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Not Your Average Fairytale


Once upon a time
In a faraway land
Lived a young princess
Too pure for her land
 
Though her parents loved her deeply
They sent her away
To a dragon-guarded castle
She spent the rest of her days
 
Until that fateful day
When Prince Charming would arrive
He would save the princess
The dragon would die
 
They would kiss
And they would wed
And live happily ever after
So the stories have said
 
But what if the princess
Took fate into her own hands
Befriended the dragon
And conquered her own lands
 
In each fairytale we hear
The princess is saved
By a knight in shining armor
Who many dangers he braved
 
But the story they won't tell
Is the one where the princess
Doesn't wait for the knight
She saves herself in the process
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