Disclaimer: I do not own Cedric or Sofia the First. I only own this stories and the original characters in them.


Everyone downstairs was busy greeting an exiled princess who had come to the castle to stay with us, but I had no interest. All royalty was the same to me; spoilt, privileged people who look down on others. Instead, I had better things to do, like making a fast-growing potion for my begonias.

I was grabbing the last ingredient of my potion: a single hair from a unicorn's mane. I carefully picked the hair from it's container and slowly dropped it in the cauldron, only to have it blow up in my face. I'm quite use to my spells going wrong, but never-the-less, it stilled annoyed me when they don't go according to plan. It was at that moment, I heard the door swing open and the voice of an old woman speak.

"Excuse me, but are you Cedric the sorcerer? Princess Lore wanted me to ask you a favor."

I groaned in annoyance, trying to clean off my work area, "Can't you see that I'm busy at the moment?"

"I can, but she can't; her Highness is completely blind. She wondered if you be able to make her see with your magic."

I swirved around in my stool to look over. I saw the old woman, who was small and feeble, and by her side was a young woman with ebony hair. The look on her face seemed distant and forlorn. I don't consider myself to be a soft sorcerer, but I realized then that I couldn't just turn them away.

"Alright, bring her over."

I got up from my stool and offered it for the princess to sit on. The old woman lead the princess over and sat her down. I knelt over to get a closer look at the princess.

"Alright your highness, just open you eyes so I can have a look at them."

Princess Lore cringed a little, as if she was uncomfortable with me seeing them.

"Its alright; its just an examination." I said, placing my hand on her's for reassurance.

The princess opened her eyes. They were clouded and Wedgewood blue. It was not the color of her eyes that distrurbed me; I mostly expected them to look that way; it was the fact that her eyes had no life to them. Even most blind people would have some form of life in their eyes, but Princess Lore's eyes were completely devoid of it.

"How long has she had this?" I asked the old woman.

"Since birth." replied the old woman, "Her mother was quite ill and died after delivering her."

Sounded to me like her blindness was caused from complication at birth.

"I'll need to do some research for a potential cure. I'll let you two know I find anything."

"Thank you." said the old woman before taking the princess and leading her out of the workshop.

After the two left, I realized by finding a cure for the Princess' blindness, it would not only benefit her, but me as well. If I were to give the Princess her sight with my magic, I would be hailed as the greatest sorcerer of all time. I had no time to lose; I had to find a cure.

I stood up all night trying to find a spell or a potion that would cure blindness, but I found nothing; not even mention of a magic flower growing in a faraway land that could give sight to the blind. I was getting quite frustrated. I was so desperate, I even turned to the painting of my deceased parents.

"Mother, Father, I'm sure you know of a cure for blindness."

But my parents said nothing; just stood their in their portrait.

"Oh sure, bother me when I don't need help, but when I actually do, you two choose to remain silent. Why can't I have parents who support me?!"

I turned away from the painting, crossing my arms in frustration. Perhaps I should try testing out various potions that might help.