"She was, however, friends with almost everyone she met. She didn’t care who they were, it was *nice having company, for it was lonely in her castle that seemed like her prison.*...Though she despised the lonely quietness of the castle, she *rarely came out*." ...The older she got, *the more she tried to leave her castle*....Sometimes she went, more often then not she holed herself up in her castle and made silly excuses for reasons not to come out. Her friends often were sad when she didn’t come, but what could they do?-I think that you may have forgotten a word somewhere. It's a bit contradictory.She's an average person but cannot leave the castle by choice or is she forced to stay? Is she a popular hermit?

Hey, I like this story. Even though it's short, it's still pretty good. It has that sort of fairytale ring to it. Keep up the good work!

An interesting short story. Possibly an insight into your mind as to what you are feeling? I honestly think that you are right about fear holding us all back, because just what would happen if we were all fearless?