The Reverse-Spell Stick - Chapter 3

“ But Father... How can I live on my own there ? Why are you doing this to me ?” asked Prince Morden with surprise.

“ Because you are not worth it. I can not let people know that I have such a bad looking son.  Do not ask me anymore questions. Just go!” roared King Heneli ignoring the please from his wife.

            After that argument, Prince Morden was brought by some of the castle’s bodyguard to the Vadrov Island. He was left in one small house in the middle of the island. He cried and was scared because he had no idea how to live on his own eventhough that his mom had taught him a lot of things. He just wanted his mom and came back to the castle. However, there was no way. He had to stay there forever.

            10 years gone by and Prince Morden had survived living on his own. He was indeed lonely. He spent his days hunting and trying to discover new things. Once he thought of leaving the island and visit his mother or back to the country. However he did not have the courage and worried if his father would find out.

            Back to the Zildez Castle, Princess Cataleya had grown up to be a beautiful smart Princess. She was admired by a lot of people. King George was so strict to her and did not let her go anywhere alone by her self. She always had guards who followed her everywhere. King George even homeschooled her and gave a strict rule that she could not have  boyfriend. The Princess was getting fed up with all of that. One day, she wandered off and ran away out from the castle. It was late night and thankfully no one had noticed her as everyone were asleep. She kept running and running until she reached the Vadrov Island.

            Not knowing anything, Princess Cataleya kept running until she got into the wood. Prince Morden who was sitting under the tree enjoying the night life heard some foot steps and noises came approaching his side.

THUMP! Suddenly Princess Cataleya stumbled into something and fell down. It was Prince Morden’s leg. “Ouch! My leg!” screamed the Princess clutching her leg in agony.

“Oh my god. I am so sorry. Let me see it.” rushed Prince Morden coming to check Princess’ leg. He carried her to his house and laid her on the bed.

“ Thank you, but.. who.. who are you?” stuttered Princess Cataleya.

“ My name is Morden, what about you? And not to be rude but what are you doing here in my island ?” asked Prince Morden curiously as he sat beside her.

“ I am Cataleya. I am from the Zildez Castle. I ran away because my father has never let me gone anywhere by my self. I was curious, I kept running and I got into this island. I will leave soon. I did not mean to bother you.” answered the Princess still scared if Prince Morden would hurt her.

“ Oh no it is okay, you can stay here until your leg is healed. I will not hurt you.” said Prince Morden as he smiled at her.

            Princess Catelaya stayed there for weeks. They both got closer and closer each day. They started to have feelings for each other. She knew that her parents must be worried to death but she decided to stay. She had been trying to convince Prince Morden to come with her to the castle. She wanted to introduce him to her parents. However, Prince Morden refused to go and explained that he should not go out from the island. Princess Cataleya decided to stay there. She just wanted to be with him.

Meanwhile in the Zildez Castle, Queen Lorsa had been crying everyday asking for her Princess. King George had told everyone to look for their Princess and promised to give them a big gift if they could find her but no one could.

“ I can not take this anymore. She is gone George. Please give her back to me. I want my princess back.” cried Queen Lorsa clutching on her daughter’s dress.

King George hugged her and whispered to her ear “Do not worry honey, we will find her. I will find her soon. Just be patient.” told him trying to make his wife calm.

            One day, there came an old grumpy witch named Debra. Debra had nowhere to go until she found the Vadrov Island.  She knew that the island was owned by the couple, Prince Morden and Princess Cataleya. However, she wanted to have it for her self by trying to make them go away. If her magic stick was not broken, she would have cursed them and expelled them somewhere. Unfortunately, it was broken and she was fixing it.

            She had been working for it for days and it finally got fixed. She realized something was wrong because she knew that her stick would not last longer. It could be used only for three times. Hence, she tried it first on a frog.

“ Makadee-Boolaboom..Laceeta Cat!” she cursed the frog to be a cat but surprisingly the frog turned into a lion instead. She was confused and surprised. Then, she found that the stick had to be used in reverse. To curse something to be a cat, she had to use another word for the spell like kitten instead of cat.

            She got an idea of how to expell the couple. She was going to curse Prince Morden to be worse and uglier so that Princess Cataleya would leave him and she could finally kill the Prince easily. Before going with her plan, she decided to use her second chance to try to curse something else. She wanted to curse a butterfly back into a cocoon.

“ Makadee-Boolaboom..Laceeta Caterpillar!” she cursed the butterfly and it regressed turning into a cocoon. She was so happy that she made it. So she went directly to Prince Morden house and was going to curse him right in front of Princess Cataleya.

“ Hey! Who are you? What are you doing here ? Get out!” yelled Prince Morden when he saw Debra getting in her house.

“ You both soon are leaving this island and it will be mine. Makadee-Boolaboom..Laceeta Ugly!” she cursed the Prince and was laughing happily.

Her laugh suddenly stopped when she saw Prince Morden turned into a handsome muscular man. His birth mark had gone. She realized that she had said the wrong spell. She should have said ugly instead of handsome.

“ Oh noooooo... I hate my life! It was my last chance!” yelled Debra angrily as she left the couple alone in their house. She had given up and ran away.

            The couple were surprised of the thing that just happened. They hugged each other and could not believe the miracle. They talked and Prince Morden finally spoke up.

“ I am actually a Prince. My name is Morden Heneli and I am the Prince of Zeeta. I was kicked out at the age of 10 because my father did not want to have an ugly son. I had to stay here my whole life. ” explained Prince Morden as he hugged his girlfriend tightly.

“ I can not believe this. The Zeetas are my father’s collegues. Does it mean that we can leave this island and go back to the country?” asked the Princess in tears.

“ I think so honey, I am going to visit my mother too. I have missed her so much.” answered Prince Morden.

            Finally, they both left the island and showed up to the country. King George and Queen Lorsa were surprised and hugged their Princess for the dear life. Her father apologized for the way he treated her before and he could accept the fact that his Princess was now growing up and dating a guy.

Prince Morden went to the Zeeta Castle and straightly hugged his mother. Queen Bev cried happy tears. King Heneli was surprised to see his son back and was completely changed. He felt very sorry that he treated him horribly. Prince Morden forgave him. He was finally back and the following three months he proposed Princess Cataleya. They finally married and lived happily ever after.

~ THE END ~