I ventured out into the forest. My mission is simple. I must find the woman who gives out free wishes. It was a long journey but the mere thought of what is to come kept me going.

The lebih I kept walking, the stranger the path got. The trees became short and pink, the sky turned a light pink, and the rumput turned soft as silk. I was near her cave.

"Queen of beauty, luck, and love, tunjuk your face to me!" I shouted at the heavens hoping she would come out.

"Who's there?" A whispery voice asked me while I searched for the keeper of the voice.

"It is me, Jason Hills," I berkata to the sky. "I have come for my wishes."

"And how do anda expect to receive them?" A beautiful girl appeared seterusnya to me. She had curly, brown hari, sea green eyes, and she moved as if she was floating. "Do anda think anda can steal them from me?"

"What do anda have in mind? If anda will not willingly hand them over then what do I have to do to get them?" I am tough and I can handle anything this Barbie can throw at me.

She floated towards me with and evil shine in her eyes. "Young man, anda are obviously crazy if anda think anda can get my wishes. I am called the Queen for a reason. I have destroyed many people's dreams and hopes. Barely any get the wishes and when they do they usually die. "You are not different.

"You do not even know me," I said. The woman simply threw her head back and laughed. "What is so funny?"

"Nothing," dismissed the Queen. "If anda still want those wishes, then anda must go out to hte lake and bring me back the greatest gift ever."

Her image vanished but her voice echoed in my head.

The greatest gift ever? This gift could be anything. The greatest gift could be a bot to her. How was I suppose to complete this? I dismissed any boubt and went back to my current quest.

As instructed, I walked until I reached the lake. I had not been to this part of the woods until now. I kept thinking I was goignt ot get lost.

When arrived to the lake, I found a pure white angsa, swan holding a thick book with a gruesome, yellow cover. The angsa, swan mumbled absolute nonsense.

Was this the gift the Queen wanted? A talking angsa, swan does not seem much of a gift to me.

"Excuse me, Mr. Swan," I greeted.

"The name is Evan. Evan Kingston." He did not even bother to look up from his book.

"Sorry," I said. "Do anda know the queen?"

"Of course," mumbled Evan the swan. "She is the one who turned me into a swan."

"Can anda explain?" I do not see how the Queen can turn anyone in to anything. The buku that I have read about her have all stated that she has no real power of her own. She can only give out wishes.

"Easy," berkata Evan. He finally closed his book and glanced up at me. "She gave me my wishes. I wished to be turned into the most beautiful creature on Earth. I was instead turned into a swan. She did it on purpose!"

"I am so sorry for you," I said.

"You must be her seterusnya victim." Evan the angsa, swan glanced at me and my attire for that day. "Hmfp, anda must be one of those city children."

"What do anda mean sejak seterusnya victim?"

"She will trick anda into finding something for her and then she gives anda wishes," berkata Evan. He reopened the book.

I thought about what Evan berkata before meeting up with the Queen. I was ready to deliever her gift.

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The Queen was calmly stroking a leaf that had fallen from a pokok above her. "I am here with your gift." I berkata as I could.

"Good, what is it that anda have gotten me?" She laid the leaf on the ground, brushed dirt form her dress, and floated towards me.

"I found Evan the angsa, swan at the lake," I began. "He is a pahit angsa, swan who has serious anger issues."

"Is that my gift? An angry swan?"

I shook my head. "He told me what happened to him. At first, I was appalled, then I was curious. The it hit me."

"What?"

"Knowledge," I said. "Your gift is knowledge. Evan had no knowledge on how to use those wishes. He did not understand that anda must be specific."

"Youare different form the others," she smiled. "The others usually sided with Evan. Here are your wishes." Three magic balls landed in my hand.

"I neve berkata I was on anda side." I closed my fist tightly around a ball. "I am different from them. I sided with Evan but I also found a way to defeat you."

The Queen became shock and then the realization of the truth hit her. She vanished with the stunned expression plastered on her face. I know for sure she will not be able to give anymore wishes.

I trudged back utama with two glowing magic balls banging around in my pocket.

The End