The Lady-in-Waiting

Chapter 3

Lucinda

So...my camera's gone for good and Zora is still evil. Mother's going to be so mad!!! But, more importantly, what did Zora mean by "soon, I'll be her"?

We're causing a commotion with our arguing, so we walk into a nearby forest.

"Lucinda, did you ever think I'd go easy on you?" Zora taunts.

"N-no," I'm afraid of what she can do to me, out here in the forest alone.

"Did you ever think you could stop me with some simple camera?" Zora's fiendish grin tells me she's up to something.

"No." I don't want to tell her that I really did think she wouldn't harm me if I had the camera.

"Well, you're grateful I'm not going to hurt you." Yeah, right. I could blow her away if I could get a strong enough breeze going.

"Yes." Sure, I'm glad I don't have to fight her but she didn't have to tell me. At least that means I won't prepare for a fight.

"Anyway, you're weak, pathetic, and way too vulnerable." I'm not. I want to prove her wrong.

"Look, I can fight you and I will if I have to. You're the weak one, caught in your emotions." I start to use my magic to start a breeze and the trees tilt towards Zora.

"As if! I'm the clever one. I have a thought-out plan to prove it. We don't have time to talk." She's right about one thing. We don't have time. Because I'm ready to fight her.

"I'm. Not. Weak!" On that last word, I throw the wind against her and she might've blown away if she wasn't holding onto a couple of trees nearby.

"Too late to stop me." She sings the words as if that would help her.

"No, it isn't." I'm ready to stop her now and I desperately want to, but with no one there to help me, I'm scared.

"Yes, it is. I'm casting the spell." What spell? Whatever it is, I think now's my last chance to stop her.

"It isn't because I'm stopping you now!" I snatch the wand out of her hand before she can finish the spell.

Now I know what the spell was. I'm Zora and she's me. I don't think I have enough energy to keep fighting. Then I realize something; I now have Zora's wand! But not my wind gem.

Zora

Agh! Lucinda has my wand thanks to my spell. I didn't think of that. Maybe I can convince her to give it to me. If she has my wand then I probably have her gem. I look to see that I do have it as a bracelet. Hmm...maybe we can trade.

"Turn me back into me!" screams Lucinda.

"I don't have the wand," I say. "If you give me my wand, I'll give you your gem."

"Fine," she says.

As soon as we finish trading, Lucinda says, "Cast the spell now that you have your wand."

"I never said I would," I say.

I'm so glad that Lucinda's fairy godmother, Colette is meeting us in George's kingdom, Lopegin. She would have protected Lucinda. Colette likes being in charge of things. She started a successful business in her regular life. She can be bossy at times and pretends to be in charge of our fairy godmother group. Fairy godmothers are in groups based on how many children a royal has. When a new royal is born, a new fairy godmother is added to a group. My sister Sadie only came to Snow's Christening to support me. I still don't know who will join our group when Queen Kara's baby is born.

Even after what happened at Snow's Christening, I'm still a fairy godmother. I'm forced to be Snow's for her whole life. Why did I choose this job? Because my parents have this job. It's a family thing. They wanted me to and I wanted to before Snow's Christening. I'm still close to my parents and Sadie. We see each other as often as we can. Sadie, especially, now that she's in my group. She became Princess Rose's fairy godmother. Rose was born a year after Snow.

Sadie has always stood up for me, even though I think I should be standing up for her as the older sister (we're only one year apart). When I "went evil", she tried to tell everyone that I wasn't. She still thinks I'm the fairy I used to be, but I'm not. I keep waiting for her to realize this, but she hasn't yet. It's nice to have someone who still likes me, though.

It can be lonely being evil. I don't have many friends, only some that work with me, like Rumplestiltskin and my brother whom I cursed. Now, I'll have more friends as Lucinda. I'll have fans. I'll be liked. Also, this will make it easier to hurt the other princesses. They trust Lucinda more than I. Hopefully, Lucinda won't try to turn herself back.

Speaking of Lucinda, she's driving now. I'm doing whatever I want, asking her to stop and get me a drink. Being a princess is so nice. You don't have to do much yourself. Right now, I'm posting on Lucinda's Nowpic page (I told her to give me her phone password and email). The photo showed me (as Lucinda) with my hair in the breeze. Just because I'm evil doesn't mean I can't have hobbies.

Lucinda stops the car at a big hotel.

"We're here," she says.

We walk in and find that the hotel is gorgeous. From marble floors to big windows, to chandeliers, this place is fit for an heir-to-the-throne like Lucinda (or myself as Lucinda). After we check in, we go to our villa. We find two king-sized beds complete with canopies and soft blankets. I sit down on my bed and begin to order Lucinda around.

"Lucinda, would you unpack my suitcase for me? Make sure it's all organized, too. Also, could you fluff my pillows?"

Lucinda doesn't say anything but starts doing what I said anyway. That spoiled brat is getting a taste of her own medicine. She needs to get used to it, too, because this is how she'll live for at least a while, probably. She doesn't know how to reverse the spell (I don't either). So unless someone does know or learns to, we are stuck as each other. It's better for me than for her.

The next morning, we go to breakfast at the hotel. Almost everyone greets me.

"Good morning, Princess Lucinda."

I see the real Lucinda frown.

"I'm the real Lucinda!" she says. "She's a fake. She's my lady-in-waiting."

' Everyone in the dining room looks at her. Lucinda just got herself in trouble. I'm not too afraid. Who would believe her? I wouldn't. So I don't think I have to worry.