This is a tiny tale of love in a faraway land....
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom surrounded by a deep, dark forest. The forest was a frightening place, filled with beats and ruled by a powerful witch. Even during the day, the forest could be as dark as the winter night. Because of this, humans rarely ventured inside. As terrible as the forest was, a beautiful singing voice would always pierce the darkness when the moon shone. The voice belonged to a large wolf. She would proudly sing toward the moon high atop a cliff every night.
Every night, on a tall cliff deep within a monster-filled forest, a large wolf monster would sing to the night sky. Her beautiful voice soon attracted the attention of a young prince from the kingdom surrounded by the forest, who began to journey to the forest every night to listen to her.
Initially wary of the human, the wolf began to enjoy the prince’s admiration for her music, but feared letting the prince discover what she truly was and would run off before he could see her.
One night, the prince climbed up the cliff to see the owner of the lovely voice and the Wolf, caught off guard by the prince’s actions, accidentally blinded him when she impulsively tried to cover his eyes.
In fear, the prince stumbled backwards and fell off the cliff despite the wolf’s attempts to rescue him. After being saved by a guard, drawn over by the commotion, the prince is imprisoned by his parents as his wound shamed their family.
A few days later, the wolf sneaked into the castle upon learning of this and feeling guilty over the prince’s misfortune. Telling the prince that she is a princess from a neighboring kingdom, the wolf decides to take the prince to visit the witch of the forest; a mystical being who can grant wishes for a price. But realizing she cannot take him as she is, the wolf seeks out the witch and offers her singing voice for human form.
The witch accepts, giving the wolf the ability to freely transform into a princess yet warned her that the spell would be negated under moonlight. Returning to the castle and freeing the prince, the wolf ( assuming the form of the princess ) begins her long quest to guide him to the witch in order to wish for his eyes to be healed.
Over the course of the journey, the two begin to bond, though the “ Princess’s ” unusual mannerisms arouse confusion and eventually suspicion from the prince.
One night, while the princess was handing the prince a flower and the prince hold the lantern with fire inside, a moonbeam cast over her hand and returned it to its original form. The prince, remembering the feel of the arm that blinded him, immediately recognized it and the resulting falling out caused a massive forest fire.
The flames eventually reach and consume most of the witch’s collection ; the payments of all the wishes she had granted. Infuriated, the witch transforms into a massive monster and begins to rampage through the forest.
After saving the prince from the fire, the princess and prince decide to work together to calm the witch down in order to apologize. They succeed and though she is still furious with them, the witch accepts the princess’s request for the prince’s eyesight restored, though both her ability to transform and her memories of the prince would be required as payment.
The witch admits that such a price would not normally be required to heal the prince’s eyes alone, but to atone for their sins and to acquire the power needed to heal the forest, she would need the additional magic.
Despite the prince’s attempting to stop the princess from accepting the terms, he is powerless to prevent it as the princess is permanently turned back into her true form.
Sometime after, though now a horrible singer, the wolf continued singing on a cliff to the night sky until the prince ( still calling her a princess ) appears one night.
Having forgotten who he is, the wolf initially attempts to eat him. Before she can do so, the prince gives her a bouquet of flowers, causing the wolf to be overwhelmed by emotions of nostalgia and sorrow.
No longer feeling alone, the two sit down next to each other. Despite her lost memories and voice, the wolf enjoys the prince’s company and continues singing for him from that point on.
...And they lived happily ever after
