Celebration of the princess, newly born Annabeth. Everyone but one had been invited, leaving Arachne to wait for her invitation. Arachne had crashed the party, long velvet cloak flowing behind her as she shouted a curse at the top of her lungs.

On her sixteenth birthday, the princess will prick her finger on a spindle, be poisoned, and die.

The three fairies, Thalia, Piper, and Bianca, had quickly cast a new spell, their gift was a change to the curse. No death, just asleep for a hundred years.

Arachne had claimed nothing could stop her curse, and she would do everything she could to ruin Annabeth. As a reaction, the king and queen had decided to let Annabeth be raised under the fairies' roof. They held back tears as their daughter left a dawn, hope to see her again in sixteen years.

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It was four months before her birthday, and Annabeth was dancing in circles in her bedroom. Later she would wander the woods, but in that moment, she dreamt of balls, learning to sword fight, and magic. Thalia, Piper, and Bianca had kept her safe and taught her all she knew, including to never talk to strange women. In all her fifteen years, Annabeth never encountered a strange woman, but every day Thalia would stress it.

Notes

Woo! First introductory chapter to a princess au. More fairy tale au's to come.

~Nova~