The Beginning

Prologue

        "...you must take the magic mirror away....break Cinderella's glass slippers...curse the spindle...cut the golden hair...turn legs into fins....burn all books..." A big, bushy man bowed before the woman and confidently said, "Your majesty, I will put my life into your hands. If I return without doing those things, I deserve to die...

        "Ah ha! I hope...what....told me..." The voice was so delicate that even the woman herself barely heard what she said. With hesitation, the enormous man said, "I wi...will...will make sure...sure tha...that I...I keep your promise...Your...your....Majesty."

        "Is it only my ears or is it that you are stammering? Are you not confident in doing those things?" the woman's voice tone got louder and louder as she talked more. The woman was getting angry at the uncertain behavior of the man.

        In a moment, the woman raised her finger up to her mouth to shush. The woman had heard a rustle in the air. Was there someone in the room listening? She started to eye every single place in the room, but found nothing. She just shrugged and became serious again.

        "Are you confident or not?" "Maje...majesty, I am confident. I will make sure I do all those things." said the man in a way clear and louder voice. "You do remember our deal, right? You will always carry a sin from what you did last time." she laughed, "To take away the debt, do the things I told you to. Or else, I will spread what you did to me."

        The man started thinking off track and started to think what will happen if he didn't finish the "project". He was shivering so much that a person, a mile away, can see his enormous self and his goosebumps. But, he realized what he was doing and shook it off.

        "You know that this project is not going to be done for a long time, right?" the woman questioned with a hiss. "Of course, Your Majesty. I will use up the parts of my life to do all the things you told me to do." "No denying the thing you said? I know which way you're heading. Make sure you know that." the woman said sharply.

        "I will do my best, Your Majesty." Then, he ran out the door, not wanting to talk more with the woman. The woman grinned suspiciously as he left. She blew something white, but it was something nobody can see, even herself.

        "I want to be able to trust you. So, don't disappoint me." the woman said quietly, talking to herself. The man had heard. He heard that the woman didn't trust him. He knew it was because of the last incident. He really wanted to be trusted by at least one person.

        "Your Majesty, I will keep your word." he said proudly to himself. Surprisingly, the woman had heard it. "Really? Let's see about that..."and her voice trailed off. Completely shocked by what the woman said, the big man walked slowly back to his house.

        He remembered what the woman said before he left. "Ah ha! Also make sure that you find the sister of mine. There is a debt she needs to pay."

        The man knew what the debt was and how HE was the part of what the debt was. Because he was young back then, he didn't know what he was doing. Now that he thinks about the past, he feels sorry for the sister of the "queen".

        After a while of pondering, he arrived at his house. He knew that the woman was able to know where he was this moment. So, he started sitting one place, trying to figure out how he's going to accomplish all those things.

        I am being controlled by her. I am like a duo with her. I need to accomplish this mission in order for both of us to have a better life. Or will it? Well, I have no choice but to do it. Look at the consequences of what will happen if I fail.

        The thought of the consequences gave him the chills. He shook them off and fell asleep. He had a nightmare. The dream gave him a weird feeling that he won't be able to accomplish it. Was it because the woman was a queen? I thought she figured out the way to control, control the ... What made her so evil? He shook the thought off and started his journey.

        The sister that the queen wanted brought to her is . . .

                                        . . . Anna