Another day, another coffin. This time it’s Sleeping
Beauty’s…
An Excerpt from Fairy
Tale Fusion:
I Cursed Sleeping Beauty... And
She Deserved It
So you want to hear my
side of the story? All the dirt behind the scoundrel of the Sleeping Beauty
Tale?
Well here’s the
scoop...
The fact is I've gotten a bad rap. I've been branded the bad
guy because I put some prissy, pink-cheeked spoiled princess under a curse and
she fell asleep for a century. Big deal, so she took a nap. She woke up
eventually and now she’s got her happily-ever-after and a dreamy prince. Plus,
she’s over a hundred and she still looks like a teenager. I bet she'll be
wishing she was still snoozing when things start to sag.
Yes, dear little Sleeping Beauty’s got it good, and what did
I get? Bad PR, that’s what. Of course nobody
ever looks at it from my side. It’s all, well, “she’s the bad fairy.” Was it my fault that fate chose me to be the
keeper of the darker things in life? No it wasn't, I was born into it; I've
been up against it since I came into this world.
A numbers game, that’s what my life started as, a freaking
unlucky chance of being born the thirteenth heir of the ruling fairy families.
All my life I knew my destiny would be to follow the path of Dark Magic.
As a child, I was sent to magic school with my cousins. I
learned curses and poisons while the rest of my family made love potions and
fancy fairy dust. On the playground they shunned me, taunted and teased me. I
toughened up quickly in that school.
I spent my teen years crawling around swamps for toads and
lizards while the other girls dreamed about boys and lacy dresses. No one
teased me anymore, though; you turn one girl blue for a week and that sort of
thing stops cold.
After graduation (head of my class, but I never got credit
for that) I found myself at loose
ends and an outcast in my own family. I went to live on my own, shut myself
away in a lonely tower, while my twelve cousins went on to fame and fortune.
They flitted about, bestowing beauty, happiness, and charm on the world; I
dished out warts and bad luck spells. Is it any wonder I'm a little bitter?
It’s not like I looked for any trouble, I just did my job. I
went out of my way to temper all that evil I was in charge of and make the best
of it. All I asked for was some respect. Not too much to request, but still I
got shafted.
You see, there’s a part of my story that tends to get
glossed over, you know the part about me being snubbed, publicly. They knew the tradition, that a royal child is christened
in attendance of all the fairy
houses, even the Dark Fae. I wanted to go, to have a new elegant dress, and
maybe dance a waltz at the after party. I picked out the right gift—nothing too
ostentatious, just a touch of temper—a flaw to give her a rounded personality.
I figured with all those other gifts like wit, charisma and beauty she needed a
little something to make her more human.
But the King and Queen couldn't bear to have their precious daughter marred (their word, not mine)
so they made the wrong decision to
change the centuries old custom. Did those royals ever consider my feelings?
No, they went and left me out of the christening party. An oversight they said
later, they simply forgot to dispatch my invite. Yeah, right. And I was
supposed to stand back and suffer that slight, take the insult? Well, not this
gal, I can tell you. I had a reputation to maintain.
So I crashed their soiree and cursed the little princess.
Sure, I went a little overboard with my original, “prick her finger and die”
proclamation, but I've always had a tendency to overdo when I'm mad. It’s not
like she died or anything. And maybe I did cheat a little on her sixteenth
birthday to ensure my curse, but hey, a bit of chicanery is my trademark. I
needed some insurance, to show those royals that I was still in control.
I stand by my actions. I was justified and they all had it
coming. What did they expect for offending the Queen of the Dark Fairies? It’s
the spin that bugs me, this whole “wicked fairy godmother” crap. Where do they
get off judging me? A bunch of snooty royals screw up and for that I get
labelled a villain!
Life just isn't fair.
Fairy Tale Fusion is available at:
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iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/fairy-tale-fusion/id706475602?mt=11
Amazon.ca: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00G1RJUCA
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/356889
Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebook/fairy-tale-fusion
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13 comments:
Good use of first person. I'm trying to decide if I want to write my novel in first person or third person. I don't use first person much, but it seems to be popular.
Thanks. I find POV depends on what I'm writing. Some stories work better in first person, some in third.
Great character response to bad press. Love your explanations. I never thought about how that other half feels. Good job.
Thanks, Aspen.
Very cool, A.F. I love the perspective from the other side. Very original twist. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity. *waves*
By the way, please don't turn me blue or anything. ;)
-Jimmy
I wouldn't dream of turning you blue, James.
I too love your use of first person. The sagging part had me a hootin' and a hollerin.' Great story!
Blaze
I too love your use of first person. The sagging part had me a hootin' and a hollerin.' Great story!
Blaze
One of my favourite lines, too.
Great story! Bout time the other side of the story was told!
Thanks.
Not-so-happily-ever-after?
Very few happily ever afters in Fairy Tale Fusion. Lots of crime and punishment, though.
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