Maiden's Tower

 Hello one of every, ;0

 

today I'll give you the story of the

 "Maiden's Tower" from my take...

 it will be a short story...

  

 Once upon a time there was a King of a beautiful country in the east

 but not that much east...not that much of west...

 It was in the middle

 A well balanced kingdom with full of confusion

 People of the kingdom can never agree whether they are western or eastern...

 Strange...

 Because

 The King's lands were on the interface of two ancient continents...

 Europe and Asia

 Although... there was a confusion on the identity of being western or eastern

 there was something for sure...

 His lands were full of Love...

Every one in this Kingdom made their deeds with Love...

People lived there loved one another, their jobs and the lands they live in..

 Even the lands were full of love...

 It was the only place in the known ancient world where two old continents kissed one another

 passionately...

 maybe that is why Love was all around in this land, hand in hand with confusion...

 As readers you may expect everything would be smooth and beautiful in a land of Love...

 Most of the case it was like that but bad things also happened there...

 Like death, sickness, disasters and many more calamities were present for the mortal

 people there...

 So these lands were not any different than the other lands on this aspect...

There were many ancient stories related to this land but the story of this King

 was the most dramatic...

 Of course it was a story of Love...

 What can you expect from the Land of Love...

 Lets now look at the story of this Lovely King...

 The King was came to throne when her father and mother passed away

in a tragic ship accident.

 His beloved mom and dad drowned when their ship sank in a sudden storm  while they were sailing from their Asian palace to their European palace...

 all of a sudden small prince found himself King and Orphan at the same time..

 He was in his 20's

 yes he was being raised to become King one day

 but he did not expect to come to throne this way...

 He was devastated by this huge loss..

 However, he had to hold himself together because all of his people dependent on him...

 Even though he was very sad with this tragic loss...he take care of his land and his people..

 The people of his Kingdom Loved him and took care of him as well..

 People were sad to see their king very sad...

 They did all kind of things to cheer him up..

Once they found this mystic fortune teller man to find out whether their king is going to be sad for the rest of his life...

 The fortune teller went to Kings court and read his fortune...

 He took the hand of the young King and told him

 "My King, you will soon meet the love of your love...

 you will fall in love with your bride the first time you saw her...

 My King you will find your mate in the most unexpected place..

 You will be happy beyond your imagination...

 These will be the best day of your life.."

 She will give you a beautiful daughter...

 Your daughter will be more beautiful than the Moon in its full glory..

The young King listened to the fortune teller at the time but he didn't take it seriously, but somehow the things that's been said to him stayed in his mind.

 The young King was taking horse rides everyday incognito to different parts of his Kingdom both in Europe and in Asia with his most trusted knights...

 He went to forests, forts, neighborhoods, markets, barracks, docks, courthouses, schools, brothels....

 He went to every corner of his kingdom to make sure everything is running smoothly...

 One day, while he was in his visit to the dock he saw a ship arrived to the dock from a distant lands,

 It was an unusual ship with an unusual cargo...

 Cargo was people that were chained to one another...

 King asked the harbormaster "Oh, Master of the ships, tell me where this ship with full of chained people coming from?"

 Harbormaster replied "Young master, these are the traders from a distant island called Malta, every once in a while they come to this harbor to trade goods from distant lands. This time they came with these chained people! Its the first time I see a cargo like this"

 This strange ship and its cargo raised some red flags in the King...

 Why were these people are chained and looking unhappy?

 He rode his horse forward next to this strange Malta ship...His Knights followed him..

 As he came close to the chained people he came eye to eye with her..

 His soul was pierced...he was struck with a lightning

 "A blue eyed girl with long dark hair and a face as fair as the moon looking shy to the ground after

 the first gaze!'

 King was stunned for a while

 He came to himself and..

 King asked "Who is the captain of this ship?"

 A man came out from the ship with a rich costume "I am the captain!"

 King asked "Where are you coming from captain? what is your cargo?"

 Captain responded "we are traders from malta and we are coming back from Éireann"

 "We have slaves from Éireann they traded all of our wine to these people"

 Captain added "We intended to trade them here. "

 King was surprised "He responded, people are free they are not materials to be sold. I can't let you do that here !"

 Captain more surprised "Whom you might be young master? How are you going to stop me?"

 King give away his disguise " I am the king of this lands"

 Captain bowed respectfully "As you wish King! We will resupply and sail to another port to do our trade!"

 King responded "Wait ! I will buy all your trade and set them free as they supposed to be !"

 Also added "Don't bring such trades to my ports again! Otherwise, you will not enter to our ports ever again! Now quickly unchain these people...And one more thing tell me the name of that blue eyed girl with the fair face of the moon, to my ear.."

 Captain responded back "Yes my King, we will do as you wish!"

 "the girl you asked is Bronntanas, they traded her with me telling me that she is the soul of  Éireann.

 They gave her to me for a keg of wine.. he added"

 King replied "Free her at once"

 King get down from his horse kneeled and take the hand of  Bronntanas as the captain was opening her shackles..

 King responded "Oh fair  Bronntanas, would you allow me to take you as a guest in my palace?"

 and kissed her pale white hands that were dusty and dirty from the poor conditions she had been in..

 "She smiled back shyly and said yes"

 King asked his Knights to take care of the other slaves.

 He asked new homes and supplies to be given to the poor slaves.

 He took  Bronntanas, on the back of his horse and rode to his palace.

 King and Bronntanas made love with one another 40 nights and 40 days.

 They married and Bronntanas became her Queen...

 Soon Bronntanas belly started to grow big...

 King was so happy just like the way fortune teller said..

 He was flying like birds everyday....

 soon the due date came and Bronntanas was giving birth...

 Although it was a difficult labor and it took a big toll from Bronntanas...

 She gave a birth to a beautiful daughter whom will make the moon jealous...

 As she took her little daughter on her arms for the first time she kissed her and passed on to eternity...

 King was devastated...

 His Love gave him the worlds but also took the worlds from him at the same time...

 King was so sad to loose the love of his life but he also needs to stand strong for his baby girl..

 King asked his servants to bring him the fortune teller...

 He wanted to learn why he didn't told him about the loss of his wife...

 Fortune teller is brought to the palace...

 King asked " Tell me fortune teller, all the things you said came to true...but there is one thing...

 you didn't told me that I was going to loose the love of my life...Why?"

 Fortune teller responded " Oh...My Fair King...Its true I told you these great things yet I have not told you the unfortunate things..."

 He continued "My King, in life there are good things and bad things...for every good thing we lived we experience a bad thing so to balance everything...We taste the bitter to appreciate the taste of the sweet...This is called the divine balance and all the immortals are bound to it...I did not want to make you sad further because without the hope of better things we cannot live to survive one another day!"

 King was furious because fortune teller did not said to him all the story. If he knew maybe he could find the best healers in the land and prevented her beloved wife's death.

 King commanded in anger "Fortune teller don't hide anything from me tell me everything you know good or bad about my future...otherwise I will send you in to the deepest dungeon"

 Fortune teller "My fair King if this is what you want these are what I saw in your future..

 you will marry again and have sons from another women

 however you will always miss your beloved Bronntanas

 Your daughter will grow young and will look like just like her...

 When your daughter turns the age you met with your Bronntanas

 your daughter is going to be bitten by a poisonous snake

she will not survive this...

 You will burry her next to her mother...

 you will cry your tears on their graves

 A special flower will grow on their graves with thy bitter tears fell on their grave..

 It will be the special flower of your land....

 It will grow in both sides of Asia and Europe of your lands...

 You will die and join them in the eternity when these flowers wither and die

 at the end of summer.."

 The King was so sad, to hear all this....

 He was committed to stop this happening..

 Therefore, he planned the construction of a  small  island in the middle of  the sea

 between Asia and Europe...

 He also built a tower on the island...

 King made sure that there is no snakes on the island..

 After all the snakes cannot swim and reach the island...

 Before her daughter turned 20 she was placed in the tower...

 Now in a peace of mind King was talking to his former wife near her grave..

 "Don't worry my love, I will save our Moon"

 "I will never let any snake near her..."

 The princess on the island was safe on the island but she was so bored...

 Even though she would have whatever she wanted to the island...

 Though everything was checked before they arrive to the island.

 King was not taking any risks.

 Even though the young princess was in abundance and luxury

 there was one problem

 she was so lonely and bored.....

 one day she saw a small boat passing by from the distance....

 She yelled and called the boat...

 the boat man rowed close to the island...

 Boatman responded "Yes my princess what can I do for you?"

 Boat was carrying delicious pink strawberries in baskets from Asia to the market in Europe...

 She asked back "What is that you are carrying in your boat it smells so good?"

 Boatman responded back "Strawberries my princess, I can give you one basket"

 She responded "Thank you boatman, I will ask my dad to pay you handsomely!"

 Boatman dropped a basket of  strawberries and moved on...

 Princess took the basket and climbed the tower..

 take the basket next to her bed and started to eat

 delicious strawberries ....

 these were the best strawberries ever which were special to that region...

 she ate a handful of them as she was watching the waves of Bosphorus

 lick the shores of her small island...

 She fell a sleep, with the sound of the waves...

 A small viper was the hidden traveler of the basket,

 neither the farmer nor the boatman was aware of this unwanted traveler...

 Beautiful princess was hosting an unwanted guest which was going to be her demise..

 The snake creeped and crawled in the bed of princess....

 When she made a sudden turn in her sleep...

 snake was afraid and bite her on the neck...

 Beautiful princess ran to eternity in her sleep...

 King was devastated....He couldn't save his daughter...

 He couldn't save his wife....

 He was emotionally finished...

 He buried his princess next his queen and have a another grave dug next to them for himself...

 He cried blood tears over the graves of his wife and daughter...

 In the spring just as the fortune teller said...

 a pink flowering bush grew on the graves of his wife and daughter...

 At the end of the summer King got sick of his sadness

 and died...

 The day he died all the flowers of this plant withered and fell.

 These flowers than covered both sides of the Bosphorus

 and in every spring they covered the each coast of Asia and Europe in

 pink reddish color, like the ruby lips of lovers kissing one another...

 Just like the King was kissing the rubby lips of his love Bronntanas

 who was his Kingly

 Divine

 Gift.

(Photograph: Maiden's Tower - Sinasi Muldur)