Ch 4
Romas was delighted at Snow's attitude towards Ariaelle in her true form. He could get her to help him in his schemes against her friends. He then went to the castle gardens. Snow was there trying to cool off after her fight with Fiona and the other girls. "Hello there. How would you like to help me take care of Ariaelle? She is the enemy to you. I mean she did take away your only friends for herself. She has great magic at her finger tips and used a spell on them to make them like her." He told her. An evil smile crossed Snow's face.
"Yeah she did steal them. All because her other friend Izz ran off! I don't care what they say. Ariaelle's a freak and I know it! Of course I'll help but you're not going to hurt my friends or tell them what I'm to, will you? They'd hate me forever if they knew what I was doing." She said confidently. "They won't know and I won't tell them unless you do and I know you won't unless you wanted to." Romas replied smiling as she followed him. "This is perfect! This girl from another realm's going to help me pummel both Aria and Ariaelle." He thought as they walked into the Domin Forest.
Fiona was really worried. It was nearly dinner time and Snow still wasn't here. "We've got to go out there and find her!" she told Ariaelle and her friends. Ariaelle looked shocked at that. "You guys can't go out into Aria at night! The most vicious creatures come out at night." She said worriedly. "What kind of creatures?" Doris asked. "Things like Confidence Suckers, Fun Suckers, Bravery Suckers and Nightmare Beasts. I can't let any more of my friends get hurt." She explained to them. Fiona understood. But then they saw Snow saunter in unharmed. "Where were you?" Fiona asked her. "I was walking through the forest. Why're you so annoyed?" she answered angrily.
"There are lots of dangerous things out there and we were really worried." Ariaelle said to her calmly. "Butt out you enchantress freak! Release my friends from your spell now!" she replied angrily. Ariaelle was concerned but confused. Romas must've said something to her. Ariaelle walked past her and went upstairs and into her room. She lay on the bed sobbing softly. "How could Snow say that to me? I'm no enchantress. Romas must be making her help him. If that's the case, then I've got to warn Fiona and her friends. I wish you were still here Izz. You could help turn everything around." She thought as she closed her eyes and dreamed. Fiona and the other princesses were talking to Snow. They were angry with her but they watched as she pushed past them and walked out the room. "Why does she have to be a jerk? Ariaelle's nice and she should give her a chance." Aurora said to them. "Maybe she's jealous of Ariaelle. Why would she say that she cast a spell on us to like her if she wasn't?" Doris replied. Fiona didn't want to answer.
She was thinking of when she was younger. Snow and her friends were popular. She'd been the new girl at their school. She'd been shy but that was because she was worried. But then Cinderella started playing with her and then Snow and the others started to join them. But Snow hadn't been so nice but she warmed to Fiona especially after she helped take care of some kids were mean to them because they were royal. Soon they became friends after that but then something had changed her life. Her father had told her about the spell that bound her every night. The next day when she arrived at school, she heard Aurora talking to Snow, Cinderella and Doris. "What's going on?" Fiona asked her. She then handed her something. It was an invitation. "It's for my sleepover tonight. I hope you can make it." Aurora told her. Fiona was worried. She knew she wasn't allowed out after sunset because of her curse. She didn't want to upset her friend but she couldn't let them know her secret. She dreaded seeing her friends as she went to school the next morning. Aurora seemed angry at her. "Why weren't you at my sleepover last night? I was really hurt when you didn't show. I thought we were friends." she said to her. "I'm sorry. I do want to be friends. It's... just my father. He won't let me out after sunset. Just drop it, okay?" Fiona told her. She watched sadly as she followed her friends into class.
Fiona then stopped thinking about the past. She then went upstairs to check on Ariaelle. She opened the door a crack. She saw she was asleep and smiled. "I'd better talk to Snow about Ariaelle and maybe remind her of the past and my secret." she told herself as she went down the stairs. She was looking at something on her wrist. It was a friendship bracelet that the princesses had given her for her seventh birthday. She'd never taken it off even when she was sent away to the tower. Snow then saw her approach her. "What do you want? I'm not under a spell like you are. Don't you see that Ariaelle girl is a monster and a liar!" she told Fiona angrily. She then pulled up her sleeve so that the friendship bracelet showed. "Do you remember this Snow? You huys gave it to me a long time ago. Do you think I'm a monster too? Ariaelle's a nice person like me. Why should how somebody looks matter to you? That was why long ago I couldn't go to sleepovers because of my curse. I wanted to tell you guys but I was scared." Fiona said to her sharply.
"It matters because I'm a princess and people judge me by my friends. We accepted you because you're one of us. Ariaelle is just some mutant freak whi wants to tear us apart. Why do you trust her?" Snow told her fiercely. " Maybe you should think about that. You care about image when the others and I want to save Aria." she said as she left her to think. Ariaelle then joined Fiona. She had something in her hands. It was a letter from Izz. She looked really sad. "What's wrong?" Fiona asked her. "It's Izz. He went back to his realm but his family... were destroyed. He's coming back. I feel so sorry for him. It's my fault." Ariaelle told her as she came into the room. Snoe fumed as she saw Ariaelle with her friends. She had an idea brewing in her head that seemed evil to Ariaelle but was for her own good...