Just Another Beauty {~Sequel to Sleeping Beauty~}

Just Another Beauty~Happy Endings Come At A Price~(Part 3)

Well, the next part will be the last. I promise.

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Julia was transfixed by the women who stood not that far from her, as the women took a bite out of her delicious grapes.  Julia had gone completely pale at the sight of her. She had no idea what had overcame her, but with one hard look at the women she marched up in front of her dad’s throne and yelled,

“You!” she growled,

The women only took a second glance at her before tilting her head back and laughed. Julia hands were shaking with anger as this women laughed at how silly she was; standing before a powerful witch.

“You took everything from me.” Julia started, “You took my family away. You almost killed me in the process and then you decided to take my memory away.”

Her look was almost crossed between amusements and irritated, “My problem is?” she asked, crossing her arms together,

“You can’t get away with this.” glaring at her as she laughs another time.

“Honey, sorry to break the news to you, but have you actually took a good look out there?” Lucinda says, while stepping off the throne and walking over to the window that Julia, as a child would gaze at her kingdom with wonderment with her father, she shook her head not comprehending, “I all ready have gotten away with it. Your family is in the dungeon where they belong. Best of all, your so called loyal subjects are following my orders.”

“There only taking orders from you because there scared and defenseless. If they had someone powerful they would easily over power you.” She said, fully excepting her words as Lucinda lowered her gaze as a faint smile spread across her face,

“I knew I couldn’t trust Duke. I knew it before he kept changing my potion to kill you off. He thought I was stupid, but here you are.” Lucinda cruel smile came back as she looked at Julia, “You could’ve stayed with Duke, safe and sound away from me. Why the sudden change?”

Julia memory flashed back a few hours ago when she was standing in front of Issac and Duke. They had forcefully driven her mad with curiosity as they were locked up in Duke’s room fixing up some kind of potion that Duke supposedly said was ‘nothing’. The next thing you know it, there standing in front of her offering her a glass of grape with smoke rising to the ceilings. With no slight chance to calm down, she panicked as she remembered everything from the point where she was taken to the tower by Lucinda. The strange thing is; Issac had no recognition about her being stuck in a tower, or the part where he was marrying Hannah.

Duke had informed her that Lucinda was taking over as Queen and that her parents were held captive. With no sudden idea what she was doing she grabbed a small knife and stormed off into the woods.

“I’m here to offer you a deal.”

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Prince Issac {POV}

There was nothing he could do at the moment as Duke scare look crossed his face a million times, “She isn’t back. I thought she would be back by now.”

He was about to say something the other minute, when Julia grabbed a hold of a knife. Then again he thought she needed a time to have an air breather.

“We should go then and fast. Who knows where she could be at this very moment.” He said, gazing up at Duke who looked alarmed and ready to go.

“Yes, now would be good. I should get my brothers to come along, except for Dominic and Sebastian.”

Without one word out of them they all started to find Julia once again.

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Julia {POV}

“Well, I’m listening?” she said, putting her finger lightly on her purple lips waiting impatiently,

Julia thought hard as to what would make Lucinda squeal with excitement and let her Kingdom go. With one final thought she knew her deal with Lucinda will be worthy.

“I’ll eat the red apple that you wished for me to eat. I won’t complain.” Julia offered, “-but with that in mind, you leave this Kingdom and never step near here ever again.”

Lucinda thought about it gazing at the girl as if she were such an idiotic girl, for dealing with her. She thought it over and smiled, “Dea-” before being rudely interrupted by a loud raucous outside, before the door flung open.

“Julia! Are you crazy?!” The Prince stood not that far away as two arms men stood trying to get a hold of him, “I won’t let you do this.”

Lucinda grin turned even bigger as she saw what was happening, “Guards, let him go.” Lucinda ordered, “This is getting really interesting.”

Julia gave Issac a glare knowing that the plan was far from reach then she thought, “How could you.” She mumbled towards Issac,

“I’m not letting you make a deal with this evil conniving witch.” Issac spat.

Lucinda grabbed both of Issac cheeks and pinched them hard until they were red. Issac pulled away from her, “Tie him on the chains till his flesh rips away.” She sung, as chains suddenly appeared and grabbed Issac and tied him up as Issac screamed with agony,

Julia yelped, “What are you doing?” she asked, “You can’t do this!”

“Of course I can, honey. I can do anything.”

Without a chance to take a second breath, Julia catches a figure that belonged to Duke. She tried to hide the relief in her eyes, but she was just surprised to see him sneak in.

Without another thought she quickly said, “So is it a deal?” trying her best to not hear Issac shout, “No!”

Lucinda raised a brow, not quite understanding the girl as she magically made the red deadly apple appear into thin air, “It’s a deal.” She said,

“You’ll also let Issac go?” she asked,

She hesitated a bit before she said, “Fine.”

Julia could see the snake like worms inside the apple seeing it like veins pop out but wobbling around inside. She gulped, taking a hold of the apple as a sharp pierce stabbed her arms before she could feel the worm like things swimming around her arms. She screamed out an agony as she watched Lucinda smile evilly, “It was just in case you betrayed me. You die either way.” She shrugs her shoulders, “Oh, also I lied about the deal.”

Julia could feel her heat slowing down; however, she knew what had to be done, “Now!” Julia used all her force to throw the small knife to Duke who was behind Lucinda. Lucinda quickly turned around and a small yelp came out. Duke had stabbed her in the chest.

Duke raised his eyes seeing Lucinda wiggling around as her blood drained from her body.

Julia gazed at the apple that was feeding from her flesh. She knew her fate and she knew what she had to do. She took a bite from the red apple and she felt her body grow still. She fell to the floor trying to capture a breath. All she could see was Prince Issac kneeling besides her yelling, “I remember know! Julia don’t leave me I L-” before her heart stopped beating.

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Prince Issac {POV}

He didn’t even have the time to tell her he loved her before her heart stopped beating. He closed his eyes tightly, trying to think of happy thoughts, but was only brought back up again of Julia’s smiling face.

Duke stood beside of him trying to reason with him to leave, but he couldn’t. No matter what Duke said, he couldn’t bare not being with Julia.

Right after the part where Duke killed Lucinda, Issac mind went flashing back to when he first meet Julia till now. It was like drinking a cold smoothie and getting a brain freeze afterwards. All he knew that the chains had disappeared and he rushed over to Julia.

Why did she have to eat the apple? He thought, he knew that she would die anyway, but he could have figured a way out for the worm like things to go away.

Duke stayed silent as he watched Issac hug Julia tightly against his chest. He sighed only knowing one thing that would bring Julia back and that was to sacrifice himself.