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CHAPTER EIGHT: part one of "Cinder 'lisbeth"

Liz lived a happy first eight on Earth. Her mother and father, she thought, were the best parents anyone could have. So, naturally, when her father died, Liz was heartbroken. She couldn't understand how her mother could remarry so quickly. It had only been three years since he died! And how could she marry some one so disgusting and slimy as Elsevan DuPris ((yes, the @$%!$ that killed Adam!.))? Liz couldn't stand his daughter, Tess ((yes, the @$#*% that killed Alex!)); She was so stuck up and spoiled.
Liz lived a decent next six years on earth. She learned to deal with Elsevan and Tess. But when her mother died, Liz fell into such deep despair, she wanted to die also. A few times, she concidered sucide. She didn't know what there was to live for. She didn't have any friends, and her only family left were the two people she liked the least in the whole world. But something kept her in the cruel world she had lived in for, what she thought, was way too long.
Elsevan and Tess didn't make her life any easier. They always had her doing something for her that they could have perfectly well done their selfs. But Liz didn't mind. It kept her mind off of other things, like her parents. They kept her doing the laundry, dishes, mowing the lawn, making sure the house was spottless and, you know, stuff like that. She was a regular Cinderella. Actually, she was Cinder 'lisbeth.

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"Mother, where did Vilandra go?" Zan asked.
"I really don't know. She said she was going to go out, and then I asked where. She said Earth, and I told her No. But she left anyway."
"Well, then, I will go look fo-"
"No, Zan. I've already got one child missing, I won't have another. Your father has asked the king and queen of Earth to send out a search party. They'll find your sister. Promise me you won't go look for her."
"I promise," Zan had his fingers crossed behind his back. 'Sorry, mother.' he thought. 'But I am worried about Vilandra. She keeps going out, and with this war, she could be in more danger than she knows about. I'm going to earth to find her.'

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Liz loved the new house that Elsevan bought. They had just moved there, but Liz immedeately fell in love with it. At first, she didn't want to move because all her memories of her parents were there; But then, Liz realised that loving memories do not live in objects or places, but the heart. One of the things she loved so much about the new house was its location. It was almost exactically the same short distance from the Palace of Earth, where the king, queen and prince of earth lived, and the royal air/space field, where all important interplanetary flights took off and landed.
One strangely warm day in early March, Liz was outside, clearing the leaves and other dead matter from the garden behind the house. Suddenly, a foreign ship flew way too low to be normal. It seemed that its pilot was inexperienced. It headed for the field, where Liz could only assume it landed safely because there was no explosion. Soon, her outdoor chores were done and she went inside to do her dishes.
Liz was almost done washing the dishes and was about to move on to drying them, when Elsevan walked into the kitchen."Liz, Tess and I are going to do some buisness at the palace. Don't let anyone in the house, got that?"
"Yes," she replied, rinsing off a plate.

Elsevan and Tess had left, and Liz had dried and put away all the dishes. Now she was outside again, taking the trash out to the large outdoor trashcans. ((I got this idea cause I took the trash out tonight. ^_^)) Liz lifted up the rusted metal lid and was about to drop the plastic bag that was about to break into the metal can, when a voice spoke to her. "Hello," he said.
Liz gasped and dropped the bag onto the ground. "Oh, uh- hi," she bent down to pick up the garbage bag.
"Here, let me help you with that," the stranger walked up to her and grabbed the black plastic bag. ((How many adjectives can you think of that describe a bag full of garbage?)) He took it and put it in the can for her.
"Um, thanks."
"Listen, have you seen a girl with long blond hair, about my age, around here in the last two hours or so? Maybe different to the area?"
"The only people I've seen around here in the last two hours, are my step-father, step-sister and you," and boy, did she see him! ((hahaha...)) Liz didn't know what was coming over her. She was talking to a complete stranger, something she had almost never done in her entire life. Liz felt that if she kept staring into his brown eyes, she would melt.
"Well, my sister has run away from home... again. I'm looking for her," he stranger explained
"So, you live nearby?" Liz asked him. She couldn't beleive she was prying into his life. She almost never said more than a few words to a stranger.

"So, you live nearby?" the girl asked Zan.
"Um... no, I'm, uh..." Zan couldn't let this girl really know where he was from. If one person found out, then she could tell someone who knew his parents, and then BIG trouble! "I'm... uh, visiting the palace. I live in Brazil, but I'm originally from England."
"What's your name?" the girl asked.
'Quick!' he commanded himself. 'Think of an Earth name!' "Max," he replied, saying the first name that came to his mind. "... and you are?"
"Liz." she replied.
"Liz..." The two just stared into each others brown eyes for the longest time. "I-- I should be going," 'Max' said.
"Uh-huh... I'm- uh, - supposed to be... doing something..."
"Well... goodbye--" and before Liz knew it, or before Max even knew it, he wrapped his arm around her waist, pulled her close and was kissing her. Liz wrapped her arms around his neck in return.Then she backed away.
"I--- I---" she pointed at the house behind her, trying to get the right words out. Then she simply smiled and said, "Goodbye... Max." and she opened the door and went inside.

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Muahahaha.... take that Tess/Ava, you bitch. Excuse my language, but she is! Please review!!! AND DON'T CALL ME CHIBI VEGETA'S WIDOWS PEAK!!
-steph