Sooooo! Yesterday was the end of my story contest! And I have a first place and a second place winner! It was extremely hard to decide, all the entries were AWESOME!
And the first place winner is.....
Brittney Ann!
Here is Brittney's awesome story:
The MoonAcre Remorse
Two Thousand years ago in the land of MoonAcre there
lived a princess named LeeAnn. Her father owned a land of slaves, and LeeAnn
wanted to free them. She knew the way her father treated them was wrong. She
decided she would sneak up to the caves where the slaves were locked up,and free
them. She snuck up to the side of the cave with her friend Mellissa. The plan
was that Mellissa was to go to the mountains and distract the guards, while
LeeAnn would open the iron gate and set the slaves free.
While Mellissa
made the distraction all the guards left, or so LeeAnn thought. While LeeAnn was
opening the gate for the slaves, she heard a trumpet- a warning trumpet! She
hurried up and opened the gate, and the slaves fled. Then LeeAnn tried to creep
out, but she was too late! One of the guards grabbed her, and called for her
father.
Her father’s wrath poured out, and he told one of his men to take
LeeAnn to the dungeon and not give her food nor water for four days! LeeAnn
almost died on the third day, but her father changed his mind.
He said,
“I will not let you die so soon, for all my slaves have been lost just because
you felt sorry for them! Since you have done this, I dearly hope someone will
feel sorry for you for I have sold you into slavery!”
LeeAnn begged her
father to change his heart, but he refused. She promised herself that she would
come back to MoonAcre free. LeeAnn lived for seven years as a slave. Then one
day as she was serving her master’s dinner. She heard that some slaves where
being returned to MoonAcre. LeeAnn made sure that she was one of them. On the
way to MoonAcre LeeAnn made a friend with a girl named Kassie.
LeeAnn
told her what happened to her, and Kassie agreed to help her make things right.
While the slaves where being presented to the king, he did not recognize LeeAnn,
but she knew him. She was filled with anger so she slipped out of the group into
a dark corner in the palace.
The next day LeeAnn went into town to see
her old friend Mellissa. She soon found out that the king had sentenced her to
death after LeeAnn had left. LeeAnn was filled with rage! She went out and
bought a dagger and ran into the palace, where she found the king on his
throne.
When he saw her, he did not recognize her, and he said, “ What
right do you have to walk into my chambers without permission?”
“ I have
the right as your daughter,” replied LeeAnn.
“ My daughter is dead. She
would never have survived seven years of slavery. Did you know her? Did she send
you?”
“ My father, you do not recognize me? I am your flesh and blood! I
have spent fifteen years with you and you do not think I am your daughter?”,
LeeAnn asked.
When the king saw it was her, his long lost daughter, he
could barely believe it was her! “Oh, LeeAnn kill me now for I have done a
horrible thing, I beg thee to forgive me!”
LeeAnn’s heart was grieved and
she bowed on her knees weeping. “I forgive thee father!”
It was known
throughout the kingdom that the princess had returned! Everyone rejoiced, there
was going to be a royal feast to celebrate the uniting.
As soon as
Mellissa’s father heard this he set out a plan to kill the people who had killed
his beloved daughter! On the day of the feast he sneaked into the royal kitchen,
and poisoned their cups.
The royal drink tester, examined the cups but
did not know it was poisoned, because it could not be triggered unless their
lips touched the cups!
As father and daughter took a sip, the poison
attacked making them not able to breath!
As the king was dying he said
to his daughter, “ I love thee, I am truly regretful of my
actions!!
Afterward
LeeAnn had freed Kassy before her death, and
she became the next queen.
And the second place winner is Storyteller! She had an awesome story also, so I decided to put it up here also.
Here is Storyteller's awesome story:
"Where are ye, stable girl? Girl!" the rough voice was all-too familiar to
me.
"I'm over here!" I yelled, putting down my pitchfork and wiping my
hands on my rough woolen surcoat that hung loosely over my gown.
In
strode the rather large, gross man that I knew as my employer. A rough leather
jerkin covered his tunic, covered in stains of all kinds that I didn't even try
to imagine what they were.
"There's someone 'ere to see ya," he admitted,
glaring at me.
He pointed towards the door, where a man dressed in a gray
robe and carrying a large wooden staff was waiting. He wore a cloak's hood over
his head, covering his features. But I could tell by his old and gnarled hands
that he was elderly.
"Sir?" I queried, coming to stand before him with my
hands clasped behind my back.
"Are you Carolyn Maybro?" he demanded,
looking me up and down.
"Yes," I answered. "And who are
you?"
"There is much urgency," he started. "You must set off at once for
the castle."
"And why is that?" I demanded.
At just that moment
bugles sounded off and the royal carriage pulled out in front of my master's
livery stable. Surprised, I watched as the door swung open and man that I knew
as the king strode out. He looked around, and then he stopped when he saw
me.
"Can it be...?" He whispered, running forward and falling on his
knees before me.
"Umm...." I started.
The old man sighed. "I guess
you would've found out who you were sooner or later."
"Who am I?" I
demanded.
"Princess Carolyn of the kingdom of Sariwyn," explained the
king. Tears pricked his eyes. "My daughter."
I took a step backwards.
"Your daughter? Sir, are you being quite absurd? Is this some kind of sick joke
that you're playing on me?"
"No, he's not," answered the old man. "Let me
introduce myself. I am the wizard Nevery. I am the king's wizard, and I helped
him locate you." He glared at the king. "And I WAS going to break it slowly to
you."
"Come," urged the king. "You must come to the castle with me at
once."
"Wait!" I pulled my arm away. I looked at the men, whose faces
showed surprise. "What if I don't want to come with you? What if I don't want to
be a princess? What if I don't want to rule the kingdom?"
"Do you?" asked
Nevery.
I froze. I couldn't lie. "Yes."
The king smiled. I went
with him in his fine carriages to the castle. The thrust into the life of luxury
was very unknown to me.
Epilogue--
Queen Carolyn was beloved by all
her peoples for all of her days. She made a big reach out to the poor people,
among whom she used to be. She became the most loved and memorable ruler of all
of the kingdom of Sariwyn. She died peacefully at the age of 120.
You guys both had AWESOME stories! Thanks for entering!
