" but why? is there a problem? maybe i could help you with it" asked stella, all concern.

" stella, you're a princess, and me, im just a servant you know." he replied, still avoiding her gaze.

" and since when did status matter? we have been friends for years, and now you're telling me
because i am a princess, if you wanted to stop talking, you shouldn't have even started it 6 years
ago when i asked you to be my friend ariel. what is the reason?! "

" you want a reason?! FINE. i'll tell you the god damn reason. have you ever looked in the mirror? EVER? do you ever compare yourself to those other princesses? you're hideous stella!
you're not perfect enough! you're ugly and thats the bottomline. you want your reasons, you got it." yelled ariel, he looked at her with such disgust.

"if thats you want it, then its your choice then" replied princess stella. she turned her back to him, fighting her tears. " i must not cry in front of him. i cant." she thought. and she ran back to her room.

princess stella stayed in her room and never stopped crying. she had loved him so much,
thinking that he felt the same way too, she was mistaken all along. she was the only one who loved him but he had never liked her. this was the boy that she loved, the boy who changed her life, who made her life much more meaningful, the boy who taught her about hardship and life, the boy who was sincere and kind, the boy whom she helped when he was in need, the boy whom she lend a shoulder on when he need, the boy, who was the love of her life. she fell asleep dreaming of the good times with ariel. the next day, she found out that ariel quit his job.

" BUT WHY?" she yelled at her father, king harold.

" he wanted to stop working, we didn't fire him darling. you know we wouldn't do anything
to hurt you."

princess stella cried in her father's arm. how could he do this to her? how could he be so heartless, she thought.

after the heart breaking news, princess stella no longer went out of the castle. she hardly talk to anyone and is always at her room. her life was back like before, the life when she haven't met
ariel.

days turn to weeks and weeks turn to years. 2 years passed and princess stella was still waiting for her young lover to return.

" my dear, you've got to move on. who knows what he is doing right now, maybe he's married, with kids, he moved on stella." her dad talked to her when he realised his daughter wasnt getting any better.

" or probably dead, for good" mumbled the fairygod mother.

" everything good has to end sweetheart. he's not the right one for you. he left you. his loss.
not yours. you're a princess darling, you're pretty and special and..."

"stop it mum! stop lying to me! im not a child anymore. i am ugly! i am not special. i am
different because of the fact that i am ugly! i am the only ugly princess alive! " yelled princess stella and then she started weeping again.


to be continued...