A/N: what the hell I made a very intentional mistake any only one … count it … ONE person caught one. So Wrestling Fan 4 Life you totally rock and everything will be explained in this very chapter. Rock on man I need to stop being so smart and hiding important points in the text. Bridie please don't kill me there is the end of Ever After but I changed it around so it is like my version of Ever After which is much shorter than the movie.
John looked down at the black cast that was now covering his right leg. He sighed it was going to hurt like a bitch walking around he just knew it.
"How are you feeling Mr. Cena?" Dr Anderson asked.
"I'm ok" John replied.
"Well we're going to fit you for crutches and then you are free to go" he said.
"Ok but one question what ever happened to the man that brought me in last night?" John asked.
"What man?" the doctor asked.
"The man who found me on the side of the road and brought me here" John replied.
"You managed to walk in here on your own last night there was no man with you" the doctor insisted.
"How can this be I couldn't just imagine a man" John said.
"John you were in a lot of pain maybe your mind was playing tricks on you" the doctor said.
"Well then how the hell did I end up here?" John asked.
"That is a mystery to me" the doctor said.
John sat on the edge of his bed. The doctor had left to get the crutches.
"And my mother wanted to know why I never wanted to be a doctor well there is her answer right there" John grumbled to himself.
"Hey how are you feeling" the man from the night before asked.
"Wow you're here" John said.
The man looked at himself and then said "I should hope so"
"No it's just that they said that you weren't here last night and I was starting to doubt myself" John said.
"That's doctors for ya" the man said. "by the I don't think I told you my name it's Nick Corbin"
"Well Nick it's nice to know I'm not going insane" John said.
"Glad to help" Nick replied with a small chuckle.
"Where are we?" John asked.
"St. Margaret's" he said.
"This is where my wife was born" John said.
He ran a hand through his hair this was becoming too much.
"Really?" Nick said. "Isn't that just a really weird coincidence?"
"I feel like you know something that I don't" John commented.
"You never know" Nick said "how about I give you a lift back to your car and someone can pick you up from there"
"Yeah sure" John said "I just need to get some crutches"
"I'll meet you out front" Nick said. Before leaving the room.
"John who are you talking to?' the doctor asked.
"The man who brought me in here last night" John insisted.
The good old doctor just shook his head and looked closely at John, he took out his little pocket flashlight and checked to see if John's eyes were dilated which would be the signs of a concussion.
"Doc what are you doing?" John asked.
"Checking for a concussion" the doctor said.
"Doc I didn't hit my head" John replied.
"You can never be too sure" he said "especially when you are seeing people who aren't there" he muttered.
"Well whatever can I go now?" John asked.
"Yes you are released" the doctor said.
John grabbed the crutches and steadied himself enough to walk with them. To say John Cena was a pro with crutches would be an understatement. He made it to the front door and turned to look once more at the front of the hospital.
"My wife was born here and dying somewhere else" he said sadly to himself before getting into the truck.
John turned himself so he was facing the window, most of the ride he remained quiet.
"She's going to be alright" Nick said.
"How could you possibly know that?" John asked.
"I just know" he said. "she sound like a fighter and you need to have a little more faith in her"
"I just can see anything over my own grief" John said. He had no idea why he felt he could be so open with this man but he just could.
"Well here we are" Nick said.
John carefully hopped out of the truck and walked over to his car. He turned back around to thank Nick one more time but he was gone. John swore he hadn't heard any sounds of that big truck leaving. The wind blew and something shiny caught John's attention. He walked over to it and was totally freaked out by what he saw.
Nicholas Corbin
December 18 1945 – June 24 2002
"Holy Christ" John said.
But instead of being frightened like any ordinary person would be he felt a scene of peace coming over him. Nick was sent there to make sure he knew that everything was alright and to stop doubting what the God had planed for him. He continued to read what was written on the grave marker. Nick had been killed in a car accident on that very stretch of road. John smiled at least he was with his family now.
John felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Whatcha lookin at cuz?" Marc asked.
"Nothing" John replied.
"So you gonna explain what happened to your leg?" Marc asked.
"I had a bout of insanity but I'm ok now" John replied.
"Yeah" Marc said, he was a little scared right now.
"Take me to Mass General" John said.
"You sure you want to see Ash right now?" Marc asked.
"Yeah" John replied with confidence "I know she is going to wake up"
"Dude what the hell happened to you that you are all happy and shit?" Marc asked.
"Let's just say I got a very over due reminder that everything always ends up ok" John said.
Ashley's Dream still comatose
Ashley woke up the next morning by having the covers ripped off of her.
"What the …"she trailed off
"Wake up now" Deanna said.
"I am sick" Ashley groaned.
"What about breakfast?" Cameron asked.
"You have two hands fix it yourself" Ashley answered.
Cameron looks at his mother and sister and storms out of the room.
"Candice leave us for a moment" Deanna said.
"Yes mother" Candice said.
Once Candice was out of the room Deanna turned to face Ashley.
"I know about your little escapade with the prince last night" Deanna said.
Ashley swallowed but didn't deny anything.
"Candice and I were talking to the queen the other day and she kept talking about this countess Sarah Hardy, who was staying with her cousin"
"So" Ashley said "there could be more than one Sarah Hardy"
"Don't lie to me your mother was no countess and how dare you pretend to be one"
"What is the matter Step-Mother afraid I might marry the prince instead of that cow you call a daughter?" Ashley asked. After all she had put up with over the years, she had finally lost her composure.
"How dare you say that" Deanna said.
"It's the truth" she replied.
"MOTHER" Candice yelled.
Both Deanna and Ashley ran down the stairs to see what the matter was. Candice was standing in her mother's room.
"The dress it is gone" she stated.
"Ashley where is the dress?" Deanna asked.
"Do you really think I'm stupid, I'd rather die than to have the selfish pig wear my mother's dress" Ashley said near tears. (A/N: I'm skipping the part where the book is burned because that part really makes me sad and I hate that part)
Ashley could feel the whip cutting into the skin but she didn't care she could block out the pain. One solitary tear fell down her cheek and that was only when Trish was treating her wounds.
"You shouldn't have done that Ashley" Trish said.
"I don't care anymore my father wouldn't have wanted this" Ashley said.
Later that day Ashley met John like she said she would.
"I thought you weren't going to come" he said. He went to hug her but she hissed in pain when he did.
"I have to tell you something" she said before he could ask what was the matter.
"I have something to tell you too" he said.
"Me first ok" she said.
"Sure ok fine" he said.
"I'm not who I said I was" she said "I lied to save a man's life"
"What do you mean?" John asked.
"I am nothing but a servant who dressed up as a courtier to save my friend's husband, I never thought I would see you or end up falling in love with you" she said. "Sarah Hardy was my mother… my real name is Ashley"
"This can't be true" John said backing away from her.
"Please John" she said.
"You will address me with formality" he said through gritted teeth. "I have made my decision I am going through with my pact with Spain"
Ashley ran away from him leaving behind one of the glass slippers she had been wearing. John just watched her go with tear filled eyes. He picked up the shoe and carried it with him back to the palace.
John went through with the ball but his heart wasn't in it at all. He sat in the corner of a deserted hall. Randy came up and sat next to him, he had heard about John's decision and didn't understand it.
"She lied to me" John said.
"Huh?" Randy asked.
"She was a servant" John continued.
"So" Randy said.
"I am the Prince of France, she lied to me and made me think she was something that she was not"
"Do you love her?" Randy asked.
"Yes" John answered.
"Then does it really matter what she is?" Randy asked.
"No" John said.
"Then why are you sitting here go find her and tell her" Randy said.
John stood up and started to run.
"Tell my father that I will be back" John said.
John took off as fast as his horse would carry him. He knew where to find her, he just hoped she would accept his apology.
He knocked on the wooden door as hard as he could. It seemed like forever before someone answered.
"Your majesty what a surprise" Trish said opening up the door.
"I need to speak to Ashley" he said.
"Come in and I will get her" Trish said.
John entered the home, it was smaller in the castle but it had its charm to it. Ashley was in her room crying, she seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
"Ashley you have a visitor" Trish said.
"I don't want to see anyone" she said.
"I don't think I can really send the prince away" Trish said.
"The prince is here?" Ashley asked.
"Yes and he wants to see you" Trish replied.
Ashley composed herself before going down stairs.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I am but a stupid man who let a stupid thing like social status come before his heart" he said "and I have come to make amends"
"And now you have" Ashley said.
"I was hoping that the owner of this glass slipper would be home" he said taking the shoe out of his pocket.
"But the owner of the slipper is just a servant" Ashley said.
"It doesn't matter what she was" John said "I want her not her status"
John slipped the shoe onto Ashley's foot and then took her into his arms and kissed her.
"I love you Ashley" he said.
"I love you too John" she said.
"No one speak of this I have a plan" John said.
Three days later there was a knock on the manor door. Deanna opened it and Randy told her that her and her children were summoned to the palace at once. Of course they dressed up and rushed to the palace.
"Baroness is it true that you lied to the queen of France?" The king asked.
"Choose your words carefully" the queen said.
Deanna was caught now it was true she had said Ashley was her cousin and that she was engaged to someone else. That message never got to the prince thank god.
"This crime is big enough to have you sent to the Americas unless someone would be willing to speak for you" the king said.
Deanna looked around nobody said anything because nobody really like her or her children.
"I'll speak for them" Ashley said coming out from the back.
John smirked at the looks on each of their faces. Ashley came to stand next to him.
"Your highness all I ask is you show them the same kindness they have showed me all my life" Ashley said to the king.
"Candace I don't believe you have met my wife" John said.
And so it was the evil step family became servant and Ashley and John lived happily ever after.
End of Dream
Ashley opened her eyes and saw nothing but whiteness.
"Oh god I really am dead this time" she said.
"No sweetie you are not" she heard a voice say.
There standing before her was her mother and her well other mother.
"What is happening to me?" she asked.
"You are in a coma" Lily said.
"My baby?"
"They are both fine" Deanna said.
"Both?" Ashley asked.
"Twin girls" Lily said with a smile.
"Why is this happening the last thing I remember is something that was like Ever After" Ashley said.
"That would be your over active imagination working" Deanna said.
"Why are you here?" Ashley asked in a hint of distaste.
"I can never tell you how truly sorry I am" Deanna said.
"I'm not mad at you, I never was" Ashley said "I don't hate you I just hate what you did"
"That gives me peace" Deanna said.
"Me too" Ashley replied.
"I'll go you two need to talk" Deanna said.
Then she disappeared. Lily hugged Ashley as tight as she could.
"I've waited so long to do that" she said.
"I'm sorry I can't remember you" Ashley said.
"Don't be, only be sorry if your children have to say the same thing" Lily replied.
"I don't want to leave you" Ashley said "I just found you"
"You'll always have me" Lily said "but you have a family who needs you"
"How are they?" Ashley asked.
"The kids are ok a little quiet they need you and John well he wasn't ok but he has hope now" Lily said.
"I miss them" Ashley said.
"I only ask that you do me one favor" Lily said.
"What is that?" Ashley asked.
"Tell Chris that it wasn't his fault and that I am happy that he has found someone who can help him start his life all over again" Lily said.
"Chris is trying the best he can to live a normal life but I don't think he ever truly will" Ashley said.
"He has you and that helps but if you die I don't think he could survive it" Lily said "he couldn't bare to loose you again"
"He won't have too" Ashley said.
End of Chapter
A/N: Sorry it took so long but I've been busy and then my niece got sick and I was suffering from writer's block. Thank you for reviewing last chapter and I hope you guys know now what is going to happen to Ashley. She'll wake up soon but not in the next chapter. The next chapter deals with everyone saying good bye but don't worry she ain't gonna die.