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Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, in a far away 

beautiful perfect land there lived a beautiful perfect 

princess. The land was called the Serein Kingdom and its 

princess’ name was Athena. Athena was beautiful and perfect but 

not in the way everyone else thought. She was beautiful and perfect 

at heart – kind, loving, compassionate and generous. However, she was 

quite unhappy as she had no friends.

She was mocked 

a lot for being 

overweight. Her 

friends thought 

she was ugly 

because she was 

fat. But they did 

not notice the sky 

in her eyes, the 

roses in her 

round cheeks 

and the sun in 

her Blonde hair. 

Pappa told her 

she had the voice 

of a lark, Momma 

always said 

when Athena 

smiled, the stars 

shone in her 

eyes.

Anyway, it boiled down to Athena’s best friend being her cat Bobby McGue. 

Athena had lots of dreams, like girls her age. Athena dreamt that one day she 

would meet her Prince Charming, they would fall in love and live happily ever 

after, as all good fairy tales go. But even though Athena had everything she 

wanted; a big pink room, a pet cat and being homed-schooled, she was still 

scared and upset that these dreams would never come true for her.

One day, King Applebottom, Athena’s Pappa, requested an audience with 

Athena, Athena's Momma; Queen Laqueesh and all His Ministers, at the 

enormous meeting room on the ground floor of their gigantic castle. King 

Applebottom announced that he had found a young prince, Prince Jaspar to 

marry Athena. 

Princess Athena was taken aback to hear this but she was very excited. She 

laughed and the sound of bells tinkled through the enormous meeting room. 

Her laugh was so infectious, it had all the Ministers laughing out loud too. 

Everyone was in high spirits as the entire kingdom loved their young princess 

and thought the world of her. Only young girls her age, did not think much of 

her looks. But then, they hadn’t taken the time to get to know her lovely 

character.

After everyone had left, Pappa and Momma told Athena wonderful things 

about Prince Jaspar, like the dragons he had slayed, forests he had walked 

through, his favourite pie and so on. Athena was thrilled! What if Prince 

Jaspar were her Prince Charming!

The morning of Prince 

Jaspar's Royal Visit 

dawned bright and 

clear. It was as if the 

world was in tune 

with Athena’s joy. 

Daffodils, roses 

bloomed outside her 

window. The cool 

breezes blew lavender 

scents. And the sun... 

the sun smiled down 

all day. Trumpets 

blared to announce 

the entrance of Prince 

Jaspar, and his 

parents King Weegee 

and Queen 

Montgomery into the 

Royal Courtroom.

 Hands trembling with excitement, eyes sparkling, Athena quickly changed 

into a lovely, blue gown. She proceeded cautiously to the Royal Courtroom. 

When Athena walked in, she saw the Prince and could not contain her 

excitement.

She rushed up to him and 

introduced herself, “Hello, 

my name is Athena!” It’s 

so nice to meet you Prince 

Jaspar.” A frown 

appeared on Prince 

Jasper's face. Athena was 

confused. Why did Prince 

Jaspar have such a weird 

look on his face? Prince 

Jaspar grabbed Princess 

Athena’s hand and led her 

outside the Royal 

Courtroom. “Look Athena, 

I do not want to get 

married to you. You are 

ugly and fat and I do not 

like you! Sorry.” He then 

turned around and swiftly 

walked back into the 

Royal Courtroom.

Poor Princess 

Athena was 

heartbroken. Worse 

still, she felt her 

worst nightmare 

was coming true. He 

had never got to 

know her and 

disliked her because 

of her looks. She 

made a right-about 

turn, held her head 

high, and walked 

back to her 

bedroom. It was all 

she could do to not  

burst into tears 

there and then. She 

fell onto her bed 

and cried her sad 

heart out.

She cried as if her heart would break. She cried until she had no tears left. 

Then, she got up, washed her face, brushed her hair and made a decision. 

She was still heartbroken that people thought she was ugly and fat. Feeling 

sick at heart and totally fed up that even someone as smart and good as 

Prince Jaspar thought this, she wondered what do to.

“Krysilla! I can ask 

Aunt Krysilla.” 

Athena yelled all of 

a sudden. Krysilla 

was Queen 

Laqueesh’s sister. 

Aunt Krysilla was 

not one of those 

princesses who 

waited to get 

married to a great 

prince. She had 

always wanted to be 

a career woman 

much to her 

parents’, Athena’s 

grandparents’ 

dismay. Krysilla 

went to The School 

of Witchery and 

studied to become a 

great witch.

Now, one had to be clever to gain entry into these schools and 

Krysilla was an intelligent young woman in those times. She had 

now made it big and was a famous witch. Athena looked up to her 

aunt and always went to her for good sound advice.

Athena put on her long brown coat and headed for Aunt Krisillas house. She 

knocked on her door, “Aunt Krisilla? It’s Athena. I really need your help.” A 

cheerful Krisilla opened the door, “Hi Athena! What a nice surprise. Come 

inside.” Athena begged her Aunt to cast a spell that could make her slim and 

pretty. Krisilla was shocked to hear such a thing coming from her sensible 

niece’s mouth but she took one look at Athena’s tear stained face and agreed 

to do the spell. However there was a catch as is always the case with any 

spell as with all good fairy tales.

“Apoorita Capoorita!” Krisilla chanted, as she waved her wand around 

Athena’s head. Within seconds, Athena transformed into a beautiful, slim 

princess who was too small for her clothes. “Athena, beware that you have 

only 24 hours to do what you will. After that the spell will disappear and you 

will return to your old beautiful self. But Athena..

A True Love’s Kiss will make your Heart Soar 

and This Spell will Last Forever More."

“Ok Thank you so much 

Aunty Krisilla”, and with 

that, Athena planted a kiss 

on her aunt’s cheek and ran 

back to the castle before the 

sun could set.

The people of the land were 

shocked to see the new 

Princess Athena. Some did 

not even recognize Princess 

Athena. The older villagers 

grumbled that they thought 

the old Athena was as 

beautiful, if not more than 

this new princess. Only her 

so-called friends frolicked 

around her, exclaiming at 

her size 8 figure and her 

gorgeous looks. But Athena 

ignored them all. She had a 

mission to accomplish and 

time was running out.

Athena spent the whole day 

trying to find Prince Jaspar 

but it turned out Prince 

Jaspar was out exploring the 

local markets and eating 

places.

By 7pm that night, Princess 

Athena was in a state of near 

panic – She had only an hour 

to show Prince Jaspar that 

she had changed and had 

become pretty and slim. 

Then, she heard trumpets 

blare announcing Prince 

Jaspar’s arrival. By the time 

she found him in the gigantic 

castle – he was in his 

chambers - she had 10 

minutes left. Athena knocked 

frantically on the door to his 

bedroom chamber.

Prince Jasper opened the 

door and reeled back in 

surprise at the 

transformation in Princess 

Athena. “Come on in!” he 

said, still in shock, 

flustered by this sudden 

turn of events. Princess 

Athena and Prince Jaspar 

spent exactly 10 minutes 

talking to each other and 

getting to know one 

another. As with all good 

fairy tales, as with the 

story of another princess 

Athena knew, Princess 

Cinderella, when the huge 

clock on the castle’s Watch 

Tower struck 12 midnight, 

Athena became her old not-

so-great-looking self.

But Athena was too busy 

chatting with the Prince to 

realize what had 

happened. Of course, the 

only person who knew 

was Prince Jaspar. But 

surprisingly he didn’t say 

anything.

Seconds became minutes, 

minutes became hours. 

Time flew by as Prince 

Jaspar and Princess 

Athena chatted, laughed 

and sang the whole night 

away and Prince Jaspar 

still had not told Athena 

that the spell had broken. 

As the first rays of the sun 

shone over the balcony, 

Prince Jaspar saw the sun 

in Athena’s hair.

As the pink dawn 

spread across the sky, 

he saw the pink roses in 

Athena’s cheeks. As the 

birds chirped and larks 

sang, he heard this in 

Athena’s laugh. And as 

he gazed into her eyes, 

he saw the blue of the 

summer sky over the 

balcony and he realized 

he had fallen in love 

with Princess Athena. 

He had fallen head-

over-heels in love with 

her amazing personality 

and believed she was 

more beautiful now 

then she had been with 

the spell.

He planted a kiss on Princess Athena’s lips, which surprised her. Awkwardly 

they wished each other a good morning. Athena danced back to her bedroom 

chamber with a big smile. What happened after that, is the stuff that good 

fairy tales are made of.

Prince Jaspar told King Applebottom that he had fallen in love with Princess 

Athena and agreed to the marriage. Prince Jaspar finally revealed to Athena 

that the spell had broken 10 minutes after she had entered his bedroom 

chamber and that he really loved her for who she truly was. Athena was 

extremely happy, partly because her worst night mare had not come true. 

Princess Athena had finally won over her Prince Charming.

A month later, on a wondrous summer day, when the sun was in Athena’s 

hair, the sky shone from her eyes, roses bloomed on her cheeks and larks 

sang all day, the truly beautiful Princess Athena and her Prince Charming, 

Prince Jaspar got married, while their parents and Aunt Krisilla looked on 

and blessed them.

The happy couple rode off into the sunset in a golden carriage to Prince 

Jaspar's kingdom and lived Happily Ever After.

THE END!