1Disclaimer: Okay, I cannot stop writing! Even if I keep on writing and wishing, I still will never own Ever After. Too bad, well all I can do is write this fic and dream.

Summary; This is written in Jacquline's POV right after she tells Henry were Danielle is being sold to.

I stood there, in the finest shop in town, trying on my wedding gown. The long white silk reached to my feet. "Oh my dear!" exclaimed the dressmaker. "You are simply stunning". "Thank you very much" I answered her. Danielle had already tried on her dress and departed because she would soon become Queen of France. She needed to learn everything she could from her future mother in law before Henry's coronation ball the following Thursday. They had already been practicing for 2 months, ever since Henry had rescued Danielle from that horrid man Pierre LePue.

I hastened to take off the gown and try on the velvet purple one for the coronation ball. Both dresses were unlike anything I had ever worn. "I feel like a princess" I murmured to myself. "That is because you are a princess" Said a very familiar voice. I looked up to see Richard standing there. I smiled at him and then changed into my regular gown. He smiled as I bid the dressmaker farewell and we left the shop hand in hand.

Suddenly, a man came rushing up tp us. He was out of breath. Miss Jacquline Duguent?" He addressed me. "Yes My Lord I am her" I answered. " I would like to inform yo that the Manor has been left to you since your Mother never left a will behind in France". He left us then and I couldn't believe it. I was too stunned to speak. But I did not have to even think for a moment of what I was going to do to the Manor.

I told Richard of my plans and he approved wholeheartedly. "Yes dear, she deserves some happniss after losing her father" We began to search the shops for only the finest fabrics and we hurried to the Manor.

"Mistress? Is that you" Paulette's voice came towards us. "No Paulette it is I Jacquline, I am engaged to be married to the most wonderful man in the province and I have plans to turn this house back to the way it was when Monsieur Le Senior was alive" I finished and Paulette and Louise hugged me. "I always knew you were not evil dear" said Louise.

We worked in the Manor for three days. On the first day, we swept it clean and moped it until the floor glistened. We then polished all the furniture and swept out the dusty stable that had once been Danielle's bedroom. On the second day, we put up all the tapestries that had been traded for Danielle. We made all th beds with fresh lindens and new sheets and pillowcases. We made sure the animals were well fed and groomed. We were all tired but waited eagerly for the next day when the surprise would be reveled.