Trapped Alone

100 years ago, it was decided that she was to marry the little boy who gave her the most attention during her visit to the surface. Princess Gelline did not know where to go at the time, so she stumbled upon this little guy. His pointy nose was one of his distinguishable features. He gave her a tour of his town, and bought her some candy, and walked hand in hand along with her on the boardwalk. Princess Gelline introduced herself as Helena Jones so that no one would suspect anything. In the sunset by the forest, Princess Gelline asked the little boy for his name. "My name is Charles," he said, "But my middle name sounds better: Montgomery."

"That's a long name," said Princess Gelline.

"I know," responded Montgomery, "When I was three I couldn't even say it right."

The last moment they shared was punctuated by a quick peck on the princess's cheek. Then, out of nowhere, she decided to leave him. But she promised she'd never forget him, and she didn't. But sadly, he did forget her.

Over time Gelline grew older, and her parents passed away, so she became the queen. She had flings but never found a king—although she yielded an heir. But when 100 years had passed, she decided it was time to take matters into her own hands. Her son, Prince Zabannuu stood back, as she reached her hands up to the sky. The vortex was pulled ever farther apart. The plan was perfect. From the surface, it looked invisible, but it was specially crafted for Montgomery to fall through. 600 feet above the tower's bottom, the vortex swirled. And the guards up top would make sure only Montgomery would get in—and how did they know it was him? The presence of his pointy nose was the easiest way. It was imperative that he did not get a nose-job. Queen Gelline waited patiently.

Montgomery had loads of money waiting to be counted. "Smithers!" he shouted to his younger assistant, "Could you please count this money for me?"

"Yes sir, but… just to warn you, it might take days," Smithers responded honestly.

Montgomery was unfazed; he simply laughed sinisterly and tented his fingers while saying "Excellent" in an ominous voice. Not everything he did this for was ominous, but it was a habit he formed over the years.

Montgomery was delighted when he heard Smithers say "Ten million"… and was less than 1 done with the pile. His bank account was in good shape. He was so ecstatic that he started jumping around and then… without noticing where he was going, and suddenly, he fell through a hole in the ground.

Smithers quickly jotted down his place, because he knew that's what Montgomery would want, and then turned around, looking awestruck at Montgomery falling through the ground. "Sir!" he proclaimed worriedly as he tried to pull on Montgomery's underweight arms and save him, but the other force was too strong.

Grunting, sweating, and falling to the ground, Smithers accidentally let go of Montgomery and he continued to fall. Montgomery screamed out of fear and down he fell. Smithers began to weep. "Oh, Mr. Burns, why now? I expected some kind of warning before you got pulled down to hell… like I don't know, a death or something? Well at least this way, I didn't have to watch your soul be removed from your gorgeous body."

Montgomery fell down and eventually hit his face at the bottom. Without surprise, he was bleeding. "Owwwwwwwwwww…" he muttered, "How the hell did I live through that?"

The woman behind him said, "It's quite easy, Montgomery. And you can be healed too." As if by magic, Montgomery got his face restored, at which point he got up.

Then he asked, without any hesitation, "How the hell do you know my name?"

She came out of the shadows and made herself visible. She had long purple hair, and a sparkling black gown with long and wide sleeves and a big poofy skirt. Her face was adorned with too much makeup. She looked at Montgomery and said, "I've been waiting for this moment for one hundred years!"

"Since I was four?" Montgomery asked.

"Yes," said the woman, "It was then I decided you would be my groom."

Montgomery retorted, "I don't want to be your groom. You're ugly and stupid. And where is my assistant?"

"You don't need him anymore, Montgomery. Forget everything you know about Waylon Smithers," she said, "I will be your only company from now on. You knew me as a child as Helena Jones, but my real name is Queen Gelline."

Montgomery wrinkled his nose and said coldly, "No wonder you lied about it, Queenie. If my name was Gelline I'd hate people to know that."

"Will you quit being so mean?" Queen Gelline asked while very irritated.

"Funny…" Montgomery said, "Smithers always managed to put up with it, to the point where I stopped trying with him, because it was easier to be nice."

Queen Gelline rolled her eyes. "Yes, Montgomery, I get it. But the point is… forget about him. Forget you ever had him. I am your one and only now, and all your previous friends can forget about EVER seeing you again.

"Well," Montgomery said shyly, "I only really had one."

"And if you bring him up one more time, I'll lock you in your cell!" she said, looking angry.

"Smithers never tried to dominate me!" Montgomery taunted. "He and I were only friends, so if you want to be my lover you're going to have to try harder than he did."

"That's it!" Queen Gelline said, "Guards!!"

Two guards came and dragged Montgomery away to his cell, where he felt like he would rot forever. Prince Zabannuu looked at his mother and said, "You know, maybe you should listen to his pleas."

Queen Gelline growled at Prince Zabannuu.

Waylon Smithers tried so hard to get Montgomery back. First he tried sending a dolly down through the vortex, but it came back beaten by the guards so badly that the frame was actually damaged. He was determined though. So he got about 100 subordinates to make a chain behind him, so that they could safely bend into the hole, and he could reach Montgomery. But his mistake had been to include Homer Simpson who got distracted while eating a donut causing all the men in front of him to scatter about all over the floor except for one guy who fell into the vortex, and was later killed by the guards. Waylon began to cry once more. "Oh, it's just hopeless…" he muttered. He looked at the floor and then said, "I love you, sir. Please be okay."

"Close the vortex," Queen Gelline demanded, "That Waylon Smithers character is quite persistent." The vortex was closed.

Prince Zabannuu shouted, "Mother, think of someone besides yourself for once!"

Waylon was devastated when he found the vortex shut. "Oh no…" he said, "He's gone forever." And he walked onto the balcony, looking down at the street below.