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A/N: Wow! Thanks so much, guys! I really didn't think I'd get my reviews so soon! And sorry I didn't update just a little sooner, but my internet's been acting funny and by the time I fixed it, I'd already gotten over my total thirty. Anyway, I'm glad so many of you like it!

And thanks to Gayle and LizzieEnchanted for telling me about the brothers! And the exact page number too! I'd planned on using it this chapter, but I didn't… I think I'll use it later, tho! Thanks so much!

On to Chapter Four…

Ella Forever Enchanted

Chapter Four

Little less than a month later, Char and I were happily married and on our way to spend a month in Viritel, a country neighboring Kyrria. I was happier than I'd been a long time, having almost forgotten about my curse as I was now rarely ever ordered to do anything that I didn't want to do. Mandy was talking to me again and I was talking to her, although we never finished the conversation I'd started about my curse, and I'd stopped acting terrified of what I'd previously thought while around Char. Everything was perfect, or at least very close to it.

We reached an inn in the evening after a two-week trip to Viritel, in which I'd seen the most beautiful scenery. The whole country was green and beautiful and the town that our inn was in was no exception.

The carriage driver opened the door for Char and I and helped me out. I looked around me and took all of the sights in. The people there buzzed around happily, speaking a language that I understood half of from Writing Mistress's gift. Char took my hand and we walked that way towards the inn.

"We won't be staying here long. Father set it up so that we would stay in the palace; another one of my cousins that I'm not extremely fond of married the Viritelian princess." Char said dully. "I know we were supposed to stay somewhere alone. But such are the terrors of royalty…"

I laughed. "That's all right. I don't mind." I really didn't, although I wondered what his cousin was like.

"We won't stay too long there either though. I promise."

A smiling crew of servants greeted us with bows and curtsies at the door. I nodded deeply as Char, out of habit, gave his royal salute.

"Father arranged everything," Char told me.

A tall gray haired woman, who I assumed was the head of it all, was the first to speak.

"We are all honored to have you staying here, Highnesses," she said with a thick accent, replacing her w's and y's with v's.

"And we're happy to be staying," I said smiling.

Some men came next to us, carrying our bags. "Vohwen and Lirone will show you to your room, if you like," the woman said.

"Thank you," was Char's answer.

We followed the two men up the stairs where they opened the door and put the bags inside. They then bowed and left us.

The room was of medium size and contained a medium size bed. It was lovely and covered in all types of dark colors. I collapsed on the bed and Char collapsed next to me. We both sighed.

"It's so good to finally be here," he said.

"A long trip."

"A very long trip."

"A very very long trip," I answered.

He kissed my forehead with a chuckle and I laughed with him about what seemed to be nothing at all.

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The next day, I found myself back in a carriage again, Char by my side, on the way to the Viritelian palace.

"So, do you have many cousins that you don't like?" I asked, jokingly, although I really was wondering.

"No, just the two." He smiled. "This one, Nicholas, has always despised me. I think because he was heir to the throne before I came along. Even now that he's married a princess, he's third in the line to the Viritelian throne. For some reason he has a wish to be King and he hates me because he's not."

"Well, that's not fair."

"No, but he's not that great anyway and as horrible as it may sound, I hate him too…"

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Nicholas greeted us with a disgusted smirk as we entered the palace. Char greeted him back with a plastered smile and I chose to do the same.

"So good of you to come." Nicholas said, nodding. The honey that he had forced into his voice reminded me of Dame Olga, and my face changed to show the same disgust that he had showed me.

"So good of you to welcome us," Char forced, although his voice didn't show the emotion that his smile did.

Just then a tall, thin man, dark-haired man, who looked to be ten to fifteen years my senior, came walking down a large staircase to the right of us. He was dressed in elegant robes and wore a crown—I knew immediately that he was the King. He was smiling and although it hadn't been a big smile, I knew that it had been a real one.

"Welcome. I hope your trip here wasn't too bad."

"No. Thank you," Char spoke.

"And the Princess Eleanor. As lovely as I'd heard."

I hated both of his statements. The first had always made me angry, and the second uncomfortable. I chose to ignore them. "Thank you, sir," I said.

"Ella. She's Ella," Char said. He remembers what I said to Father! He knows me so well. I smiled at him.

"Ah, sorry," he said to me, "Oh, and I'm Arwen. I can't believe I didn't introduce myself earlier." Then he turned away from me, "Come, Prince Charmont, I have matters to discuss with you. Princess Ella," he nodded at me, "Nicholas can show you to your room."

Nicholas glared, although King Arwen hadn't noticed. Char gave me a look and then walked out of the room. After the two of them had gone, Nicholas said, "I guess I'm to take you upstairs then. Come on."

He walked up the stairs and I, of course, followed. "So, Charmont's wife," What is that supposed to mean?

"Yes." Of course I was…

"I'm sure he told you all about me."

"No," I lied, not wanting to get into this conversation with him.

He stopped for a second and glanced back at me. "Don't lie to me," he said as he walked forward.

I said nothing.

"You hate me already, right?"

"Yes," I told him.

"Of course you do," he smirked. Then suddenly his smirk dissappeared and he stopped at an open doorway. "Stay here," he told me, as he walked into the room. And I did. I waited for him for almost five minutes, looking around the hallway at various objects. I wanted to see what he was doing, having left me to wait for as long as he pleased, but I couldn't.

He finally came back out the room, slamming the door behind him. What was that all about? I wondered. This man was very odd.

He walked on, but I stayed, the curse not letting me move. Nicholas got about ten feet down the corridor before he noticed that I wasn't following him. "What's the problem?" He asked me. He'd said not to lie to him, so I didn't say anything.

"Come on!" And I did. "Why is it that you're so silent, Eleanor." He was there when Char corrected King Arwen, wasn't he? Why did he say it like that?

"Ella. My name is Ella."

"Right. Sorry…" He hadn't meant it of course. "Well, answer my question, Ella."

What can I say? I can't lie, but there must be a way to get around it. "There are some questions I feel I don't need to answer."

"Why? Tell me that."

"Because…because I just don't," I said.

"Hmm… You're silence seems to have gone now. I wonder why that is…" Is he on to me? I feared. No, he can't be. "You are awfully obedient, Ella." He is! He is! My mind screamed. But I was confused. How was that even possible? "I suppose your parents raised you well." I sighed relief. But what is that smirk on his face for?

"Here it is." Finally! He opened the door to the large extravagant room. "I hope you like it," he'd put an even bigger dose of honey into his words. He left me and I went into the room, closing the door behind me as my heart raced.

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Okay, that's it for this chapter! Sorry I didn't include the wedding. I tried writing and rewriting it about four times, but it just wasn't good enough, so I cut it out.

Little bit of a cliffy, but not too bad, right? So, did you like? Better than the last one, right? Okay, well…do review! I don't know how many I want… Doesn't really matter this time, I guess. Same as last time would be great tho (especially since I know you guys can do it…) lol Just review if you can because it makes it much easier for me to write! Thanks for reading!

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