9 Chapter 9: Swept me off my feet

While Ms.Hilda was watching Ella, Daniel was looking for her. Daniel walked around looking for Ella, while women stopped him, and tried to get him to dance with them.  The music danced through the air, and Daniel said to himself "why can't I find Ella? There are 100s of princess, servant girls, and woman of title and still I can't find the one girl I'm looking for." A voice said "well look no further because she's right behind you." Daniel turned around to see Ligia, and Tiala standing there. Ligia asked "what's the matter cat got your tongue?" Daniel answered "nothing I was just looking for someone else." Daniel turned around, and Tiala ran in front of him, and said "what's wrong with us I know you like us." Daniel said "the both of you are beautiful don't get me wrong I'm just looking for someone important to me is all." Ligia said "Tiala you hear that the prince thinks we're beautiful."

While Ligia, and Tiala were talking to the prince Ms.Hilda was talking to Ella. Ms.Hilda said "your a dirty, filthy, piece of trash!" Ella asked "what do you have against me?" Ms.Hilda answered "your spoiled rotten to the core that's what I have against you, you ungrateful moocher! You thought you were going to take our chance is being royalty that's why you had them get you betrothed to the only one who loved my daughter, and niece! Well you won't get in the way anymore! No you'll see how much he loves them!" Ella said "Danny would never consider them! He loves me you hear! He is in love with me!" Ms.Hilda replied "your lucky I can't hit you here, but it'll run out you'll see the moment we get home!" 

While Ella, and Ms.Hilda were talking, Ligia, and Tiala were trying to get Daniel to dance with one of them. Daniel asked "what will it take to get you girls to leave me alone?" Ligia asked "leave us alone Danny you don't mean that, you love us." Daniel asked "what did you call me?" Ligia answered "sorry our servant girl is always calling you Danny. I guess I got ahead of myself. Sorry for being so improper." Daniel said "on second thought would you care to dance with me." Ligia shouted "yes Danny I would love to." Daniel took Ligia's hand, and began to waltz with her. Daniel said "this servant girl must be very improper!" Ligia replied "she is she never does anything right she's just trash if you ask me!" Daniel said "TRASH..... I mean isn't that a little harsh to call someone who works for you?" Ligia said "if you met her you would know that's all she is, and that's all she'll ever be." 

While Daniel, and Ligia were dancing Ella, and Ms.Hilda were talking.Ms.Hilda said "you so useless!" Ella replied "I'm as useless as your daughter, and niece!" Ms.Hilda asked "how dare you?!" Ella answered "how dare I what? Tell you the truth? Its about time someone did!"Ms.Hilda said "you'll pay when you get home!" Ella said "I'm home right now why don't you lay it on me in front of the kind, and queen so they'll know that you've had Daniel's beloved kidnapped for all these years." Ms.Hilda looked up to see Ligia dancing with the prince, laughed, and said "Daniel's beloved huh? Well it looks like he doesn't love you anymore!" Ella looked up to see Daniel dancing with Ligia. Ms.Hilda said "see not even Daniel wants you! Your nothing!" Tears ran down Ella's cheeks, and Daniel glanced over to see Ella running out of the ballroom with tears in her eyes. Daniel said "Ligia why don't you dance around with someone else, and I'll come back for you later." Ligia asked "really?" Daniel answered "of course I will so don't go anywhere because later I'll have a surprise for you." Ligia blushed, and said "okay." Ligia left, went to her mother, and said "he may pop the question!" Ms.Hilda asked "are you sure?" Ligia said "yes! He said he wanted to see me later, and that he has a surprise for me." Tiala walked over to Ligia, and Ms.Hilda, and asked "what's going on?" Ms.Hilda answered "Ligia is getting married to Daniel!" Ligia said "I can't wait to pick out my dress!"

While Ligia was talking to her other, and cousin Daniel left the ballroom to find Ella. He heard the sounds of crying coming from Ella's old playroom. He walked over to, opened it, and saw Ella with her back facing the door crying over him. He closed the door, and said "I finally found you." Ella replied "oh yeah right like you were looking for me. Why don't you go back with dancing with her!" Daniel asked "who is her?" Ella answered "the beautiful girl you were dancing with. Its fine go, and dance with her I was so silly to think that we could ever be." Daniel asked "why would you ever think that?!" Ella answered "why not you were dancing with..... hmph never mind its fine go back to your engagement ball don't mind me the girl who wanted to marry you in the first place!" Daniel asked "you wanted to marry me?" Ella turned around, looked at him, and said "of course I do, but it looks like you don't feel the way I do." Daniel replied "why do you think that?! Because I was dancing with your boss! I was dancing with her so I could find you. Cinderella I love you, and now that I know you love me back I know the answer to my question." Ella asked"what question?" Daniel got down on one knee, pulled a ring box out of his jacket, opened it, and asked "Cinderella will you marry me?" Ella looked at the diamond ring in the ring box, and said "its beautiful, but what about Ella?" Daniel stood up, and asked "yeah what about her." Ella shouted "how could you forget about Ella! She loves you and your just going to forget about her just like that?! Your getting ready to marry a complete stranger! No I can't marry you! Your still in love will Ella." Daniel smiled, and asked "when will you drop the act?" Ella asked "what act?" Daniel grabbed her hands, looked into her eyes, and said "I know its you Ella. I knew it was you since the first day I saw you again at the flower shop." Ella pulled her hands away, and said "me Ella..... That's ridiculous!" Daniel said "what ridiculous is you trying to hide it from me even now." Ella turned away, and asked 'well how can you be sure?" Daniel said "you still call me Danny after all these years, and you always run in here when your upset with me." Ella replied "wrong Danny I always run into my playroom when I'm upset with you! This is hardly a play room." Daniel said "it is your playroom its just changed over the years." Ella shouted "you changed my playroom into some boring tea room!" Daniel said "I rest my case." Ella walked over to Daniel, hugged him, and said "alright you got me it is me. I missed you so my Danny." Daniel replied "I knew it was you, and so did our parents." Ella let go of Daniel, and said "our parents hold on now we aren't even married yes. I have yet to give my answer." Daniel said "I'm not talking about my parents Ella." Ella tear ran down Ella's cheeks as her mouth dropped, and her eyes widened. Ella said "my parents are alive." Daniel wiped her tears off of her cheeks, and said "yes they are." Ella replied "then what are we waiting for I have to go, and see them." Daniel said "we'll you did see them when we had lunch." Ella asked "that was them?" Daniel answered "yes, and they  were heart broken when they heard that you thought that they were dead."  Ella said "Daniel I have to see them." Daniel said "you will Ella, but you have to do me a favor." Ella asked "what is the favor?" Daniel answered "you have to be my wife, and you can't say no because of the deal we had." Ella smile, said "yes I'll marry you," and kissed Daniel. Daniel smiled, and said "after all these years your finally going to be my wife!" Ella replied "wait there's one more thing." Daniel asked "what?" Ella answered "how are you going to have throw an engagement ball?! You had me worried that you were going to marry someone else!" Daniel replied "well it was an engagement for you so you shouldn't have been worried."  Ella said "okay Danny I'll let you get away with that one, but you'll have to make it up to me by dancing with me." Daniel grabbed Ella's hand, and said "what ever you want my queen." 

Daniel escorted Ella to the dance room, and he took her in front of their parents. Daniel's mom said "hello Cinderella. Are you liking the engagement ball?" Ella replied "well now that me, and Danny are engaged I like it just fine." Ella's mom asked "he popped the question to you Cinderella?" Ella answered "yes he did, and he told me about my two wonderful parents who didn't die in the fire, but are sitting in front of me right now." Tears came down Ella's parent's cheeks, and they stood up,and hugged her. Ella said "I missed you guys so much." Ella's dad said "we missed you too." Daniel asked "would you care  to dance with me Princess Ella." Ella smiled at Daniel, and answered "don't mind if I do prince Daniel." Daniel grabbed Ella's hand, and began to waltz with her. Ella's dad asked "well what are we waiting the kids can't have all the fun." Ella's parents began to waltz on the dance floor along with Daniel's parents. Daniel said "I love you Ella." Ella replied "I love you too." Daniel kissed Ella, and Ms.Hilda looked over at them to see them kissing. Ms.Hilda said "look at that! Its Ella kissing Daniel!" Ligia, Ms.Hilda, and Tiala ran over to Ella, and Daniel. Ms.Hilda pulled Ella off of Daniel by the hair, and threw her to the ground. Ligia shouted "how dare you kiss the prince!" Everyone stared at them, and Tiala shouted "don't kiss her she is, but a servant girl!" Daniel, and Ella's parents walked over to them and Daniel's dad asked "what is going on?!" Ms.Hilda said "I'm sorry your majesties. There seems to be a mistake. You see my servant was kiss you son against my orders." Daniel helped Ella up, and Daniel asked "she's a servant girl." Ms.Hilda answered "yes! Isn't it ridiculous?" Daniel replied "if she were a servant girl I wouldn't be kissing her, but you see she's a princess, but not just any princess she the one you stole, after you made the castle fire!" Ms.Hilda asked "what are you talking about?" Daniel answered "I'm talking about the fact you kidnapped Ella, and forced her to call herself Cinderella in public!" Ligia said "that's crazy!" Daniel said "I agree that is crazy, but you still did it! This girl is no servant she's my wife, and you, you guys are going to rot in the dungeon!" Daniel yelled "guards!" The guards grabbed Ligia, Tiala, and Ms.Hilda, and Daniel said "take them away me, and my fiance have to plan our wedding." The guards took them off to the dungeon, and Daniel shouted "lets get this celebration back on we have our princess Ella back!" The whole room cheered, and celebrated. 

After 7 weeks Ella, and Daniel got married, and a year later Ella got pregnant with their first child. All while Ligia, Tiala, and Ms.Hilda sat in the dungeon, and waited for the day they could plan their revenge.