The Three Citrons

Part of my Metaphors and Narratives assignment. An attempt at writing the story from the villain's point of view. Because in the end, Heroes and Villains are just, point of views!

Fairy Tales, they say everything is beautiful in a fairy tale. Perfect. I couldn’t agree more. Sure, In every fairy tale a beautiful repressed Princess is crowned as Queen so that she could live happily ever after. The Prince becomes the King and he always manages to conquer the love of his life.
And a Slave, lives just like a slave, even in a fairy tale. Just Perfect.
This is a story of a slave from the far far land, always at the service of her lady. That day she was in a very fine mood, i know so because she was humming when she came to fill water for her lady. While filling the vessel she caught her own image in water. “Don’t I look different today?“ she wondered. As soon as the thought crossed her mind, her vessel cracked. “Oh this must be the warth of Gods, as rather then being concerned about my lady’s thirst I was wondering about myself“ she cursed herself thus for being so careless.
She went back to her lady and told her the tale with remorse. Her lady being a kind soul herself took pity on her misery and gave her the best vessel that she owned. The slave hurried to the water source again as she didn’t wanted her lady to wait anymore. Again she tried to fill the vase but again she stopped to wonder her beautiful image in water and the vessel broke again. She again cursed herself and went back to her lady with her story.
The kind mistress thought of giving her another chance but this time instead of a clay vessel she gave her a rubber bag, so that if in case the slave manages to drop the bag as well, no harm will be done this time.
The slave reached to the water source and filled the bag but as she started getting up she had a glimpse of her face. At the precise moment the bag got punchured with several holes. This time slave started crying.
Suddenly a voice came out of no where. She said ‚“ O dear friend, forgive me, as i was just playing with you so far. I didn’t intend to hurt you or make you cry though.“ At this the slave looked up towads the tree. Three sat a really pretty girl. She realized that it was the face she was seeing again and again. She stooped crying immediately and got curious about the girl.
She asked “ Hey prey, tell me who you are and what are you doing here?“
At this the girl told her that she was a fairy who came out of a citron. She also told the slave about the prince who travelled all over the world and passed through various witches and orges and atlast managed to find her old lady who gave him three citron and the way to make the fairies from the citron. “Right now I am waiting for my prince to return as he has gone to bring a cavalcade so that he could take me back to his kingdom.“
On hearing this the slave got really happy for the fairy but she observed that the fairy herself wasn’t happy, so she asked her about same. The fairy replied “I just got free from the citron and I wish to see the world before I finally get tied to the Prince for life.“ At this the slave asked with curocity,“ But ain’t ya a fairy? You must be able to do anything, don’t you?“ “Yes, I am. But I am bound to fillfull the man’s whims and fancy because that is what is written in the religious book of fairy tale. I will lose my powers if i think of anything otherwise. “ The fairy replied.
“Oh, if it is written in the religious book of fairy tale then it must be right. It’s sin to question the decision of almighty anyways. But isn’t there anyway by which you can filfull your dream without defying your duty?“ The slave asked.
„“Oh I think there is something which can be done,“the fairy replied ,“If someone can only take my role for a while I go and see the world“
“I’ll be happy to help you in any which way you like my fairy. Tell me what i have to do?“ The slave reverted happily.
The fairy got excited with the slave’s reply and reverted,“You can wait for the prince here and on his return tell him that you lost your beauty in the absense of prince’s love this while but you’ll regain it again with his love for you“
“But i always thought I was beautiful, ain’t I fairy?“ the slave asked in all innocence.
“Oh sure you are, you are prettier than me but human eyes fail to see the beauty which isn’t obvious. Wikipedia fail to define the meaning of the word “beauty“ for them but don’t you worry i’ll give the world power to see your real beauty on my return.“ Saying this the fairy turned herself into a dove and started on her expedition.

Soon after the prince returned with his entourage and on not finding the fairy around inquired the slave about her. The slave repeated the story which fairy had asked her to tell. The princess got heartbroken when he came to know about the truth because the beauty which he had asked for this long was not there anymore. Even then he went back to his kingdom with the slave as his wife because he had already announced about her exsistance to everyone. The king and queen got scandalized with the choice of the prince but said nothing as prince was back after years of wait. But even they observed that even after years of search and his choice of bride the prince wasn‘t happy. He never talked to his wife or even entered her room. Though the new bride had told him the cure, the prince could never gather himself up for the same. The days goes on. Where the new bride was waiting for the fairy to return so that she can go back to her mistress, at the same time prince was wasting away his life in worthlessness.

After 2 years the fairy returned. She was in her dove form and was trying to enter the castle when the royal cook caught her and cooked her for the lunch. Though he throw the water used to boil the bird in the garden. A criton tree start growing at that place.
One day, after few months, the prince saw the tree in the garden. He saw that there was three critons on the tree and they were similar to what were given to him years back. He ran to the tree and like before cut the citrons. Like before he fail to save the fairies from the first two citrons but saved the last one. This fairy was even beautiful that the last one. The prince couldn’t believe his luck. He took the fairy in the court and asked everyone “what punished should be given to the person who tries to harm such a beauty?“ Everyone was amazed by the beauty of the fairy, they all suggested brutal punishment for the sinner.
This new fairy also reminded the salve about her own fairy and remembering her she answered,“Anyone trying to harm such an innocent soul should be burned alive“ The prince was waiting for precisely this moment. On this he start putting false accusation on his wife that she was planning to hurt the beautiful fairy. The prince just wanted to get rid of the ugly wife that he got and he knew no one will question his authority therefore he had come up with this plan in the first place. And it worked for him.

The slave never got a chance to present her case or argue. She wouldn’t have anyways because she was always taught never to argue. Therefore as per the announced punishment, she was brought near the citron tree in the garden, to be burned alive. Prince was finally happy that he’ll get to marry the most beautiful woman in the world. White and red as he always wanted. He ordered to burn the slave, at that moment few flowers from the citron tree fall on the slave. With that the promise by the first fairy got filfulled and eveyone could now see in the slave, the beauty of her deeds. But by now her cloths had already caught the fire.
There prince kept standing, rooted to his place and watched the most perfect woman of white and red coloring burning alive in front of his eyes.

Moral: is immoral!