A long lost tale ~ Engels geschreven

A long time ago, there was an evil queen, her name was Thibita.
She was the rightfull ruler over the lands of Laval, which includes several islands and colonies.
The people had a great life, but this doesn’t say that they love the queen.
The queen was a spoiled women, who was envious of everyone who was more beautiful than her.
But it was really easy to be prettier than the queen, cause was as ugly that even the moon won’t share his light with her if she asked it.
So she was envious of all of the women in particular.
One day, she prepared a terrible curse, a curse who would make an end to her misery.
Did she made herself beautiful ? No.
She turned all the women into birds.
But even as birds the women were more beautiful than the evil queen with their colorful feathers and harmonious voices.
In order to be the number one, she turned the women again.
Not into humans, no !
She turned them all into mice.
Black, grey and even brown ones.
Finally happy with the effect of her mighty spell, she sat down on her throne in confident, cause now, all the men were hers.
But one thing she didn’t noticed.
A little new born baby, crying in its crib.
And when you look closely at it, you could see it was a baby girl.
Her father, still in shock of the lost of his wife raised her as a boy to hide her for the queen.
He named her Erik, a simple name who will not be suspected.
But the girl Erik always knew she was different from what her father told her
He cut her blonde hair blonde and she learned to speak with a deep boyish voice.
For all this years, her surroundings didn’t suspect a thing.
But Erik grew up and at the age of fourteen, she began to show and people began to notice things.
Het childish face with the new gentle female touch into it, the long eyelashes and the natural beauty only women posses.
This even happened to her body ; she was thin, elegantly balanced and of course her breasts.
And on a beautiful day ; she was discovered.
Her father begged at all the men to keep her a secret for the queen.
And they agree, with the argument that they got to give her a new name, suitable for a girl.
And so, the girl began her new life named Hope.
The citizens adored and cherished her as she was the only girl in the whole kingdom, aside of the queen of course.
She got buried under attention of the single men in her district, who all wanted to get to know her.
They even came from villages miles away from them.
Anxious of the fast spreading words of these “tourists”, her father hid Hope once again.
Scared that the word already may gotten to the evil queen Thibita.
But no soldier came for Hope and no other curse was spoken, out loud.
Hope her hair grew longer and the tailor made her the most beautiful dresses she has ever saw.
She could finally use her own voice out in the open.
She was happy, not knowing what great danger lay around the corner.

From ear to ear, from mouth to mouth, the talk of a real living girl spread through the kingdom like fire on oil, where it – unfortunately- reached a queen’s spy’s ear.
The spy rushed to his queen, longing to tell her the news.
She was deeply shocked – as you can predict- with this news.
The evil queen commanded her army to search for this so called girl.
Meanwhile, the girl was at the age of 18, so she was officially a women now.
The army came near their village, but a loyal men of the town warned Hope and her father when a group of soldiers approached the gates looking for Hope.
Hiding for them, they ran away together.
From city to city, from forest to forest, they went travelling through the kingdom.
At last, they got to the most dangerous place In the kingdom to be;
The queens castle.
It wasn’t really stupid to go there, cause the queen would never expect her to be so nearby.
But there were enough risks; cause there were soldiers all over the place and just a few places to hide.
One day, her father gave her a dagger and said. “If you ever get to meet the queen, stab her with all your might, for only a women can kill her.”
Hope nodded and putt the dagger away, hiding behind her belt.
Hoping that that day was near or really far ahead of her.

On a day, she bounded her hair together and she concealed her hair under a hat.
So she became a boy once more, for it was saver for her to be one.
In her boys disguise, she was save for the guards and so for the queen, who was always looking out of her window, waiting for the good news that they captured her.
But the day came there was a yearly party at the castle, and everyone was invited.
Everyone, so Hope also.
She gets herself there and grabbed her dagger, mumbling to her father that he need to cause a scene of distraction for her to get away.
And so, for all the guests, with help of some of the loyal men from their village, her father caused a motion, which let everyone, including the queen stunned for a moment.
Hope took her change en rushed over to the queen en dragged her with all her strength away from the great hall.
And no one even noticed it, not even the guards.
The queen, back to normal self pushed Hope back and some fireballs were showing in her hands.
“This is the last time I’m throwing a party.”
Hope dogged one of the balls but the second one scratched her left arm.
Biting, burning, the smell of her burned flesh reached her nose.
In all confident, she took her dagger out of its place, but the evil queen only smirked at her.
“Do you really think you can kill me ?”
Thibita did a step forward and tries to slap Hope in her face, but she managed to get away and she dived underneath the arm of the queen, who was flabbergasted with the elegancy of her opponent, cause she still doesn’t know she has a girl in from of her.
The girl she has been searching for, for over the past months.
In anger, Hope jumped towards the queen, aiming for her heart she wanted to hit with all her might.
And she did it, the knife sliced through flesh and avoided all the bones.
The queen Thibita gasped for breath. “No man can kill me.”
Finally Hope took off her disguise. “I’m no man.”
And with one final blow, she made an end to the evil queen.
With her one last gasp of breath, longing for air, the queen fell.
She fell down on the cold, black stoned floor.
The evil queen died after many years of a tyrant way of ruling.
And so, the curse was broken and all over the world, grey mice became women, the brown mice became women and also the black ones turned back into women.
The balance was restored and for the first time in her life she met her mother, which is a really wonderful woman with kind eyes and a gentle smile.
There was no royalty in the country anymore, cause Thibita the evil queen was the last of the royal bloodline of the Waldermeres.
All of the citizens decided to crown Hope as their new queen, cause she was the the one who rescued the kingdom from the former ruler.
“I will take your offer.” She said. “But I don’t want to become an evil queen.” After these words she ran away, thinking of a way to not become as evil as the woman she killed.
Cause the thought that she killed someone rushed through her head, she killed someone.
“Maybe I can help.”
Hope turned to the voice who spoke those words to her and she discovered that it was the stable boy from her hometown, which she knew for almost her whole life.
Which she was beginning to love in all of the years she was a boy before he moved.
With asking eyes she looked at him and he laughed.
“I’ve always known your secret and because of your spirit and kind heart, I want to be your man, cause I love you.”
And then, as struck by lightning, a thought rushed through her head.
There was one thing the queen didn’t had.
One major thing called love.
Hope shared her thoughts with the stable boy, using words and a kiss.
The young couple married quickly after that and the stable boy became a kind and honest king, side to side with his queen Hope, who he love with all he has.
The kingdom grew again with live and fertile ground.
Even all the evil powers who once wandered over the lands disappeared into thin air.
Nearly a year after the killing of the evil queen, Hope gave birth to a child.
But what do I see ? It was a twin.
A boy and a girl.
And as a reminder of the past they called them Spirit and Wonder.
Cause it took a mighty spirit and a lot of wonder for the things queen Hope did.
They grow up to be successful heirs, loved by all, just like their parents.
For now, like – almost- all the other fairytales, they lived happily ever after.
How the kids Spirit and Wonder lived their live ?
Well, that’s another story.