The Wizard’s Curse

The girl felt how her body was getting shrunk again. And a minute later she turned in to the owl and she went up the sky and flew towards the castle. The Nightmare Forest, fields and valleys were had left far behind her. Lica was flying in the dark starry sky and her wings seemed to touch the clouds. Soon on the horizon she saw the spires of the tall building. It was the castle of Prince Edward, who Angelica nicknamed "The Prince Night." Edward was sitting in his room and looking through the open window. Suddenly the owl flew in to. She sat down on the chair back and rubbed her head on it. The feather dropped from her head and the bird had turned into the girl.

"Oh my God, Angelica!" the Prince exclaimed. "If only you knew how I had been worried about you! What happened? Where's Henry? Where is the Princess? Have you saved her?"

"We have saved your Princess! But, unfortunately, because of spending many years in the dark, she had gone blind. So Henry had to ride with her through the Nightmare Forest. However, he turned me into the owl. I think your friends will be here in just a few hours."

"Thank God! She's alive!" Edward said. "Or I would never have dared to tell you what I am going to say now. Angelica, I think, no, I'm sure that I love you! I am going to talk with the Princess about it! I hope she will understand and forgive me!"

The Prince Night came to Lica and kissed her on her lips gen-tly. Before she had not even dreamt about it! But at that moment they heard familiar hoarse ha-ha and the evil Wizard came into the room.

"Alas, Prince! In the caves to save the Princess, this girl had refused to you!"

"It's not true!" Angelica protested.

"Do you remember you had given me what you hadn't had in your life yet? It was the Prince's love. So - sorry!"

And the villain rubbed his dry hands snidely. "Edward, no!" Lica screamed and ran to the Prince. "It's time for the last dance," the Wizard mumbled. Suddenly the Prince Night and Angelica saw themselves in a huge bright room and heard beautiful music. Lica was wearing a great white ball dress, the one in which she had danced with Edward for the first time. The Prince offered her his hand gallantly and they whirled in a waltz. When the music was over the young man bended over to kiss Angelica but she suddenly disappeared...

"Young lady, how do I have to understand this?" Lica heard her mother's voice.

She opened her eyes and saw that she was in her room.

"Mom, what a wonderful dream I had!" the girl said stretching herself.

"That is good! But why were you sleeping in clothes and where did you get such a luxurious ball dress? I don't remember that I or your father had ever bought something like this!"

Only then did Angelica see her lying on the bed wearing the white dress, in which she had been dancing at the Prince's ball.

"Is all that has happened true?" Lica asked herself amazedly and joyfully.

Since now every night the girl stared out the window for a long time waiting for news from the wonderful Kingdom of night, where she had been lucky enough to visit.