Once upon a time, a long, long, extremely long time ago, there was a girl living in a village in the northern part of the world. She had six sisters and since she was the seventh child, she was destined to be a witch. But she did not want to be a witch so she ran away from home to learn who she was and who she was supposed to be.


She decided to work in the castle as a hand maiden to the princess. They become the best friends the world has ever seen. The princess was send away to another country for her to learn how to be a queen and in her absence the girl became friends with the prince. They spent all their waking time together. They walked along the lake, they went for strolls in the forest and they picked flowers for each other. They shared their dreams and their ambitions and in the process they secretly developed feelings for each other.

One full moon evening the girl heard pebbles against her window and she ran down the stairs and found her prince waiting for her at the door. She smiled and he took her in his arms and kissed her. His kiss took her breath away and they stood there kissing till the sun came up. The girl went to bed and had a dreamless night.

When she woke, the princess had sent for her to visit her in the other country. She ran to the prince to tell him the news. He looked so sad and he confessed his love to her. She hated to leave him, but she knew that the princess needs her, but that she will allow her to go back if she told her that her one true love was the prince.

But the princess did not understand and she was furious of the girl. She was so furious that she sends the girl away to a barren place. The girl cried every night because of the princess’ betrayal and the loss of her love. She did not know where she was and she did not know how to return. She started to remember the little magic she knew as a child and started to play with it again. She made a spell that the prince, if it was meant to be, will find her again.

After a year in the barren place the girl started to make new friends and she met a boy. They fell in love at first sight and after six years the boy asked her to be his forever. The girl thought of the prince often and missed him so much, but after so many years she realised that her spell did not work or they were not meant to be. And she truly loved the boy. She said the spell one more time. But after a month she told the man she will be his forever.

Two more years went pass and one day the girl was out in the field picking flowers when she heard a noise and saw a man on a horse on the horizon. He looked familiar, but older. He looked tired. When he saw her, he started to cry and laugh and he kissed her on her cheeks, her lips and neck. It was her prince!

She was so happy to see him. She could barely speak through her tears, but she had to say it:

“You are too late”