Once upon a time, in a castle far, far away, a little baby girl named Daisy was born. She had three siblings, Roy, nine, Iris, eight, and Genevieve, six.
Daisy was the little doll of them all, and as any doll, when they got too tired to play with her, they just put the doll aside to direct their attention to another, more interesting toy.
This is a fairytale, and, as any fairytale, there is a happy ending. Before the happy ending, though, there is a Magic spell to tear up. It was the envious Maleficent who made the spell.
No matter where she was, whenever Daisy would look at herself reflected in a mirror, she’d see a distorted image of herself.
Maleficent had transformed herself in Daisy’s shadow to make sure that nobody would ever erase the spell. The more Daisy was convinced she wasn’t beautiful, the more all the people around her would think the same thing, and the more Maleficent became strong.
With the passing of the years, her siblings found Daisy less interesting because Roy, Iris and Genevieve were too old to still play with her, so she learned to play alone but always admired her siblings and their friends.
Even when Daisy became a grown-up girl, her family members thought she still was a little baby and never involved her in their discussions. Around the table, there was always something to talk about, and every time Daisy wanted to participate, they would tell her she was too young to understand, so she just stayed there watching, listening, and admiring them. She admired them because Mom always had beautiful words for them. They were good students, they were good at sports, they were polite, they were beautiful. They always had so many friends around that nobody noticed Daisy was alone.
When Roy, Iris, and Genevieve were grown up and ready to fly with their own wings, Mom realized that she still had Daisy and decided it was important for her to be as beautiful and good as her siblings. This was a family with a special social position. In their castle, they hosted influential families and the appearances were important, more important than anything else. That’s why Mom couldn’t afford to have a daughter that wasn’t perfect. Mom taught Daisy how to behave in society.
Mom, victim herself of the spell, thought Daisy was fat, and believed that no man would ever want to marry her. Mom saw many doctors to help Daisy lose weight. It used to work at the beginning but after a few weeks, it stopped working.
Mom didn’t understand why.
The more Mom was disappointed with Daisy’s appearance, the more Daisy ran to the closest bakery. It wasn’t Daisy’s fault. It was Maleficent who made sure that whenever Daisy passed in front of a bakery, she wanted to buy a pastry.
With the passing of the years, Daisy realized that nobody ever told her she was beautiful or smart, nobody really liked Daisy.
Daisy knew she wasn’t beautiful, Mom would always remind her of that, but she hoped that one day a blind Prince would fall in love with her. Isn’t it true that “Love is blind”?
Everything changed one day when Daisy, now a woman, was sitting by the river, reading a novel and met Ronan and they became friends. Ronan was a fairy but, of course, Daisy didn’t know that, and the weird thing was that at the beginning Daisy thought Ronan was a woman.
Being a fairy, Ronan was immune to Maleficent's spell, so he was able to see Daisy for how she really was. He tried so many times to convince Daisy of the truth, but Daisy couldn’t believe him. How could she believe one person when for all her life everybody said the opposite?
One of Ronan’s magic powers was the ability to dry Daisy’s tears and transform them into smiles. The more Daisy smiled, the more Ronan was happy. The more Ronan was happy, the more his powers increased, and all Daisy’s tears were dried. The more Daisy smiled, the weaker the spell became.
Little by little, day after day, Ronan fell in love with Daisy. When Ronan decided to confess his love to Daisy, she discovered Ronan was a man. They laughed when she told him she thought he was a woman!
Ronan and Daisy had never touched each other, they’d never kissed or hugged. When Daisy went to visit her family for a week, Maleficent used her power to hypnotize Daisy’s mom and be sure that Mom would say mean words to Daisy and make her cry.
When Daisy got back home, she was incredibly sad. Her sadness was weakening Ronan’s powers, and of course, Maleficent was happy and more powerful.
Ronan’s only chance to survive was to make Daisy happy. He invited her over for their usual talk. It was still cool, and Ronan thought that it was a good idea to turn the fireplace on. He then prepared some warm herbal tea, Daisy’s favorite. Daisy arrived, beautiful as always, with a summer dress, her favorite, with roses on a white background, spaghetti straps and a short cardigan on her shoulders. On her feet, simple sandals that she pulled off the moment she stepped inside.
He offered her the tea and then they sat on the couch in front of the fireplace with no other lights on. She was staring at him while talking about her trip and crying. He was handsome, with the flickering light painting magical patterns on his skin, on his eyes. In that moment, she thought he was magic, maybe a fairy.
When she finished her tea, she stretched out on the couch with her legs on Ronan’s. He started caressing her legs and she felt her body relaxing under his touch. She closed her eyes and didn’t realize he wasn’t talking anymore. It was the first time their bodies were in contact and her body felt like she was under a spell. She felt incredibly light and suddenly she was floating.
