@Susan60@actuallyautistic if you have not yet, I expect you would enjoy Patricia C. Wrede's Enchanted Forest series. The basic premise is that Princess Cimorene is, well, a Princess. However, her magic lessons, fencing, and other practical arts are continually put a stop to because those things are Not For Princesses. So she runs off, and finds her way to the dragons.
It's YA FIC, but I've (re)read them several times, including to my children.