My minds been a total blank, so this is the most I can get out now. I promise some more soon. I know its short, next chapter will be longer!
Luv,
Shaina

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The faint sounds of whispers grew louder as my mind got clearer.

I almost immediately knew the voices. Mark and Hattie.

My eyes flashed open and I struggled with the bonds that I'd been put in. I could feel the rope dig deeper in to my skin, but I still struggled.

"Well, well, it looks like the little princess has woken up." Mark sneered.

The shock of his words didn't last long, as I leaned forward and spit in his face.

He slapped me on the cheek. I could feel the sting in my cheek, but I ignored it.

"Let me go!" I screamed hoping that some one would hear.

"Your too late. By this time tomorrow, I'll be where you once were." Hattie shouted from the door. "Mark, take her some where far away and finish her off." With a laugh and a snort, she left.

"How could you?" I pleaded with him. "I thought- I thought you loved me."

He smiled as he tightened the rope. "My mum always said I'd make a great actor."

I struggled with the rope, but Mark had tightened it so much that I couldn't even struggle.

He jerked my body up, and dragged me from the room I was in. As we passed other doors I knew exactly where I was.

I was still in the castle. If I listened really carefully, I could hear the sound of music playing.

Good. I hadn't been out of it that long.

I struggled with my bonds. I had one day to fix all this mess.

I hoped one day was enough.

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"I can't believe you would be so stupid! To let her just walk off like that!"

"Well you're the one who couldn't keep an eye on her in the first place!"

"Oh so now this is all my fault! If you hadn't gone off and disappeared in the first place, we'd-" His sentence stopped with a slap across his face. His anger seemed to settle, and a look of fear replaced it.

"Ariana, I'm-"

"We don't have any time for apologies, Jon. We need to find her before they do."

"I know. We should have told her the truth in the first place."

"That only would have made her run off faster. Do you think she's still in the ball?" Ariana sighed and put her head in her hands.

"It'll be all right. I'm sure she'l-"

"No! We were wrong! We should have told her, everything! Everything wouldn't have been that hard to say!"

"We can still make it right. Calm down, we can't do anything screaming at each other." Jon ran his hands up and down the sleeves of Ariana's dress. She rested her shoulder on his, sighing.

"I was told that there going to get married tomorrow. I'm worried, the magic can't be reversed after it completes it's self. If they get married..."

"It's not gonna happen. We're not gonna let that happen. But, first things first, we need to find Ella. Right?"

"Right." Ariana said, with no hope in her voice.

Jon slowly stroked her cheek. "Good." He gave her a false smile, which only seemed to make her tense.

They gripped hands for a long second, and then they both dropped their hands to their sides.

With out a second more, they both turned in different directions and walked away.

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