30 years…. 30 long years, I’ve waited helplessly in this tower for a so called “Prince” in shining armor to rescue me from my involuntary solitude. I have no clue of how or why I was put in this tower, I was here for all I could remember. I’ve grown tired of being the damsel in distress… I’ve accepted that no prince will save me, I’ve long accepted years ago that no one would come to rescue me from this 40 foot tower… IT IS TIME I TOOK MATTERS INTO MY OWN HANDS AND SAVED MYSELF! I start thinking about how I would go on about this. The window is an option, but how would I drop out a 40 foot tower without plummeting to my death? If I could find something to use as a rope perhaps…. No no no that wouldn’t work otherwise I would have long escaped. I could just journey to the entrance of the tower, however whoever put me here has tasked a dragonkin (a human/dragon hybrid) with guarding me, ensuring no one who couldn’t best it would be able to rescue me. Hmmm… it’s risky but that seems to be my best course of action, I may fail, but I’d rather die then be in this tower for much longer. Plus due to boredom I have taught myself many things, including how to fight, though I’ve never been in one so I wasn’t exactly confident. Still It’s decided, I change into some pants and a shirt, as it’s easier to move this way then my normal dress and I traverse the tower, barely avoiding traps and obstacles alike. As I reach the exit, there he is, the almighty dragonkin, who from what I can tell, looks about the same age as me. How long has he been guarding the temple entrance and why? Who gave him this task? He notices me almost immediately, and in the blink of an eye he is right in front of me. “What do you think your doing princess?” He remarks. I quickly jump back to gain distance. He looks at me sternly before he imperatively says “Go back.” I just look at him, “go back?…Go back?” I say quietly. It was there where a rage starts seeming through my body, I think of how many years I’ve been locked in that tower, how much experiences I’ve missed, how much relationships, opportunities, fun… all of it ruined by him and whoever trapped me here. I roar at him, “GO BACK, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT… GO BACK?! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?! AND WHAT DOES ME BEING IN THAT DAMN TOWER, SUFFERING FOR MY WHOLE LIFE DO FOR YOU HUH?! DOES IT BENEFIT YOU SOMEHOW YOU PIECE OF SH*T?! HUH?!” The dragon kin looks at me and with a slight chuckle and tells me, “that is no way for a princess to speak.” That right there… that’s what really pissed me off. I simply respond by putting up my hands, entering the stance I’ve taught myself for years readying to fight. He looks at me, not taking me seriously “are you serious?” he remarks. I just look at him, ready to fight. He looks at me, draws his sword, and stabs it into the ground, putting his own guard up. He then motions me to “come at him” with his hand. He’s taking me lightly, this pisses me off more and I charge at him. I throw a swift jab but he easily dodges, I then unleash a flurry of punches in which he effortlessly deflects with one hand. I jump back to gain my breath. “Are you sure your a princess? Those were some nice movements” his condescending tone again pissed me off and again I charged at him. I let off a right roundhouse kick in which he blocks, I then turn my body to quickly respond with another kick, which he again blocks. I release of flurry of kicks and punch’s but none can land and I’m out of breath, he hasn’t even attacked once, he’s toying with me. “This is no good princess, it seems to me like you’ll be back in that tower in no time.” He says confidently. I’m beyond pissed now, I ready for another round of attacks before I say “I’d rather die.” Truth be told I only have so much stamina left, as I’ve been helplessly attacking for 5-7 minutes now. I ready my last remaining strength and charge at the dragonkin once more, I have one more punch in me, I channel all my strength and anger into my fist. I ponder on what I’ve been through with these 30 years in this tower, the loneliness, boredom, and the constant wish of being free to explore life outside of the tower…. “I can’t lose, I mustn’t.” I desperately think to myself. With these burning feelings at hand, I feel a strange sense of burning strength welling up in my body and specifically in my fist, as I’m charging at the dragonkin I notice him give off a sort of shocked/astonished look, “magic…” he says to him self, before I throw this punch, full of all my feelings and energy. He blocks the punch, but it looks as if he is struggling, my punch is finally pushing him back! I let out one more cry and give the punch everything I’ve got and it sends the dragonkin flying into the wall behind him. I pump my fist in what looks like my victory, “finally I’m free”, i think to myself. I fall on my butt as Ive expended my strength and I’m exhausted. I begin to laugh in my newfound freedom until I look and notice something….. THE DRAGONKIN IS STILL CONSIOUS AND UNFAZED! “Seriously?!” I plead in despair, I’m exhausted I can’t even get up right now. The Dragonkin is just smiling as if he’s proud of something, then in a flash he’s gone before my eyes, I look around before I notice him behind me, but by then, i feel a pain in my neck, and I black out. I wake up to see the dragonkin’s back, as he is leisurely sitting. He notices I’m awake and approaches me. I jolt up and put up my guard. The demon kin quickly kneels in front of me, and tells me softly “That was mighty incredible princess.” “To think you had the ability to use magic.” I look at him dumbfounded, “Weren’t we trying to kill each other? And magic? What’s going on here?” I say confused and suspiciously. The dragonkin, still kneeling says, “I would never try to actually harm you dear princess” I look at him, a slight vein popping out in my head before I sharply remark, “Then why the hell are you trying to keep me in this Sh*t hole?” The dragonkin gets up and walks towards the entrance, motioning for me to follow him, “I guess it’s time I told you everything princess…” I get up to follow him, still a little tired, I walk up next to him when he starts talking: “In these lands, there are three major kingdoms, one of which belongs to your father, who put you here, and tasked me with guarding this tower.” “WHATTTTTT?!” I scream, “MY OWN STINKING DAD PUT ME HERE, I WAS THINKING THIS WHOLE TIME IT WAS SOME EVIL GUY OR SONETHING AND TURNS OUT IT WAS MY OWN DAD!” “Please don’t misinterpret my lord’s intentions, he did this all out of love for you… to protect you.” The dragonkin assured. This angers me, “Love? WHAT TYPE OF LOVING FATHER WOULD SUBJECT HIS OWN DAUGHTER TO THIS, THAT ISN’T LOVE!” The dragonkin one again trying to be assuring, “ I will agree my lord could have gone about it in a different manner, but still he did it to protect you.” “You see the other two lords have been in a war among each other for years now, while your father stayed neutral. They always tried to bring him to there side but your father disliked war. However one of the lords didn’t like this, and in hopes of making him join the war he killed your mother shortly after your birth.” This revolution came to a shock, but the dragonkin kept going, “That’s when my lord, your father, snapped and joined the war, he then decided to lock you up in this tower to keep you safe out of fear his enemies would find out about you, and tasked me with keeping you safe.” I was frozen by such shocking information… the dragonkin then added, “however now with your potential I see no reason why you can’t return home…” I looked at the demonkin with a hopeful look, “really.” I said in glee. The dragonkin smiles, “I can guarantee my lord misses you dearly.” I smile happily, but my smile soon fades, “honestly I do want to see my father… but not in the way you’d think.” I say quietly to the dragon king. “What do you mean” he responds. “If I see him again…” “I’M GONNA GIVE HIM A PIECE OF MY MIND, WHO THE HELL TOLD HIM IT’D BE A GOOD IDEA TO LOCK HIS BABY DAUGHTER IN A TOWER!” I say with a fiery look. The dragonkin looks puzzled, but then laugh and says, “I guess we have to go tell him then… don’t we?” I look at the dragon king with a smile, then look at the horizon beyond the double tower doors, “Yeah… let’s go have a talk with my old man.”