A/N: Hey, there everybody! It's me, MBAV fan66!
So, who's ready for some more fairytale adventuring fun? Espeically, with last chapter's very shocking conclusion. I know that I am!
So, this chapter is gonna have a lot of explaining in it. And we get to meet the royal family, of course! Duh! Lol! It'll be very interesting to see how everybody reacts to everything, in this chapter. I bet Ethan's never felt so much pressure in his life, right now huh? Now we know why he's been dreading returning back home. But do you blame him? Lol! ;P
I wanna keep this beginning Author's Note short, but we'll see how short it'll be after the shout outs are done. You all know me! Once I get to typing back, I can't seem to stop! Lol! :)
Anyways, it's shout out time!:
Austin and dez- Thanks for the favorite and follow on this story, as well as on some of my others! And thank you for favoriting and following me as an author, too! It means so much to me! Honest to goodness truth! And even though you reviewed on another one of my stories, mostly about this one, then I'll reply right back on the very one that you seem to love so much. :) So, uh...yeah! Lol! I'm so happy that you love my stories. Especially, this one. It makes me blush everytime I hear that some loves one of my many stories. And guess what? I saw it! Lol! But yeah. I don't even know if I have a #1 fan, really. To me, all my fans are my #1 fans. But am honored to have you aboard my little #1 fan club, here. Lol! ;) So, I hope you enjoy this latest chapter to A Fairytale Kind Of Love II!
spirk- Thanks for the follow and favorite of this story!
YamiHikariLover- Thanks for the follow and favorite of this story, too! And for favoriting it's predecessor, A Fairytale Kind Of Love!
Bethan Forever- Hopefully, I've explained that well enough in this chapter that it sort of makes sense. If not, then I'm awfully sorry about that. Truth be told I never thought about how to explain that little part very well when I thought up the story. So, I sort of had to come up with it on the spot while thinking about how this chapter will go. :P But knowing you, you'll still love it no matter what. Won't you, Bethan Forever? ;)
TiredOfBeingNice- Well, fanfic buddy it looks like-*slaps hand over mouth* That was close! I almost ruined it for you!...Again! Lol! But you'll get your answer in this chapter, so just hang tight my friend. But yeah...he's engaged. That little cliff hanger really threw a bunch of you for a loop, huh? Mission accomplished! ;)
Disclaimer: I do not own My Babysitter's A Vampire or it's characters. All I own is this story, it's plot, and my two OCs; Alissa and the princess.
Ethan flinched slightly when heard everybody shout at the same time, as all eyes were now on him. He looked down in shame and embarrassment for a moment, but decided he needed to at least explain himself and why she said that, to begin with.
"Guys..." he trailed meekly, looking up at them. "This is Princess Rosalie Howards...My fiancee." he continued a bit nervously, while rubbing the back of his head and blushing.
Everyone's jaw dropped as they stared with wide, disbelieving eyes at the two. Princess Rosalie, however, just smiled widely as she latched herself onto Ethan's arm and gave them all a friendly wave.
"But you can just call me Rosalie!" she added beamingly.
Not wanting to be rude to the princess, Ethan gradually and carefully pulled his arm out of her's. He then cleared his throat, as he was about to introduce his friends to Rosalie.
"Rosalie. These are my friends; Sarah, Rory, Erica, and Mrs. Weir." he introduced to her.
"Well, it's nice to meet you all!" she smiled, but then made a thinking face. "I never really knew that Ethan had any friends?" she thought to herself, out loud. "Not that he doesn't have any friends, of course! It's just that I never really heard any of your names around here before, is all!" she then clarified surprisingly.
"Ye-ah...Well, let's just say that I met them on my travels, is all." replied Ethan, carefully.
Finally getting over their shock, Erica was the first one to speak up. "So, wait a minute?" spoke Erica, taking a step forward. "You're suppose to be engaged to her?" questioned Erica incredulously, pointing at Rosalie.
Ethan just nodded ashamedly at her. "Wow! Benny sure is gonna be pissed when he founds out about this!" she exclaimed in surprise. "I guess this makes up for the whole Benny/Alissa thing that happened a while back, doesn't it?" joked Erica, chuckling some at Ethan's current predicament.
Sarah came up next to her and slapped her in the forearm for her comment, while shooting her a stern glare. "Erica!" she hissed to her best vampire friend. She then turned her attention back to Ethan. "I think it's best that you explain yourself here, Mr. Morgan." scolded Sarah, also glaring at him.
Ethan gulped and before he could explain anything to them, Rosalie spoke first. "Hold on!" she interrupted, stepping in between Sarah and Ethan and took a confused glance around the room at everybody. "First of all, who's Benny? And secondly, what the hell has that witch, Alissa done now?!" questioned Rosalie wanting to know, anger becoming evident in her voice at the mention of Alissa's name.
The young prince let out a sigh. "I think Sarah's right. It's best that I explain." he said sullenly. He turned to face Rosalie. "But first there's a few things that you're gonna need to know first, Rosalie before I begin explaining about our engagement to them." he explained to her.
Rosalie just nodded her head, as he began to tell her the truth about everything, but not before going somewhere more private first. Like to Rosalie's room, in which she was staying at courtesy of the king and queen of Amaria since they're son was to be wed her, eventually.
Rosalie was very shocked by Ethan's story and what he had to say. She couldn't believe that everything she knew about this world was actually all just some fictional place from a different world. And that three of his friends were some kind of magical creatures called vampires and that the other two (Evelyn and Benny) were a sorceress and sorceror.
She was even more shocked when he explained how he and Benny had fallen in love with each other and had become boyfriends, too. Rosalie felt her heart break slightly at that bit of news, but she decided not to let it get to her because she was better than that and still hoped to be friends with the young prince, still.
Ethan went on to explain to the princess, how Alissa had tried to break him and Benny up and how she tried to steal his magic. He then told her that they had killed the evil witch by bringing the sword, Amaria's Light into their world, as well. Rosalie couldn't help but smile at that. She didn't really care too much for that girl, neither.
He then told her about their current issue with the witch now and why is it that he had returned back to Amaria. Rosalie felt a slight pang of anger and remorse when he told her the reason why they were here. The anger was directed at Alissa and her dastardly ways, while the remorse was for Benny and Ethan. But mostly for Benny, because she too knew what it felt like to be kidnapped and held captive by that wicked witch.
"So, now you know everything." he concluded, looking down sadly. "I hope you're not mad at me and hate me for being in love with some else, Rosalie? But I'll understand if are." wondered Ethan in a sullen tone.
He looked up at her, only to see her giving him a rueful smile. "Of course, I don't hate you Ethan. Sometimes falling in love with some different just happens. You can't help who your heart belongs to. So, I'm fine with it as long as we can still be friends about it?" answered Rosalie sweetly to him in a kind manner.
Ethan smiled himself at her. "Of course!" he replied back happily, giving her a hug.
"So, you're not weired out by the fact that I'm gay?" he then asked curiously.
The princess just shook her head. "Nope!" she answered simply, which made Ethan smile again. He was glad that she was so understanding about it, but what really scared him was how his family was going to react to the news. He really dreaded having to tell them, once the time came which would most likely be pretty soon.
"I hate to break up this happy little moment here, but you still haven't explained to us on how it is that you two got engaged in the first place, while you were busy cheating on Benny with her." interupted Rory rudely. He had a bit of annoyance in his tone when he spoke because in truth he was a bit miffed about Ethan being engaged to some 'hot' (if he might add) princess when he was suppose to be dating his best friend.
The prince just rolled his eyes at his blunt statement. "I wasn't cheating on Benny, Rory!" he replied irritatingly. "The page that Benny had originally summoned me from was right when I was resucing her from Alissa's evil clutches. But when I went back into the book, and since Alissa was still in our world, I had to pick up right were the story left off at. But with no evil witch to fight, we just left and continued on with the story, which is suppose to end with me getting engaged to Rosalie and living happily ever after with her." explained Ethan.
Rory then blushed after his explanation from embarrassment from his earlier outburst.
"Yeah, but what I don't get is...how did you two get engaged so fast anyways? I thought that very little time had passed since the time you returned to the book and then back again in our world?" questioned Sarah.
"It did, but when I returned with no villain to battle it sort of shorten the story. And with me having a broken heart at the time,I just figured that if I couldn't have my happily ever after with Benny then I might as well just have it with some else, who I'm technically suppose to be with, anyways. Even though they're not the one who I really love." answered Ethan.
"So, you just jumped into it?" asked Sarah curiously, with a slightly surprised expression on her face.
Ethan nodded, blushing some from embarrassment. "And when you guys had summoned be back, I was already at the castle because the battle in the book took place at the very same meadow that we landed in, when we arrived here just moments ago." he answered back.
He then looked at them ashamedly. "I'm sorry that you all had to find out about my engagement to Rosalie like that. In all honesty, I thought that I would never have a reason to return here ever again, but it seems that I was mistaken. I truly am very sorry for my actions." he apologized, sympathetically to everyone.
He then looked over to Evelyn with apologetic eyes. "Especially, to you Mrs. Weir. After everything you've done for me since arriving in your world. I never meant to hurt you or your grandson."
Evelyn approached him with a straight face, but surprised the prince by hugging him. Ethan had a very surprised look on his face at the kind gesture. When she pulled away Mrs. Weir was smiling sweetly at him.
"It's ok, dear. I understand. And I'm not mad at you." she said sweetly to him. "Too badly." she then added humorously, making Ethan smile. "I know that you never attended for any of this to happen and in truth the one who's really to blame for all of this is really Alissa. If it wasn't for her, then you wouldn't have thought that Benny was cheating on you and thus causing you to have a broken heart and want to return back to the book, in the first place." reassured Mrs. Weir kindly to the young prince.
"Although, I'm not really too sure how my grandson will take it once he finds out that all this time you secretly had a fiancee waiting for you back in Amaria...?" she said unsurely, thinking about it. "But I'm sure he'll understand and will quickly forgive you for it, too. Just as I have." stated Mrs. Weir fondly.
"Thanks Mrs. Weir. You're ever too kind of a lady, milady." he thanked, smiling at her.
"So, what about your parents, E? When are you going to tell them?" asked Rory, suddenly.
Ethan's smiling face soon fell into a frown. And right when he was about to answer him, the door came swinging open and in came two adults (a man and a woman) and a little girl, who looked to be about eight. They both were dressed in the finest looking clothing there was and they all wore some type of crown on their heads, as well.
Sarah, Evelyn, Rory, and Erica all instantly knew that they must be Ethan's parents, the king and the queen. And the little girl must of been his sister, since she was wearing a princess tiara. The queen instantly rushed to her son, to give him a bone crushing hug with tears of joy in her eyes.
"Oh, there's my sweet darling little boy! I've missed you so much! You've had us so worried when you suddenly went missing for days on end." stressed the queen worringly in a hurry.
"You mean, you were the one who was so worried, dear. Not me. He's almost a grown man now, which means he's perfectly capable of taking care of himself." clarified the king after clearing his throat obviously, just to make a point.
But his darling wife, then looked over and shot him a glare that meant 'watch it'. The king then took a couple of steps back, gulping and quickly shutting up as he was slightly afraid of his wife whenever she went in mama bear mode.
"Mother!" whinned Ethan embarrassingly, while still in his mother's death hug. "I've missed you too, but if you would so kindly quit embarrassing me in front of my friends than I would ever so be grateful to you." complained the prince, with redden cheeks.
She then let go of the teen and looked at him, smiling. "Oh, hush you! You know you like it when I coddle you, my dear sweet little baby boy." she cooed, pinching his cheeks and making them even more redder now.
"Mother! Please!" begged Ethan desperately to her, for her to stop.
Erica and Sarah stood there in the background, giggling. They both thought it was cute how embarrassed Ethan got over his mother babying him in front of them like any typical mother would do. Rory was trying to contain his laughter as well about the whole thing, too. Evelyn just stood there smiling fondly at the scene, knowing just how Ethan's mother felt about wanting to baby her child.
"So, then son." cut in the king, trying to break the awkwardness in the room and trying to save his poor son from more motherly embarrassment. "Just where is it have you been all this time? And who are these people that accompany you, Ethan?" he wondered, looking at him perplexingly.
"Mother. Father. Sister. I would like to introduce to you some friends of mine from...a very distance land." replied Ethan, not knowing really how to put it exactly where they all really came from. So, just saying that they're were from a distance far away place was much simpler.
He turned to them and pointed to each of them as he said their names. "May I introduce Mrs. Evelyn Weir, Rory Keaner, Erica Jones, and Sarah Fox. All from a place called Whitechapel." introduced Ethan to his family.
He wasn't gonna lie, but he sort of felt a bit nervous when speaking to them about who everyone is. He was afraid that it would soon lead into a discussion about the whole him living in a different world from their own and him being gay and in love with Benny topic. And he really didn't want to face his family's reaction to the whole ordeal, either. It was one thing telling Rosalie, but he knew that his parents had expected more from him, with him being the future king and ruler of Amaria.
Ethan was afraid that they would instead force him to stay here in Amaria and marry Rosalie and become Amaria's next new king, but in truth Ethan didn't really want all of that. All he wanted now was to be with his dear sweet loving Benny and to live a life with him in Whitechapel with all of their friends there, as well.
"Whitechapel?" questioned his father, breaking the young prince out of his thoughts. "I'm afraid I've never really heard of that place before." stated the king curiously.
Ethan let out a nervous laugh before replying. "That's because it's in a very distant land from here and is a rather small town, Father." he answered calmly, trying not to seem so nervous and scared like he was feeling at that moment on the inside.
The king scrunched up his face in thought for a minute but soon gave up on what he was thinking about and just shrugged. "Well, regardless. Friends of my son's are friends of mine and are welcome here in Amaria and to this castle anytime, my good people." he greeted warmly with a smile. He held out his hand to shake, which Evelyn politely shook.
"Thank you my king. You are ever so kind." thanked Mrs. Weir nicely, also giving him a smile.
"Please! Just call me Ross." he responded politely, holding his other hand up. "King Ross Morgan, at your service!" he greeted, taking her hand and placing a small kiss on it as he bowed out of respect.
"Like father, like son." murmured Sarah quietly to the others (with a smirk), who all nodded in agreement.
"And this is my lovely family!" gestured Ross towards his wife and daughter, happily. "Queen Samantha Morgan! And our darling baby girl, Princess Jane Morgan!"
"Dad! I'm not a baby, anymore!" complained Jane seriously towards her father. "I'm eight years old now!" she added, giving a sassy huff at the end and crossing her arms with a pout.
Ross chuckled at his daughter's little fit and walked up to her. He knelt down to her level and patted her on the head fondly. "You're right, sweetie. You're not a baby anymore. And I'm sorry for saying that. Can you forgive me?" he said in a soft and gentle tone.
Jane glared at him for a moment longer and rolled her eyes at him, but then smiled as she lunged forward to give him a hug. "Ok, Daddy! Just this once!" she replied back, happily.
"Good! That's my girl!" he praised, after pulling back from the hug and giving her a kiss on the forehead for good measure. He then stood back up again, to face everyone.
"My my! My liege, it seems you have a very close-knit family here, don't you?" commented Mrs. Weir, who was impressed by Ethan's family's relationship, so far. It reminded her of the good old days back when she used to have moments like this with her family, as well.
"That I do, Mrs. Weir. And soon I hope that it will only grow in numbers as my dear boy here, Ethan is to soon be married and wed to the lovely and fair Princess Rosalie Howards." praised Ross proudly about his family.
Rosalie blushed slightly from embarrassement at Ross's kind words about her, but she knew deep down inside that what he had hoped for won't be happening anytime soon. She sort of wondered just how the king might take the news about Ethan's current sexuality, now and wanting to remain living in that other world, where his friends are all from. She felt kind of bad for the young prince and his current predicament. She wanted Ethan to be happy, but she knew that it would be a hard thing to do if he knew that his family didn't approve of him being gay and not living the life that they had choose for him.
"You're pretty!" said Jane, standing in front of Sarah and looking up at her fondly with a bright smile on her face.
Sarah returned the smile and leaned down to her. "Why thank you Jane!" she said sweetly to the little princess. "And you're pretty adorable yourself, too." she complimented.
Jane's smile grew even wider at the compliment. "I like you!" she beamed joyfully. "Do you wanna play?!" asked Jane eageredly to the brunette vampire.
Sarah giggled softly at her. "Sorry. I can't. I'm afraid we won't be staying long and will be leaving here shortly, I presume." answered Sarah sympathetically, but sweetly to her. She glanced up at Ethan for a brief second before returning her attention back the little girl in front of her.
"Awe!" pouted Jane disappointingly.
"Speaking of which?" piped in Samantha, looking at Sarah and the others quizzically. "What does bring people such as yourself all the way here to Amaria, anyways?"
Erica, Sarah and Rory gave each other nervous looks then, not sure how to quite put their reasoning for being here to the royal family. They all got the distinct feeling that Ethan wasn't really very comfortable about discussing his sexuality and plans for the future with his family, just quite yet.
"Uh..." drolled out Sarah, unsurely.
"They are here, dear mother, because another friend of mine, who's from where they all come from, is in grave danger I'm afraid. He's a very dear friend of mine and is very close...to my heart, sort of speak." answered Ethan for her suddenly, sounding a bit uncertain himself in his choice of words.
"I see..." replied his father simply, stroking his chin in thought. "And what is their name, if I may ask?" he asked.
Ethan gulped a little, but not enough for anyone to notice. He could feel himself wanting to break out into a nervous sweat, but didn't. "Benny. Benny Weir." he answered calmly, trying to keep his cool. "He's Mrs. Weir's grandson."
"But what makes him more special than the rest of your friends here, big brother?" questioned Jane curiously, as she watched him carefully.
"Because...my dear sister...I just feel like we have more in common with each other than I do with Sarah, Rory, and Erica, is why." answered Ethan a bit shakely, trying to sound more convincing in his answer.
Jane just glared at him incredulous, but decided to cut him a break...for now, that is.
"Well!" exclaimed Ross, suddenly. "Feel free to stay the night here to rest. I'm sure you all must need it. And you are all welcome to use anything to help aid you in your travels to rescue this...Benny, friend of yours, son." declared the king warmingly.
Evelyn smiled. "Thank you, my king." she thanked, gratefully.
"So, what sort of danger is your friend in anyways, Ethan?" wondered his mother.
Ethan's face then went rigid, as he a scowl appeared on his serious face. "Alissa." was all he stated in a dull and serious tone that was laced with a slight bit of hatred in it.
Shocked looks appeared on the two older royals faces. "Alissa?!" exclaimed Samantha in surprise.
"I thought that she had just suddenly disappeared and left without a trace! What has that witch done, now?!" wondered Ross.
"She's done kidnapped Benny to get to me because of how much more closer he is to me than the others are." replied Ethan with a slight twinge of anger in his voice.
"I swear! Will that woman's evil exploits ever cease to exist?!" exclaimed Ross bitterly out loud in frustration for the witch.
"Someone should really vanquish her! I mean, she's caused nothing but trouble for this kingdom!" added Samantha,just as equally angry towards the wicked witch, as well.
"Well, when I get a hold of her, she'll finally be put to rest for good this time." grounded out Ethan bitterly, as he clenched his fists at his sides.
The king and queen then gave each other an odd and confused look by the meaning of their son's words. When he realized what he had said must of sounded to them because he made it seem as if Alissa was already dead (which she was physically and is nothing more than an evil spirit now), he quickly came up with an explanation for his odd choice of words.
"Uh...what I meant was that...uh...that...she'll never bother us again because I'll be the one to put an end to her evil and spiteful ways. By being the one to vanquish her for good, is what meant!" he quickly rushed out, stuttering as he said it nervously. He gave a convincing smile, trying not to hide his apprehension from his parents.
Luckily for him they bought his cover up easily, as they both nodded their heads in agreement. Ethan sighed to himself in relief.
"Well, like I said before, feel free to use or take anything to help aid you in your quest to save your friend and to end Alissa once and for all." offered the king strongly.
Ethan gave a slight nod towards his father with a look of determination on his face. "Thank you Father! We will!"
"Excellent! Then I will notify the castle's steward, Jenson, of your stay for the night and to arrange for some rooms for our guest here, as well." stated the king cheerfully with a smile, while clapping his hands shut.
"It was a pleasure meeting you all. Now, if you'll excuse me and my charming wife, we will be taking our leave now." bid King Ross politely, as he took his wife's hand and kissed it, making her giggle at his show of affection. The two then left the room, after giving a farewell bow to them all first.
Jane stood there glaring at her big brother suspiciously for a minute longer before she too finally decided to leave. Ethan let out a sigh once she was finally gone, fearing that she might've suspected that he was hiding something. He hated to admit it, but even sisters who are princess' are still nothing more than a royal pain in the behind sometimes. He figured that he now knows where that saying came from back in Benny's world.
"Well, that was awkward." muttered Erica jokingly with a smirk. Ethan just rolled his eyes at her. "So, when are you gonna tell them, huh Ethan?" pressed Erica teasingly to the prince, still smirking.
He let out a heavy sigh before ultimately deciding to just ignore her prying question. "So, anyways I suggest we leave first thing tomorrow noon, once we're ready to set out. I'll make sure that everything else we need is ready for our journey before then." Ethan said calmly, facing them. "Until then, please make yourselves at home." he smiled graciously.
After a bit of chatting with the princess in the room, a knock at the door had caught their attention. It was the castle's steward, Jenson coming to notify them of their rooms being ready and leading them to their proper rooms. He then told them each that dinner would be served in one hour, before leaving to go tend to his other duties around the castle.
Ethan sat in his room, drumming his fingers along his knees anxiously with the thought about whether or not to tell his parents about him or not. Suddenly, there came a small quiet knock at his door.
"Enter!" he answered, giving them permission to enter his bedroom.
The door slowly creaked opened to reveal a pint-sized princess standing behind it. She wore a warm smile on her face as her greeting.
"Hello, big brother!" greeted Jane.
Ethan smiled back at her. She entered the room and quietly closed the door behind her. "To what do I owe the honor of my dear little sister's visit?" he asked sweetly.
Ethan's smile then faded when he saw Jane's warm smile turn into more of a knowing smirk. He immediately knew that she was up to her sneaky tricks again, knowing her. Because she's rarely ever nice to him unless it benefits her in some way.
Jane just stood there in silence, still smirking at him. Ethan just rolled is eyes at her annoyingly. "Alright, Jane. What is it now? I know that I have done nothing wrong to warrant you into blackmailing me out of more of my earnings, you know." he stated bluntly with slight annoyance in his voice.
"Are you sure about that, dear brother of mine?" retorted Jane back suspiciously to Ethan, while also glaring at him with her arms crossed and smirking.
Ethan then began to look a bit nervous, but quickly regained himself as he just denied her allegation of him hiding something. "Yes! Jane! I'm absolutely sure that I have done nothing wrong, little sister. So, you can stop looking at me like that. Will you?" he replied back irritatingly to her, turning his back to her.
But Jane wasn't fooled by his act. "Oh, really then? Then what's the deal with you and this 'Benny' guy, huh big brother?" she implied mockingly, grinning now.
Ethan's eyes shot open wide at her words. On impulse, he turned on his heels instantly to face her with his very surprised and worried expression. Jane only laughed at his reaction to her question.
The prince tried to fool the princess by just playing it cool then, but ended up failing miserably. "W-what?! I h-have n-no idea w-where you're getting at, my dear Jane!" he stuttered out defensively, but shakingly.
"Uh-huh..." she responsed incredulously, still looking at him rather suspiciously with narrowed eyes. "Then why did you get so angry when you told Mother and Father about Alissa kidnapping him then, huh?" she asked. "Not to mention you also seemed very worried and scared about something when you told them about how close of a 'friend' he was to you, as well. So, what's the deal?" pressed Jane some more, intriguingly.
Ethan's brown eyes then began to dart around the room as if trying to avoid looking at her. "I-I-I don't know what you mean, Jane!" he tried to deny.
Jane shook her head, still not believing him. "You like him. Don't you?" she accused, amusingly. When she saw him stiffen up, she knew she had hit the nail on the head and smirked.
"N-no! I don't! H-how absurd!" he snapped defensively, trying to sound confident in his words knowing that they weren't true. "Why would I, 'the Prince of Amaria and the next in line for the throne,' be in love in with a guy? That's just preposterous Jane and not true!" he denied strongly, slightly feeling a small pang in his heart at his lie.
Jane just rolled her eyes at him, dropping her folded up arms. "Oh, come on Ethan! I know that you're lying! It's as clear as day!" stated Jane frustratingly, but then she grinned again. "And I never did say anything about you being in love with him either, dear brother of mine." she added in a mocking and amusing tone.
He mentally cursed himself for his little slip up and the fact that his little sister would of course be the one to catch him in a lie. He began to panic on the inside, afraid that she'll go and tell their parents about him being gay and how Benny is more than just a friend to him, as well.
He was then suddenly caught of guard by what she had said next to him. "It's ok if you are gay. I mean, I don't really have a problem with it, really." spoke Jane suddenly. When he looked up at her Ethan saw the kind and sincere look in her eyes and that was on her face.
"You don't?" he questioned curiously and in shock.
Jane shook her head, as she walked passed him and towards his bed, taking a seat on it. Ethan's eyes watched her movements. Jane then patted the spot next to her, signaling for him to come and sit beside her. Ethan slowly walked over there and took up where she had requested him to sit at.
Ethan sat there with a worried frown on his face, while Jane just sat there with a kind smile on her face as she faced him.
"It's ok that you're gay, Ethan. You're still the same annoying big brother that I love and like to blackmail." she stated sincerely to him, jokingly with a giggle.
Ethan looked up at her with a bit of a smile on his face, as he then rolled his eyes at her playfully. "Gee! Thanks a lot, Jane!" he mumbled sarcastically, but lightly chuckled with her.
But soon the lighten mood went serious again, as silence settled in.
"So, are you gonna tell Mother and Father?" asked Jane, breaking the silence.
"I have no idea. I mean I want to, but I'm afraid of how they will react once I do finally tell them." replied Ethan glumly. "Especially, with Father." he added.
"Ethan...I know you're scared to tell them, but they're Mom and Dad. I'm sure they'll understand and will still love you regardless if you're not the typical prince that everybody expects you to be." stated Jane genuinely.
"I know, but still...There's more to it than just that, Jane." he said sadly, letting out a sigh. Jane sat there looking at him with a raised eyebrow, waiting for him to go on. Ethan glanced over to see her curious look, before glancing back down at his hands disappointingly. "You see, my friends aren't from here." replied Ethan.
"Yeah? I already know that. You told us that, remember?" said Jane confusingly.
Ethan shook his head 'no'. "What I had really meant from that is that they're not from our world, Jane." he said honestly.
Jane's little eyes went wide at hearing that, but before she could say anything further Ethan continued. "It turns out that Amaria and the very world that we grew up in is nothing more than a lie. This whole place," he gestured around him. "is really all a figment of some fairytale writer's imagination in a different world from our own. Making everything here, including us, nothing more than just characters in a children's story." explained Ethan.
Jane's eyes grew even more wider in disbelief at what he was telling her. Ethan than went on to explain to her everything about the others world and how he got there and where he's really been all this time. All of this, left the poor little blonde princess very shocked.
"So, that's were you've been? And you...fell in love with this Benny person, who's the very one who summoned you to his world to begin with?" repeated Jane unsurely, wanting to make sure she got everything right.
Ethan nodded to comfirm it for her. "He was originally trying to summon the princess from the story, which would've turned out to be Rosalie, instead. But he screwed up and wind up getting me, instead. It took some while before his grandma could find the right spell to send me back, but by then it was too late and our two hearts had connected. So, I stayed." he clarified for her.
"Until Alissa showed her dirty face in that other world and ruined things between you two?"
Ethan nodded again. "Yes. Then I returned back here, only to be shortly summoned back once they figured out Alissa's evil plan to break us up, so that I would go back to Amaria."
Jane looked at him perplexingly. "But why would she want you to return?" questioned Jane.
"So, I couldn't interfere with her diabolical plans. She knew that I was the only one who could stop her because it's basically like a destined thing that I am to stop her. Whether it's in our world or their's. Because you know how it goes, the prince always defeats the evil witch in every story." he answered her.
Jane nodded her head in understandment. "So, I'm guessing there's more to the story, huh?"
Ethan nodded, looking away from her in shame. "After falling in love in with Benny I had planned to stay in his world to live my life there forever. Never to return back to Amaria."
"But why? Why you not want to return?" she wondered, baffled and suprised as to why he didn't want to come back home.
"Because...not only did I not want to tear my dear sweet Benny away from his friends, family, and his life back in his world...I also didn't want to return because then I knew that I must someday take up my place as the rightful King of Amaria, which was something that I always never really wanted." he answered truthfully and ashamedly.
"All of this, is just too much for me to handle, dear sister. I always hated being treated like a god just because I'm of royal blood. I've always wondered what it would've been like to just be a regular commoner. Living a simple life without all the stress of ruling a kingdom. It's just too much for me to handle, I'm afraid." Ethan said, speaking the honest truth.
There was a moment of silence until Jane broke it. "But then you found Benny and the others. And had wound up getting a chance to live the life that you've always dreamed off. Didn't you?" she spoke softly in a quiet tone.
"Yes...I did." Ethan then looked up and Jane could see the joy brimming in his eyes, which made her smile slightly. "And even though their world may have a lot of strange contraptions and gadgets in it, as well as strange customs and ways of speaking sometimes that I maybe not fully understand yet, it was still all very wonderful to live there." he said fondly, thinking back to happy times he had in Whitechapel.
"It made me feel as if I didn't have to live a life that was already written out for me and that I could instead have my happily ever after the way I wanted it to be and that it didn't have to end there, as well." he added happily.
A small delightful smile graced his lips before it fell again and the gleam in his eyes faded away.
"But I can never really tell Mother and Father this. They will surely hate me or think of me as insane. And if they did ever believe me about Whitechapel being in another world, different from our own, they will most likely try to force me to stay and take up the roll that I was meant to play since birth. They have such high hopes for me with the future of our kingdom that rests in my hands. And I don't want to disappoint them, neither." he confessed honestly, while looking sad. He let out a sullen sigh. "What am I to do?" he wondered, not really expecting an answer.
Ethan just sat there in his depressed state, but was then suddenly surprised when he felt two arms wrap around him to embrace him in a hug.
"Don't worry big brother. I'm sure things will be just fine. And should they hate you or feel disappointed in you, don't let that get to you because it's your life to live and only you get to choose how to live it. If you want to be with Benny and live there in his world then so be it. It's your decision to make. Not there's." said Jane, sincerely.
"If Benny makes you happy then who cares. To hell with what everyone else thinks because you'll still have him, standing right by your side no matter what." she smiled warmly, tightening the hug just slightly. Ethan then hugged her back, smiling as well.
"I love you, big brother." said Jane fondly and sincerely.
"And I love you too, little sister." replied back Ethan sweetly and lovingly to her, before they both broke the hug to stare into each others eyes to see the look of sibling love that they expressed in them.
"And don't worry. I want charge you...this time, in exchange for my silence, big brother." she grinned playfully with a giggle.
Ethan just rolled his eyes playfully at her and then patted her on the head. "Of course you wouldn't." he said sarcastically. "Because then I would have to tell Mother and Father about you saying the word 'hell,' now wouldn't I?" he challenged mockingly.
A scowl like expression then appeared on the little princess's face, as she then stuck her tounge out at him for his little threat. Ethan only chuckled at her. "Oh, lil' sis!" he teased playfully, nudging her in the side gently.
They both laughed for a few minutes before things got serious again. "But seriously Ethan. You still need to tell them, eventually about all of this. They're our parents and they deserve to know. Even if it'll greatly upset them to the point they won't approve of your decision. It's still the right thing to do." reminded Jane in a scolding manner.
Ethan looked down disappointingly. "I know." he replied quietly.
Jane then gave him a peck on the cheek before jumping up to her feet. "And even if they do hate you and want to disown you, just know that you still have one family member here who supports you and still loves you." she beamed, smiling brightly.
Ethan returned the smile, feeling much better about the whole situation. 'Maybe little sisters aren't so bad after all.' he thought. Until she spoke again, that is.
"But this the only freebie that you'll be getting from me, brother. The next one I'm charging you double!" she stated firmly from the doorway with a smirk before leaving, closing the door behind her.
Ethan rolled his brown eyes, as he shook his head at her. "Then again, maybe they are." he mumbled to himself quietly.
He then laid back onto his comfy bed in thought about what to do about his parents. He let out a heavy sigh, knowing that he had a very hard decision to make, but Jane was right. They did need to know.
So, he was gonna tell them everything tonight, during dinner. He just hopes that it doesn't turn out to be a disaster and end up becoming a huge blown out argument about the subject, instead.
A/N: Alright guys! I think I'll end it here for now. This chapter is starting to get a bit too long, so we'll save the juicy drama for next chapter instead. ;)
So, Rosalie seems pretty cool by it all, huh? And what about that sweet little brother/sister moment there that Ethan and Jane shared there, eh? Didn't it just make your heart melt? Lol! I just had to add in some sibling bonding time between the two. And it seems like she's ok with her big bro being gay and not wanting to be king, as well. Such a kind and understanding little sister, huh? (Only when she's not blackmailing him, that is.) Lol! :P
So, how do you all think the king and queen of Amaria will handle their son, the prince, being gay and his decision to want to live in Whitechapel? Not to mention how they will react when he tells them the truth about their world and where Benny and the others really came from.
Next chapter is looking to be pretty intense. I hope you all can handle it! ;)
Until then, I'll be seeing you all around and in the next chapter! Bye! :)