Sleeping Beauty: Beautifully Twisted into her own happy ending
By Anime-Guera
All my life the kingdom, the peasants, family even my own parents had hidden a secret from me. A secret that affected me since I was barely a few months of age, predicting my death after I had only begun life. My father tried to prevent the curse from ever happening by destroying all the spindles that existed in our kingdom but somehow never letting me defend myself ;however, the curse found a way only fifteen years after my birth. Some would think that it would be obvious to anyone to clue me in on that small piece of information for my own safety if not anything else. My parents feared anything that could have any possibility of causing me pain, injury or strife, so the secret was kept safe, out of my hands.
My parents always sought to control every aspect of my life which in turn made me a sort of rebel, never listening to my mentors or tutors. Ignoring their pleas to stay in the castle at all hours of the day. Disappearing for hours at a time without any sort of explanation, leaving them wondering of my location and actions. Angering them more I opposed all authority they attempted to exert on me. Not even the crown guards could capture me when I wanted to escape.
I used to think perhaps if I had known about the curse placed on me, I would have still searched desperately for any spindle in the Kingdom for curiosity sake but seeing as the curse did take its effect I am rather glad I was in complete ignorance of it for I would live in constant fear as my parents. Though a hundred years after my terrible mistake, a very handsome prince did save me and my father's entire kingdom from the dreadful eternal sleep, which wasn't all that bad, almost like a constant dream. I gave him my gratitude, as did my parents, the peasants and anyone else under the influence of the sleep, but still he insisted for my hand in marriage. I complied and we had a splendorous wedding with everyone from his kingdom and my realm invited but soon after I had pledged my vows to him forever I learned that he was intolerably obnoxious and I could no longer stand to be in the same room with him anymore. Now I live in my realm free of the sound of his voice.
Very happily divorced.