Love Is Just A Word
Summary:
Remake of Ella Enchanted. What if Ella and Mandy escaped? What if Char resolved to never marry? What if, they both meet again, despite their close encounters, three years later? Only this time Ella's playing the part of the spunky maid, Leia.
Note:
Why should I be writing another story right now? It's because I'm simply bored, and the muses for this story won't stop haunting me...
Also it's part of my New Year's gift. The other part of my gift to my readers will be uploaded probably tomorrow, since I need to edit it.
Dedication:
To one of my friends, a realist. The great thing about fantasy is that the impossible is made possible and reality pales in comparison to it.
Not A Happily Ever After
The door wasn't far. Sir Stephen still held my hand. I pulled, but couldn't break away.
I almost sighed in defeat, but instead another idea formed in my head. I stomped on Sir Stephen's foot very hard, shifting all my weight onto that one stomp. Just like I expected, Sir Stephen grimmaced in pain, then let go.
Seizing the opportunity while everyone was left gaping at my rebelliousness, I ran to the door. It was foolishly left open, a product of Char's impatience.
When I was across the ledge, I could hear the clatter of feet, the Char was coming after me.
I ran fast, my life and Char's fate was at stake if I ran to slow.
"Ella!" I didn't dare look back, I knew who it was, Char. If I looked back, I'd want to stay there forever.
I ran straight into the edge of the forest. The forest that was next toDame Olga's manor, and also the forest that proved to be a shortcut to Ayortha.On an impulse, I stopped, in broad daylight the forest looked scary, now, in the inky darkness, it looked like walking into doom.
I turned back and saw the faint outlines of Char, not thinking twice, I ran right into the forest. I could feel the cool bark of the many trees surrounding me, in a few moments, my eyes adjusted right into the darkness.
I weaved right through the boughs of the trees, and ducked under low branches. Soon after a few moments, I grew accostumed to the weary pattern of movements.
When I was suddenly tired, after what seemed moments, I sat down at an area that I hoped was clean to sit on.
I stiffened as I heard a leaf crunch, barely two yeards away from where I sat. I pressed my back hard against the tree.
"Do you think that she's here?" I heard one of the knights, probably Sir Stephen say.
"Naw, no girl would walk right into this forest!" I heard Sir Bert exclaim.
"But this is the ogre tamer! Why in the world did Char have to fall for an ogre tamer?"
"I dunno, but I think that we should go back. This place just gives me the creeps. We can search some more tomorrow, with the way Char is acting he won't let us see the new year if we don't search."
"You're right on that subject."
I calmed down moments later when I heard their footsteps become lesser and lesser.
"Lady?" my ears perked up, the only person that called me that was Mandy, "are you anywhere near here?"
"Mandy!" I stood up slowly, careful not to trip, and careful not to make any sound,"I'm right here."
In an instant I felt Mandy's arms around me.
"What shall we do now?" I asked. We certainly couldn't go back to Dame Olga's home, she and Hattie would make both of our lives living torture. Then, it came to me. I looked Mandy straight into her eye, "Mandy, we can't go back to Dame Olga's and I think that we can't even stay in Kyrria. I think that we should go the Ayortha, maybe we could work as cooks at an inn. We can't go to Bast, the prince might go there."
Mandy looked at me, with the little moonlight that streamed through the forest I could tell that her face was serious, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, we should go to Ayortha."
