Fan Fiction ❯ The Red Red Rose ❯ Of Ebony ( Chapter 1 )
[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
By: Amphitrite 
The begining of it all....
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Fantasy / Classic | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.10.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.2K | Visits: 236 | Status: Work In Progress
The begining of it all....
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Fantasy / Classic | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.10.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.2K | Visits: 236 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: Characters are mine but idea is based on "Beauty and the Beast". I'm doing this for fun, I am making no money off of it I own none of the concept.
A/N: Please be nice, very first fan fiction. R/R please.
Chapter 1- Of Ebony
Once upon a time in a land by the sea there lived a young woman that was ignored by everyone. Her own father wished at times that she were dead, because when she was born her mother died. The last thing the young woman's mother said was "Give her my name and love her always." Instead her father named her Ebony for the dark world that he lived in now that his beloved wife was dead.
Ebony was not an only child she had two elder sisters, Joanna and Evelyn, that treated her more like a servant then a true sister. Ebony did all the housework, the cooking, and the cleaning, all the while trying to stay out of her fathers way. For whenever her father looked upon Ebony he would be reminded of his wife and how she had died. Then her father would get drunk and beat Ebony so bad that she would be black and blue, some times for months after.
As time passed Ebony grew into a beautiful young woman. She had long black hair that went past her knees, eyes that were the color of emeralds, but because of the hard work that she did day in and day out her skin was tanned with freckles and her hands were rough and dry.
One day her father came into the house early from work and told his daughters that he was going to the city to make a deal and then they would all be rich.
This made Joanna and Evelyn very happy and they asked their father to bring them
home much jewelry and beautiful fabrics. As the three of them talked about all
they were going to do with the money and what they wanted, Ebony stayed in the
shadows thinking about what she would ask for if any one asked her. She was
thinking about how pretty a red, red rose would look in her hair. When Ebony heard her father say that he was going to bed so that he could get up early she got up the cougar to say to her father "Father may I ask for one thing?" Of course her father was not happy about being reminded that she was alive so he slapped her across the mouth and said, "What do you want that could compare to my two true daughters?" For you see that is what he called Joanna and Evelyn, his two true daughters.
"All I want is a single red, red rose to put in my hair for a day."
To this the three of them just laughed until they cried. Finally her father stopped laughing and said "If I happen to have enough time to look for your red, red rose then maybe I will get one for you, then again I might just pick some for my two true daughters." Then he went to bed, still laughing.
The next few weeks were some of the happiest that Ebony could remember. You see her sisters did not want to see her whatsoever; so Ebony had those weeks to do what she wanted as long as she finished her chores. During this time she spent hours down on the beach watching the waves; and many an hour in the woods listening to the birds sing and the leaves rustle. It was there about two weeks after her father had left that Ebony made one of the discoveries that would start to change her life even though she did not know it at the time.
One day while Ebony was walking in the forest she was not watching where she was going, finding the flowers on the forest floor very fascinating, and ran strait into a young man that was out hunting. Well, both Ebony and the young hunter fell onto the floor and Ebony landed on top.
"I'm so sorry..." Ebony started to say but then she looked into the bluest eyes that she had ever seen. They were like a clear summer sky, pure and beautiful.
The young hunter was just as stunned when he looked into Ebony's emerald green eyes. "That is all right, for it is not every day that I get fallen on by an angel from the heavens above."
"Oh my," was all that Ebony could think to say as she laid across his chest.
"My angel, would you please grant me the permission to help you up?"
It was not until then that Ebony noticed that she was lying across the hunter's chest. She then scrambled off. The hunter stood up and gave his hand to Ebony.
She took his hand and he helped her up, but he kept her hand once they both were standing.
"May I please have your name or do I just continue to call you by what you are, my angel?" said the hunter.
"My name?" Ebony asked still shaken from both the fall and the hunter himself.
"Yes, your name so that when I say my prayers tonight I can thank God for sending you to me. I would whisper your name with my last breath before I fall asleep to dream dreams of the future that until now looked dull and gray, but are now suddenly full of light and color."
"M... my name is Ebony."
"Ebony the name of my angel. I am Henry, your gallant knight and greatest of hunters, at your survive from now until the day God takes me from your side." As Henry said this he dropped onto one knee in front of Ebony still holding her hand. When he finished he kissed the back of her hand with the lightest of kisses.
The kiss startled Ebony more then all the words that Henry said, for you see it was her first kiss ever. At that point Ebony began to fall in love with Henry, or at least she believed that it was love. Now, Henry knew from the moment that he looked into Ebony's emerald green eyes that he was in love and that they would live together happily ever after.
Over the next few weeks Ebony and Henry met every day. They would talk for hours, well actually, Henry would talk and Ebony would just sit there looking into his blue eyes, falling even more in love with him. She really did not mind that Henry seemed not to care what she thought or felt it was just wonderful to have someone that wanted to be with her. When they were together she could forget her own problems.
A/N: Please be nice, very first fan fiction. R/R please.
Chapter 1- Of Ebony
Once upon a time in a land by the sea there lived a young woman that was ignored by everyone. Her own father wished at times that she were dead, because when she was born her mother died. The last thing the young woman's mother said was "Give her my name and love her always." Instead her father named her Ebony for the dark world that he lived in now that his beloved wife was dead.
Ebony was not an only child she had two elder sisters, Joanna and Evelyn, that treated her more like a servant then a true sister. Ebony did all the housework, the cooking, and the cleaning, all the while trying to stay out of her fathers way. For whenever her father looked upon Ebony he would be reminded of his wife and how she had died. Then her father would get drunk and beat Ebony so bad that she would be black and blue, some times for months after.
As time passed Ebony grew into a beautiful young woman. She had long black hair that went past her knees, eyes that were the color of emeralds, but because of the hard work that she did day in and day out her skin was tanned with freckles and her hands were rough and dry.
One day her father came into the house early from work and told his daughters that he was going to the city to make a deal and then they would all be rich.
This made Joanna and Evelyn very happy and they asked their father to bring them
home much jewelry and beautiful fabrics. As the three of them talked about all
they were going to do with the money and what they wanted, Ebony stayed in the
shadows thinking about what she would ask for if any one asked her. She was
thinking about how pretty a red, red rose would look in her hair. When Ebony heard her father say that he was going to bed so that he could get up early she got up the cougar to say to her father "Father may I ask for one thing?" Of course her father was not happy about being reminded that she was alive so he slapped her across the mouth and said, "What do you want that could compare to my two true daughters?" For you see that is what he called Joanna and Evelyn, his two true daughters.
"All I want is a single red, red rose to put in my hair for a day."
To this the three of them just laughed until they cried. Finally her father stopped laughing and said "If I happen to have enough time to look for your red, red rose then maybe I will get one for you, then again I might just pick some for my two true daughters." Then he went to bed, still laughing.
The next few weeks were some of the happiest that Ebony could remember. You see her sisters did not want to see her whatsoever; so Ebony had those weeks to do what she wanted as long as she finished her chores. During this time she spent hours down on the beach watching the waves; and many an hour in the woods listening to the birds sing and the leaves rustle. It was there about two weeks after her father had left that Ebony made one of the discoveries that would start to change her life even though she did not know it at the time.
One day while Ebony was walking in the forest she was not watching where she was going, finding the flowers on the forest floor very fascinating, and ran strait into a young man that was out hunting. Well, both Ebony and the young hunter fell onto the floor and Ebony landed on top.
"I'm so sorry..." Ebony started to say but then she looked into the bluest eyes that she had ever seen. They were like a clear summer sky, pure and beautiful.
The young hunter was just as stunned when he looked into Ebony's emerald green eyes. "That is all right, for it is not every day that I get fallen on by an angel from the heavens above."
"Oh my," was all that Ebony could think to say as she laid across his chest.
"My angel, would you please grant me the permission to help you up?"
It was not until then that Ebony noticed that she was lying across the hunter's chest. She then scrambled off. The hunter stood up and gave his hand to Ebony.
She took his hand and he helped her up, but he kept her hand once they both were standing.
"May I please have your name or do I just continue to call you by what you are, my angel?" said the hunter.
"My name?" Ebony asked still shaken from both the fall and the hunter himself.
"Yes, your name so that when I say my prayers tonight I can thank God for sending you to me. I would whisper your name with my last breath before I fall asleep to dream dreams of the future that until now looked dull and gray, but are now suddenly full of light and color."
"M... my name is Ebony."
"Ebony the name of my angel. I am Henry, your gallant knight and greatest of hunters, at your survive from now until the day God takes me from your side." As Henry said this he dropped onto one knee in front of Ebony still holding her hand. When he finished he kissed the back of her hand with the lightest of kisses.
The kiss startled Ebony more then all the words that Henry said, for you see it was her first kiss ever. At that point Ebony began to fall in love with Henry, or at least she believed that it was love. Now, Henry knew from the moment that he looked into Ebony's emerald green eyes that he was in love and that they would live together happily ever after.
Over the next few weeks Ebony and Henry met every day. They would talk for hours, well actually, Henry would talk and Ebony would just sit there looking into his blue eyes, falling even more in love with him. She really did not mind that Henry seemed not to care what she thought or felt it was just wonderful to have someone that wanted to be with her. When they were together she could forget her own problems.