A/N Hi guys! Not much to say except THANKS FOR ALL THE REVIEWS! I woke up this morning to find more lovely comments! I love you guys so, so much! Here's Chapter 9-enjoy J -Liz
My life is a blur of words, thoughts, and letters from family. It's been a week since I found Eugene, and he's been getting worse every day. Thoughts are swirling in my head one morning as I walk in the garden-I barely notice when a guard taps me on the shoulder. I whirl around.
"Sorry to bother you, Princess, but your father wishes to see you in the sitting room." The guard nods his head and walks away. I run as fast I can to the room, and when I enter, I stop dead in my tracks. My father and mother are in there, but what makes me confused is the rich-looking guy standing with them. He's wearing a red cape and…a crown. He walks over to me and kisses my hand.
"Pleased to finally meet you, Princess." he says, and there's a feeling in his voice that when he sees me, he sees enormous piles of money.
"Pleased to meet you, sir, but may I ask who you are?" I ask cautiously. No need to be friends with people you don't have to.
"Ah, my mistake. I'm Nathan Fitzherbert, prince of Inediro." He says, smiling. But I'm not so impressed.
"Um, mother, father, can I talk to you for one minute?" I ask, pulling them aside. I confront them.
"Who's that? And why's he here kissing my hand and flirting with me?" I hiss, gesturing wildly. My father clears his throat.
"Well, Rapunzel, when you're a princess, any prince has the right to court you." he says. I fold my arms.
"Uh, yeah, no kidding. But here's the thing…I already have a future husband!" I almost yell the last part.
"But the rule is that if your current suitor is not royal material, then any man who is royal material has the right to court you."
"Oh, and his last name is FITZHERBERT! Which means, hello, that he's Eugene's brother!" I can't keep the utter anger out of my voice. My mother scowls.
"Eugene isn't royal, simply because he wasn't raised royal!" She says, then quickly realizes what she's said.
"Oh, so does that mean I'm not royal either? Because I sure as heck wasn't raised royally!
A/N Ooooh, Rapunzel….burn! Working on more!