This is based loosely on a combination of the book and the movie. It's
meant to entertain, and hopefully, I'll capture the best of both worlds.
Enjoy! And please read and review!
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The fairy dressed in pink stood staring at the darkened gates of the castle. Some how, in her quest to quit using "big magic;" Lucinda had managed to forget how to use a watch. Not only was she late for the wedding, she'd missed the ceremony entirely. She knew she shouldn't, she knew it was wrong, she knew she'd vowed to quit. But this was such a special wedding. The royal couple deserved happiness, after they'd been through so much.
Lucinda felt the old tingling. All her gifts weren't that bad. There were some who'd had no complaints at all. And besides, so few fairies made uses of their gifts, why shouldn't humans be given the opportunity to experience the wonders of magic.
Suddenly, her feet were in the air, she was gliding over pastures, rolling hills, houses, a startled horse suddenly reared and darted in the opposite direction it's rider had been trying to get it to go.
The white carriage gleamed as it came into sight. Lucinda slowed her speeding body to the same rate of the carriage.
A smile shone across her face. She'd thought about this one, absolutely, without a doubt, final gift. A gift for Prince Char, and his Princess, Ella.
So much love was between them, a love that would blossom beautifully. But she'd seen so many other couples who'd seemed to hold the same promise, except their flaw fell within the fact that those coupled always seemed to end up in a mess because they were never really open with their partner. She grinned as her fingers tingled. "I give you both the gift of being open, never a thought hidden, never a word left unspoken." ***
Ella woke up suddenly, a strange feeling washed over her body, as though someone had dumped ice water over her, but she was still dry. A chill rippled down her spine as she tried to shake the feeling.
Char, who she'd been resting against stirred gently in his sleep opening his steely eyes as a tired grin crossed his face. "Are you all right?
"I feel like someone dumped ice cold water over my head, but I'm completely dry," Ella blurted out. She closed her mouth quickly, glancing around the carriage. Had she really said that? She hadn't felt the odd compassion to blurt something out like that since the curse...But, it wasn't possible...was it?
The fairy dressed in pink stood staring at the darkened gates of the castle. Some how, in her quest to quit using "big magic;" Lucinda had managed to forget how to use a watch. Not only was she late for the wedding, she'd missed the ceremony entirely. She knew she shouldn't, she knew it was wrong, she knew she'd vowed to quit. But this was such a special wedding. The royal couple deserved happiness, after they'd been through so much.
Lucinda felt the old tingling. All her gifts weren't that bad. There were some who'd had no complaints at all. And besides, so few fairies made uses of their gifts, why shouldn't humans be given the opportunity to experience the wonders of magic.
Suddenly, her feet were in the air, she was gliding over pastures, rolling hills, houses, a startled horse suddenly reared and darted in the opposite direction it's rider had been trying to get it to go.
The white carriage gleamed as it came into sight. Lucinda slowed her speeding body to the same rate of the carriage.
A smile shone across her face. She'd thought about this one, absolutely, without a doubt, final gift. A gift for Prince Char, and his Princess, Ella.
So much love was between them, a love that would blossom beautifully. But she'd seen so many other couples who'd seemed to hold the same promise, except their flaw fell within the fact that those coupled always seemed to end up in a mess because they were never really open with their partner. She grinned as her fingers tingled. "I give you both the gift of being open, never a thought hidden, never a word left unspoken." ***
Ella woke up suddenly, a strange feeling washed over her body, as though someone had dumped ice water over her, but she was still dry. A chill rippled down her spine as she tried to shake the feeling.
Char, who she'd been resting against stirred gently in his sleep opening his steely eyes as a tired grin crossed his face. "Are you all right?
"I feel like someone dumped ice cold water over my head, but I'm completely dry," Ella blurted out. She closed her mouth quickly, glancing around the carriage. Had she really said that? She hadn't felt the odd compassion to blurt something out like that since the curse...But, it wasn't possible...was it?
