Hundred Word Challenge: # 11 Fairytale
I glanced at the three children in the room. They could not be serious. Two thirteen year-olds and a seven year-old where asking for a story before bed time. "You live in a town full of fairytales, can't you just go ask Boarman to tell you his story or something?"
Daphne looked at me pointedly, "No, Sabrina. We don't want any story. We want the story."
I sighed. "But it's so short! It's not even a real story."
"But it's our legend!" Basil defended.
"Do you even know what legend means?"
"No. But Daphne said to say it." The red headed boy looked over to Daphne, probably to see if he had used it in the right context. She gave him a curt nod of the head.
"Fine. Let me go get-"
"No need! It's right here." Daphne produced a thick book from under the covers. Elvis poked his head out from under the covers also. He whined.
"I know. But Sabrina actually agreed to read the story." The brunette told the dog.
I took the book from her hands and flipped to the back of the book. I stared at the two lines. Nothing much, but you wouldn't believe how much it changed our lives. I started:
"Once upon a time there was a family called Grimm. They were detectives and lived in a town called Ferryport Landing. Relda, Henry, Veronica, Jacob ,Sabrina, Daphne and Basil were their names. The End."
I looked back at the two girls and Basil in their beds.
"I say he should have given us powers like laser vision or flight or-" Basil seethed.
"I think he should have added my name." Red suggested.
"But you're already in it once. You're already an Everafter." Daphne was still buzzing about being deemed an Everafter. "And so am I. Which means," She turned on her side so she could look straight into Red's eyes," I can hang out with you forever."
"Or super strength. That would have been great." Basil concluded.
"Well, you could always just re-write the story…" Puck said as he sauntered into the room. I glared at him. This wasn't something I had wanted them to consider.
Daphne grabbed Red's hand and pulled her out of the bed, probably headed to Mr. Canis' room to see if it was possible.
"I'm so going to make myself be able to fly." Basil said.
I smacked my hand on my head. Well, if it was possible…I wouldn't mind being able to read peoples thoughts…I glanced back at Puck before darting towards Mr. Canis' room with the rest of my siblings.
A.N.:
Sorry if you found this confusing. Basically, they were reading the 'legend' of the Grimm's. (the story Canis wrote in the Book of Everafter about them.) and Puck suggested that if they wanted to be able to have powers or something, they could just re-write the story. And Sabrina has a thought about how she could read a certain person's mind if she re-wrote her part of the story. And I'm pretty sure you know who the certain person is, right? Riiiiight?
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~Red
