You are a Princess

[IsabellaRose]

The soldier in plate armor looks you up and down and sneers. "Your father is dead, Princess. House Valoryn has fallen. There's nowhere for you to run."

Princess? You're an archaeology student, not a princess. What would make him think...? 

You look down at yourself for the first time since waking. You're wearing a gown of crimson silk that shimmers in the light coming in through the broken window. The bodice is intricately embroidered with gold filigree depicted cascading vines and blooming flowers, the neckline an elegant sweetheart curve, and you can see your more than ample breasts fill it out quite nicely. The sleeves are long and flowing, the long skirt billows outward in layers of gossamer and brocade. A faint trail follows you as you move. At your tiny waist, a sash is tied into an elegant bow, its ends cascading down the gown’s length, shimmering with iridescence.

You are shocked at how you look. You can only conclude that you're not in your own body. Somehow, when you fell into those ruins, you must have fallen into another world. Perhaps this is the version of you that exists in this world. Perhaps you somehow occupied the body of some poor princess on the worst day of her life. More likely, this is a hallucination or some dream conjured by your mind as you lay injured and unconscious in the ruins in Morocco.

Whatever the case, this soldier moves toward you with ill intent. Does he intend to capture you? Rape you? Kill you? You have no idea what he plans, but you can tell by the look in his eyes that his intentions are not good. You take a hesitant step back, trying to give yourself time to think. It makes him laugh.

"You can't escape," he says with grim certainty. "Where would you go? We have the castle. Your father lies dead behind you. Your knights are dead or fleeing. The day is ours, your highness." He says the last bit with a mocking sneer. 

 

• If you try to pick up the fallen sword and fight, click here.
• If you turn and run, hoping to find an escape route, click here.
• If you try to reason with him, click here.
• If you're certain that this is all a fantasy conjured up by your mind and he can't hurt you, click here. <link forthcoming>

 

Edited February 6 by IsabellaRose