In a time and place where magic lives and breathes there is a family that has the power to harness magic and its many forms. Many families wish for this family’s power, intelligence, grace, wealth, and beauty.

This family is respected by all envied by all and loved by all. This family the royal family of the lands as powerful, graceful, intelligent, wealthy, and beautiful felt graceless around others.

For the magic offered to one of them a girl, who goes by the name Grace, the power to be anything and anyone living magical or not. She can be said to be seen by many in one of her many forms. We began the tale of Grace on one of her many trips out of the castle. Her mother and father and the many castle guards can never and could never caught her. For it is hard to catch someone that can be anyone and any living thing.

Flying in the air away from the castle the prison more like it for mother and father wish to keep me “safe”. Flying over the green fertile lands of my father’s kingdom and his father’s and the many father’s before him. I see someone a boy from a nearby farm.

His name Adrian has a lovely ring to it but I’ll never tell him that. I fly down to him this boy who his almost a man and a good friend. Seeing me flying toward him he shouts a question up at me “Grace is that you”. When I land I go back to my real form.  With white-blood hair that flashes silver on any light that catches it and with eyes flecked with silver and gold, some would that she has the appearance of all the magic in the world in onto only what she does and doesn’t do. But also in her appearance more so than all her family because magic has graced her with many things.

“It’s good to see you again Adrian”, I say to him with a smile.

“Looks like you needed some fresh air and lots of open space today”, Adrian says with a laugh. His laugh so joyous, gruff, and free makes my heart soar far higher than I have ever flown in any form that I’ve ever taken.

“You should know by now that I’m never really in the palace for long”, I said with mischief.  But before he could say anything a shout came from the direction of the palace.  I winced as I hear, “There she is, there’s the Princess Grace.”

“Sorry Adrian but I think I have to get out of here and quick”, I say with a sad smile.  “But I will come again.”

With that said I change into a different form and fly off toward the palace.  On the hills I see my father shouting something moments before I’m caught in a falling cage that just appeared out of nowhere right above me.  When I was down on the ground stuck in the cage a thing I hate the most.

“So we finally caught you Princess Grace,” Father says coming closer to the cages bars.  

With a flick of my tail I turn my back on him and see Adrian running toward us shouting something and waving his arms.I look around the cage and feel its magic.

It seems father has been very busy training to find a way to keep me at the palace or in human form.I know the spell was imperfect and changed shape and ran or flew in this case through the bars and toward Adrian. I land on his shoulders making him jump. I start laughing which came out chirp, chirp, chirp but still I was laughing and birds don’t laugh.

When he realizes this he relaxes and says, “Grace did you have to do that.” I just chirp at him and cuddle up closer.

“So this is what caught your attention Princess Grace,” Father says from behind.

Startled I let out a chirp and bury myself in Adrian’s neck.

“Grace,” Adrian whispers.

I fly off his shoulder and onto the ground and change back to human.  With a sigh I look at my father and said with a smile, “Meet you at the palace,” then I change form into a white dove and fly off toward my balcony in the palace. When I’m back to human form I hear “Where have you been Grace”.

“Out and about mother” I answer her.

“Where exactly is out and about” Mother demanded.

“Um…” I muttered looking away and she starts tapping her foot on the floor in the way she always does when she wants an answer immediately. I walk closer to the balcony edge and look toward Adrian’s farm house and see father and Adrian walking side by side with the “princess” hunting party fallowing right behind them as they talked.

By the look of the wild gesturing and body language father was excited about something and Adrian was nervous. What could they be talking about that has father so excited father is never excited.

“M…mother” I stuttered looking back at her.

“What is it this time” she asked bored.

“Fathers exsited about something” I said with worry. Hearing this she headed out of my rooms and to father.

They got close enough by then that I could hear father say “So you want to marry her, my wild child” and in answer Adrian says “Well yes she’s kind beautiful and so free”.

Hearing this I blushed and lost control of my form and changed form into a pure white dragon. I knocked my head on the cealing and started to see stars. I slumped down on the balcony and slid down to the ground landing with a thud before Adrian and father.

I see mother walking briskly toward us. I hear Adrian muttering “Beautiful graceful yet clumsy”. When he said that I blushed again but at least this time I did not change form at random or even change form at all.

I looked around and saw father looking shocked Adrian looking at me with a dreamy expression the guards looking scared and mother looking mighty angry.

I got up and changed form back to human and muttered “Magic and its tricks” as I walked past mother back to my rooms. I hear laughter behind me as I waked Adrian’s laughter.

I turned and yelled frantically “Adrian stop”. With a laugh in his voice he says “oh come on you’re a beautiful dragon”. When he says dragon I let out a startled gasp as I changed form into the dragon I was just moments before.

I went over to him looked into his eyes and blow a puff of smoke into his face. He moved his hands moving the smoke away from his face and said “your way more yourself as a human”. I was forced back into my human form way to fast as I started to faint. Adrian catches me as I fall.

“Never…ever…do…that…again” I say faintly. Adrian after hearing this gives a nervous laugh and buries his face in my hair.  

“Well, well, well” father says with glee and I hear his feet do a certain dance like footsteps.

“Oh no no no” I whisper.

“What is it Grace” Adrian whispers.

“Father’s dancing that is never a good thing” I whisper and add “well at least for me it’s not good”.

“How is it not good” Adrian whispers with worry.

“He’s found a way to keep me just the way I am” I whisper.

“How” Adrian asked loud enough to have everyone glance our way and back over their dancing king.

“You” I whisper.

“What” Adrian yells startled.

“What have you two been whispering about over there while holding each other” mother says. Adrian lets go of me and we look away from each other my cheeks burning.

“Nothing mother completely nothing” I say not even looking at her. Father who had stopped dancing says “Is this a boy girl thing or do you like each other”.

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I look over at Adrian to see him looking at me then I look at father and say “No”. Father jumps up and down saying “They like each other” over and over again.

I walked away with a sigh back to my rooms. Father if he got his way would marry me off by the end of this month maybe the end of this week to a man he knows that can keep me in any form for as long as he wants.

Marriage is like a chain linking you to one thing or another which in my case it’s the lock to my ever shrinking cage. I might live long and happy but not as happy and free as I could be if they let me be me.

When I get to my rooms I go into my favorite one. I go to my balcony and set on the chair that is out there and looked out at the vast blue sky. I must have fallen asleep because my mother father and Adrian were having a loud discussion about apples or something and it was dark out where I was.

I went inside with a slight yawn and the conversation between the three of them stopped. They were all in my room the one room I wish to be alone in.

“Where have you been” mother asks.

“Out on the balcony” I answer.

“Doing what” mother asks.

“I was looking at the sky” I said.

“Was that means that you were doing something else” father points out.  

“I fell asleep” I said.

“What were you dreaming about” Adrian asks raising his eyebrows and using one of his fingers well hidden from mother and father at him.

“No, Adrian it wasn’t about you” I say with a giggle and added “I think”.

“Ah, come on” Adrian exaggerates.

“Even if I know what the dream was about, if I even had a dream, I would not tell you” I say with a spark in my eyes.

“Come on tell me, I want to know what my girl dreams about” Adrian says making me blush.  

Thinking back to the dream I remember an older looking Adrian with fathers crown on his head setting on the kings thrown.

In the dream Adrian was talking about his two twin children.  Then two children come running into the throne room a five year old little boy and girl.  

They came up to me and one ask “Mommy when is our baby brother or sister coming?”  I notice then that I am round with child.  I remember Adrian talking about mother and father then they come into the room.  I notice father and mother have some gray in their hair but not much.

I snap back into the present time when someone bit my right ear and I let out a startled cry.  

“Grace” mother cries, “I thought we lost you”.

“Mother have you ever had a vision?” I asked her.

“Well yes” mother says clearly startled.  

“Will you tell me about it?” I ask.

“It was about you and your father” she says, “Why the sudden interest in visions?”

“I had one” I say in a small voice.

“What did you say Grace?” mother asks.

“She said she had one” Adrian said.

“What?” mother says clearly startled.  

“Tell us.” Father demands in his kingly voice.

“Adrian and I were sitting on the thrones talking about our five year old twins” I began but was interrupted by Adrian.

“Twins” Adrian said clearly startled.  

“No more interrupting” I say then continue telling about the vision.

“Then two five year kids come running into the room, a boy and girl, and ask me

“Mommy when is our baby brother or sister coming.” The now me not the then me, noticed that I was pregnant.  Mother and father came in then you both had some gray hairs”.  

“Then what” Adrian asks clearly excited.

“Then you bit my right ear and the vision ended” I say.  

“How many years from now do you think this vision is placed?” mother asked.

“Around eight years” I said.  

“That’s a lot of change in eight years.”  I hear father muttering.  Adrian who was closest to me hugged me so tight I gave a slight squeak.

“A wedding a grand wedding” father muttered.  

“Father always gets what he wants in the end” I said quietly with a sigh.  

“What does he want?” Adrian asks.  

“For me to settle stay in one form, preferably human, and have many children” I answer to Adrian quietly. That night father gave a grand feast and announced to everyone, Adrian’s family was invited, that I was to be wed in a months’ time.

My face felt like it was on fire as everyone looked my way clearly startled about this announcement and probably thinking that whoever I was to marry was going to have to spend most of his time trying to catch me instead of making a royal heir. Then Adrian’s family came over to me asking questions.

“Who is he” asked Adrian’s little sister, Maria. I looked frantically around for Adrian and saw him wearing some of the royal clothing that was made for him. His family probably won’t even recognize him. I wiggled my way out of the circle that Adrian’s family had around me and went over to Adrian and hid behind him.

“Grace what’s wrong” he asked clearly worried.

“I was trapped in a circle made by your family” I whispered in his ear. I started hearing a murmur around me.

“So that’s him” and many other things. Adrian’s family came over not recognizing Adrian tried to surround me asking questions. Adrian said something that was his family’s motto that only family knows “Work hard eat hardy”. Maria started almost yelled “Adrian”. His father asked “how did you get the princess to marry you my boy”.

“The princess can hear you” I say irritated.

“Calm down Grace” Adrian says.

“But they should at least know me” I said.

“And how should we know you” Adrian’s mom, Silvia, asks.

“Who do you think he’s been bring into your house for so many years” I ask pointedly.

“He’s been bringing animals into the house not you” Thomas says, Adrian’s father.

“Grace, cat sized dragon please” Adrian says.

“Oh, no not again” I say as I’m forced to change into the form Adrian asks of me. Maria picks me up and started hugging me.

“Save me Adrian save me” I pleaded to him.

“Maria I think you should let her go now” Adrian says to his sister and added “Grace, human”.

When Maria let go of me and I hit the floor I was human again. Getting up I muttered “Never in my life have I been this glad to be human again”.

For what is to come will be told another time.

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A/N: This was done when I was a junior in high school about two rears ago. I used to hate reading all the way up to about mid 6th grade then I started consuming books and around the end of that year I made my first story. Well thats how I got into writing about 7 years ago and still to this day no one helped me except to give me a book to read about writing.

For those that want to know this is 7 words short of being 2.5k words.

Now I have one quistion for you. Do you wish to see this as I full langth story? Anster in the poll when I get it up. I have one other short story that has servived my many moves I'll post it in a few days.