Disclaimer: I don't own the things in this story that are from Ella Enchanted (though I wish I did because I would be rich by now haha), however, I do own all the other characters and places that I made up.

A/N: Thank you twilight-la-fae for reviewing!!! At least I know someone has read my story!

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Chapter 2: Introductions

Trees branches tore at her dress and left scratches on her face and arms as Katara ran deep into the forest. Adrenaline pumped through her veins. Her breathing became labored and she almost didn't duck in time when a huge, low branch got in her way. Hitting a noble? I must be crazy! If they get a hold of me, it'll be straight off to the dungeons or something much worse! My stupid temper got me in trouble again! Katara thought as she ran by a huge tree that towered over all the others. She did a double take when she saw it. Walking back toward it, she looked at all angles of it in wonderment. She lightly stroked the bark and jumped back in surprise when words, casting an eerie glow, formed where she had touched the bark. Just as quickly as it had appeared, it was gone not allowing Katara enough time to read the words.
A twig snapped right behind her causing her to jump and let out a small shriek. She turned around and found herself looking into a pair of hazel eyes, laughing hazel eyes. Her violet eyes widened in fear as she recognized him as the man on the black horse: the noble. She took a step backward and she felt the bark of the tree rub against her back. She was trapped. Her eyes darted all over the place until finally coming to rest on guy. He looked amused.
"Don't worry; I won't hurt you. Unlike some people, I don't go around hitting people," he said with a laugh taking a step forward. He looked sincere, but she didn't let her guard down; it could be a trap. She looked over his shoulder to see if any of the other men she had seen earlier were there. If they were, she didn't see them. The guy having seen her look over his shoulder, said, "I'm all alone. The rest of my buddies are still on the road. Don't worry about them; they like your spunk." He took another step forward and she tensed even more, if that was possible. She still didn't trust him. He was a noble!

She had learned at a very young age not to trust nobles. In fact, she had a deep hatred toward them. Nobles were the ones who ordered around the "commoners" and worked them to death while they themselves sat around lounging around on expensive furniture. While "commoners" wore rags and almost froze to death in the winter, nobles wore fine silks and were warm and cozy by their large fireplaces that "commoners" kept up for them. Nobles had the power and the riches and were driven by greed. That greed would get them to take away everything from the "commoners" and be ruthless. Nobles were lazy and arrogant.

Nobles killed her parents.

At the reminder of her parents' death, she shot the noble standing in front of her a glare filled with so much hatred and wrath that a group of Lyoxz would have cowered in fright. "I'm sorry Sir, but I'm afraid I don't associate with nobles!" she said spitting out the last word as if it was filth. What happened next surprised her.

He laughed.

"My fair lady, I'm afraid you'll have to associate with me because I'm not a noble. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Prince Callum of Aythora, cousin of Prince Reginald of Ayortha, and brother of Queen Lily of Kyrria. In my book, royalty is different from nobles because nobles don't have the job of ruling the kingdom and making sure everybody is happy and patrolling the land to make sure that Lyoxz and Ogres stay away, instead they just boss people around and act high and mighty; therefore, you have to associate with me because you only said you didn't associate with nobles," he said with a sly and triumphant grin. "Now may I have the honor of knowing your name?"

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A/N: For those of you who noticed that I put Prince Callum of Aythora and Prince Reginald of Ayortha, it's not a typo. Aythora is a neighboring country to Ayortha that I made up.

Sorry I haven't updated sooner, but I had to teach little 3-year-olds at VBS with my friend for a week and then I had six hour practices for Color Guard for two days and a couple of softball games thrown into the mix. Also sorry that this chapter might be crappy, but it's 1:13 AM, I feel a little sick, and I have six hours of Color Guard practice tomorrow followed by two softball games right after each other. (For anyone who doesn't know, Color Guard is the thing with flags, sabers, and rifles and you usually see them with the marching band.) PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!! Your one teeny review would brighten up my day!!! I really need some input since I'm new at this. I won't post up my next chapter until I have at least 3 reviews. If I get more than that, I'll try to make the chapter longer!

Love,

-songwithoutwordz-