Faye reached the top of the tower, breathless and shaking, her heart pounding in her chest. The door to the princess's chamber stood before her, old and worn, its surface covered in thick vines that pulsed with dark magic. The air here was suffocating, thick with the weight of centuries of decay and neglect.
She pushed the door open and stepped inside.
The room was cold and dimly lit, a pale glow coming from the shattered window. And there, in the center of the room, lay the princess—still, silent, her face pale as snow. Her brown hair spread out around her, and her lips were slightly parted, as if she had just fallen into a deep sleep. But this wasn't the peaceful slumber of a fairytale—it was a curse, a magical prison that kept the princess trapped in an endless nightmare.
Faye's hands trembled as she approached the bed. This was it—the heart of the curse. But how was she supposed to break it? How was she supposed to wake the princess when the magic surrounding her was so twisted, so dark?
As she stood there, staring down at the sleeping princess, she heard a voice—a soft, whispering sound that seemed to come from nowhere and everywhere at once.
"Wake her, Faye... Only you can do it..."
Faye's heart skipped a beat. The voice was familiar, hauntingly so. It wasn't the princess's voice. It was her mother's.
Faye's hand flew to the silver key that hung around her neck. She had carried it with her for so long, never knowing its true purpose. But now, as the whispers grew louder, she knew.
The key wasn't just a keepsake. It was the key to breaking the curse.
With trembling hands, Faye pulled the key from her neck and held it over the sleeping princess. The vines around the bed seemed to pulse, reacting to the presence of the key. The room filled with a strange, otherworldly light as the magic within the key stirred to life.
And then, without warning, the key shot forward, embedding itself in the heart of the curse. The vines recoiled, the dark magic unravelling, and with a burst of blinding light, the curse began to break.
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The Story
FantasyFaye is invited to the Heartseeker Academy, for supernaturals. While being scorned, Faye thought that she was only human... Or that's what she thought.
