Yuuki: Sorry for the wait everyone!
Zero: We have a new story this time…
Yuuki: I hope you'll like it!
Zero: Enjoy…
Yuuki: That's weird… it's the first time you're behave Zero
Zero: I think it's because I'm having fun listening to this… stories… -looks away-
Yuuki: Ohhh… Zero is blushing!
Zero: I'm not blushing!
Yuuki: You are! See, your face looks like a tomato already –giggles-
Zero: Just continue with the story already!
Yuuki: Para para!
Sleeping Beauty
Characters:
Sleeping Beauty – Yuuki
Prince – Zero
King – Kaname-senpai
Queen – Sayori
Seventh fairy – Aido
There once lived a king and queen who had all they could ever wish for except the one thing they wanted most, a baby of their own.
Many years went by, and when they had nearly given up hope the queen gave birth to a baby girl and they named it Yuuki. To celebrate their good fortune, they gave their daughter the most wonderful christening.
Like all proud parents they wanted the very best for their baby, so they invited the seven good fairies of the kingdom to be godmothers. Seven invitations were written but only sic handed out, for the seventh fairy could not be found. She had fallen out with her sisters, locked herself away in a tower, and turned her good magic to bad. When the king heard this, he tore up her invitation.
The great day arrived and the castle was packed with people who had come to the party. The six good fairies were the guests of honor. One by one they gave their presents to the baby princess.
BEAUTY,
HAPPINESS,
LAUGHTER,
WISDOM,
AND A VOICE LIKE AN ANGEL.
The sixth fairy was just about to giver her present when the doors of the great hall burst open. There stood the seventh fairy, face as cold as frost, eyes as bright as fire. She came near to the cradle. The queen picked up her sleeping baby and held her tight. The seventh fairy pointed a finger as sharp as a knife.
"I have a present for your precious baby" said Aido the seventh fairy.
"No!" said king Kaname. "Go away and leave us in peace."
Aido the seventh fairy stamped her foot. The castle rumbled.
"You should have invited me to the christening" Aido said. "You will regret this"
She turned and looked at the other fairies. "So my goody goody sisters, what magical presents did you give the baby?"
"Will you please leave!" said king Kaname.
"Leave! LEAVE!" yelled Aido. "I haven't given my present yet! Since this is the way you treat me, here is my gift. When this baby girl is sixteen years old she will prick her finger on a spindle and she will DIE!"
"Arrest this woman!" shouted king Kaname.
Soldiers charged in, but Aido the seventh fairy had vanished.
Queen Sayori cried, and everybody was very upset. Then the sixth fairy spoke.
"I didn't get the chance to give the princess my present. I cannot undo all that my wicked sister has done, but I can make sure the princess will not die. Instead she will fall asleep for a hundred years, until she is woken with a kiss from a prince"
"Why a hundred years?" wept Queen Sayori.
But all the good fairies would say is that if the seventh fairy's curse came about, they were to be sent for.
From that day all spinning wheels were banned from the castle and the whole kingdom. The princess grew up to have all the things the good fairies had promised. She was beautiful, wise, and full of laughter and happiness, with a voice like an angel. She knew nothing about the seventh fairy.
When the princess was sixteen, the king and queen gave a birthday party for her. As always with the parties, there was a lot to be done. No one wanted the birthday girl to get in their way, so the princess passed the time wandering about the castle playing with her little dog. Near her old playroom she saw a door she had never noticed before.
"That's strange" Princess Yuuki said, opening the door "I thought I knew every corner of the castle."
She walked up some winding stairs that led up into a tower, where a wizened old woman sat at the spinning wheel.
"Don't be frightened, my beauty" said the old woman, holding out a hand with fingers as sharp as knives. "I have waited sixteen years to show you how to spin."
The princess went closer, for she had never seen a spinning wheel before. She sat down to spin. At once, she pricked her finger and fell to the floor, fast asleep. Aido the seventh fairy vanished, but her words rang out around the castle.
'THE PRINCESS IS SIXTEEN AND I HAVE GIVEN HER MY PRESENT!"
The king brought his daughter down from the tower and laid her upon a bed with covers embroidered in silver and gold.
The six good fairies were sent for. They soon arrived and went about their work with great care, for they could see into the future and they did not want the princess to wake up alone. Soon the castle and everything in it lay in an enchanted sleep.
In time the castle and the sleeping princess were no more real than a story told to children.
A hundred years later a prince from a neighboring kingdom was out hunting. He came to the edge of the forest of thorns, and wondered what lay behind it. Giants? Goblins? Dragons?
The he remembered his mother telling him a story of a castle in the heart of this forest, where a princess slept whose beauty was given to her by the fairies. Her sleep would last for a hundred years, until she was woken by a kiss from a prince.
As the prince stood there, the hedge of the thorns parted and a path appeared before him. He walked straight through, and the wall of thorns closed in behind him.
At last he came to the room where the sleeping princess lay. Never before had be seen such a beautiful girl. She had lips as red as roses, and skin as soft as petals. He leant over and gave her a kiss. The spell was broken!
The princess opened her eyes and looked at him.
"Is it you, my prince? I have waited such a long time!" Princess Yuuki said.
"Yes, it is me my beloved princess… what's your name?" The prince asked.
"My name is Yuuki, your highness" Princess Yuuki answered.
"And I am Prince Zero" Prince Zero said and kissed Princess Yuuki's hand.
Everyone in the castle woke up and celebrated the princess Yuuki's birthday and also the prince Zero and princess Yuuki's wedding. And they all lived happily ever after.
The end.
Yuuki: That's all for now! Thank you again
Zero: Thank you…
Kaname: For one reason, why can't I be the prince?
Yuuki: Because you're my older brother and Zero is the only one who is fit to be the prince
Kaname: "only one?" that's suspicious Yuuki…
Yuuki: Anyways! See yah again everyone!