Chapter Ten Part 1

Aly's POV

"Sorry but I'm afraid I have misheard you… who did you say you were again?"

"Samara" the girl replied impatiently, "Princess Samara from Rohan and judging from the look you're giving me you must be Aly?"

I just nodded dumbly unsure of what to say as my mind went blank

"Aly… dear? I know this must come as a shock to you. Perhaps we should head home?" Queen Juliana asked apprehensively.

"Sure Mother… whatever you say…" I replied too dazed to fully comprehend what it was Mother was saying.

"Aly?" Mother questioned as I remained stationary.

"Huh?" I looked around confused.

"We're leaving"

I jumped as I felt something sneak around my waist. I looked up to see that Cowen was gently pushing me toward the door and sending me an encouraging smile. I let him help me as I could barely support myself.

I was silent throughout the entire carriage ride. I didn't even know what to think. I was so confused.

Cowen's POV

I shook my head certain I had not heard correctly, "My Lady forgive me but I think I heard wrong… I thought you said princess of Rohan?"

"No Cowen you heard correctly, er perhaps we should head back to the castle and then everything will hopefully explain itself." Juli answered for me and quickly ushered both Sabrina and me outside and into a carriage.

The ride home was very silent and uncomfortable. Sabrina looked like someone had just slapped her and her face had turned incredibly pale. Juli stared concernedly at Sabrina every once in a while but didn't say anything. After what seemed like forever we finally reached the palace.

"Maybe we should wait until after we have eaten before going into this explaining thing" Juli said once inside with what she was trying to pull off as a light hearted tone.

"No" somebody said in a very icy tone that sent shivers down my spine. I turned and stared in shock as I realised it was Sabrina. Her face was set in determination and her green blue orbs seemed to be set ablaze.

"What?" Juli asked shakily.

"You heard me. I want to know the truth about everything and I mean everything and no more lying. I've had just about enough of that"

Waiting was not one of my strengths. While my Father was known for his patience my Mother was not and I unfortunately had inherited my zero patience from my Mother.

I watched everyone as they entered through the huge oak doors and took their seats. Jon was looking oddly anxious as he came in but that emotion soon disappeared as his face turned blank. Next came my parents and both were looking very grim. Finally the girl came in, along with another man who I didn't know but looked oddly familiar.

I had no time to ponder however as Sabrina who was sitting beside me cleared her throat. Everyone turned their faces and I watched as Juli saddened at the look on her daughter's face. Sabrina's face which had held such a whirlwind of emotions before now was blank and impassive revealing no emotion or ideas of what she was thinking.

She turned to Juli and said one word, "Start."

Juli sighed dejectedly and started. "It is a very long story but I guess it's time it was revealed to you. I'll start from the beginning, with my family.

Elaine, the Queen of Aeona looked down angrily at her three children with anger as she scolded them.

"Jasmine! Juli! Tristan! How many times do I have to remind you to STOP playing pranks on the poor laundry maid? This is the fifth time this week she's asked to resign!"

"But Mamma she was being soooo annoying" Tristan tried with a cheeky grin on his cute face.

"AND Daddy did buy us that new ink and we just HAD to try it out" said Jasmine with her famous blue- green puppy dog eyes as she looked up at her Mother.

"I mean what would you have done in our place?" Juli stated with an identical look.

Elaine sighed wearily and asked the guard to call her husband.

"Peter, how many times have I told you not to go buying the children prank sets? They have annoyed the laundry maid AGAIN and this time she seems to be more serious to resign…"

"Honey," King Peter interrupted, "Honestly there is absolutely no need to worry. It's only a bit of harmless fun and as for the maid well just increase her pay and I'm sure she'll stay and if she doesn't it isn't much of a loss anyway I mean she has been threatening to quit even before Tristan was born."

"Argh… you're worse than the children!" Elaine screamed frustrated.

While King Peter tried to console his wife the three mischievous children sneaked out of the room and then ran as fast as they could do get away from their mother.

"Hey watch it you three"

"You'll hurt yourselves you will!"

The three ignored the servants as they raced past them and into the stables, their unofficial headquarters. Once there all three burst into giggles.

"That was fun! Let's do it again!"

"Wait hang on, you used to play pranks on people?" I asked astonished.

"Yes" Juli replied with a twinkle in her bright blue green eyes as she reminisced the memory. "All the time… anyway back to the story…"

Ten years later

"Juli what are you doing? Mother told us to get ready AGES ago!"

Princess Jasmine had been looking for her twin Juliana all over the castle and was surprised to find her sitting quietly on one of the many benches in the flower garden.

"Juli!"

"Sorry Jas, I was just thinking…"

"Wow! Juli? Thinking? I thought I'd never live to see the day. My dear little sister has grown up!" Jasmine exclaimed wiping off a fake tear near her eyes.

"Oh shut up Jas!" Juli replied bitterly. "I was just thinking about how much I'm going to miss this place."

"Miss this place?" Jas asked confused.

"Yes… I overheard Mother talking to Father about how we've come of age and how we should be 'introduced' to society soon."

"Juli stop being so damn depressed. I can't stand to see you sad! You know that. Besides it isn't the end of the world you know! I mean seriously as Mother said we are only being 'introduced.' It's not like we're being shipped off any time soon and you know me there is NO way I'm leaving this place just for a BOY!" Jasmine proclaimed dramatically.

At this Juli couldn't help but laugh and hug her older sister by two minutes.

"As much as you say it Jasmine you know that isn't going to happen. Wait before you start arguing let me say this, I love you and I will definitely will miss you dearly when the time comes for us to separate… for whatever reason" Juli finished hurriedly before Jasmine could open her mouth.

Six months later

"Oh Juli! You wont believe who's coming tomorrow!" Jasmine called out and upon reaching her sister gave her a fierce hug.

"Who Jas?" Juli asked wearily.

"Prince…Jonathon!" Jasmine announced dramatically.

Juli couldn't help but let a small smile escape on her face and this didn't go unnoticed by her sister who started laughing and teasing her sister.

"Jonathon and Juli sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S…" Jasmine sang at the top of her lungs before her voice became muffled by a pillow that was 'accidentally' thrown at her by Juli.

"What's going on here?" Tristan asked as he noticed Jasmine covered by a pillow and Juli blushing considerably.

"Nothing," Juli said quickly not being able to hide her blush.

Tristan raised his eyebrows at her and Juli hid behind a blanket as Jasmine burst out from the pillows.

"Tristan you'll never guess what!" Jasmine exclaimed with barely concealed glee. "Prince Jonathon is coming tomorrow on 'business"

"So…" Tristan said confused.

Jasmine rolled her eyes at her brother's ignorance and pointed to Jul.

Tristan still didn't get it so sighing exasperatedly Jasmine started to explain things more clearly for her dim-witted older brother.

"Juli LOVES Jonathon and Jonathon LOVES Juli only they're both too shy to admit it."

"Oh" Tristan mouthed as the truth dawned on him.

Jasmine just rolled her eyes and started to tease Juli again but then stopped at Juli's horrified look.

Jasmine turned and saw her brother in a way she hoped she would never have to see before. Tristan was furious to say the least.

"He is not to come with in three feet of you Juliana. Is that clear?" Tristan asked raising his voice with each word. "I shall not tell Mother and Father as long as you stay away from that BOY"

Juli was too shocked to say anything so Jasmine spoke up.

"But why?" she whined.

"Because" Tristan stated and with a final glance he left the room.

"That was weird…" though Jasmine as she turned to her sister who was looking very pale.

THE NEXT DAY

"Wake up sunshine your lover boy is here!" Jasmine screeched into Juli's ear.

"I'm up! I'm up!" Juli grumbled as she made her way toward the bathroom asking for Jasmine to call up a maid.

Jasmine obliged and waited impatiently for her sister to get dressed. Finally when they were both ready Jasmine took Juli's arm and led her to the breakfast room.

"Juli don't look so down. We all know how weird Tristan can get when it comes to the two of us. I'm sorry I probably shouldn't have said anything to him yesterday." Jasmine said apologetically.

"It's not your fault." Juli said and squeezed her sister's hand as they entered the room.

Both girls curtsied as they were announced and headed over to their seats. Neither of them noticed two heads look up as they walked passed and another head glaring at the two before they forced their heads back down.

"So Juliana, Jasmine… I trust you both had a good nights sleep?" The King questioned affectionately.

"Yes Father off course" One of them replied before nudging the other.

"Oh yes excellent Father" the other said also before returning to her meal.

This didn't go unnoticed by the King and he wondered suspiciously at the strange behaviour of one of his precious daughters. He turned to the Queen for answers and was surprised to see a look of satisfaction on her face. The King shot her a questioning look but the Queen just shook her head.

"So Juliana I trust you have not failed to notice these two young visitors that arrived at the wee hours of the morning. They have apparently come on very important business but they will not tell us what it is about." The Queen stated mischievously as she eyed her daughter and Prince Jonathon.

"Yes your highness I have noticed the two men." Juliana replied sending a quick curious glance at the two. "But I do not understand why there are only the two of you here and not your parents?"

Prince Jonathon cleared his throat and everyone turned to him waiting for a reply but he became quite disconcerted at all the attention and started to stutter in his reply.

"Princess… I erm… you see… James and I… we er…"

"What he means to say..." cut in another voice arrogantly, "Is that we are both here on very special business and we would like the honour of speaking to his Highness alone if we may."

The King looked slightly surprised but quickly masked his emotions and nodded.

Prince Jonathon looked like he would faint with relief. Wow he thought to himself. I'm going to drown in my own sweat!

Princess Jasmine was stunned. She hadn't expected HIM to be here she thought with despondency. It never even entered her head that HE would be here accompanying his friend. What was he doing here anyway? The stupid arrogant bum. God!

She looked up and looked straight back down as his hazel eyes came into contact with her blue- green ones. Why had he been staring at her like that? She looked back up again only to see he was STILL looking at her and he only grinned when he realised she had caught him. Jasmine was unsure of what to do so she just stared back hoping he would look away but HE wouldn't. Sighing in defeat Jasmine looked away and realised for the first time that now EVERYONE was staring at them.

Ok this is getting really weird.

Clearing her throat she looked at Juli meaningfully before turning to her parents.

"Mother, Father may we please be excused?"

But before either of her parents could reply HE interrupted.

"Sorry to interrupt your highnesses but I failed to mention that Jonathon and I would also like to request the presence of the two princesses after we see you."

"Er… sure I think that can be arranged." The King replied confused.

Tristan however was eyeing both boys with suspicion and also requested that he be allowed to hear whatever business the two Princes wished to discuss with his Father.

In the end the entire Royal family excluding the two princesses ended up inside the War Room talking with the two Princes.

"What do you think they're talking about Jas?" Juli asked nervously as her and her sister waited in the room outside the wooden doors of the war room.

"I have no idea Juli."

Suddenly the doors opened with a big bang and out walked the King, Queen and a very frustrated Tristan. The girls looked up expectantly but the three faces revealed nothing.

"Juli go inside and Jasmine wait here." Tristan said before shutting the door behind him.

Juli and Jasmine exchanged weird looks before Juli disappeared behind the doors of the War Room and HE came inside the room outside the War Room.

Jasmine eyes him suspiciously as he walked right up to her.

"Jasmine I can bear this no longer. I know I haven't really been all that nice to you in the past but trust me when I say that all those rude remarks all those horrible things I did… they were all but an act to hide my real emotions."

HE bent down on one knee and took out a beautiful diamond ring that glistened by the light given off by the chandelier.

"Princess Jasmine will you give me the honour of accepting my hand… in marriage?"

Jasmine was shocked to say the least and just stood there as the Princes stood back up.

"I know this is all very sudden and I know you are shocked and I know what you think your answer will be but please don't answer just yet. I will give you as long as you need to change your mind or until you say yes."

At his confidence Jasmine could do nothing but slap him before stalking away.

The Prince just stood there dumbfounded before he too stomped out of the room and into his private chamber. He decided then and there that he would do anything for the Princess to realise he was 'the one' for her even if she was too stupid to realise it. God he had fallen in love with her since the first time he had met her but as true to his nature he couldn't help but act like a full every time he was in front of her. He had everything to offer her, anything she could ever want. No he would not let her go. He would not let another take her heart. He would make her love him if it was the last thing he did.

A/N: I am so sorry for leaving you guys there but this chapter was going to be too long. There is basically a lot of useless stuff in this chapter but I couldn't help it and I couldn't delete any of it. I know it was basically just dragging about crap but dudes I couldn't stop typing up this story making me think if I should write a prequel to this story. Well tell me what you think of the idea because I know that if I end up not writing a prequel I'm just going to get 'carried away' writing about Sabrina's Mother and Aunt's lives rather than stick to the story.

I apologise once again for going off track with this story but I really couldn't help it.

Well did you guys like the pretty much useless information that's coming with this story and want me to continue with it?

This chapter is continued onto the next chapter and hopefully I won't get off track again and you'll finally find out who Samara is and all that. The next chapter will probably be a continuation of Juli's story.

Well REVIEW! God I think I'm going crazy. If anything didn't make sense just ask and I'll answer. I really am not thinking straight right now so there are probably HEAPS of problems with this chapter. I totally have the worlds bigget headache.

Oh and thanks to RainandMusic for her review. It was your review that encouraged me to write this. Also i was wondering about this for a while:

I know my story isn't really THAT Ella Enchanted-ish so i was wondering if i should change it so it is or if i should keep the modern-ness to it?

Please Review and answer my two questions.

Review Replies: (only to people who dont have an account or didnt sign in when reviewing so i couldnt reply to their reviews)

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