Ella Enchanted: Cursed?

'She's beautiful!'

The silence was broken by Mandy's words. Of course it wasn't all silence as my newly born daughter was howling as if the world was ending.

'What will you call her?' Mandy asked a smile on her old face. She was my mother's fairy godmother, then mine, now she was the beautiful baby's lying in my arms.

I looked at Char, my husband. He was crowned prince of Frell, we had first met at my mothers funeral, there was an instant attraction, I made him laugh and loved doing it and we soon fell in love. However I was cursed. When I was born a fairy, Lucinda, bestowed a 'gift' upon me, I had to be obedient all the time. If I was given an order I had to do it. If someone had told me to chop off my head if would have. So you can see how that would have caused problems if I were to marry him, I could have been ordered to betray my kingdom, kill one of the only people left that I loved as my father was cruel and mean hearted and my dear mother dead. I couldn't do it, so I lied to him, said I married a rich earl. It broke my heart but I had to. But eventually I couldn't bare it any longer, I had to see him and when I did I fell in love all over again. He asked me to marry him, but I couldn't, I wouldn't put him in danger! But I loved him, I had to break my horrid curse, and I did.

"What should we name her?' I asked him.

He looked at me, then the baby, he smiled.

'She looks like you your other, Lady Eleanor. I think we are looking at another young Ella.'

I looked at my precious child, wrapped up in pink blankets, eyes closed, sucking contentedly on her small fingers.

'Welcome to the world Ella' I whispered.