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Chapter Thirteen: Fall in love all over again
At the castle (In Tony's room)
Tony was already pulling out suits left and right as James sat on his bed while saying "I think the last one looked fine Tony. Why are you going through all this fuss anyway?" Tony looked back at James as he said "I'm trying to find the perfect outfit for when I go see her, you know like ones that don't make me look like I'm a royal. Oh this one looks really good" Tony pulled out an outfit that had a tan vest with off white pants with a white blouse with it. Tony went straight of the bathroom that he had in his room while closing the door behind him.
James laughed a little as he yelled out "So does this have anything to do with the fact that you want her to think that you're an apprentice? I mean come on Tony you can't fool someone like her, and she looks smart enough to see through that."
Tony a humph sound as he said "Look I have to wear this so that way she doesn't know that I'm a royal" as then Tony went to get dressed in the bathroom in which was in his bathroom. Minutes later Tony came out in the outfit that he was in and walked out to see James passed out like he was drunk. Tony ran over to him as he yelled out "James, James is you alright" as then James looked at Tony as he said "Tony it's you right, I mean you aren't someone else right like someone in this book."
Tony smiled like the sun as he said "James is this really you. . . . . . . . . . Oh James you don't know how happy to see you" Tony gave James a hug as James said "Okay so tell me what happened."
Tony stopped hugging his friend as he started to tell him everything dealing with knight James, his father, and mother. After telling him that James had his mouth opened as if falling to the floor as he said "You have got to be kidding me! You mean to tell me in this story you are a prince and your parents who aren't alive but are in this story are but they are a king and queen. What about Pepper Potts? Where is she in this?"
Tony sighed as he said "I don't know. . . . . . I mean there is this beautiful woman that I met in the forest yesterday and I'm going to see her now."
James thought for a second as he said "What did you tell her anyway" Tony smiled as he said "I told her that I was an apprentice" James laughed like crazy hunched over on the floor and still laughing as Tony rolled his eyes at his friend as he said "What, what's so funny! Look I had to tell her something and I didn't want her to figure out that I'm a prince for god's sakes! Besides she believed me" James looked up at Tony as he said "Oh come on you never did hard labor in your life! You don't even know what to do if someone asked you to milk a cow!"
As then both Tony and James heard Ratchet say "What's funny James, oh hey Tony what's up!"
James laughed out "Tony told this mysterious woman that he was an apprentice" as then Ratchet laughed out with James as Tony yelled out "Guys that isn't funny! I had to tell her something and that is what I told her" Ratchet wiped his face as he said "Well I agree with James you didn't work a day in your life! You've always been a playboy Tony what have you done to really work!"
Tony yelled out "I made the Ironman suit!" Only to have Ratchet and James laughing even more as Tony just sighed as he walked into his bathroom and put the outfit on. Once he was done he walked up to the mirror as he said "Okay how do I look" Ratchet laughed out "Like an apprentice" then James joined in saying "Yeah more like a baker" then both Ratchet and James continued to laugh as Tony rolled his eyes at them as he left them laughing at his way of hiding who he was to a woman he asked out on a date of what he was.
In the cottage
Pepper got all of her chores done as Lady Tremaine walked up to her as she said "My daughters and I are going into town to get some things there. I want you to clean the chimes and wash the floors of this house. Then I want you to clean every room in this house and I mean spotless!" Pepper nodded as her evil step-mother left the room leaving Pepper to do her chores. Anastasia had hidden in the stairwell to make sure that her mother didn't see her as she went up to Pepper as she whispered to her "I'll keep them distracted at the market, go get changed and go see that handsome apprentice".
Pepper nodded as she whispered back "I'll do it the minute you guys leave I don't want your mother suspecting anything" Anastasia nodded as she left the room leaving Pepper to continue to chores. Once Pepper was done with it she heard her step-mother and step-sisters talking then opening the door as they left the house. Once they were gone Pepper ran up the stairs to get ready for her date with the handsome apprentice. Pepper found a beautiful light blue gown with ¾ quarter sleeve dress with pink flowers on it as she put it on making her look even more beautiful the ever.
Pepper went up to mirror as mice circled around her while Pepper said "Well I can't do anything to my hair but what do you think" even though the little animals couldn't give her an answer. But Pepper could always understand them she knew that they like it from the noises that they made. Pepper looked down at them as she said "Okay I need to go and see him." Then left her room that was in the attic and down the stairs through the kitchen then outside once there she went up to Love as she whispered "Ready to see our friend again" the horse made a happy noise as Pepper got on it. Then rode off into the direction of where she last met the handsome apprentice.
In the forest
Tony was already there with a basket of goodies in one hand while the other was holding the rains of Ironman. Tony looked around to see if the beautiful woman would come again, but then heard Ratchet say "Now how do you know what this beautiful lady looks like?" Tony sighed as he started to set up the picnic that he and his friend would have while answering "Look I just know okay just leaves it to that! Now stay quiet" Ratchet looked at James who was hiding behind a tree and stayed quiet for a bit with Tony.
Ratchet whispers to James "So tell me what you're going to do" James looked up as he saw Ratchet look at him while he whispered back "I'm going to keep an eye out for Pepper Potts. Also to make sure that no one disturbs them from this date that Tony is having with this mysterious woman." Ratchet nodded as both he and James watched the tale unfold as Tony still stood there waiting for his beautiful maiden to appear.
As if on cue Pepper showed up with Love as she rode closer to Tony making the young man smile like the sun. James gasped out "Pepper. . . . . . Pepper Potts" then Ratchet yelled out "She's Cinderella" as then both Pepper and Tony looked in the direction of the voice as if it all went quiet. Tony went up to her as he held out his hands while saying "May I help you my lady" Pepper giggled as she moved around with one leg to get over the horse and let Tony help her down from her horse. Pepper held her rains as she walked her horse to Ironman and then sat down on the blanket that Tony had set out for them to sit on for their picnic.
Tony sat next to her as he said "I packed some food I hope you might like it" as he pulled out some apples, grapes, chicken, wine, but then when he pulled out strawberries Pepper voiced out "I'm sorry but I'm allergic to strawberries."
Tony nodded as he said "Well now I know, but I usually take them with me because of Ironman. For some reason he likes them don't you boy" then through one at his horse as Ironman caught it in midair. Pepper giggled as she said "Wow your horse does like them. . . . . . . . Tony" the man in question looked at Pepper as he said "Is something wrong? Have I done something to upset you" Pepper blushed as she looked down at her hands as she said "This is so romantic". Tony smiled as he lean into Pepper as he whispered "I'm glad that you like this and I would like to ask you if I could kiss you."
Pepper who was still blushing as Tony lean into Pepper as did she; just as they were about to kiss both of them heard someone yell out "Prince Tony Stark. . . . . . . . . Prince Tony where are you? King Howard and Queen Maria need to see you right away" making Tony sigh as Pepper looked at Tony while saying "Um why are the royal guards here and why are they calling for Prince Tony Stark." Tony looked at where the voices were coming from then looked at Pepper as he said "It's nothing" then lean into Pepper again but was disturbed from James saying "Tony, Tony come here I need to tell you something important."
As then Pepper spoke out "James, James is that you" then got up from the blanket and walked over to where James was at as Tony followed her. When Pepper finally got there James smiled at her as he hugged her while saying "Oh Pepper I'm so glad that you're okay." Tony stood their shocked as what he just heard that the beautiful maiden that he met in the forest was Pepper Potts. Pepper smiled as she said "Oh James you don't know how happy I am to see you. But where is Tony Stark and where are we" James sighed as he looked over Pepper's shoulder to see Tony looking at his shoes as he looked back at Pepper as he said "Well first off you, Tony, and I are in a fairy-tale called 'Cinderella' and well Tony is behind you. And he's a prince in this story that and Ratchet has been helping us with the stories" James pointed in the direction where Tony was standing at as Pepper looked to see that it was actually Tony that asked her on this date.
Pepper could feel herself starting to cry as she whimpered out "You, you are the prince in this story? Why, why would you lie to me Tony Stark" Tony looked at Pepper with reassurances as he said "Look I didn't know it was you, besides how was I supposed to know that you are the 'Cinderella' you rode in on that beautiful horse that I didn't even know if you were the story or if you were real. Oh Pepper please don't cry" Pepper put her hands on her face to hide that she was crying in front of James and Tony as he walked up to her trying to hug her only to have her push Tony away from her. Tony fell to the floor of the ground looking up at Pepper who still had tears coming down on her face and looked angry at him.
"That is not what I said! I asked you why did you lie to me, you Tony Stark haven't changed at all! I thought maybe, just maybe that when Amethyst did that thing to us you would have changed; that when Beth smacked your ass that you would have learned your lesson on that and that maybe that you would just be more caring or at least not lie to me" said Pepper.
As Tony got up brushing off his clothes as he looked at Pepper while saying "I'm getting to that look when I didn't know that it was you, I didn't want you to think that I was a prince and I just wanted to have you fall in love with me for not being a royal. And as for that other stuff, I have changed you saw what that crystal user did to us. Even when Beth smacked my ass when that stupid time crystal happened I wasn't the same after that, and technically you didn't even recognize me either so don't say that I lied to you since you didn't say who you were when we met in this book!"
Pepper started to cry even more as she ran past Tony and got on her horse then rode away from the two men alone. Tony kicked the dirt as his horse Ironman made a noise as James said "Why would you say that to her Tony? Do you know what she's been through? In this story she's got three people who are nasty to her and you acted like a guy who kicked a puppy in the face." Tony walked up to James as he yelled out "Well maybe you shouldn't have told her or something I don't know! All I was doing was what the stupid story wanted me to do and now she won't even look at me" James put a hand on him as he said "Well if it's any consolation you have changed, well come on we need to head back to see what your parents want." Tony sighed in defeat as he walked up to his horse and got on it while James got on his and rode off in the direction of where the guards where calling him.
Back at the cottage
Pepper finally got back from the forest as she put her horse Love back in her stable as she walked towards the back end of the house still crying from what just happened to her. As Pepper walked into the cottage she heard footsteps which told her that someone was coming so she continued to work while she was still crying. Pepper heard a whisper call out her name "Pepper, Pepper are you back" then she heard Lady Tremaine yell out "Why would she be back Anastasia tell me right now what is going on!"
Pepper ran up the steps to the main floorer as she saw Lady Tremaine, Drisella, and Anastasia standing there with stuff in their arms. Pepper went up to them as she said "Let me get those" Pepper took the stuff as all three of the ladies looked at her as she took them. Lady Tremaine looked at Pepper oddly as she said "Why have you been crying dear? Did you cut an onion or something?" All Pepper could do was nod as Drisella laughed while pointing at her as she said "Oh did that onion make your cry you stupid baby! No one will ever love you Cinderella" while Anastasia just gave her a sad look as Pepper went on doing her work with what her step-mother and the others wanted her to do.
Once Pepper was done she went up to the attic and sat on her bed that was there. As then she heard a voice say nicely "May I come in" Pepper looked up to see that it was Anastasia as she nodded while her nice step-sister came in with some bread and butter on a tray with a drink. Anastasia sat the tray on the table that Pepper had in her room as she said "Do you want to talk about it" Pepper sighed as she said while Anastasia cut the bread and put the butter on the bread "Well it turns out that the apprentice is actually Prince Tony Stark."
Anastasia looked at Pepper as she gasped out "The hot apprentice is actually the Prince Tony Stark! Oh my god you have to be kidding me" Pepper shook her head as Anastasia put her hand on her shoulder as she said "What happened" Pepper could feel herself crying again as she whimpered out "He had lied to me that he wasn't really an apprentice and he didn't tell me that he was a prince Anastasia. He should have told me" Anastasia smiled at her as she hugged Pepper while saying "Is that so bad Pepper?"
"What do you mean" said Pepper as Anastasia continued "Well I bet he didn't want you to think that he was spoiled prince, or the fact that he is a royal. He probably wanted to go on a normal date with you. Other than that how the date went" Pepper sniffled as Anastasia padded her on the back as Ratchet said "Oh don't cry Pepper the date wasn't that bad."
Anastasia looked up to see that Ratchet was on top of the ceiling looking at them as Anastasia said "Uh Pepper there is a Lombax on the ceiling looking at us."
Pepper stopped hugging Anastasia as she looked up as she gasped out "I forgot James told me that you were helping us" as Ratchet smiled at the two ladies while saying "Yup finally someone who knows who I am and by the way Anastasia I like how you've been treating Pepper. Nice change from the whole evil step-sisters thing" Anastasia looked up as she said "Uh thanks" as Pepper said "Well Tony did make a picnic for him and me. It was really sweet of him to do that but then it got ruined by the royal guards calling for him. Also there is something that I need to tell you but please don't be mad at me."
Anastasia did a motion on her chest as she said "Cross my heart I won't get mad or tell anyone" as Pepper told her everything that she knew from Tony Stark being Ironman and everything that happened to her as well about Amethyst as well as about Ratchet and the others. Once she was done Anastasia looked at her with a smile on her face as she said "So your boyfriend. . . . . Oh I mean Prince Tony is actually a superhero as well as his friends but the only reason why you guys are in here is because of an evil crystal witch put you guys in here. That you are friends with the Princess Eleabeth who kicks ass on a 24 bases and some other stuff that I can't think right now. This is so cool" Pepper had a smile on her face as Anastasia got all excited as Ratchet said "Wow I didn't think a character from a book would react like that."
Pepper smiled as she said "You aren't mad" then Anastasia replied back in an excited tone "What no I'm not mad, but we can't tell my mother or my sister about this."
"So are you going to see Prince Tony again" said Anastasia as Pepper looked away from her as she said "I don't think he wants to see me after the way I treated him."
"So go see him Pepper, it's clear he's meant to be with you" answered Anastasia as Pepper looked back at her step-sister as Ratchet said "You go girl, you tell her."
Pepper smiled as she said "Okay so you're right that Prince Tony and I are meant to be together, but there is a problem with that."
"What do you mean" said Anastasia as Pepper continued "Your mother and sister won't let me leave this place. I would need to finish all my chores from them and you know that you family won't let me out of this house let alone to see him. So I can't really go see Prince Tony" Pepper sighed as Anastasia put her hand on her shoulder as she said "Right I forgot about that. . . . . . Well I'll think of something" as then Ratchet said "That really sucks that they treat you like that Pep, oh I don't mean you Anastasia" the young lady in talk of nodded as Pepper said "Thanks Ratchet, but we need to sleep now so if you could."
Ratchet smiled as he said "And so Anastasia said 'Good night sis' then left the room to go to bed and Pepper laid down on the stuffy bed. . . . . . . Wait you lay on a stuffy bed" Pepper looked at him stern as he continued "Okay, okay so Pepper laid on the bed and fell asleep dreaming about her handsome prince." Anastasia did what Ratchet said and left the room while Pepper fall sleep on her bed dreaming of Tony Stark her one true love.
Back at the castle
Tony was walking down the halls ever since the guards found him and James after they had met up with them. James followed behind him while the other guards was walking with them as James "Why do you think that your parents wanted to see you?" Tony looked at his friend as he said "I don't know but if they found out that I was out then we have a problem" as then they walked into the dining room where Tony's parents Howard and Maria were sitting there at the table waiting for him. Tony and James stood there waiting for them to say something as Howard dismissed the other guards then gestured to them to sit with them.
Howard looked at Tony as he said "We need to talk" Maria nodded as she said "Your father and I have been talking lately about you dear." Tony looked at his father as Howard said "Yes we have decided to hold a ball for you to have you chose someone to be your wife, so choose carefully".
Tony looked at his father happily while saying "Are you serious really" Howard nodded as Tony then said "What about the princess that you want me to meet with?"
"You let me worry about that you have to find a woman that would have you" said Howard as Maria looked at her husband then to her happy son as she said "Yes chose carefully for divorce only has it in France and England" Tony got up as he hugged his parents while James waited for him to get done. Tony then said "Thank you so much this means so much to me" Maria got up as she said "I'll walk you to your room I need to talk to you for a second" then walked with Tony back to his room while James got up nodded to Howard as he said "I'll go check on some things" then left the dining room with Howard sitting there.
While walking down the halls of the castle Maria held her son's arm as she said "So how did it go with the mysterious lady you were talking about?"
Tony looked at his mother as he said "How did you know" Maria smiled as she responded with "I'm your mother I know these things, now tell me how your date went with her."
Tony sighed as he said "Well I had a picnic set up for her and me which was great at first until the guards came. But I sort of told her that I was an apprentice and not a prince." Maria sighed as they arrived at his room while she said "Oh sweetheart I understand what you did but darling you shouldn't have done that or at least told her the truth about who you really are. I hope you learned your lesson on that" but Maria realized that Tony was in deed sad by the look on his face as she said "Oh sweetheart" as she touched his shoulder only for him to say "She'll never love me again though" then walked into his room while closing to door but only to hear his mother say "Anything is better than an arranged marriage."
Maria sighed as she turned around from her son's room while walking back down the hall while a servant went up to her as she said "My lady what about the necklace that Lady Tremaine and her daughter has given to you at the church." Maria sighed as she said "Take it to my room and put it in the jewelry box I'll talk to my son tomorrow about it. I need to help my husband with the invitations for the ball that will happen in the next couple of days" the servant nodded as she left to let Maria to go see her husband to get things ready for the ball.
