• Writing by Tajikistan96
    Ink trilogy by Cornelia Funke
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    As queen of Ombra, Violante or "Her Ugliness" as everyone called her, worked hard in the castle. With her father, the Adderhead, dead, she can now begin her reign on Ombra. Currently, she is preparing for an invasion from a far away land, with a single queen, just like her.

    "Your higness," a young maid with fiery red hair, comes to Violante. "Jacopo wants to go out and play." Violante smiled at her maid servant, how she loved Brianna, how she sang her songs for her to sleep, how she slept next to her when she wanted to be with someone. Brianna was her best maid.
    "Why does he need my permission? He can do anything he wants." Violante told her. "Let him go." Brianna nodded and left the room. Violante quickly got back to work. But she couldn't think. Not about the fact that she had told her maid that she didn't have a son. But about him. Oh stop thinking about him! Your heart does not need love. You don't need any. Just focus about Ombra. Ombra. Ombra. she told herself.

    Oh, but why do you always stop, and sigh whenever you see the color blue. Or when a bird passes by, you think its-

    "A bluejay!" Violanted muttered to herself. She had been listening to herself as if she had two minds. She must be going crazy.

    Admit it, everyone knows it, even the bluejay. You love him, and you always will. You even asked him*

    "Yes, but he turned me down." Violante said to no one. Why did her chest start to ache all of a sudden? And her eyes. They were blurring. What?

    Awww, you're crying aren't you? You're hurt. You're sad. Just like when you thought the bluejay died. Or when he said no. And when you saw him kiss his wife.

    "Shut up!" Violante cried out, her shouts echoing out in the silence. "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" she sobbed.

    Why? she thought to herself Why do I love him? Why?

    Because, Ms. Violante, your heart is taken to someone who is already caged. That is why.