Friday, February 14, 2025
Faterella Short Story 2025 Version Part 3
At the royal ball, the party is on as the elite and noble get rowdy and drunk as they all dance the night away having the times of their lives. King Champion and Alfred Champion sit on their thrones as they watch Prince Champion struggle to flirt with a sea of women. “Why doesn’t he pick one already?” asks Alfred. “Now Alfred, he must find the right woman. After all, after tonight he would have chosen his wife to marry,” says King Champion. Alfred grumbles as he gets off his throne and leaves into the shadows. Prince Champion is surrounded by women, but not the woman he wants. The one he loves. He knows who he wants to marry, but he’s slowly realizing she might not come tonight. Prince Champion makes his way out of the crowd of women like he’s almost parting the red sea. Prince Champion feeling heartbroken his beloved didn’t even come, as the royal ball is nearly over, sees someone new and a person he doesn’t recognize, but in his heart, she feels so familiar. Prince Champion locks his eyes on Faith as they both eventually spot each other from across the room.
Prince Champion and Faith run towards each other as they both stop to inspect the other. Faith curtsies before Prince Champion as he reaches his hand out to her. “Would you like to talk in private, miss?” asks Prince Champion. “Faith. My name is Faith. I would love too,” nervously blurts Faith. Prince Champion is a bit taken a back because of her new looks, but deep down, he knows this is his beloved Faith. No matter what size or weight, he can recognize those beautiful eyes anywhere. “Follow me to the garden. We have much to discuss,” says Prince Champion.
As the royal ball slowly wraps up, Faith and Prince Champion spent the whole night holding hands as they talked in the royal garden as an unaware Faith has no idea the spell that turned her thin will end in merely five minutes. “Faith, there’s something I need to tell you about. A secret that I have been dying to confess,” says Prince Champion. Before Prince Champion could reveal his secret, more memories flooded Faith’s mind. Memories of a former flame, The Wild Man. Faith begins to remember The Wild Man, someone who didn’t care about her looks. Her first real boyfriend. As she thought about her beloved Wild Man more, Faith grew worried about him. Faith broke their vow to leave the carnival together. Faith feeling conflicted, follows her heart. She sighs and let’s go of Prince Champion’s hand as she slowly makes her way out of the royal garden. Prince Champion not wanting Faith to leave, chases after her. “Faith where are you going?” asks Prince Champion. Faith turns around and looks at Prince Champion as she makes the tough decision that is the right decision because it’s what her heart wants her to do. “Look, your highness. You are kind, caring, handsome man. But we’re clearly not meant to be. I like you more had just a little crush on you at first and now that I met you, I will admit the attraction is there. But I love another,” says Faith. Prince Champion sighs and walks over to a tree as he looks up at the full moon. Prince Champion climbs the tree. “You need to listen to my secret first. Then I will know for sure who your true love is,” says Prince Champion.
Then the clock tower rang signaling midnight as Faith rapidly began to transform back into her old obese self. But Faith wasn’t the only one going through a transformation. Faith heard screams of pain atop the tree and as she slowly looked up, she saw Prince Champion becoming a hairy monster. Faith’s gut instinct told her to run away, but her heart told her to stay. Faith was glad she stayed because she had been reunited with her true love the whole time. Prince Champion jumped down from the tree, but not as the handsome, regal, prince, but as her beloved Brian a.k.a. The Wild Man. “Brian, you were Prince Champion this whole time?” asks Faith. “I’m sorry. I should have told you the truth sooner,” said Brian. “So, you aren’t a prince then?” asks Faith. “I am a prince. My name is Prince Brian of the Champion Kingdom. I wasn’t raised by wolves, my family sold me to the freak show when I was 17 because they were ashamed of me,” said Brian. Faith cries and then embraces Brian only for their reunion to be interrupted by a drunken Alfred Champion holding a black magical staff in one hand and a bottle of vodka in the other. “Alfred are you okay?” asks Brian. “No, I never was okay. I used to be the favorite child. I was the sole heir to the bloody throne until father saw my magical powers and made me them to turn you into a pretty boy,” said Alfred. Alfred takes a huge swig from his vodka bottle and throws it aside. Alfred aims his magical staff at Faith and Brian as he evilly snickers. “I’m finally doing it. I’m going to kill you brother. And Faterella is just a bonus. Then the throne will be mine,” cries Alfred. Before Alfred fires off his magical staff, Faith starts charging towards Alfred.
Faith tries to attack Alfred only for him to snap his fingers which freezes Faith. Faith suddenly stops dead in her tracks, now motionless, and as she begins to twitch. Alfred grins and cackles as he starts to wave his hand to control a now mindless Faith like a puppet on strings. Faith rapidly begins to transform into a huge hulking red skinned demon as she sets her eyes on Brian. Faith starts to roar and growl as she slowly approaches Brian. Brian tries to calm Faith down, but he knows this isn’t the woman he knows, this is a monster, animal, a beast. “What have you done to her brother?” asks Brian. Faith strikes Brian and pins him down on the ground. Brian pleads with Faith to remember who she is and who he is, Alfred walks over and continues his evil laughter as Faith stares at Brian like nothing more than a piece of meat. “Oh brother, there’s one thing you should have known about your beloved Faterella. As you’ve probably figured out by now, Faith isn’t human. She’s a demon,” says Alfred.
Then the clock tower rang again, but now in a deep, demonic, tone which signaled the entrance of Dark Mark, the King of the Demon Realm. Dark Mark emerges out of the ground through a portal from Hell arriving at the Champion Castle grounds wearing his battle armor which is so black and dark it has no shine. Dark Mark moves so silently, the only sound coming from him is the noise from his rusty blood covered battle armor as he walks. Dark Mark taps Alfred on the shoulder to get at his attention. “You have awakened her without me. You dare betray me, my apprentice?” asks Dark Mark. Dark Mark pulls out his sword as Alfred gulps and begs for his life. “Master, I still did thy bidding. I just wanted my brother out of the picture first so that I can assume the throne. I just thought it would be even crueler if Brian was taken out by his beloved Faterella instead of me,” cries Alfred. Dark Mark begins to fume with anger as Alfred shakes with fear to the point he’s now pissing himself. Faith is about to slaughter Brian only for her to regain control of her mind. Faith releases Brian from her grip as they both stare at each other in shock and confusion. “Brian, what’s going on? What happened to me? What have I become?” asks Faith. Dark Mark out of nowhere stabs Alfred in the chest, killing him right before Faith and Brian’s eyes. Dark Mark pulls out his sword as after Alfred dies, he just turns to dust. Dark Mark laughs and points his sword at Faith. Dark Mark snaps his fingers, and when nothing happens, he snaps them again. “I should be controlling her like a puppet right now. What’s going on?” asks Dark Mark. Faith suddenly attacks Dark Mark as they begin to wrestle with each other in the middle of the Champion Kingdom castle grounds. Faith pins Dark Mark to the ground as anger covers her face. “You, I know who you are. You killed my parents,” roars Faith. Dark Mark laughs and smiles as he looks up at Faith. “Faith, my sweet Faith. Nick didn’t tell you the whole story. I’m not the one who killed your family. I am your family. I’m your father,” laughs Dark Mark. Faith shocked releases Dark Mark as she looks at her hands which are now demonic claws. “I’m sorry. Dark Mark is telling the truth. He is our father,” said a mysterious yet familiar voice. It starts to rain, eventually becoming a thunderstorm. Faith gets up and looks around the Champion Kingdom castle as she slowly begins to change back into her true human form.
Faith turns around to see Nick standing next to Brian. “I should have told you sooner. I was just trying to protect you from our father Dark Mark. Like I said, I’m your guardian angel, big sis,” said Nick. Faith falls to her knees and starts to cry. While she is down on the ground, Dark Mark pulls out his sword and is about to murder Faith. Before Brian could warn Faith to look out, Brian looked to his side and Nick was gone. Faith is surrounded by heavenly light as she turns around to see Nick, with fairy wings, holding Dark Mark back with a large battle axe. “I’m more of a writer than a fighter. But when you hurt my family, I’m ready to defend,” says Nick. Nick pushes Dark Mark to the ground. Before Dark Mark could get up, Nick swings his battle axe into Dark Mark’s back. Dark Mark falls to his knees and moans in pain. As Nick is about to do the finishing blow, Dark Mark pleads for his life. “Please son, don’t kill your old man. We both want what’s best for your sister. Now I can give you anything, what would you like me to do?” asks Dark Mark. Nick slams his battle axe to the ground and whispers into his father’s ears “Get out”. Dark Mark, now wounded and beaten, flees back into his Hellish portal back into his domain. After Dark Mark exits, Nick rushes to check on Faith and Brian who he finds are now both in a romantic embrace. Nick smiles and sheds a tear, as King Champion and the royal ball party goers emerge from the castle to witness the young freakish lovers embrace. Nick writes in his journal and slowly disappears as King Champion walks over to his son and Faith much to the shock of the party goers. “Brian?” asks King Champion. Brian realizes that he and Faith are no longer alone as he becomes pale. “Dad, do I have a lot to catch you up on,” said Brian.
I’m opening my yapper again to explain what happened to everyone after the royal ball. Brian told his subjects of the Champion Kingdom that night he is in fact The Wild Man, even though some were disgusted by appearance, they all still respected him as their prince. King Champion eventually told Brian the truth of how it was his evil uncle who was the one who sold him to the carnival behind his parent’s back.
And that it was no coincidence that the traveling carnival wound up back in the Champion Kingdom because his parents demanded it. Brian and the Champion Kingdom royal family laid Alfred to rest yet told their kingdom of the crimes he had committed in life. Brian and Faith are still together after they reunited at the royal ball. In fact, Brian and Faith are now engaged. Of course, Dark Mark returned to the Dark Realm where he belongs but this time he’s not alone. Because Dark Mark now has Alfred Champion for company alongside his army of demons. I later explained to Faith that she, like me, is in fact half-demon and half-fairy. With our father Dark Mark being a demon and our deceased mother being a fairy. I will eventually show Faith the wider magical world someday and explain in more detail how our parents met. But currently I have two jobs that I need to do first. Continue my role as Brian Champion’s royal advisor. And lastly, finish the book I’ve been writing about my sister Faith. For you see, it has been I, Nick, who has been the narrator of this tale, and this is as much of the tale as I can tell of it to ye old mortals. For you all, it’s happily ever after for us. But as for me, Faith, and Brian, our adventure has only just begun.
THE END?
Faterella Short Story 2025 Version Part 2
“I’m still fat and ugly. Why am I still like this?” asks Faith. Nick laughs and takes out a gold coin. Nick flips the gold coin and then tosses to Faith. Faith catches the gold coin. The gold coin reads on both sides “Good for one wish”. “What am I supposed to do with this? And you never answered my question Nick,” asks Faith. Nick gives Faith a hug as he slowly fades away. “To answer both of your questions, you’re wish will be granted the night of the royal ball which is tomorrow morning. You will become thin tomorrow, but only for 24 hours then you’ll change back into your old self. Second, that coin is good for one wish, and you can use it when I’m not with you. Good luck, big sis,” says Nick as he fades away. Nick disappeared as Faith stood in confusion. Faith flipped the gold coin herself only for Aunt Kim and their carriage back home to arrive. “Faterella, we’ve been looking everywhere for you. It’s time to go home. Now get your fatass in here right now,” yells Aunt Kim. Faith puts the gold coin in her handbag and goes into the carriage with her Aunt Kim and her cousins. As they ride back home, Faith begins to feel funny. Once they are all home and Faith makes her way up to the attic, she passes out and falls into a deep sleep.
As Faith lies in bed snoring loudly, unbeknownst to her, Aunt Kim is in the basement watching Faith through her crystal ball. Aunt Kim isn’t alone in the basement though as two figures emerge. The first figure to appear is Alfred Champion. The second figure is a hulking demonic king wearing dark battle armor with a skull necklace with the letters DM written on the skull’s forehead. “You’re both here. What should we do next, Mark?” asks Aunt Kim. “Yes, what should we do Dark Mark?” asks Alfred Champion. Dark Mark pulls out a large sword and points it at the bookshelf. “I feel my son’s presence here. You two leave, I want to have a word with my son,” says Dark Mark in a gruff haunting voice. Aunt Kim and Alfred Champion quickly disappear as Dark Mark lowers his sword. Then Nick enters as Dark Mark looks lovingly at him. “Hello, Nick,” says Dark Mark. “Hello, Dad,” says Nick bitterly. Dark Mark pulls up two chairs and then pours two glasses of rum. “Sit son, we need to talk about your sister,” said Dark Mark. Nick sits down and takes the glass a glass of rum from his father Dark Mark. Nick takes a swig of rum and right away spits it out. Dark Mark laughs as Nick sets the glass of rum down. Nick snaps his fingers to a glass of lemonade which he then takes a huge swig out of. “If we’re talking about Faith. The only thing I want to say to you is to stay away from her,” shouts Nick. Dark Mark takes sip of rum and grins. Dark Mark reaches his hand out to shake Nick. Dark Mark and Nick shake hands only for Dark Mark to break Nick’s hand by just squeezing his hand so tight. “No deal,” says Dark Mark. Dark Mark, still holding Nick’s hand, slams him to the ground and beats him up. Dark Mark pulls out his sword to kill Nick, only for him to disappear. Dark Mark slams his sword to the ground in anger and roars in the night. Dark Mark’s roar attracts demons to flock to the mansion only for the sun to rise and they flee cowardly away.
The next day, Faith wakes up feeling a little different than usual. Her pajamas are oversized and don’t fit her anymore as she makes her way out of bed. Faith barely awake start to workout but she doesn’t feel as strong as she normally is. As Faith gains her consciousness, she sees that her hands are thinner than normal. Faith shrieks and falls to the ground taken aback. Faith looks at her now thinner hands again as she begins to rub them. Faith slowly turns her head towards the mirror in her bedroom and when she sees her reflection, she’s not sure it’s her own. The girl in the mirror is no longer obese, homely, and large, but she is now a thin, tall, and curvy. Faith looks at the mirror as she slowly realizes this thinner girl in the mirror is her. Faith smiles with glee as she takes the poster of a similar looking supermodel down and does a side-by-side comparison. “I’m beautiful,” says Faith. “You were already beautiful before. Now you’re just thinner,” said a mysterious yet familiar voice. Faith turns around to see Nick sitting on her bed reading a comic book. “Thank you so much my guardian angel. You granted my wish. How can I ever repay you?” asks Faith. “By reuniting with your real true love, Brain,” says Nick. Faith laughs as she continues to look at herself in the mirror. “What do you mean Brian is my true love. I haven’t seen him in years,” said Faith. Nick stops reading his comic book and sighs. “Faith, you damn well seen Brian recently. And I need to confess something. I’m not your guardian angel. I’m your little brother,” said Nick. Faith laughed again as she makes her way downstairs. Nick blocks her way. “Where the Hell do you think your going? Did you hear what I said earlier? Don’t you care at all about finding out that you have a brother?” asks Nick. Faith pushes Nick aside and runs downstairs. Nick gets up off the ground and starts to chase after Faith.
Nick, out of breath after running down a marathon of stairs from the attic, finds Faith in the kitchen inhaling her large breakfast as Ashley and Kate stare at her in shock. “Wow, how can she eat so much and maintain that figure?” asks Kate. Nick taps Faith on the shoulder and she then let’s out huge burp. Faith ignores Nick and goes in for a second helping of large plate of ham, eggs, and bacon that could feed an entire village. Nick taps her shoulder again and as feelings anger and fear come across his face. “We’re not safe here, Faith. Now stop eating and let’s go,” cries Nick. Faith sighs and stops eating throwing down her fork. Faith gets up and heads towards Nick only for a loud cough to be heard from behind. Faith turns around to see Aunt Kim holding a suitcase. “Who’s moving?” asks Faith. Aunt Kim throws Faith the suitcase and she catches it. “You Faterella. Get out of my house,” shouts Aunt Kim.
Faith feels conflicted because even though her Aunt Kim and her cousins Ashley and Kate were cruel to her, she still respected them and loved them because they were her the only family she ever had. Her Aunt Kim is the one who raised her, even though her aunt was evil, it’s good that Faith turned out alright and grew into a caring soul instead of a malicious person. After Faith briefly changes into one of her cousin’s beautiful dresses, which she stole behind their backs before she left, Faith had finally been freed from her prison as Nick escorted out of the old mansion into the busy and crowded streets of Champion Kingdom.
25 minutes after Faith was kicked out of her childhood home and hours before the royal ball, Faith and Nick eat together at a diner as Nick tells Faith her true origins. As Nick ate a sandwich and drank his lemonade, he told the tale of how they both came to be. With some visual aids he created using his magical powers of course. Faith became fascinated by Nick’s story, learning that there’s an even a secret magical world unknown to mortals and the fact that magic is real. That her parents were lovestruck wizards and that her mother sadly dead in a tragic accident while slaying a demon. And that her little brother Nick was raised by fairies in another realm. As Nick catches Faith up, while she listens to Nick, she begins to have flashbacks to her past that she has long since repressed or memories that were erased that are now returning all at once. “Faith are you alright?” asks Nick. Faith begins to rapidly grow demonic horns and a demon’s tail barely finishing her food. Nick gulps and rushes to Faith’s aid. Nick says a magical incantation as waves his magical staff over her. As Nick performs this strange ritual much to the shock of the diner patrons and staff who are witnessing this, he successful turns Faith back to normal while also keeping her thin. Nick puts his magical staff away as Faith slowly wakes up confused and of course now remembering nothing about what had just happened. “What happened, Nick?” asks Faith. “I’ll tell you more as we continue to get you ready for the royal ball. Check please,” says Nick. Faith and Nick exit the diner only for Nick to come back in and snap his fingers which causes all the people in the diner to become unconscious. “When I snap my fingers again. You’ll all forget what you just witnessed here. Okay,” says Nick. Nick counts to three and snaps his fingers again with the diner patrons and staff having no memory of the prior events and they just continue their day as usual.
During the evening, only two minutes until the royal ball, Faith and Nick make their way to Champion Castle. Faith now looks stunning with her new slick red dress, her freshly cut, and shoes to match. As they approach the Champion Castle gate, Nick takes Faith aside to next to a tall tree. Nick hugs Faith as lovingly as any brother would and Faith whispers thank you into Nick’s ears. Nick wipes away the tears, but he then gets a serious look on his face. “One thing you must remember Faith, is that the key to finding Brian is Prince Champion. Love you, have fun, and remember, just be yourself,” says Nick. Before Faith could say bye to Nick, he vanishes away faster than the wind. Faith sighs as the castle gates open. Faith makes her way up a long staircase as she gets closer to entering Champion Castle. Two large manly guards keep an eye on who enters and who leaves the royal ball. Faith finally makes it to the top and the two large manly guards go from being tough and ruff to being in awe of Faith’s beauty. Faith shows the two large manly guards her invitation and they let her into the royal ball.
Faterella Short Story 2025 Version Part 1
Once upon a time, in a faraway land. Man, that’s such a corny line to start out with. Even as a writer that line always makes me cringe. Let me tell you the story about two carnival freaks named Faterella and The Wild Man. Yet, those are just their stage names, their real names are Faith and Brian. Each night, their freak show exhibit steals the show down at the rundown rusty crusty “Mr. We’s Traveling Carnival”. The Ferris wheel and the roller coasters ain’t got nothing on Faterella and The Wild Man. Faith quite earned her nickname of Faterella due to her weighing in at an astounding 750lbs. Even though her large tough appearance make her appear to be mean and frightening, Faith is a kindhearted and caring young woman.
As for Brian, he’s called The Wild Man for a reason. He’s covered in heaps of wild matted fur; he has two sharp frightening fangs alongside claws just as sharp as his personality. He’s in many ways like a wolf, not just because of the fur that surrounds his body, but because he walks on all fours.
Faith and Brian have traveled the world together and a close relationship soon formed.
One that started off as friendship, which led eventually to one of love. Now, you may think that Faith and Brian loved life traveling with the carnival, yet that could not be further from the truth. They and their fellow freaks were abused by the greedy short chubby carnival owner, Mr. We. Mr. We, whom alongside his ghoulish goons, whipped the freaks, fed them rancid food, and treated them more like animals than humans. Faith and Brian dreamed that they could run away from the carnival. Faith unfortunately had no home of her own after she lost both her parents at a young age. She had no desire to live with her evil Aunt Kim and her evil cousins Ashley and Kate, who sadly are the only family she has. Even though she lived with her Aunt Kim until she was 15, her wicked aunt sold her to Mr. We’s Carnival for a quick buck before her 16th birthday. As for Brian, he was sold to Mr. We for a high price after being found roaming around the woods next to his carnival by two lumberjacks, so that makes his true origins unknown. Faith and Brian made a vow to escape the carnival together, but however, one day would change both Faith and Brian’s lives forever.
Once the traveling carnival stopped at a wonderful kingdom known as The Champion Kingdom during their tour across the country. The Champion Kingdom is where Faith lived her life before the traveling carnival. While in the kingdom, Faith and Brian were separated by force. Due to her father’s recently discovered legal will. According to her father’s will, both Faith and her Aunt Kim share co-ownership of his mansion estate because Faith had inherited the majority of his estate. To sum things up, Faith was forced to move back in with her Aunt Kim to her childhood home, which is a decaying mansion in the countryside of the Champion Kingdom, because for her Aunt Kim to still live her brother’s mansion, Faith is required to live there too because of her co-ownership of her father’s estate. Even though Faith doesn’t know that she in fact has way more ownership in her father’s mansion than her aunt does, but the less Faith knows, the better for her Aunt Kim. Now she lives in a home of both physical and emotional abuse by the hands of her aunt and her cousins who bully and belittle Faith every day. Faith feels a little awkward too because she isn’t as pretty as her conventionally attractive aunt and cousins who all look like supermodels. As for Brian, he remains trapped at the carnival without his beloved Faith. Eventually, years would pass, and Faith’s life changed quite a lot.
Faith, by age 24, became a world champion sumo wrestler and local Champion Kingdom celebrity, but under the name Faterella of course. A name which has brought her fame but causes her heart to break every time she hears it shouted by large roaring arena crowds. In the end Faith’s dream was never to be a sumo wrestler. That came faster to her because of her build and large appetite.
No Faith wishes for something else. What are Faith’s dreams? That’s not for me to share with you of course. Who am I you’re wondering? Let’s just say that I’m a loving figure and someone who will protect Faith no matter what. But this isn’t my story, it’s Faith’s story. So, let’s move along here and I’ll shut my yapper to let the words on the page themselves to tell you this tale. In the present, back at the decaying old mansion owned by her cruel aunt, now devoid of color and beauty. Up in the worn torn attic filled with rats and raccoons. Faith lives up in the attic all alone in a dusty makeshift bedroom. As she writes in her diary at her desk, chewing on her pencil, wishing for a better life. The sound of the morning rooster crowing signals the start of the day. Faith gets up and slowly walks over towards a punching bag, with a picture of her Aunt Kim taped on. Faith beat the ever-living shit out of the punching bag, making it hard to tell if it was her strength or anger shining through. Faith begins to get tired and falls fast onto the remains of her bed which are at this point is just the mattress and some pillows at this point because her large frame broken to the point of no return. Faith breathes heavily and sighs as she pulls out the latest fashion magazine with her latest fan girl crush on the cover. Faith has eyes on the latest pretty boy heartthrob, but luckily this one ain’t going away nor would he probably be a fad. Faith’s fan girl crush is the eldest son of King Champion and first in line for the Champion Kingdom throne, Prince Champion. As Faith placed the magazine against her loving heart in a room surrounded by posters of Prince Champion and supermodels. Faith gets herself up and looks at herself in the mirror and frowns. Faith looks up at a poster hanging on the ceiling in her room of some random typical attractive girl next door supermodel, whom she longs to be, but can never really be. Not that it’s impossible for her to lose some weight, but due to her low self-esteem, she will never feel as pretty as that supermodel in her poster. Remember that old saying, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it appears that society has forgotten to get that memo. Faith, like anyone, can change her appearance, but that’s easier said than done because you can change your appearance, the rest of the fight is for her to change her self-esteem. Fat or thin, it doesn’t matter in the end for Faith or for anyone, no matter what size, just loving herself is the real battle in the end. Heck, all those supermodels she looks at in her magazines are probably facing the same issues as her, they may be thin but does that mean like anyone that they are truly happy in the end. Deep down, inner beauty matters, they say judge someone based on their character and not appearance, but again, society has forgotten that memo too. As she looks away from the poster of the supermodel hanging on her ceiling, Faith then looks at her large mitts and makes a fist while holding back her tears as she says to herself “Someday, but not today,”. Faith works out for a few more hours until she looks at the clock and realizes it’s time for breakfast. Faith sighs and makes her way down a long staircase from the attic to the kitchen.
As Aunt Kim makes Faith more and more food, like preparing to fatten up a pig for the slaughterhouse, her cousins Ashley and Kate heckle and bully her from across the table.
With her thinner prettier cousins Ashley and Kate barely eating anything due to them trying to maintain their figures and fronts, Faith arrives to see a huge pot filled with beef stew and three plates of corn bread waiting for her. Faith just sits there playing with her beef stew just swirling the spoon. Aunt Kim snaps her fingers and stares angrily at Faith. “Faterella, eat your food. Because one, it’s expensive, and two, you have a match tonight, so you need to get into fighting shape,” yells Aunt Kim. Faith sighs and then she begins to chow down at a rapid pace, just inhaling food like there’s no tomorrow. Faith finished her meal so fast that would make any competitive eater’s jaw drop. “May I be excused now?” asks Faith. “Yes, but before you leave. Please clean up your mess,” said Aunt Kim. Faith started picking up the dirty plates as she made her way to the sink. “If you weren’t the breadwinner of our family Faith. I would have kicked you out years ago,” cruelly said Aunt Kim. Faith is visibility starting to get angry as she washes the dishes. A look of horror appears of Aunt Kim’s face as she escorts her daughters Ashley and Kate out of the kitchen. “Come on girls. We need to leave to Faterella alone as she does her chores. I’ll help you both pick out your outfits for today. Oh, and Faterella, after your chores begin your training for your match tonight. After all you want to win tonight,” says Aunt Kim. Faith breaks a plate in and screams out loud in anger “My name is Faith,”. Suddenly Faith’s screams cause a huge quake as lighting engulfs her entire body. Before Faith could go further into her strange outburst, Aunt Kim snaps her fingers and says a magical incantation that knocks Faith right out. Faith, now lying on the ground in a sleep like state, her Aunt Kim walks over and places her hands on Faith’s head. Aunt Kim says the same magical incantation again while holding Faith’s head her hands begin to glow. Ashley and Kate then walk over to their mother as they both shake in fear. “Why does Faterella have to live with us still? She’s a threat to us and the entire kingdom. I mean another outburst like this and…,” says Ashley. Aunt Kim releases her grip on Faith as she is now calmer and asleep lying on the ground. Aunt Kim gets up from off the ground and sighs. Aunt Kim then turns to face her daughters and says “The less Faterella knows about her magical powers, the better. I fear she’s becoming just as powerful as her father who is the true threat here. I erased her memory of this magical outburst just like I did all the others. Out of sight and out of mind. Come on girls, this poor creature needs her rest. I will revive her before her match tonight,”. Eventually, many hours later, Faith woke up alone inside the kitchen none the wiser of the events that had happened earlier. Faith looked around her kitchen and it was a mess. Faith stretched her arms and cracked her neck before she went to meditate. While Faith was meditating, the kitchen began to magically clean itself. But was it Faith using her powers to clean it up? In the shadows a mysterious slender, male, nerdy figure wearing a red hooded wizard’s robe waved a large magical staff as it turned out he’s the one cleaning the kitchen on behalf of Faith. Faith awakes from her meditation to spot this mysterious figure cleaning the kitchen by waving his large magical staff while singing a magical spell. Faith slowly gets up from the ground and walks over to the mysterious figure. As Faith walks closer to the mysterious figure, he lowers his hood to reveal a 20-something slender nerdy brown-haired male that looks a little like a slimmer male version of her. “Who are you?” asks Faith.
He then took his robe to reveal a pair of wings on his back which causes a heavenly glow engulfing him and he then snaps his fingers to play some classical music. “Sorry to keep you waiting. Trust me, I know your life’s been Hell. My name is Nick. I’m your guardian angel. Your protector from above. I came here to help you out. To grant you any wish you request and to teach you how to hone your magical powers,” says Nick. As Nick flies around the kitchen showing off his magical powers like the ability to fly of course. He brought life to the soulless objects of the room like the stove, the kitchen table, chairs, brooms, forks, spoons, and knifes to life. The lively objects dance around the kitchen as Nick breakdances on the ceiling. Faith watches in awe of her guardian angel’s showing of his magical skills, but Faith senses a dark presence inside the kitchen. Faith walks around as she hears odd sinister fowl noises in the kitchen cupboard. Even though these noises would sinister mysterious noises sound like gibberish to most, Faith closes her eyes and listens to a conversation between some very dark souls and understands every word of it. Faith is then taken aback as she starts to get a headache. Faith rubs her head to sooth her headache only to realize that demonic horns are growing out of her head. Faith feels the horns on her head and screams in bloody horror. Which didn’t just get Nick’s attention but made two horrible, monstruous, blood hungry, mindless, demons jump on of the cupboard and pounce on Faith. The kitchen objects once filled with life, having stopped dancing and have become soulless tools of the mortals again. Faith wrestles the two demons off her only for the whole kitchen to be filled with demons from left to right.
Nick whistles and throws Faith a magical wand. “What am I supposed to do with this?” asks Faith. Nick glasses transform into sunglasses then he snaps his fingers, and the once calm peaceful heavenly classical music is replaced by demonic heavy metal. “It’s battle time,” says Nick. Nick spins his large magical staff and shoots lightning bolts at the demons. The show boating Nick kills a horde of demons like it’s no breeze. As for Faith, she hits the demons on the head with her magical wand. But the more Faith holds the magical wand, a mysterious untold feelings and memories emerge. Faith yells a loud battle cry and being a fast learner, uses the magical wand to zap demons to death like it was nothing.
After a brawl with demons that felt like an eternity, but was just only 15 minutes, finally ends with Faith and Nick defeating their foes as they watch them as they retreat from back to once they came. Faith and Nick celebrate their victory by flying around the kitchen. Faith and Nick land back on the ground as the shake hands. “Thanks again my guardian angel. I just have three questions, what the heck happened just now? Who are you really? And why should I believe any of this?” asks Faith. Nick gulps and says “Like I said my name is Nick and I’m your guardian angel. Now how about I grant you a wish, would that make you feel better? So, what is your first wish going to be?” asks Nick. But before Faith could even speak, only for her Aunt Kim and her cousins Ashley and Kate to enter the kitchen. Faith tries to state her first wish, but just as fast as Nick arrived, he vanished without a trace. Faith looks around the kitchen to see that it’s spotless as her Aunt Kim taps her foot. “Faith, the carriage is here and we’re going to be late for your match if you don’t get moving,” shouts Aunt Kim. “Right, my match tonight. Time just flies by, doesn’t it?” says a very confused Faith. Faith rubs her head as she exits the kitchen realizing her demon horns have disappeared. Faith is the first to leave, followed by her cousins, but before her Aunt Kim exits, she spots a demon’s hand coming out of the ground holding a letter. Aunt Kim takes the letter out the demon’s hand and opens it. Aunt Kim reads the letter as she heads to the carriage to Faith’s match tonight.
Before the day is truly over, as the night is still young. Inside huge stadium the sounds of spectators cheering loudly as they watch with glee the main event of the evening. Faith, a champion sumo wrestler vs. El Killo, the world heavyweight wrestling champion, in a publicity match of sumo wrestler vs. professional wrestler. As Faith and El Killo grapple in the ring, it looks like Faith is going to be the clear winner. After all, Faith is stronger and larger than the dimwitted masked muscular luchador El Killo. Yet, Faith and El Killo look like they are having a grand old time in the ring, both enjoying what they do best, wrestling.
Faith pins El Killo for the win as the crowd cheers erupt as they start chanting Faterella with pride for their kingdom’s champion.
As the referee raises Faith’s hand in victory, El Killo lays beaten on the ground with a look of disdain and vengeance across his face. Faith bows down to the crowd and is about to leave the ring only for El Killo to pull a sneak attack and hit her with a folding chair. Faith falls as El Killo repeatedly whacks her with the chair in the back to keep her down. Faith cries out in pain as the crowd laughs and cheers on El Killo. Suddenly as El Killo was about to do the final blow, until someone in the crowd shouted “Faith” and started running out of their seat and into the ring. Who is this hero from the crowd? It's the rugged, manly, strong, handsome, Prince Champion of course. Prince Champion enters the ring and gets the chair out of El Killo’s hands. El Killo shakes in fear and flees the ring. Faith looks up to see her crush Prince Champion reaching his hand out to help her up.
“It’s okay. You’re safe now, Faith,” says Prince Champion. Faith is stunned and curious how Prince Champion knows her real name, because the public only knows her by her stage name of Faterella. Faith to scared to ask and in awe of Prince Champion kneels before him. “Your highness. Thanks for your help. No one has ever been this kind to me,” said Faith. Prince Champion blushes and then he hears the clock tower ringing. Prince Champion looks at his hand as fur slowly grows. Prince Champion mumbles a quick goodbye to Faith as he storms out of the stadium. Faith is lovestruck after meeting Prince Champion, but soon the crowd begins to boo her and throw tomatoes at her. Faith gets covered in the garbage being throw at her by the crowd as she’s shocked why they suddenly turned on her.
Elsewhere, in the stadium parking lot, Prince Champion is talking with his younger evil brother, Alfred Champion as Alfred says a magical incantation to make Prince Champion’s hand fur go away. “Thanks again Alfred. I owe you one,” said Prince Champion. “I don’t get why you had to play hero in the ring and save your ex-girlfriend. She’s so ugly. When I first saw her, I thought she was a man. Why her? And do you really love her?” asks Alfred. Prince Champion slaps Alfred across his smug face and then lifts him up off the ground. “Look you little weasel. Don’t you ever insult Faith again. She cared for me when you and Dad didn’t. Let’s just go home and….,” says Prince Champion. Before Prince Champion could beat the ever-living snot out of his brother Alfred, he hears intense crying nearby. And this cry is familiar to him, because it’s the familiar try he’s heard before in a prior life. Prince Champion drops Alfred and follows the sounds of the cries of his beloved. Alfred coughs and dusts himself off. “I’m telling Dad about all of this. He’ll never let you be with her you know. And we should probably get going because we must prepare for your royal ball tomorrow. Or you know what, screw you and your ex. I’m dealing with a lot of things myself right now. Who am I talking too?” asks Alfred. Alfred shrugs and walks towards a gorgeous gold royal carriage waiting for him.
Prince Champion finds Faith crying next to a dumpster outside the stadium. Prince Champion slowly sits next to Faith and puts a royal envelope out of his pocket. Prince Champion grabs Faith’s hand and hands her the envelope. Faith wipes away her tears and looks like a confused puppy at the gift she’s just received. “Your highness, what’s this envelope? Do I owe money?” asks Faith. “No, it’s an invitation to the Champion Royal Ball tomorrow. I really hope you can come Faith,” says Prince Champion. “How do you know my real name?” asks Faith. Prince Champion gulps and stutters a bit when just in time his royal carriage arrived to take him home. “I’ll tell you how I know your real name when the moment is right. Good night,” says Prince Champion. Prince Champion kisses Faith’s hand and goes to his royal carriage.
After Prince Champion rides off in his royal carriage. Faith smiles brightly and giggles. “OMG, I’m going to the royal ball. What should I…” says Faith. Faith sees her reflection in a puddle and looks at the royal ball envelope again. “Like I could ever land a prince looking like this. I wish I could be thin,” said Faith. Faith gets up off the ground and dusts herself off when somehow Nick appears before Faith. “Did I hear you wish for something?” asks Nick. “Wow, you can see and hear everything. You can make me thin and beautiful?” asks Faith. Nick pulls out his magical staff and waves it across her body while talking in tongues. Smoke immerses Faith as she begins to glow in a bright golden aura. Nick slams his magical staff to the ground and shouts “She is a believer,” as the smoke slowly clears to see that Faith still looks the same.
Spotty’s Random Film Festival Cancelled Book Teaser
Spotty’s Random Film Festival is a short story collection with a twist. During the last day of operations for a bankrupt movie theater multiplex in a small New Hampshire town. After their boss leaves, with zero customers in sight, the employees decide to have a little fun on their last day of work. When the custodian, an anthropomorphic talking dog named Spotty, finds a box of old film reels he figures his co-workers should watch these movies until closing time before everyone is laid off. As this wacky cast of characters watch these movies, since we can’t watch the movies alongside them, we read them. This book contains original short stories in multiple genres ranging from sci-fi, fantasy, superhero, comedy, true stories from the author’s life, and so many more. The best part for you the reader is that you can literally start this collection from anywhere you want.
The Cast of Spotty’s Random Film Festival: A Short Story Collection:
• Spotty
• Stork
• Lion
• Mr. Raccoon
• Chillie Chinchilla
• Binky Bear
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