It Isn't Easy Being Queen

10. My Birth Mom is a Real Witch

Sometimes the fates get it all wrong.

And there you are.

Your destiny sends you in one direction.

Your desires send you in quite another.

Where you end up depends not on desire or destiny

but on deeds.

Have you ever had the experience when you thought the world worked in a certain way and then, boom! In the span of four seconds, you found out that you were totally wrong?

Perhaps you were positive that:

Gravity worked in a single direction.

The earth was round.

Magic was something in storybooks.

Maybe, on occasion, you dressed up in a crown and glass slippers, but only for school plays or Halloween, not for real life.

Oh, and here's a big one: You totally thought your parents hadn't been lying to you for your ENTIRE LIFE!!!

Because in two short sentences, my dads had pretty much flattened the earth and reversed gravity. Not only was magic real, I was magical. And royal! But not royal in a good way with pretty gowns, Prince Charming's kiss, and a happily ever after. I was destined to be an EVIL queen, which meant my only friend would be a magical mirror, and eventually, I'd turn into a dragon and get slayed by SOMEONE ELSE'S PRINCE CHARMING! NOT THAT I NEED A PRINCE CHARMING TO BE FULFILLED! It's mostly the kissing part I'm interested in.

Anyway, this is where I draw your attention back to earlier in my tale. Remember, I said to note the following line uttered by my dad?

Honesty is the basis of a strong relationship.

And I said later you would have the chance to savor its blatant hypocrisy?

Now is that time.

Go ahead. Savor. I'll be here when you're done.