A/N: Hey, there everybody! It's me, MBAV fan66!
Things are about to get serious in this chapter! With emotions running crazy and evil plots taking place! Not to mention, we get to see the fairies step up once again when things seem bleak in the kingdom.
This is it, guys! The chapter that changes EVERYTHING! Not too mention, it'll be the chapter that will seal Princess Della's fate, forever! Also, we learn about Stephanie's plan and just what it is that she has in store for our beloved royals. I hope you all can handle the excitement and thrill that is Sleeping Beauty! Re-mastered by your's truly! *smiles smugly* Lol! ;P
Now, on to the shout out part of this chapter and then we can finally get to the good stuff! :D
Shout outs to:
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TiredOfBeingNice- Except for us! *rubs hands together mischievously with a mischief like smirk* :P Well, I guess Stephanie better watch out then because things are about to go DOWN up in here! *does the "raise the roof" hand thing* Lol! :P
Bennyweirlover17- Thanks! I'm glad that you loved it so much! Hopefully, you'll love this one just as much, as well! :D
Story: Sleeping Beauty Part 4
Chapter 23: Stephanie's Prophecy Comes To Pass
Main Pairing: Benny/Della
The three good fairies were busy getting Princess Della ready for the party up in her room. They were all cheery and excited about the special occasion, except for Della that is. She wasn't in the partying mood like they were or was as thrilled about meeting the person who she's having to marrying that she doesn't love for first time, either. She wanted to marry the person who she met in the woods and feel in love with at first sight. Who made her heart go all a flutter whenever she thought about him.
She sighed sullenly to herself, as Sarah brushed her hair. Noticing the sad and downcasted expression that was on Della's face, the fairies grew concerned for the person who they've taken care of for so long now and see as their real daughter, now.
"Della, what's the matter?" asked Hannah concernedly, as she and Erica stopped their bickering over what color dress they think would suit her more better, yet again.
"It's...well..." she hesitated, trying to find the words to say what was inside her heart. "Must I really have to marry this...Weir guy? I... barely even know anything about him." she questioned reluctantly.
The fairies all looked at each other and then back at Della again.
"True. But I'm sure in time when you do get to know him that you'll find that you two might have a lot of in common." answered Hannah back with a warm smile.
Della just shook her head, causing Sarah to stop brushing her hair. She turned to face the three fairies with something that looked to be...shame and guilt in her eyes.
"But...I don't love him." she said, looking down in a small voice.
"Well, of couse you don't, yet! Silly! You haven't even met him, yet!" chuckled Erica. "Unless, you count when you where just a baby at your christening ceremony, then." she added thoughtfully with a smile.
"No! You don't get it! Argh!" stressed Della frustratingly as she was starting to get a bit agitated by the subject now. She threw her hands up suddenly as she got up from the chair and made her way over to the window. She stared out into the horizon, at the forest just beyond the castle walls. Her thoughts going back to that time when she first met him. With his gorgeous smile and funny sense of humor.
She sighed sadly knowing that she'll never get to see him again, now that she was apparently engaged to some prince from another kingdom.
A gentle hand was placed on Della's shoulder. When she looked over she saw that it had belonged to Sarah. Sarah looked at her with a sincere and sympathetic expression on her face, telling her that it was going to be ok.
Della smiled back at her. "I'm sorry for my outburst, earlier." she apologized ruefully. "I guess, I'm just really upset about having to be engaged to someone who I don't love." she confessed sullenly.
"But Della...you will. In time." replied Sarah sincerely to her with a warm smile.
"Even if it means I'm in love with another?" questioned Della sullenly.
Hannah, Sarah, and Erica didn't know what to think about this news, as they all wore an expression of shock and surprise on their faces.
"In love with another? Who?" pressed Erica intriguingly, as her eyes lit up in awe and wonder. She was always a big sucker when it came to romance type stuff. Hannah just shook her head at her in disappointment.
"I don't know his name. I met him in the woods this morning, when I was out gathering some berries for that cake you all were making for my birthday, today." explained Della bashfully with a blush. Talking about it kind a made her feel all giddy and warm inside. She sighed in content just thinking about him. "He was so kind and polite to me. The perfect gentlemen, really. He made me laugh and being around him just somehow...feels so perfect to me."
"Oh! Do go on." gestured Erica eagerly to her, wanting to know more about her little encounter with the stranger in the forest who clearly seemed to of captured her fair young heart.
Della blushed even more, but went on with what she was saying. "I'm not sure what else there is to say, really." he stated meekly, being modest.
"How about what he looks like, maybe?" replied Erica teasingly, with a smile.
"Well...he has these most amazing green eyes that I've ever seen. He's tall...and handsome. He has brown messy hair, but it somehow suits him just perfectly. He can be a bit of a flirt sometimes, but I kind a like that about him." she explained smiling adoringly as she went on describing the mystery man's features and possibly getting lost in thought just thinking about him.
"And...I can't help, but to get this feeling that we've might of met somewhere before, too?" she said thoughtfully, thinking about it for a second, but then quickly shook it off as nothing of importance.
"Sounds to me like you fell hard for this guy. Eh, Della?" teased Erica playfully, lightly nudging her in the side.
The girl laughed. "I have, actually." she answered simply with a giggle, but soon her expression fell. "And that is why I can't marry this person who I am to be engaged to. Not when...I want to be with another." stated Della sadly.
"But Della...you have to. It your duty as the crowned princess to uphold the kingdom's royal tradition in marrying the perfect suitor that your parents have picked for you." reiterated Hannah sincerely to the princess in sweetest way possible.
"I know that...which is why I also don't want to disappoint anyone in by not going through with the arrangement, either." she said disappointingly, but also so very confused. "I'm just...so confused on what to do!" she stressed aggravatingly with a sigh. "I wish...I wish this stupid law never existed! So, that I may be free to marry whoever I please!" complained Della heartbrokenly, as she broke down into tears.
"Way to go, Hannah! Way to make her cry!" snapped Erica spitefully at the pink fairy in the room, as she embraced the crying girl in a hug to let her cry on her shoulder.
Hannah stood there with a guilty expression on her face. "Sorry. I didn't-" she spoke apologetically to the girl, but didn't finish her words as Della looked up at her a few seconds later with a kind smile on her face.
"It's ok Hannah. You were just trying to help by informing me of my royal duties as a princess, since I've only just found out about being one less than 24 hours ago." replied Della whole heartedly, forgiving Hannah for her mistake.
Hannah returned the smile and nodded in acknowledgement of Della's kind and caring compassion towards others. They then all gathered around the princess for a group hug. When the hug was over, Della kindly asked if she could have sometime alone to help gather herself a bit and to cope with meeting her new fiance here soon. Erica, Sarah, and Hannah all kindly obliged to her request and quietly left the room, reminding her that she would be expected downstairs in the ballroom in a few minutes. Della replied back with a smile and a nod, as she watched them leave.
After they left, Della broke down in tears, yet again, as she sat by the window crying into her arms that rested upon the widow sill.
Later downstairs in the ballroom, most of the guests have already arrived to Princess Della's welcome home party. Chatting happily amongst themselves about this and that, and especially about how happy they are about the Princess's return.
"Announcing our honored guests from the neighboring kingdom! King Bernard and his wife Queen Linda! Accompanied by their son, Prince Benjamin Weir!" announced the royal harold to the other guests.
"It's Benny." mumbled the unhappy prince, as they entered the room. He was quickly met in the side by his mother's elbow, telling him to be nice and to stop acting like a child.
Prince Benny just rolled his eyes at her, but then put on a genuine smile to keep up with appearance and to make his mother happy. Even if he wasn't and was still bitter over the whole arranged married thing with King James and Queen Miranda's daughter. In fact, he didn't even say one word to either one of his parents on the ride over here.
The Weirs were soon greeted by none other than the prestige host and hostess themselves, King James and Queen Miranda. They all shook hands and said their hellos to one another.
"Is this little Benny Weir?" gasped Queen Miranda, surprisingly to the young man before her. "My, how you've grown!" complimented Miranda sweetly to the prince, making him blush.
He then bowed politely at her with a charming smile. "Why, thank you! I'm honored to recieve such praise from someone as young and as beautiful as you are, milady." Prince Benny then took the Queen's hand and placed a simple kiss upon it.
Queen Miranda giggled at the little flirtatious compliment and gesture from the prince, as Queen Linda only rolled her eyes at her playboy-ish son. While King Bernard stood there with a proud smile on his face.
"That's my boy! Like father, like son! Eh?" winked King Bernard to his son, proudly.
But the praising king soon received a swift slap on the arm from his wife. "See! This is exactly what I was afraid of! Your flirtatious behavior rubbing off on our son!" she scolded, not too happy by the fact that now there are two playboys in the family.
The other set of royals laughed at their friends little disagreement together. "Let's just hope our daughter is as understanding as you are, Linda!" chuckled Miranda.
Everyone continued to laugh then, except for Benny. Who was reminded about the horrible situation that he was in. He quietly walked away from the happy and proud in-laws to be, feeling somewhat sad and depressed about the matter. He really didn't want to let his parents down, but what else was he to do when you're in love with another? He sighed inwardly to himself, as his thoughts then went back to the girl he met in the forest that morning.
"What's the matter with Benny?" asked King James, noticing Benny's sudden absence from the group, as he walked away looking rather down about something.
"He's just upset about the arranged marriage, is all." sighed King Bernard sullenly. "He says that he's in love with someone else who he just met, today. So, now he's furious with us for making him go through it, I'm afriad."
King James and Queen Miranda both looked at each other with disappointed expression on their faces and then back at their long time friends.
"Same here. Our daughter is very upset about the engagement, as well. Saying that she too has fallen for another man and wishes to marry him, instead." confessed Queen Miranda sullenly.
Queen Linda sighed. "Maybe in time after their married they'll see that it was for the best and will fall for each other, then." she hoped honestly, causing the other three royals to nod in agreement with her on the matter.
Lost in his thoughts, Prince Benny had accidently bumped into someone. He quickly apologized for bumping into them and when he looked up he soon vaguely recognized the person who he ran into.
"Do...do I know you from somewhere?" he asked curiously.
It was a young lady with what looked to be wings sprouting out from her back. She was dressed in all blue and had long blonde hair. Her eyes were also blue in color and she gave off this sort a...'sweet, but don't mess with me or else you'll regret it' kind a vibe.
The girl looked up and smiled brightly at him, recognizing him as Prince Benny. "Oh, my goodness! Prince Benny?! Is that you?!" she said in awe and surprise.
Benny slowly nodded in confusion at her. He then shook his head to get out of the slightly dazed look he was exhibiting. "Again. Do I know you?" he repeated.
The girl giggled. "Well, I guess it has been along time since we've last saw each other, but I'm Erica!" she chirped happily. "And to answer your question, yes. We do." she added happily.
Thinking back, it soon came to Benny. He does actually know her! Barely, but he remembers, now!
"Oh, my god! I remember now!" he gawked in realization. "You're one of the three good fairies!"
Erica giggled again. "Yep!" she nodded gleefully. "I must say...little Prince Benny Weir grew up rather nicely, if I do say so myself." complimented Erica, as she looked him up and down, impressed by his good looks. "It's been like what...16 years since I last saw you?"
Prince Benny blushed in embarrassment from the compliment, feeling slightly uncomfortable now on being on the recieving end of the flirting game. He nodded bashfully. "When I was like...two." he meekly added.
Erica saw this and laughed, lightly punching him the arm. "Relax! I'm just messing with ya!" she humored, laughing still. "Besides, I already know you're taken anyways! You're to be engaged to the lovely Princess Della. So, I'm not about to try and still her fiance away from her. I'm not that kind of a person." she reassured jokingly to the prince.
Benny's expression fell, as he frowned at what she had just said to him. "Yeah." he said softly, not sounding to enthusiastic about it like everyone else is. Erica stopped her playful banter for a minute as she notice his glum expression, but before she could say anything he beat her to it.
"Sorry, Erica. But I really want to be alone, right now. If you don't mind?" he said apologetically, waiting for her to nod back in a dazed (and yet confused) compliance. After that he then walked passed her in silence, never looking back.
Erica could do little more than just stand there and watch him in remorse as he walked away, looking so sad and depressed about something.
Inside the castle somewhere, a dark figure silently crept through the halls with an evil glint in their eyes. She continued down the hallway until she reached an abandoned room in the castle. The mysterious person entered the room and closed the door behind her, as not to be seen.
She looked around deciding that this place would be perfect for the first part of her plan to take place at. A wicked and cruel smile spread across her face, as she let out a small evil cackle at what she was about to do. But first, she used her staff to secretly spy on a certain young girl before implementing her plan into action.
Like before, a hazy like mist swirled around inside the crystal like orb that rested atop her staff. In it, she saw the girl leaning over a window sill crying. The evil figure grinned.
"Now, it's time to begin so that the prophecy may come true." she sinisterly said to herself.
She raised her arms up above her head as she chanted a spell. Then with a zap, as she pointed her staff out in front of her, a spinning wheel magically appeared in front of her. It shimmered and sparkled in the dim light of the room, indicating that it was enchanted.
"Now, for the next step." she silently uttered.
She walked over to a darken part of the room, where she hid in the shadows. Perfectly blending in. There, she used her staff again to telepathetically lure the girl into the room, where the prophecy shall be completed and then it's off to the next part of her plan. To make sure that the curse will never be broken. At least...anytime soon, that is. She then grinned evilly to herself, as she began to set everything in motion.
Della continued to cry her broken heart out by the window. She was so confused at what to do. She didn't want to marry someone who didn't love, but at the same time she also didn't want to disappoint her family, either. Everyone that she knew was so looking forward to this arranged marriage with Prince Benny that will ensure everlasting peace between the two friendly kingdoms.
Suddenly, she heard a small faint voice whispering to her from somewhere. She lifted her head up in confusion at the tiny voice speaking to her. She could barely understand what it was trying to say to her at first, as she looked around the room curiously to see that nobody else was there, but her.
With a sniffle, she wiped some of her tears away with her hand. "W-who's there?" she fearfully murmured, slightly feeling stupid for even entertaining the thought of trying to communicate with a ghostly voice from nowhere. She silently scoffed at herself for even amusing the idea.
"Do not fear, my child. For I am here to help you." spoke the small voice from nowhere, making Della jump at bit from being startled by the voice actually answering her back.
"Help me? Help me with what?" questioned the princess, a bit skeptically.
The mysterious voice eerily laughed. "Why, helping you with your heartache, of course, dear. By taking it ALL away from you, my dear sweet princess." answered the voice ominously.
Della didn't like how the voice said that. It sounded...malevolent, to her when it said it. But for some strange reason she couldn't help, but to listen and trust the eerie strange voice speaking to her. Her head suddenly felt light and dizzy, as her mind and thoughts became clouded and hazy.
"All you have to do is trust me and listen to my voice, young one." instructed the voice soothingly to her.
Della nodded dazedly, as it felt as if she had no control over her own body, anymore. She got up from her spot by the window and slowly walked over to the door in a trance like state. She exited the bedroom and continued walking down the hall and then up some stairs eventually. She walked further down the hallway that the stairs had led her to, until she came to a stop at a door. Della reached for the door handle and slowly opened the door to the small room, listening to every word the voice was telling her as it guided her along the way.
She entered the room and upon entering she saw a spinning wheel setting in the middle of the room. She looked at it in awe and wonder, as she felt drawn to the device. She walked over to it and stood there staring at it.
"Excellent. Now, my child...just reach out and touch the spindle and then all your worries and heartache shall soon disappear." instructed the voice, which sounded much more closer now, but Della paid that no attention as she was too drawn by what the voice had told her to do.
Della reached out hesitantly towards the sharp part of the spindle, as if not sure about touching it, but the spell she was under was too strong for her to resist. She reached out with the voice continuously goading her on to touch it. When she did, she felt a sharp pricking sensation on her finger that caused her to suddenly become dizzy and lightheaded.
The room began to spin and become blurry on her, as she felt weak and tired all of a sudden. She then collasped and fainted, as her practically lifeless body laid there on the floor.
An evil laughter could be heard coming from the shadows, as the dark figure emerged revealing herself to be noneother than the evil witch, Stephanie.
"This was all too easy!" she boasted proudly to herself. "Sleep well, my darling princess. For now, you shall never know true happiness and love, ever again! As you lay here asleep, awaiting for the day when your true love may come to break the curse with a simple kiss, only to be awaken to find that he has aged greatly and is now nothing more than an old man on the verge of death! When you, my dear, have not aged a single year due to the spell magically preserving your body while you slept! Ah-hahahahaha!" laughed Stephanie evilly, as a bolt of lightening struck outside the window of the small room.
"And now, I'm off to put the next step of my plan into motion!" declared Stephanie gleefully, as she slammed her staff to the floor and disappeared in a flare of green flames, laughing.
A cold chill suddenly ran through the good fairy, Hannah's body. The other two took notice of her slight chill, as she had her arms wrapped around herself, as if she was cold, with a concerned frown on her face.
"What is it, Hannah?" asked Sarah in concern for her fellow fairy.
"Yeah, are you ok? You look as if there's something bothering you?" asked Erica, wondering the same thing.
Hannah shook her as if it was nothing. "Probably, nothing. It was just a chill, was all. No need to worry." she replied casually with a smile, as if it was nothing. But she couldn't escape the nagging feeling that something just might be wrong, after all. She glanced around the ballroom at the guest that had already arrived, but there was one person in particular that she noticed that she didn't see, yet.
"That's odd...? The princess should've already been down by now, but I don't see her anywhere?" murmured Hannah quietly to herself in thought, but the other two fairies had picked up on her opinion as they too searched the crowd for Princess Della.
"You're right, Hannah. Princess Della should've been done by now." stated Sarah curiously, as she looked around. "So, then where is she?"
"You don't think she would've just simply ran away from the castle, do you?" pondered Hannah out loud to her fellow good fairies.
Sarah shook her head. "No. I don't think so. No matter how much she wished the arranged marriage wasn't so, Della would've still gone through with it. Not wanting to disappoint her family and the kingdom because of how good of a person she is." replied Sarah confidently.
They stood there for a moment longer. "Perhaps we should go check on her?" suggested Erica, with the others in agreement with her as all three of them rushed off to Della's room together.
When Erica, Sarah, and Hannah finally reached the Princess's room, they found her room to be empty. Panicking, they perfomed a simple tracking spell thanks to a strand of hair from Della's brush. The spell had lead them up a flight of stairs and down a small corridor to a door that was slightly ajar. There they would find the princess.
They slowly opened the door, while calling out Della's name. When the door was all the way opened they were met with a grim sight, as they all gasped in shock. There laying on the floor completely unconscious was Princess Della. Worried with fear they quickly rushed over to her side. Sarah had placed a couple of fingers upon Della's neck to check for a pulse. She sighed in relief once she felt one, but then looked up at Hannah and Erica with a sullen expression. They too had the same expression on their faces, knowing very well who was responsible for this.
"She's only sleeping, but...we all know who's responsible for this mess." she said gravely.
Erica's eyes narrowed hatefully. "Yeah! That no good evil witch, Stephanie. She's the one to blame for this." she grounded out through gritted teeth. "This has to be her dirty work. She was so adamant about her stupid prophecy about the Princess's curse coming true, that she would stop at nothing just to see it through." she added with venom in her voice towards the evil witch.
"She must've found out somehow about Della's return to the castle." stated Hannah glumly.
"Well...none of that matters now. Stephanie's evil prophecy has come to pass now." stated Sarah sadly, as she looked down at the sleeping princess and stroked a strand of hair out from over her face. "What do we do now?" she asked glumly, looking up at her fellow fairies for the answer.
They stood there in silence with their heads bowed in shame, as they thought of their next course of action.
"Well...first we should make the Princess more comfortable. I'm sure sleeping on the bare floor is murder for one's back." suggested Hannah, with that last part meant as a joke to help lighten the mood a bit.
Erica and Sarah nodded in agreement and whipped out their wands again to magically levitate Della's ragdoll like form up from the cold and harsh floor. They brought her comatose body back to her bedroom, where they gently lowered her down upon her comfy bed. Sarah had straighten the bed a bit to make it look more presentable and then stood back with her other fairy sisters to admire the sleeping beauty that rests before them.
"She looks so peaceful." said Sarah softly in a sweet and caring manner, flashing a warm smile. The two completely agreed with her on that one, as the too admired her sleeping form.
"Now what?" questioned Erica, looking over at Hannah.
"Now, we place the entire kingdom under a sleeping spell." replied Hannah.
Sarah and Erica both looked over at her like she was crazy or something. "Come again?" said Sarah incredulously.
"Yeah! I mean, Princess Della is already trapped in a never ending slumber! Why place the rest of the kingdom with the same fate, Hannah?" asked Erica incredulously to the pink fairy. "What are you, nuts or something?!"
"No! What I meant is that we place the rest of the kingdom into an endless sleep only until we're able to find the one who can break the curse that was placed on Princess Della! Then after her curse is broken we lift the sleeping spell that we had placed on the rest of the kingdom earlier!" explained Hannah in an obvious tone.
Her gaze then soften a bit to more of sullen one. "That way, they won't have to suffer the pain of loss from losing the Princess to Stephanie's evil curse." added Hannah sullenly, shaking her head. "Not on the day when everyone is so excited and happy for her return. I want to spare them the pain of having their hopes and wishes dashed so suddenly like that." She then looked back up at them with a worried expression on her face. "Plus, you know the king will want to declare war on Stephanie for what she has done. We can't let that happen. They'll just be too many human casualties and if King James and Queen Miranda should lose their lives in this war then the entire kingdom will fall and Stephanie would no doubtly take control over the land."
The other two fairies thought it over. "She does make a valid point, Erica. Perhaps it would be best to place the entire kingdom under a sleeping spell. Just until we can find Della's one true love to break the curse with a kiss, that is."
Erica thought about putting everybody alseep until Della's true love kisses her was a bit drastic, but she reluctantly agreed to go along with it, nonetheless.
So, they immediately set to work by splitting up to place the kingdom under a sleeping spell with their magic, as it drifted down from the sky like snowflakes as each fairy flew overhead. Soon, the entire kingdom was peacefully asleep, awaiting for when the day Princess Della's one true love will come and break the evil curse that was placed upon her by the wicked witch Stephanie, with a simple kiss.
Meanwhile, Prince Benny was out in the castle's garden as he admired it's beautiful landscape. It's beauty had reminded him of the girl he met in the woods earlier that day and had fallen in love with. He wanted nothing more, but to be with her again. Even if it was for one last time to break the poor girl's heart after telling her that he was engaged to be betrothed to another woman by his parents royal decree, many of years ago when he was just two.
He sighed sullenly, as he stopped to stare up at the sky above. He then noticed something strange. "What the...?" he said perplexingly with a baffled look, as he saw one of the good fairies fly by overhead as a sparkly like substance came drifting down from above, afterwards.
Hiding in the shadows, Stephanie saw the same thing he did and knew exactly what those goody-two-shoe fairies were up to. She snarled in annoyance at their meddling, but knew that she couldn't let them interfere with her plans.
So, she quickly cast a protection spell over herself, as well as the Prince to prevent the fairies sleeping spell from effecting them. She couldn't have the Prince asleep, as well, or else he won't be able to kiss the Princess and wake her from her many years of slumber when he's an old and brittle man.
After that was done and the fairy had passed overhead, Stephanie decided to make her appearance known to the prince.
"Such a lovely garden, isn't?" she spoke casually, with hint of evil intent in her voice.
Startled, Benny quickly turned around to face Stephanie. "Who are you? And what do you want?" he asked bravely.
Stephanie laughed.
Benny narrowd his eyes at her suspiciously when something occurred to him. "What a minute...I know you..." he said suspiciously, whent it hit him. "You're the evil witch, Stephanie!" he exclaimed alarmingly, remembering her from his childhood.
Stephanie laughed evilly. "It's nice to know that you still remember seeing my face after so many years, young prince." she said amusingly with grin.
Benny quickly whipped out his sword, ready to defend himself from the evil witch. "Look! I don't know what you want with me or why you're even here, but why don't you just do us both a favor and leave." he suggested bitterly to her, with venom in his voice.
He's heard stories about her and knew exactly what she was capable of, too. He even remembered the terrifying and scary feeling that he had gotten from her back when he was just two years old. This woman was someone not be messed with lightly.
"Now, where is the fun in that, my dear and sweet charming prince?" she mocked amusingly, batting her eyelashes innocently at him before using her staff to fire a blast of magic at him.
Prince Benny quickly deflected the shot with his sword, but due to how powerful Stephanie's magic was it had broke the sword in two. Benny stood there gazing down in shock at what now remained of his sword.
Stephanie laughed evilly before firing another shot that had knocked the sword's handle out of Benny's hand and thus leaving a small burn on his hand from it. He hissed in pain as he clutched the injured hand with his other one and painfully glanced upward at the witch.
"Foolish mortal! No one can defeat me!" gloated Stephanie in pride at her power, as she then maniacally laughed afterwards.
She then shot him again with another blast, but not as powerful as the ones before, thus hitting him in the chest to stun him. Prince Benny helplessly fell to the ground, greatly weaken from the blast as everything began to go in and out of darkness on him.
He heard Stehpanie's evil chuckle as she approached him. He weakly looked up at her to see a sinister smile on her face.
"Don't worry, Prince Benny. You'll get to be reunited with your one true love, eventually." she mocked wickedly. "When you're an old and decrepit man, about ready to die!" she exclaimed joyfully, laughing evilly afterwards.
And with that she instantly hit Prince Benny with another small blast of magic, yet again, to effectively knock him out completely.
When Erica, Hannah, and Sarah were finally done putting everyone asleep in the kingdom the three meet back up again inside the ballroom.
"Ok. So, we placed every single person in the kingdom asleep, now. What's next?" pointed out Erica to the green and pink fairies.
"Now, we just gotta figure out who Princess Della's one true love is." answered Hannah, as she went into thinking mode. "The real question is, just who exactly that is, really?" she wondered out loud.
"Maybe it's that guy she met in the woods she told us about?!" exclaimed Sarah in realization, as her face lit up. "She did say how much she wanted to be with him again." she pointed out.
Erica and Hannah faces both lit up as well at the thought. "You're right! He has to be her one true love! I just know it!" stated Hannah excitedly.
"Yes, but we don't even who he is, though. Or even where to find, for that matter." said Sarah worriedly.
"Well, the princess did give us a description of the guy, earlier. Didn't she?" reminded Erica obviously.
"Oh, yeah! She did!" remembered Sarah gleefully. "Let's see...she said something about him having the most amazing green eyes that she's ever seen. And that he's tall and handsome..." she thought, trying to remember exactly what all the princess had said earlier.
"And that he had brown messy hair that fit him just right, too!" jumped in Hannah suddenly, as she too remembered what all the princess had described to them.
Sarah nodded. "Yeah! And that he's a bit of a flirt at times!" added Sarah to the description.
Erica stood there with a very serious thinking face plastered on her face, as she tried to piece everything together. Everything that they were saying had sounded so familar to her. As if she's might've met this person before, somewhere. Somewhere...recent.
It then all finally clicked. She has met this person before! Just a few minutes ago to be exact! And she knows him all too well, too! In fact, they all did!
"Oh, my god! I know exactly who that is!" gasped Erica in shock, earning the other two's attention. "I just ran into him like...minutes ago!"
"Really?! Who, then?!" urged Hannah desperately.
"Prince Benny! Of the royal Weir family!" answered Erica eagerly with a smile forming.
The other two fairies gasped in surprise as their faces too lit up with joy and excitement at just who the perfect match was.
"Are you sure?" asked Hannah, wanting to make sure Erica was absolutely right before jumping to conclusions.
Erica nodded positively. "I am! I ran into him just a while ago and when I did I hardly recognized him since he's grown up so much over the years, but sure enough he's just like his father. Always, happy to flirt with a pretty lady." she confirmed most definitely. She then scrunched up her face in thought. "But...he wasn't all that flirty with me, though. Then again, I was the one doing all the flirting, though, but still...he seemed so down and depressed about something when we ran into each other?" remembered Erica thoughtfully.
"Wait a minute. How do you know that he's a big flirt like his father is, if you were the one doing all the flirting, Erica?" questioned Hannah skeptically in suspicion at her fellow fairy.
Erica rolled her eyes at her. "Because. A girl can just tell with these sort of things. Ok?" she retorted back. "Not to mention...I also happened to over hear and see the exchange of greetings between the two royal families, earlier when they had arrived. He was playfully flirting with Queen Miranda when saying hello to her." confessed Erica bashfully with a blush.
"Figures, with little Miss Gossip Fairy. Always around when there's excitement to be found." groaned Hannah annoyingly at the blue fairy, with her arms crossed and a roll of her eyes, as well.
Erica glared at her, but ignored it all the same. "Anyways, we need to find him and FAST." urged Erica. "When he left, it looked as if he was headed towards the castle's royal garden." she informed.
So, they quickly rushed off towards the garden only to be met with a grim sight, as they all stood there with stunned expressions on their faces.
Upon arrival, they witnessed Prince Benny being knocked out cold by Stephanie and then magically whisked away in a burst of green flames soon afterwards, followed by Stephanie's evil laughter.
They were too late. Stephanie had already figured out who Princess Della's one true love was before they had and now she has taken the only person who could save her and the entire kingdom, prisoner. What were they going to do now?
A/N: Uh, oh! Now what are the fairies going to do?! Stephanie has kidnapped Prince Benny! :o
So, now we all know who Princess Della's one true love happens to be. It was Prince Benny, all a long! Lol! But they still don't know that, yet. That the person that they both fell in love with in the forest that morning, was actually none other than the person who they were already engaged to be married to by decree of their parents many years ago! :D
What all did you guys think of the chapter? A bit angsty, I know, but with a side of humor in it! Lol! At least, I tried to add a bit of funny to it, though. Lol! ;P Next chapter is when the heroic stuff begins to happen! Oh, yeah! *fist pumps air* :D Not too mention, it might also be the last chapter for this fairytale, as well. Or close to it, at least. :(
But don't fret, my pretties! For there shall be another fantastic fairytale just waiting to be told to you all by yours truly! Hahahaha! *poses proudly with hands on hips* :D
Until then, I'll be seeing you all in the next chapter! Bye! ;D
