The king and queen rejoiced for now the princess was able to go back to her studies …
But she was not as she had been and found reading and studying much more difficult. She was well enough to learn to drive a carriage and after 3 attempts passed her test. Carriage instructors don’t give privileges to royalty. A year rolled by and the princess passed her immediate tests. But once again this infuriated Evil Wizard ME and he set out to increase the power of his spell.
The princess began to look to her future and her heart’s desire was to learn how to listen to people’s troubles and help them get better. She found a well regarded academy that would teach her and she and her parents went on a visit to inspect the facilities. When Evil Wizard ME heard about this visit he roared with fury and unleashed his new spell. The princess fell down in agony unable to leave her tower. Her tutors were upset for her and sent her papers she could read. She worked through the papers as she could until the final tests arrived. She was tired and in pain but she completed all the tests. Her parents were proud of her but she felt disappointed with her performance.
She began the long wait to hear about her results while planning for her life in the distant Red Dragon Academy. When the results finally arrived she realised she had not achieved what she needed to for the academy to accept her. Her mother the queen insisted she ring them and politely request a place because she was a special princess. The princess rang and there was a kindly professor who took pity on her and gave her a place in the Red Dragon Academy.
The princess was very excited to be starting her new studies. She had a new place to live with lots of other princesses. She had a special room and her very own pony so she could ride everywhere and not have to walk. She was given several servants to fetch and carry her books from the library, go to the market for food and do all her laundry and cleaning. Her most beloved servant would go to all her lessons and take notes for her so she could sit and listen. Though the princess was very excited the king and queen were sad that she would be living so far away. They wouldn’t be able to visit her since they couldn’t afford to take a 8 hour carriage ride round trip away from their kingdom. But they had a magic mirror they could use to talk to the princess every day.
At first the princess was very happy and excited exploring her new home. However the servants were very troublesome and often didn’t turn up for work. Evil Wizard ME bided his time looking for a new way to torture the princess. He found a new spell that turned her thoughts to mist that would drift out her ears. She would look at words on a page and not be able to understand what they meant. She would not be able to hold all the words in a sentence together in her mind to work out its meaning. All day while her servants toiled at her lessons she would sit by the magic mirror and match coloured jewels into groups of three. As the spell grew stronger the princess began to have terrible fears; she did not like to leave her room or to try to talk to anyone. Only once a day would she leave her room to eat in the dining hall with the other princesses. But because the other girls were busy with their studies no-one noticed she was hiding away.
When the end of the academy year rolled around the princess realised she had not completed any of the required scroll work and set out in two weeks to knock out the required work. When the exams came around the princess was granted a short reprieve from the wizard’s spells and was able to read all the notes her servants had made and remember them for the big tests. The princess was glad when she realised she had done very well on the tests and that she would be able to study the next year …
livingandstudyingwithME 