my new and improved story

Many people are out to get my father right now. He owes a lot of money to both the emperor and many shops in our town. My father is all about looking good with his big coats and hand made swords. He doesn’t need half the things he owns. My father is now on his deathbed and can’t address all of these problems. I have just been informed that it’s my duty to take his place and become queen. My father has just raised taxes because he needed more money to afford his luxuries and still give money to the emperor. The bank had stopped loaning my father money because he owes them enough already. The basic picture here is my father is in debt and it is now on my shoulders to set everything right. Many people have come by my house and asked me to pay them back. Just the other day the black smith came by asked me when he would be getting his money.
I answered “I am sorry about the delay but I was just informed not to long ago that I will become queen and I am not sure yet how I am going to fix my fathers mistakes. So if you could please be patient for a little longer that would be nice.”
“You are just like your father. I am never going to get my money am I. well let me tell you something little missy, the next time I come by here I better have my money. You and your father are both a disgrace.” The black smith told me with an angry tone in his voice. The black smith turned toward the down left without a sound. I had no I idea what I was going to do. The emperor was asking for more money, which means I have to raise taxes once again. The towns people will become rebellious and this would make the emperor send in his troops and have me sent out of town. I have to figure out someway to repay everyone. The bank was coming by tomorrow to collect their money. There was no way I could get them their money by tomorrow. I had to make some trade with them, something they would be interested in. I could raise taxes again… no wait. I am already doing that to pay the emperor and if I were to raise the taxes even more it wouldn’t be fair to the people of the town. They wouldn’t be able to get by on food and clothing if they didn’t have much money to keep for themselves. I wish I could help them but I have problems of my own. What if I were to join them, be rebellious toward the empire. If I were to do that I wouldn’t be fulfilling my duty and my father would have been very disappointed in me. Then again my father has disappointed me much more than I would ever disappoint him. He left all of his problems on my shoulders to deal with. If I side with the people the town will realize I am for them and I am not like my father. But if I were to do this then I wouldn’t be able to be princess, the emperor would send his troops out from all over the empire to send me out of town. This would cause a huge war between our town and the rest of the empire. What if the town wouldn’t back me up, what if I propose to the town I will join them to rebel against the empire but they don’t support me and I am left not a princess anymore or respected by the town. Really, joining the town is the only option I have because if I don’t take the chance of totally being neglected by the town I will still be in debt because of my father and the bank won’t leave me alone. I am going to have to think about this for a little while. I decided to go out the garden by my house. It is my favorite place to go. It is filled with beautiful different color flowers and the grass out there is the greenest in the town. There are many small trees with all different color leaves all over the garden but my favorite tree is the biggest one on the garden. It is a huge tree with pink flowers on it just starting to blossom. The tree provides good shade. When the weather is hot out I love going under the tree and reading a good book. I love reading, it gives so much imagination for the mind. I walked by the rose bushes smelling the wonderful smells. I started to think about what I was going to do about my being in debt. I am not ready to be queen. I know nothing about it. Maybe that is the answer to my question. If I am not ready to be queen then I should just join the town. That is exactly what I shall do. I will announce it to the town tomorrow. I shall call everyone in the town for a meeting. I do hope I am making the right decision. I continued to walk in the garden. There was something about it here that made my thoughts clear. It might be because it is so beautiful out here and quiet. No one ever comes out here but me, I don’t know why because it is so beautiful but then again I am glad no one else comes out here because it then makes this place my own. I sat down on a bench by the pond. In the pond is a small waterfall. I love the sound of the water crashing into the pond water. If I could I would live out here. I just sat outside on the bench for a while not thinking about anything. It felt like forever since I have just sat on this bench not think about anything. The last time I was out here was when my father first became ill. I remember being sad but I did not cry. I am still not sure why I didn’t cry but I am guessing it was because that was when I first realized it was my turn to become queen and I was in so much shock that it was finally my time to fulfill my duty. Ever since I was a little girl I have dreamed about becoming queen. I thought it would be the best thing ever to happen to me but now that my dream is actually happening I am not excited but scared. Everyone depends on me and that is just too overwhelming. This is why I have decided to join the town. I stayed outside for about the rest of the day. I did not want to go back to my house because then people of my town would come looking for me and demanding that I give them their money. I just cleared my mind and laid down on the bench. When I woke up it was darker outside, the sun was just going down. That night the sunset was more beautiful than usual. It was mostly pink but with a thin line of purple that went through it. I couldn’t tell what time it was but I knew that people would start to wonder. It was quite chilly out so I decided to start walking back to my house. How everything was lit up was just so beautiful I couldn’t even begin to explain how pretty it was. When I finally reach my house the butler answered the door asking, “Where were you Madame? People have been trying to get a hold of you. The people from the bank stopped by again and asked that I tell you to report back to them as soon as possible.”
I simply just walked right by him not saying a word. I then looked back and answered, “this will all be dealt with tomorrow.” And then I continued forward and whispered to myself allowed “I hope”. I went up to my room and went to sleep.
The next day was the day I was going to announce to my town that I was going to rebel against the empire with them. I asked my butler to send out men to go and tell the people of my town to come to my town meeting. “It will be hosted outside of my house. Right out there.” “Are you sure that is a good idea, you know the crowd might go erupt and wont leave your property.” “Why will they be angry with me? I am helping by giving them a voice toward the emperor. Everything will be fine.” I lied to myself. The men that I asked for were sent out and as I saw them leave I knew from that point on there was no turning back. I stayed in my room for a long time. I looked out the window and first I saw my reflection looking back at me. I looked like a nervous wreak. If I couldn’t even believe in myself than how could they? I called in my maid to fix up my hair.