Chapter4

The wonderful Idea Jake had will surely make the girl think he wasn't a complete idiot. She was standing there staring at the moon when she felt a coat being wrapped around her.

"It's a bit chilly out miss and you shouldn't be out in this cold with that kind of clothes." Said a voice behind her. True her clothes were in bad condition with holes in them, but they were all she had. She turned to see the familiar face of the strange man that she had already had many encounters with.

"Oh its you." she said. "… Thank you for the coat."

"I uh…. Hope you don't find me rude, but I overheard you talking to that dwarf a minuet ago and I heard that you can't run away? Why not?"

She smiled "no I don't find you rude and you do seem a very nice man, I will tell you.'

"You see,' she said pulling Jakes coat closer around her shoulders. "My step mother does have some powers and you could call her a witch like that one dwarf did. She made me sign some, I think magic contract when I was little. It said that I will work for her and do what she tells me to do. It also says I shouldn't run away and even if I did I would always find my way back."

"Find your way back?' Jake asked confused "What does that mean?'

Eleanor looked at Jake "It means even if I did run away her magic would bring me back. One time I ran away into the forest everything was going well, I felt so free. That night I slept next to an oak with a nice little fire, but when I woke I was back in the bar, my step mother waiting for me and punishment for running away." I have done this several times, once I went far away ,but I fell asleep and woke up here. I went 3 days once without sleep and ran all three days, but sleep catches up with you and I found myself right back were I started.

"Well That's not right. I mean… You just can't…" Jake actually didn't know what to say. "Is there err… any way to break this contract?'

"well yes I asked her once and she said I have to die, or she has to die ,or someone comes along with enough money so that she can buy more servants who are better then me."

"Well." Said Jake "Three options then. One I kill you which I definitely don't want to do." He added quickly seeing the surprise look on her face. "Two I kill her which seems good. And three I all of a sudden become rich."

"Its o.k. You don't have to help me. By the way what's your name Mr. Now that were friend I think I should know. I'm Eleanor." She said lifting her hand for a shake.

"I am Jacob Grimm." And he took her hand and shook it and looking into her eyes he said "I might have a way of helping you."

A/N- wow another chapter down. So does anyone think it's good?