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