"You just kissed me," Conrad was pleasantly surprised.
    "Great observation, Captain Obvious," erbse smirked.
    "But I thought only a prince could give Du your happily ever after."
    "You're determined to make this awkward, aren't you?" erbse sighed. "Look, I know I sagte 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 Mehr to Du than that tiara."
    "Yeah, I guess Du were right...but don't get too used to it," erbse leaned her head onto Conrad's shoulder and the two continued to float down the river. Suddenly, their romantic harmony was shattered when their floß bumped into a rock. The floß 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 erbse 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 Von 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!" erbse cried. Before Conrad could respond, a growling noise came from behind them. "What was that? Did Du hear something?"
    "I think it might have been them," Conrad sagte quietly, pointing upwards, as his eyes widened with horror. At the oben, nach oben of the hill, there was a pack of Wölfe staring hungrily down at them. "Don't make any sudden movements!" The Wölfe began to run towards them viciously.
    "Now can we move?" erbse screamed, pulling Conrad Von the arm. The two ran. erbse 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 erbse as the Wölfe continued to chase them. "Conrad! Look!"
    There was a tall, mysterious schloss behind a set of Gothic gates. They managed to squeeze through the rickety gateway just as the Wölfe were about to reach them. Conrad put erbse down and they looked up at the large castle. "We better go inside," sagte Conrad. "Maybe whoever lives here can give us some coats to keep warm." They opened the schloss doors slowly and peered inside. Creeping slowly, they walked in. There was a large staircase but the palace was filled with darkness.
    "Hello?" erbse called out, her voice echoing. "Is anyone here?" They walked up the twisted stairs and reached a large hallway. erbse 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, erbse screamed: "RUUUUUUUUUUUN!" The monster chased erbse and Conrad and seemed to be yelling at them to get out of his house which erbse found rather strange. erbse and Conrad separated from each other to save their chances of survival and went down different corridors. erbse saw a door and began banging on it violently after realizing it was locked.
    "I told Du 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!" erbse screamed.
    The door opened and erbse 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 Du alright?" the girl asked. "Don't tell me he's taken you prisoner as well?"
    "Who?" erbse asked.
    "That beast," replied the girl. "I'm Belle, Von the way."
    "Well, Belle, that beast as Du 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 sagte kindly, pushing a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "I think the Beast is actually Mehr 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," erbse said, relieved, jumping onto the bett 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)