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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.

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