"Happily ever after? That thing doesn't exist, not in the real world."
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Ever a Never After (adaptation from Enchanted movie)
"Growing up in the fairy tale land, it feels like your whole life has been written perfectly in the books, with the pictu...
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Poppy's eyes burn with tears, overcome with relief. She didn't expect that Prince Jungkook would be willing to listen to her. But she feels glad that she took the chance.
After what happened on the day of the wedding, when she and the others were tricked by the vile and queer-looking Sir Whatshisname, Poppy has been wary about trusting anyone from the castle. She was so enraged that she truly believed that the entire royal family and its squires had set up a trap when they first took you into the castle.
However, in her mission to find out what actually happened and who might have been responsible, Poppy had spent the entire afternoon watching the prince from a distance, and she can now see that his distress upon his failure of finding you seems genuine.
Surely, the man who seems to have spent his day and night searching for you—and is looking as if he is in dire need of sleep for thinking about you—wouldn't be the one responsible of your disappearance.
Looking at the ground around her, Poppy settles on a small fallen branch as a tool to help her describe everything that had happened. Because words from a tiny creature like herself wouldn't be enough.
Using the branch, Poppy begins to carve the ground, sketching out images as she relays to the prince all the events she witnessed leading to your disappearance.
Poppy draws their arrival; with you in your wedding dress arriving in the carriage and your little friends accompanying you; Sir Noah welcoming you at the gate. Then she tells him about Sir Noah separating you from the others, promising to have knights and servants coming to help you prepare, before sending Poppy and the others to the wrong side of the property and kicking everyone out of the castle.
She hears Jungkook's breath hitching at this part, a crease forming between his brows, yet Poppy continues.
When Poppy tells him about the part where she managed to climb up the castle walls to see you standing in front of a fountain, Jungkook's entire body tenses. "She was at the old fountain?"
Poppy cocks her heard. "So you know about the fountain, my Prince?"
Jungkook quickly shakes his head. "Surely, I would. The magic fountain had been there for as long as I lived. The water comes out from the massive rock hidden behind the grove of trees growing against the castle walls, it used to cause massive flooding on that part of the castle, yet the water wouldn't stop flowing. Once it was found that the spring contained magic, the Queen built a fountain around the spring to contain the water," the prince explains, "But the place is restricted. Only those who are permitted or given the spell to enter through the restriction can find it."
Poppy is confused. "Well, Blossom didn't go there alone. I saw someone with her."
"Who was it?"
Poppy begins to draw the old hag who was there with you. Unfortunately, she only witnessed everything from the distance, so all she can give the prince is the vague description of the old, mysterious hag; with her slightly hunched back, a dirty worn-out cloak that covered her entire body, and the curly strands of silver hair framing her face.
