Chapter 2

Lady walked home till she reached the door, as she looked back to see if Steele was following her as she breathed in relief that he wasn't. She neared her door till she hear a small little tune as she lightly smiled.

We see a man with dark grey hair, thick brown eyebrows and a short mustache wearing a Victorian farmer suit as he was fixing a small little toy windmill while inside was a small figures, one was man paint while the other was a woman holding on to a baby. .

This man was Lady's father, Chief was his name. .

"How does a moment last forever. . How can a story never die . .It is love we must hold on to. . Never easy but we try. ." Chief lightly sang as he watched the toy man paint as Lady walked down with a plate of bread she smiled sadly at her father as she looked to a painting of her mother and her when she was but a baby.

She then turn to see a drawing of herself as a little girl. .

"Sometimes our happiness is captured. .Somehow a time and place stand still. . Love lives on inside our hearts. . And always will. . ." Chief lightly sang before he noticed his daughter as she walked beside him with a smile as she placed the plate down..

"Oh, Lady.. . Hm. . Could you. ." He stopped when she present him the tool that he need. .

"Than you. . I and also need. ." He stopped yet again when she present him another tool, "No. No. No. Actually. . Yes, that's exactly what I need. Thank you." He said as he fixed the part of the toy windmill. .

"Papa, do you think I'm odd?" Lady asked as Chief looked up from his work with a odd expression on his face.

Odd? My daughter? Odd? Where did you get an idea like that?" Chief asked as Lady shook her head.

"I don't know. People talk..." Lady confessed as Chief looked at his daughter. .

"This is a small village, you know. Small minded as well. But small also means safe. Even back in Paris, I knew a girl like you, who was so..." Chief paused with a gentle smile, "ahead of her time. So different. People mocked her. Until the day they all found themselves imitating her. . ." Chief said with a sad smile as he went back to his work/

Lady got up and walked up to her father. . "Please, just tell me one more thing about her. . ."

Your mother was...fearless. Fearless. . ." He said with a smile as he closed the small windmill before he packed up and walked out with Lady as they walked toward his horse as Lady went and started to pet the orange horse before she waked up to her father and handed him the reins as he got on the cart. .

"So...what can I bring you from the market?" He asked as Lady smiled.

"A rose. Like the one in the painting." She answered.

Chief chuckled, "You ask for that every year!"

"And every year you bring it."

Chief smiled as he gently stroke her chin, "Then I shall bring you another. You have my word. ."

Lady smiled, "Goodbye Papa."

"Goodbye Lady. . .Come on Sparkleworks. You know the way. ." Chief said with a smile as he tuck the reins with a smile as Lady smile as she watched him ride away slowly.

"I'll see you tomorrow!" She yelled as she waved.

"Right. Tomorrow, with the rose." Chief yelled back as Lady watched her father retreating figure did she smiled sadly as she whispered for him to stay safe.

She went inside her father's drawing room and started to think of a faster way to wash laundry as she finally had the plan as she got her laundry in a sack before she borrowed Pongo's donkey. .

She placed her laundry in a barrel before she made the donkey go around the watering fountain to wash clothing as a little girl was watching her invention as she saw Lady who was easy sitting down and reading.

"What are you doing?" She asked as Lady looked up with a confused look before she smiled at the young child.

"The laundry.. Come! Come!" She said as the little girl abandoned her work as she ran to Lady who held out a little children's book that her father had made her with a smile.

"The blue bird..." She said as she pointed to the words with a smile.

"That flies. . . over the dark.. wood." The little girl read by herself with a smile as Lady was amazed as she clapped her hands.

"That was amazing!"

"What on earth are you doing?!" The little girl and Lady looked up to see the school's house Headmaster as he was glaring at Lady, "Teaching another girl to read? Isn't one enough?!"

Another woman with dark brown hair, with a green hair ribbon came up to him with a glare toward Lady, her name was Drizella, "We have to do something." She said in a nasty high pitched voice.

She then motion for him to follow as they got three men to get Lady's barrel of wet clothing and dumped them in the dirt as Lady glared and picked up her basket and started to pick up her clothing as Pere Jock came walking by to see what she was doing.

"Aye lassie. ." Jock said as he helped her pick up her wet clothes. .

Meanwhile elsewhere, Steele was looking himself in the mirror with a smirk, "You are the wildest...most gorgeous thing I have ever seen. Nobody deserves you. But at least I know our children will be beautiful." He said with a blissful smile before jumped sightly when he heard Star.

"Am I catching you at a bad time?"

"What is it, Star?" He asked boredly.

"A certain damsel is in distress. . " Star hinted. .

"Ah. It's hero time. I'm not done with you yet. . " Steele said with a smirk before he straighten his jacket and left with Star looked back at the mirror with a smirk.

"Me, neither."

Steele ran till he found Lady as she was walking inside her house gate as she sighed, "Lady, I heard you had trouble with the Headmaster. He never liked me either." He said as she placed her basket down with a frown toward him.

"Can I give you a little advice about the villagers though? They're never going to trust the kind of change you're trying to bring." He said as he watched her walk away before he jumped over the gate and smashed some lettuce as he walked in front of her with of her as she frowned at him.

"All I wanted was to teach a child to read." Lady defend her actions..

"The only children you should concern yourself with.." He pointed at him and Lady before he added, "are your own."

Lady's eyes widen with shock, "I'm... not ready to have children. . ." She hinted as she walked over another house gate and opened it as Steele looked at her with a smirk.

"Maybe you haven't met the right man."

"It's a small village, Steele, I've met them all." She said as she locked gate and walked up her stairs before stopped and frowned when she heard him again.

"Well, maybe you should take another look. Some of us have changed. ." Steele said as he unlocked the gate and walked behind her.

"Steele ,we could never make each other happy. No one can change that much." She hinted as she back up a bit as he Steele shook his head lightly.

"Oh, Lady, Do you know what happens to spinsters in this village after their fathers die? They beg for scraps, like poor Nana." He then pointed to a woman beggar, she was wearing a black headscarf as she wore a black and white village dress. . .

"Coins? Got any spare coins?" the woman named Nana pleaded to the people that just walk past her. .

"This is our world, Lady For simple folk like us, it doesn't get any better." Steele said as he grabbed Lady's hand as she pulled them away as she backed up to her door.

"I might be a farm girl. But, I'm not simple..." She slowly opened her door as she was going inside, "and I'm never going to marry you, Steele! I'm sorry!" She said as she hurried inside and closed the door on Steele's face. .

She waited a few minutes before walked out the other door of her house as she glared at Steele's retreating figure, "Can you imagine? Me? The wife of that boorish...brainless..." She watched as he steeped on a puddle of water as she glared.

"Madame Steele, can't you just see it. . Madame Steele his little wife. ." She sang before she huffed as she threw some chicken food on the floor as she walked down he steps.

"No, sir, not me, I guarantee it I want much more than this provincial life . . " She sang before she ran out of her small village till she reached a beautiful oak tree where the sun was barely setting as she smiled at the great outdoors. . .

"I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. . I want it more than I can tell. . And for once it might be grand . . To have someone understand I want so much more . .Than they've got planned. ." She sang before she ran back home when she saw the black clouds that inch closer for they will bring rain . .