Lucid
Planetoid
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2014
Hilda rode her horse back to the castle from her adventure in town. Those who saw her bowed their heads respectfully. She politely waved back, still feeling odd that people treated her with such respect, despite her headship as queen. Perhaps it was due to being given her powerful position instead of being born into it that made it so awkward.
She had left the castle in the first place to visit the church. It wasn't because she was a religious person, but to pray for the peace of her countless fallen comrades. She wasn't always a queen, rather, she was forced into battling for her kingdom's sake while she was still a child. For most of her life, she was nothing but another unfortunate warrior, bound to die like the majority of her country. What made her different is that she didn't die. Due to her naturally strong build, constant training, and luck, she had survived the entirety of the devastating war, going as far as being everyone's leader in the end.
After she secured her horse in the stable, she went up to her room. She looked at herself in the mirror, examining the lilies she had put in her hair while she was out. Despite being a queen, no one wished to reign as her king. Most of her kingdom was filled with people younger than her due to the massive casualties of the war. They saw her more as a mother figure than marriage material. Rumors of her great strength spread well outside the kingdom, but the tales were exaggerated. They made her out to be some burly monster rather than a strong leader. No one outside of the kingdom had an interest in her.
She resigned herself to the fact that it was highly unlikely anyone would be her partner in life. But for some reason, she kept forcing herself to be feminine, like decorating her hair with flowers and wearing dresses. It didn't suit her, it wasn't comfortable, but she kept doing it in hopes that someone would notice her.
Not wanting to look at herself any longer, she flopped onto her large bed. Hilda was happy that her kingdom was at peace, she really was. It was a huge step up from fighting for your life everyday. Yet for some reason she continued to feel unsatisfied.
She had left the castle in the first place to visit the church. It wasn't because she was a religious person, but to pray for the peace of her countless fallen comrades. She wasn't always a queen, rather, she was forced into battling for her kingdom's sake while she was still a child. For most of her life, she was nothing but another unfortunate warrior, bound to die like the majority of her country. What made her different is that she didn't die. Due to her naturally strong build, constant training, and luck, she had survived the entirety of the devastating war, going as far as being everyone's leader in the end.
After she secured her horse in the stable, she went up to her room. She looked at herself in the mirror, examining the lilies she had put in her hair while she was out. Despite being a queen, no one wished to reign as her king. Most of her kingdom was filled with people younger than her due to the massive casualties of the war. They saw her more as a mother figure than marriage material. Rumors of her great strength spread well outside the kingdom, but the tales were exaggerated. They made her out to be some burly monster rather than a strong leader. No one outside of the kingdom had an interest in her.
She resigned herself to the fact that it was highly unlikely anyone would be her partner in life. But for some reason, she kept forcing herself to be feminine, like decorating her hair with flowers and wearing dresses. It didn't suit her, it wasn't comfortable, but she kept doing it in hopes that someone would notice her.
Not wanting to look at herself any longer, she flopped onto her large bed. Hilda was happy that her kingdom was at peace, she really was. It was a huge step up from fighting for your life everyday. Yet for some reason she continued to feel unsatisfied.