***hey, everyone, i hope you like the story so far. i know where i am going with this pretty well but if you have any suggestions for humor PLEASE say so!! this isn't that funny but the book was somewhat. have a nice day, all***
A while later, as I was lying on my bed weeping, Hattie entered in a rage. "Up. Get up."
I glared at her. "I don't have to follow your orders, Hattie."
She grabbed my hair and pulled my face towards her chubby one. "Char left early. WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HIM?" When I didn't reply, she said, "Answer me! And what's this about the Earl? There was nothing for me!"
"Sorry, but I thought there was," I said through gritted teeth, staring at the ground.
"Liar." She threw me on the ground and kicked me.
I stood up and punched her, letting all my rage out on her face. She collapsed on the ground and I sat back on the bed, in awe about what I had just done.
"Ella, sweet," Mandy said as she came down the hall. She entered my room and gasped. "Child, what have you done?"
"She kicked me," I said, winded from the blow to my ribs.
Mandy sat next to me. "Is she mad about Char?"
I nodded.
"Well," she said, patting my knee, "I have some good news for you. There is a guest here."
I stood up quickly.
"No, not Char, dearest. A messenger from him." It wasn't what I wanted but Char might have been indisposed so it was better than nothing.
I left Mandy there to take Hattie up to her room and went into the front hall. Who I saw there was not who I expected.
"BERRET!" I shreiked.
His chocolate brwon eyes grew wide and he put his hand over my mouth. I noticed that he was dressed in royal apparel and looking very authorative. "Be quiet or you shall draw attention to me."
I nodded, not wanting Olive or Mum olga to see what the commotion was.
He removed his hand and said, "I hear you have left the royal family."
"Obviously, since I'm dressed like a maid." I scoffed.
"Good, good," he said, not paying any attention to my last statement.
"Who have you killed for that uniform?" I demanded when he said nothing more.
"Oh, just one of the guards."
"ONE of the guards?" I exclaimed. "You don't care about their lives? Oh of course not! You're about to kill the whole royal family!"
"About to? Oh, my dear Ella, I'm afraid it's too late for that?"
My heart sank.
"They've left the kingdom, I'm afraid."
I smiled, despite myself. Char took my warning seriously.
"Now why would they do that?" Berret said. He looked straight into my eyes and I shrank back, hoping with all my heart he wouldn't realize why they did. "I know why. You told him."
"What makes you think that?"
"I heard it from the guard I killed. He said that the royal family was leaving because of the warning the ex-princess gave them."
How stupid was I to warn Char and not tell him to keep it a secret? Now I was to die and Berret would know that the royal family had gone.
"Now for your punishment, Ella."
He couldn't kill me in the house. He COULDN'T, could he?
"Come with me." He began walking towards the door, which was still open. I could see a tip of an arrow peeking around the doorway.
It couldn't be. It COULDN'T be! It was. I ran out the door after Berret to See Char and at least ten other men all pointing arrows towards Berret.
One of the men seized him and tied his hands together. Char put his bow and arrow down and came toward me. He got down on one knee. "If I've hurt you in any way, please forgive me. If you'll have me, I would like you to marry me."
*********ok people this chapter was really really weird, no? but trust me it will all be explained in the next chapter so be patient and wait for it! meanwhile, review! thanx*********
A while later, as I was lying on my bed weeping, Hattie entered in a rage. "Up. Get up."
I glared at her. "I don't have to follow your orders, Hattie."
She grabbed my hair and pulled my face towards her chubby one. "Char left early. WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HIM?" When I didn't reply, she said, "Answer me! And what's this about the Earl? There was nothing for me!"
"Sorry, but I thought there was," I said through gritted teeth, staring at the ground.
"Liar." She threw me on the ground and kicked me.
I stood up and punched her, letting all my rage out on her face. She collapsed on the ground and I sat back on the bed, in awe about what I had just done.
"Ella, sweet," Mandy said as she came down the hall. She entered my room and gasped. "Child, what have you done?"
"She kicked me," I said, winded from the blow to my ribs.
Mandy sat next to me. "Is she mad about Char?"
I nodded.
"Well," she said, patting my knee, "I have some good news for you. There is a guest here."
I stood up quickly.
"No, not Char, dearest. A messenger from him." It wasn't what I wanted but Char might have been indisposed so it was better than nothing.
I left Mandy there to take Hattie up to her room and went into the front hall. Who I saw there was not who I expected.
"BERRET!" I shreiked.
His chocolate brwon eyes grew wide and he put his hand over my mouth. I noticed that he was dressed in royal apparel and looking very authorative. "Be quiet or you shall draw attention to me."
I nodded, not wanting Olive or Mum olga to see what the commotion was.
He removed his hand and said, "I hear you have left the royal family."
"Obviously, since I'm dressed like a maid." I scoffed.
"Good, good," he said, not paying any attention to my last statement.
"Who have you killed for that uniform?" I demanded when he said nothing more.
"Oh, just one of the guards."
"ONE of the guards?" I exclaimed. "You don't care about their lives? Oh of course not! You're about to kill the whole royal family!"
"About to? Oh, my dear Ella, I'm afraid it's too late for that?"
My heart sank.
"They've left the kingdom, I'm afraid."
I smiled, despite myself. Char took my warning seriously.
"Now why would they do that?" Berret said. He looked straight into my eyes and I shrank back, hoping with all my heart he wouldn't realize why they did. "I know why. You told him."
"What makes you think that?"
"I heard it from the guard I killed. He said that the royal family was leaving because of the warning the ex-princess gave them."
How stupid was I to warn Char and not tell him to keep it a secret? Now I was to die and Berret would know that the royal family had gone.
"Now for your punishment, Ella."
He couldn't kill me in the house. He COULDN'T, could he?
"Come with me." He began walking towards the door, which was still open. I could see a tip of an arrow peeking around the doorway.
It couldn't be. It COULDN'T be! It was. I ran out the door after Berret to See Char and at least ten other men all pointing arrows towards Berret.
One of the men seized him and tied his hands together. Char put his bow and arrow down and came toward me. He got down on one knee. "If I've hurt you in any way, please forgive me. If you'll have me, I would like you to marry me."
*********ok people this chapter was really really weird, no? but trust me it will all be explained in the next chapter so be patient and wait for it! meanwhile, review! thanx*********