I'm going for something like this...
The world turned out to be very different from the lovely place she knew beside her father. It wasn't easy to find food on her own, and being used to the feasts back in Highmere, the little she managed to catch by herself was far from satisfactory. But the fair princess' optimism would be the last she'd lose. She kept walking forward, further from home with every step she took. She crossed wide rivers and climbed high mountains, she slept in hollow trunks and dark caves, and even though she did all of it by herself she never doubted that someday she'd find a place to finally rest.
By the time she crossed the golden forest it had been four moons since the day she was forced to leave her family. She lifted her her head at the sight of the purple field before her, and with a sigh of relief and a sparkle in her eyes she slowly moved her emaciated body forward; but being unable to take one more step she dropped herself to the ground, right in the center of the cozy meadow. The flowers that were beginning to die to welcome the autumn covered her tired body with their soothing aroma, letting her finally relax her achy muscles. She let her eyelids rest at last, but not before taking one good look at the sunset that took the mountain in the background to set it on fire.