Okay, this one idea came to this crazy woman literally in a dream.
It was like your traditional fairy tale, except no household strife from the three young ladies that were all outside brushing their extremely long hair. One in particular had long blonde curls. The other two sisters were teasing her, asking her why she preferred living close to the mountain strongholds of nobles.
Well, the blonde lady liked the feeling of power, strength, and security that she always felt there.
While the maidens were brushing their hair, a noble was watching them through a telescope. He turned to his mother and told them, these ladies should be known as "Hair Beauties," and I desire one for a wife.
Well, his mother was actually a water spirit, and her power was beginning to awaken again after her son took an interest in maidens. What was unfortunate for Mother was that her awakened powers meant that her body transformed into its normal, ugly water spirit shape.
Care to play with this one, Josh?
Then when he goes to visit them, he is dumbfounded by the blonde curly beauty in front of him. Tongue tied, he can only think of blurting out "Come home with me for dinner." before the realization sets in that she will then see his now-hideous mother, and wouldn't that be a shame. At this point, her jealous sisters begin to insult her to the noble's face, wishing to see her hopes dashed.
ReplyDeleteWell, she sees the look on his face, that sour, sour look. But she's undaunted and accepts. After all, he has a mountaintop home, a place that feels like a refuge, compared to the surrounding countryside. She doesn't have any inkling of what to expect when she gets there. She is taken aback at the fish-like mother, with its elongated, webbed fingers that resemble fins more than arms and hands and the bulging eyes. The noble doesn't know what to do, but his blonde beauty says, "Are you, perchance, under some kind of a curse?"
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