A/N: Hola everyone! I hope you've liked this story so far. Sorry It took so long to update but now, since school is over, I can update again. I'll try to make up for lost time. Ok here it goes!
D/C: I don't own Ella Enchanted

The King did come the next day, but I did not see him until two whole days after. He was repeatedly called to meetings with the councilors on the first day, and he had to meat with his family the next. I did see him once that day; I had been serving wine during the family dinner. I had scowled at Hattie silently.

This isn't going to work' I thought miserably.

The thought of being stuck in servitude to the princesses made me burst into hopeless tears. "If I could only see Mandy and tell her how horrible everything is here." I said wiping my tears away. Then I remembered the magic book that Mandy had given my mother.

She had given it to me after mother had died and I didn't look at it much because it reminded me of mother's death. I opened it to a random page of the magic book. It was a picture of Mandy and my sisters. They were cooking, of course. Beside the picture, were 3 letters, I read each one in turn. The first was from Julia.

Dear Ellie,

It's me, Julia. Well, of course it's me, I should know, because I'm me. Well, I hope your having a better time then we are. T

he last few days were horrible; all anyone in the house was talking about was the ball that was going to happen in a few days.

I think that I know everything and everyone that's going to be there. There are going to be 3 balls, not one after the other though.

The first one is in a couple days, the next one is 2 weeks after, and the last one is in a month.

I wish that I could go, but Olive and Olga told me that I couldn't. Well, I hope that your having more fun then I am at the palace Ellie, I miss you a lot and so does everyone else. I hope I'll see you soon

Your loving sister,

Julia.

The next one was from the twins, Rose and Lily. After their letter, there was a picture of two girls and a dog eating a carrot.

Dear Ellie,

Today we had fun cooking with Mandy. We made a whole cake by ourselves, with Mandy's help of course. We even got to eat some of it too! We miss you tons and tons and tons, when are you coming home?

Did you know that our birthday is in a month? Mandy's teaching us how to make tarts with strawberries. 2 days ago, we found a baby puppy in the attic, we're taking care of it 'cause Mandy said that we could, as long as Olive and Olga didn't notice.

We named him carrot, because he loves to eat carrots. He's real tiny but he runs really fast. We take him for walks sometimes when everyone's gone out.

We drew a picture for you Ellie; it's a picture of us, with Carrot. We hope you like it a lot. Are you having fun where you are Ellie? I hope you are, but not too much fun that you don't want to come home again!

XXXXXXXOOOOOOO

Lily and Rose

the last one was from Mandy.

Dear Ellie,

The last few days have been a mess. Everyone is running around everywhere, even the chickens are excited about something. I guess they think that something's going to happen soon.

Well, I hear there's going to be a ball in a couple of days now. It's supposed to be for the return of the king, queen and prince.

Everyone is to be invited, or everyone that they find important enough.

Every one of us misses you sweet.

How I wish that you were still here with us, though you probably have it better off there. Now I guess I must tell you something that I wish didn't happen.

Lucinda visited yesterday, and asked me if what she did for you was a bit too big for small magic. Naturally, I said yes. Well she, having sworn off all big magic, added something to her spell. She said that "Ellie must complete her task before the three ball are finished."

Well, I didn't want to have told you that but I guess that you wouldn't want to have completed you task to find that it didn't work anymore. I still believe that you can do it, even though that fool of a fairie Lucinda thought that she could fix her mistakes with another spell.

Well, I won't keep you by dragging on this letter. You'll do just fine sweet.

Bundles of love,

Mandy

After reading those letters, I cried silently. I cried because I missed my family, and because Lucinda had changed the spell. I would only have a month, give or take a few days. I would have to think of something, and soon. I thought for a while, and then I remembered what my mother had done. Though the time she had done it, it did not work, it would have to work for me.

The next ball was in three days, I would have time to prepare. I would go to those balls and talk to the king. Not as me, mind you, but as a lady, from a different place, not from Kyria, from Ayortha. Yes, this would work, it would have to work. I wouldn't allow it not to work.

A/N: Ok, that's the end of chapter...6 was it? Oh well, I'll find out later. I hope you liked it, and now I'll make a promise to update almost everyday. - Ok, bye everyone, and c ya next time!