Inkwell Isle presents:Grim Matchstick and Baroness von Bon Bon in...

A Reversed Fairytale

🎶 On this isle we call home,

There is a dragon all alone,

And a princess of all that is sweet.

This tale is one that cannot be beaaaaaaat!

Now that the souls have all been freed,

A new story is what we sing.

Of a fairytale flipped on it's head,

One that you can read when you go to beeeeeeeeeeeeeed.

To bed! 🎶

"Encore! Encore!" the members of the audience cheered to the barbershop quartet at the fairgrounds. The four of them took a bow and then waltzed of stage, tipping their hats as they did so. Sadly, no encore was held.

"Wow that sure was a great concert wasn't it Dad?" a young intelligent bird said to his father.

Wally looked up to the sky "Yeah, those certainly were some of the best songs I've heard in ages. Next to the "We Are going to Eat Your Corpse" song...which really, REALLY was crept me out at the time. Why did they have salt shakers exactly?"

"Well as much as I like the concert..." spoke Djimmi the great genie "I think the real thing we should be focusing on is that no good Beppi the clown. The great power invested within me still had no effect on those no good balloon poops."

The clown rode by "Hey! What did the balloon wish to the genie? NOTHING! It popped before it could even get to wish one! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Seriously though, you pop it you buy it."

The genie sighed and paid him in gold.

"Well I thought that your balloon tricks were p-p-p-pretty neat ." A green dragon named Grim Matchstick shly whispered "They were very-"

"PARRY?" Cuphead interrupted, looking at any moment to get that 100% S rate.

"Actually the word used was very." his brother/pal, Mugman put his mistake to rest immediately. He was next to elder kettle, their father figure."

"Oh." the child with the cup for a head turned to the dragon "Sorry about that...for more things than one."

"I'm not sure whether I should accept or n-n-n-not." Grim "Either way, who do you think the dragon in the story was? I think I-I-I-I-I'd like to meet him so he could increase my confidence."

"I dunno, but I think I know who the princess may be." said Mugman while pointing at Baroness von Bon Bon, the queen of the candy.

"That actually makes sense." Djimmi wiseley spoke. "If you were wise enough to understand the song then it said a princess of all that is sweet. Whilst candy is a sugar some people do describe it as sweet. Thus Baroness would be a likely candidate since she rules over the kingdom of candy...at least it would be if this was meant to be taken literally."

"Indeed," agreed Elder Kettle. "It is highly likely that this is just various metaphors made to represent something else like most songs on the radio. Dragon could be representing someone aggressive or strong while princess could represent a weakling or dictator in a relationship."

Grim did not hear any of that though, he was to busy focusing on the beautiful princess. He had these feelings for her since the third time they laid eyes (Love at first sight is so overused). He then began to sing them out.

🎶 Oh lovely Baroness, how I adore you,

But you probably think that I wanna eat you.

Alas, that's the way it's been for eons,

Princesses getting captured by dragons.

And since your'e the leader of all that is sweet,

You feel like the chances of devouring have increased...

That's what I think anyhow, but what do I know?

I'm just a lonesome dragon putting on my shy sh-🎶

"Woah, lovley singing voice you got there." intervened the Cup Brothers in unison.

"GAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" the dragon screamed. "HOW LONG W-W-W-WHERE YOU THERE F-F-FOR?"

Cuphead looked away, whistled then answered "We ain't gonna lie, we heard all 8 of verses."

Mugman then added "Your singing voice is meh. But hey, that's not the point. The point is that youv'e got a crush on Baroness right?"

"Y-y-y-yes" Grim's face started to turn pink.

"However," Cuphead took over "Your'e too scared scared to ask her because you are a dragon and she's a princess, which usually get kindapped by dragons."

"Hot on the p-p-p-point." His face became even pinker.

"Well why don't you take our advise..." the brothers suggested.

"Hmmmm..." the dragon stopped blushing before the boys would think they could parry his face.

Should Grim listen to their idea? After all they did battle for his soul once, even if it did result in his contract being destroyed. If not, should he listen to others for advice, like her servants or her neighbors? The next chapter is in your hands. (Leave your idea in the description)