Once Upon A Dream

The Curse

In a far away land, long ago, lived King Kenneth and his wife, Queen Krolia. A year after their marriage their son Shiro was born and became the eldest prince. In the years that followed, they longed for Shiro to have a brother or a sister, and 7 years later, their wish was granted. Krolia gave birth to a son, who they named Keith.

However, happiness would be short lived, for the king had fallen ill, none of the doctors could explain it and soon he passed away. It was discovered later that it was Haggar's doing as revenger for her lost love. This left Krolia in charge of the kingdom, ruling alone, until her eldest son could take over the throne.

A few days after his birth, a great holiday was proclaimed throughout the kingdom, so that all of high or low estate might pay homage to the infant prince. Thus on this great and joyous day did the entire kingdom celebrate the long awaited royal birth.

"Their royal highnesses, Queen Allura and Prince Lance of Altea!" the chamberlain announced. After their announcement, the two royals walked up to the throne and bowed. Allura was 18 and had taken over the throne after her parents had died 2 years ago. She had tanned skin, blue eyes, and white hair that fell down to her lower back. She wore a blue dress with dark blue accents a gold chain around her neck, gold earrings, and the crown of her mother on her head.

Her younger brother, Prince Lance was 4 and bowed alongside her. He was similar to his sister, but instead of white hair he had brown like his mother. He was dressed in black pants, a white shirt, a dark blue coat, and brown boots. His blue eyes meeting Krolia's violet ones as she stepped off the throne and gathered his sister in a hug.

"It's good to see you again Allura," Krolia said with a smile.

"And you as well Your Highness," Allura responded with a smile. The two kingdoms had known each other before the children were born, Kenneth and Allura's father Alfor were great friends and their kingdoms had longed for a marriage between them. It had been promised that after Lance was born that he would be engaged to the young prince or princess when the time came. And that, was now.

"Would you like to see him?" Krolia asked turning to Lance. Lance gave a nod and took Krolia's hand as she led him over to the crib where the young prince was sleeping soundly. Allura turned to Shiro who had been standing behind his mother and handed him the gift as a promise of the engagement. Shiro smiled and took the gift from the queen and handing it to a servant who would put it away for safe keeping.

Krolia led Lance over to the crib while Lance tried not to trip over the purple fabric of her dress. With a little boost, Lance looked down into the crib to look at the sleeping baby that would be hi future husband. The baby was pale like his mother and seemed to have her black hair colour as well. His eyes were closed but Lance could probably tell he had his mother's eyes. Lance stared in awe at the prince, feeling a sort of protectiveness of him. As the horns blared, Lance ran back to his sister, taking their place as standing beside the throne and Krolia sat back down on the throne. Shiro taking her side.

"Their most honored and exaulted Excellencies, the three good fairies. Queen Nyma, Queen Shay, and Queen Florona!" the chamberlain announced as three winged fairies flew into the room from a sparkling ray of sunshine. As they headed to the throne, they sneaked a peak at the sleeping prince before standing and bowing before the throne.

"Thank you for coming Your Highness's," Krolia said with a smile.

"Thank you for inviting us Your Majesty," Nyma said returning the smile. Nyma had fair skin, blonde hair that fell in curves to below her shoulders and purple eyes. She wore a dress made of flower petals of different shades of blue and wore blue fingerless gloves. Around her neck she wore a gold chain with a glowing blue gem on it, and on her head she wore a floral crown made of blue flowers.