Pre-note to avoid confusion: This chapter is what Jack is reading from Keira's notebook as implied at the end of the last chapter.
Day: Spring 17th
I've never been more afraid of anything in my life. Today my voice was stolen and I was cursed by a witch to live down here in this cavern down below the surface. It's really dark and scary down here without anyone with me. She told me that I would be stuck down here forever but I wonder if that's really possible. I just have to stay calm, I know that once my parents find out about what happened they'll send someone to come and find me I just know it.
Day: Spring 24th
Already a week has gone by since I've been sent to live down here but it feels more like an eternity. There's nothing to do down here but sleep and walk around this small room all day. There hasn't been any sign of anyone making an attempt to come and save me but I can't lose hope yet. I just can't wait for that day when that rock wall in front of my bed comes down and my strong shining knight comes in and saves me. My parents must be worried sick about me but I know that I'll get to see them again someday.
Day: Summer 23 24th?
I'm starting to lose track of what day it is now. It's been over a month since that witch came and cursed me and I'm beginning to get worried. Could I really be down here forever? That witch seemed to be kind enough to let me live without having to eat but that seems to be the limit of her generosity. I have to constantly remind myself to stay calm down here; hopefully it shouldn't be much longer until I'm found.
Day: Unknown
It must have been over a year since I've been up on the surface and I still have seen any sign that I'm going to be found. I'm getting a little worried but I just know I'll be found soon, I just have to be.
Day: Unknown
I'm getting scared! I don't know how long I've been down here but I know it's been ages! That witch was right; I'm going to be down here forever! I want to go home! I want to see my mom and dad again! I want to see all those suitors who followed me around all night and day! More importantly I want my life back! I'm getting weaker each day and I can barely walk around anymore. I wish this was just some horrible nightmare I just wish it was.
Day: Unknown
I don't want to be found anymore. It must have been years since I last stepped foot on the surface and taking another step up there is no longer a hope of mine. I know that by now my father must have finally died due to his illness and everyone probably believes that I must have died as well. I can only image the unbearable pain my mother must suffer from now if she is still alive. By now everyone must have forgotten about me but that doesn't matter anymore. I must accept the fact that I'll never be found.
Day: Unknown
It's has to have been ages since I was sent to live down here and by now I must be forgotten. Every time I fall asleep I end up dreaming about everything I had held dear and lost. I can still see my parents as loving as ever and that vast kingdom of ours still prospering. I know that dreams like that should make me happy but they've just lost their meaning now. I know that I'll never see any of these things again and that I'll never see the world up there ever again. Sometimes I wish that witch had just killed me instead of making me lived down here.
Day: Unknown
It finally happened, I was found. A nice young man came down in this mine I had apparently been sitting in this whole time and found me. He told me that his name was Jack and that he was a farmer which is strange since when I used to live up on the surface farmers weren't suppose to come to places like this. It seemed to make a bit more sense to why he was here after he told me that my kingdom was finally gone so it appears that the world has changed quite a bit since I last saw it. While he was here I became hungry for a moment so he gave me an apple which couldn't have tasted any better. He left after awhile promising that he would bring me more found so I can only wonder when I'll see him again.
Day: Unknown
Surprisingly Jack came to visit me again today. This morning I was just about starving to death which makes it seem that I need food to survive once again so I couldn't have been happier when he arrived with a plate of my favorite dish, finest curry. After I finished my meal I told him a bit about my past and he offered to take me back up to the surface but I had to refuse his offer. As I told him the world just seems to have changed too much for me to understand right now. Maybe someday I'll be able to live up there again.
Day: Spring Thanksgiving
Jack stopped by once again. He told me about this place called Forget-Me-Not Valley that resides somewhere above my cavern and how everyone up there is friendly and kind to one another. Along with this nice cooked fish he also had with him a few of these sweet little treats that he gave me since today was a festival day known as spring thanksgiving. He told me that it's a day for guys to go and give special treats to the girl they like so does that me he likes me? He's a just a person of average status but I guess he is kind of cute. My parents would probably be a little disappointed with me if they heard me say that I thought a commoner was cute but then again I'm no longer a princess and they aren't around anymore. I hope he comes back and visits me again soon.
Day: Spring 19th
Jack has been so kind to come and visit me every day since he's found me. Each day he brings with him a nicely cooked meal and a story about his life up on the surface. He's told me about all his friends, his farm animals, and other random things about his life up there. It's nice to have him come and visit me but I can't help but feel awful for all this trouble I'm causing him. Each day I see him getting progressively more exhausted and all the fighting he does to get down here can't be good for his health. He seems to see some value in coming down here every day to see me but am I really worth it?
Day: Spring 20th
I can't believe what happened today. Jack, he asked me to come up to the surface with him and I agreed! When he came down here this morning I told him that it he should stop visiting me every day for his own benefit and he got a little angry and told me that if he did that would mean that I would die. I was so confused with what to say next, which he seemed to notice since the next thing he asked was if I would come up to the surface with him. It took some time for us to get up here but when we did I couldn't have been happier. The valley air up here is so fresh and the sun is just as warm as welcoming as I remembered it. After he introduced me to everyone in town he took me to his house so I'd have a place to stay. It was just a little while ago that he came back inside after stepping out for a moment but I'm not mad at him for waking me up. After all how could I get mad at my savior?
Day: Spring 21st
Today Jack showed me around his farm and explained to me how some of the new things up here on the surface work. A lot of these new things here are a little confusing to me and so much as changed since I was last up here that it makes me wonder if I can really live up here. I'm just a little nervous with the big change that just happened to me but I'm sure that Jack will be able to help me; he did say that he'd be with me every step of the way.
Day: Spring 23rd
Yesterday I suffered from an allergic reaction due to some peaches that were in a fruit juice that mysteriously appeared in front of Jack's house and I'm only now starting to feel a little bit better. Along with that yesterday I also saw that witch who had cursed me long ago. She was standing on the beach behind everyone and looking at me menacingly. Jack said that I was imagining things but I she just looked so real. I hope he's right.
Day: Spring 28th
I'm feeling much better than how I did a few days ago. I'm beginning to regain some of that lost strength in my legs and I don't need Jack's help when I walk around anymore. They way we spend our time with each other has pretty much been the same as when I was down in the mine, we'll have our meals together and talk before he goes out into town and spends time with his girlfriend Nami. I don't really mind though since that gives me time to go out and talk with my new friend Celia. I really enjoy living up here now, there are no crowds of people following me every day, I don't have to worry about always being proper around everybody, and I no longer have to worry about anyone else but myself. I think I actually might enjoy this life more than my previous one.
Day: Summer 6th
Today was a strange day for Jack. Apparently he went out to the chicken coop and touched one of the chickens inside which caused it to die with a strange laugh in the distance though he says not to worry about it. I also had a chance to talk to Celia today who was a little intrusive concerning my relationship with Jack. She says that the story of how he saved me is romantic and thinks that I have feelings for him, but I just don't feel about him like she thinks I do. I mean sure he makes me happy but I just don't think I'm in love with him. Who knows, maybe that could change one day.
Summer: 20th
It's been a whole season since Jack has brought me up to the surface and things are getting a little strange with his farm. All his crops seem to be dying and all his animals are getting sick. He's been trying so hard to get everything back to health while at the same time still find time for Nami and me. Nami and Jack, they make such a nice couple. I wonder how Jack and I would look as a couple.
Day: Summer 23rd
So much happened between me and Jack today. It all started with this dream I had where the witch who cursed me, apparently know as the Witch Princess, came and talked to me. She told me that I stole something from her which led to her cursing me and that one of her friends is Jack, my Jack. I don't know what I could've stolen from her to make her so mad but what mattered more to me at that moment was how Jack was her friend. In the morning I told him about my dream and he admitted to being her friend which almost broke my heart. I went over to the Goddess pond and sat there alone for a while until Celia came and talked with me. I told her about what had happened and she convinced me that Jack was just trying to protect me. When I came back to the farm he told me himself that he didn't tell me in order to protect my feelings. I was really lucky to be found by someone who cares about me that much.
Day: Summer 24th
Today I spent the fireworks festival with Celia and her friends from out of town. When she introduced me to them they all thought that Jack and I were a couple, probably because of something Celia had told them. I told them that we weren't which made them a bit upset since they seemed to welcome that idea of me and Jack being together. After the fireworks were done I decide to come back to the house only to see that Jack wasn't home yet, probably off with Nami somewhere. I wonder if they ever talk about me when there together. I mean the way that I'm always close to him and occasionally giving him those little looks must not look good to Nami.
Day: Summer 25th
Jack had the nerve to actually make fun of me today. This morning when we were getting ready to go on a walk he called me old and almost made me cry by reminding me of my previous time up here on the surface. I stormed off over to the Goddess pond again with him following me. He tried to deny that he hurt me but eventually apologized and told me that it won't happen again. I don't know why he chose to make fun of me but I believe him when he says that he won't do it again.
Day: Summer 29th
Jack's been acting so weird lately. He'll be acting fine one moment and then suddenly he just freezes up before continuing whatever he does. It seems normal at first but whenever I try to talk to him he get's incredibly defensive and tells me nothing is wrong. I really want to believe that he is telling me the truth but I just can't help but feel something's wrong.
Day: Fall 3rd
I can't believe what Jack did today. He hit me. He just hit me just because I wouldn't show him my notebook. He said that he's been watching me as I write these little journal entries at night which makes me wonder why he was even watching me write in the first place. Either way I just can't believe that of all people in this valley he ended up being the one who would go as far enough to hit me. After he did I ran over to Celia's who's allowing me to stay with her until Jack can come to his senses. I just don't get it, he found me down in the mine after years of solitude and risked his health everyday to make sure I survived then he brings me up to the surface and gives me a home and now this.
Day: Fall 18th
Ever since that day when he hit me Jack has been avoiding me. Since I've started staying at Celia's I've barely left the house but when I was attending the harvest festival I tried to go and talk to him but he just walked away from me. Every so often he stops by to buy seeds from someone here as I watch him from the distance as he refuses to even look over at me. It breaks my heart to have to deal with this pain. Maybe things would've been better for me if I was just never found and still lived down in the mine.
Day: Fall 25th
I couldn't have been happier today when I learned that it was the Witch Princess fault that Jack had been hurting me. She had been possessing him this whole time with this potion of hers and was the one who was in control when he hit me. I just knew that he wouldn't hurt me after everything we've been through, I just knew it. Thanks to Celia's help we were somehow able to break the spell on him and return him to normal. Since he can't be controlled anymore I've decided to move back in with him though he is a little concerned that the Witch Princess might try something again but I don't care. Just the thought of being separated from him any longer is unbearable to me.
Day: Winter 13th
It's been almost half a year since I've come up to live on the surface and I think I'm beginning to grow rather attached to Jack, and not just because he's my savoir anymore. All this kindness and compassion he's shown me is so much more than anything I could've received from anyone back in my old kingdom. Looking back Celia was right, the way he would come down at the expense of his health was romantic and beautiful and I couldn't be more grateful to be found by him. It disappoints me to see him spending time with Nami but I can't help but feel that trying to come between them will only lead to trouble. Until I can find the right time to tell him about my feelings I just have to keep acting like I'm not interested in him.
Day: Winter 24th
I can't believe it. After Jack puts his life on the line in order to protect me from the Witch Princess I tell him that I love him and then he just leaves me tell me that 'he's sorry'. Last night the Witch Princess gave me the option of changing time to make it as if she had never cursed me and yet I chose to come back here to the valley. I gave up seeing my parent's again, all my power, my old life, and everything just to come back to be with him. I should have told him about my choice then maybe he would have been more understanding. I don't know if I can go back and see him again after what just happened, I just don't know how he'll feel if…
A/N: It was a little hard to write this chapter but I think I pulled it off. R&R.