Ain't It Always The Way?

As often happens in such tales the Perculiar Princess wanted more... At first it wasn't that much more, just a little bit, here and there, but, slowly, she began to rely on the steady trickle of attentions that fed her ambition.

Her advisor, a servant of The Sun God, taught her small spells of glamour. Yet he warned her that "As you use power so shall it use you... be cautious! You must grow as your power grows and learn to balance it with wisdom."

Undaunted, the Princess, a Daughter Of Venus, resolved to learn the Shape Changer's spell. She looked much prettier now... but the strain of the spell was a constant burden. She knew she could not hope to retain her new shape forever and so she secretly sought a new ally.
He was a self proclaimed wizard from a different land who offered the Princess a new, a greater, enchantment.
Knowing she could not sustain her new shape for much longer the Princess agreed to meet with the Wizard. Using almost all her remaining magic, she transported herself to a distant isle.

When the Wizard appeared, the Princess was quite disappointed for - like the Wizard of Oz - he did not live up to his advertisements but, swiftly, he enchanted her - when, perhaps foolishly, she had counted on enchanting him... such is the danger of over confidence that often comes with even a little power.
Much of the enchantment was just the standard 'Blindness' - a fairly simple version of the 'Vanity' spell (to which the daughters of Venus are notoriously prone due to their natural naivity), that most unscrupulous wizards can easily cast on the unwary. The Princess, out of her depth, was now blind and at his mercy...

Later, the poor Princess found herself returned to her sunny kingdom but she could no longer face the sun and hid in the darkness. Still under the weakening wizard's spell she could yet barely tell black from white and blundered around in the dark.

Eventually, pale and desperate, the Princess summoned her old advisor - the servant of Apollo.
The Disciple tried in vain to help her but she, still affected by the wizard's spell, remained lost in her blindness.
In desperation the Disciple chose to invoke 'ANGER' - though it too, often blinds - it can be an effective antidote.
So it was that the Princess was saved - though her sight was never quite the same and she remained a little vain - but the Disciple was blamed for all... for it is a consequence of 'ANGER' that it often turns to hate.
Magically, the advisor, servant of Apollo, admitted his fault...
for he had encouraged her in the beginning.
And so, they all lived happily ever after...
now they had someone to blame :O)