The fair maiden Gabriella…

That is how I often begin the tales. I recite them by memory – adding myself as the heroine, and daydreaming about them all day long. Fairy tales are a wonder – a portal to a place and time where lived lively gingerbread men, terrible wolves, and brilliant pigs. They are a way to escape without ever having to leave home.

Home is with Uncle Harrison. I repay his hospitality with servitude, and I protect myself from his fist with obedience. But it isn’t all terrible. It certainly isn’t perfect, but it’s still my home. I’m content, and I don’t want anything to change.

But while in hiding after another violent beating from my uncle, I find papers that change everything. Everything that I thought I knew about my life has been a lie and to make it right, I must leave my treasured home.

My travels will take me on an amazing journey to a place where fairy tales are no longer an escape, but reality. A place where fables are historical, where riddles reign supreme, and where nothing is what it seems.

My journey will change everything, but I must learn to accept it. I must learn to welcome the future, release the past, and never look back. Change is what I make it.

So, I will make it a tale.