The Red Moon Princess
By; Jessica Singleton
A fictional story that will never happen.
Side note;
A few years ago, I copy righted three different bodies of work with the library of congress. They were under the titles of ;
1. The Jessica Orphan Collection
2. The Obsessed
3. Break The Mold
In each of those there is a story that has been broken up into three different stories. They are all titled different titles.
1st. Broken View
2nt. Beyond The Gates of Hell
3rd. Bronze Kingdom
In the first story there is a character named Jessica. She is the red moon princess. I only named her after me because I needed a name for a story book person fast. It was not a self obsessive thing. Then came the wicked witch in the story. Her name was Eurellia. In the first story Eurellia died. But so did Jessica.
In the second story, Euellia took on life. She was a problem in another story that I wrote. I put her in exile. In fairy - tale world, that is a form of hell.
In the third story she finds her match. A child beats her at her own game. I thought that would be the end of that one.
Then a few years ago, I was ask by someone who reads over my shoulder, what ever happened to the red moon princess? I don't know. I just never had the time for her.
So I sat down and I wrote the ideas that will go into this.
This one, I do not want to name The Red Moon Princess. I do not have a name yet.
Some ideas for the name of this story are;
1. Fall's Orchard
2. Orchard of Fall
3. Crimson Lullaby
4. The Red Moon Princess
So I will keep this short. Because I am lazy.
As fairy-tales go; How do we begin? Oh yes;
Once upon a time, in a far away land, there lived a powerful king and his queen. They were the queen and king of exile. It was a darkened world of regret and pain. They only had one son. They named him Deow. Deow was a horrible prince and very selfish. Deow's temper was legendary.
The queen and king wanted their son to marry. But the prince never fell in love. One day Deow went out for a horse ride in the country side. When Deow was out, he met a young Dutch maiden. She was so beautiful. Deow fell in love. His selfish behavior evaporated and he changed for the love of one girl. He had to win her over.
There was only one problem, she was not a princess. When Deow brought Cello home, his mother hated her on sight. His father was old and he could not make a decision either way. The king ask to kiss the hand of the princess. When Cello put her hand in the kings, he said how rough Cello's hand was. It was odd. Mostly because a princess does not work, so she should have hands of silk.
Cello looked at Deow. Deow said that Cello was a painter and that she was an artist. The queen wanted to see for herself. But Deow told his mother that Cello could not be around the chemicals that were in the paint. Mostly because she was with child.
The queen was very mad.
When Cello had the baby prince, the queen told them that the baby died at birth. The truth is, she gave him up for adoption.
Cello and Deow's pain was unforgettable and then they found out that they were going to have a second baby.
This time, Cello died in labor. But the baby lived.
Deow loved his son and he named him Violin. In honor of his mother.
Deow hated his family for not accepting Cello.
The queen and king died of old age soon after.
Deow obsessed over his son. Everything Violin could want was given over without question.
Years later;
Eurellia was storming around her castle. She hated life in all it was worth. She would not let go of her regret or pain. After centuries, pain dies slowly. But Eurellia kept hold of it like the air that she breathed.
She did not want to get better. Her castle was on a mountain top over looking a raging river.
Eurellia knew that the Red Moon princess lived near her.
Eurellia wanted revenge on King Dick, but he was long dead.....
What better target then his only living child, Jessica the red moon princess.
Jessica lived in her own castle with her cat Twinkle. Twinkle was the reincarnated soul of a maniac. The rules of Exile were that if a person died bad, then in Exile their soul was put into the body of an animal. They then had to take care of a child. Not just any child. A child that was orphaned to death's arms. If they raised the child to a legal age of adulthood and the child was okay, then they could have their human form back.
When Jessica was a child, Twinkle could not understand her. She would insist on sleeping with toys. That did not sound comfortable. Jessica would eat apples all the time. Then she liked their scent so much that she would take a bath in apple pieces and flower petals from her orchard.
That sounded horrible to Twinkle. Why not mice? Or a pit of black tar.....
He was a cat.
When Jessica was a child, she woke up all the time in the middle of the night. The dark scared her. The wind scared her. She always needed a story before bedtime. She needed a glass of water. Why not drink out of the toilet?
Why not just put a bowl in the floor? Then she could drink whenever.
Cats have a mind of a cat.
Twinkle was annoyed by her.
Then Jessica turned into a young woman. Her natty frizzy hair, turned into long locks of red curls. Her eyes sparkled like Emeralds. Her skin looked like a fresh bowl of milk and she smelled like a sweet orchard. It reminded Twinkle of Valentines Day.
There was to be a royal ball. It had to do with the prince Violin.
Jessica went to the ball.
Her dress was long. Jessica's dress was made of red crushed silk. She had on a necklace that was made of black pearls.
Her earrings were dangling ruby hearts.
And Jessica's shoes were made of pewter and dusted with snow flake diamonds.
When Jessica walked into the ball room, Eurellia almost came out of her seat. Violin ask her to dance.
One dance and Violin fell in love with the red moon princess.
Jessica did not love him back.
They were just friends.
Eurellia saw her chance.
That was the night that Twinkle had to know, if Jessica could ever love him. So Twinkle found a gypsy in town. He bought some magic potion that would make him human for two hours. If he took the green potion, it would make him human forever.
Twinkle took a little of the potion to try it.
He met Jessica in her orchard.
They talked and they fell in love.
The next day he was a cat again.
Twinkle and Jessica were in the orchard and an old woman came up to them. It was Eurellia. But no one would notice with her make up and mask.
The kind old woman said,
" My dear sweet child, you have dropped one of your yummy apples from your basket. Here let me help you. "
The kind old woman tried to hand Jessica a green apple.
Twinkle jumped up on a tree limb and said,
" DON'T.... eat that. That is not yours. It is a trick. "
Jessica told Twinkle not to be rude.
but Twinkle said,
" Okay, okay Jess, but think about this; You made this orchard and you only wanted dark red apples. That apple is green. My guess is that she is a wicked old witch. "
Eurellia said,
" Oh you will hurt my feelings. I am just a kind old woman dear...."
" I doubt that."
Then Eurellia glared at the cat.
Eurellia put the green apple in Jessica's basket.
Eurellia walked away.
When the old woman was out of sight, Twinkle said to throw the apple.
Jessica did throw the apple and it turned into a bird.
A few days later;
Eurellia put a spell on herself. She made herself look like a young maiden. Then she went to Violin. She tricked him and then she killed him with a dagger that belonged to Jessica.
When the king found out, he sent for Jessica with all of his men.
Jessica was to be beheaded for killing a prince.
Twinkle could not let that happen.
He gave up his life for hers.
He saved her.
Then Jessica saved him.
They gave the potion to Violin and gave him back his life.
So no one died.
Then when Twinkle took the green potion, he because human again.
The king found out that Twinkle was his long lost son.
The truth came out about everything.
Not a half truth.
Eurellia was hung and her remains burnt.
All was well.
The End
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