One day, a girl came to the palace... She was poor, everyone could see that... she was not very pretty... she was limping too. But...She had two things going for her...  

Her EYES... Her eyes were so beautiful, they made everyone who saw them feel like he or she has seen a miracle... Her beautiful purple eyes brought happiness to all. But for the King... The King didn't even get to see her eyes.. he was busy looking for a wife...   

The poor girl needed some money, she needed to eat.. She also didn't even have a place to stay. So she came knocking on the first door she saw, she knocked, and was answered by a young boy.. The young boy took one look at her eyes, and smiled instantly!   

He said: "Sure you can come-in", "But I didn't even ask yet" said the girl. The girl came in after the boy, he closed the door and pointed to a chair near the table... "We're just eating now..." said the boy, he gave her some soup, and a piece of bread, cause that's what those poor people had.. The girl ate her piece of bread, and drunk the soup right from the bowl... she WAS hungry...   

Right after she ate, her eyes closed and she fell asleep right at the table...  

The boy gently took her and put her on a bench he had in the room... That's all he had in his shack. Suddenly a somebody knocked on the door, a loud knock... The boy opened the door and saw one of the palace guards.. The guard walked into the opened door, not very politely.   

After a short search in the room, the guard finding the sleeping girl grabbed her    
and woke her up. The girl was taken to the palace, with no explanations other than "It's the Kings order!!!"   

The girl was put in a room with many other girls... Small girls, large girls,   
blonde, redheads, brunettes, all kinds of girls were there. But none had purple eyes like she did.   

The king came through the large wooden doors.. His figure instilled fear in all of the girls.. All but the young poor girl with the purple eyes... She didn't even feel he was coming, she was asleep on the floor.   

The king seeing that there was a girl on the floor, hurried to her... Lifting her the King dismissed all the other girls. He took her to his room, his private chambers.. He put her on a bed with satin sheets and silken pillows. The king looked at her.. He caressed her hair and put it away from her face.. He suddenly saw her face.. It was dirty...   

The king, seeing how dirty the girl was, called a servant and order him take the girl away and put her in a cell.. He summoned the head of the palace guard... "How dare you bring me such an ugly creature..." shouted the king at the guard.. The guard didn't really have an answer, so he too was put in jail...   

The king decided to put both of them to death tomorrow morning.. The next morning the king woke up... He was happy, today he'd see the man who mocked him, and that ugly girl put to death!   

The king just wanted to laugh at the face of that young girl and his guard, just one more time.. So, the king ordered his butler to prepare his best suit, and went down to the castle dungeons.. Meanwhile the girl woke up, seeing a basin she decided to wash herself.. She was dirty, the voyage here was long.. So, she cleaned herself up, and then looked around her...   

The guardsman saw this beautiful girl sitting next to him and then he noticed her special eyes. He was absolutely taken by them. Then a key turned in the keyhole.. The jailer and the king stood at the door to the cell..   

The king looked at the girl, her clothes were still not really clean, but her features - now that her face was clean - were striking in their beauty, but her eyes made him love her instantly.. He felt happy.. For the first time in his life he HAS found a girl fit to be his queen!   

He walked to her.. Opened his arms to hug her, and then before he had a chance, she asked "What is this place, what am I doing here?" The jailer and the guardsman knew better than to answer.   

So the king answered, he was so keen to impress her, that he told her the truth... "You are in my prison..." he said. "You were brought to my palace so I could check you, I'm looking for a queen, a bride".   

"So why am I in prison?" she asked in a shaky voice, "What wrong have I done to harm you so, my king?" she asked.. The king saw that he had her attention, so he decided to stretch it a bit...   

"You were sleeping, I took you in my chambers, but you were filthy, you spread dirt all over my bed, the servants had to slave like dogs for a whole day.." He lied to her.   

"I am sorry my king, what was my punishment?" asked the girl, fear entering into her eyes.. The king saw her eyes, he felt sorry, but still his ego made him continue.. "You are to be put to death, today!" he said.   

"Oh" cried the girl for an instant. Her face became serious, and she turned to the wall her shoulders shaking. After a moment or two, she turned back, and said "I'm sorry my king, I did not mean to filth your bed. I understand the wrong I have done"   

The king couldn't believe his ears, beautiful, modest and smart too? she must be his queen!   

"Are you not going to beg for your life?" he asked the girl. The girl gave him a sad look and asked "is it going to help me if I do?"   

The king was filled with joy, he HAD found the one he was looking for, but looking at his men, he suddenly realized that they must not hear him speak kindly to the girl, and besides, he is the king, he can do what he wishes! So he said "NO!"   

The girl looked at all of them once, each had a glimpse of her purple eyes. Then she closed them, and just sat there, eyes closed. Everybody in the room was silent. Neither of them has ever seen anyone accepting his or hers faith in such calmness..   

After a long while the king ordered the jailer to take the guards away and leave! He entered the cell, and sat near the girl...   

She didn't move, she breathed slowly, as if every breath counted! He caressed her cheek with his hand, she didn't even move.   

"You don't have to die you know.." said the king, "Why do you mock me like this?" asked the girl without opening her eyes "Isn't it enough I wronged you my king, I will be punished and put to death, isn't THAT enough for you?" she asked.   

The king wanted to say he was sorry, he wanted to explain, but something made him go rigid.. "It is customary to give the condemned a last request, do you want something?" asked the king, his heart heavy but his pride satisfied. "Yes my king.." the girl said.. "I want to see the boy who helped me" she said.. The king stood up and walked to the cell door. "You will have an hour with that boy.." he said, then left the cell...   

The girl opened her eyes, everything was silent, no-one even yelled anymore. The jailer was not here, so why bother? Suddenly the girl noticed that the cell door remained opened, she stood up, walked to the door and tried to open it further. It opened! The cell was open, she could run away!   

Instead of running away, she closed the cell door, and went to sit on the cold stone bench, the king came back after an hour, he and the jailer walked down the corridors with them a young boy.   

The king had talked with the boy earlier, the deal was very simple, either the boy gets the girl to marry the king and be his queen, or they both die!   

The boy entered the cell, the king and the jailer left.   

The girl opened her eyes, she looked at the boy, not believing he really was there. He saw her amazing eyes and was caught in their magic once more, slowly - as to not cause her to vanish all of a sudden - he approached her, finally reaching the bench she sat on, then, sitting near her, he realized what he has done.   

He knew now, that he was to blame, it was because of him, she was here now, about to be put to death.   

He was so sorry, he wanted to kiss her, to hug her, but he was too ashamed.   

She looked at him with those amazing eyes of her, but he couldn't look at her, he must look away, he looked away, and told her in a low voice, what the king has asked of him...   

"You MUST marry him.." he said, "Please marry him.." I don't want to see you die, he was not even thinking about his own impending death! He was only thinking of her.   

The girl looked at him and didn't know what to do, she only knew she was going to die, and that wonderful boy would die with her, because of HER!   

She started to cry, silently, a teardrop after another...   

The boy could not resist his urges anymore, he turned to her and took her in his arms, lightly kissing her eyes, he tasted her salty tears, he tried to make her stop crying, but could not.   

She cried long... long and hard, he started to melt, he felt he could no longer hold himself and began crying himself, there, the two of them sat, crying, for the love they had just found, cause he knew he would love her forever, and she responded to his touch, getting closer to him although she didn't stop crying over the love they had found, and were about to loose, even if they would not loose their lives.   

It did not matter, the only way they could be together, was if they died, died together...   

After they cried their hearts out, tears dry, they could cry no more. The king came back, with him was a man clad in black and a man in a white robe, carrying a book and a cross, that made their choices very clear, either the girl married the king and she and the boy would loose their new-found love, or they would both die, the black clad man had a dagger in his belt, and a strong long rope to tie his victims and drag them to their deaths. The boy looked at him, he saw the one person no-one ever wants to see.   
 Wide purple eyes opened in surprise...   
Even the king gasped...   
The man with the white robe held the cross higher and crossed himself...   

All that happened in a split second, as the boy got up, and jumped on the black clad man, taking his dagger and slaying himself. Before he died, he managed to mumble "Please marry him, you've got no reason not to, now.." And so, he died.   

The king was shocked... The girl was terrified, she gained and lost what could have been the love of her life, but now, she'd have to do with a man that had a cold stone tablet instead of a heart????   

She stood up, went to the king and spit in his face, "You are the scum of the earth" she screamed, she started to hit him, unable even to cry and full of rage, she scratched and screamed and spit on him!   

The king was so shocked he just stood there, didn't move and took the beating, the two men, one in black the other in white didn't know what to do, one of them had a job to do, neither knew which one, each one hoped it had to be the other and they both hopped it would be neither, so they quietly left, they left the king with the dead boy, and a beautiful girl with amazing purple eyes.   

The king, after taking a beating, thought it was enough, he took hold of both her hands and stopped her, she stood there, immobile in his hands, like a statue, a cold white statue with raging bright purple eyes.   

Her fury was so great that he could not bring himself to look into her eyes at first, after a long moment the king breathed heavily and said "I am sorry", that's all he could say, he felt he should say more, he wanted to explain, but could not, her rage was so obvious on her face that he feared he would make her explode again if he said one more word...   

The girl, looked at him, saw his weak sad face, she did not know why, why it has all happened, it happened too fast, everything happened too fast, and now, she was left with him, this King? A King who wanted her dead cause she filthed his bed? That was so strange to her, she suddenly saw something very weird in it, even funny.   

She had lost it, she lost her mind, cause it was all so funny...   

Because she was dirty she was supposed to die??? and the boy, he died because she felt she must've died cause she really did something wrong!??   

That was too much for her and she collapsed to the floor, the King looked at her, he wished it could all end differently, for she would never marry him now, never, ever!!!! he told himself in agony.   

He felt so stupid, so sorry, he could never forgive himself, he wanted to die himself!!!   

Suddenly light came into his eyes and he woke up...   

He saw his servant open the window, a window to the street, he went to the window, realizing what a horrible dream he had, it was all a dream, he felt so relieved. He vowed never to let a thing like that happen, not ever again! Just as he looked at the town gate a little wagon came in... And a young girl with purple eyes went out of it....