Chapter 11: Finding Her

At the touch of the kiss a bright lights began to gather around them. Backing up a little Scarlett watched around as things began to change. Before long Rhett was back to being the prince of the land. While everything was going to the way things were many years ago.

"Scarlett," Rhett said as he went over to her.

Giving him a hug she knew things were going to be okay. "You did all of this without the help of the princess after all." Scarlett said looking at him with a smile.

"I suppose your right." Rhett said agreeing with her taking her hand gently.

At the touch of his hand something began to happen. Scarlett turned and saw that everything had changed. She no longer wore the light red dress she arrived with, but wore a light blue off the shoulder dress, as a top layer of almost white lace could be seen over top from top to bottom. The dress hugged her 18 and a half inch waist while it flowed out at the bottom to cover her lovely shoes. While her long chestnut hair lay in curls down her back with a little silver tiara upon her head.

"You're the princess." Rhett said with a smile. "Why didn't I think of such thing?

Scarlett went over to the small pond and looked at her reflection. Indeed she was the princess. "I don't understand Rhett, how is this possible? I've never been here in my life."

"It happened a very long time ago. Remember the story I told you?"

Nodding her head yes Scarlett remembered the story. "You and I were living a great life together and were going to be happily married when Ashley took over and turned me into the nutcracker and placed you in the tower."

Still letting it all sink in Scarlett began to slowly understand. Drawling her close Rhett kissed her, their first kiss in such a long time.

"Mother, Daddy," a little girls voice came out within the crowd. Pushing her way through the crowd a little girl appeared. This little girl wore a powder blue dress as her black hair lay in a mess of curls. While a smile came to her lips and happiness danced in her eyes. The little girl ran up and gave them a hug.

"Bonnie?" Scarlett asked in confusion. What was going on here? She was the princess of the land, but how? That answer was still making her head spin.

"Bonnie, is our little girl." Rhett said picking her up and giving her a kiss on the cheek. "How's my little girl?" he asked her.

"Good, I've missed you and mother so much." Bonnie said with a giggle.

"We've missed you just as much." Rhett said as he looked at his young daughter.

"How? I don't understand." Scarlett asked non of this was making any since. Of course she understood how "Is that why she came to me right away? When we first saw her?"

"Yes, she knew it was you, but you had no idea it was her, that's why she cried Mommy, Daddy when you asked her and the other children about their parents." Rhett said still holding Bonnie. "It doesn't surprise me that you don't remember any of this."

Scarlett shook her head side to side. Rhett was right she didn't remember any of this. "It all happened on the day of the engagement. The day you were placed in the tower, you were four months pregnant." Rhett began as Bonnie wanted her mother. Taking her Scarlett kissed her cheek. "For the next five months you sat in that tower waiting for our child to be born. I wasn't there to help you through any of it. However, before that awful day came we sat down and talked about names for the baby. We finally decided on Bonnie if it was a girl, well Bonnie Blue for short."

Scarlett began to take all this in. It was quite the shock to learn that she was the long lost princess to this place and on top of it learn that she has a child as well. Talk about a long, stressful and odd day.

"As the story goes Bonnie was given to a nice family in town who already had two children, Wade and Ella. They said they would take good care of her until the day came that the land was back to the way it used to be. It just wasn't a safe place to raise a child. So a few days after she was born she was taken to this family and raised as their own never knowing who her real parents were, that is until she saw you entering the small town." Rhett finished the long tale.

Now all of this made since. If someone would have came up to Scarlett and said she was the princess of a land and had a child she would have just laughed and told them they were crazy, but now she would have believed them happily. Could this really be here life, instead of the life she once had at Tara and with her family?

Putting Bonnie down she ran and got her little kitten.

"Do you still want to go back home?" Rhett asked taking both her hands in his and pulling her close.

This was so much in just one day. Yes, she missed home and yes, she missed her family, but she felt like she was already home in a way. Looking at all the people that were around them, at her little girl and then back at Rhett. Scarlett just wasn't sure what to say.

"I-I don't know I-"Scarlett began as she could feel the answer on the tip of her tongue. That was a big question to answer.

"I can answer that." Ashley said limping through the crowed with a rather evil smile upon his lips. While his left hand held the locket.

"My locket," Scarlett said in horror. She had wondered where her locket had gotten too. "Where did you find it?"

"On a branch in the woods," Ashley said "You know you should really learn to hang onto things that are yours." Holding ever so tightly to the locket he looked at Scarlett and Rhett. "If I wanted to I could have sent you home just like you wanted to."

"You wanted to go home? Why didn't you say something?" Rhett asked still holding onto Scarlett's hands.

"I wanted to a while back. I was missing my family." Scarlett began as she could feel her heart beat fast. "But then this happened and now I don't want to go home."

Giving her a kiss on the lips Rhett was happy with her answer. "Aw, how sweet, to bad I'm going to have to dissolve this little reunion." Ashley said with evil in his eyes.

Putting his arms around her Rhett thought he could protect Scarlett. What was coming Rhett wouldn't be able to save his princess.

Still looking at them Ashley opened the silver locket.

"No!" they all yelled as Scarlett began to disappear.

"Rhett," Scarlett cried as she reached for him. This couldn't be happening.

Trying to take her hand in his, but it was no use she disappeared all together.

"Scarlett, I love you." Rhett said as he got one last glimpse of Scarlett.

"Mother!" Bonnie cried as a tear ran down her face. She ran up next to her father. "Daddy, where did mother go?" sobbed Bonnie as her mother was gone yet again.

"Back home, her real home." Rhett said as he picked his daughter up and held her close for this was all he had left.

A/N: Scarlett was the princess. The one Rhett had been looking for. Will he ever find her again? I posted a picture of what Scarlett's dress looks like. It's not just like I wrote about but it's close lol. Two chapters left.