They brought Aurora back up to the castle where they laid her in a beautiful bed and she remains to this very day, 100 years hence." "Has no one come ...to try to rescue her?" the stranger asked. "Oh certainly. We have had many princes, brave and honorable, come to try to wake her, but none have succeeded," the shopkeeper said. "The King was so distraught after what happened to his little girl that He gave up caring for the castle and it has fallen into a terrible state of disrepair. Now there are. They had faded slightly over time and any color that might have been there had long since flaked off, but you could still make out the gist of it.The left side showed various people and animals in pain or in despair surrounded by whorling lines, while a larger female figure with the same lines sprouting from her head did something …. Probably something magical or godly. The pictures closest to the tree were half hidden behind the vines, and neither of us wanted to pry the plants loose and risk. I jump out if bed to see my older sister getting up from the ground, my window open behind her.“What are you doing?” I whisper angerly.“All the other windows were locked and so was the front door.” My sister answered, looking like she's quite wasted.“You were out partying again, even though mom and dad told you that if you're gonna live hear during college you have to listen to there rules. No drinking, no smoking, and be home at 10.” I scald her.“I know the rules, I don't need your scalding.”. “So, is my best girl ready to go get some lunch?’We went to the mall, to the food court to a little Thai place and got some food. We sat out in the food court eating our lunch. Before long, we had a couple of guys sit down nearby and try to chat us up. They were both about six feet tall, nicely muscled, and it was weird but looking at them made me squirm in my seat.“So what are you two lovely ladies doing this afternoon?”“We’re just a couple of girls out shopping. That’s all.”“Would you like a.