The Bed Chamber

As you climb the stairs, Doe lands on your shoulder, her feathers tickling your ear as she flaps. "That was impressive. I checked his body; he's not breathing. You are surprising me today, John."

"Thank you. I'm surprising myself, too," you say, panting from the fight and the stairs. You come to the last landing and you see a thick wooden door ahead of you, the oak bound by heavy iron bands. The door is barred from the outside to keep something, probably the Princess, inside. The man you killed must have been the guard.

"So, do we just go in, wake her up, and get out of here?" you ask your companion.

"Well, in the original story, the prince kisses the princess and breaks the spell. The castle wakes up, and the prince and princess get married. I'm since we're rewriting the ending, it doesn't have to end exactly that way, but it has to be happy. I'll know if we have a happy ending, and we can get out of here."

"Okay, let's go!" You push up the heavy wooden bar and open the door.

Inside you see a sumptuous room with a dressing table and mirror on one side, a large bed on the other, and several windows overlooking the vast kingdom in each direction. Near the bed is a spinning wheel and stool. On the bed, the princess lays, deep asleep. Her golden yellow hair frames her beautiful face with its pale skin, lovely nose, bright red, full lips, and graceful chin. She is wearing an expensive dress in blue cloth with ribbons.