DISCLAIMER: I give all credit to Gail Carson Levine for the characters in
her book.
NOTE: OMG! I can't believe how many people actually reviewed my first chapter! I love you all! Thanks to: Lollipop5, Wolf Maid, LolaQ, "awaiting impatient person", Tempting Desire, Rambling Thestral, MyOwnLittleWorld, Wake-Robin, and Lady of Storms. I just wrote that chapter because I was ticked off (note the title) at my language arts teacher. She told me that I can't write, so I wrote this just to prove her wrong. Due to the overwhelming popularity of this fic, I guess I'll continue it. Thanks again! Oh! And please read my LOTR fanfic, Lonesome Dove. I think all fans of Ella will like my character Gamine. READ AND REVIEW!
Chapter 2
Ella and Tempest came up with an agreement that night: Tem would take watch half of the night and eavesdrop on their captors, and Ella would take the other half. It was Ella's turn now, and she listened to any noises that came from outside of her cell.
She also kept a close eye on the boy. After a while, she gave up on figuring out who he looked like. He did resemble someone, though.
He hadn't offered his name to either girl, nor did he move after Ella answered his question. He had laid back down and stayed there. Ella did not worry about him too much, though.
She started when she heard a woman come to the cell. Ella thought it might be the kidnapper's wife, but when the woman came out of the shadows, she could see that the woman was much younger than the man's wife was.
"Who are you?" Ella asked.
The woman shook her head and put her finger to her lips. She put a key into the lock of the door and opened it up. Quickly, she slipped a plate into the cell. The plate had four white rolls, a pastry, and a few medallions of meat that looked like pork.
The girl nodded at Ella and smiled before locking the door again and melting back into the shadows. Ella looked at the food hungrily, for she had not eaten for hours.
She turned to Tem, who slept at her side, and prodded her awake.
"Tem! Tem!" She whispered excitedly.
"What? I'm sleepin'!" Tem said groggily and rolled over.
"There's food! Tem! There's food!"
Tem sat up immediately. "Food? Where?"
"Over there!" Ella scrambled over and woke the boy up, too. "Come on! We have some food— let's eat!"
The boy followed her to the plate, a bit suspiciously. But once he saw the food, his eyes lit up. He reached for one of the rolls.
"Hands off!" Tem ordered him.
"Tem!" Ella said, exasperatedly. "The food is for him, too."
Ella divided the food among them all so that each had some meat, bread, and pastry. The trio sat munching on the food, enjoying themselves for the first time they had been in the cell. Once they were finished, Ella asked:
"Do either of you know who that girl who brought the food is?"
"Nope, and I don't care, neither," said the girl.
"Hmm..." she turned to the boy. "What is your name? I can't keep calling you 'Boy' in my head."
The boy murmured something that Ella couldn't hear. She moved a bit closer.
"What was that?"
"I said that you could call me... Reginald."
Ella nodded. "Well, it is nice to meet you Reginald. My name is Eleanor. You can call me Ella."
He looked at her strangely, but said, "Call me Gin."
Ella would forever have to call him 'Gin' now— He had ordered her to. "Gin, then."
Tempest burst out laughing.
Gin turned indignantly. "What's so funny?" he demanded.
"It's jus' that you two seem to be people that wouldn't hang out with me if yous were in your real homes. You people have funny long names and I'd bet anythin' that you were both rich once. I jus' think it's funny."
Ella and Gin looked at each other and saw that Tem was right.
Tem stood up and, with her most serious face, said, "Milady and Milord—" She curtsied to them, holding up the imaginary skirts of a dress. She broke out laughing once again, unable to hold it all in.
Soon after, Gin and Ella joined in. It really was kind of funny.
"Now, Lady Ella, join me at our dinner," Gin teased, standing up and bowing to her. She took his arm and tried to find someway to complete the second part of the command; she had joined him, but she couldn't find another supper anywhere to go to.
She started to become dizzy. Her head felt as if it were going to burst. The only thing that held her up was the arm that she had linked her own through. She doubled over, feeling as if she were going to see her meal again.
"Ella, what's wrong?" asked Gin worriedly.
When she couldn't answer, he eased her to the ground, so she wouldn't fall over. "Just take deep breaths. Steady yourself. Sit down. Come on now."
Ella stood up straight and then sat down. She breathed so deeply that it almost sounded as if she were hyper ventilating.
"You have to calm down, Ella!" Tempest said, agitatedly. When Ella didn't, for Tem had requested it, not commanded it, Tem slapped her hard across the face. "CALM DOWN!"
Ella felt relaxed all of the sudden. She felt no anxiety over anything. "Thank you for helping me, Gin, and you, too, Tem," she said, airily.
"Are you feeling alright?" Gin asked.
"I have never felt so calm in my life."
"Uh huh. I think you need to go lie down, Ella."
"Okay..." she stood up and dreamily went to the corner and laid down. There she went to sleep.
Tem turned to Gin. "You know, I don't think that gal is stable."
"Maybe... And maybe she has just had a long day. I suppose we'll see tomorrow," he answered, as if he had had a long life.
So, with that the two new friends took a last look at Ella in the corner, and they both went to sleep themselves.
NOTE: OMG! I can't believe how many people actually reviewed my first chapter! I love you all! Thanks to: Lollipop5, Wolf Maid, LolaQ, "awaiting impatient person", Tempting Desire, Rambling Thestral, MyOwnLittleWorld, Wake-Robin, and Lady of Storms. I just wrote that chapter because I was ticked off (note the title) at my language arts teacher. She told me that I can't write, so I wrote this just to prove her wrong. Due to the overwhelming popularity of this fic, I guess I'll continue it. Thanks again! Oh! And please read my LOTR fanfic, Lonesome Dove. I think all fans of Ella will like my character Gamine. READ AND REVIEW!
Chapter 2
Ella and Tempest came up with an agreement that night: Tem would take watch half of the night and eavesdrop on their captors, and Ella would take the other half. It was Ella's turn now, and she listened to any noises that came from outside of her cell.
She also kept a close eye on the boy. After a while, she gave up on figuring out who he looked like. He did resemble someone, though.
He hadn't offered his name to either girl, nor did he move after Ella answered his question. He had laid back down and stayed there. Ella did not worry about him too much, though.
She started when she heard a woman come to the cell. Ella thought it might be the kidnapper's wife, but when the woman came out of the shadows, she could see that the woman was much younger than the man's wife was.
"Who are you?" Ella asked.
The woman shook her head and put her finger to her lips. She put a key into the lock of the door and opened it up. Quickly, she slipped a plate into the cell. The plate had four white rolls, a pastry, and a few medallions of meat that looked like pork.
The girl nodded at Ella and smiled before locking the door again and melting back into the shadows. Ella looked at the food hungrily, for she had not eaten for hours.
She turned to Tem, who slept at her side, and prodded her awake.
"Tem! Tem!" She whispered excitedly.
"What? I'm sleepin'!" Tem said groggily and rolled over.
"There's food! Tem! There's food!"
Tem sat up immediately. "Food? Where?"
"Over there!" Ella scrambled over and woke the boy up, too. "Come on! We have some food— let's eat!"
The boy followed her to the plate, a bit suspiciously. But once he saw the food, his eyes lit up. He reached for one of the rolls.
"Hands off!" Tem ordered him.
"Tem!" Ella said, exasperatedly. "The food is for him, too."
Ella divided the food among them all so that each had some meat, bread, and pastry. The trio sat munching on the food, enjoying themselves for the first time they had been in the cell. Once they were finished, Ella asked:
"Do either of you know who that girl who brought the food is?"
"Nope, and I don't care, neither," said the girl.
"Hmm..." she turned to the boy. "What is your name? I can't keep calling you 'Boy' in my head."
The boy murmured something that Ella couldn't hear. She moved a bit closer.
"What was that?"
"I said that you could call me... Reginald."
Ella nodded. "Well, it is nice to meet you Reginald. My name is Eleanor. You can call me Ella."
He looked at her strangely, but said, "Call me Gin."
Ella would forever have to call him 'Gin' now— He had ordered her to. "Gin, then."
Tempest burst out laughing.
Gin turned indignantly. "What's so funny?" he demanded.
"It's jus' that you two seem to be people that wouldn't hang out with me if yous were in your real homes. You people have funny long names and I'd bet anythin' that you were both rich once. I jus' think it's funny."
Ella and Gin looked at each other and saw that Tem was right.
Tem stood up and, with her most serious face, said, "Milady and Milord—" She curtsied to them, holding up the imaginary skirts of a dress. She broke out laughing once again, unable to hold it all in.
Soon after, Gin and Ella joined in. It really was kind of funny.
"Now, Lady Ella, join me at our dinner," Gin teased, standing up and bowing to her. She took his arm and tried to find someway to complete the second part of the command; she had joined him, but she couldn't find another supper anywhere to go to.
She started to become dizzy. Her head felt as if it were going to burst. The only thing that held her up was the arm that she had linked her own through. She doubled over, feeling as if she were going to see her meal again.
"Ella, what's wrong?" asked Gin worriedly.
When she couldn't answer, he eased her to the ground, so she wouldn't fall over. "Just take deep breaths. Steady yourself. Sit down. Come on now."
Ella stood up straight and then sat down. She breathed so deeply that it almost sounded as if she were hyper ventilating.
"You have to calm down, Ella!" Tempest said, agitatedly. When Ella didn't, for Tem had requested it, not commanded it, Tem slapped her hard across the face. "CALM DOWN!"
Ella felt relaxed all of the sudden. She felt no anxiety over anything. "Thank you for helping me, Gin, and you, too, Tem," she said, airily.
"Are you feeling alright?" Gin asked.
"I have never felt so calm in my life."
"Uh huh. I think you need to go lie down, Ella."
"Okay..." she stood up and dreamily went to the corner and laid down. There she went to sleep.
Tem turned to Gin. "You know, I don't think that gal is stable."
"Maybe... And maybe she has just had a long day. I suppose we'll see tomorrow," he answered, as if he had had a long life.
So, with that the two new friends took a last look at Ella in the corner, and they both went to sleep themselves.