Breaking Curses

Third Chapter

The next day, you woke up late because you spent the rest of your day yesterday at the library. You were researching spells and curses about appearance. It was already night when you found the right book about the shoes that Red was wearing. And it was almost midnight when you found the book about the curse of the seven dwarves. It was at the Fairy's Spell Book Section that's why it took a lot of time to find it. You were even reading the book about the shoes while finding it. And that's what you call, multitasking. Because of that, you hit your head on the shelves and book a couple of times.

Today is a lot different than yesterday. You now have a plan on what you should do today, unlike yesterday. You literally randomly flew anywhere and just happens to find two dwarves searching for someone at Dismal Lake. Your plan for today is to go to Risky Rock and hope something interesting happens. Yeah, what a very exciting plan. But who knows? The future is uncertain. You might have a more thrilling day today than yesterday. With that in mind, you hurriedly finished everything you need to do then went on with your one and only plan.

When you arrived at your destination, you landed and sat on the tree across Risky Rock. With your human form, you listened to the conversations that are just within your earshot while reading the book about the dwarves' curse. You heard someone humming so you looked at Risky Rock. It was Merlin. He was harvesting carrots then stood up and closed his eyes like he's having the moment of his life but it was then cut when got hit with a carrot thrown by someone from behind him. You muffled your laugh to avoid attention.

"Aw, what was that for?!" You barely heard Marlin asked in an annoyed tone.

The guy that threw the carrot, Arthur, also shrunk into a dwarf when Merlin turned to see who it was.

"You, sir, are sabotaging my relationship with Red Shoes." He said pointing at the pained dwarf.

"What relationship are you talking about?"

"Red Shoes and I share a secret." He proudly declared. "I'll tell you what it is, but it's a secret."

"While you'll be keeping secrets, I'm going to break my curse." Merlin mocked, annoying Arthur.

"You are nothing without your spells, magic boy," Arthur said in a low tone.

"And you are nothing without Excalibur!" Merlin countered then gasped exaggeratedly. "You're not waiting for someone to pull it out for you, are you?"

Arthur held Merlin's collar with a troubled face. "How did you know?!"

"Is it true?" He acted surprised.

You were about to laugh at the scene when they were suddenly trapped inside a net. You saw two big men from yesterday held them and tied their hands from behind then carried them to the house. A slim guy wearing a red royal suit riding on a white horse followed them. He was holding a megaphone on his right arm. When the knights were in position in front of the house, the prince, you guessed, started talking through the megaphone.

"Testing 1 2, testing 1---no! Quit pushing me, dolt." You shifted into a small ordinary bird to avoid being seen and flew to the tree near the house silently to see and hear more clearly then shifted back into your human form.

"Attention! Hideous dwarfs! Is it dwarfs with an 'f'? Or dwarves with a 'v'? I wanna use whatever's more offensive." Now that you see who this guy is, you signed silently. It's the loser, Prince Average.

"Oh, it's that loser, Prince Average." A familiar voice, you guessed it was Jack, seemed to hear your thoughts said from inside the house.

"Heard that! It's Avəraj." Prince Loser said then made a gesture.