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Fairies (Fairytale)

A/N: Sleeping Beauty

(But also not Sleeping Beauty. It's weird. You'll see)

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Once upon a time, in a beautiful kingdom, a king and queen finally gave birth to a child.

A beautiful boy with raven hair and shimmering grey eyes.

So proud were his parents of their little Levi, they threw a party for their beloved son.

The entire kingdom arrived to celebrate the birth of the new heir, even the king and queen from the neighboring kingdom arrived with their son, Eren, to celebrate.

Naturally, Eren was too young (only three and half) to understand that they were betrothed, but he smiled when he saw Levi for the first time.

Three fairies were also invited to the party. The eldest, Erwin, approached the infant first.

"Hello, my child," he says and waves his wand. "I bless you with the gift of strength. Strength of character as well as body, so you may fight any harm that may come."

"Thank you," the queen says and gives him a hug.

The next, Mikasa, approached with a small smile.

"Welcome, Levi," she says and waves her wand. "I bless you with the gift of inner peace. The calmness of your mind will bring you peace no matter what may come, so you will always be ready to fight."

"Thank you," the queen says and kisses her cheek.

The youngest, Armin, approaches last.

He almost speaks when suddenly the doors slam open and everyone turns to see who entered. "Kaney," the king gasps.

Kaney was the fairy assigned to the queen's family when she was a child.
He is dark and old and had a poor sense of humor so, along with his incredible power, most people were too afraid of him to speak with him.

"I see there's a party today," he says.

The queen bites her lip moves the block the man's path from her son.

"Celia," he says, exaggerated pout on his face. "I thought we were friends, how could you betray me like this?"

"I-I'm sorry," she says. "My husband-"

He nudges her out of the way to look at baby Levi. "It is my turn to bless the child," he says.

The queen buries her face in her husband's shoulder as Kaney waves his staff in the air.

"As punishment for your parents," Kaney says. "Little one, on your sixteenth birthday, should you come across a spinning wheel you will find yourself unable to keep away from it. When you sit and try to use it, you shall prick your finger and as you fall to the ground, you will die and that child that you are betrothed to will fall into a sleep so deep they shall never wake again."

The room lets out a gasp as the old man laughs. Eren's mother takes him in her arms and holds him tight, crying into his hair, as the other fairies surround and kill him.

The room is silent save for the sobs of the queen. Kaney's eyes are still wide open as his corpse still smiles crazily, guards take the body to be burned as the fairies surround the child.

Armin picks up the baby, so young and unaware of anything that just happened. "I can't make the spell go away, little darling," he says, waving his wand. "All I can do is bless you as my brother and sister have. So, I bless you with the gift of life. If you are just and unselfish, dark magic like the wizard Kaney used cannot harm you."