The man stepped forward warily, unsure if he should touch her body with his hands or not. He opted to just leave his hands on the stone table the princess was lying upon, looking to be peacefully sleeping. Leaning forward, he slowly lowered his head towards hers with a slight hesitation before her placed his lips gently on hers.

The eyes of the princess flew open so suddenly, it made the man jump back in surprise. The princess slowly sat up her eyes now wide in confusion as she looked around, but recognition forming on her face as her eyes fell on the man.

“David?” was all she said.

Overjoyed that the kiss had actually worked and had awoken the princess who had been in the lifeless sleep for nearly 3 months, David took a step toward her, ready to embrace his beautiful bride-to-be. Just as he was about to put his arms around her, a ghastly shade of grey started to quickly take over the shade of her skin, which also began to shrink and wither as the look of death rapidly took hold of her body.

David gasped and jumped back as a low and raspy moan started coming from the Princess. Slowly, she turned toward David who now looked at her in horror and as her now hollowed and sunken eyes turned back on him, she simply groaned, “What have you done to me?”