It had been a long time since the curse of Sleeping Beauty was placed here in the castle. In fact it had been so long that the spell was almost gone. It still had enough in it to keep sleeping beauty from aging or fading away completely. The thorns still covered the castle but all you would have to do to get through them was to merely brush them aside with a glove and they would fall to the ground. Although there had been a dragon, it had long ago left from sheer boredom when people had stopped showing up and the spell started to fade. In fact the castle itself was starting to fall apart. The only thing in relative good condition was the stairs to the tower where sleeping beauty was.

The fact was that most people were expecting to find a girl in the bed, when in fact it was actually a man. When the few who had braved the tower had gotten to their prize and found a beautiful man instead of the girl they had been seeking, you can imagine the shock that followed. It was likely that after a few attempts, it was rumored that the legend was just a myth and that no one was in the tower. How embarrassed would they be if they told everyone they had found a guy in bed??

The spell had faded so much that it wouldn't even take a kiss to wake up sleeping beauty now. A sound alone could probably wake them up, but no one had ventured into the tower in so long that it had not been put to the test.