she'd debated picking the smart option and to flee like he'd instructed. Of course, she couldn't, and instead watched the battle safely behind...

(It's perfectly fine, I know how busy being a full-time student can be. Take as much time as you need and good luck on the papers.) Despite the trees clearing slightly in the open space, things didn't get any brighter. Like even the sun felt the rising fear coiling itself in her insides and had...

Anna Pouf sleepily yawned in her swivel chair, typing in the last few slides on her powerpoint with quick taps. Today was the last day of her first week as Bluefort Primary's new teacher, and she'd forgotten how exhausting the schedule and dealing with a class full of 8 year-olds was. Not that...

As the knight pulled her away and along the path, the distressing tugging died down, and when the repugnant smell seemed at its worst and Lillian could feel her eyes watering at the intensity, they completely ceased. She hesitated to speak, lest the horrid air enter her mouth and she tried to...

His more cordial behaviour was a sudden surprise, after all his grumbling and attitude, she wasn't sure he was capable of it. But it was welcome after all the ill will. She returned the nod and they set off. * After a tiring while of walking - she'd had to discretely slow down because of her...

Lillian wrapped her arms around herself with a heavy sigh. She had to remember that this was only the second day after everything happened. The unburdened, comfortable life in the castle seemed so long ago and so many things had happened since that she'd lost her reserves and let her emotions...

Her night was unsettling. Sleep came to her easily enough, with all the day's and yesterday's events taking its toll, and she felt the spread of emotions follow her insistently even in her dreams. A terrifying darkness all around her, haunting visions of her mother, then her father and even the...