Alfred had finally reached the little glen and hoped with all his might that it was the right one. He slowly walked up to the door and knocked loudly, listening for any signs of the cottage being habited. He heard a quiet 'enter' come from inside, and slowly obeyed. He immediately felt a sense of foreboding when he opened the door and was met with darkness. Never the less he ventured inside and felt a burst of air as the door slammed. For a split second he heard nothing at all, except for his own steady heartbeat. As if by an explosive power, a horde of demon-like creatures came out of the darkness and enveloped him.

He struggled against, but it was vain. He knew he was captured when he felt a handkerchief cover his mouth and the quiet steps of someone else, someone human, enter the room. He felt the ropes burn into the ropes as he struggled to get up, but the force of his captors made it impossible.

"Hello Prince Alfred. What a pleasure to see you after so long," a chilling voice said from above that caused the self-proclaimed hero to look up. Cold violet eyes met with bright blue as Alfred struggled to remember who exactly was standing in front of him, "I have been waiting for you. I have something special for you in store," Ivan said, a sinister smile gracing his lips.


Two pairs of arms carried the sleeping Prince to tallest tower and gently laid him down on the old bed. They fixed his limbs and made him look decent, before they looked outside. The whole castle was in a bustle, trying to get ready for sunset.

"What will happen now?" Feli questioned the other two as he continued looking down from his vantage point. "The King and Queen will be devastated when they find out."

Petey froze as an idea dawned on him. "When they find out. That's it! They won't find out. I got an idea, follow me," he said as he became small and flew down towards the throne room. Feli and Lovi exchanged a quick look before quickly following.

"We will make everybody else in the castle fall asleep. When Prince Arthur wakes up, so will the whole castle so no one will know," Petey explained as they journeyed down to where everyone was gathering.

Petey swept his wand in front of him as showers of dusty magic fell onto the people below. Instantly the effect took hold as people started to get drowsy and eventually fall into a dreamless sleep.

The fairy twins caught on and they quickly followed suit. Lovi went outside and soon the courtyard was full of snores as the guards fell asleep at their post, their weapons slowly tilting towards the floor, while Feli went to the higher levels of the castle and performed his magic on the servants.

Petey was hastily finished in the throne room when he heard the King of Ameris comment, "I was talking to Alfred earlier and it seems he has fallen in love, but not with just anyone, he has fallen in love with a peasant boy," he gave a great yawn as he leaned himself on the other king's chair.

The green fairy immediately flew to the King, tugging on his mustache to get him to talk, "A peasant? What peasant? What's the peasant's name? Where did he meet him?" the questions tumbled out as he fought to get an answer.

As the King's eyelids got heavier, Petey gave his nose a hard pinch and he jumped up with a start. "Humph. Peasant boy…in the woods…once upon a dream," he mumbled incoherently, but Petey caught it.

"Once upon a dream! Arthur!" he cried happily and as if by magic, which was probably the case, Lovi and Feli appeared next to him.

"Everybody outside is asleep. Woah, why are you all happy?" Lovi asked looking slightly irritated. Feli shot him a questionable look too, but he waved it off.

"The stranger that Arthur met in the forest was Prince Alfred. The one he fell in love with was Alfred." He cried gleefully and soon Feli joined it.

"Yea ok. That's good and all, but where is he now?" Lovi asked ruining the mood. "We need him to break the spell, if he is the prince's true love."

The King of Ameris was known for talking in his sleep so as soon as the question left Lovi's mouth he mumbled an answer, "meeting him now….in the woods,"

"He is going to the cottage. We have to hurry." Feli's said and they took off.

By the time the three fairies reached the cottage it was pitch black and they couldn't see anything. They hurried inside and were surprised by what they saw. Instead of a man, they saw a mess. The chairs and table were knocked over, glass was strewn all over the floor, and the curtains were ripped to shreds.

"What happened here?" Feli asked as they ventured inside and started to investigate. "It looks like a pack of wild dogs came through here,"

"Or Ivan did," Lovi stated bluntly.

"That is it," Petey exclaimed. "Alfred did come here, but so did Ivan. He must have taken the Prince away just in case Alfred was Prince Arthur's true love. Ivan wants to keep the Prince asleep so he took away the only thing that would wake him up, true loves kiss."

"That means he is at the F-Forbidden Mountains. We can't go there," Feli whimpered as he drew into a protective crouch. "It is really scary there," His eyes widened in horror and he shook his head violently.

"We can," Petey said firmly, "and we must!" Before any of them could change their minds they set of towards Ivan's dark castle, dragging Feli along behind them. Soon enough the tall towers of Ivan's castle loomed up in front of them. The three fairies, still in their tiny form, crept up along the stone walls and fierce gargoyles. Lovi heard loud cheering and yells coming from the main hall and motioned for the other two to follow. They took refuge behind a stone pillar by one of the high windows as they watched what took place below.

Instead of regular people, there were creatures of every size yelling, screaming, and dancing around a pit of black flames. At the head of the room, sitting on a chair of dark marble was Ivan, his faithful bird by his side.

Just as soon as it began though, it stopped with a order by Ivan that had them filing out of the room. Ivan went the other way, down a long flight of stairs and the three fairies followed. They followed down to the dungeon where he went inside one of the cells while the spies listening in from outside.

"Hello Prince Alfred," he greeted with a smile, but it didn't even reach his eyes. Instead he eyes shined with triumph as he watched his abused prisoner. "You think you are trapped here forever, but do not worry your majesty, I will let you go," he grabbed the others chin, forcing him to look up. "In 100 years I will let you free, and you can ride your valiant steed back to the sleeping prince to wake him with true loves kiss," Ivan laughed, his crow joining in. Alfred called upon all of his strength as he lunged forward to break free, but the chains only creaked an groaned form old age.

"I will get out of this shackles and when I do justice will prevail," the prince growled as his captor turned.

"If you last that long," Ivan chuckled one last time before he left, locking the door behind him. The three fairies could only gasp in horror at the terror and fright of Ivan as Alfred dejectedly turned back toward the wall.


OH NOEZ, bad Ivan! What will Alfred do now? You will have to wait! Please R and R. They are encouraged. And recommend to your other friends! Wow. I didn't think i would be able to get this thing done before today. Usually it takes me a week to write it but it took me three days. So yea, i think there is only one chapter left...hmmmm...wow

Note: This is my shortest chapter yet! OMG. Well maybe my last chapter should be the longest...

~Maple