Week 2 Story: A Not So Magical Love Story
A long time ago, the most powerful witch in the kingdom, Doriana, fell in love. This love all but consumed her life, and she felt happy just thinking about the subject of her affection. There was just one problem, though. Doriana, Dori, had fallen in love with the wrong person. A person who she was never supposed to love.
To understand her situation, it is important to know that Dori was in line to rule the kingdom. Her parents had arranged for her to be married to a young, powerful warlock name Samson. He was a suitable choice, with powerful magical blood, who could help Dori run things from the castle. Dori did not love Samson, but she did love the idea of one day following in her beloved parents' footsteps.
That is what made her lovestruck predicament so concerning. The person that Dori fell in love with was not from a powerful family. He was not even magical. The boy was simply a small coffeeshop owner who never got his powers. He was completely human, but Dori knew that she had to do whatever it took to be with him.
When she told her parents about her feelings a non-magical boy, they were furious. They told her that the only way that she could pursue a relationship with this boy and still remain in contact with them was to give up her power and never have a chance at the throne. Because she could not bare the idea of a life without her parents or a life without true love, Dori agreed, and went through the painful process of being stripped of her powers.
Finally, a non-magical Dori made her way to the coffeeshop. She was going to tell the boy that she loved him. When she got there and professed her love for the boy, he simply stared at her for several moments.
He said, "Aren't you the witch who was in line for the throne?"
"Yes," Dori said. "But I gave up my magic, my power, and everything to be with you."
The boy looked at her for one more moment, laughed, and said
"Then you're also a fool."
Author's note:
This is a retelling of Aesop's fable: The Lion in Love. The original story involved a lion falling in love with a woman and giving up his claws and teeth to try to be with her. Things don't work out with the woman, and the lion is left completely powerless. I wanted to keep the same idea of blinding, irrational love in my story. Instead of a lion and girl, my story involves a witch and a human. Dori, the witch, gives up all of the magic that make her powerful to try to pursue this human boy. When she does this though, she is met with rejection, much like the lion in the original fable.
Bibliography
"The Lion in Love" from The Fables of Aesop by Joseph Jacobs. Web source.
Hi Rachel!!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, one of the wow moments I had was from my initial reading of the title of your post: A Not So Magical Love Story, this instantly caught my attention and made me wonder how it was different from the typical love stories we all know and enjoy. Next, I wonder if adding in more details of the process for how she was stripped of her powers would make for a more detailed scenario; I ask this what if because I am curious as to what this process would entail. I wonder if you also continue the story on to discuss what the witch does now after being rejected, if it could help bring the story to life even more than you already did! The biggest wow moment of this story was the fact that she was rejected after giving everything up just to be with him; this part was such a big plot twist, and I was thinking if there was more details provided on why he rejected her, for instance, it would help entice the readers even more. These are just a few thoughts, but great job! Loved the story!
Hi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI loved your twist on the original story! I also read the Aesop fables(Winter) and I had no idea this was from the same reading. I loved that aspect however, you took the story and made it completely your own! I enjoyed reading this tale because it flowed very well. I wish we could have gotten more details about how the characters looked, from their hair color to their wardrobe.