Chapter 3 – The Obsession
It all began for me at that ball. I had returned home from my travels several months before much to the joy of Mother and Father as I had been travelling for over a year. Mother was so excited that I was finally home and instantly started planning a ball for me to meet prospective marriage partners. My only thought at the time had been that there would be plenty of beautiful young ladies for me to charm and have fun with, one of my favourite pastimes. Time passed and I enjoyed myself to the limit until finally the day of the ball came and I spent the day making sure I looked the best I could. Finally I was ready and so met my parents in their parlour before making our way to the ballroom.
I had been at the ball for some time dancing, flirting and just generally enjoying myself when I saw her. She was an enchanting little creature, but what drew me to her most was the outfit she wore. She wore clothing no human queen would be able to afford and smacked of Magyck, the true proper stuff. My mind was instantly made sealing both of our fates. I would have her. She would fall in love with me and do whatever I wished, and if her clothing was anything to go by she would be able to provide me with anything I wished.
I made my way over to her and spent the remainder of the night trying to charm her until she escaped me. The blasted wench ran from me and even had the gall to insult me! Me! She would pay for that. The only thing that remained of her was a glass slipper, one that nobody could even touch without wearing magic resistant gloves, wrapping it in a magic blocking cloth and resting it upon a pillow made for holding enchanted items. Even then though, it could not be held for long without something befalling the current bearer.
A royal decree was sent out and I began to visit every house in the land forcing all young maidens to attempt to put the shoe on as I knew the girl able to touch the shoe would be the owner and the one I waslooking for. I was forced to sink to such method's as the wench had somehow managed to place a blocking spell, among it impossible to find her through magic and no person who had attended the ball could remember who she was.
Finally after a week of searching I found her. She lived in an expansive estate out in the countryside several miles from the capital. On our arrival we were invited inside where the lady of the house was waiting along with her three daughters. I was then received with the words
"Where is my slipper then, your highness.".
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This chapter is told from the Prince's p.o.v because I thought that to get the how the prince sees things was important since he's the one doing the hunting and is supposed to be obsessed with poor Ella. I am sorry if my paragraphs are too long it's something I always do in my writing and my English teacher constantly reminds me about, but I did try to break them up a bit. I'm glad I finished this chapter though because writing as a male is hard.