Chapter Eleven
Daphne's P.O.V.
This was happening all over again. This was just like Pinocchio all over again! I knew I shouldn't have gotten attached to Mustardseed, and fought with him! Wait, I didn't like Mustardseed, right? Did I? Did I really have a crush on him?
I was feeling the worst. I had fought with Mustardseed and now he lost his memory. Should I have made friends with Mustardseed when we met? I felt like I lost a chance in an important thing. And I didn't like it.
Right now, I was in the Court Room, and that Fiona had said she was Mustardseed's fiancée. WOW! This was just great. Mustardseed got up next to me.
"You're the one who punched me!" Mustardseed cried indignantly.
"Musty," Fiona cooed. "That's the past! After you left after I punched you, your Mother wanted to choose a bride. But, there were no princesses! I stepped up and told her I was a princess, and the blood test says it's true!"
"But you were a peasant!" Mustardseed exclaimed.
"I was abandoned at birth. My Mother and Father are the King and Queen or Dane. They had to leave me at Faerie orphanage because of some crisis in their land," Fiona answered, and I tensed as she brushed Mustardseed's hair away from his face.
"So you're saying your Princess of Dane and you're my fiancé?" Mustardseed summed up.
I clenched my hands. This was it. Mustardseed was going to get married to Fiona, and I would end up all alone. Didn't I have any chance in love? Why did Sabrina always have to be the pretty one?
I felt a hand on my shoulder. It was Sabrina's, and she gave me a sad smile. I shrugged it off and I got up from the seat. I marched to the exit, and slammed the door.
I needed to be alone. Mustardseed was now gone, and I was just a loner. I hated myself. Why weren't there any people who liked me?
I clenched my fists again and let out a scream. I fast-walked to the only place I felt save, the garden. I spotted it and I sat down onto the log. I closed my eyes, and tried to cool myself down.
Then, golden light flashed around my eyes and I opened my eyes. Golden beams were flashing next to me and a figure of a man appeared. After the light died down, I stared at the man.
I gasped. It was him. The one who broke my heart and betrayed my family. The one that I loved. Pinocchio gave me a smile. But it wasn't the one I knew. This one was a cold smile.
"Hello Daphne," Pinocchio sneered at me. "You look well."
"Y-you!" I stammered. "I'll get the g-guards! How are you here?"
Pinocchio rolled his eyes and chided, "Oh please. I want to talk to you. Plus, you can't go until I have had my talk."
I tried to get up, but the golden light trapped me.
"Fiend!" I cried. "Let me go!"
Pinocchio smirked. "You've changed."
I felt fury envelope me. What did he know? He changed me!
"Just get on with it," I spat, and Pinocchio stared at me.
"I've been watching you, Daphne," Pinocchio started, his eyes boring into mine. "You're special. Your poor Mustardseed is lost to you now. Your sister and Puck barely pay attention to you. Your anger is growing, from the hearth. I want to recruit you to the Scarlet Hand."
His last sentence echoed into my ears. Recruit? Into the Scarlet Hand?
"I can't do this!" I rejected. "I'll never join!"
"Daphne, you'll have great powers there. You want to find love? You have me!" Pinocchio answered and gripped my chin, thrusting it up. "You'll never be lonely again. You'll have what you want!"
"But you betrayed me!" I said bitterly. "You ripped my heart to pieces and because of you, I've changed. Sabrina know, everyone knows! You changed me!"
Pinocchio sighed. "I always knew you'd need a kiss before changing your mind."
I froze at his words.
Pinocchio leaned into me and I tried to squirm. I didn't want this. I shouldn't want this! But something inside of me squirmed. Finally, his lips met mine, and I felt magical. Would I really have love in the Scarlet Hand? Would I really be accepted and be allowed to me be?
But Sabrina…Puck…Mustardseed….Granny Relda. I would be betraying all of them. Especially Granny, who had sacrificed herself for me.
Pinocchio spread apart from me.
"Will you join us Daphne?" he asked huskily. "Do you want to be with me?"
I was tempted, but remembered what he'd done to me. I remembered how he broke my heart.
I looked him in the eye, and from the heart, I said, "I wouldn't join for the world.
That's the chapter! I wanted to put Pinocchio into this story because I thought it would be intresting! Ooooh, yeah, 57 reviews! Thank you guys! I love you!
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