The King & The Peasant...

Long before world has cars cellphones, long before world have bicycles and plane, there is a kingdom where people ride in horse and women wash their laundry at the river. The one who rule the kingdom, the almighty King, King Bruce they named him. He rule the country with a lot of efforts, everyone in it has enough food and clothes, his army is strong and powerful, the swords are razor sharp.

The King has a Queen and one Queen it shall be and a Princess, a beautiful princess indeed. The King and Queen gave her a sweet name Princess Heidi, Heidi dear. Her beauty is uncomparable to any women in the world and her heart is as soft and loving as a deity or an angel. She have love for all, human and animals, she is always surrounded by small animals, birds and squirrel, hamsters and cats.

The King, the Queen and the Princess lives in their fortress, their castle. A castle so great that even the hermit, the traveller and the voyager has not seen any castle near its greatness. But on the outside of the castle, a very dark corner of it, there is a house. A house that's built out of woods and straws, it merely could bare a heavy storm. In the house there live a family, a family nor rich or poor, nor lives a luxurious life but they are happy.

Though sometimes they have small arguements but they are happy, simple life they live but they are happy. The family is constructed by a Father, a Mother and a Child, teen at his age. The family work for one of the Baron, they are peasants. The Child the teen was born right at the time the Princess learn her first word. Destiny as it should be. The Child was given a name, a normal name but a warm name, Michael he shall be named. After the angel.

Michael has a strong heart, he never wants to be a peasant forever, he struggles and he fights, but luck was not by his side. He never give up he never does. He has a dream, a wild dream, he wish to marry the princess, his family laughed everytime hearing his dreams, but he never changed his mind. Princess Heidi was the only angel to his heart.

People call it coincidence, some call it destiny, every year on Michael's birthday he receive a very pleasant gift. It is not from his parents of from his best buddy. It's a special gift, a gift only could be a bless from an angel. On every years of his birthday, he would wake up as usual, wash and have his meal. He would then return to his bed on the second floor, opening the window next to his bed. And there is where he have his best bless of the year, the only gift he needed for the year, the best time of his life. A parade, not a normal parade but a great parade for the princess. As the princess will venture out of the castle and have a look at the world outside once every year, the only time in a year. Coincidence maybe destiny, it's the very same day as Michael's birthday. He never miss a year since he was one.

The joked started the time too, he would muttered some words from his yayadada baby voices, saying "I wanna marry the princess one day." Everyone in the family laughed and rolled on floors, who would have imagine a peasants dream was to marry the Princess.

As for years passed by, every year at his birthday he still makes the same wish, marrying the Princess. At the age of 21, Michael's 21st birthday, the King make a very important announcement, Princess Heidi is 22 at age, and it is time for her to search for a strong, honest, loving and also a rich man to be her Prince of her heart, her loving husband. As the news travel through the kingdom, through the valley and through the alley, any men, any men who is single went to the castle to wait for their chance, their once in a lifetime chance to might have married the Princess. So does the son of the Barons, Knights and Duke, every men went crazy by the King's announcement.

The audition will go on for seven days, a week shall it be. Michael seeing it as the chance of his lifetime did not want to miss his only oppurtunity to reach his only dream, marrying the Princess.

He informed his father, his father thinking that it might be a good way to stop him from day-dreaming allowed him to do so, under one condition. If he shall have to do it, he shall never give up till his last breath.

So off Michael went on the first day of the audition assuming that it should be a great time to start off. Not knowing what to expect, Michael was shock with what he sees, the line going into the castle has reach the depth of the woods. By the time he reach the end of the line, it has already been ten of thousands of people infront of him, shock but with a strong heart Michael figure it that he will at least be there by the end of the seven days. So there he wait with all his heart, thinking on his dream coming true.

Days went by, and the line never shorten, Michael was about to reach into the castle at the end of the seventh day. His heart so strong, his will never diminished by the days of waiting. Strong heart he have as most of the people on the line look hopeless and grey, the face look grey.

It's his turn now, the King asked him to come forward. As he walks in nervously being the first time getting so close to the royalty, talking in front of the royalty.

The King spoke "What is your name and why are you here?" with a grey face, the Kings face is grey having auditions and asking the same old question everytime for the past six days.

Michael answered, his voice trembling "Michael son of Rivera, I am here to marry the princess."

"Rise Michael son of Rivera, and answer my questions." the King follow on as Michael finishes his speeches. "Who you are and who your Father are?" the first question the King asked Michael.

Honestly as he is, Michael answered "I am a peasant for the Baron, so do my Father and my family."

The king laughed, he never laughed for the past six days. It's the funniest thing he have ever heard for his live. "A peasant, a peasant dare to stand here and answer my questions and saying he wish to marry the Princess. This is a nonsense. Guards remove him from this court."

As the guard moved in, Michael answer the Kings doubt "Your highness, a honest man you're looking for and a honest man here i stand, not hiding my past, my present, not hiding my history, not hiding my family."

The King holds his guard, thinking that this man speech make sense. "He is right, let him stay and we'll see what of a man is him."

"So Michael son of Rivera how strong are you? Can you move a giant rock? Can you slice a sword through a heavy armor?" That was the King's second question.

Michael hesitated a while and he answered "Your highness i could not move a giant rock or slice my sword through a heavy armour, but i am strong enough to work everyday to feed my family and pay the baron rent so that your highness the King, the Queen and the Princess have enough food and wine for their luxurious meal."

The King nods as Michael's words make sense "Yes and you are the strongest man in my kingdom. But are you a rich man my son?" there goes the King's third question.

As the King finishes his last word Michael answered the King's doubt "I might be poor in material but i am rich in emotions, my emotions for the kingdom, my emotions for the King, my emotions for my family and my emotions for the princess."

"Rich you are Michael son of Rivera, but you're a peasant. A peasant, you're not a Baron or a Knight, you're not a Duke or a Royalty, you're not even a scholar. What can you do to maintain the Princess's life of Royalty? You don't plan to just feed the Princess with plain bread and roast boar." the King ask not giving a chance for Michael to take a second breath.

"Your highness, I will work day-in-day-out so that i can give the Princess the life of the Royalty, not starving her for even one minutes." Michael answered bravely.

The King was impressed "Good my son, and yes you're brave and hardworking. But one last question my son and think slow and speak wise when you answer me. How much do you love the Princess?" that was the king last question.

Michael was silence, for ten of minutes he was silence. "Your highness, I ain't well educated as the Baron, the Knight or the Duke. But i love the Princess ever since i see her through my window when i was one. She is like an Angel in the sky, blessing every moment of my life. I do not know sweet words, as i am speaking right now, sweet words are just candy coating. I speak from my heart and my love for the Princess is from the heart as well. I might not know the scale to measure love, but my love for the Princess is unmeasurable. If your highness will have push me to say how much i love the Princess, I love the Princess with all my hearts and soul."

The court went silence as everyone was shocked and touched by his words, a voice break the silence. It sounds like a voice of an angel, a light that break the darkness in the sky "Father i will marry this honourable man, he is not a peasant but the most honourable man in your land. And i will marry him even if you doubt it." it is the first time Michael heard such soft voice, so soft it's like silk in the air, but yet every word struck him like bells on the chapel. This is the first time Michael have heard the Princess beatiful voice, and yes it is as beautiful as she is.

"And yes he will be your men of honour, and yes he will also be the holder of my throne on your wedding day." the King says while breaking in tears of joy, knowing her daughter have got the best man in the world.

Every one cheered and cry with joy as they were too, touched by his words.

At the wedding day everyone cheered for Michael and Princess Heidi. As everyone know they will be the most loving couple in the land of earth and not a peasant marrying the Princess. And yes they will live happily ever after.

Looks and status could be deceiving, one should only judge someone by it's trueself their true inner beauty. One might not be rich in a material way, but they are rich in their love and emotions. One might not be strong as an ox, but they are strong mentally to fight for a living in their life. One might not be good at words, but the plainest english will bring the best of all the emotions. Love as the biggest power in a human's emotion, use it to empower you, motivate you and revive you. Being honest as one of the biggest virtue in oneself, be true to your feelings, be true to your loved ones, be true and truth shall help you.

THE END.

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