IN A LAND, FAR AWAY FROM HERE
A/N: Here is the third chapter of my fairytale. Thank you for the reviews, I'm glad you enjoy this story.
Time and Place: Another time, another world.
Summary: Scott and Juliet are respectively prince and princess and are forced by their parents to marry each other. But they aren't in love with each other…
Rating: T/M. It depends of the chapters. It will probably have some violence and sexual content in future chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my mind! Also, this story is completely AU.
Characters: All of the cliffhangers and their family, Peter and Sophie, maybe some OC. Elaine is still evil but in another style…means no raping or seducing Scott. Walt will have a part in this story but not before long…but I can reveal why now… Oh, and Susan, Scott's mother was killed several years ago.
Reviews answers: First of all, thanks to all the reviewers: Emer, Jean, Queen of Shadows, Ghostwriter, ShalBrenfan, Mary-023, 2008ccampbell! I'm glad to see you liked my previous chapter!
Special thank to Emer! Review greatly appreciated!
Queen of Shadows: I perfectly understand your point…I don't like it too when I hear people calling their boyfriend (or girlfriend!) 'my love'…it's kinda annoying!
Jean: In response to your question'I thought Scott was going with his dad to visit Jules and her mother', In fact, Martin was supposed to join Scott later because he had work to do before. Sorry, I forgot to tell...
Ghostwriter: Yeah, well…I'm glad you liked my idea of making Juliet's mother different from the show…about Elaine, yes she's evil, but all above a social climber...she wants to be a queen!
Mary-O23: Don't worry; he isn't dead…how my story would work without him? He's one of the main characters!
ShalBrenfan: Thanks have an excellent summer too!
2008ccampbell: Looks like you're going to find out what happened to him…
∆This Part is rated M‼
Chapter Three: Lost In The Woods
"Do you know where we are David?"
"Uh, uh. I really do not see where we could be. Any suggestions boy?" He asked Ezra who was sitting by his side, making dinner.
"I'd appreciate if you called me Ezra. It may be our last few days if someone doesn't find us soon."
"Please do not remind me Freak."
"You think that because you're rich, you can treat me like shit!" Ezra exclaimed becoming annoyed by David's little attitude Scott didn't say nothing but he was also tired of him.
"Excuse me?"
"You perfectly heard me jerk. I'm not your slave." Ezra muttered, crossing his arms in front of his chest.
"Stop it you two!" Scott interjected finally; he couldn't support their fights anymore. They had done this all days since they had left the castle.
"Sorry bud! I just cannot take it anymore! What if nobody finds us?"
"Why are you so pessimistic? We are not going to die." Scott said confidently.
"Oh, how can you be so sure?"
"I just know it, okay? I am positive my father will send someone for us."
2 days later
"I am so tired!" David complained. "And bored. Could you not find us a distraction Ezra?"
"Yeah, like what? Leapfrog?"
"Very funny. What about truth game? Since we are all going to die, we owe each other the truth."
"Okay, deal." Ezra said shrugging. "You begin with a question for Scott."
"Okay, uh…" David leaned back against the tree and stroked his chin trying to find a good question. "Are you still a virgin?" Scott's face reddened and he shook his head no. "Oh, my why did you not tell me?"
"You said one question." Scott pointed smiling nervously. "My turn. Ezra, do you like Miss Lipenowski?" Ezra looked down at his feet blushing strongly and nodded. David just grinned at him, thinking he would never have a chance to date her.
"Okay David. Who are you going with for the next ball? I mean, if you have someone…" Ezra teased, knowing well David always had difficulties to find a partner. He was a mediocre dancer. Scott laughed at Ezra comment, knowing that David hadn't find someone yet.
"Ah, ah! Be careful, I am laughing too hard, it could be dangerous for my heart." David said glaring at them. "And no, I asked nobody. But I might be asking Daisy if we ever come back home." He smirked at Ezra and continued. "Scott, your turn. Who is the girl you are sleeping with? You know the one you were with the morning we left."
"What are you talking about?" Scott said innocently. He was sure they had been careful. How could David be aware of this liaison?
"You told her you loved her. I heard your conversation, but I didn't see her face. Who is she for God's sake?" David asked impatiently. This game was beginning good, very good…
"I do not want to talk about this." Scott said quietly.
"Why not? If you are in love…"
"I just can't. She is not exactly of the same condition. She means nothing great, believe me." Scott lied but neither David nor Ezra bought this.
"Okay, I cannot force you into telling us." David said nicely. He was thinking inside that he would have to follow Scott everywhere but discretely if he wanted to know about the girl; of course they had to be found before…
"I still can't believe we lost ourselves in the forest…" Ezra said sadly. "If only the rubbers had not taken our compass…"
"Yes, or if David had not broken his…" Scott teased smiling up at his best friend. Suddenly they heard a noise. Scott quickly got on his feet and his hand found his sword very fast too. He brandished his arm in front of himself and hid behind a tree, David and Ezra kneeling at his feet. "Do not move an inch." Scott ordered, taking a step ahead. He was about to hit the stranger when this one revealed his face to him. It was the General Malone himself. Scott sighed in relief and laughed quietly at him, dropping his arm.
"It was about time…" David muttered under his breath. Ezra shook his head at him and got up smiling happily.
"I heard Sharon's army found our little son in the queen's forest, near the castle? They wrote he did not even know he was in her territories." Elaine asked his fiancé as she entered the Council room. Martin looked up astonished at her statement.
"They did?"
"Yes dear and … he is perfectly fine."
"That is fantastic! Where is he now? Still at the queen's castle?"
"No, he left almost as soon as he was there. I guess all he wanted was to find his family back."
"So he did not see the princess Juliet?"
"I do not know. I suppose not but really I do not think you should worry about it. At least not now…"
"You are right."
"Now…I was thinking of something…What would you say about organizing a surprise party in our son's honor? Do you think he would be pleased?"
"I suppose yes."
"Perfect! Then it is settled! I will invite every lady and miss of the castle! It will be fun!" She said excited. Martin just laughed at her enthusiasm and got up from his chair. He walked towards her and wrapped his arms around her waist. He grinned down at her and Elaine questioned him with her eyes. "What is it, my sweet love?"
"I cannot wait until we are married. All those nights without you…it is unbearable for me to be apart from you."
"I know that feeling well. But soon, we will be able to live our fantasies together." She said slyly, getting on tiptoed. "I love you Martin." She said before kissing him softly. They kissed for a while then Martin broke it off.
"I love you too Elaine. More than life itself." He pressed his forehead against hers and sighed happily. Her body scent was intoxicating.
"I see someone is working hard." Scott stated, leaning against the wall, looking at her as she was working. He had been there since several minutes but hadn't made his presence known until then. He so loved watching her when she didn't know he was.
"Scott!" She dropped her basket of dirty linen and ran towards him to hug him tightly almost knocking him over.
"Good afternoon my love. Did you miss me?" He said with an adorable smirk. Shelby punched his arm angry against what he had just said. She had been worrying sick and he was saying this like his absence had been a funny thing! "I am sorry if I scared you a little." He finally said, noticing she was mad at his question. Shelby wrapped her arms around him once again.
"I was so worried! I heard Miss Lipenowski telling you got caught into a brawl and were dead. What happened?" She sobbed into his chest, the sweat running through her hair. He ran his hands up and down her back, comforting her.
"David and I were both hunting, just as usual, and some brigands tried to rub our money. Thankfully to Ezra who had kept my rifle with him, nobody of us was shot or seriously injured." Scott wiped the dry tears away from her face. Shelby looked up at him and smiled happily. "And then, we lost ourselves in the forest because David broke his compass and mine had been robbed. It took us almost two weeks to find Queen Sharon's castle.
"I am so glad you are alright, but I knew you were not dead deep inside. I could feel it in my heart." She admitted kissing his neck softly. "I don't know what I'd do without you." She whispered against his soft skin.
"I do not know what I would do without you either." He slowly pulled away a little to give her a kiss on her seductive lips. "I am sorry but I cannot stay too long, I have to report everything to Father and the General Ruxton." He said sadly.
"It is okay; I have to finish the laundry anyway."
"So, are we going to meet later?" She nodded smiling again, and brought her mouth close to his ear.
"Meet me behind the stables after dinner. I will wait for you if you want?" He nodded smiling down at the beautiful girl who was wrapped in his arms.
"That is perfect. I love you Shelby Merrick."
"I love you too Scott Barringer." They kissed again quickly and Scott left in a hurry as he heard commotion not far away.
"General Ruxton." Scott acknowledged, sitting on a chair in front of him.
"Scott. I am glad to see you are alright." The general kindly said.
"Yes, you can thank the General Malone."
"I will."
"Where is my father?"
"He should be here in a few."
"Okay."
"Where is my son?"
"David? He left to see Miss Lipenowski, I think."
"What? Are they an item?"
"No, not at all…to tell you the truth, I think Daisy hates him."
"Hate? Why that?"
"She finds him arrogant and pretentious and scornful, too."
"Well, we all know he is sometimes. But why is he still insisting?"
"He probably likes her." Scott said shrugging.
"And what about you? Any female companion?" Scott blushed and looked down shyly. Just as he was about to answer the question, his father entered the room, smiling happily.
"Ah, my son!" He quickly took Scott into a hug almost choking his life out by his squeezing. "I am so glad you're alive and fine."
"Thank you Father." Scott chucked a little at the king and sighed.
"So, tell me quickly what happened to you."
"We just were attacked by rubbers, nothing big to tell you the truth. And then we lost ourselves in the deep forest."
"Are the others fine?"
"Yes. Ezra only got injured at the left arm, but nothing big. And David is perfectly fine even if he is complaining about his hunger." Scott said with good humor. He heard the General Ruxton snickering behind him.
"That's great. Did you see the queen when her army finally found you?"
"Yes, very quickly. Why?"
"Well, she was supposed to introduce her daughter to you. I guess we will do it the next time there is a meeting between our two kingdoms."
"Why should I meet her daughter?" Scott asked puzzled. Could Shelby have been right the other day when she was saying the Queen needed to find her daughter a husband?
"You do not have to worry about that right now…we will discuss it later. Come with me, Elaine and I have a surprise for you." Martin announced with a small smile.
And what a surprise for Scott! He was supposed to do something more enjoyable than having a conversation with this freak.
The ballroom was filled with beautiful ladies and younger ones, just as gorgeous. But all Scott's mind could think about was that a girl, his special friend was probably already waiting for him outside. He finally freed himself of Miss Jaclyn when she went to the restroom and carefully left the room. He speeded his pace and finally arrived at the stables a few minutes after. "Shelby!" He whispered in the cold dark night. No response. "Love?"
"Here, my sweetheart!" She said gently, wrapping her arms around his neck from behind. "You're late." Scott turned around in her arms and kissed her hungrily. Shelby moaned into his mouth and led them towards an empty horse-box. She pulled away for air and looked him in the eye. "I want you Scott." She said and placed a hand on his cheek, softly stoking it. Scott wrapped his arms around Shelby's slim figure, bringing her even closer to his body. "I love you." She whispered and kissed him passionately. Scott removed one hand from Shelby's waist and placed it gently on her cheek, slowly stroking it.
"I love you too, my angel." He picked her up and she wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. Scott pinned her against a wall and began exploring her soft neck with his mouth as his hands went down to her legs. Shelby moaned with pleasure as Scott started caressing her inner thighs under her dress, at the same time as their bodies began rubbing against each other. She slowly undid the top of his suit with her little working hands as he pulled off her panties. He looked down at her with a sly smile and she bit her lip just staring at his handsome face. After about ten seconds, she felt his hardness scraping past her own skin. She smiled sheepishly and he grinned at her, his fingers finding her wetness between her legs. Shelby bit her bottom lip excited, and threw her head backwards against the wall. The pleasure was too big to be held and a scream escaped from her mouth as she gave herself completely to Scott, totally forgetting the world around them.
Scott's hardness got even bigger if that was possible. He couldn't take it anymore; he had to be inside of her and feel her body moving between his possessive hands. He reached down for his pants but Shelby had already got to it. He looked up at her surprised and she smiled seductively. "Let me take care of those." She slid his pants down with one of her legs. It took her a while but finally it was off. A content sigh escaped from her lips and she looked up at Scott satisfied. He slowly started to kiss her again, sliding up his right hand to rub the side of her stomach. He went a little higher to take off her dress by her neck, brushing her breasts softly as he passed by them. Shelby moaned again, and helped him pulling of her itchy dress. He slowly went inside of her and tightened his grip, as he went deeper, wanting to make one being with her. Shelby clutched at him for dear life, kissing his shoulder, then his neck, then his chest. She was so marvelled by the pleasure that he was giving her at this moment that she couldn't believe how lucky she was to have him with her. Scott moved them the best he could and laid Shelby on the straw, ever so gently in order not to hurt her head. They continued on making love for about a half an hour full of ecstatic love. Finally, they both came to the orgasm, almost at the same time. He then laid his head on her chest, softly tickling her tummy with his fingers as they breathed heavily, finally relaxing in each other's arms. He looked at her with his penetrating blue eyes and kissed her deeply, showing her all the love he had inside of his heart. She cupped his face with her hands and gave a little chuckle.
"I really needed that. I missed you so much." she said giving him a quick peck on the cheek. Scott laughed a little wrapping her in a hug.
"You were not the only one Shelby. I love you, more than anything in the world. I promise you that I will never leave you again."
"Scott, you know you're my everything. I don't need your promises to know that you'll always be there for me. I am so glad you're alive…and healthy." She said with a little chuckle, hinting at their previous making love.
"I'll thank God for that." He kidded, smiling slyly as the face she made a she heard his last comment. Scott untangled their legs and unwrap his arms from around her waist pulling away from her comforting warm body. He sat up and sighed. "I should get back to the party. Father will notice I'm gone and be mad otherwise."
"I understand." Shelby said weakly smiling up at him, a tear threatening to fall from her eye. Scott noticed immediately and felt guilty. "I know it is always the same, I can't help but feel like this." She apologized quietly. Scott shook his head sadly, putting his pants at the same time.
"I am sorry. But I promise you that the next time I will stay way longer with you."
"You promise?" Scott nodded smiling a little.
"I love you." He bent down and kissed her forehead, pushing some stands out of her sweaty face. "You should not stay here in the cold wind. Go back home and come seeing me tomorrow in the morning?"
"Of course. I wouldn't miss it in the world!"
"I will miss you tonight."
"I already miss you." Shelby said sadly getting up and collecting her clothes back. "I love you Scott, don't forget that."
"I won't." He said simply with a small smile. He quickly straightened his clothes which were particularly in disarray then left in a hurry.
"Scott! Where were you my friend?" David asked drunkenly. He probably had been drinking all night and was pretty wasted.
"Uh, I was outside, taking some air." Scott said smiling dazedly, thinking of what had happened a few minutes before.
"Oh. Was she that good?"
"What are you talking about?" Scott furrowed his eyebrows and ran a hand through his hair embarrassed.
"Oh, you know? The maid…what's her name already? Oh yes! S-H-E-L-B-Y ummm…" He said moaning like Scott had done when he had said her name earlier.
"I do not know what you are talking about."
"Do not lie, I saw you two! Ah, passionate making love! I would have never thought that you could be that highly efficient. "
"Shut up."
"By the way, she has a nice moaning voice too."
"I said stop!"
"Nice golden blond hair, nice legs, nice breasts, nice ey-" Scott grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pushed him against the nearest wall, his anger getting the upper hand.
"You shut up before I make you. And do not think I am not serious."
"Understood."
"Good. Now, if you tell anyone…"
"I won't!"
"I hope so."
"Son! What are you doing?" Martin asked slightly alarmed as he came to the balcony where his son and David were. "Let him go!" Scott obeyed and lowered his head ashamed his father had seen him.
"I am sorry Father."
"What happened?"
"Oh, just a disagreement. Nothing serious." David said quickly, hoping the king would buy it. He really didn't want to make his best friend in a bad position.
"Well. You two come inside. I have an announcement to make."
"Okay. We are going." Scott said and his father disappeared inside. "Thank you." A grateful Scott said to David.
"Yeah…you owe me big." He patted his shoulder and they both entered the ballroom smiling.
So how was it? Please R&R!
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