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Salvatore and his family developed a plan and prayed that the search party would find Damiano in Firenze before he returned back to the farm. He sent his family and the rest of the workers to Positano to hide from Damiano. Next Salvatore, who was very strong, broke down the barn doors. Felicia was blinded by the sun, for she had not seen the light in too long. She saw the outline of a man standing where the door used to be. She wondered if this was Salvatore.
Salvatore proclaimed, "Felicia, I have discovered who you are. We must get you back home. Damiano will kill me and my family if we get caught so we must act quick for we have not a clue when we will return!"
Felicia looked into Salvatore's dark green eyes and knew that he was sincere. Salvatore, finally seeing Felicia in full for the first time was shocked. Even after being neglected for two-weeks, was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. He ran over to her, picked her up, and placed her on the back of a horse. Before she knew it, he too was on the horse they were headed towards the castle.
Transitorily, Damiano was at a bar in Firenze when he overheard the search party asking some people if they had seen Felicia and him. He quickly snuck out the back and headed towards the farm. He had a bad feeling that his evil plan was quickly unraveling.
Salvatore and Felicia reached the castle and the King was there waiting. He was surprised to see Felicia in such poor condition and immediately sent her upstairs to be taken care of. Salvatore explained what had happened, and the King was outraged. How had Damiano deceived him? He was bamboozled, but extremely thankful that Salvatore had brought his beloved daughter back to him.
Meanwhile, Damiano had returned to the farm to see that Felicia had escaped. With immense anger he headed towards the castle. He ran into one of the castle workers at the bottle of the hill. He asked him, "How much money would it take for you to sneak me into the castle to see the King's daughter tonight when everyone is asleep?" He gave him a price and Damiano agreed.
Later that night, the worker snuck Damiano in for a large sum. After seeing that the King was sound asleep in his room, Damiano went to Felicia's room to kidnap her once again. To his surprise, Salvatore was there guarding her bed as she slept. Salvatore looked towards the door and saw Damiano. Salvatore was much stronger than Damiano and had him in a tight hold within seconds. The King's servants were summoned and Damiano was thrown into the dungeon.
There Damiano would spend the rest of his life watching the King's happiness as Salvatore and Felicia had many grandchildren and lived happily ever after and Damiano experienced the truth of saying:
"There is no greater pain than one that is caused by the blade of one's own sword."
Author's Note Continued...
In the original story, an old lady gave Fioravante a magic piece of paper that would make the whole castle sleep except for Cannetella once placed upon Cannetella's sheets. He was successful in doing so, however, as he was making his way out the piece of paper fell to the floor and the spell was broken. Fioravante was caught and cut into a million pieces. The morale of the story is, "No one suffereth greater pain than he who by his own sword is slain.” In my version, I decided to utilize Salvatore, and allow him to be the heroine once again. Unlike the original story, I created a happy ending for Princess and the King!