Hello, I am Her Shimmering Highness, Princess of Mages, Ambassador Annlonna Mathis va Darina Thailyn ton Tylan Emeton Entista Thorgrey Entista Nimitinas. But you can call me Ann. We’re probably family anyhow. Between my birth parents, my adoptive parents, my adopted cousins, my adopted brother, (my birth dad adopted him) all my siblings’ spouses’ family, I feel like I’m related to most people. If you start looking at dragon family, like my aunt’s widower’s new wife and her family and all their foster kids and their birth families, I probably am related to everyone. My mom died when I was born, and my dad was in no condition to raise me, so I was adopted by King Emeton and Queen Tylan. I grew up in the palace as a princess until I was ten. Then I ran away. People often think that their lives would be so much easier if they were a princess or prince. They have no idea how wrong they are. After that, I lived on my own until I was seventeen and my family found me. That wasn’t easy either. For three years I was a prisoner of Lyra, the immortal troll queen. Even after I started working for her, after I had earned the rank of second in command, it was a nightmare. Lyra was cruel, and the trolls were constantly after my head. It took a toll on my physically and mentally. It took the world’s strongest healer to undo the physical damage and years and many great friends to heal the mental damage and truly, that may never heal all the way. It almost killed me to escape Lyra, and I spent the next four years trying to become human again. When I was seventeen, I was found by my family and forced to return home. I could have run away again, but it was only for two years. After I was nineteen and old enough to live on my own, I chose to stay with my family to help them. A friend once advised me to work with my family to help defeat Lyra when she attacks. That’s what I’m striving for. I may be just the adopted princess. I may never be a queen. But this is my kingdom too, and I will help to defend it.