Hello and today's flash fiction is about a cursed prince. Hope you enjoy.
The Swan Prince
Flash fiction
Because he refused her
love, she cursed him. Now he was a Swan with no mate.
One who did love him
however came to the pond and saw him every day. Leila was determined to break
the curse.
For the most part the
Swan prince stayed away from Leila. But she didn’t care. She figured if she
broke his curse that he would love her.
One day when Leila came,
there was someone else there. At first she couldn’t see who is was but then she
turned to Leila and she stopped cold.
It was the one who cursed
him. Her name was Jemisha. She smiled at Leila.
“Still trying to break my
curse dear?”
Leila couldn’t say
anything back. She knew how powerful Jemisha was and Leila didn’t want to
provoke her.
Jemisha laughed softly. “Don’t
be afraid child. I will not turn you into anything. Come sit beside me and we
can talk a bit.”
Leila didn’t know what to
do but ended up doing as she was asked.
Jemisha smiled at her. “Do
you really love him?”
“I come every day to see
him and try to be here for him but for the most part he stays on the other side
of the pond.”
“Do you ever wonder why?”
Leila shook her head.
“I think I do. He doesn’t
want to hurt you and hopes that maybe you will give up.”
Leila went wide eyed. “You
think so? Why don’t you remove the curse?”
Then Leila wished she
hadn’t asked but it was too late. Jemisha looked straight ahead and watched the
prince swim around.
Leila thought she would
not answer but then she looked over at her and said, “I will not remove the curse
until a dream comes true.
“Your dream?”
“Yes. And so far no dream
of mine has come true.”
“Dreams don’t always come
true. They are not real.”
Jemisha smiled at her. “These
dreams are different. When the prince comes to me in one of my dreams and tells
me the truth of his heart, then I will lift the curse.”
“Even if he tells you he
does not love you?”
Jemishsa took a deep
breath. “Yes.”
She left Leila sitting on
the bench by herself. She sat there for a while. A sound made her look up.
Leila gasped. The swan
prince was right in from of her. “Oh my, you are here in front of me. This is
the first time. You actually came over to me.”
The prince flapped his
wings and honked. Leila felt like he wanted to tell her something.
She watched him while he
swam in front of her back and forth as if pacing. Leila got a little worried. “Is
there something wrong?”
He honked at her again.
Then he swam away.
Leila didn’t know what
that was about but she had a feeling something was going to happen.
It was three days later
when Leila went to the pond to see the prince. He was not there and Leila panicked.
She paced all around looking but there was no swan.
“Don’t be afraid. I knew
you would come.”
She whirled around and
there he was in his human form. “She lifted the curse.”
“Not really. Look out
into the water again.” Leila turned and saw a swan.
She looked back at him. “But
you are here, standing in front of me.”
He smiled. “Yes, I am and
that swan is now the princess.”
“Jemisha? How did that
happen?”
“In a dream. She dreamed
of being a swan in the pond with me. Her dream came true-almost.”
Leila looked back at the
swan and then back to him.
“When I saw her in her
dream, I wished to trade places with her.”
“So your dream came true
and not hers?”
“Yes, and now here we
are. I wish to get to know you. You have come to see me all this time. I now
want to know all about you.”
He held out his hand to
her and she took it.
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