Our story begins in the land known as Frell. The land where it is a mix of modern day and olden day. As we swoop through the castle's roof while the birds chirp. We glide along the land through the village where elves practice their routines and where all magical things live until we hit the cottage with flowers and vines growing around it. The owner of this cottage wife has just had a baby boy named Ellard. Now this is where our story begins for as you see this baby will not have a normal life because of a Fairy bestowing a gift upon it. And this is where we will start:
In the middle of the room rest a baby in a cradle with a blue based blanket and green leaves printed on it. The baby's head rest on a white laced end pillow. The baby begins to cry and comes rushing in the mother and the house fairy.
The mother is wearing a white gown with a black and white jacket. While the house fairy wore a pink dress.
"Now, Now, Ellard. Mother's here." The mother cooed. "There, now." As she picked up the precious baby. "Oh, dear Ellard."
While this is going on the man of the house or well know as the father of this story is down stairs circling jobs in the news paper. He had to provide for the family somehow. He began to circle abacus programmer.
While the scene upstairs continued.
"Oh, it's nothing a little burping won't cure." Mandy the house fairy said. Mandy lifts her arms and use magic to get the burping towel to come to her but it just stays there floating in the air. "Come on. All the way." Mandy groans and moves her fingers back and forth to make the towel come. Then the towel came swooshing in and slamming into the house fairy's face. As you see Mandy is not the most talent fairy but she tries hard at it. As she mumbles a few words at next time and going to work on that. The Mother smiles behind her trying not to laugh.
The next thing they hear is "Hello ladies." said another fairy.
"Lucinda!" The mother and Mandy say in unison.
"Oh, she gives the worst gifts." The mother stated. That is understatement for Lucinda gives awful gifts and if the parents don't like it she turns the baby into any small creature. She in no way does see return gifts. But yet Lucinda she is the greatest fairy giver in the world.
The house fairy thinks fast. "Not unless she can't find the baby." The Mandy looks around then ends up sticking the baby in the closet hang off one of the hooks by its blanket. She stands with her back on the door of the closet to keep it from opening while the mother is on the other side of the room.
Then comes crashing in Lucinda just as the door to the closet is closing. Literally she ends up falling on the diaper changing station and destroying it. Lucinda has dark skin and curly hair with pink flowers in it and wears a pink leather half top, a pink skirt that stops above her knees and shear pink gloves. Also her whole outfit sprinkles.
"Lucinda here." The fairy says posing a bit. "Fairy par excellence." And does a curtsy.
The mother and Mandy look at each other than face Lucinda.
"Now where's the baby?" Lucinda asked.
"At her grandmother's." "He's out walking." Mandy and the mother saying two different things but at the same time. They try again but it happened again but switched.
"He's walking at her grandmother's." Mandy says.
"Either way, as you can see, he's not here." The mother says.
Mandy moves wrongly and the closet door opens with little Ellard hanging in the blanket that's on the closet's hook crying a bit. Mandy turns a bit and says:
"Oh, look. He's back."
Lucinda gives a face of sure and whatever and goes and grabs the baby off the hook. "All right, aww." Lucinda says. "What shall we give this beautiful little child today?"
The mother is twitching and trying to grab the baby and Mandy is watching Lucinda carefully and trying to get the baby back also. But Lucinda still holds the baby.
"What's his name again?" Lucinda asks.
"Ellard." The mother answers.
"Ellard of Frell." Lucinda says while raising the baby above her head. The baby begins to cry. "Not a very well-behaved little stinker, is he?" She says trying to calm the baby. "Quiet, please. I can't concentrate here."Lucinda said getting frustrated at the baby boy. "Ellard of Frell, I give you the gift of obedience." Lucinda lifted her right snapped her fingers in front of Ellard with a little pink sprinkles for emphasis.
The mother and the house fairy were behind watch the whole thing panicking and looking at each other.
"Now go to sleep." Lucinda said to make sure the sleep worked. The baby immediately went to sleep. "Now… Wake up." The baby woke up with no sleepily eyes like most babies. Lucinda turns around with a big smile think how great she is and chuckles. "Isn't it wonderful?" She says then looks at the two standing speechless.
"No. It's terrible." Mandy finally says. "It's a terrible gift to have to do what you're told. Take it back."
Lucinda's face was sour. "I have a no-return policy." She says sassy like. "And if you're going to be ungrateful, I can always turn her into a squirrel instead." She turns the baby boy in her arms lifting her right arm again.
"A squirrel?!" The mother panicking turning towards the house fairy.
"No, obedience is a lovely gift." The house fairy said quickly. They both turn towards Lucinda and put on their biggest smile.
"Besides, you should thank me." Lucinda says smiling brightly. "I've just given you…" Lifting the baby again above her head and shaking him a little side to side. "The perfect child."
Ellard giggles and then pees on the horrible gifting fairy with the two behind them trying to contain their laughter.
And this is the beginning of the cursed life of Ellard. But in spite of the spell Ellard did grow up strong minded. His gift did make him obedient but his heart made her kind. He even got a friend for life out of it. His friend's name is Areida. And he stood up for her in front of the school bullies. But what really topped the cherry was when one of the bullies said bite me. And he did. But soon after that he found out about his gift and the story about how he got it. That they even tried to ask Lucinda to take it away but she wouldn't. Now he knew why he always obeyed but he would never stop fighting to get his way. As he struggled to get out of the gift he didn't know that something even worst was a drift.
The mother lied on the bed sick in her night gown with the red quilted blanket pulled up to her chest. While Ellard sat in a chair that was as close to the bed as possible holding and squeezing her hand.
"Please get well, mother." Ellard pleaded.
"Listen to me. Only Mandy and I know about the gift. We've never even told your father." The mother said. "And you must never tell anyone else." Ellard obeys. "I don't want anyone using it against you."
"Mother, please." Ellard begged.
"Remember, No matter what anyone says or tells you to do, look to yourself, Ellard." She said. "What's inside you is stronger than any spell." The mother begins to cough as the father and house fairy come in. The father squats next to Ellard and the house fairy stands behind them."
The mother begins to hand Ellard with shaky hands a necklace with a dark silver heart and a blue and green jewel in the middle of the heart with little designs going towards the jewel at the end of the necklace.
"Take this, and I'll always be with you." The mother says. Ellard takes the necklace and exams it.
That night Ellard's mother dies. Never did he think that his life would get anymore crazy. Or that the prince would be involved.