I used to count the days I spent here, wishing on every star that one day someone would come for me. I was taken from my family on my tenth birthday, at the time I was certain that my fathers guards would never rest until I was found and I would be released from the hold these monsters have on me. But that was thirty years ago, I’ve grown up since then, my head no longer filled with childlike fant...

One more day and they will come.

I stare out the window, sad.

One more day and they will come.

I say this each day willing for it to be true, but days have passed, months, years.

One more day and they will come.

It’s been thirty years to be exact.

One more day and they will come.

No.

In one more day they will not come.

I will not wait any longer.

I wait until the soilders switch out, a...

I cross off the last date in my calendar and rolled my eyes. I have been in the castle for a whole year now. Im tired of it. This damsel in distress act is not doing it for me.

I mean sure, I have a place to live. I have food and entertainment. I have no company but the dragon outside though. Shes cool though.

I have waited patiently for someone to come and “save me.” Not a single Prince Char...

Isabella checks and rechecks her bags. She wants to make sure she has everything. She was getting ready to leave the tower she had been trapped in for 30 freaking years. The dragon guarding her had become her friend in the decades she lived there or was a prisoner….. depending on your point of view.

Gertrude the dragon had passed away a month ago and Isabella couldn’t stay here anymore. No...

I, Princess Penelope IIV, am stuck in a tower. Yes, the kind of tower one would think of when they think of Princesses. As per usual, I was placed her by an evil witch, and told I could not escape until my very own Prince Charming came to save me.

That was when I was thirteen. Thirty years have passed and I am now forty three. My Prince Charming has not come for me, and I suspect that he never w...

I’m done. I’ve been here, waiting, in this tower for thirty years. My past lover, Sir Kevin of Sandfolk, promised he would come back for me. He broke that promise long ago, but now I’m taking action. I’ll just have to save myself. I’ve been thinking about how I could go about this. It can’t be that hard right? But for some reason, I had a ball forming in the pit of my stomach, telling me to stop. ...

I was told from birth that a princess will always be saved by a prince. That when a damsel is placed in a tower for saving, she will be rescued by a handsome prince in dazzling armour. She will be swept from her tower on horseback and given a life of peace and luxury.

And they make it so very clear that the damsel is young. Young and sweet and innocent. With silken, untouched skin that waits for ...

I’ve read stories about princesses getting their Princes. I’ve heard that fellow kingdoms nearby had their princess get married to a rich, handsome prince. But where was mine? I had been waiting 30 years. 39 years for just a taste of romance.

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Allison Gregory, Princess of Alden’s Peak. My mother and father moved to this place 40 years ago after getting marr...

After 30 grueling years of being in the isolated castle waiting for “a prince”, the princess has gaven up. Enduring 30 years of isolation, and only provided food from her cruel mother has put her through heart wrenchingly painful loneliness. She now comes to think her only hope is to set off on her own journey, to look for fulfillment and purpose. The realization washes over her, swallowing the ha...

It had been long enough. She'd given him every chance, but after thirty years, even she needed to admit the chances of him coming to save her were slim to none. She'd watched, patiently, shoving each pit of resentment further and further inside, as the damsels in distress from the neighboring towers were saved, the flag from the prince's kingdom flown high, billowing in the wind for all to see. It...