Hey! I'm back! I thought of the 3-part thing and I already started on them. I already have a plan for the 3rd part…I already wrote some of it! The 1st part is going to be easier so I'll do that one first and then the 3rd. This is the 2nd part and it's close to done! WAH! LOL. Thanks everyone for reviewing!
And this is short, sorry!
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On with the story!
I danced with Lady Rebecca. She was lovely and had an easy-going smile. But she wasn't Ella and never could be. No one could ever be…
Over the shoulder of my partner, I saw Lela appear. She still had her mask on but had a beautiful gown on. I felt a pang as I thought how Ella would look in such a gown…too beautiful for words to express her beauty.
I mouthed to Lela, "Wait for me," and I hoped she did wait. She did and I went to her, my heart pounding. Would my heart break again if I let myself fall in love with another lady? I knew I could never love anyone like Ella but Lela could mend most of my broke heart than other lady in all Kyrria.
"Will you dance? I looked for you." I asked. And I had. She had made my last night bearable and perhaps she could take my mind off Ella…
Lela accepted my hand with a small smile. We began to dance. "I was here all the while. I watched you."
She had? Why hadn't she come to me? Was she hiding from me? A better question was is she hiding something from me? She was different and something in her manner told me…
Actually, I didn't know what her manner told me. She was so happy in my presence but didn't swoon over me like all the other ladies. She was special. But what if she is hiding something? What was it?
"What did you see?" I asked. I wondered what she had seen. Probably that I was bored out of my mind with the other ladies.
"An excellent host who had little real enjoyment in the ball." I wanted to laugh.
How true. But I then began to wonder if all the other ladies noticed this too. Maybe that was why there was no line…
"Was it so apparent?"
Lela shrugged. "It was to me."
I decided to change the subject. "Will you be here tomorrow? My father has asked me to perform an Ayorthaian song." Which I will probably perform terribly.
"When will you sing?" she questioned.
"Sometime late," I grinned. "If I'm lucky, many of my guests will have gone. They needn't all hear their future ruler disgrace himself."
I could tell she wanted to laugh but she didn't. "There will be no disgrace, not if you were taught in Ayortha. What will you sing?"
I felt my heart pound. The song I chose reminded me of Ella. Actually, everything did. I could barely look at an apple without thinking of her. She haunted both my thoughts and my dreams.
"A homecoming song." I sang it in her ear.
Every word sent a pang to my heart. Ella probably changed. Perhaps she had grown tall. Does she still remember me? I would always remember her no matter what…
The dance ended before I could finish. "There's more. I want you to hear it. Will you?" Why was I asking if she wanted to hear it? She could hear it tomorrow anyway.
But something about this girl…like a spell was bestowed on me…I felt like I needed her opinion more than anything.
"I'll be delighted to," I felt my mouth going into a smile, "but I must leave now tonight. I'm expected by twelve."
I wanted to beg her to stay. Without her, this night would be slow and painful…I could already see Hattie grinning at me with her buckteeth.
"Oh. I'd hoped…I'm sorry. I mustn't…" There I go again, being nervous and babbling. She was probably bored and tired of me already. I bowed to stop the flow of words coming from my mouth.
She curtsied. "Till tomorrow, Majesty." I felt myself wince a little. 'Majesty' sounded so…formal and stiff.
"One last thing," I said, catching her hand. The electricity feeling swept threw me as it did when I saw Ella. "Please call me Char."
She smiled softly. "Thank you."
I felt myself freeze and go stiff. I remembered a similar conversation between Ella and I. "Thank you, Char," I corrected softly.
She nodded and curtsied.
She then left and I watched her go, a small smile on my lips. Lela wasn't Ella but she was close. I loved her but not as I did Ella. But I loved her more than I loved any other lady here.
"Your Highness!" Came Hattie' shrill voice. I winced. Could I ever escape this lady? She came up to me and looked with disgust at where Lela had disappeared through. I stiffened.
"Some wenches," I resisted the urge to slap her for calling Lela a wench when she was one herself, "will stoop to anything to intrigue a man. I should be devastated if I had to wear a mask in order to be interesting."
Even a mask couldn't hide her buckteeth or annoying personality.
"Your Highness, that mask could conceal anything! She could have a deformity," I wanted to say I didn't care about looks, "she could be hiding advancing age, or even she could have the face of a known bandit! If I were sovereign, I would order her to remove her mask!"
I wanted to say that if she were sovereign, every Kyrrian would wish you'd don one. But me, being the polite one, didn't say this only, "Lady Hattie, you may have your own ideas of what to do but mine are…let Lady Lela wear a mask. I do not care. I have found a friend." I bowed. "Good day, Lady Hattie." I walked away, pondering. Why did she wear a mask?
The ball ended and I felt as if a weight disappeared from my shoulders. I went to my room, exhausted. But first, I would write in my journal. I hadn't done so in awhile.
After writing, I re-read what I had wrote and frowned. I had accidentally written Ella instead of Lela. Why?
I turned my mind back to Lela. Of course, I wondered who this lady was. I highly doubted she was a bandit but if she was one, then she is courageous as well as stupid to come to court. Maybe she is disfigured. Maybe one of her eyelids droop or her nose is purple.
I actually did not care how she looked. I was overjoyed to have found a friend when I was only expected to find a bride and tedium.
But I do wonder; does Lela want to marry me and become royal as every other maiden?
Maybe, if I saw her face, I could see what she wanted. If only I saw her face…
I blew out the candle and leaped into bed. I laid there thinking of both Ella and Lela, past and present. But who would be my future?
Lela could be the only maiden who could take Ella's spot. She didn't slide down rails but she was still a maiden who could make me laugh and who was good-hearted.
Lela…Ella…would Lela be like Ella and break my break, shattering it? Would she be the true lady for me?
I shifted in my bed as my eye lids closed. Lady Lela…I would, could, live with her for the rest of my life than any other maiden at the ball.
But if only she were Ella…if only it were she…if only my heart hadn't been stolen. If only Lela could erase Ella from my mind and dream…if only…
I love ending chapters with "if only…" LOL. Okay, review time!
Muse456- Yeah I hate it when they never update it! And I'm thinking of making a sequel and I'll try and update it frequently. YAY! LOL. Thanks for the compliment! I love expressing emotions. So fun! LOL. Thanks for reviewing!
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KrazyKamaka-zGurl89- 75 or 85?! WOW! Here, it's like 45 to 60! LOL. And wait, like ew make out or just okay make out? LOL. I just got out of school (6/11) and aw, is she moving or transferring schools or something? I once had to transfer schools and leave all my friends. Aw…and stalker? LOL. Watch out for Char the stalker! LOL. Thanks for all the compliments and for reviewing!
Shortyst1- Yeah, I already wrote some of Part 3 and I know what the plot will be. LOL. Thanks and update your story!
EllaFreak- Yeah, I'm doing the whole 3-part thing. I already have a plot of part 3! LOL. More pain and suffering and sadness…and it's in Char's POV! But I'm putting a little parts in it that aren't in his POV. Thanks for reviewing and yeah, I did it before 20 reviews! LOL. And thanks for saying I'm a really good writer! LOL. Thanks!
WintryDance - Twirling in the rain…sounds fun! LOL. Yeah, I always wanted to think about how Char felt, what did he do…yeah…LOL. Rejection for the first time and from his one true love…how sad…LOL. Thanks for reviewing!
Arwen Veancawen- LOL, superior writing skills? I doubt it. I'm just your average wanna-be writer! LOL. And your story just rocks! Yeah the 3-part thing…the 3rd part is going to be, well, sad and angst…poor Char. But good news! The first is when he was happy and when he fell in love with Ella! YAY for happiness! LOL.
Well, that's all for now!
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Okay, I'm having a problem with indenting. I save it on Microsoft word and then save it to that web page preview thing. Then, when I upload it on Fanfiction.net, it doesn't come up indented. Can someone tell me what I'm suppose to do because it's getting me annoyed because then I have to manual indent it and that takes a while.
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