Author's note: I just woke up, and I am writing. I REALLY am trying not to make these next chapters like Corrupted Beauty or Lady Strength. I actually don't think anyone has done one for Gemma yet. So I am truly sorry if this seems too much like Corrupted Beauty.

The reason I put that there is that one reviewer asked me to do chapters for all the girls. I thought it was a good idea! So this one is Pippa, next, I think, will be Fee.

Chapter 2: Betrayed

They betrayed me! They all did it. Fee said that I would stay! She promised me! She said we would stay together always. And then they tried to go to the Temple without me!

Gemma has always wanted the power for herself. She never wanted to share with us. If she had let Miss Moore give me the power, we could stay together! I might have forgiven her for leaving me!

How could she leave me? Gemma left me there in the river, drowning. She left me there to die! All she cares about is herself. That's all anyone cares about.

My parents just wanted money. They just wanted their reputation to be intact. They couldn't have an epileptic daughter on their hands. They just wanted to be rid of me. They didn't stop to think what would happen if my husband actually found out. Or if I decided to tell them.

Nobody cared about me. Nobody except for Fee. And now she's left me too. It's not fair! Why did they all have to leave? Why? Why, why why? Gemma didn't even try to stop me from eating those berries! If she had I would- I would- I would be married to Mr. Bumble. She still should have stopped me!

She's always been jealous of me! I saw the way she looked at me after that Indian boy, Kartik looked at me! Just because I'm beautiful, and she's not doesn't mean she should have killed me! She likes Kartik, I know. It could be her downfall. Brought down by me. I will bring down the all-powerful Gemma. I will bring down the Most High.

Most High? Ha. She could never make the decisions. She would be weak. She would be the ruin of the Order. And at last the Winterlands will have the power. I will have the power. I must meet with Eugenia Spence. She will help me along to power. I will be the Queen of the Winterlands. No more being nice. No more trusting my so-called friends. I work not for them, but for myself.

Why should she be the leader of them? Gemma could no more lead a fly. And with help like Ann. She'll never make it. Never. Ann can't help. All she does is follow around anybody who is powerful. When we first went to the caves, she only did the sacrifice because Fee and I did it. If it had just been me, that never would have happened.

If we had never done that sacrifice, this whole thing never would have happened. We never would have gone back into the Realms. The assassin would never have come. I would still be alive. They wouldn't have left me in the river. The Runes of the Oracle wouldn't have been destroyed. They would be intact. We could have found someone who could have taught us. They never would have found the Temple. We never would have met Asha, or Philon, or the Gorgon, or the Nymphs. Miss Moore would still be Miss Moore.

It's all her fault. Gemma did this all to us. She was the one who brought Circe in. Circe was going to let me stay with Felicity, and Ann, and Gemma! How much longer could I have been able to stand Gemma? All of her arrogance, her- her pompousness. Everything about her I hate!

Why did Fee have to leave? We should have been together always. Our children would have been friends, we would have sent our daughters to Spence, we would see each other as much as possible. We should have been together. We shouldn't have been torn apart by this stupid, stupid magic. I wish we never would have formed this new Order. I wish Gemma had never come to Spence. I wish- I wish I was alive.

What a wonderous thing! To be alive! To go to the opera, to go to balls, to feel the snowflakes floating down on my cheeks! To feel the warmth of the crackling fire. I wish I was alive with all of my heart. Then I wouldn't be stuck here. I wouldn't have been betrayed. I want to look at all the young men, to gossip about who has done what. I want to dance again! I want to flirt and to bat my eyelashes and to lie about myself again. No. I don't want to lie about myself.

I wish I could have just told someone about my epilepsy. Maybe they would have loved me for who I was, not for my money, or my beauty. Maybe I would have found someone that was like my Knight. My champion.

But she ruined it all.

Now I will never have anything I wanted.

Now I will be Queen.

I will never be powerless again.

I won't be content to ride on the powers of others.

The sacrifice will be mine.

I will no longer be just a beauty.

I will never be betrayed again.

I will bring her down, once and for all.

Yes, the last line, weird. But it seemed to fit. I need an answer. Should I do Kartik along with the girls? I think it might be a good idea. Or maybe Mary Dowd! Does that sound good to you? Tell me!