Isabel's

When I was a kid, I thought life was like the books I had read. The good places, the kind people, the journey, the picturesque surroundings and such. I thought life has princesses and princes, golden crowns, elegant gowns, fairy godmother, mouse, cruel step sisters, rude step mother, and of course, the huge castle. I have been deceived by the idea of fairy tales. One upon a time, there was you and then all of a sudden a charming prince on his white horse came to your life. There might be witches, ogres, giant beanstalks, beasts, and a lot more monsters, but your prince charming was there to the rescue to save you. No one will hinder your road to happy-ever-after.

It is true.

Fairy tales.

For me fairy tales are true.

The magic of life, the happiness each one could give to a person, the feeling of being inside a book, the gladness of the heart when being loved, the pain inflicted by someone who broke your trust, the struggles as you survive every day journey.

Those enchanting memories exist only in books, not in my life.

I am in search of my own fairy tale.

I am still waiting for that day when my once upon a time could lead to a happy ever after.

I grew up thinking that someday I would be able to write my own version of a fairy tale just like Cinderella and Snow White's. My childhood was a magical life for me. As I stepped into a new world, met a lot of people, where everyone was not as you thought as they were, I came to realize that these magnificent endings are only for the kids, for the simple, innocent world they have built.

I am not a princess, I have no chariot, I am just me wishing for the fairy tale story.

Once upon a time, I was a teenager who thought love came to her and would never leave her side. The prince charming, I thought who could love me for the rest of my life, was the same monster who killed the happiness in me. Now, the princess who didn't own a long, pink gown, was running away from the story they had both started. She was looking for the real story of her life.

I am Isabel and this is my story.

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Star-Crossed Lovers as narrated by Isabel.