Once upon a time, long ago, a beautiful baby girl was born in the village of Pasturefield. Her parents, a breadmaker and his wife, were both delighted to see how lovely their daughter was. Callista, they named her, had sky-blue eyes, and dark brown hair, a rare combination.
It took a minutes after her birth for her parents to learn of her pre-determined curse. She was a screamer. literally.
Years ago, Callista's father and mother had come across a witch. This witch was not a nice lady. She stole from the couple, even when they had nothing, while pretending to be their friend. What's surprising was that she fell in love with the baker, but alas, he was in love with his wife, so the couple tried to escape. They did escape, but not before the witch casted a curse on thier first child. The spell went as so:
"Though the child may be a dream
Nothing is as deafly as her scream!"
Years later, Callista was born. Like I said before, she was gorgeous, but her scream was deafening. It didn't take long for the citizens of Pasturefield to learn that headphones were a must. Once Callista screamed, they would all lose their hearing for exactly two days. The headphones were really a false sense of hope.
The villages never lost hope, however. The witch left a loop hole in her curse. Unless a user of magic signed a spell with a certain incantation at the end, the victim of the spell would be freed once he or she was kissed by her true love.
On Callista's sixteenth birthday, a man from a neighboring village came to buy groceries and saw a beautiful brunette. Without thinking, and without knowing what he was about to do, he ran to her, and proclaimed "You are my true love" and kissed her, then and there.
All the citizens of Pasturefield felt the curse be lifted, and in turn cheered in delight.
Years later, after Callista and her love were married, they had a child of their own. A baby boy.
Not long after being born, the baby looked up at the big blue sky.... and screamed.
I really dig the story. I also like the way you ended it. To be honest, there hasn't been a story i've disliked so far. Keep it up.
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