Hiya! Okay several people have commented on this. I sometimes use modern language and slang but I assure you that this is intentional! I just think of my story slightly behind the times. Lol. No really. I use it so much that I can't keep it out of my writing. If you have problems with it maybe you could review and tell me words I could use as alternates. Okay? I'm not mad, I'm just saying…Okey Dokey with that being said time to talk to my reviewers!

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Oh yeah! Hope Day is kind of like Christmas. That's where I got it from. I made up my own holiday to give to you lovely (except the flamers-kidding!) reviewers! And the song was I Hope You Dance by LeAnn Womack. She rocks! I hope that song wasn't too modern ;) Ok keep reading you will eventually come to my chapter. Lol. Really! Okay, I will leave now. Wait I can't or you won't be able to read my story! Alright I will stop this now. I apologize for being so strange. Original title huh?

The Wish

"I wish that my curse can be lifted off of me."

As soon as I said that the falling star started coming towards me. It was really scary! As it got closer I saw that it wasn't a star at all but a fairy!

"Hello dear."

"Ahhh!"

"Sshh, unless you don't want your wish granted."

"You can do that?"

"Of course dear, unless you've changed your mind?"

"No no no I do want my wish to come true." I took a good look at the fairy. It was a woman who was starting to gray. She seemed to be glowing many colors and she didn't have wings like most people would think. She didn't have any special clothing on. Just normal maid attire. Her eyes were the strangest thing. They were a dark gray color, like a cloud before it rains

"Great! I am not sure if it will work. I have never tried to counteract another fairies gift. It should though because I have special powers given to me for this occasion."

"I sure hope so. My curse is nothing but trouble. It just holds me back from doing things."

"Of course. You know we don't grant everyone wishes. Just some select few that we believe are truly hoping for something. In fact just you and one other person are receiving your wish tonight."

"Really? Who is the other person? Do I know them? Can you tell me their wish? Does it concern me?"

"Wow! Excited are we. Let me see. I don't think it is against the rules to tell you but it could be an invasion of privacy…"

"Tell me please! I promise not to tell!"

"Alright, the Prince Walter made the wish. You know him I believe. I can tell you his wish. And it concerns you."

"You can't leave me hanging. Tell me the wish!"

"Demanding now too. Maybe I shouldn't tell you…"

"Please!"

"Okay he is wishing for you to marry him someday."

"WHAT! Oh no, oh no! This can't be happening. Can I get a refund?"

"What ARE you saying?"

"I am saying I don't want to marry him someday. He is nice and all but being related to Nicole is too much! I might like someone else anyways! I can't have my heart promised to him! It is against my principles! If I did want to marry him for real maybe I wouldn't care. But now it is just too much. Can I change my wish?"

"You really want to?"

"Yes. Or could I add on to my wish?"

"Well…"

"Please! If I don't really love him I shouldn't be forced to marry him! And if I do I will marry him anyways! And you wouldn't want Lucinda's dumb judgment to be a burden to me my whole life would you?"

"No. Alright I will help. But you can't tell anyone alright. It would be very bad for my reputation if you did."

"Yeah yeah ok now please change it!"

"Well you will have to restate your wish so it is legal."

"Alright, I wish that I don't have to marry Prince Walter and that my curse is lifted from me."

"Perfect. Now this may sound strange but I have to say it to grant your wishes."

"That's fine." She put her hands on my head. I closed my eyes and felt a cool sensation travel down my body and the fairy spoke some very strange words.

"em morf detfil si esruc ym taht dna retlaw ecnirp yrram ot evah tnod I taht hsiw i"

"Is that it?"

"Yes. The curse will be several hours in taking effect. You know you are very…enthusiastic." She said looking at me coyly.

"Thanks."

"Dear lady," she said while laughing, "you are so much like your Mother."

"What?" Now I have never been told THAT before. Usually we are compared like night and day.

"Oh, haven't you been told?"

"Told what?"

"If you don't know maybe it isn't in my place to say…"

"Tell me please!" I have done the most begging in my life tonight.

"I am afraid I won't besides I have to be back to look after my godchild. Goodbye." And with that she left. Not by flying as before. But she just vanished leaving me there looking like a fish with my open mouth.

Wow! I can't believe that happened! I can't wait to see if it worked! A little while later Paige came up to my room. She was really excited. Wonder what happened after I left?

"You'll never believe this!"

"I'll never believe what?"

"Nicole she…I'm sorry…can't stop laughing!" she bust out into uncontrollable laughter. She fell on my bed and was holding her sides. She had tears coming down her cheeks too. She has got to tell me!

"Paige? Paige! Don't be like that! You are scaring me!" she was! She was laying on my bed and her face was getting all red. It didn't do anything for her complexion either.

"S…s…s…s…o…r…r…r…r…y…y…y!!!!!" she said still laughing. When she calmed herself down to a slight chuckle I asked her what happened.

"Alright," giggle, "I'll tell you. Nicole she…"

"Don't laugh until you finish talking." I said threateningly.

"Okay, okay, you just suck the fun out of everything you know?"

"No I don't, now get on with the story!"

"Fine, well Nicole she saw some girl kissing Derek," evil glare at whatever I'm staring at, "and she was so angry about it."

"That's it?"

"No there's more. Obviously she had to get back at the girl, so she oh so innocently had a glass of RED wine, though why she had it in the first place is beyond me, in her hand when she bumped into the girl. The girl's WHITE dress got splattered with it, but she didn't need to wear a white dress. Honestly! What did she think? She was going to marry Derek on the spot?" Wait a minute! I have a yellow dress not a white one…

"But the way those two reacted was the funniest of all. Nicole tried to cover up that she was happy about what she did. Needless to say, she wasn't very good at it. But that poor girl! She was practically crying, but she looked like she would rather die than insult royalty. So she meekly said it was her fault. Nicole's face said everything. She looked down her nose at her and turned to dance with Derek. Now that I look back it wasn't really tha-"

I started to laugh. I was so happy! It wasn't me that Derek was talking about! It was that other poor girl! Though I feel sorry for her, really I do, it's just…I don't know this warm feeling spreading through my body. Hold on. Why am I so happy? It was just one kiss. It won't happen ever again…at least not with him. And why was I so sad in the first place?

"Umm…it wasn't that funny really, and you weren't even there." I realized I was still laughing. I stopped abruptly.

"Oh, sorry, I was just…lost in my thoughts."

"OoOoOoOoOoOhHhHhHh!!! Thoughts about my brother I presume?"

"Eww! Yuck! No way! Not in a million years!" A million years sure flies by fast…

"OK, ok, I understand. Now it is after midnight. Shall we go to bed or stay up until the wee hours of morning talking?"

"TALKING!" we said together.

"We have a LOT of catching up to do."

"Don't I know it."

And so that is what we did for the rest of the night/morning. A maid found us at about three in the morning and brought us some hot chocolate and cookies. We did eventually fall asleep and woke up with our gowns still on and our hair slightly rumpled. Paige went across the hall to get ready for breakfast. When I looked out the window and saw the clock I realized we had already missed breakfast.

It was half past eleven! I went and knocked on Paige's door after changing quickly.

"Hi. Uhh, breakfast is already over. So, umm, what are we going to eat? Lunch isn't for two more hours yet."

"Not what exactly, more like where are we going to eat."

Well Paige showed me to the kitchen. We went in and I saw almost every kind of food imaginable. The cook, Manny I think, was by the stove. There was a broth sitting on top of it. She turned around and set a bowl each in front of us.

"So Mandy, why weren't we awakened for breakfast?" That's what it was! Mandy.

"Well a little bird told me you two were still sleeping. Up all night I suppose? We didn't want to bother you. We figured you needed your rest. Ah, here's that little bird now." Mandy said when Clarisse walked in the kitchen.

"Now drink up. And don't leave anything in the bowl. Take away one ingredient of the broth and it isn't the same." We followed her instructions. It was very delicious. I was also wide awake now.

"Oh, I'm sorry, how forgetful I am! Mandy this is Andrea, Andrea, Mandy."

"I know who she is."

"You do?" we both asked.

"Who else would be sitting here drinking broth with Paige after an all-nighter. Nicole? I don't think so. And I recognize you from a while back."

"Really? I don't remember you. I am sure I wouldn't forget someone like you."

"I saw you at your birth celebration."

"Oh, right, that's where you were when I was born."

"Yes, pity I missed it. Ah well we can't live in the past while there is food to be cooked! Shoo shoo girls! I need to get lunch ready."

"Talk to you soon Mandy!"

"Okay dear!"

"Mandy is so particular about her food. She has to be alone with it before it is sent out. Strange really. Well best run off this food before lunch ay?" I nodded. I thought about what Mandy said. She saw me before. Well she must have seen me as a baby but a baby can look very different all grown up. She has had to have seen me lately. I began to think about that fairy from last night. I still haven't told Paige about it. Wait…Mandy…her eyes were dark gray…and she has seen me lately…her food is too good to be made by humans…she knows something about my mother… says dear a lot…there is only one explanation for all of this…Mandy is a…

Let's stop there. Hehe. Soooo. What did everyone think? Fabulous, wonderful, sweetness, tender, rich, ravishing, awesome, cool, anything else? I know this chapter is shorter than some of my others but you have found out valuable information in it. And no more reviews about my modern writing style! Unless you like it of course! It is all part of the story. You will see in a few chapters time. I hate to bug you bout that, you should review however you want, but it annoys me a little. Just a smidge though. Alrightyroo and remember the part about Ria's Mother. That will be important too. Sooo goodnight for now.