The next morning, the King awoke, and remembering the old prophecy, hurriedly put on his clothes himself, with his Officer of the Wardrobe vainly trying to help.

The King immediately rushed to the Princess's wing of the palace. Seeing the guards asleep, he believed that they were dead, and expected the worst when he opened the door.

What he saw chilled his heart...

The Princess lying on her bed, reading a book. She looked so peaceful, it almost scared the King. But he was also immensely happy. Happy that his girl was alive.

"Father?" the Princess looked up. "Why are you up so early?" She sat up.

The King smiled and said, "Just checking up on you."

The Princess, confused for an instant replied with, "Oh... well I'm fine." They spoke for a few more minutes, talking about the deceased queen.

At the end, the King returned to his rooms, and went back to sleep, thanking the heavens for sparing his daughter.

Little did he know though, that the prophecy hadn't been about the Princess at all, but rather a different princess in a far away land. And that night, a queen screamed in horror as she saw her daughter slump face first into her soup. 

Afterwards, though, the Queen and King agreed it was for the best though, as their daughter had been quite evil and cruel to all.

And everywhere, everyone lived happily ever after. 

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