Sleeping Beauty: The True Story

      Once upon a time, a beautiful baby girl was born. Now, this is not the girl you are thinking of. This was someone whose name would make people shiver for generations. Her name was Evna.  Everyone in the village of Snarlsdag loved her. When she got older, she got emerald green eyes and and hair as black as night. All the boys were always following her around wherever she went. One day, Evna was wandering in the village, when a ugly woman with a stump for a leg, bumped into her. "Watch what you're doing, you old hag", the lady said."I'm an old hag?!", Evna replied,"right". "Follow me", the old lady said. Evna was only eight when the old lady beckoned for her, so she was not the smartest child. "Okey", Evna said, and she followed the witch into the woods (Shoot, I gave it away).

     As she followed the witch into the woods, she looked at the lady. She looks like she's eighty four, Evna thought. As she walked into the Breath Killing Bog, she felt a slight tremor in the air. "I curse your entire no good, dirty rotten family forever", the witch said. "May you train in the dark arts and die a villain". Then she mumbled a few words, and a pair of horns appeared on her head." No!!" Evna yelled. Then the witch disappeared..

     When Evna returned to her house, her parents screamed."What happened to you?!"  they yelled. She told her parents what happened. "I'm going to give that hag a good beatin'", her father said. "You know dear, you could always go to Marvelous Maggie, the witch who nurses weary travelers back to health." Being an obedient child, Evna obeyed her mother and started her journey to find Marvelous Maggie.

     As Evna walked through the Cursed Forest, the home of Marvelous Maggie, she saw an owl. "Hello, owl," Evna said. "Beware, beware!" the owl cried. Then it flew away. Evna was so scared by now that she ran straight through the forest until she came to a small, wooden cottage. When she knocked on the door, no one answered. “That’’s strange”, Evna said. Then, the door opened. A small, old women appeared in the doorway, literally. “What do you want?” the lady said, “I specialize in potion making, sorcery, and resurrections”. “ Can you get these horns off my head?” Evna said. “No”, Maggie said, and she shut the door in Evna’s face. Maggie opened the door. “Okey, i’ll help you”...

As Maggie hovered over her cauldron, she chanted a few phrases that Evna could not hear. Maggie pulled out a beaker and scooped up some oozy, purple liquid. She poured the liquid over Evna’s horns. They disappeared in an instant. “Thank you!” Evna said. “You’re welcome,” Maggie said, “but there are side effects, which include growing the horns back and potentially becoming the most powerful villain in the world”. “You could have told me that before you poured the potion on me!” Evna said, “Is there a way to not become a dastardly villain?”. “Yes, there is a way, although it might ruin your life forever”, Maggie said. “Tell me,” Evna said. Maggie said, " You have to be pure of heart, and show compassion and understanding to everyone". "Thank you, Maggie," Evna said. When she walked out of the cottage, she thought, the whole world may come to an end if I am not kind.

TO BE CONTINUED...                                 By, T.J.