Chapter Two
At home Saphhire tells her father what the people in the village sre thinking about them. "They think you are crazy and I´m strange Papa". Her father puts his hammer away and lokks at his daughter. "Don´t worry Sapphire. Thanks to my newest invention, we will live a new Life. I promise" Sapphire´s father, Maurice, said and smiles. "Common let´s try it!" he added and starts the maschine. And it really worked. Sapphire hugs her father happily and said:" I´ve knewn it! You are a Genius!". After 10 minutes Maurice bridle his horse, Phillippe, and set off to the market. Sapphire waves after him. "Baii! good Luck!" she yelled softly and smiles until he was gone. Then Sapphire goes inside to do the housework. But MAurice got lost and ride into a dark, foggy forest. He stopped to look around. Suddendly a swarm bats was flying through him. when the bats were gone and he calmed his horse down, he was looking around again. Suddendly Maurice saw yellow eyes watching him in the darkness: Wolves! In Panic Phillippe started to run into the woods and Maurice falled down on the ground. He stands up and and tried to escape from the pack of wolves, which were hunting him through the woods. But then he arrived in front of a huge, heavy gate. In the last minute he could squeeze through the gate and left the hungry wolves on the other side of the gate.
Maurice found a huge, old castle in front of him. He goes inside and askes:"Hello? I´ve lost my horse and I need a place were I can stay". "Of course Monsieur! You are welcome here!" Someone said. Confused Maurice looked around. Nobody was seen! But then he looked down and saw a severe looking clock and next to it a friendly looking candlestick! Maurice grabbed the clock and looked amazed at it. "That is incredible! How does that work?". The sorceress enchanted the whole servants into objects. Against the protest from the clock Pearl, the candlestick Amethyst leads Maurice to the parlor, where the kind teapot Madame Rose and her son the teacup Steven already waits for them. But suddendly the door opens with a loud bang and a angry voice yelles:"A stranger is in my castle!". A huge, ungainly Beast stands in front of Maurice. He said with a scared voice:" I`ve got lost in the woods and I´ve only searched a place were i can sleep". "I give you a place to sleep!" The Beast shouted and drag Maurice with her.
In the same time Sapphire opened at home the door for Jasper. "You know Sapphire, there is no girl in the town, which wouldn´t love to be you right now. And you know why? Because I wanna marry you!" Jasper said to her. "Jasper, i really don´know hat to say now! Im so sorry but I just don´t deserve you!" Sapphire answered. Sapphire closed the door before Jasper could say anything. When she was about to go down the little stairs, she stumble over a stone and falls into thw mud. Sapphire peer out of the window and saw, that the whole town was assemble in front of the house and waits for a wedding. The priest and all of Jaspers friends saw how Sapphire rejected Jasper! When the angry Jasper left with the whole town, Sapphire goes outside to feet the chickens. After a while she saw that Phillippe returns but without her father. "Phillippe! Where is Papa?". The horse neigh fearfull and scared. Sapphire jumps on Phillippes back, in huge worry that something happens to her father. So Phillippe brings Sapphire into the dark woods. Soon they sfound the castle in the distance. Sapphire tries to calm Phillippe down but then she finds he fathers hat on the ground.
Hey Guys! Sorry that the second chapter comes so late! I had a lot to do and I also was ill and so on. But now its there! The second chapter! Well will Sapphire find her father or not? You will see in the third chapter! Baii Baii!