What are some ways to end a fairy tale with out the end

And they lived happily ever after.

You can do a tie back ending or a twist ending. A twist ending is a story that ends in this way catches the audience by surprise with a completely unexpected turn of events, and a tie back ending is when a story written in this fashion will begin and end in the same way. The ending is revealed first before the you can fill in the details of how that ending came to be.