Once Upon A Dream

Prologue

"Papa can you tell me the story of the fairies again?" a little girl with raven black hair and shimmering blue sapphire eyes asked as she sat in front of her father who sat on the plush couch.

"Which one princess?" her father asked with a smile.

"The one who cursed Mama," the little princess answered, her eyes widening to the eyes her father could not resist saying "yes" to even if he tried. What can he say, she's his little princess.

"Alright, come here," her father said with a sigh as he helped her onto the couch and onto his lap. "Once upon a time..."

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Once upon a time, there was a fairy by the name of Honerva. She was different than the other fairies who had sparkling wings and wands and were loved by all the humans who came upon them. Honerva's wings were black as a raven's and while they were beautiful, they weren't like the other fairies and so she was picked on and alienated from the others. Her parents weren't around because they had been killed in her early years and she was left alone. Despite this, she had a kind heart and would never hold anger in her heart.

One day she happened upon another fairy during one of her flights around the magical borders of the fairy grove. She was surprised to find that he had wings just like hers, only, one was injured and bleeding. As she approached, he tried to use his magic against her but she held her hands out in a surrendering motion and slowly approached.

"I'm not going to hurt you," she said with a soft smile as she knelt down beside the fairy. His eyes widened to find that she had wings just like him.

"Your wings, they're like mine," he said as she ripped the bottom of her skirt and gently wrapped the cloth around the wound to try and stop the bleeding.

"I thought I was the only one with wings like mine," Honerva said as she leaned back and folded her wings in.

"You and I both," the man said with a smile. "I'm Zarkon."

"Honerva," she answered with a smile. From that day on, a friendship was born, and soon something else.

A year later it was brought to everyone's attention that King Kenneth was leading an army towards the grove. The three queen's of the fairies named Nyma, Shay, and Florona met the king and his army on the edge of the barrier.

"King Kenneth," the trio said with a bow. Honerva watched from the trees with the other fairies as the king bowed to the trio as he jumped down from his horse.

"What brings you here My King?" Nyma asked as she was the leader of the trio.

"I caught one of your fairies sneaking into the castle and trying to murder not only my wife but my son as well," Kenneth said as his men dragged a chained Zarkon forwards, heavy chains wrapped around him, mostly around his wings. Honerva's eyes widened and she forced herself not the glare as she heard the other fairies whispering amongst themselves.

"As you know, this is treason against the crown and is punishable by death," Kenneth said as he glared down at Zarkon who was forced to kneel by the guards.

"Your Majesty," Florona said as she spoke up, her eyes landing on the raven winged fairy before meeting the king's. "I can assure you that this is not one of our fairies."

"Florona is right, while he frequents the grove, he has never been associated with us," Shay said as she glared at the fairy.

"With that in mind Your Majesty," Nyma said as she motioned to Zarkon with her hand. "Because he is not under our rule, you are free to do with him as you see fit."