"Great observation, Captain Obvious," مٹر, مصری چنا smirked.
"But I thought only a prince could give آپ your happily ever after."
"You're determined to make this awkward, aren't you?" مٹر, مصری چنا sighed. "Look, I know I کہا that before but I changed my mind. You're the one I wanna be with."
"So I was right all along," Conrad smiled. "There is مزید to آپ than that tiara."
"Yeah, I guess آپ were right...but don't get too used to it," مٹر, مصری چنا leaned her head onto Conrad's shoulder and the two continued to float down the river. Suddenly, their romantic harmony was shattered when their بیڑا bumped into a rock. The بیڑا had reached a rocky shore. It was punctured with a whole where the stone had pierced it.
"Well, I guess that's it for the raft," Conrad helped مٹر, مصری چنا onto the dry land. "Geez, it's freezing here."
Pea and Conrad began to wander through a forest, hand in hand. There were glistening trees and a cold wind. They had to watch their steps, as their were patches of ice covered lightly سے طرف کی blankets of white snow. As they continued to travel through the woods, the sun began to go down.
"Conrad, we're gonna freeze to death!" مٹر, مصری چنا cried. Before Conrad could respond, a growling noise came from behind them. "What was that? Did آپ hear something?"
"I think it might have been them," Conrad کہا quietly, pointing upwards, as his eyes widened with horror. At the سب, سب سے اوپر of the hill, there was a pack of wolves staring hungrily down at them. "Don't make any sudden movements!" The wolves began to run towards them viciously.
"Now can we move?" مٹر, مصری چنا screamed, pulling Conrad سے طرف کی the arm. The two ran. مٹر, مصری چنا slipped on the ice and fell on her back, sliding into a tree. Conrad immediately slid towards her on his feet and picked her up. Conrad carried مٹر, مصری چنا as the wolves continued to chase them. "Conrad! Look!"
There was a tall, mysterious قلعہ behind a set of gothic gates. They managed to squeeze through the rickety gateway just as the wolves were about to reach them. Conrad put مٹر, مصری چنا down and they looked up at the large castle. "We better go inside," کہا Conrad. "Maybe whoever lives here can give us some coats to keep warm." They opened the قلعہ doors slowly and peered inside. Creeping slowly, they walked in. There was a large staircase but the palace was filled with darkness.
"Hello?" مٹر, مصری چنا called out, her voice echoing. "Is anyone here?" They walked up the twisted stairs and reached a large hallway. مٹر, مصری چنا turned around to see someone...or rather something...at the end of the hall. It was large, grizzly monster, that looked like a mixture of different animals. He had devilish horns and wore a cape and torn pants. He looked angrily at them and just as he opened his mouth to roar, مٹر, مصری چنا screamed: "RUUUUUUUUUUUN!" The monster chased مٹر, مصری چنا and Conrad and seemed to be yelling at them to get out of his house which مٹر, مصری چنا found rather strange. مٹر, مصری چنا and Conrad separated from each other to save their chances of survival and went down different corridors. مٹر, مصری چنا saw a door and began banging on it violently after realizing it was locked.
"I told آپ already, I'm not going to come out if you're going to be so rude and impatient!" cried a woman's voice from inside the room.
"NO! Please, there's a monster after me!" مٹر, مصری چنا screamed.
The door opened and مٹر, مصری چنا ran inside, slamming the door behind her. After catching her breath, she realized she was in a rather fancy guest bedroom and there was a beautiful brunette in a blue dress looking at her curiously.
"Are آپ alright?" the girl asked. "Don't tell me he's taken you prisoner as well?"
"Who?" مٹر, مصری چنا asked.
"That beast," replied the girl. "I'm Belle, سے طرف کی the way."
"Well, Belle, that beast as آپ call him is out there trying to eat my boyfriend! Got any pitchforks? We need to get rid of him once and for all!"
"Well, try not to worry," Belle کہا kindly, pushing a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "I think the Beast is actually مزید of a big baby than anything. He won't hurt your boyfriend. He just uses his size to try and intimidate people."
"Oh, I see," مٹر, مصری چنا said, relieved, jumping onto the بستر and lying down, completely relaxed. "In that case, I'm sure Conrad won't mind if I take a quick nap."
(End Of Part 19)
