A long time ago there was a kingdom where the queen gave birth to a beautiful daughter. At the sight of his new daughter the King was overjoyed and invited everyone in the kingdom to see his daughter. This included a King and Queen from another kingdom along with their own child, a newborn baby only a few months older then the King and Queen's daughter named Syaoran, and a fairy named Tomoyo that said she would give the newborn a special gift upon her arrival.

However in his excitement the King forgot to invite one other fairy named Yuko, who was something of a witch as well, at this she became angry. In anger she hid herself until she managed to get close enough to the baby's cradle where she revealed her true self and shouted her curse, "The moment you prick your finger on a spindle you will die!"

Before anyone could stop her Yuko waved her arms disappearing in a puff of smoke. At this the Queen fell to her knees and began to cry. At this Tomoyo quickly approached the cradle and chanted a spell to change the curse so that instead of dying she would simply fall into a deep sleep. Never the less the King took no chances and ordered that every spindle in the kingdom was to be burned to prevent the curse from ever happening.

Sixteen years passed and the King and Queen's daughter, whom the Queen had named Sakura after her favorite tree that was growing in the palace's gardens, had grown into a beautiful woman with a heart more pure than anyone else in the entire kingdom. Sadly this only added to Yuko's anger so she used her magic to sneak herself into a tower within the castle, where the princess liked to spend time watching the birds as they flew by. Yuko then used her magic to disguise herself as an old woman spinning a spindle to which Sakura approached the old woman and asked what she was doing.

"I'm spinning. Haven't you seen a spindle before?" Yuko said slyly

"No, may I try it?" Sakura asked

"Of course princess," Yuko said standing up and letting the young girl sit in her place

However as soon as she began spinning she pricked her finger and fell down asleep, causing Yuko to shed her disguise and let out a sickening laugh that filled the palace as she used her magic to leave the tower before any of the guards or even the King or Queen could arrive.

The King sent for the good fairy Tomoyo but when she arrived she said that there was nothing she could do to awaken her.

"What would it take to have my daughter awaken?" asked the Queen

"Only the love of someone pure of heart like your daughter can awaken her otherwise she could remain asleep forever," Explained Tomoyo

At this the Queen became stricken by grief and died a few days later wondering, "How could a man fall in love with a sleeping woman?"

With the King seeming to follow in his wife's footsteps Tomoyo cast a spell forcing the entire palace to fall into the same deep sleep as Sakura and they would only be awakened when Sakura awoke. With her work complete Tomoyo left the palace where not a single sound could be heard.

Taking this as an opportunity to keep her curse intact Yuko appeared in the palace and cast a spell to have the trees grow taller and a series of thorns to prevent anyone from intruding.

As time passed in the other kingdom the young infant Syaoran, now a fully grown man of seventeen, became troubled by various dreams he had been having. Syaoran was no stranger to having certain dreams that involved a girl but this time the dreams felt… different and he didn't like them.

In all of his earlier dreams he played with a young girl around the same age as him and as time passed he experienced dreams where he and the girl grew older and older but remained being around the same age as each other. In his latest dreams Syaoran and the nameless girl were often conversing but this time something was different the more they conversed the more faint she seemed to become until finally the nameless girl fell down asleep as a series of thorns completely covered her taking her out of his reach.

Ever since that one dream all of his dreams had remained the same one an empty palace that was shrouded in darkness with something… horrible lurking inside it along with the sleeping girl. This continued to trouble Syaoran until he told his parents about his dreams. They then suggested that he go on a journey to see Tomoyo the good fairy in a kingdom not far from them.

At this Syaoran prepared himself for his journey taking with him only the basic provisions, along with a horse and a sword from his father and he set out on his journey.

Within a week he found himself at the good fairy's cottage to which she welcomed him inside and after he explained his dreams Tomoyo only smiled until she asked, "Do you want to save her?"

Syaoran gave Tomoyo a puzzling look, "Save her? But she is only from a dream isn't she?" he thought

Regardless Syaoran nodded to which Tomoyo responded "You can save her and I can show you where she is but there WILL be danger. Do you still want to save her?"

At this Syaoran only grew more determined and answered, "Yes."

At this answer Tomoyo took out a small crystal ball and showed Syaoran images of the castle and how to get there and warned him of the witch now lurking within its walls. Her malice had changed Yuko's appearance from a beautiful fairy into a hideous old witch that now ruled over the sleeping palace.

Syaoran then left the cottage but before he rode off to the palace Tomoyo cast a spell that would repel all the thorns so he would be able to make it to the castle.

Three days later Syaoran charged his steed towards the castle towards the thorn covered steps but before the thorns even touched them they began to slither away like cowardly snakes. To which Yuko was surprised and no matter how many times she willed the thorns to impale him and his steed they changed direction and avoided him.

Yuko's anger increased and then she willed a wall of thorns outside the palace gates with her standing just before them. Syaoran willed his steed to a halt and stepped down from the horse, "Are you the witch who controls this castle?"

"Yes and it would appear that you've had some help avoiding my little trap. Well now you can be prepared to face all the powers of hell!" Shouted Yuko as she transformed herself into a horrific dragon with jaws that spewed maelstroms of fire.

At this Syaoran unsheathed his sword and attacked the dragon, the battle went on as Syaoran managed to inflict damage upon the monster's claws until he finally managed to cut through one of the dragon's arms causing her to shriek out in pain and stand up on its hind legs about to release a devastating blast of fire.

However a small blue bird that had been watching the whole fight flew down just beside Syaoran chanting a spell on his sword, "Now sword of truth, fly swift and sure that evil die and good endure!"

At this Syaoran's sword began to glow a silvery white light and he tossed the sword at the dragon's chest which upon its impalement caused the dragon to shriek out in pain one last time before collapsing to the ground and began to disappear until nothing was left but the sword itself.

Syaoran picked up the sword but when he turned back to thank the fairy he noticed she was gone and in her place was a single blue feather that was carried off in the passing winds.

With the witch Yuko dead, the thorns began to disappear until the gates were left wide open allowing Syaoran to enter the palace where like his dreams he found everyone asleep Syaoran then felt a tugging at his heart that made him strangely walk up a long staircase until he reached a lone room where he saw a bed with someone sleeping in it.

Syaoran approached the bed but couldn't see who was in it because of the dim light so he pulled back a few curtains until the room was filled with light. He then went back to the bed where he found none other than the princess Sakura herself who was the girl from his dreams!

At this Syaoran became consumed with emotions, including relief that she was all right, amazement that she was more than just a dream and another emotion that he had never felt before outside his dreams, which caused him to lean towards the princess until his lips touched hers. As soon as he finished his kiss the princess Sakura began to awaken to find the prince Syaoran beside her bed.

"You've come! The boy from my dreams! I've been waiting so long for you!" exclaimed the princess as she held out her hand which Syaoran took in his and soon the entire palace awoke from their slumber. They all then rushed up to the princess' room to make sure she was all right only to find her more beautiful and happier than ever with Syaoran by her side.

A few days later the silent and formerly gloomy looking palace was filled with laughter and cries of joy at a great celebration to celebrate Princess Sakura and Prince Syaoran's wedding.

And they all lived happily ever after…

Okay so this one took longer than previously expected (mostly because of surprise family related things) and I nearly lost interest when I discovered that the tale of Sleeping Beauty was NOT written by the Brothers Grimm. However because Sleeping Beauty was one of my favorite Disney classics (and because I promised someone this chapter) I decided to pull through.