Week 6 Story: Sleeping Aurrie

Once upon a time, in another land far far away was a king named Hubert. King Hubert was one of the greatest men alive. Not only did his people adore him for his kingship, but they also adored him for his selfless, king hearted mentality. King Hubert was a great king and husband, but he knew he'd be an even greater father.  For years him and his wife were trying to conceive, but time after time they were unable to. King Hubert refused to accept defeat. In the middle of the night he snuck away to go visit Mal, the witch of the kingdom.

Mal had nappy, greasy black hair, a wart the size of a tomato on the side of her nose, and her skin was a slight tint of green. When king Hubert arrived Mal knew there was something up, the king barely even acknowledged her most days. The king began to explain his and his wife's troubles and Mal grew angry inside. She knew where the conversation was going and thought to herself: "How dare this man expect anything from me when he has never even taken a look in my direction?" Even though her heart was cold towards the king, her face showed a soft smile and understanding. The king ended his plea with a request for her help, and then Mal thought of a devious plan. She told the king she had a proposition for him that would make them both happy. Mal said: "Not only will your wife bear a child, but she will bear two. One will be a boy to carry on your legacy, and the other a girl." The king was growing with excitement, but then Mal finished the proposition. "You may have the boy, but the girl is to be returned to me so that I may no longer be lonely." The king thought about the offer for a minute, and then decided it was worth making the agreement so he could be the father he always dreamt of being.

9 months later the queen bore a set of twins, one boy and one girl. The boy was named Will after Hubert's father, and the girl was named Aurrie after his grandmother. When the two children were born Hubert fell in love with both and couldn't follow through with his promise to Mal. He hadn't heard from the witch yet so he assumed she no longer wanted Aurrie. One night the king heard guards yelling outside his window, he looked out and saw Mal heading straight for the castle. He ran into the nursery, grabbed Aurrie who was sleeping, and ran as fast as he could to the top of the castle. There waiting for him was his flying, crystal car. He kissed Aurrie goodbye, placed a locket around her neck, and set the coordinates of the car to land in the Briar Woods where his fairy friends lived. The king ran back into the castle and Mal met him with a cold, stern look. She demanded that he follow through with his promise, but the king said "I have sent her a way to a place you will never find her, so that she may live a better life, filled with more love than you're cold heart could have ever given her." Mal stormed out of the castle, but she wasn't done with the king until she got her happily, ever after.


Image: Sleeping Beauty Forest

Bibliography: Vyasa and Ganesha

Author's Note: In the orignal story of Vyasa and Ganesha they tell a tale of king Uparichara. King Uparichara was a king that the gods feared would try to over power them. So to make an alliance with him they sent him a flying, crystal car that no other mortal had. One day when the king was flying in this car his semen some how fell from the car, impregnated a fish, and then the fish bore two twin humans who smelled fishy. A fisherman had found the fish and had cut it open thus finding the twins, so he went to the king and told him about it. The king was fascinated, but only desired to take the boy so he gave up the daughter to the fisherman. When reading the story I originally thought I would be retelling a different Mahabharata, but as I was writing I found myself more interested in this part. Since I have been getting really positive feedback from my fairytale stories I decided to start a new fairytale based off of sleeping beauty. I changed the characters, and a lot of the plot. I did however, make sure that the overall plot of their being two kids and the king keeping one was still there. I wasn't a big fan of King Uparichara giving up his daughter because he did not value her. I wanted to redeem the king and make him a more selfless character in my story.