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"Here? Really?" Jon had a smirk on his face.
I nodded my head slowly. I still couldn't believe that I had ended up right where I had started.
Jon put his hand on the gate and turned to look at me. "Is this your house. It was abandoned a long time ago and we just all thought that it was some noble's old house thrown away-"
I cut him off laughing. "It look's like a nobles house doesn't it? Dame Ogla always is spending all of my father's money. With all the rugs and jewelry that she buys you'd think the royal family lived there."
He laughed along with me. "We all thought that. I'm sorry to say but most of the valuable things have been sold."
"It doesn't make a difference to me. Everything I owned that meant something to me I brought to the castle."
I paused thinking. If Hattie had Char and the castle, then she had all my things. And when she kidnapped me she had taken my stuff, my glass slippers, and my wolf. The only thing of mine that I had left was my magic book. I kept it wrapped up in a bundle on my shoulder.
Jon broke my thought. "Well Ella, do you want to go in?" He opened the gate wide enough to let me in.
I took a step inside. It looked unkempt. Weeds had grown in to ugly thorn bushes curving up the walls and the front of the house.
Jon led me in side the front door.
It still looked like it did before. The painting of mother still lay hung on the same wall. The carpet looked dirty and ragged.
I could here talking and laughing in the room over.
Jon grabbed my hand, as if I was a child, and led me in the room.
No one paid any attention as we walked in. They all kept laughing and talking. We didn't even get a single glance.
Jon cleared his throat and clapped his hands. Everyone's head turned towards us.
Jon smiled and put an arm around me. "Everyone, this is Ella."
*~*~*~*~*~*
"I am going with you!" I shouted and grabbed his hand as he tried to walk out the front doors.
He twisted free of my grip. "Ella you don't need to stay here. It's safe here."
I tried to get the most pleading look on my face. "You can't leave me here. This isn't safe. These people are thieves and smugglers. They'll cut my throat just for my clothing."
Jon let out a snort. I couldn't see what was so funny. "Ella, these people won't hurt you. I'll ring their necks if one of them lay's a finger on you. Stay close to Lillian, she protect you from all the drunks. She has the fire red hair. And the scar across her cheek."
"Don't leave me here, please, Jon I don't want it to be so that you don't come back either."
"I'll come back Ella, you'll be safe, I promise."
A hand gripped me on the shoulder. I could feel a pinch on my skin.
Suddenly I felt dizzy. Some where in the distance I could hear, "Bye Ella." And a door close.
I tried to take a step back. To keep me from falling.
I slipped and fell. Two strong hands caught me.
I felt tired. "I should sleep" I mumbled to my self.
And I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
*~*~*~*~*~*
"Ella wake up my sweet." I could hear a familiar voice call. I opened my eyes.
Char! I smiled and he smiled back.
I leaned forward to kiss him.
His face turned in to Hattie's. I screamed and jerked back.
Hattie let out a laugh. A long laugh that matched my scream.
I opened my eyes. And shut them fast. My head spun, and it was easier to think with out the headache.
I was still in my old house.
I could hear voices. I listened to the voices trying to piece their words together.
"-You think she'll wake up soon?" The first voice asked.
"Lillian, she will. I was just a sleeping drug I gave her." The second voice said.
"Oh well, I guess. I hope she's warm enough in there. Jakob, when does Jon come back? She should be awake before he comes back," Lillian said.
Jakob sighed. "Lillian, you worry too much. She'll wake up soon enough."
"I guess, but she could still use another blanket."
I could feel something being thrown over me. I felt warm and cozy, I wasn't worried, as long as I could stay in this bed forever.
"Do you think that the rumors are true?"
"Rumors about what?"
"The stone of Ersnia. Did you hear the rumors about the stone still existing?"
My ears perked up at the word Ersnia. Maybe they could tell me more about the stone. I stopped thinking and kept listening.
"Yes. I heard. Scary isn't it."
I opened my eyes and scooted up on the pillows.
I could see Lillian with her fire red hair. It was fire red. It waved, messily around her head.
There was a boy standing in front of her. They both were folding sheets and blankets.
Lillian dropped the sheet that she was folding.
"Jakob, promise me you won't go looking for that stone! I know you and your rebellious side don't do it! You'll meet the end of yourself!"
"I wont, yet. But you can't make me stay here forever! Everyone else is going on adventures, I can't even leave this place. I know you promised mom that you'd keep me safe but even Ariana says that I should have some fun!"
"Keep your voice down Jakob! You're going to wake the girl!" Lillian said in a rushed whisper as she turned to look at me.
"I guess you're awake." Jakob stormed out of the room.
She smiled. I could see the scar across her face. It ran from her forehead down to her chin.
She smiled wider. I could see all of her teeth.
"Well lass, do you want some breakfast?"
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"Here? Really?" Jon had a smirk on his face.
I nodded my head slowly. I still couldn't believe that I had ended up right where I had started.
Jon put his hand on the gate and turned to look at me. "Is this your house. It was abandoned a long time ago and we just all thought that it was some noble's old house thrown away-"
I cut him off laughing. "It look's like a nobles house doesn't it? Dame Ogla always is spending all of my father's money. With all the rugs and jewelry that she buys you'd think the royal family lived there."
He laughed along with me. "We all thought that. I'm sorry to say but most of the valuable things have been sold."
"It doesn't make a difference to me. Everything I owned that meant something to me I brought to the castle."
I paused thinking. If Hattie had Char and the castle, then she had all my things. And when she kidnapped me she had taken my stuff, my glass slippers, and my wolf. The only thing of mine that I had left was my magic book. I kept it wrapped up in a bundle on my shoulder.
Jon broke my thought. "Well Ella, do you want to go in?" He opened the gate wide enough to let me in.
I took a step inside. It looked unkempt. Weeds had grown in to ugly thorn bushes curving up the walls and the front of the house.
Jon led me in side the front door.
It still looked like it did before. The painting of mother still lay hung on the same wall. The carpet looked dirty and ragged.
I could here talking and laughing in the room over.
Jon grabbed my hand, as if I was a child, and led me in the room.
No one paid any attention as we walked in. They all kept laughing and talking. We didn't even get a single glance.
Jon cleared his throat and clapped his hands. Everyone's head turned towards us.
Jon smiled and put an arm around me. "Everyone, this is Ella."
*~*~*~*~*~*
"I am going with you!" I shouted and grabbed his hand as he tried to walk out the front doors.
He twisted free of my grip. "Ella you don't need to stay here. It's safe here."
I tried to get the most pleading look on my face. "You can't leave me here. This isn't safe. These people are thieves and smugglers. They'll cut my throat just for my clothing."
Jon let out a snort. I couldn't see what was so funny. "Ella, these people won't hurt you. I'll ring their necks if one of them lay's a finger on you. Stay close to Lillian, she protect you from all the drunks. She has the fire red hair. And the scar across her cheek."
"Don't leave me here, please, Jon I don't want it to be so that you don't come back either."
"I'll come back Ella, you'll be safe, I promise."
A hand gripped me on the shoulder. I could feel a pinch on my skin.
Suddenly I felt dizzy. Some where in the distance I could hear, "Bye Ella." And a door close.
I tried to take a step back. To keep me from falling.
I slipped and fell. Two strong hands caught me.
I felt tired. "I should sleep" I mumbled to my self.
And I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
*~*~*~*~*~*
"Ella wake up my sweet." I could hear a familiar voice call. I opened my eyes.
Char! I smiled and he smiled back.
I leaned forward to kiss him.
His face turned in to Hattie's. I screamed and jerked back.
Hattie let out a laugh. A long laugh that matched my scream.
I opened my eyes. And shut them fast. My head spun, and it was easier to think with out the headache.
I was still in my old house.
I could hear voices. I listened to the voices trying to piece their words together.
"-You think she'll wake up soon?" The first voice asked.
"Lillian, she will. I was just a sleeping drug I gave her." The second voice said.
"Oh well, I guess. I hope she's warm enough in there. Jakob, when does Jon come back? She should be awake before he comes back," Lillian said.
Jakob sighed. "Lillian, you worry too much. She'll wake up soon enough."
"I guess, but she could still use another blanket."
I could feel something being thrown over me. I felt warm and cozy, I wasn't worried, as long as I could stay in this bed forever.
"Do you think that the rumors are true?"
"Rumors about what?"
"The stone of Ersnia. Did you hear the rumors about the stone still existing?"
My ears perked up at the word Ersnia. Maybe they could tell me more about the stone. I stopped thinking and kept listening.
"Yes. I heard. Scary isn't it."
I opened my eyes and scooted up on the pillows.
I could see Lillian with her fire red hair. It was fire red. It waved, messily around her head.
There was a boy standing in front of her. They both were folding sheets and blankets.
Lillian dropped the sheet that she was folding.
"Jakob, promise me you won't go looking for that stone! I know you and your rebellious side don't do it! You'll meet the end of yourself!"
"I wont, yet. But you can't make me stay here forever! Everyone else is going on adventures, I can't even leave this place. I know you promised mom that you'd keep me safe but even Ariana says that I should have some fun!"
"Keep your voice down Jakob! You're going to wake the girl!" Lillian said in a rushed whisper as she turned to look at me.
"I guess you're awake." Jakob stormed out of the room.
She smiled. I could see the scar across her face. It ran from her forehead down to her chin.
She smiled wider. I could see all of her teeth.
"Well lass, do you want some breakfast?"
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