Malvina Research Paper

The day of the Big Princess Festival brought princesses from far and wide to the Elvin Kingdom. Eager to make friends, Princess Jessica goes to meet and hopefully befriend the princesses, but is met by the hostile and prickly princess Malvina, who came from Cloud Kingdom.
Despite Jessica’s best intentions to make friends, Malvina does everything possible to make Jessica look like a fool, a lying, cowardly princess.
When the other princesses start distancing themselves from Jessica, what is she to do? How can she make everyone see that Malvina is simply lying and saying false things about Jessica to hurt her?
Not knowing how to talk to, or how to put a stop to Malvina, Jessica turns to seek answers from her magic pen. But can her magic pen give her the confidence she needs to speak up and stand up to Malvina? Can she put a stop to Malvina’s bullying before it’s too late

and she is left without friends?
Princesses had gathered at the elfin kingdom for a special day. They had come from far and wide for the big princess festival, which was going to be held at the Elvin kingdom.
Shaylee had never seen so many princesses gathered in the same place before. She stood on the steps of the castle, waving in greeting as the carriages, flying carpets and other manners of transportation arrived, depositing princesses at the steps of the grand castle.
Shaylee was happy to see that there were a lot of princesses her age. Since she wasn’t as shy as she used to, she couldn’t wait to meet all of them and perhaps make some new friends too.
After the last princess arrived, a small blond girl dressed in a pretty blue gown with flowing ribbons in her hair, a garden party was held to give the princess’s time to get to know each other.
“Hi, I’m Shaylee, it’s so nice to meet you!” said Shaylee as she introduced herself to a group of giggling princesses. They turned to her with friendly smiles and introduced themselves too.
“Is it true you fought the forest witch?” Alana, princess of the fire kingdom asked. Word had traveled quickly about Shaylee’s brave actions to save her kingdom.
Shaylee nodded, suddenly feeling a bit shy. Her magic pen glowed faintly against her chest, reminding her to be confident and believe in herself.
“Weren’t you scared?” Asked Remi, princess of cloud kingdom.
Shaylee’s smile grew as she said, “I was, but I had to save my parents and the kingdom.”
“You are so brave, I could never do such thing!” said Laurie, princess of the Light kingdom.
The girls nodded, laughed and commented some more about Shaylee’s bravery.
“I bet all that talk of self-confidence and bravery is nothing but lies.” Said Malvinas, the golden hair princess from the water kingdom, ending all talk. Everyone turned to look at her with puzzled eyes.
“Why do you say that?” asked Alana, not hiding the annoyance in her voice, Malvinas was always such a party pooper.
Malvinas placed her hands on her hips and smiled smugly, “Talk always has been that princess Shaylee has always been a very shy girl, who is always too afraid of talking or taking responsibilities. She’s a frightened cat, so home come suddenly she is an entire kingdom’s hero and defeated the evilest witch in the realm?”
Seeing there was some truth in Malvinas’ words, the girls nodded and looked at Shaylee for some explanation, but before Shaylee spoke, Malvinas leaned towards her and smeared, “Isn’t that true princess? What do you have to say to explain yourself?”
“Well, I… you see…” Shaylee started to stumble in her own words, causing a laugh to bubble out of Malvinas.
“What’s the matter princess, forgot how to speak?” she taunted, “or did the kitty have your tongue and you can’t deny all those are nothing but fat tales to try and fix your pathetic reputation as princess?”
Tears pricked the corners of Shaylee’s eyes, she wanted to spick up, to defend herself, but Malvinas was being so mean. She didn’t even know the truth and was speaking lies and jumping to conclusions without a care!
Shaylee ran away, without saying a word.
“What happened?” asked Elvy, her best friend. He’d seen Shaylee run out of the garden party and was worried for her.
Shaylee opened her mouth, ready to tell him, but the words disappeared in midair. Shaking her head, she said, “Nothing, it was just too boring.”
Elvy nodded with understanding, “Want to go riding then?”
Shaylee smiled brightly, “Give me ten minutes and I’ll meet you at the stables!”
After an afternoon of riding through the forest, Shaylee felt much better. She had even started looking forwards to the evening bawl.
Shaylee arrived at the ball, dressed in a lovely lavender gown with a sparkling tiara. Her pen, which was hidden in the folds of her dress gave her the reassurance and confidence she needed to talk into the bawl room, where every princess was looking at her with awe.
But when Shaylee approached her group of princess friends, she felt out of place. The princesses stopped talking and laughing when she arrived, they looked at her strangely too. From the corner of her eye, Shaylee saw Malvinas, with a smirk in her face and a satisfied twinkle in her eyes.
“So, princess, defeated any new witches or evil wizards lately?” Malvinas asked, sauntering towards her.
Shaylee pretended not to listen and looked down at her juice cup.
Malvinas pocked her in the arm, “I asked you something, don’t ignore me when I talk to you.”
Shaylee knew she had to speak up, to put a stop to Malvinas’ taunting, but she was so afraid, she didn’t know who to tell, or how to stop it. “If I tell mom and dad, they will say I need to grow up and stop being such a tale tale baby.” She thought. “And if I tell Elvy, he too may laugh at me and tell me to put her in her place. But I don’t want to do that either.”
Sighing, she looked at Malvinas, not saying a word.
Malvinas laughed, “I knew it, what a pathetic excuse of a princess the elfin kingdom has!”
She walked away, laughing a high pitch laugh.
“Don’t mind her too much,” a girl next to her said.
Shaylee looked to her right and saw a girl, dressed in a rose pink dress smiling at her.
“I’m Isalia, princess of the rose kingdom,” the girl said in a greeting. “Don’t let Malvinas’ words get under your skin, she is nothing but a bully, who needs to be put in her place.”
“But how can I stop her?” Shaylee wondered.
“By speaking up and telling someone with authority about it, then putting Malvinas in her place.” Isalia said and explained who not long ago, Malvinas had bullied her too.
After a while, Shaylee walked to the balcony and looked down at the garden. As she held her magic pen in her hands, Isalia’s words kept buzzing around inside her head. Isalia was right, she needed to stop being afraid and just tell her parents. The pen started pulsing in her hands, its light coming out in bursts of purple and blue. Shaylee felt its warm comforting her and strengthening her result.
With determination, she walked back into the bawl room, stopped at the elegant thrones were her parents sat and asked, “Can I speak to you?”
Her parents smiled and nodded. As she told them what was happening, her parents listened without interrupting her.
When Shaylee finished speaking, her mom grabbed her hand gently, “We will have a talk with this girl, thanks for telling us what is happening.”
Her dad placed a hand on her shoulder and looking into her eyes said, “But, you need to sand up to her and put her in her place too, so that no one else ever dares question the validity of your words and character.”
Shaylee nodded and gulped, she’d been afraid of this.
Not long after, she saw her parents and Malvinas’ parents talking sternly to Malvinas. She thought that would be the end of it, but the look Malvinas shut her when she passed by send chills running down Shaylee’s back.
Malvinas’ intense glare had said, “You’ll regret this.”
Shaylee felt the warm glow of her pen against her chest, where she kept it hidden by her hart and instead of cowering away from Malvinas’ stare, she stood up tall, shoulders back and gave her one of her own.
At that moment, it was as if the world had frozen in place. The music stopped playing, people stopped dancing and silence fell over the ball room.
Shaylee felt all eyes on her and Malvinas, engaged in the most intense staring contest from opposite sides of the room.
“Something wrong, weakling princess?” Malvinas taunted.
Shaylee gulped, her feet wouldn’t move, in any direction. She met the eyes of her parents and saw encouragement and support in them. She felt a presence by her side and when she looked, Isalia was there by her side, “You can do it.” Isalia whispered for Shaylee’s ears only.
Shaylee nodded, took her magic pen in her hands and stepped forwards.
Instantly, she felt a wave of confidence and determination come over her, it was time to put an end to Malvinas’ taunts.
Malvinas tapped the tip of her shoe on the polished floor, the echoes of it bouncing off the walls. “Pooh, look, the little princess is showing a back bone, or is it her move to turn tail and run?”
“Enough!” Shaylee said in a loud confident voice. “Talking trash about others and making them feel bad without even finding out if the things you say are true is wrong and I don’t like it!”
Malvinas laughed, “Too bad, is not for you to like.”
“It is!” said Shaylee, a faint purple glow covering her from head to toe. “You have been invited to my kingdom and with your taunts and words you are dishonoring, not only a member of the Elvin court, but its future queen and your own kingdom.”
No one said a word, not even Malvinas.
Shaylee took a deep breath and continued in a softer voice, “It’s not nice to bully others, or speak with mean intentions about them. It not only hurts my feelings, but it’s not a proper thing to do, not in your own kingdom and certainly not in another kingdom. You made me feel really bad and all I wanted was to get to know you and be your friend.”
Malvinas looked at the floor speechless, Shaylee was right, she was a mean bully.

No wonder she had no true friends. But Malvinas had done so because she felt jealous of Shaylee’s bravery. Deep inside, she wanted to be like Shaylee and she thought that by making her look bad, Malvinas would be seen as a strong minded, brave princess.
“Sorry, it was wrong of me to do that to you.” Malvinas murmured after a long silence.
Everyone gasped, Malvinas had never apologized to anyone before.
Malvinas explained why she had bullied and taunted Shaylee and walking towards her, she asked, “Can we start over?”
Shaylee smiled and curtsied, “I’m Shaylee, princess of the delving kingdom, pleased to meet you.”

Malvinas giggled, “I’m Malvinas, princess of cloud kingdom, friends?” she asked hopeful.
Shaylee giggled and gave Malvinas a hug, saying, “Friends.”
The purple glow of the pen intensified and surrounded them both as everyone cheered and clapped.
Shaylee had learned that speaking up was the best thing to do when bullied and Malvinas had learned that friendships were more treasured than bullying those around

her.