Number SIX!!!! sorry it's so short.
Suddenly she had an idea. If the magic table could not create a live rose, she would online-order one from Fairy Godmother Florist, the source of most of the floral decorations back at her father's palace. She ordered a dozen red roses to be brought to her window, and another dozen as a present for Irene. She received the information that a fairy would bring her flowers in approximately 16.737274 minutes (Fairies are very exact.) To spend the sixteen minutes (Lucinda didn't want to bother spending 0.737274 minutes doing anything), she read Calvin and Hobbes on a comic website. Then she heard a tap at the window and saw a lovely bouquet on the sill.
Suddenly she had an idea. If the magic table could not create a live rose, she would online-order one from Fairy Godmother Florist, the source of most of the floral decorations back at her father's palace. She ordered a dozen red roses to be brought to her window, and another dozen as a present for Irene. She received the information that a fairy would bring her flowers in approximately 16.737274 minutes (Fairies are very exact.) To spend the sixteen minutes (Lucinda didn't want to bother spending 0.737274 minutes doing anything), she read Calvin and Hobbes on a comic website. Then she heard a tap at the window and saw a lovely bouquet on the sill.
Numbah Five!!! sorry I meant to write more but had to go to bed.
The witch thought that this burst of energy would soon wear off. She didn't know that it was just the beginning...
"Owch!" exclaimed Irene as she hastily turned down the volume of her iTouch. "Jeez, how was I supposed to know that the crummy thing would play so loud!" she grumbled. She dipped her finger into the slice of lemon-meringue pie on the table. Carrie Underwood droned softly in her ears. Irene dozed off in an silken daybed by the window. When the Witch's servant saw her, it thought she was swooning from loneliness. (it couldn't see the earbuds). When the witch heard, she was delighted. One of the princesses was already suffering!
However, the evil servant failed to see a change in Lucinda's behavior. She was busy creating a wedding cake on her magic table. She added and removed lacy flowers, Corinthian columns, and pretty swirls of frosting. Whatever she commanded appeared on the cake, but she was not satisfied. Finally she asked the table to place a real rose on top. Nothing happened. "Red Rose!" cried Lucinda. A delicate rose made of chocolate appeared, but that was not what she wanted. "Live rose!" brought no effect at all. Lucinda grumpily turned away-and was captured by the beauty of the view before her. The sun was setting in a pool of purple clouds over the faraway mountains.
Part Four (this is getting good!)
Lucinda meanwhile, having sated her hunger, was exploring her new room. There was a delightful closet full of pretty silk dresses which all fit perfectly, and a darling little parakeet in a cage which she had not noticed before. She was astonished, however, when the Parakeet asked her in a rational voice to please give it a slice of the cherry pie which was sitting on her table. Lucinda tried to make the bird talk more, but it only seemed to be able to converse about food. Finally Lucinda couldn't stand it anymore so she opened up the cage released it outside the window. She didn't know that it was the witch's servant, spying on her. The servant reported that the girl had discovered the food and the dresses, and seemed happy enough. The witch laughed and let the servant eat it's favorite meal, fried lizards dipped in boiled dormice. Then Later she sent it to check on Irene. The evil servant got a rather unexpected reception.
You see, Irene had discovered the imbecile test on her iPod Touch. She was avidly trying to finish the beguiling test but she always hit the wrong button. She became very angry and told the iPod touch to be careful or it would have her to reckon with. Unfortunately she accidentally pressed the wrong part of the screen, which announced that she had lost.
"How dare you say that you freaking ugly monster!" she hollered at the innocent gadget. Then she began grumbling at the unfortunate inventor of the test. It was at this inopportune moment that the witch's servant, in the form of a friendly little sparrow, hopped onto her window sill with an engaging chirp. Distracted, Irene ignored the imbecile test and clicked green instead of red. The 'friendly sparrow' did not seem to comprehend what was happening when the ice cream cone rose in the air. It did not understand the import of Irene's words. That is, it didn't understand until it fluttered lamely back to the witch covered with chocolate-strawberry ice cream mixed with bits of MnMs and waffle cone.
Part Three!
The witch had rigged up magical tables in the bedrooms so that whatever food you wished for would appear on the table. But she had forgotten to tell the princesses, and the first thing Irene thought of when she arrived at her new room was food. After she had scrounged the room for anything edible, she furiously grabbed her new iPod Touch and, after finding out which buttons to press, she emailed Lucinda and asked whether there was anything to eat in her room. Lucinda happened to be checking her email right then, and replied that there was nothing at all. Irene was very hungry, and became imaginative. She wondered if the witch had given them any magical powers when she enchanted them. "Table, I command thee-" Irene thought for a minute. Might as well ask for something good! "Table, I command thee to present to me a cheesecake and a baked potato!"
Nothing happened
Irene became angry.
"I said Cheesecake, you blather-bottomed idiot!" she shrieked.
Nothing happened
"Cheesecake!" she roared at the table.
A lovely cheesecake appeared.
Irene's first reaction was to grab a slice (it was sliced) and stuff it into her mouth. Then she remembered Lucinda. She hurriedly sent an email to Lucinda telling her to simply say the name of the food she wanted and it would appear. Then she began a soliloquy:
"Baked Potato, Caesar salad, pigs in blankets, Reeses Peices, Tiramisu, grapes, strawberries, pomegranate, heath bar, bratwurst, croissants, fried chicken..."
It all was there.
Nothing happened
Irene became angry.
"I said Cheesecake, you blather-bottomed idiot!" she shrieked.
Nothing happened
"Cheesecake!" she roared at the table.
A lovely cheesecake appeared.
Irene's first reaction was to grab a slice (it was sliced) and stuff it into her mouth. Then she remembered Lucinda. She hurriedly sent an email to Lucinda telling her to simply say the name of the food she wanted and it would appear. Then she began a soliloquy:
"Baked Potato, Caesar salad, pigs in blankets, Reeses Peices, Tiramisu, grapes, strawberries, pomegranate, heath bar, bratwurst, croissants, fried chicken..."
It all was there.
Part two of Once Upon a Time
The evil witch came to the door of her mansion. When she saw the two very frightened princesses, she cackled and came running outside. Her evil servant, who now was in the form of a vulture, perched on her shoulder and glared evilly at the two frightened princesses.
"Oh, what pretty little girls!" said the witch in a wheedling voice.
"I'm not a little girl!" said Irene, in an injured tone.
"Oh, but you're a rude one anyway!" snapped the witch, who hated to be contradicted.
"No she's not, how dare you say that!" exclaimed Lucinda, defending her friend.
"Oh, so are you I see." said the witch, suddenly becoming taller and taller until she could grab the top of a tree standing nearby. "Well let me tell you, little girls I won't stand for that! This is my house! You obey me, or you get thrown into my dungeon full of rats and skeletons!" The witch had an evil magic power whereby she could tell the greatest fears of her captives. The Lucinda shuddered at the horrible thought of rats and skeletons and decided to stop talking back, but Irene was still sullen.
"Well, how would you feel if you had gotten lost in the woods and ended up in a strangers house?" she muttered. Immediately the witch became friendly and kind.
"Of course, you don't know me very well do you, come inside with me, for I have lots of ice cream in a great big freezer!" As she had planned, the two princesses were enchanted by the thought of ice cream, and followed her into the house. She served them seven bowls each, in different flavors. With every bowl, the princesses became more mesmerized and oblivious to their plight. When the fourteen bowls were done, the witch took the princesses into another room that had a great big bubbling cauldron in the middle. The princesses didn't see each other, for they were completely enchanted. The witch crooned gently into their ears: "I am going to give you each your own room in my castle. You will have plenty of books and whatever you want. And I will visit you quite often. Nothing will happen to you, never fear. I am a good fairy, not an evil witch as other people call me!" She didn't dare say that she would inform the girl's parent's that they were safe, for that would break the spell. Bad move. The princesses were not so completely enchanted that they couldn't think of their families! Lucinda turned. "But what about Father and Mother-" she began and then saw Irene. "Irene! Why are you here?" she asked, very confused. The witch saw that her plan was failing, and dragged the girls to a boiling cauldron. "Look, look, and see what is there!" she whispered. But the girls closed their eyes and did not see the strange sights that would have met their eyes. But the witch thought that they had, and therefore thought that they were once more enchanted. She turned to Lucinda. "My dear, make a wish, for something that you want very much, and I will give it to you. I love being kind!"
Lucinda made a smart choice. "An apple laptop that never runs out of batteries and always has an internet connection!" she demanded.
The computer rose from the cauldron. The witch took it and placed it in Lucinda's hands. "Go up that stair and the room above is yours." she said kindly. Lucinda went, eager to check out her mac.
The witch looked at Irene, who was pretending to be enchanted so she wouldn't have to go to the dungeon. The witch caressed her beautiful hair. "What lovely hair, perfect for the beautiful princess!" she crooned. "Ask for something, something that you would like very much,and I just might let you have it!" she said.
"An iPod touch that never runs out of batteries and always has an internet connection." Irene said promptly. The iPod touch came out of the cauldron. The witch directed her to another stairway. When both princesses were gone, the witch chortled and guffawed in a very unladylike manner. She had no idea what laptops and iPods were, she had lived to long to know that people could contact by internet. She intended the princesses to waste away from loneliness in their tower rooms!
Once upon a time chapter 1
This is a story that I will publish a little at a time until the whole thing is here. Check back often for more chapters.
Once upon a time, there were two girls. They lived near each other, but seldom saw each other alone, for, you see, they were princesses. Therefore, these two girls decided to create email accounts so that they might be able to transmit private confidences. One princess, named Irene, immediately sent the other princess, Lucinda, a message about how fun their emailing would be. Lucinda replied with and effusive greeting about how lovely it was that they could contact each other privately. The maids in waiting,bodyguards, and even the royal King and Queen never had an inkling of the content of this correspondence So it went on. The two girls sent dozens of emails back and forth, and forwarded messages until their inboxes became cluttered with mail of all sorts.
But alas, before long, evil tidings arrived in the Kingdom. A wicked wizard was bringing a ferocious army to conquer the whole world. To make things even worse, a dreadful witch took abode in a castle jut across the mountains, where the women and children were always sent during times of war. The kings, in sad dilemma, decided to send the princesses and their servants to the mountains, risking the Witch. After all, she might not be as terrible as all rumors told.
The princesses had a ball in the mountainous woods, rambling and traipsing about. But, one day, Lucinda caught sight of a pony feeding in a forest glade. The two girls ran up to the pony, and Irene reached it first. However, to their dismay, the pony disappeared as soon as she reached out to touch it. The two girls speculated as to what the pony might have been, and decided that it was a fairy pony wandering around in the forest. Their decision was seemingly verified when the pony appeared again in another valley farther off. This apparition repeated until the girls were far into the woods. Then, suddenly, the pony ran towards them. However, as it came closer, it turned bigger and darker until it swept them away to a dreary valley and a ghoulish stone mansion.
Alas! Little did the poor innocent princesses know that this was the castle of the evil witch who loved capturing harmless people and tormenting them! How could Irene and Lucinda know that the witch had heard of their fight into the mountains and had sent her wicked servant, a shape changer, to lure them towards the Witch's abode, whence none had ever escaped?
Once upon a time, there were two girls. They lived near each other, but seldom saw each other alone, for, you see, they were princesses. Therefore, these two girls decided to create email accounts so that they might be able to transmit private confidences. One princess, named Irene, immediately sent the other princess, Lucinda, a message about how fun their emailing would be. Lucinda replied with and effusive greeting about how lovely it was that they could contact each other privately. The maids in waiting,bodyguards, and even the royal King and Queen never had an inkling of the content of this correspondence So it went on. The two girls sent dozens of emails back and forth, and forwarded messages until their inboxes became cluttered with mail of all sorts.
But alas, before long, evil tidings arrived in the Kingdom. A wicked wizard was bringing a ferocious army to conquer the whole world. To make things even worse, a dreadful witch took abode in a castle jut across the mountains, where the women and children were always sent during times of war. The kings, in sad dilemma, decided to send the princesses and their servants to the mountains, risking the Witch. After all, she might not be as terrible as all rumors told.
The princesses had a ball in the mountainous woods, rambling and traipsing about. But, one day, Lucinda caught sight of a pony feeding in a forest glade. The two girls ran up to the pony, and Irene reached it first. However, to their dismay, the pony disappeared as soon as she reached out to touch it. The two girls speculated as to what the pony might have been, and decided that it was a fairy pony wandering around in the forest. Their decision was seemingly verified when the pony appeared again in another valley farther off. This apparition repeated until the girls were far into the woods. Then, suddenly, the pony ran towards them. However, as it came closer, it turned bigger and darker until it swept them away to a dreary valley and a ghoulish stone mansion.
Alas! Little did the poor innocent princesses know that this was the castle of the evil witch who loved capturing harmless people and tormenting them! How could Irene and Lucinda know that the witch had heard of their fight into the mountains and had sent her wicked servant, a shape changer, to lure them towards the Witch's abode, whence none had ever escaped?
A story to get started with!
Once upon a time there was a beautiful Princess. She loved reading, but, somehow, her books and magazines didn't satisfy her. Finally, when, for her fifteenth birthday, she got a computer, she immediately browsed the internet for interesting stories. Finally she found what she was looking for, at Chatterboxbc.weebly.com!