Copyright © 2011 of James Pettis, III
Swan Lake is the fourth story in the revised series, The New Fairy Tales. It is replacing Beauty & Beast from the original series The New Fairy Tales. It is loosely based on the ballet Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky in 1876. It is about Odette, a princess that is turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. I have always loved this story and the plot (even though it's not actually considered a fairy tale), which is why I wanted to put it in my fairy tale series.
Odette is a princess that has been cursed by an evil sorcerer named Von Rothbart, which turns her into a swan in the day time and at night she returns to her human form. She was kidnapped from her kingdom and taken to an enchanted lake, where Von Rothbart's lair resides. He told her that the only way she can break the curse is if a young man declares his forever lasting love to her. She then meets a prince named Alexandre, who falls in love with her and invites her to a masquerade ball (for his 21st birthday) where he plans on vowing ever lasting love to Odette. But when Von Rothbart finds out, he sends his daughter, Odile (who resembles Odette), in disguise to distract Alexandre and get him to be unfaithful to Odette. Will his evil plan succeed or will eternal love prevail?
I think this will be fun to write and I hope others will like it as well. Stay posted for more info about Swan Lake.
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