Beowulf Narrative Essay

n a cold and windy December seventeenth, tragedy struck. A day the whole kingdom never forgot about. The tragic day the prince went missing and the day a kingdom lost their queen. Prince Aleksander had just celebrated his first and last birthday with the royal family. This day would soon be memorialized not as the prince’s birthday but as the day the kingdom mourned for the lost of a son, a prince, and an heir to the throne.

His mother, Adeline, was the first person that made it to young Aleksander’s nursery when she heard the balcony window shatter. She rushed in and desperately tried to save her son, resulting in a brawl between the abductor and Adeline. Soon
Adeline was about to emerge victorious but when she tried to snatch Aleksander
When the king, Beowulf, was finally able to arrive to the scene, he only found the ashy remains of his beloved wife. Crying in agony, Beowulf swore to enact his revenge on the captor of his son.

Eighteen years later, on Aleksander’s birthday, Bastian, the man that raised
Aleksander, made Aleks work in their shop, as he did every year. Aleks worked all day making food and selling it at the store. Their shop, Bastian’s Blissful Booth, was one of the most popular places to get food and everyone in the kingdom knew this.

“Aleks! It’s high noon. You need to be in the front taking orders and money, not in here in the kitchen! You are just taking up space”, Bastian ordered.

Aleks did not say a word, just nodded and obediently did as Bastian said. He never dared disobey Bastian and he already learned the hard way what would happen if he did.

Everyone in town knew that today was the day to celebrate the birthday of the lost prince. And just like every other year, Aleks watched through the gloomy shop windows at all the other children and common people as they scurried on the streets greeting each other, trading stories or food, and having