Fairytale chosen by Maya Shepherd Page A

perhaps  the prince thought that Erina was a better bride than her sister. She seemed nice, honest and selfless. Medea, however, was cocky with each passing day in the castle. Heera pushed back her chair and left the room as she could not endure the presence of the others any longer. The castle is no place in which they could retreat. At the same time she was not allowed to leave the castle. She felt like being in a prison. She almost envied Erina and was looking for an opportunity to do something else.
    Lean was waiting in a horse-drawn carriage for Erina. He had to admit himself that he was really nervous. It was not only the first day, he would spend time with one of the candidates alone, but also the first day ever to be spent with a girl. If he could choose, he would probably have chosen someone other than Erina. She was secretive and shy, so that it would be difficult to have a conversation with her, but she was still a preference for him better than Agnes,  whose presence he almost feared. It was still a mystery how she could just find the strawberries.
    Startled, he looked up when a person left the castle, but it was not Erina, but his mother, who came running up the steps to the coach. Indignantly she opened the door and got inside. She was out of breath and apparently in custody, but Lean could not explain what might be the reason itself.
    "Did you want to accompany us about?" He pulled his mother on insolent as ever. But she was in no mood for jokes and glared at him. "Did you think I would not find out?" She snapped angrily.
    "What are you talking?"
    "You were last night with this horrible girl. Alone! "She cried out reproachfully.
    "Heera?" Lean asked with a laugh. He was in a mystery, where she was going. "So what? What might have happened already? "
    "Have you forgotten the curse of the black witch about? A kiss will condemn you! "
    Lean could no longer contain himself and held his stomach with laughter. There were tears in his eyes, so absurd seemed in his mother's care. "Heera would never kiss me! She would rather kiss a frog. "
    The more he laughed, the angrier was Niobe, glaring at her son, filled with rage. "And what about you? I know you like her fearless manners! "
    "Heera would  rather like to kiss Silas or Yanis" claimed Lean and made a disgusted face. In truth was this thought never occurred to him previously.
    Niobe's worried face smoothed out a bit and she looked at her son compassionately. "I know it is certainly not easy to be still  be left un kissed at this age twenty years ago. Your friends and you are well ahead and  are certainly not tired, you raise it, but you gotta stand it. Not long from now and you'll have all their experience to share, but only with the right. The girl ... "
    Lean interrupted, annoyed. He was embarrassed and uncomfortable to talk to his mother about love matters. "Yes, I know, Mother," he groaned. In truth, he was not the only one of his friends, who was still not been kissed. There was Amphion no other way. That was one of the reasons why Lean and his friend guessed so. They shared their suffering with each other, even though Amphion had other reasons himself.
    Niobe stroked him lovingly on the cheek. "I'm just worried about you. Promise me you'll be careful! It is still too early to know which girl  would be honest with you. "
    "I promise," Lean said conciliatoryly.
    "Stay with Erina  always when you are among the other people. Only when you are alone, it could lead to a kiss. "
    "There will be no kiss!" He assured her and believed now  why his mother liked Erina seemingly most. The girl was so shy that she would never dare to kiss him. The queen said goodbye and climbed out of the carriage. Short time later Erina came out of the castle and the wind tugged at her wavy hair. She wore a dress made of red silk, and around her neck a white fur coat. He handed her his helpful hand to help her into the carriage. She gave him a shy smile. Almost from the moment the