A/N: YES CHAPTER 2 IS FINALLY DONE! In this chapter Jess is at her very first foster home. She loves it there, until a strange event occurs the day before her 6th birthday... Why did she escape the orphanage? Find out here in Chapter two of Cursed Forever!

CURSED FOREVER

Escaping the Orpanage.

The rooms of the Slipper Orphanage were still. The only sounds came from the breezy summer air outside. A lonely woman sat in a chair at a fireplace. Her face was old with age. She wore a blue bathrobe, silently reading a cookbook on how to make pumpkin pies. She had snow white locks that tumbled down her head in gentle curls. The silence of the night rippled when she heard a distant sound coming from outside.

"She is here!" the elderly woman replied in response to the noise.

She gently opened the door to find a baby, 5 weeks old, in a basket sitting upon the front porch.

"Come on in my dear!" The woman said as she picked up the baby and gently rocked it back and forth, attempting to sooth the crying child.

"Now, now. Do not worry my dear." The elderly woman gazed into the girls eyes and then down at her blanket. It was a blue blanket embroidered with the name: Jessica.

"Jessica. Yes! Why, hello there!" The woman smiled. "Your mother was kind to drop you off here."

She bent down and touched the girls head. "Jessica Lockheart, you will achieve many great things." She kissed the girl and set her down by all the other orphans.

"Your stay here will be magical my dear. Have a nice rest and don't let the Overtakers bite!

6 years later:

"Jessica! Come here please!" Jessica slowly walked over to her foster mother,

Miss. Bettie Bleu. Jess liked Miss Bettie. Every weekend the orphanage would get to watch Disney movies and eat her famous Pumpkin Pies. Jess loved Ariel, The Little Mermaid. She wished she would get to meet her someday.

"Jessica? Where are you dear?"

"Coming Miss Bettie!" Jess yelled from her bedroom on the second floor.

She hurried down the stairs, her right slipper flying off as she appeared in front of Miss Bettie.

"Jessica, I want to wish you a very happy birthday! I will be away tomorrow night to do some…important stuff. I want you to stay out of trouble. And keep out of my office. Ok dear?"

"Where are you going?" Jess asked out of curiosity.

"I'm going to Disneyworld, my dear. I am being hired to…cook some pumpkin soup for a special event!"

"Can I come?" Jess asked.

"I'm afraid you can't go this time. Now here, I want to give you a birthday gift." Miss Bettie handed Jessica a flat present wrapped in blue glittery wrapping paper.

"What is it?" Jessica said as she unwrapped the gift. It was a diary. It was blue with glittery stars on the front. Jessica was stumped. Why would she get a notebook?

"It's for you to write all about your adventures!" Miss Bettie said. "You will have many adventures when your older." She stated. "I must get going. Be good Jessica"

She picked up her handbag and left out the door. When jess glanced out the window, she was gone.

"What am I gonna do with this?" Jess thought. This was not a pleasant birthday. She was sure Miss Bettie had lied to her today. Lying was something Miss Bettie promised to never do. Jessica felt betrayed. How many lies have Miss Bettie told Jess? Why cant jess go in the office?

Jess picked up her diary and went to the office to see why she wasn't allowed in there.

"Jess peeked through a small crack in the door. Jess tested the door and found it to be unlocked. The door gave a small creak as it slid open. Inside the office, tons of interesting items were on display. Jess caught the attention of a small cage. She looked inside the cage and noticed tons of small mice knitting a dress. They looked up at her and smiled.

"Did you just smile at me?" The young girl said.

She was perplexed when the mice replied. "why yes we did! How are you Jessica?" Jess was in morbid fright. How did her foster mother get talking mice? How did she leave so suddenly? Jess looked around the room some more. There were tons of weird items. An apple sat alone rotting on a shelf. An old dusty book was alone in the corner. She wiped the side to read what it said:

MERLIN'S BOOK O' SPELLS

"Merlin?" Jess asked herself. Who is Merlin? Jessica began to piece all the information together as she ran over bits of her day. She Lied to her about where she was going, She had talking mice and she was always reading books and cooking.

"Miss Bettie must be a… a witch!" Jess Screamed as a snake crawled out of the book of spelles, hissing at her.

"Where are you going? Want to be my friend?" The snake hissed. "Come on…Trust in Me! I don't bite!"

"No! Leave me alone!" Jess dropped the spell book and fled for the door. She quickly grabbed her Journal, for this sure is an adventure…More of a nightmare, she agreed. She grabbed her blanket and jacket and ran out the door.

Soooo... Can you guess who Mrs. Bettie Bleu is? She is NOT a witch... Will Jess ever see her again?

Only time will tell... in the meantime have a nice pumpkin pie or something... or check out all the characters on Facebook at Finn's Fantastic Blog!

- KK&Grimm

P.S. no flaming! flaming is bad...like an Overtaker.

UPDATE:

NEW CHAPTER WILL BE UP SOON! I'm sorry i havn't updated in a while!

get ready to find out the truth about Mali's Past...