Disclaimer: None of these characters, places or languages are mine. They all belong to Gail Carson Levine. I am just borrowing them for a while and will return them when I am done with them!

Extremely long-awaited second chapter now up and running! Please review and give any ideas on how to improve, I love input from readers. May I also take this opportunity to express my opinions of extreme anger towards the Ella Enchanted movie. It has completely massacred the book and doesn't deserve to have the same name! Enough of that, leys get on...

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Ella ran back to the palace as fast as her legs could carry her. She arrived back in the kitchen sweating and short of breath. "Ella?" asked one of the royal kitchen staff who was cleaning the already spotless floor, "are you feeling alright?" Ella rushed past her, "I need to speak to Char" she replied hurriedly. She raced up to her room in the hope Char was still there and hadn't gone out. She banged into him on the stairs and he caught her arm. "Ella?" he questioned, "what's the matter?" She held onto him tightly, her face pale and her cheeks red. "It's Mandy! Her house is trashed, she's gone, I think it was ogres Char!" His smiling face switched to one of concern. By now tears were falling freely down Ella's face and her shoulders started heaving with deep sobs. Char held her to him forcefully and kissed the top of her head. "I'll take some guards over and we'll check the place out, maybe we can find some clues. I promise everything is going to be fine Ella" She looked up into his deep brown eyes, "I really hope so" she whispered.

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Well I'm in a rush so that's all your getting for now. Hahahahahaha! You will just have to wait for the next chapter, hopefully up soon.