Samantha was always gorgeous and the apple of her parents’ eye. At the age of three she had bright blue eyes and golden “Shirley Temple” curls. People always asked her parents if they ever considered entering her in pageants; however, her parents were avid about raising their daughter in a normal environment. They were very overprotective and had no interest in sharing their daughter with the world.
As she grew, the focus on her beauty increased and she could no longer go anywhere without soliciting unwanted attention from admirers. Although she was not allowed to date, boys would call her house hoping that her parents would find them worthy. Her dress and mannerisms were that of any normal teenage girl but her beauty surpassed that of all women in the town. Her parents became overwhelmed by the attention their daughter was receiving and decided to take action.
Drastic measures were the only thing that would enable her to live a normal life or at least what they considered to be normal. In the middle of the night they fled the only home they had ever known and relocated to a new place. The move was so abrupt that they left the majority of their possessions and only took a few necessities. She did not understand the haste of their actions and initially was bitter that they had ripped her away from her home and friends. Her bitterness turned to tears and she retreated to her room for several days. Her parents tried and tried to console her but nothing worked. They finally realized that they would be unable to sequester her from the world indefinitely; however, they would not allow the world to objectify their daughter.
The only way to protect their daughter would be to fight the cause of their suffering head on. They brought to her room good intentions, a razor, and several sharp blades. Next, they gently shaved their daughter’s head and for every lock that fell a matching tear was shed by her parents. After the deed was complete, they presented her with new clothes: a pair of loose fitting jeans, an over-sized shirt, a hoodie, gloves, work boots, and a baseball hat. She was not allowed to wear any form fitting garments and from now on she would go by the name Sam. The thought was that her new appearance and name would give the illusion that she was a boy and she would be able to live her life in peace. Sam honored her parents’ wishes and lived in this manner for the rest of her high school career. She spent the majority of her time reading books and doing school work. She was never asked to homecoming, prom or even on one single date. Her parent’s plan had worked. She would end up graduating at the top of her class and was accepted to a very prestigious university.
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During college she still carried out her parents’ wishes. In order to keep up the masquerade she decided to live at home and attend the local college. Everyone just assumed that she was male and paid her no attention. She kept to her self and did not associate with her fellow classmates; however, this changed when one of her professors assigned groups for an upcoming project. She was partnered with a young man, named Max. Max was a strikingly handsome young man and was very easy to talk to. They became instant friends and Sam divulged to Max her deepest secret. Max was shocked but deeply relieved that his new friend was female; for he had been suppressing a deep attraction to Sam. The two became inseparable and soon were engaged. She knew that Max was the one because his love was not based on he beauty; however, she desperately wanted to embrace her femininity again.
The months leading up to the wedding could not pass fast enough for the couple. They waited with great anticipation for the day they would be husband a wife. Sam had planned a marvelous surprise for the occasion. She was going to grow her gorgeous hair back and display it for her husband on their wedding day; however, it was not as simple as Sam thought it would be. She tried ointments, creams, voodoo and anything else you could imagine but her hair would not grow back. Her mother and father blamed themselves and set out to buy the most magnificent wig. They commissioned the most beautiful maidens in the land and had them donate their luscious locks to the project. They then had the locks fashioned into the most glorious wig ever to be created and presented it to Sam... oops... I mean Samantha on her wedding day. She cherished the thought but refused to wear the wig. She wanted her own hair not an imitation, even if it was a gorgeous one. Disappointed, she walked down the aisle with a bald head. Samantha and Max lovingly said their vows and it was time for him to lift her veil and kiss the bride. When he did, he saw the most ravishing creature before him and the crowd gasped at the sight of Samantha’s glistening locks. Max was now married to the most beautiful women in the world and the two lived happily ever after.
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Author’s Note: My story this week was influenced by The Maiden with The Wooden Helmet. The premise of the story is pretty much the same. Both stories deal with a girl whose parents try to hide her beauty for the fear that the world will hurt her but in the end she still finds true love. I tried to give the story a more modern setting and make it more relatable to the reader. I also changed some of the facts of the story. The girl in my story doesn’t wear a helmet but instead has her head shaved. Also, her parents do not die. The endings are similar but changed to fit the story.
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