Brothers Grimm and Sisters Nell
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I only own my OC Alexandra Casandra Nell and Sami owns only her OC Charlotte Evangelina Nell
Thanks to my amazing PT and co-writer, kurounue13! Much love, PT!
Alexandra Casandra Nell was sitting outside in the grass that was softly being swayed by the light breeze on the lovely sunny day in her and her sister's home of Karlstadt as she was writing one of her latest adventures that had just popped into her mind. This was her favorite place to write. Outside in the nice warm weather in the summer time. It was always so quiet and peaceful around her home...unless she and her sister were in a fight, which was very rare for the two. They were so close it was almost impossible for them to fight. But every once in a while they would be arguing about story ideas or how to execute a certain part of the story. They never fought over anything else but writing.
Alexandra smiled as she read over her work before she started writing when an invisible inspiration struck her as she started writing once again. Alexandra looked up as she heard the familiar sound of her sister's horse as she came back from town. She smiled again as she heard the horse getting closer to their home as she collected her book she was writing on and her paper and writing utensils as she walked back into their home and put her things on the table in the kitchen.
She hoped that her sister had gotten more of the writing utensils and more paper because she was once again running out. Alexandra and Charlotte both ran out of paper quite frequently, but Alexandra was the one that needed new paper almost every three days if not every week. She saw her sister riding up with saddle bags full.
When Charlotte was close enough to their house, Alexandra ran out the front door as she ran up to the horse and her sister. "What did you get, Charlotte?" she asked happily. "Food and you know what else." she said with a smile. "Writing utensils and paper?" she asked happily as she helped her sister unload the saddle bags. "Yes." Charlotte said.
"Oh wonderful, Charlotte, this is great. Hopefully this will last for more than a few days." she said as she pulled out the writing tools while Charlotte unloaded the food. "I've written so much today, sister." she said as she sat down at the table and pulled out all of her writings for the day as she put them to the side for her sister to read as she pulled out a new piece of paper and started writing from where she left off while she spoke to her sister.
"You know what is being said in the local gossip?" Charlotte asked. "No idea." Alexandra said as she wrote until her inspiration ran out for the moment before she looked up at her sister. "What's going on?" she asked. "The Brothers Grimm." she whispered into her sister's ear. Instantly Alexandra looked at her sister. "The Brothers Grimm?" she asked, a little louder than the normal speaking volume. "Yes. Apparently the miller up the road is being plagued by a witch." she said. "Like the one in my story?" she asked, smiling innocently as she got her papers for her story she had been writing all day as she stacked them up in order before giving the papers to her sister. "I guess so. They will be arriving tomorrow evening for a town council meeting to discuss what to do. The whole town is requierd to attend." Charlotte said. "The Brothers Grimm will be here? In Karlstadt?" she said, smiling. "How old are they anyways?" she asked, her womanly curiosity coming out now taking over her child-like innocence she was starting to lose. "Our age." she said. Alexandra smiled. "Where are my best clothes?" she asked her sister as she stood up from the table.
Charlotte rolled her eyes at her sister. "Charlotte, two men that are our age, and are probably handsome, are coming to our town. Wouldn't you want to wear your best clothes?" she asked her sister in disbelief before she walked off into her room as she started looking through her closet. "I wish I had more than just dresses!" Alexandra said, frustrated. "Oh please compared to me who dresses like a man." Charlotte said. "No one that I know." Alexandra said before she looked over at the other side of her closet where her casual clothes were she smiled as she picked out a good shirt and pants as she laid them out on her bed. "Ok. Ready for tomorrow." she said, smiling.
Charlotte rolled her eyes playfully again as she sat down on her bed. "Now time for more writing." Alexandra said to herself as she skipped out of her room and went back into the kitchen as she collected her supplies and then called out to her sister. "I'll be outside if you need me, Lottie." she called before she went outside, giggling. "Sister, you are obsessed." Charlotte said playfully. "I'm creative is all. I just wish we could do these sorts of things that we write about!" Alexandra said before she sat down on the grass once again as the afternoon was starting to turn into early evening. By nine 'o clock, she was still outside writing uncontrollably and unwavering.
"Will, where is this town?" Jake complained for the twentieth time since they started their journey. "It's right up here soon, Jacob, I'm sure of it." Will said as he looked around and soon noticed a house up ahead. "We've been on this journey forev..." Jake trailed off when a certain sight caught his eye. Will looked back at his brother for a half a second before he watched the road again.
Jake, however, hadn't realized he stopped in mid-sentence when he saw a girl that looked around his age or a year younger as she was sitting outside in a shirt and some pants. She had long, shoulder length, dark blond hair and a fit figure as she wrote down feverishly as she used new page after new page.
"She's..." he couldn't finish the sentence again as he looked upon her. "What is it, Jake?" Will asked as he kept his eyes on the road still. "There's a girl over there." he said as he stared. Will sighed. "Every time." he muttered.
"Alexandra, come inside, you can't possibly see." Will heard a voice say to the girl sitting outside. "I can see fine, just give me a few more minutes!" the girl named Alexandra called out.
"Will!" Jake said softly and urgently. "Will, let's ask them where the town is." he whispered urgently, shaking his brother's shoulder. "Oh alright." he said as he ushered his horse to follow Jacob. He might as well indulge his brother.
Alexandra was so immersed in her writing she didn't even hear the horses that were coming to a stop at the backyard of her home.
"Uh...ex-Excuse me, miss?" a male voice was heard and Alexandra looked up from her writing and a soft smile came on her face as she saw the most handsome man she'd ever seen in her entire life walk right up to her. She stood up and smiled a little bigger at the man. "May I help you?" she asked kindly. "Uh, yes, we are lost. We are trying to find..." he looked at Will. "What's the name again?" he asked. "Karlstadt." Will said from his horse. "We're not in much of a hurry, though. We've got an entire day until we need to be there."
Alexandra smiled at the one that was near her, her eyes never leaving him. "You are in Karlstadt. This is actually the start of it, if you go down a little ways straight then you should see the candlelight of the main square in about ten minutes." she said. "What are you doing there?" she asked. "We are here to settle the matter of with that has plagued these lands." Will said triumphantly.
Alexandra looked surprised as she looked at both the men before she looked at the one in front of her. "You two are the Brothers Grimm?" she asked. "Indeed we are, fair lady." Jake said. "Just one moment." she said before she ran into the house and Jake looked down at her writing as he picked up one of the papers and started reading. "Jacob!" Will scolded quietly. Jacob's eyes were transfixed on the story as Will watched the woman go and speak to a person wearing a hooded coat.
"I'm telling you, it is them, they just said so." Alexandra told Charlotte quietly and urgently. "Come, come see!" she whispered as she took her sister's hand and ran back outside.
She smiled, a little surprised, as she saw the man she admired reading her story as she walked over to him. She waved her hand behind the paper to see if it would get his attention, but he was still reading so she shrugged and got behind him as she whispered in his ear. "Enjoying my story?" she whispered to him. Jacob jumped slightly, but soon smiled. "Yes, it's rather fascinating." he said. Alexandra smiled as she giggled softly. "Thank you. I've got plenty more. I just wish I could do some of these things I write. If you'd like I can show you the rest of my stories. I keep them all on hand at all times." she said. Jacob smiled at her. "I-I" he stuttered. Alexandra giggled as she kissed his cheek. "I'll be right back. That isn't even the start of that story, I'll get that one first." she said before she ran inside, Jake noticed that her dark blond hair seemed to almost dance behind her as she ran inside.
Will noticed the hooded figure from before carrying logs that had been freshly cut to stay on the side of the house. "Sir-" Will started. The person stood up and removed the hood. "Oh." Will said. "I'm sorry, miss."
"I've heard of you." She said with a smile. Will smiled as he got off of his horse and gave a respective bow to Charlotte. "Will Grimm." he introduced himself. "Charlotte Nell." she said softly with a bow of her head. "Beautiful name for a beautiful woman." Will said charmingly as he kissed her hand. He noticed her cheeks were now tinted by a soft blush. "And might I say, you look very nice when you blush." he said softly as he smiled and Charlotte could see a bit of a semi-cocky smile in his look. She retracted her hand right as her sister came running out.
But she noticed that Alexandra didn't look twice at her or Will as she went to Jake and gave him some papers. "This is the beginning." she said. "You probably won't be able to see it out here though, would you like to sit, you two look like you could use a place to sit and maybe relax for a while." she said as she looked at Jake and then, barely, over at Will. "If the ladies are also offering a hot meal than we accept." Will said. Jacob looked over at Will when he said that before he looked back at Alexandra with a smile and she smiled at him. "Come in." she said softly as she took his hand that didn't have her papers in it as she all but danced her way inside with Jake.
Jake looked back at his brother as Alexandra dragged him off to the house. What do I do?, he thought.
Alexandra let go of his hand whenever he was in the house. "So, would you like something to drink or eat, Mr. Grimm?" she asked as she cleared the table of what Jake presumed to be her stories. Cozy, he thought as he looked around the house. "Oh just something I'm not too picky." Jake said. "Neither am I. All we've got to drink for right now is water." she said. "Oh, feel free to read some of my writing if you like." she said.
Soon, Will came in, along with Charlotte, who immediately put more wood on the fire. Alexandra got a glass of water for Jake and Will as she handed Jake his glass first before she handed a glass to Will.
Charlotte took her seat at the table as Alexandra dished up the Shepard's pie. She got a plate for everyone except herself as she put a dish in front of Charlotte and then Will before she put a plate next to her papers that Jake seemed to be enjoying. She smiled at him from behind and Charlotte noticed her sister's cheeks getting a small tint of pink as she smiled at Jake.
The moment Alexandra sat down, she began asking questions. "So, tell me about the lifestyle that is the Brothers Grimm."
"Well, where do I begin?" Will started and she looked over at him before she looked back at Jake and then took out one of her papers as inspiration came to her while Will explained their lifestyle. "and now we are here doing yet another good deed to help save a good person." Will finished.
"I think it's great what I've heard about the two of you." she said. "Oh, speaking of, I didn't catch your name." she said as she put her hand on Jake's shoulder softly as she stood up to refill his water glass. "Oh..I- I'm Jacob, Miss Alexandra." he said politely. Alexandra smiled as she sat his newly refilled water glass next to him. "Please, just Alexandra, or Alex if you like." she said, smiling, as she kissed his cheek. "And it's very nice to meet you, Mr. Jacob." she said with a smile as she sat down next to him again.
"The meal was delicious, Alex." Will said as he finished. "Thank you, Will." she said as she picked up the plate as she cleaned it before she put it away. Charlotte smiled at her sister as she munched on what was left of her bread.
Meanwhile Jake was pouting because Will had called Alexandra her nickname before he did as Jake looked at Will with that childish pout face before he shook his head and looked down at the papers only to realize he was finished reading the story.
I think I like her., Jake thought.
"Oh, Jacob, are you finished with my story?" she asked. "I am and it's really-" he looked up into her eyes. "it-it-" he cleared his throat. "It's really good." he said. Alexandra smiled as she looked into his eyes. "Thank you for reading. I've been looking for an outside opinion." she said. Jake visibly blushed. Alexandra giggled before she looked over at her older sister. "Charlotte, it's really very late. Maybe we should find some room for them to stay the night." she said before she looked over at Jake, looking him in the eyes with that child-like smile. "That is if you want to." she said.
"I think they have no choice, their horses look positively worn out." Charlotte said as she stood up and put her coat on. "I'll go take them out back with ours." she said. "I'll help you." Will said as he stood up, his coat still on. "You really don't have to." Charlotte said with a smile. "I'm never one to let a lady handle two horses by herself. Please, let me help." he said with his charming smile.
"Well then," she smiled at him as they walked outside into the cool night air. "Smells like rain." she said as she took Jake's horse by the reins. "That's the one thing I love most. A rainy night to put me to sleep." Will said as he followed Charlotte to the stables where there were two other horses already asleep. "It's very calming." she said as she removed the horse's saddle and began to brush him down for the night. "It is. Very relaxing if you've had a stressful day." he said as he helped his horse settle down and patted his head softly. "That's a boy." he said calmly. He watched her with his brother's horse. She softly spoke to him as she brushed him down an then put him in a stable. "That's a boy." she closed the stall and rubbed his face.
I think I like her., Will thought as he smiled at Charlotte before he looked over at his horse who was now asleep.
She laughed slightly as Jake's horse nudged her face. "He's playful, Jake's horse." Will commented. "While my horse is like me. Tough and tired after a long day." he laughed a little. "Well don't you worry you will have a warm bed tonight." she gave Jake's horse one last pat on the face before Will and Charlotte went back to the house.
Alexandra however was inside, alone with Jake, as she went around readying the house for the night, but she couldn't keep her eyes off of Jake, but she made sure to admire him from behind so she wouldn't appear strange to him.
Once she was finished readying the house for night time, she helped Jake with his and Will's bags and put them in the guest room where the two would be sleeping.
"What time do you think you are planning to leave tomorrow? It's not that I want you to go, I just want to make sure I'm up so I can say goodbye." she said, stuttering just a little. "Well, we really don't have to meet with the govenor till later tomorrow evening." Jake said. "Oh good. So you'll be able to stay for a while then." she said with a glad smile. Jake started to stutter again. "I don't see why not." he stuttered. She giggled almost uncontrollably as she looked at him. "Jacob, you don't have to be scared or anything. I'm not evil, I promise." she said.
"How could anyone so lovely and innocent be evil...one so pure of heart." he mumbled as he began spouting things from his imagination. She smiled at him. "I'm not sure if you meant for me to hear that or not, but thank you anyway, Jacob." she said. He smiled and was about to say something else, but there was a clap of thunder in the distance as rain began to fall. She then heard her sister and Will come running into he house.
"I can't stand thunderstorms, they really frighten me." she said and Jake noticed that she did jump a little when the thunder clapped from outside. Jake soon found himself pulling her into his arms. "It's nothing to be scared of." he said. She smiled as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Thank you, Jake." she said, using his nickname for the first time as she snuggled into him. He blushed again. She giggled as she noticed him blushing. "You are very sweet, Jake. I wish you could stay forever." she said as she rested her head on his shoulder. He smiled softly down at her. "I would like that as well." he said. She looked at him with a soft smile as well as she leaned her head up from his shoulder and went to kiss his lips before her nerves got the best of her and she kissed his cheek.
Jake just smiled and held her close to him. She smiled as she snuggled into his chest again as she held him as well. This felt so natural to her and she'd never even been with a man before, but somehow with Jake it seemed like this was where she truly belonged. And the crazy thing was she barely knew him, but she felt as if there was something to him that she just automatically connected with him.
"You should try and sleep." Jake said softly. Alexandra nodded. "You're right. I'll see you in the morning, Mr. Jacob." she said with a soft smile as she kissed his cheek. "Sleep well." she said before his brother came into the room and she exited with a kind smile to both Grimm brothers.
Alexandra walked into her and her sister's room and saw her sister lying there on her bed. "Charlotte, aren't they wonderful?" she asked as she laid down on her own bed. "They are." Charlotte said. Alexandra sighed dreamily as she cuddled with her pillow. "Well, good night, Charlotte. See you in the morning." she said softly as she cuddled into her pillow. "Goodnight." Charlotte said as she blew out the candle.
During the night, the storm was off and on outside until there was a terribly loud clap of thunder that violently woke up Alexandra as she breathed in and out quickly before she got out of her bed and, thanks to the light of the lightning outside, she was able to find the candle and light it as she made her way quietly out of her and Charlotte's bedroom and went into the kitchen where she lit another candle after setting the first one down on the kitchen table. She went back to her room and got her writing supplies before she returned to the kitchen and sat the candle down and she sat down as she sorted through her writings before she found the new paper and instantly her first instict was to write as she started scribbling down on the paper, continuing her latest story.
She jumped slightly as another thunder clap hit. She tried taking a calming deep breath before she shook her head and she continued to write as she focused on her story.
"Oh!" she heard Jake's voice. She looked over and saw that he had hit his head. She stood up as she walked over to him. "I'm sorry about that." she whispered to him. "Oh, no, no, it's alright." he said softly. "Come on, I can put some cold water on your head for you if it hurts." she said softly as she led him into the kitchen.
"Really, Alex, it's fine." he said. She smiled. "Alright, if you're sure." she said as she kissed his forehead where he hit it and smiled at him before she sat back down at the table. "Another story?" he asked. "One of many." she said with a smile. "You'd be surprised to know how many I've written. I've been writing since I was the age of five." she said. "That's very interesting." he said as he looked over the one she was writing. She smiled at him. "Would you like to read what I have so far? This one is a new story I just started. The first chapter is already done." she said.
Jake took the papers from her and quickly began to read over them. She smiled as she watched him hurry to sit down as he started reading. She giggled softly as she watched him. "You must really like my writing." she said. "I do." he said. She smiled as she watched him read.
Jacob finally put down the papers. "This is a great story." She smiled. "Thank you." she said. "The second chapter I started on, I've only been able to write about fear." she said. "Why fear?" he asked. "Well, I told you thunderstorms frighten me and with all these bangs of thunder, that's what I'm feeling, and sometimes if I'm in a strong enough mood, I'll write about the feeling I feel, which for right now is fear." she said softly. "I see." he said and she nodded before Jake suggested. "Why not try writing about conquering fear?" he asked and she looked at him. "Conquering fear? How would I do that?" she asked. "Well you're conquering fear right now. Awake during a storm." he said. "I'm just writing so I can ignore the storm, though." she said. "But that is conquering it, in a sense." Jake said. She nodded. "Yes...yes, I suppose you're right." Alexandra said as she smiled at Jake.
"I hate to ask you, since you've got a busy day tomorrow, but would you mind staying up with me? I'm still a little shaky right now and I don't do very well on my own when I'm scared." she asked. "Of course." he said with a yawn "I can make it." he said with a sleepy smile. She smiled as she collected all of her writing. "Are you sure? You don't have to if you're tired, I can always wake up my sister." she said. "No, no, I don't mind." he said. She smiled as she kissed Jake's cheek again. "Thank you, Jake, I really appreciate it." she said. "No trouble at all." he said with a big yawn again.
She smiled at him as she stacked up her writing. "You know what would be amazing, Jake?" she asked. "Hmmm?" he asked. "If I could actually live out these stories I write. If I could do the things that I write about. Like meeting a handsome knight and going off on supernatural adventures." she said as she looked at Jake, expressing her innermost feelings.
Jake perked up. What a brilliant idea., he thought.She smiled. "Like fighting off strange kinds of evils and battling like a true warrior." she said with a smile as she saw Jake perk up. But then his smile faded. "Alex, there is something I have to tell you." he said and she looked at him. "What is it?" she asked as her own smile faded. "I have to tell you the truth." Jake said. She nodded. "Alright." she said. "It's...all of it. It's not really real. What Will and I do is well...it's acting." he grew fearful as he told her the story. He started reverting back to a child like attitude, like a child having to tell his mother he broke her good china plate. "It is?" she asked. "But how? I mean, it just-" she started stuttering as she looked at him. He shrugged his shoulders slowly. "You're a writer...use your imagination, Alex." he said. She nodded. "I think I can...but why? Why would you have to act like heroes?" she asked.
"Will and I, well we have two more companions who go ahead of us a portray either a troll or a witch and torment people. We want to be heroes so we basically get to feel wanted. Needed." Jake sighed. "I'll understand if you don't ever want to see me again after this." he said and Alex shook her head. "Jake, no. I think...if you think about it in this way, you're bringing entertainment, in a sense. You're acting like heroes by defeating false evils, in a way. If that makes any sense." she said.
"But we are frauds," he said, shocked, "and we take people's money. I mean we naturally need the money to survive, but..." he trailed off. "But you are telling stories in a way that no other has. You're telling stories verbally and with actions while most tell stories like I do, with pen and paper." she said. Jake couldn't believe it, and he now couldn't stop smiling. She giggled at Jake. "And I respect it. The way you earn a living. You're doing exactly what I just said. Living out stories with insane twists and turns." she said. "How do you think Charlotte will handle it? And my brother seems to have taken a liking to her as well." he said. "I'm not sure. I don't know if she would think of this in the way that I do, but maybe I can explain it to her. And yes I've noticed that. They seem to be taking a liking rather quickly. I just wonder if they've actually spoken in an actual conversation, like we have, yet." she said.
"Sometimes you don't have to." Jake said and Alex nodded. "Hmmm..I guess you just know sometimes." she smiled. "I've never been in a relationship before, so I'm not exactly sure." she said. "Neither have I." he said. She smiled. "Jake, can I ask you something?" she asked. "Of course, anything." he said as he scooted closer to her. She smiled as she scooted closer to him as well. "What's it like? What you do." she asked. "At times, it's tough for me, but it's still an adventure." he said. She smiled. "I'd love to be a part of an adventure..even if it is acting." she said. "And...just one more question, I promise." she said, smiling.
"Alright." he said. "Are we friends? I know we just met today, but-" she started. "We are, yes." Jake said happily. She smiled as she kissed his cheek. "Good. I just wanted to be sure. Because you really make me feel very good, and that's what a friend is. And you've also been a very good help to me tonight by staying up with me and helping me conquer my fear of thunderstorms, which I'm still frightened of a bit." she said before she hugged him. Jake smiled and hugged her back. "Well as a friend," he yawned. "time for bed." he said. "Yes. And it sounds like the storm is gone now." she said before she and Jake stood up. "Thank you for tonight, Jake." she said as she hugged him once more and kissed his cheek. "No trouble, Alex. Sweet dreams." he said as he headed to his room. "Thank you, Jake. Sweet dreams." she said as she headed to her room and looked back at him a little before she smield and entered her room with her writings in her arms.
What a nice girl., Jake thought as he looked back at Alexandra a little before he went off to his own room for the rest of the night.