username: naomi ! | name: alici | gender: female | confession response: 527 / 750 words alici and osiyah had been friends for the longest of times. no matter what sort of princess or knightly duty arose,
they stood faithfully side by side, and being a princess knight was hard work. it was early may, or perhaps late ap
ril, when the biggest problem occurred. it was one that they had both seen coming from miles away but never w
anted to discuss. what was this problem, you ask?
it was love.
they both felt it strongly, and they could tell that the other felt it too, but neither of them wanted to bring up the
problem, for you see, it was a princess' duty to marry the firstborn son of the neighboring kingdom. customary. exp
ected. normal. but a princess wanting to marry a peasant, let alone a girl, was unprecedented. unheard of. absurd.
alici had tried to bring up the subject a few times to the king and queen, asking them "mother, have you ever seen
two maidens wed?" or "father, have two knights ever came together?". her questions always ended in a scolding, be
ing told that princesses should never think of such a thing and that it was incredibly unladylike. nevertheless, when
osiyah finally decided that it was time to show how she felt, alici couldn't help but sob tears of joy.
"alici..." her friend sighed as they rested outside of the castle, the warm breeze ruffling their hair. "i can't hold it in
any longer. i know it, you know it, and chances are your parents know it, too. there's no reason for us to-"
"osiyah," alici interrupted. she layed her hand over osiyah's, and stared into her sunken, tired eyes. "you know they
won't approve. it's better not to get our hopes up."
osiyah stood, angered by alici's fear. though she shared this fear, there was no way they were going to get anywhere
if they just sat and let their lives pass before them. "i love you, alici. i love you more than i've loved anyone, ever. p
lease, there has to be something. something we can do. i'll storm into that castle and tell their majesties myself! you
don't have to do any of the talking, i'll handle everything!" she unsheathed her sword, pointing it at the castle doors a
s if she was pinning the king to the wall. "love is love, and love is love. surely, they have to understand."
"but- i-" alici was about to speak against it, knowing that it could only end terribly. her parents had made it clear to h
er that there was no way they were going to let a princess love another girl. but then, something extraordinary happe
ned.
"osiyah, i couldn't agree with you more," a gentle voice interrupted. the two turned to see who it was, and were shock
ed to see alici's parents standing in front of them. alici stood, nervously walking up to the couple. "i- i can explain..!"
"there's no explaining to do; if you two love each other, there's no reason for us to stop you. we would never prevent
such a beautiful thing," the king reassured his daughter. "you two will make the most beautiful queens."