Taylor's POV }*{ I snuck out of the big, wrought-iron gates of the castle, my home. My long black hair was in a braid, and my icy blue eyes scanned the area for guards. I had lived at the castle all y life, as a magic princess.
My parents, King Jerold an Queen Emma, were so overprotective! It was driving me crazy. So anyways, I snuck out, with Flame, my phoenix, following close behind. I was kinda excited. I was going to see the outside world for the first time! I had on ragged clothes and a cloak to disguise myself as a peasant. I had made sure that the guards stay away from the gate. I had this special power to control animals and people. I slipped out of the gate, and walked to a nearby village. I carefully concealed the money I had in my shoe, and stepped inside the village fence. All the villages had these chain-link fences, and I scaled this one easily. In the village, peasants were begging on the streets, an richer villagers were walking by with their noses in the air. I quickly stepped into a dingy cafe, and say down at the bar. The bartender raised his eyebrows at me. "Yes? How may I help you?" he asked. "Um....one pink tea, please," I said hurriedly. "You have money to pay for it? Pink tea is expensive," said the bartender. I took out a few gold coins, and the bartender quickly made the tea. Pink tea was a specialty, and it was very sweet and good. I took it outside with me, and accidentally bumped into a girl, spilling tea all over me and the ground. "Oh! I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed. "By the way, I'm Olivia," she said. "What's your name?" "I'm Taylor," I said, scrubbing at the stains with a small rag. Just then, the big clock in the middle of the village struck noon. Uh oh. I had to go, or my parents will be wondering where I am. "Bye!" I called to Olivia. "I have to go!" Olivia waved, and I went out the village, only to discover the gates in the castle were locked. I was locked out of my own home. }*{<><><><><><><><><><><><>}*{
Kaitlyns PoV (I hope this is ok) Kaitlyn lead the horses to the corral for their daily lesson. They ha to be in tip top shape if they where to be presented to the royal family in three days. THE royal family! It was an honor. It had always been said that Kaitlyn had the ability to "speak" to the creatures but it was little known that she had never been loved. Not by her parents, her brothers or her school mates. It seemed she had chosen to be with the creatures than to be with people. She was smart and creative but no one had taken the time to get to know her. She was lonely. She realized this as she looked back up at Harmony who was beginning to step out of line. She whistled a three note tune and Harmony obediently stepped back into the row. Kaitlyn leaned on the rails watching until the end of the lesson. At the end she opened the gate an whistled another short tune an the horses went to their respective stalls to wait for their grooming. Kaitlyn made her way down the line grooming each of the 38 horses she was showing individually. In a few hours she sighed put on her chaps and saddled up Geronimo her prized and favorite horse whom she rode around the ring, waiting for someone who cared. For somewhere to belong. cats....