The Fairy and the Princess

I’ve been wanting to make my own Fairytale for quite some time now. I think this captures the spirit, even if the style was done without taste.

There once lived a fairy in a castle more ancient than the forest that surrounded it. She stole away children lost in the forest to eat of their flesh and to grind of their bones to powder for her magic.
One day there came a princess that had wandered too far into the forest looking for more ripe blackberries to pick. This deep in the forest only the grey stone of the castle was made present in her sight. Looking for rest, she came inside and searched, chamber after chamber, until she found a bed. There she took slumber for the forest let not the light of day through and concealed the hours spent under the dark leaves.
The fairy waited for the princess to arise before she spoke these words: “Tell me your name and you fears for I like knowledge the name of my meals and fear in the bones soon ground to dust.”
The princess replied, “I am a princess of a great kingdom, and you shall not have my name for I will not have it spoke by a tongue so vulgar. If you will not have me killed for seven days and seven nights, I will tell you my greatest fear by the end of the seventh night.” Never before had one bargained so plain and clear with a fairy. Because of this, the fairy agreed.
Later that first day, the princess asked of the fairy how was being of the fae like. She was not given answer. On that first night, the fairy asked of the princess a chore performed each day of the six more days left her life.
On the second day, the princess swept all the floors of the castle. On that night, the princess asked of the fairy its magic. Again, she received not answer.
On the third day, the princess chopped wood. That night, the fairy told the princess of flying, of never ageing, of requiring the flesh of humans, and of much more.
On the fourth day, the princess was asked of no chore. Instead the fairy asked what was like being a princess. The princess did not answer. That night, the princess told of balls and feast, of dress and dance, of gown and crown, and of prince and fiancée.
On the fifth day, the princess picked more blackberries. That night, the fairy spoke of spells to cause slumber, of potions to exchange form, and of curses to cause death.
On the sixth day, the fairy had not found the princess to give chore, and so the fairy prepared magic. That night the princess returned and spoke to the fairy. “On the seventh day soldiers of my home will come for me and kill you.” Upon hearing this, the fairy turned to cauldron to make of potion and finished quickly. Then, the fairy forced potion to the princess and both went soundly to slumber.
On the seventh day, the fairy in the form of the princess was taken by the soldiers. And the princess in the form of the fairy was slain by the blade. That night, the fairy in form of the princess was married to a worried prince.
Two years later, the fairy still in the form of the princess had birthed two heirs of the prince. After marriage any power the princess had held was swiftly stripped and stolen by the prince.
The princess in the form of fairy was still alive, for her death was but temporary. She was kind to children lost in the woods before she killed them whilst they slumbered and ate of their flesh and ground of their bones. She had nearly enough powder from bone for a spell terrible and vengeful.

If any has ideas on how to make it better (consistency, prose more suited for the topic, logical issues that need clearing up, messy phrasing, etc.) do tell.

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