ONCE UPON A DREAM

By Luvin’ PMV

Steven and Kirkland sat in their room in their pjs waiting for Vicky to come and tuck them in.

"Hey guys." Vicky opened the door.

"Mom! Read us a story, please."

"You know what boys, how about I tell you a story instead? Once upon a dream…"

"Once upon a dream? Isn’t it supposed to be once upon a time?"

"Yes Steven, but this is a special story that needs to start out a special way. Once upon a dream, in a land far away, there was a princess who was in love with a handsome prince. They planned to be married, but the prince’s evil brother was in love with the princess and would stop at nothing to keep them apart. One day the princess found out that she was going to have a child. She was so overjoyed until the child was born. You see, the prince’s mean, evil half-brother tried to pass the child off as his own. And for a while it worked. The evil half-brother succeeded in breaking the prince and princess up for good, but he would not stop at this for he had to have the princess for himself. So the evil brother had his mother lock the fair maiden up to try and kill the princess’ love for the prince, but it didn’t work. The prince found out what was going on and rescued the princess. They were together again, but alas, their happiness didn’t last long. For the mother and brother had come up with a new plan. They kidnapped the princess’ son. The prince went after the child but was killed by his brother. The princess weeped, but nothing would bring her prince back to her. Months later the princess had a bad accident and fell into a deep sleep. There she saw her prince and they were together again. But she couldn’t stay. She had to come back to protect their son for the prince’s evil half-brother who was still telling everyone that the child was his. The princess slowly opened her eyes after the fog inside her head cleared. She…"

"She woke up."

Vicky turned and looked to see Ryan. Ryan walked in and sat down beside Vicky and continued his sentence. "She woke up to find her prince there with her. They went to the police and told the kingdom of the crimes the half-brother and his queen mother had committed. They were overthrown and the prince and princess became king and queen and lived happily ever after."

"Dad? Why did the prince come back?"

"Because son, their love was so strong that not even death could keep them apart."

"Like you and mom Dad?"

"Yeah Kirk, like mine and mom’s."

Vicky turned to face Ryan. "How long have you been listening?"

"Long enough Queen Victoria."