Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Diamonds

Chapter 1

It's snowing.

I like winters. Everything is quiet and soft. I often watch the snow and the city from my window.

Arendoc is a busy capital city. Lots of people live and work here. From the palace tower, I can see the river and the bridge.

I hate to look at. When I was five I took a trip in the city with my mother, Bendoshwin, the queen of the country. It was a lovely day. I can remember this day very well. When I saw the river I ran to the bridge. My mother followed me but when she got to the barrier, she fell over, came through the barrier and dived into the river. I saw her face.

She searched me, with her eyes. She found me. And she smiled. I never saw her again.
And now ten years later my dad, Hadrin, wants to marry again. I have a half-sister. Her name is Andorah. She's dumpy and short. She has got brown hair and brown eyes, a pug and a small mouth. I don't like her but I don't know why. Andorah is very friendly with me but if I want to talk with her, she goes away. Her mother Voladra never says anything to me just if my father can hear it. I have got green eyes and long black hair. I'm tall. My skin is very limpid. My amah said my mother was a fairy. If it's true, I will never die. But I think it's a lie. My mum died. She couldn't have been a fairy.
Somebody is knocking at the door.
I open it but I can't see anybody. I found a letter with my stepmother's handwriting.

Dear Lachernas!
I want to talk with you about the wedding. I know I can't be your mother.
I can't replace Bendoshwin, but I'd like to be your friend.
Can we meet in the winter garden at 6 o'clock?
I will wait for you.
Voladra

I think it's very strange but she wants to meet me. I will go to the winter garden.

– Lachernas!
My stepmother hugs me and I can't say anything.
– How are you? What do you think of a wedding next month? Is it good for You? Would you like a cup of tea?
– Yes, please,. – I say.
I get confused. She never hugs me. I've never seen her smile. What does she want?
– You are very nice, Lachernas. Your skin is like diamond. You shouldn't live in a stone palace. You should live in a diamond tower.
– Why do you say this?
– It's just an idea.
I notice small bottle in her left hand. I stare at Voladra and put down the cup tremulously.
– Sorry, I don't feel very well. I think I go to bed early today.
– What's the problem?
– I'm just tired a little bit. Good night!- I run out and go to my room.

The next day I get up early.
I have breakfast and I go to the winter garden. I can't find anything when suddenly I notice a nice red rose in front of the window. I touch it and suddenly it becomes a diamond rose! I pick up a wattle timidly. It becomes a diamond, too! Everything I touch will be a diamond! At the moment I know 3 things. The first: I must leave the city. The second: If I am half-breed, my mum was a fairy, I will never die. Perhaps she's alive. The third: I'll touch my stepmother and after that I will go away.

87 years after, a far away.

A young man is standing in front of the wall and he’s looking at a big map. He has got a nice face with short blond hair and pale blue eyes. Sometimes he glances at a bag on his bed. He goes to the table and starts writing a letter.

Dear Mother and Father!
When you are reading this letter I am aboard in the dock. I’m leaving Sontag. I'd like to travel before I decide: I REALLY want to be a king. I love you and my country but I don't know if I want to be a king. I feel uncertain in my heart. I 'm going away to look for the answer. Don't follow me. I promise I will come back.
Prince Dosvinad

He puts the letter to the bed, picks up his bag and leaves the room......

Author: Petra Paizs

Teachers: Zsuzsa Szalayné Tahy, Zsiday Galgóczy Béláné 

Szent István Gimnázium , Hungary

January 2009

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Chapter 2

He puts the letter on the bed, picks up his bag, leaves the room and he sets out on his journey to a new country because he wants to start a new life - an exciting life. He arrives at the port, and there he sees a ship and the ship’s company waiting for orders to weigh anchor. He takes the ship. It is very big, long and woody. He goes up and prepares himself to face the long months on the ship because he knows his destination was very far away.

First, he stays on deck and reflects about the consequences of his desperate flight. What had he done? Where was he going? When he comes back to earth he understands that this isn’t a whim but the search for the truth hidden in his heart. He then looks for, and finds his cabin, a small dark and dusty cabin.
For all the first week he’s alone and he thinks about his family a lot – his parents who he loves very much. Are they worried? What are they doing?

After a few hours, back home, Prince Dosvinad’s parents find the letter and with bitterness and dejection they read the last words that their son left them before leaving home.

His mother becomes upset and falls on the bed without strength because she knows that from that long and stormy journey her son may not return.
The king is angry. Why did his son run away? He leaves the bedroom to order the guards to go to the dock and search for the prince and bring him back home but his wife stops him before the guards go out. She says to him to free her son, so the king with a doubtful soul, calls back the guards. They decide to wait for his news…….

A few weeks pass and one day on the ship Prince Dosvinadan meets an old man, a very tall and thin man with black eyes and brown hair. He wore a long, black jacket, a pair of jeans and black rubber boots. This strange old man spends a lot of time with the prince on the ship and tells him about his adventures at sea. He also tells him a very old legend. This legend is about a girl that changed everything she touched into diamonds. He’s interested in the legend and decides to change his destination and look for this girl first. She lives in a big castle at the end of a very dark and deep forest. He hopes that she will help him in his quest.

After four days, the prince’s ship stops at Nelson’s dock. He says goodbye to the old man, gets off there and buys a map and a horse because his destination is very far away. He leaves and sets out for the forest.

Four hours later, he is very very tired but still in the forest and must spend the night there because night is arriving and it is very cold and scary. He camps, lights a fire and prepares himself a comfortable place under the starry night. He sleeps full of thoughts all night and the next morning he is really determined to continue his journey. He walks for hours, ten hours and when he looks at the forest end, he sees a castle, a diamond castle……


Authors: Carmelo Sofia, Mauro Spinella, Iacopo Di Dio, Rossella Alesci, La Macchia Roberta,

              Nastasi Claudia, Alessia Gaglio
Teacher: Nancy Trifiletti, Italy

February 2009

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Chapter 3

He couldn’t believe it: he had just arrived at the diamond princess’s castle. Everything around him was incredibly dark, even if it was a very limpid morning. But he couldn’t explain to himself how the castle could shine more than the sun itself.
He got closer and he realised that a gate – obviuously a diamond one – was barring his way. He stopped straightaway and started looking around for a passage. He didn’t know what was going on beyond that gate.
“Oh… Her Highness… I’m sorry I’m bothering you but…” a tiny plump man said.
“So what? Hurry up then…” a deep female voice answered from behind a giant diamond throne.
“I’m afraid… er… there’s a stranger in the garden” he finally said, looking like he’d be killed very soon.
“What???”
“Her Highness… I…”
“You should be ashamed of yourself! What’s your job? What’s your damn job??? Looking after the castle. It’s not that difficult, you don’t do anything else all day!” the queen yelled furiously.
“You’re right… I’m so sorry” he said feeling terribly uncomfortable, lowering his gaze “I’ll deal with it anyway. Everything is going to be all right as soon as I can.
“I hope so for you, unuseful idiot! Go then. What are you waiting for?”
“Sure, Her Highness” he said leaving the room.

Meanwhile, upstairs…
She was combing her long black hair staring at her reflection in the mirror. She was feeling so unhappy. Her life had turned into hell and she cursed that terrible day. How many years had passed by since then? She didn’t know and she didn’t even want to. It was unbearable.
It was a dark night. She had decided: she had to leave straight away to look for her mother. She was convinced now: she was still alive.
But her step-mother prevented her from going away. She kidnapped her and took her to that castle, locking her in the highest tower for ever. That’s where the girl had been spending her endless days since then.
She was really sick and she opened the little window of the room (too small to let her oass through: she had thought about jumping off so many times, just to put an end to that painful and meaningless life. But her step-mother had ripped her off one more time).
She looked down and an unordinary figure caught her attention. When she realised it was a person, she met his eyes for a while.
“It must be her” the prince thought when he saw the diamond-dressed girl.
The girl couldn’t start speaking because she had learnt Leoniard, the Queen’s plump servant, ordering the guards to catch the young man she was now looking at.
“Hide! Hurry up! You are in danger!” the girl shouted.
“Why?”
“Don’t ask anything else. Just hide!”
“I don’t know where to go… but I have done nothing wrong. Why should I hide?”
“Stop talking. Let me think… I’va an idea… Climb up that cherry tree and be quiet. I’ll do everything myself.
The prince did what she told him to do, while the guards went out of the castle, looking for him.
(to be continued)
 

Authors: Camilla Burgassi, Alessio Pimpinelli and Jessica Antonioni. Class 2E Liceo scientifico sperimentale linguistico “Brocca”, Follonica (GR)
Teacher: Marta Bartolini
February 2009

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Chapter 4

The prince did what he was told him to do, while the guards were going out of the castle, looking for him.
He was hidden on an enormous and thick tree so he was almost invisible. The guards ran, ran and ran but they couldn’t find the unknown boy, when suddenly one of them saw a little piece of a red cloak. It was Dosvinad ’s cloak! In the same time the girl in the tower was desperately screaming, trying to attract the attention of the guards. She called everyone: “Steven, Jamie, Rupert come here please, please, please” kept shouting the girl.

“Miss, what’s happening there? What’s wrong with you ? Why are you screaming?” asked one of them.

“I saw someone in the garden…help me please…” While she was screaming, the young and clever prince climbed up on another tree and, when the guards went back to the tree where they had seen the piece of cloak, they got surprised when what they found was just a piece of red cloak!

They decided to split up in their search, so everyone chose to follow a different way.
They started to walk but, after just a few seconds, Steven gave a scream of horror and a second later Jamie and Rupert did the same. What had happened to them?

The young prince, still hidden on the tree, had seen all the scene: an incredible creature with a human shape wrapped in a dazzling light had tied up the three men! He was trembling while hearing the air which was moving the tree’s leaves. The human being made of light was coming close to him, he(or she?) was searching for him. He  (or she?) was heading for him. “Oh my god, the human light is coming here, looking for me!”. His heartbeat was uncontrollable, his body was invaded by fear.

The creature was in front of him: she was a wonderful woman, so beautiful, like a fairy … no, she WAS a fairy. She had long black soft hair and blue shining eyes, as blue as an ocean. “Is that all ok? Are you fine? Are you wounded?” asked the fairy voice.
“No, no, … I’m not wounded and ye, yeah, yeah, that’s all right, I’m just… a bit frightened! Who are you? Who lives in this castle?” Actually the young prince was completely upset.

“Oh man… it’s a long story. My daughter was imprisoned here in the tower by her stepmother that now lives in this castle, too. The diamond the castle is made of makes all its inhabitants immortal and prisoners forever. They can’t leave it and they will live forever. I haven’t seen my daughter for 90 years now. My name is Bendoshwin and long time ago I was the queen of this kingdom. Then a witch trapped me under the water for 3 years. When I could come back home, nobody was in there except for an old servant who told me about this cursed castle. Anyway, there’s no time for more explanations, now. I have to save my Lachernas. Come with me!”
Bendoshwin, incredibly fast, took away the three men to her house and locked them inside, but she promised: “You’ll be free when Voladra dies”. Only Voladra’s death could make Lachernas free but their destinies were strictly connected as Voladra’s death would immediately cause the death of Lachernas!

This was the tragic dilemma: should her daughter be alive and prisoner or free but dead?

But that day was special. She had read in the book of the kingdom’s fairies that there was a spell in form of a poem, that could break the tragic destiny of her daughter. She had to say that poem in front of Lachernas and Voladra after 87 years since their arrival there, and that was the day.
“Do you want to hear it?” Bendoshwin asked the prince
“Yes” he replied

“Tenderness, Love, sweetness, affection
You must make the prince burn with passion

Fire, ardour, flames, and ignition
You must be the products of passion

Fervour, heat, sparks, and flashes
You must turn Voladra in ashes

Bravery, courage, strength, and wisdom
Make her ashes flee from the kingdom

Warmth of love and two hearts beating
melt the diamond and keep the feeling”

While he prince was listening to the poem he felt a great energy invading his body and flashes of heat flowing in his veins, now he felt he was THAT PRINCE.

In a while they were at the castle and immediately flew into the tower where Lachernas was imprisoned .

Author: Benedetta Marrocco, class IV B Liceo Scientifico Tecnologico, ITIS S. Cannizzaro Colleferro, Roma, Italy
Teacher: Daniela Ianni
March 2009

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Chapter 5

When they tried to enter the diamond castle to save Lachernas, the gate was locked. Swinging his super sword powerfully, the prince could open the gate. Didn’t waste the time, Prince Dosvinad and Bendowshin entered the diamond castle. They ran as fast as the horse heading to the top of diamond castle to find the imprissoned princess, Lachernas.

Entering the castle they were very shocked knowing that the castle had 999 stairs. They stepped one after the other undesperatelly for the sake of the princess. Reaching the 333rd stairs, they met Asep Surasep, one of the castle guards. He would never let anyone entered to the next stairs, except that he could guess the puzzle from him. Asep Surasep gave a covered plate then.

“Hey-hey, look who’s having this gut to dare my challenge!” Don’t be so sure that I’ll let you go unless you can answer my question?” “Guess what’s inside the plate! If you can answer correctly, I’ll let you go. But, If you can’t answer, you’ll spend your time here forever”, Asep Surasep said.
Prince Dosvinad and Queen Bendoshwin were confused. Absolutely, they couldn’t guess it. All of sudden, a cockroach was crawling through the Prince’s foot.
“Waaa....!!! It’s a big cockroach! Get that away of my foot!”
“Ah! How can your answer be correct?” Nobody successfully had answered my question.” “You’re a real genious! Please continue your journey, your Highness!”
Prince Dosvinad and Queen Bendoshwin stared each other giggling, then continued walking

Answering the puzzle perfectly, Prince Dosvinad and Queen Bendoshwin continued the journey to the next stairs. In 666th stairs they met another threat. It’s Udin Surudin. A tall strong and black figure was right in front of Dosvinad.
“Hey, Prince! I dare you! Fight me! I swear I’ll never leave you out of this castle! You’re little scarry chicken!”, Udin Surudin yelled over him.

As fast as the wind, the Prince took out his sword and attacked the giant. He tried to stab Udin’s right on his belly, Udin Surudin luckily could avoid it. Dosvinad didn’t pass the second chances, again Udin was lucky. Prince began to be angry and his move was uncontrolably. He had no idea how to attack Udin Surudin.
 

“You can’t defeat me!” ,Udin Surudin grinned
“Prince, don’t be emotional! Control yourself!”,Bendoshwin shouted at him
“But how?”, asked Prince
“Imagine Lachernas is waiting for you. She needs you to save her!”

The Prince imagined Lachernas and started to fight him.
Finally thanks to his awareness, Dosvinad had conquered Udin Surudin, they got back to find the Princess away.

There were many challenge faced them but they never gave up. For the sake of her lovely daughter, Queen Bendoshwin would never be tired. As soon as they reached 999th stairs, Prince Dosvinad and Queen Bendoshwin met Tresno Sutresno.

“Congratulation Prince! You have finished my two beloving friends. I swear for the sake of their holy souls, you can’t leave this castle before you guess this most difficult question.” ,said Tresno Sutresno
“Whatever you say Guard! I don’t care whatever the question will be! I just wanna help the Princess to get out from this cursed castle.”

“Ok. What kind of food that consist of two letters?”, Tresno asked.
“What the hell was that? That’s silly question!!!”,Prince said.

A few minutes later...
“Queen, I ask your apology. Idon’t know how to answer this silly question.”
“Let me answer my dear prince! I know this answer. I’m fairy, how silly the question is I know the answer”,Bendoshwin said.

Bendoshwin got closer to Tresno Sutresno.
“Guardian,the food that consist of two letters is C and Y.”
“Read them fully!” Bendoshwin smiled.
“You’re a smart fairy Queen! You can continue your journey, please!”

Successfully answering those questions and hard fight. The prince felt that the three challenges had made him stronger. Finally they reached the highest stairs of diamond castle. Hurriedly, they sought Lachernas’ chamber. Then they heard a soft voice of a girl singing.

Why life and love are so unfair ?..
Will I ever find a way ?..
For my loneliness and my pray..

Everyone can’t see..
This is me..This is real..
It’s over and done..
The heartache live on inside..
But, just TRUE LOVE can heal that..
For TRUE LOVE....

“It is Lachernas’ voice! Yes, I’m sure that! I know it is her voice!!” said Bendoswin cheerfully.
“Over there! Let’s go! We should find her!”
They ran following the song.

“Lachernas!Lachernas! My lovely daughter! I miss you very much, honey!”, Queen Bendoshwin huged her daughter.
“Mommy...mom I thought you died. I feel meaningless life when you left me alone”, Lachernas tears are falling over her rosy cheeks.
“This is Prince Dosvinad. He has saved you, honey!”
“Hi, I’m Prince Dosvinad.Call me Dosvinad, will you?”
“Thank you Prince. Dosvinad I mean...”
“Ok.Come on! We should go from here before Voladra finds us!”
“Let’s go!”

They hurriedly went downstairs and out of the castle. When they reached the 666th stairs, they met a woman figure that wearing big black cloak and had messy long hair riding her dragon holding her long and sharp spear. It’s Voladra!
“Where will you go my sweety katties? Hahaha...”
“Hurry up! You run first downstairs! I will face her.” said Prince

While Prince Dosvinad was trying to stop Voladra, Queen Bendoshwin and Princess Lachernas ran into the gate. But it was locked! Her charm magic wasn’t able to open the gate. It is said that only holy heart from a kind hearted fairy could open the gate. Queen Bendoshwin closed her eyes, cut her chest,and took her heart with beautiful and blazing shape! Then she put her heart into heart shaped key hole. It matched! And the gate was opened. Lachernas was crying. She wouldn’t have the heart to leave her mother after her holy sacrifices.
“Go honey ! You should go now! Don’t worry about me! Go!” said Bendoshwin
Lachernas didn’t go, she wanted to stay with her mother. Her tears were falling and she kept her mother on her lap.
“Go Honey! Go! Please Go...” said Bendoshwin weakly.

Dosvinad lost the battle. Voladra had beaten him with her magic super power. He was imprisoned underground the castle.
Finding, her special prisoner ran away. Voladra was furious. She went to the highest tower to drink the magic solution. Just a few seconds, she turned herself to became scary woman that having four legs like a tiger, her body like a horse, with horns over her head. The figure was so scary that nobody would turn his face to see her.

Tight unconciously, Dosvinad was alone in the dark underground prison. All of sudden Asep Surasep, Udin Surudin, and Tresno Sutresno appeared after his face.
“I’m sorry Prince for making you difficult. Actually we were just Voladra’s prisoners. We were forced to kill you.We wanna go out from here. So, please save us your Highness! Bring us out from this cursed castle! And we will help you to fight Voladra.”

They opened Prince’s tight.
“Ok. Thanks guys! I will save you all. Let’s fight Voladra together! Before that, let me save the Princess. I’m worried about her”
They hurried ran out from the prison and found the Princess away.

It didn’t need a long time, Dosvinad saw Lachernas outside the castle. She was fainted and weak after her long cry. Dosvinad felt guilty. Actually, he loved her very much at the first sight and wanted to live with her forever. He sang a song that Lachernas always sang.
.
Why life and love are so unfair ?..
Will I ever find a way ?..
For my loneliness and my pray..

Everyone can’t see..
This is me..This is real..
It’s over and done..
The heartache live on inside..
But, just TRUE LOVE can heal that..
For TRUE LOVE....

While singing, the Prince was crying because he thought he would never get Lachernas’love. The tears dropped to Lachernas’cheeks.
“Dosvinad where am I?” Lachernas opened her eyes. He kissed her.
“You’re safe my love. You’re now in my hand” replied Dosvinad.

Meanwhile, Voladra was celebrating her victory over the prince ....
 

Authors: Rizka Noviandini, Nisa Istiqomah, Findy Gusmiranty

Teacher: Rika Rachmita S

SMA Negeri 1 Subang Team, Indonesia
Image Editor: Ryan Bani Muhammad

April 2009

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Leonard, the fat servant of the queen was happy. Voladra laughed at Dosvinad and celebrated her victory. Leonard wouldn’t be punished this night. He would sleep soundly.
 

Away, at the castle’s doors, a tall and thin shadow opened the front door. He was a very tall and thin old man with black eyes and brown hair. He wore a long, black jacket, a pair of jeans and black rubber boots. He told Dosvinad where the diamond castle was but he didn’t tell his name.
He was Hadrin, father of Lachernas. He was tired and furious. Long time ago, when he was thinking to marry Voladra, he was happy.

But a terrible night, he had his hot milk and he slept deeply. When he woke, Lachernas, his daughter, was disappeared and he felt he lost the magic powers that Bendoshwin gave him when they got married.

An old servant told him that Voladra left mounted on a black dragon carrying Lachernas. Andorah said they went to a diamond castle in a deep forest.

Actually, at last, Hadrin have found the forest, came into the castle and wanted to free Lachernas.
But Voladra was very powerful. He couldn’t to do it alone. He needed Bendoshwin and Dosvinad help. He must find them.

He saw a weak light and looked through the window. Down in the darkness, Dosvinad and Lachernas were prisoners. There were three guardians with them. He pushed the glass and he threw a paper. He waited for.

Dosvinad was walking around the prison cell, looking at the floor. Suddenly he saw a paper. He took it and read it.

To break the magic spell
Voladra must disappear
 Only a true love’s kiss
 The enchantment will break
And they will survive
Together at last

Right now, he knew what to do. He needed leave the cell. Then, a small door was opened. Hadrin, the old man, have found the passage.
- Come on, quickly
- Who are you? Dosvinad asked
- It’s Hadrin, my father, Lachernas answered.
- My daughter…!
They embraced each other and, quickly, they were to exit. The three guardians followed them and they got the garden. Down and out under a big tree, they saw a light in Voladra’s bedroom. They couldn’t defeat Voladra without Bendoshwin.

The three guardians run to the castle to help Bendoshwin. The queen was lying down on the floor. Her chest was still opened.
The guardians took Bendoshwin’s heart and, carefully, they put it into the queen’s chest. A wonderful light flooded the bedroom and the queen’s chest is closed in a magic way.
Actually, the queen has repaired her magic power. At once, the three guardians became animals. Asep Surasep was a white strong horse. Udin Surudin was an enormous tiger and Tresno Sutresno was a black powerful bull.
They all went with Bendoshwin where Hadrin was.
Hadrin was very happy, he kissed her lost and actually recovered wife and at once he recovered his ancient power.

Now, they could defeat Voladra.

Leonard saw the three animals at the garden. Now, he was scared.
- My queen, my queen.
- What’s the matter now?, Voladra furiously shouted
- They have run away from the prison cell and they come over here
- Don’t worry, they’re defeated
- Yes, but right now they have magic power, Leonard said.

The door is opened. The three powerful animals, with Lachernas’ parents as escorts, attacked Voladra. She wanted to defend by using his magic power, but the power of the three animals was very strong.
In a corner, there was a shining lance. It was a diamond lance. Hadrin took it and sank it in Voladra’s heart.
Voladra felt down
- Revenge! She shouted. And she died.
 

All they thought that Voladra would come back. And she will be more powerful
They went out the castle and meet Dosvinad and Lachernas. She was very weak but very happy.
Dosvinad thought about Voladra’s possible return and he trembled.
He remembered the magic spell he found in the prison cell and he looked at Hadrin.
Hadrin took his daughter’s hand and, together, they recited the spell.

To break the magic spell
Voladra must disappear
Only a true love’s kiss
The enchantment will break
And they will survive
Together at last

Then, Lachernas came close to Dosvinad. She held Dosvinad tight and they fused in a strong kiss.
A heartbreaking shout went up to the sky. Voladra’s figure disappeared. Quickly, the diamond castle felt apart. Only a window’s arch remained. It was the window where Voladra looked at the garden. Since this moment, this window arch had a name. It was called DEVIL’S EYES.

May, the flowers’ month.

It was a sunny morning. The Palace of Arendoc was shining. Beautiful and fragrant flowers hung of its walls. Music sounded while people danced. Everybody was happy.
Dosvinad, the next king of Sontag, and Lachernas, its next queen, are going to marry. All kingdom is invited to the wedding. (Invitation to the wedding)
The Hall of the Throne, in the Palace of La Encarnación, was huge, but it was packed. Hundreds of people arrived from the two kingdoms was there. Through a lateral door, the royal families of Arendoc and Sontag went before Lachernas and Dosvinad. They sat on their respective thrones and the couple-to-be remained standing.
 

Lachernas wore a beautiful blue dress with a long train. She wore a thin golden girdle and her brown long hair was tight by a light crown with a big diamond.
Dosvinad was very elegant. He wore a long green robe and a long white cape. His long black hair was tight by a great golden crown.
Suddenly, a deep voice asked for silence. Then, the royal couple took their hands each other and Queen Bendoshwin said:
- Today is a great day for our kingdoms. Our beloved children are going to marry and we’ll be able to have a prosperous future. We have supported many difficult things, but, finally, Lachernas and Dosvinad’s love, always love!, have defeated evil. Now, join your destinies and be happy.
Bells pealed and the fireworks bewildered in the sky.

The great banquet was going to begin. All guests took seat in front of long tables loaded with food. (Dishes served at the banquet)

Big soup tureens of choucrute, gulash, ujházi, rawon, bakmi goreng, soto, sopa de ajo,…
Enormous platter with appetizer: carpaccio, frutti di mare, tahu, escalibada, salads of lettuce, tomato, cauliflower, kerupuk,..
Large serving dishes with risotto, paella, nasi kuning and nasi goreng, pesce spada, fettuccine,…
Dishes and dishes with sültmalac, satay, cordero lechal, insalata caprese,….
Into cups, there were Spanish wines from Rioja, biers from Hungary, Teh Talua from Indonesia, Lambrusco from Italy,….
Waiting in the kitchen, there were different desserts: hungarian strudel and chestnut puree, Italian tiramisù, sorbetto and cassata, Indonesian pisang goreng, kelapa and rambutan, Spanish flan and torrijas…
Everybody ate and drank. The three very happy guardians, Tresno, Udin and Asep, tasted delicious dishes. Everything was happiness. Voladra didn’t exist. Her soul burned into hell. Evil was disappeared from these kingdoms.
 

A FEW YEARS LATER
Sontarendoc is a new country, The king, Dosvinad, and the Queen, Lachernas, govern with kindness and people love them. Peace floods hearts. Everything is happiness.
Belinda, the Monarchs’ daughter, the Princess of Sontarendoc, walks at the narrow streets of the winter garden. She is tall and thin. She has got big green eyes and long black hair. Her skin is white and it shines like diamond,
Suddenly, a tall figure appears in front of her.
- Are you Lachernas’ daughter?
- Yes, my mother is the Queen
- You are a charming girl, Belinda. Your skin is like diamond. You shouldn’t live in a stone palace. You should live in a diamond tower.
- Why do you say this?
- It’s just an idea
The little girl with diamond skin noticed a small bottle in Andorah’s left hand….
 

Authors: the students of Colegio Público Cristo de la Antigua de Tobarra, Spain

Teacher: Francisco Peña  

Castle drawing: Maria Alfaro Martinez (12 years old)

June 2009

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