• They were taken as a harmless nuisance, but everday they were cut, but the next the vines grew back as if they hadn't been touched. Day by day, week after week, month after month They grew longer and longer, until one year after the vines started to infest the city, a rose grew in the center of the city.And as did the vines, it to grew. Day by day, week after week, month after month the rose grew but never opened. The rose was such an astonishing shade of red that no one wanted to cut it so they let it grow but that was a grave mistake. The rose grew to be higher than the castle. and when the sun was high in the sky it opened. A beautiful maiden stood in the center. Her raidiance shawn throughout the city, her beauty was blinding. but every rose has it's thorn. The maiden said one word."Ugly"She said in an emotionless tone. and with a wave of her hand. all life in the city turned to dust.