La Malédiction

The royal family of Le Meur traveled from the kingdom of Fontainebleau to the kingdom of Montsoreau, just to attend a grand ball. Inside the ball, there were food: apéritif, entrée, pâtisseries, and parfaits; elegant chandeliers, warm lights, stunning dresses, and more. Children were very excited to attend this ball, for them, they could play with other children together with the son of King Charles Chevrier of Montsoreau named, Prince Gustave Chevrier.

The child, from another kingdom, invites other children to play, “Bonsoir! Come, let’s play!” He also invites Prince Gustave to play, “Gustave! Join us!” And the game starts.

As the Le Meur famille arrived, “Bonsoir, mon ami!” King Charles welcomed them.

In the middle of the game they play, a decade old young girl named, Princess Claudette Le Meur of Fontainebleau, asks to join the game, “Excusez-Moi! May I join the game?” “Sure!” Gustave answered. So they restart the game of hiding and seek. Someone is chosen to seek and others are going to hide.

The grand ball already begins. Children are on the outside, still playing.

As the game continues, everyone chooses their own places to hide and the counting starts, “Dix! Neuf! Sept!...” But Princess Claudette chose to hide beside the magical diamonds. The counting still continues, “… Six! Cinq! Quatre! Trois! Deux! Un! Ready or not, here I come!...”

When everyone is found except for the princess, the magical diamonds attract her and suddenly, the clock almost striking twelve and her hand is closely reaching the magical diamond. Tick! Tock! She picked the diamond and the clock struck the twelve, a disaster is happening. The magical diamond tree sinks into the soil, to the core of the earth, an earthquake happens between the Loire River and the castle of Montsoreau.

Everyone got panic when the earthquake starts.

The lady-in-waiting gathers all the children, “Children! Quickly, come over here!”

“Where is my son! Find my son! Make sure that he’s safe!” King Charles worried.

“Claudette! Claudette!” Parents of the princess are in worried.

After the earthquake, everyone is safe except for Claudette. She was in cursed, she turned into an unknown creature with lion’s paw, dolphin’s tail, cherub’s wings, a human head, and her body covered with lion’s fur, dolphin’s scale, acanthus leaves, and diamonds from the magical diamonds she picked. She shifts to a normal human when the sun rises but, the curse still in her and shifts to an unknown creature every midnight yet, there’s a way for the curse can be broken, only, if she could find a man who will accept and love her whatever she is or whoever she is, convey his affection through a sweet kiss.