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A/N: Hey kids! Thanks for my reviews! Sorry it's taken me soooo long. Goin' through a few things here with school, school plays, and cheerleading. I'm basically never home. Anyhoo—hope this chapter comes out good, although I don't think it will… We'll see.

Ella Forever Enchanted?

Chapter Seven

It was only half an hour later, and I was dozing off in my chair. My eyes snapped open for probably the tenth time as I tried desperately to stay awake. Everything that I'd just gone through had exhausted me and I wanted nothing more but to curl myself into a ball and to cry myself to sleep. How could I do this? How could I kill Char? I care more about him then I care about anyone in the world… I had to think of away out of this.

My mind was blank. I resorted to again trying to break the curse. I looked around the room and behind me was a door—the door that I'd come in, I assumed. I closed my eyes and thought, I have to open it. I have to run through the long dark hallway and out to my freedom. I can't stay here and risk Char's life. And I imagined myself doing just that. I stood up slowly, my eyes still closed. That wasn't hard. I turned around just as slowly. I'm making progress…I took one step and then another toward the door. Then, as I though about taking another, my symptoms started. My heart sank. I'd thought I was actually going to do it… and then, a voice inside my head told me that I could—that I had to. For Char—wonderful Char…and for his family—his wonderful family…and for Kyrria. I wanted to take another step, but my head was throbbing, my stomach was aching, I suddenly felt hot and broke into a cold sweat. I fell to my knees with such force that it felt almost as if my knees would crack, but they didn't. I opened my eyes and saw the room spinning around me. After blinking harshly, I saw the door moving further and further away. My hands went suddenly to my throbbing head in an attempt to stop what was happening and just then, the door swung open and I saw Nicholas standing in front of me.

My symptoms stopped immediately.

"Trying to escape, are we? Trying to break the curse?" Nicholas said in the most taunting way.

I stood up quickly and turned away from him.

"There's no use, Eleanor." At this I sat back down in my chair. Again I felt like crying. I mentally cursed Nicholas for having told me not to. I heard him turned his back to me. "Cry if you wish. And then go to sleep." He opened the door and walked out of the room, closing it behind him.

I immediately started to sob. As much as I wanted to cry softly so that Nicholas wouldn't hear me, I couldn't help but wail. I put my mouth in the arm of the chair in hopes to muffle the noise and eventually went to sleep.


"Wake up!" I was awake immediately. It had been my kidnapper from the previous night who'd awoken me. "Come with me."

He grabbed my arm roughly again and started to drag me out the door of the room and through the long hallway again. The hallway was now dimly lit instead of pitch black it had been before. The little bit of light burned my swollen eyes. It was morning, but barely, as the sun had not completely come out yet.

"Why do you insist on dragging me along this way?" I asked my captor. "I'm not going anywhere! How could I?" He obviously knew that I had to obey him.

He eyed me suspiciously and then let go of me. "Thank you." I thought that perhaps this was my chance to save myself. Perhaps I could get my captor to let me go.

"Why do you do this?" I asked him.

"Do what?"

"Why do you do everything that Nicholas tells you to do? He's doing all of this because he wants the Kyrrian crown, but what is in it for you? Has he offered you anything for this?"

"I'm being paid…"

"If he succeeds, he'll have more riches than you could imagine as both Prince of Viritel and King of Kyrria! I'm sure what he's paying you isn't nearly enough."

He stopped suddenly, at a dead end and looked back at me. "Stop it. Stop trying to trick me. I don't believe you." That was the end of that.

He pushed in one of the bricks at the dead end and the wall turned so that we could walk through into the next room. The hidden door then slowly turned back. "Stay here," he told me as he walked out of the room.

I paced the floor, my mind racing again. I couldn't give up just yet. I was still exhausted and felt as if I hadn't gotten any sleep at all. I guess that's what sleeping upright does to you.

Suddenly, it came to me. I knew what I could do. I called out, "Lucinda, come to my aid." Then I waited for a moment…and a few moments more…nothing. She didn't come. I couldn't think of a reason why, but she hadn't come. I had to think quickly now because I didn't know when my enemy would come back to get me.

I've got it! It was a small trick—one that might not do anything—but it was all I could think of and I had to try it. I started quickly ripping small pieces from my nightgown and stuffing them in a tiny pocket on my person.


Well, that's it! Sorry it's sooooo short…I was hoping to have a long chapter because I've made you all wait so long… But it's just about all I could do as of now. Not too shabby, right? Or was it horrible? Well, do review and tell me…I'll be writing (I promise) and looking for your feedback! Tata for now!

EvelynC.O