A/N: Thanks to Katie Black, Twisted Fate, and Charmed Angel, I forgot to thank you guys in the last chapter, but thank you! Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own it. ( ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
It had been 2 wonderful, love filled weeks at Christians' villa. Satine and Christian had never been more in love, and Christmas was in 2 weeks.
"Darling, where are you?" Christian called as he walked through the house, a scarf across his face. It was early in the morning, and Satine had woke before Christian.
"I'm in the kitchen, sweetheart." Satine called. She was mixing some dough for chocolate chip cookies, it seems.
"C'mon darling, Natalie and I want to have a snowball fight!" Christian said, putting his arms around her waist.
"But darling, I have to get these on a cookie sheet." Satine said.
"We can do that later. C'mon, get dressed in some warm clothes, Nat's already outside." He pulled her into their bedroom where she got dressed warmly. When they went outside, Natalie had already built a small fort. "What to you guys so long?" She called out "I could have built more than one fort.!"
"Your sister had to make cookie dough." Christian said in a teasing voice.
'Hey, you haven't tried her cookies, they're darn good!" Natalie called. "C'mon, let's begin!"
Satine and Natalie were against poor Christian, but he had the fort Natalie built. Soon, snowballs were flying through the air, sometimes hitting their targets, or passerby on accident. Midway through the fight, Christian nodded to Natalie and she took something out of her pocket, pressed it into her snowball and aimed. It hit Christian square in the jaw.
"Natalie! What did you do that for?!" Satine scolded her and they ran to Christian. He was lying on the ground.
"Sweetie, are you all right?" Satine asked.
"Uh, I guess, but can you take off my scarf for me?" Christian asked. Satine slowly undid his scarf to find that he had shaved off his beard!
"Christian! You look delightful" Satine said and kissed him while Natalie pretended to vomit.
"Give me your hands Satine." Christian whispered. Satine took her ungloved hands and placed them in Christians' "Satine. From the moment in the elephant when you thought I was the duke, to this very day, I have always loved you, even though I may have been too stubborn or foolish to show it. If I had to live without you, you might as well shoot me, because you are my very soul, and without you, I would die. I would like to know, Satine De Blanche, if you would do me the honor, nay the privilege, of marrying me." He slipped a ring on her finger. It had one diamond in the shape of a heart on it and on the inside of the band were the words: Come what may, Satine & Christian, together, until their dying day.
"Oh Christian." Satine whispered. "Yes. Yes!" She bent over and kissed him, tears running down her face. Natalie, who had stopped trying to vomit, was lying on the ground, twitching as they kissed.
The whole scene was watched from the alley nearby, where Warner was looking. "The bastard is still alive. Oh, Bob won't like this." (Bob is the duke! I therefore name him Bob, because I don't know his name!!) He slowly walked back to the dukes' manor.
"Did you find her?" The duke, named Bob, asked.
"Yes. And the boy.he is still alive." Warner looked ashamed
"What?!" Bob threw his goblet of wine against the wall. After a few minutes, he devised a plan. "How can we get back at them?"
Warner thought. "Satines little sister." He said after a few minutes. "She would definitely be a great loss."
"So she would." Bob kept silent for a while. "Tonight. Go there and kidnap her. They will pay a dear price for their love." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Later that night, Satine and Christian were going out to a fancy Restaurant to celebrate their proposal. Natalie was going to stay home with Sheleigh and Jack so the two could be alone.
"Honey, where is my tie?" Christian called to Satine.
" I don't know. Look under the bed!" Satine said, putting on lipstick, and accidentally smearing it across her face. Christian walked in and did up his tie, then kissed Satine as she put her final touches of makeup on.
They walked downstairs, hand in hand. Nat, Sheleigh, and Jack were waiting. "Have a lovely time." Jack and Sheleigh said.
"Yeah, and I expect you home at 10." Natalie said, folding her arms. Christian laughed and bent down. "Thanks for your help today" he whispered.
"You owe me big time. I almost died watching you guys being all mushy." Nat said. Christian smiled and they went to the door. "Goodnight!' He and Satine walked out into the cold winter air and into a carriage that was waiting.
Warner was across the street, smoking a cigar as he watched them leave. He walked closely to the house and noticed the lock didn't click. He peered in the windows. Natalie went upstairs while Sheleigh and Jack went into the kitchen. He slowly turned the doorknob and entered, shutting it softly. He walked quickly right past the kitchen door, and upstairs. He had a small bottle of chloroform in his pocket so Natalie wouldn't struggle. He listened in each room until he heard Natalie humming inside one. He opened the door a crack and saw her in her nightgown, playing with a doll. He opened the door even more so and took out a cloth and the bottle of chloroform. He opened the bottle and poured the liquid onto the cloth. He screwed the cap back on and snuck behind Natalie, then grabbed her from behind and pressed the cloth to her mouth.
"MM! MM!" Natalie cried, muffled. In a few seconds, her body went limp and she passed out. Warner tossed the cloth on the ground and picked up Natalie. He crept downstairs slowly and walked out into the cold winter night, Natalie in his arms. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ A/N: Two chapters in one day! So, what will the Bob formerly known as Duke do to Natalie? Will Christian and Satine go after her? (Yes of course!) What will happen? Find out next time I update, which should be next week maybe. Oh, and this is my longest fic ever!