Day Two of nanowrimo

"Perfect. Now I can get started." Later that evening around dusk I was sitting out in the garden on a small bridge, staring down at the fish as they passed through the stream. "Snow!"I Looked up. Morgana was running towards me."Snow, guess what?" She ran and jumped onto my shoulder."Careful, Morgana. Remember your claws."She nuzzled me with her head. "Sorry. I'm just excited. I found out that the ball is tomorrow night.""I know." I looked back down at the stream."Well what's the matter?""Oh nothing," I said, pulling a scroll out of the air. "Here it is, and if we get caught I'll turn you into a toad…that can't talk." "Meow! It's purrrfect.""You still haven't told me why you want to go so badly. You know I don't like the idea of you conspiring with dragons. You know how they can be.""Why miss I'm sure I don't know what you mean." She licked her paw and stuck her nose up. "I'm not conspiring and Tessy is different.""Oh I'm not so sure about that. You know how she and all the other dragons feel about royalty. After all they've sent several of their knights out to kill the dragons and for what reason?""Well I don't know, but Tessy is not bitter. It's her husband Loch who is the bitter one. He won't even spare a bit of fish for a hungry kitty." She licked her other paw."Oh Morgana what am I going to do with you?" I said, scratching her head."Keep me I hope." She strutted off towards the house. "Where are you going?""Well I must decide what to wear to the ball.""You'll wear this invisible spell that's what you'll wear."With a meow she was gone into the house. Hmm, I thought. "What am I going to wear? It can't be anything to flashy. I can't draw attention to myself. I suppose a simple little dress will do.""Oh no dear that won't do at all."I spun around. "Who are you?" There was a small faerie floating above me. She was encircled by glitter and a bright pink light."I'm Erogarden, the princess of the faeries.""Oh why yes. I'm sorry your highness I didn't recognize you at first. You startled me.""It's quite all right. Please forgive me put I over heard you say that you didn't have anything to wear to the ball." "I never said I was going to the ball.""Oh. Well…" she flew closer to me and touched my nose with her wand. "That is wear you plan to go tomorrow, is it not?""Of course not. You know witches aren't allowed to go to the palace.""Well you can't let that stop you. You're very beautiful. The prince will love you." "Oh I don't care about meeting the prince. I would just love to see the palace.""Then you should and you should be dressed in a beautiful gown.""What are you? My fairy godmother?""Why no. I'm not that kind of fairy, and you know it.""Yes your highness."She began to fly away, leaving a path of glitter behind her. I'll be back tomorrow to see that you are propperly dressed. "Snow!" My mother was calling me. "Come in dear. It's dark out."I stood up and brushed off my pants. "I'm coming." I ran barefoot to the house and up the stairs to the back porch. "Hello, Dear. Haven't seen you all day." She kissed me on the cheek. "I've been busy studying spells and…""Day dreaming in the garden?" She smiled and brushed a lock of hair away from my face. "I wish you hadn't changed your hair color. You look nothing like a witch.""Well that is what I was going for." I walked past her into the dinning room."You don't want to be a witch?" She said with concern in her voice."Of course I want to be a wich; I just don't want to look like a witch.""Are you ashamed?""No. I just want to be different. I don't want to look the same as every other witch. Besides I'm not the only witch to dye her hair. Why even Lucinda is thinking of dying her hair.""Yes well she wants to dye it a normal color, like green or orange, but you had to dye your hair so that you look human.""Oh mother. There's nothing wrong with humans.""Bite your tongue.""Goodnight, Mother. I'll be in my room." When I got up to my room Lucinda was sitting on my bed petting Morgana. "Hello, Snow! How have you been today?" "All right I guess.""What have you been doing in my room?"She looked down at Morgana. At 17 years old she was a quite attractive young witch. She had the typical long brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing her long black night robe that she had decorated with plastic gems. "I was just petting Morgana. She's such a lovely cat."Morgana stood up and rubbed up against Lucinda. "It's so true." She purred.Lucinda giggled and scratched Morgana's chin."Well I'd like to have a chat with Morgana alone."Lucinda stood up and smoothed her dress. "All right. I'll be off to my room. I'd like to get some reading in before I go to sleep.""Good night Lil' sis.""Good night big sis." She left the room closing the door behind her.I sat on the bed and picked up Morgana, putting her in my lap. "I just had a nice little chat with the faerie princess." "Why what ever did you and Miss Erogarden talk about?" Morgana said, curling up in my lap."Well what else do us girls talk about but clothing. She wants to act like a fairy godmother and dress me up like a princess so the prince will look at me and fall madly in love." Morgana stuck her head up. "And what's wrong with that?""I'm not looking for love and besides it's forbidden for the prince to marry anyone except a princess and he certainly couldn't marry a witch. Not that he would ever even consider it.""But he won't know you're a witch.""A witch is what I am and I can't change that. The truth would come out sooner or later.""I suppose," she said with a big yawn. "But imagine how wonderful it would be for a witch to be queen." I laid down. "That is what he would never want to happen." The next evening Morgana and I ventured off into the forest to set and talk about a plan for tonight's "mission" as Morgana called it. We were sitting near a small pond with lilly pads and it was nestled in a clearing in the woods. A frog jumped from a rock to a lilly pad and croaked at Morgana. She was sitting on a rock near by with her but in the air and her nose close to the water. A gold fish swam by and Morgana swung her paw in the water and pulled the fish out. "Ahh what fun fishing is," she said, tossing the fish onto the rock. She settled down and began to tear open the fish. "That's gross," I said, turning away."Cats gotta eat," Morgana said, putting a bit of fish in her mouth. She was so dainty with her food. "Well about tonight. I've got an idea and this is where having two houses will come in handy."Morgana hissed at the frog that was staring at her. "Do you want to be like him?" she said, showing him the fish. The frog jumped back into the water. "I thought not.""Morgana please concentrate.""Sorry. I just had to get rid of a green problem." She licked some fish off of her paws and said, "Please continue." "Well I was thinking that I could tell Father that I'm going to stay at Mother's tonight and Mother will think that I'm at Father's.""Brilliant. I don't know why I didn't think of it." She was back in the attack position; her butt was in the air and her nose was touching the water. "Come to me little fishes," she taunted. "Morgana needs her dinner.""I was also thinking that we should only stay for a little while. You know, check out the place and then go. I'll be so nervous that I don't think I could stay the entire night anyway.""Oh posh." Morgana was now slicing apart another fish. "You'll be fine. I'll at least need a few hours.""What do you mean you'll need a few hours?"She looked up at me with a puzzled look on her face. "Why Snow I don't know what you mean?""Yes you do," I said getting up and walking closer to the rock she was sitting on. "What are you going to be doing at the palace? You're not going to get into trouble are you?""Of course not, and besides I'll be invisible right?""Well yes but that doesn't matter. The warlocks that King Winsor has on guard can brake invisible spells if they detect one. You need to stay low and stay with me.""Oh Miss Snow, you worry too much.""No I don't I just don't want to get into trouble and I want to be let in on your little sceam.""Listen Snow you'll find out in do time. I can't reveal it now.""Why? Because I'll refuse to go if you do tell me?""Possibly." Later I went over to Father's to tell him that I would be staying at Mother's tonight. Father was sitting at his desk in his office mulling over some papers. When I walked in he looked up from his paper and said, "There's my darling Snow. I haven't seen you in a while. Have cast some good spells lately?""I suppose.""Well I think we should spend some time together tonight. How about we…""Actually Father…" I said, stopping him. "I would love to do something with you but I need to stay at Mother's tonight." "What do you mean? This is my night to be with you." He got up from his chair and walked over to me. He put his hands on my cheeks. "You just tell your mother that she can see you tomorrow."I pulled away from his hands. "I'm sorry but I'd like to stay over there tonight because Lucinda needs my help with something. I promise we'll spend time together the next night.""I just don't understand why you want to spend time with your mother I not me.""It's not that at all Father. I've just got to be there for Lucinda." I kissed his cheek. "I love you, Father. I'll see you tomorrow." I headed for the door. "I love you too, Snow.""If you continue to see her you will be removed from the royal family." "Why can't I love whom I choose?""Because you are to be king and this kingdom will never have a witch for a ruler." "I'm sorry Snow but duty to my country comes first.""Why can't love come first?""It does not work that way. You know I love you, but sometimes when you love someone you have to let them go. It's for your own good.""For my own good? No it's not! It's not about me wanting to be queen. It's about me being in love with you. What about what's right for us?" "Where were you last night?""I was out, Father. It's none of your business where I was.""None of my business!?!" he shouted. "Of course it's my business for goodness sake! You are my son and the next ruler of this land! You have no business being gone all night where no one knows where you were!"He looked down. "I'm going to my room.""No! You will stay right here. You were with that witch weren't you?" He didn't say anything.over and over again. "This can't be happening." "I knew it. You have deliberatly disobeyed me for the last time. Tomorrow I will set up a counsel to have you removed from reign of the throne."He looked at his father with fear in his eyes. "No Father. This is my life. This is what I've wanted my entire life. This kingdom is mine.""Not anymore." His father stormed off and Thesarius fell to his knees and began to sob into his hands. "Stop!" I shouted at the mirror on the wall and it immediately went dark. I fell to the floor and began to cry harder than I ever had before. Tears flowed from eyes and drenched my face. "No. No," I repeated