It’s a sacrifice to take

It is daylight now, and I wake up from the distant pound on a door. It was coming from across the street. There was a small girl there. Younger than me. I would watch her while her parents were away. I quickly rushed over and said "Hey! You can't take her! Charlotte is too little! If you want somebody, take me instead! Let her have the opportunity to have a life with a family, because unlike her, I have nobody to mourn me if I die!"

"Spoken like a true princess." The guard said in a deep, scratchy voice. Suddenly, he grabbed my arm and took me to a carriage.