Queen Libra is very passionate at what she
does and about the things and people she loves.
She makes sure everything is perfect, not only for herself but for
everyone she cares about. This is
clearly shown on how she completes her tasks as a queen. When a ball is thrown, she is very hands on
from the planning, to decorations, to the actual event. When servants clean the palace, change the
curtains, beddings and the like, she makes sure everything is perfectly
matched. She even visits the kitchen to
make sure nothing gets spoiled and everything is fresh before cooking or serving. She is a hands-on queen and that makes her
happy. She feels that she is doing her
duty as a queen and serving her King, her little princess and her own family
more than usual. Everything is going
perfectly, or so she thought…
One day, there was a ball in her parents’ kingdom. Queen Libra together with King Dracon and Princess Jacqueline went to Kingdom Crysando earlier than usual. Queen Libra thought she could give extra hands in the preparation. And so they went. The queen was busy as usual with the preparation, while her King and siblings and little princess was somewhere in the palace. She was taking the flower arrangements to the tables when she overheard people talking.
“Brother you have to be careful around her,
she can bite your head off,” said the first voice with a big laugh.
“Tell me about it. Everyday it’s the same, it’s like she is the king and I am the soldier. I am scared to death at times,” added the second voice.
A female voice chimes in, “What about the
time she got very demanding and ordered all of us to wash our hands again
before eating dessert. It’s like
madness, I say!”
The conversation went on and on about this lady and how awful she is because she is so demanding, overly organized and unreasonably passionate about things that she does. Even after the first voice spoke, Queen Libra already knew it was her they were talking about. All of a sudden it’s as if Queen Libra cannot move. She wanted to run away because she doesn’t know if she can take so much of what she is hearing, but her feet are planted because she felt she needed to know more…. Even though it breaks her heart. When it was finally too much, she ran… she ran outside the palace, into the woods within the kingdom. She ran and ran and ran while tears fall down her cheeks. Almost blinded by her own tears, she stumbled and fell down deep in the forest. All she can do was stay there and drown herself with her own tears. Suddenly, forest animals started going towards her, as if comforting her hoping her sobbing would stop. When she noticed this, she looked up and gave a faint smile. She started talking to them.
“Thank you little friends and I apologize for disturbing you and your home,” Queen Libra said in between sobs.
She added, “I really don’t know what I’ll
do. It seems that my family, my own
blood hates me. What have I done wrong?”
“Is it bad that I am passionate about everything I do and that I just want things to be perfect?” She looks at a squirrel as if it can really understand her.
“I feel so lost, I don’t know how to recover from this. All along I thought everybody was happy about how I take care of them and how I help. But I was wrong… all along they see me as evil and it breaks my heart,” then she started to cry some more.
“I think I will stay here for now, then runway to another kingdom where nobody knows me. At least I can start over. I might die though for leaving my dear Jacqueline behind. She is my treasure, but if people think I am evil, then better be gone that teach her wrong ways,” Queen Libra stands up and started walking.
To where she is headed, nobody knew. Will her family look for her? Likely. Would she want to be found? Maybe. But one thing is for sure, she needed to prove she is not evil, even if it means leaving everything she loves behind.
