Cassim and Messua

The Frederickson Family quickly settled down to a happy and contented life together.

“Mommy, look at me!” giggled Rapunzel, holding up her hands, covered in paint. "Look at me, Mommy!"

She had paint on her face as well.

“Oh, honestly!” Ellie laughed, picking her up to wash her off. “You’re meant to put the paint on the paper, not you, Rapunzel!”

“She’s making herself a work of art, Ellie,” Carl replied, causing her to laugh again.

“Daddy, can I be an artist someday?” asked Rapunzel as her mother washed the paint from her hands and face.

“Of course you can, honey. You...

Christmas morning dawned bright and early. The winter months spent in the guest tower would have been freezing if not for some of Merlin’s enchanted fire, which made the place feel almost like their cottage in the country. Nevertheless it wasn’t exactly the same and Belle found herself missing their old home terribly. Still, she did her best to be cheerful and woke up early on Christmas morning to gather her presents for Merlin, Archimedes and Arthur from the trunk under her bed where she had hidden them.

“Happy Christmas, Uncle Merlin!” she smiled, brightly when he was awake. “Happy...

Ariel’s life was currently in Hell. She thought she knew the consequences of her agreement with the witch; she thought that if anything went wrong, only she would be hurt…she was wrong. Dead wrong.
    Everything was going perfectly; she was human (at the cost of her voice, however), she was with her prince, and they were only one kiss away from being together forever. But then She had shown up and stolen the heart of the prince, Eric, away from her. Ariel’s animal friends had tried to delay Her wedding to the prince, and tried to recover the Mer’s voice, but in the...

No screamed passed her lips. Nor did her eyes blink. She kept equal stare with the creature in the shadows. She dared not move and she dared not breathe. Nor did the creature. For her gaze was so honest and direct he dared not do anything to break its fragile state. He could not understand what it was in her gaze that captivated him. He held still for he felt if he broke this connection he would lose something valuable that he could not name. Something that he had not felt in years.

A clutter and crash came behind the creature. Both he and Cinderella flinched but did not move or look toward...