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Leora's cold body lay on the floor of the main hall of the Ice Palace, where Molefescent stood over her, laughing hysterically. Damien, held back by the Queen's guards, began to weep over the loss of his one true love. After countless struggles to get free, he finally gave out and was knelt on the floor. Then, with a last look at Leora, he hung his head low.
"Oh, don't look so upset yet your highness!" The evil witch proclaimed. "She is not dead at the moment."
The young prince looked at her curiously. "What do you mean?"
"She is in a frozen sleep; from the cursed mirror comes this slow and silent death that will approach, but not for one hour. She will die, but it will be a slow one. And don't even think about trying to wake her; it will not be like the last time, with Prince Phillip and Aurora, you will be locked in the lowest dungeon with your little friends with no way to escape! And, for your precious princess, she will be in the tallest tower of this very castle. Guards! Take this boy away; we will dispose of him and his idiotic friends later! Only fifty four minutes remaining prince! Enjoy my frozen dungeon!"
The goblins carried Damien off out of the room. But before he was out of sight of the villainess woman, Damien saw his love disappear into a cloud of darkness.
"Do you think they were caught?" Virginia asked Wolf as they sat in the cell below.
Sighing, for the first time since they were brought to the cell, Wolf spoke, "Yes."
"What? How do you know that?"
"Well, my senses could barely pick the two up. I know that they encountered goblins, that's for sure, and there was another scent. One of pure evil."
"Molefescent!" Virginia gasped.
"That's not everything. Since Fairy Constance's control over Leora's wolf self has ended, I can sort of sense when Leora is in trouble, and what she is feeling."
Virginia waited for him to continue, but he didn't so she urged him along. "Well, what did she feel? Is she in trouble?"
"She...she's...dead."
Then, all the noise in the whole of the nine kingdoms was but the wind from the snow.
"Move along you lazy bugger!" The goblins yelled at the devastated prince. He went slowly and sluggishly down the steps to the last dungeon, where Virginia and Wolf saw him.
"Damien!" Virginia exclaimed.
But he did not respond. He only let the goblins force him into the cell Across from Wolf and Virginia. One of the guards punched him and he fell down, blood coming out of his mouth.
Wolf stood up and growled, "You leave him alone you filthy goblin!"
"Back down you lowlife wolf! No one cares what you think!"
The two goblins laughed and locked Damien in. Then, they headed out of the dungeon and went just to the upper level to keep watch.
Slowly, Damien rose, but he didn't say a word.
"Damien, how could you just let them do that? How could you let them control you so easily?" Wolf yelled at the boy.
Looking up into the man's eyes, Damien yelled at the top of his lungs, "THERE'S NO HOPE YOU IMBECILE!" Both Virginia and Wolf took a step back from the outburst.
But, when Damien was about to yell again, the couple realized what he was doing. As Damien yelled, he was ramming into the frozen bars of his cell, trying to get loose. "WE ARE DOOMED! FINISHED! DON'T YOU SEE?"
Wolf and Virginia understood and tried to get out as well. But as hard as they hit the doors, the harder it was to escape. But then, Damien stopped yelling. He began to rummage through the pockets of his black coat for something.
Whispering, Virginia asked him, "What are you looking for?"
"I used to get in so much trouble for carrying this, since I used it to burn, well, things." The young prince told them.
"But, I find that they can be useful to us now!" Out from his pocket came one red bean. Virginia had no clue what to think of it, since she wasn't so familiar with all of the magic in the nine kingdoms yet.
"Cripes! I know what that is!" Wolf exclaimed. "That's a blazer bean! It makes fire!"
"Here, take it!" Damien bent down and rolled it across the floor to Wolf. "You're much stronger than me. When you light the lock, it will unfreeze and start to melt. I only have one, and you can bust down the door and go up and get the key from the guards!"
Wolf nodded and opened the bean, a fire sparking. While he burned the lock, he told Damien, "I thought I had you figured out. But you proved me wrong; you are smarter and braver than you look. I think you and Leora will be a fine match. Okay, here it goes!"
Virginia stood back as Wolf got ready to hit the cell door. He kicked it with great force when Damien screamed for distraction. The door swung open in a flash, and Wolf ran out and shut the door again with Virginia in it, so the guards would believe it was still normal. He went and hid behind the door by the stairs when the two guards came running down them to check on the noise.
They barged in through the door and looked at the prince and the girl. "Ey! Where's the dark one?"
But before they turned around, Wolf hit both of them in one hard kick.
"Woah! Nice job!" Virginia said as Wolf came and opened her cell for her.
After they let out Damien and headed up the stairs, they checked to see if anyone was in the next hallway. When they saw it was clear, Wolf turned and whispered to the others.
"We can go down this pathway and find some weapons and attack the castle. There aren't many goblins, and the witch will be powerless when we get hold of the mirror!"
"No! Leora is still alive! Molefescent said so! I have to get to her in the next ten minutes or she will die! I'll take that passageway and claim to the tallest tower! That's where she's locked, in a deep sleep! Good luck! If I don't make it, I want you to know I couldn't have found another pair of heroes that could do a better job than you two! So long!"
And away the boy went, to seek out his true love.
"The tallest tower? A deep sleep? It's so cliché!" Wolf exclaimed.
"Why does it matter? Why that mean anything to you?"
"It's just like a fairytale; so perfect, he's willing to die to save her! He's a true hero! I am no hero!"
"But you are," Virginia reminded him, "If it hadn't been for you, I'd be dead. If it hadn't been for you, I would have never found my true hero, my true love."
Wolf looked down at her, slowly realizing this. He smiled and kissed his fiancée tenderly and held her close. Then, getting ready for action yelled, "Let's go kill some goblins!" And the happy couple ran off in the opposite direction.
When the goblins heard Wolf's continuous cries, they ran down the stairs and away from their posts. It was working magnificently, and Damien came out of the darkness and ran up the stairs. Up and up he went; only thinking of one thing, Leora. He had only a few minutes left, she would die if he didn't hurry.
After the countless stairs, he finally made it to the door. It was locked of course. In a panic, Damien looked around for something to slice it open. All at once, like it was destiny, he saw a stone monument next to the door, hidden in the shadows. On top of the stone formation of a soldier holding a platter, was a magnificent sword and a shield. He took the sword without thinking and took the lock off of the door and kicked it open.
He ran into the room and found Leora, fast asleep on a blue and violet covered bed, with only one minute of life left in her. Her lips were faded from the red of a rose to a pale blue. Damien did not know how he could wake her. He thought of everything he knew of the witch and Leora and the mirror. Then, it hit his head like a lightning bolt. Everything made sense now.
It all happened before; meeting her in the forest, the singing, the Ice Queen, the deep sleep, the sword and the shield. This was exactly as it was in the tale of Sleeping Beauty and her Prince Phillip. And Damien held this ancient and famous sword now. And he stood beside the descendent of Sleeping Beauty herself. Only, she wasn't an ordinary princess, she was much different than any other princess that ever existed. She was a royal, a friend, a sister, a lover, a werewolf; she was extraordinary.
All at once, Damien set his sword and shield down. He leaned over Leora with anxiety and excitement, nervousness consumed him. But, he loved her, more than anything else in the entire world. And slowly, he took hold of her delicate hand and leaned over her. Closing his eyes, he placed the softest, purest kiss onto her lips. Warmth and compassion filled between them; love and life filled the air. Then, slowly, the deep green eyes of Leora Cranston were opened.
Damien came out of the kiss and they stared at each other for what seemed like the longest time. Then, a smile grew across the angelic face of Leora. She leaped into his arms and he picked her up from the bed, swinging her around and around. They laughed and held each other tightly, never wanting the moment to end. And finally, he let her down and Leora looked at the room around them.
"Is this...are we...did this happen before?" She asked him eagerly, knowing that it could not be true.
"Leora, it is so simple. Don't you see? This did happen, it happened once upon a dream."
Leora was about to say something, knowing where she had heard that line before. But, Damien would not yet understand the concept of movies, and she knew she would have time after this to explain it to him. So, she smiled and watched him pick up the once Prince Philip sword and shield and took her hand and began to run down the stairs.
"Do you have any idea what we should do to stop the queen?" He asked her, clueless himself.
"Oh, I know exactly what I'm going to do!" Leora said vengefully as they ran to the main ballroom, where the evil being lay.
Molefescent sat in her chair feeling triumph. Leora was dead, and she ruled all the nine kingdoms. Her wish had finally been granted. She laughed and looked at the snow and ice around her, very pleased with herself. This had all happened because of that magic mirror, which was below the steps in her sight. Sitting in the quiet, the witch suddenly heard a noise. It was humming. But what she didn't know was that it was the hum of a tune from another kingdom, the tenth kingdom to be exact.
Then, out from the corner of the ballroom Leora came walking, hands folded behind her back. "Revenge, I never realized was this sweet! It's as sweet as a snickers!"
The dark witch stood and watched the girl walk solely into the room. "It's a shame you've never had the privilege of tasting one, they're common in the world I come from! So delicious! Just like the doom I've planned for you! Molefescent my dear, it seems I am not just some 'silly little girl' no, I am so much more than that!"
"And what is that I hear myself asking?" The witch said, knowing that this girl was just a stupid princess.
"That I am no princess!"
"What? I don't understand! No! You're just trying to trick me!"
"Actually, I'm not you bloody murder! I am much more than a princess!"
And in a flash, with all of her might, she ran towards the mirror and was suddenly right in the witch's face.
"I am half wolf! And that is much greater than anything you or your magic could conjure up!"
And yelling nothing more, Leora took the piece of mirror she had taken from the bottom of the stairs and dug it deep into Molefescent's right eye. She backed away as the poison took affect on the witch. But, as the villainess laughed as she slowly disappeared into nothing.
The witch said one last thing before she ceased to exist, "I may be dying my dear, but this is only half of my power! Don't you remember the fairytale of Sleeping Beauty? Don't you remember that I am not just a witch, but I am something much more powerful that you will not be able to defeat!"
The witch turned into black dust, and Leora suddenly realized what the wicked one had meant. She ran out of the ballroom and out into the garden where the other three were finishing their fighting.
"Leora? Did you do it? Did you stab her in the eye?" Damien asked.
"Yes." She said in a hurry.
"And she died?" Virginia asked.
"Well, sort of."
"What do you mean sort of?" Wolf confronted her.
"Well, you know how in the story of Sleeping Beauty that Prince Philip had to get through countless obstacles to get to his princess?"
"Yeah, so what?"
"Well, do you remember the part where Molefescent turned into a-"
But before she finished it, a large growl could be heard. Out from the roof of the great castle a black creature came, stomping towards the four. It became louder and louder as it marched, and finally stood before them.
"A dragon!" Leora finished.
Everyone went silent and stood looking up at the beast. Without hesitation, all four of them ran into the woods. The monster soon followed them.
They hid behind a boulder and tried to form a plan, but Wolf stopped everyone.
"There's nothing we can do! No matter what that thing is going to kill us! Now, I can draw it away from you three; you guys can escape, I'll deal with it!"
"No! You'll be killed!!!" Virginia exclaimed. They held each other, and Leora couldn't think of anything, and turned to where Damien had been for an answer. But, he was gone.
"Damien? Where's Damien? DAMIEN!" All three of them saw Damien going towards the dragon, burning the forest. Leora ran to him and stopped him.
"Damien? What are you doing? You'll be killed! You have nothing-"
"No! I have this! This sword and this shield got rid of this monster years ago! And if I stab that beast in the heart, Molefescent will be gone forever. The reason it didn't die those years ago was because Molefescent's human form wasn't defeated. But you did defeat her, and now, all there is left to do is kill this dragon! And I have to, the fate of the nine...ten kingdoms depends on it!"
"But you'll die! I don't want to lose you! I love you!" She kissed him and tried to make him stay. But, he looked at the dragon's destruction, and then turned back to Leora.
"As you wish." Was all he said.
He ran off into the flames and up to the monster. Leora cried and screamed, but she knew that Damien was their only hope. Wolf and Virginia took her in her despise and began to ran away from the fire, making it far enough away where they we hidden from the dragon. They watched as the dragon fought Damien.
Damien was very fast, and he struck the beast's head many times. The dragon breathed fire everywhere, but he managed to doge it. They fought this way for a long time. Then, towards the end, Damien ran up and stabbed it in the foot. It growled it pain and stood up on its back legs. Aiming his sword, Damien threw the sword straight into the dragon's heart. It shrieked in its defeat and began to fall to the ground. However, what happened next was not to be expected. It fell forward, right to where Damien was. The three struggled to see, and it was very hard to watch what was happening.
But Wolf could see, and Leora heard a large thud of the dragon, falling dead to the ground. Then, the fire from the dragon grew larger and larger, so, Wolf took the girls and they ran far away. He wouldn't let them stop, and kept going until they made it all the way near the border of the fourth kingdom, on the route that was deserted by goblins. This was the faster route in which they could've taken if it was safe as it was now.
"Come on, we have to get to Wendell's estate to see if the spell is broken!" Wolf yelled at them.
"No! We can't! Damien is still back there! We have to go get him!" Leora said. "He needs our help!"
Wolf looked at Virginia solemnly, then they both looked at her. "He does need us, doesn't he?"
Leora didn't understand their look. Not until Wolf spoke in a soft voice in which he had never used before.
"Leora, I saw him fall. He didn't make it. I hate to say it but-"
"Stop! No, it isn't true! Don't you dare say it!" Leora pushed him but he controlled her none the less.
"He's dead Leora! He's dead! You have to calm down!" But still she beat on him, becoming more and more upset, and slowly began to cry. She collapsed into Wolf's arms and cried pitifully. Wolf couldn't help but be sad as well. He held her close and tried to comfort her, but it wasn't enough.
Leora wanted Damien, she wanted her prince. All her life she had been waiting and wishing that she could one day find true love. And when she did, it was stolen from her. Her heart was in an instant shattered into a thousand pieces. She had lost her parents, her godmother, and now, her one and only love. Her love was lost forever.
I know I know! It's so sad! But I never said that this was a happy ending! Don't hate me please, and keep reading, I promise I will make it up to you readers. And much more suspense as you guys know me for! Check in next week fanfic readers!