Authors note: sry about that last chapter…the computer is being frustrating. I worked really hard and then it got all messed up…anyways I fixed it, I hope it's ok. Anyways, here's the next chappie! Enjoy!!
Chapter 18
Misty stood there, a look of worry on her face. She looked up towards Zaine, hopeful tears springing from her eyes.
"Zaine, you know it's me?" Misty said, slowly smiling.
"Of course I know it's you, who else would you be?" Zaine said, touching Misty's shoulder very lightly. His eyes were no longer cloudy, but he did not smile, he looked hopeful.
Just then Misty was pushed out of Zaine's sight by Sophie, who grabbed Zaine's hand.
"Honey, it's me, Sophie! Remember, your fiancé?" Sophie said, pleading through her eyes, smiling her awful, fake smile.
"Sophie, but I thought…wait…what about Misty?" Zaine said, looking around for her, ignoring Sophie, which angered Sophie even more.
Misty had been pushed to the ground, knocking over the tree Zaine had once stood by. She stood up, stepping on her dress.
"I'm right here! Zaine, don't listen to her!" Misty said, reaching her hand out as she continued to try to stand up.
Zaine tried to move towards Misty, his face confused, but Sophie held him back.
"No. Don't listen to her. She's the one who betrayed you! You love me! You will marry me!" Sophie said, still grasping his hand tightly. Part of her hair had fallen in front of her face, and Zaine reached out and gracefully tucked it behind her ear.
"No!" Misty whispered under her breath, tears now fell from her face, but they were nowhere near tears of joy she had longed for for many months.
She stood up and pushed her way between them, grasping the sides of Zaine's face, so that he could only gaze into her eyes.
"Zaine listen to me. It's Misty, remember me? Remember wanting to fly away? Remember looking up at the stars? Remember, Zaine! Do you really want to throw that all away now? Don't listen to her Zaine, or you could loose it all! We could loose it all." Misty was crying now, trying desperately to break through to Zaine.
Zaine pushed Misty's hands off of his face.
"No I don't remember you." Zaine's eyes were once again cloudy, empty… cold.
Despite the many people around them Sophie called out to her mother.
"Mother! Mother, do you see this rubbish?" Sophie called out, making the people in the audience turn around.
Misty dared to look away from Zaine, and found her stepmother.
She was walking towards them both, but stopped when she was directly in front of Zaine.
Sophie triumphantly smiled.
"What are you doing to him?" Misty cried, the tears now almost blinding her.
"Look into my eyes Zaine, and tell me you do not love my daughter." Her stepmother spoke, in her dark, terrifying voice.
Suddenly her eyes started to glow red, as red as blood. Zaine winced, and tried desperately to look away.
"Stop it! You're hurting him!" Misty cried out, and reached for Zaine. Everyone in the audience tried desperately to see what was going on.
Misty jerked her hand back, for Zaine's eyes had suddenly become empty, and her stepmother's eyes were no longer red. Her stepmother smiled.
"Of course I love your daughter. There is no one that will keep her from marrying me." Zaine said, as he stepped near Sophie, and wrapped his arm around her stomach.
Sophie smiled, glowing with pride.
Misty wiped the tears away from her eyes. She was angry now.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM YOU WITCH?" Misty cried, as she looked towards Zaine, covering her mouth in frustration. She wiped her face again; she could not hold back the tears.
Someone from the audience spoke out, someone with a light, tiny voice. Someone who looked oddly very much like Dawn.
"That doesn't seem right. The boy has obviously been confused, and then, within the second you talked to him your highness, he changed his mind. I just don't think that's right."
Misty smiled, as several people in the audience nodded in agreement.
Tears streaked her face, but she still held onto hope.
Misty's stepmother waved her hand towards the audience, and everyone save Misty, Sophie, Zaine, her stepmother and stepfather, froze, their faces still.
Misty stepped towards Dawn, and gazed up at her, her wings frozen in midair.
She turned towards her stepmother.
"What did you do to them?" Misty cried, pointing to the audience.
"I put them on hold, so I could deal with you." Her stepmother gave a triumphant smile.
Misty was dazed and confused, she suddenly felt very exhausted.
Then Misty realized she was in danger, for her stepmother held up her hands, a red light starting to glow from them. She was shooting towards Misty, as Misty tried to doge her.
This is now or never. Use big magic to save your own life! Misty thought.
She held up her own hands, and shot blue lights at her stepmother.
Just then everyone in the audience unfroze, oddly just in time to see Misty shoot her stepmother down to the ground.
Misty gasped, she did not mean to hit her, she just meant to block her attacks.
Everyone in the audience was looking at her now, confused and accusing looks on their faces.
Misty's stepfather rushed to his wife's side, and brushed her face.
"You oaf! She's pregnant!" He cried towards Misty.
"I didn't….I mean….I was defending myself..I-I" Misty stuttered, not able to think of anything to say.
Sophie realized that this was her moment.
"You witch! You tried to steal my fiancé, and you attacked my mother!" Sophie cast an accusing finger at Misty.
"Guards! Arrest her!" Zaine pointed his finger at Misty as well.
Misty cried out, tears streaking her face once again.
She ran outside, trying desperately to outrun the guards. It was pouring down rain, and Misty's hair fell down to her face. The ends of her dress were splattered in mud as Misty ran as fast as she could. She felt one of her tiny glass slippers fall of, but she didn't mind at the moment.
She ran, as fast as she could, heading away from the castle. She couldn't see thought the rain, and she cried even harder at the thought of being locked up in the castle.
Suddenly she tripped, over the root of a tree, and she cried out in pain.
She had cuts and scrapes on her arms and face, and she was quite sure she had sprained her ankle. But she needed to get away; she could see the outlines of the guards growing closer and closer to her.
She tried desperately to stand up, but quickly fell back down. She lifted her head towards the sky, and screamed in frustration and pain.
I've lost it; I've lost it all. I've failed. Any minute now it will all be over. Misty thought to herself.
She slammed her fist down into the mud, as she tried once again to get up.
She started to run again, but she suddenly felt the tight grasp of an arm around her shoulder. She was forced back down to the ground, kicking and screaming.
"Get off me! I didn't do anything!" Misty cried, but no one listen.
One guard grabbed her arms, and held them tightly behind her back, while another held onto her neck, forcing her not to move.
The rain halted, to a slight drizzle, and the clouds cleared across the sky.
Misty, as if in slow motion, looked up towards the sky, and felt a tingle of hope. One last strand, one last glimpse, just enough to keep her going.
Misty was wet, and her hair stuck to her face.
"By order of the King and Queen of Athrogon, you are to be imprisoned in the dungeons, and on April 1st, will be sentenced to death, for treason, and the attempt of murder on the queen." A guard read from a piece of paper he had been carrying.
Misty smiled. Then she spit, as far as she could towards the piece of paper, only causing another guard to kick her in her side.
The guards walked Misty towards the dungeons, Misty not saying a word.
They didn't not notice the glass slipper that had fallen off Misty's foot they passed, delicately sitting on the grass, sparkling from the sun that was now peeking from behind the clouds.
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A few days passed, and Misty spent most of them sleeping, on the cold dirty floor. She was surrounded in filth, straw lay around her, and at night she heard the scurry of rat's tiny feet.
Then, one dark night, while Misty was looking up towards the night stars, she heard footsteps coming down the stairs.
Hopeful, that someone, anyone had come to her rescue, Misty held onto the bars, which imprisoned her in this cage. Her feet were chained to the back of the wall, and Misty's once, beautiful white gown, was now a dirty, light brown color, and was reduced to rags. Her fingernails were dirty, her hair was limp, and curls hung roughly around her face. All in all, Misty looked like a prisoner.
For the first time in days, Misty smiled, for she was happy when she saw Queen Ella walking down the prison steps. Queen Ella, tried desperately to smile, and held on to the outside bars of Ella's dungeon.
"Misty, you look a fright!" Queen Ella said, a tear falling down her face.
"I'm not surprised." Misty said, still smiling as tears began to fall down her face as well.
"I've failed you your highness. I've been sentenced to death. You know off course I didn't do it! Don't you?" Misty cried, with hopeful tears.
"Of course dear, Char and I both believe you. And by no means did you fail me." Queen Ella reached her hand through the bars, and Misty grabbed it, thankful to have someone there for her.
"Then… you can get me out of here! Out of this!" Misty gazed around her dungeon.
Ella did not say anything for a moment. Then she looked towards the ground, tears falling, splashing on the dirty floor.
"No, I'm afraid I can't. My word does not mean anything. Everyone believes your stepmother, and I cannot go against her word. Terrible things could happen, war for instance…Misty, we want to be on their side, we must not let them know that we have been in contact with you." Queen Ella spoke softly, the lines around her face very visible, the tears falling faster.
Misty backed away from the bars, to the back of her cellar, her eyes wide.
"Then…then you cannot save me?" Misty cried, still looking at the floor.
"No dear…I'm afraid not." Queen Ella closed her eyes, not able to bear the thought.
Misty sunk to the ground, her head in between her knees.
"But that does not mean, that you should give up hope." Ella said, her voice now strong.
Misty looked up, her eyesight blinded by tears.
"This evil woman has taken everything you have. Everything you have dreamed of. You did nothing to her, but everything for her. In return, she owes you respect. Do not forget Misty, you have brave souls on your side. You deserve Zaine by all means. Never forget, that the brave may not live forever, but the weak do not live at all. You must face this fight, with everything you are, and everything you can be." Ella said, now smiling.
Misty stood up and smiled as well. She reached out of her bars, and grabbed Ella's hand.
"I will never forget you. Thank you so much. You have returned my hope, my salvation." Misty cried.
Ella grasped Misty's hand one last time, and closed her eyes as she nodded.
Suddenly she jerked away, for someone else was coming. Ella backed away, picking up the edges of her skirts. She looked one last time at Misty and winked then left within the darkness of the back door.
Misty sat back on the ground and closed her eyes.
I could sit, I could cry. But, no, I don't think that's me.
Misty smiled.
I'm going to fight. The battle may have been lost, but that doesn't mean the war is over.
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Within the morning hours of that very same night, another visitor visited Misty, but sadly it was not someone Misty wanted to talk to.
Her cage door squeaked, and someone kicked her.
"Wake up. Wake up you ungrateful cow!" Sophie cried as she kicked Misty again.
Misty sat up, and rubbed her eyes. Her gaze quickly turned into a glare when she realized who was standing in front of her.
"What do you want?"
"Oh, just to congratulate you." Sophie said, smiling as her two front teeth stuck out, and reflected the fire that burned within a candle on the wall.
"On what?"
"Being such a stupid oaf. I can't wait for your funeral!" Sophie cried, laughing as she stepped back outside of Misty's cellar.
Misty stood up, rather quickly, and tried to grab Sophie. But Sophie stepped back, once again, just barely too far out of Misty's reach. Misty gazed down at the chain that held her back, and cursed it.
Sophie giggled again, as she held up the key to Misty's cellar and waved it around. Misty grabbed for it, but Sophie jerked it back, with another sly giggle.
"Aww, come on now Misty. Why on earth would I let you free at a time like this? I would much rather watch you hang." Sophie said, now glaring at Misty.
Misty smiled as well, which confused Sophie.
"As would I. I would much rather hang, then watch Zaine marry someone he doesn't love. Someone just like you." Misty said, through gritted teeth. She was going to get something out of Sophie, even if she had to con her way to it.
"He loves me! He's going to marry me, not you! Get that out of your thick head already!" Sophie said, now smiling. She stepped an inch closer to Misty, not realizing it.
Misty smiled again. Her plan was working.
"Of course he loves you. But of course, that spell your mother did won't last very long. You know how spells are." Misty smiled flakily at Sophie again. Sophie herself began to pout.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Sophie said, as she stepped closer.
"You know, that spells usually wear out within days, hours at least. I thought for sure your mother would have told you that." Misty smiled, once again as Sophie stepped another inch closer.
"Zaine isn't under a spell. I really don't know what you're talking about. Oh, and I forgot to remind you." Sophie smiled now, and she took a step back.
Misty frowned inwardly, but kept her fake smile plasterd on her face.
"Oh, and what ever would that be?" Misty said, in a light voice.
"The marriage date has been moved. We're getting married tomorrow." Sophie smiled, for she knew that would surprise Misty.
And it did.
Misty frowned.
"What?" Misty said.
"Yes, mother said that she wanted us to be married before her child is born. That way we can name the child Zaine, isn't it wonderful?" Sophie giggled, and Misty took another step closer to Sophie, the chain cutting into her skin.
"That was your plan all along, wasn't it?" Misty said, trying desperately to take another step closer to Sophie.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Sophie said, sticking her chin in the air.
"You had my own stepmother fame me into making it look like I tried to kill her, all so you could have me out of the way for your disaster of a marriage. If you marry Zaine, then that's more power to your family. More power…stepfather said that I would take it all away…he knew all along! This is what everything has been leading up to. Your mother's visions of me taking away power. If you marry Zaine…then that means…" Misty gasped. She had figured it out.
If her stepmother had had those visions, then that meant that Misty could actually do this.
Sophie took a step closer to Misty. She was now almost directly face to face with her.
Sophie frowned.
"I have no idea what you're talking about. You know I think you've actually gone mad!" Sophie said as she started to walk away.
It's now or never. Misty thought.
"You actually almost had me fooled their you know I …" Sophie started, but was stopped, because Misty had grabbed her, and covered her mouth with her hands.
Misty held onto Sophie tightly as she pulled out her sharpest hair pen and stuck it directly next to Sophie's neck.
Sophie didn't move, she eyed the pen tears starting to streak down her cheeks.
"You listen to me, and you listen to me good. You're going to get me out of here, and from there I'm going to transfer myself into a different body. From then on I'm going to be your personal maid, do you hear me? If you don't cooperate, then you know well what could happen." Misty stepped hard on Sophie's foot, and muffled Sophie's scream.
Sophie nodded, and Misty let go of her tight hold. She held onto Sophie's arm though, and kept the pin in her other hand tightly pointing towards Sophie.
Sophie cried, and quietly wailed as she took out the key and unlocked Misty's chains. Misty held onto Sophie's arm tightly, and kept the pin hidden, pointed directly on Sophie's back.
"Now, you will take me to your room, where I will dress into maids clothing, and there you will stay the whole night. Do you understand? You're not to move until I say so!" Misty said slowly and clearly as Sophie nodded.
Then Misty changed herself into a rather pretty maid with blond hair, and big blue eyes. After, they both began to climb the stairs, headed towards Sophie's room.
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Misty sat on a chair next to Sophie's bed, watching her sleep.
She had been this way for hours, it must have been two o'clock in the morning, but Misty did not move.
She had concluded that Sophie snored, and talked in her sleep. She found it rather funny when Sophie yelled many times, "I'm not a bunny rabbit!! My teeth are normally that way. What my ears? Well I guess they are from a bunny, but I still don't hop!"
It was the only thing that kept Misty awake. That and looking at the stars.
Already Misty had sighed several times at the thought of tomorrow. She did not know what she was going to do, but she felt rather confident.
Misty looked towards the fire, and sighed once again.
Well, maybe if I only sleep for just five minutes, I'll be fine.
Misty smiled, and tried hard not to close her eyes. She could not help from falling into a deep sleep, curled up, right next to Sophie's fireplace.
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That morning, Sophie carefully popped one eye open. She looked at the foot of her bed, and noticed happily that Misty was asleep.
It was already six o'clock, and Sophie held back a giggle as she realized she was getting married.
Finally, for the first time in her life, Sophie had outsmarted Misty.
She quietly got up, and stepped over Misty, and reached for the key to her room, on the top of her dresser.
She held very still for a moment, for Misty had moved her foot, and scratched her arm. Sophie closed her eyes, and waited for Misty to wake up.
This is it! I'm going to die! Misty's going to kill me, and I'm never going to get married!!!!
Sophie stood still for a moment, and then opened her eyes, only to find Misty still sound asleep.
She suppressed a giggle, and then grabbed the key. She carefully stepped over Misty once again, and then ran to the door of her room. She quietly opened it, and then shut it, locking it tightly from the outside.
Misty was trapped, once again.
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Hours later, Misty woke up. She glanced outside, and realized that the sun was high in the air.
Misty quickly glanced at Sophie's bed, but she already knew that she wouldn't be there.
"Oh no." Misty whispered under her breath.
She got up and ran towards the door, knocking on it hardly.
"Someone! Someone help me! I'm trapped inside here!!" Misty cried, pounding on Sophie's door.
Misty twisted the knob on the door as hard as she could, but it was locked tightly from the outside.
Misty slid down the door and sat on the floor in frustration.
She held her head in her hands and thought.
Just breathe. What time is it? Oh god, this is never going to work, I need to get out of here!
Misty looked up towards the window and watched a Jay bird fly into the sky. It swerved around the clouds, and lightly played with its shadow.
"That's it. Why didn't I think of it before?"
Misty stood up, and closed her eyes, facing the door.
She murmured some words, and with the movement of her hands the door was unlocked.
"A little small magic never hurt anyone." Misty smiled as she ran outside the door, still in her maid clothing.
As Misty was running towards the stairs, she bumped into the housemaid Holly.
"Holly dear! Holly it's important! What time is it?" Misty cried, grabbing Holly by the shoulders.
"Mizty, what iz going on? Ze queen zaid to keep a look out for you. I.." Holly looked at Misty with worried eyes.
"Holly, this is a life or death situation, what time is it?"
"Eleven thirty miz." Holly cried, her round eyes filled with confusion.
Misty smiled.
"And what time is Sophie's wedding?"
"One o'clock." Holly cried, dropping the towels she held in her hands.
"Thank you!" Misty cried, as she continued running down the stairs.
That gives me around two hours.
Misty continued running, ignoring Holly's questions and protests. She was going to destroy this wedding, and win Zaine back if it was the last thing she ever did.
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authors note: whew!! Talk about exhaustion….this chapter wasn't as fun to write as the last one. Just in case I don't get the next chapter up here is my excuse: MY AIRCONDITIONING IS BROKEN!!! Agh. It's hard just to simply breathe!!! So, that might effect my writing….::wipes sweat off forehead::
Oh, and for any HP fans out there, here is a story I was thinking of starting after finishing this one… I've already started the first three chapters, and I'm working hard on it…so I hope you guys will like it! It's called Love Actually and I'll post the summary for it laterz…
So, there you go! I hope you guys like this chapter…and if so…why don't you post in a review? Suggestions..for later chapters?? Click on the review button! I would love to hear from you!!!
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