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I present: Biancabella

Mama Greece-Athena

Seborga-Juliet

Iberia-Angelica

Fem Spain-Isabel

Ships: Itacest

Once upon a time, a Marquis by the name of Romulus and his wife Athena had no children. One fine spring day, Athena fell asleep in her garden and a small snake slithered into her womb undetected. A few months later, to their delight, Athena found that she was with child.

When it came time for the baby to be born, the midwife and Romulus were there to help Athena despite her threats of cutting off manhood and burning down the town or going to call the midwife a witch if she didn't get this child out this minute. After a few hours of agonizing labor, a beautiful baby girl was born with a snake wrapped around her neck.

As the midwife screamed, the tiny green snake unwrapped itself and slithered away.

Ten years past and Felicity, the baby girl was named after her parents joy, was playing in the garden when a small green snake slithered up to her.

"Who are you?" Felicity asked.

"I am your sssissster Juliet. If you lisssten to me, and do exactly assss I sssay, you will be happy but have an unhappy life if you do not." The snake hissed.

"What do you want me to do?" Felicity asked, a tiny bit scared at the snake.

"Bring a bucket of milk and a bucket of rosssewater back to me."

Felicty, although scared of the consequences, obeyed her serpent sister and did what she asked.

Juliet asked Felicity to bathe in both buckets and when she did, Felicity became gen times more beautiful. When her hair was combed, jewels fell to the ground and when she washed her hands, flowers fell from her fingers.

Over the next eight years, Romulus had to fight off many of his daughter's suitors. Although once they were chased off, not all of them returned. The only one to return was King Romano of Italy. Romulus agreed to the marriage and soon they were married. The night before the wedding, Felicity tried to get Juliet to come visit but Juliet would not come. Felicity felt she had done something wrong and was saddened by her sister's desertion.

The only one who disapproved of King Romano and Queen Felicity's marriage was Romano's stepmother Angelica. Angelica had plotted a way for Romano to marry her daughter Isabel and hated the young queen with a passion. Her plans now changed on a way to kill the new queen.

Her chance came when Romano had to go to war. The stepmother ordered a servant to kill Felicity in the woods and to bring back proof of her death. The servant, not wanting to kill the queen, gauged out her eyes and cut off her hands instead. The stepmother was delighted that Felicity was out of the way but when Romano heard that his wife had died while he was away, he turned around and rode back home to see if it was true.

While blind and helpless, Felicity begged for Juliet to help her but Juliet would not come to her aid. On lone woodcutter found her and brought her home with him. When he returned home, his brother and sister refused to shelter her because he had to have committed a terrible crime for such a punishment. When Felicity asked for her hair to be combed, the sister agreed and the siblings were happy to be rid of their financial troubles.

The next day, Felicity asked to be returned to the spot where she was found. When she was there, she begged for Juliet to come to her so she could ask for forgiveness.

"There issss no need to be sssorry, dear ssssisssster."

Juliet restored her sister's hands and eyes and transformed herself into a beautiful young woman with bright ginger hair. After living with the siblings for a few years, Juliet and Felicity decided to move to Naples. When they arrived at the gate, Romano invited them to the castle in exchange for a story.

Juliet told the King and his stepmother her sister's story withholding her name and then asked, "Tell me, what should be the punishment of the wicked stepmother?"

"The stepmother should be thrown into a fire." Stepmother answered biting down her rising fear of this snake like girl.

"My sister Felicity was the poor Queen in the story King Romano and this wicked woman was the wicked stepmother that did all those violent things to my sister!" Juliet snarled and hissed at the wicked stepmother.

Romano ordered the stepmother to be thrown into a raging fire and was once again reunited with his wife. They lived happily ever after and when they died, their son took the throne and the Kingdom of Italy.

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