Chapter 1
The background information
This story has been told many times. I've been given totally unrealistic names like Aurora and Briar-Rose. What person names their kid Briar-Rose? Not my parents, they went nice and simple, Anna Julie Carson. of course I'm known as Princess Anna. I've been given gifts and curses by faeries, definitely did not happen. Supposedly I got pricked by a needle and slept for a hundred years too. I must admit I have been pricked by a needle before but that was just because I was clumsy not because of any curse, and I certainly did not sleep for a hundred years either. I am not that sleep deprived. Let me tell you what really happened. It all started, obviously, when I was born. I was the cutest baby on the Earth (if I do say so myself). My hair was blonde and extremely curly. I had and have brown eyes (not blue) and very rosy cheeks. I know this is not very descriptive but I don't have a picture on hand.
Anyways, enough about how I looked I'm sure you've read about it often enough. Let's get on to the important stuff. The whole curse thing came from my Aunt kristin and her daughter/ my cousin Daphne. No they did not put a curse on me, actually they adored me, they are just somewhat unintelligent. When an old, sweet looking lady gave them a gift for me their darling niece / cousin and told them I'd love it, the fact that she was a total stranger was totally lost on them. Especially since they had been unable to think of anything to give their sweet relation at her christening. I know I've made it seem like there is no magic where I come from, well there is, just not your normal abra kadabra kind. The magic we have here is a kind a crystal thing that radiates a power so pure and beautiful that no normal human could even touch it let alone understand it. Sadly though even the most beautiful things can be corrupted. So here is the story of me and the christening gift that I didn't receive until my 16th birthday.
This story has been told many times. I've been given totally unrealistic names like Aurora and Briar-Rose. What person names their kid Briar-Rose? Not my parents, they went nice and simple, Anna Julie Carson. of course I'm known as Princess Anna. I've been given gifts and curses by faeries, definitely did not happen. Supposedly I got pricked by a needle and slept for a hundred years too. I must admit I have been pricked by a needle before but that was just because I was clumsy not because of any curse, and I certainly did not sleep for a hundred years either. I am not that sleep deprived. Let me tell you what really happened. It all started, obviously, when I was born. I was the cutest baby on the Earth (if I do say so myself). My hair was blonde and extremely curly. I had and have brown eyes (not blue) and very rosy cheeks. I know this is not very descriptive but I don't have a picture on hand.
Anyways, enough about how I looked I'm sure you've read about it often enough. Let's get on to the important stuff. The whole curse thing came from my Aunt kristin and her daughter/ my cousin Daphne. No they did not put a curse on me, actually they adored me, they are just somewhat unintelligent. When an old, sweet looking lady gave them a gift for me their darling niece / cousin and told them I'd love it, the fact that she was a total stranger was totally lost on them. Especially since they had been unable to think of anything to give their sweet relation at her christening. I know I've made it seem like there is no magic where I come from, well there is, just not your normal abra kadabra kind. The magic we have here is a kind a crystal thing that radiates a power so pure and beautiful that no normal human could even touch it let alone understand it. Sadly though even the most beautiful things can be corrupted. So here is the story of me and the christening gift that I didn't receive until my 16th birthday.