Adventure continued

Ella walked across the marble floor briskly. She was eager to away from everyone stopping her. Ella enjoyed being royalty, but it was annoying when the commoners and servants would not leave her alone.
The ball stretched on far into the night. To her dismay Ella danced with Samuel several more times. And the commoners continued to approach her. When the ball ended Ella and her parents went up onto the stage, placed in the center of the room once more. The three of them said farewell to all of the guests. Everyone filed out of the ballroom. The crowd walked through the stone corridors and exited the castle.
The royal family walked to the door behind the guests. Soon everyone had left and the doors had been shut.
“What a night!” exclaimed Elizabeth.
“Certainly!” Peter exclaimed in return.
“It was quite a lovely ball,” Ella said. She would have enjoyed it more if it had only been their close friends, and Samuel had not showed up.
Ella and her parents walked down the hall. When they reached the wooden door of their room, Ella’s parents said goodnight to their daughter and entered. Ella waked just a bit farther down the long dimly lit corridor until she reached her room.
Suddenly, Ella saw a shadow curve around the corner. She whipped her head around. All she saw was a shadow lurking in the corner.
“Hello?” she called softly. “I demand you come out, by order of your princess,” she said forcefully. The shadow began to move and the she saw a short man appear. He was tall with black hair and razor sharp green eyes. It was Nickolas.
“Yes princess,” he said bitterly.
“Never mind,” she said. “You may go,” Nickolas bowed quickly. Ella turned away and entered her room. She changed into a silver nightgown and lay down on her bed. By candlelight she picked up a book by her bedside and began to read.
Only moments later Ella heard a high pitched scream. More screams filled her ears as she jumped off her bed. Ella pulled on a dark cloak and a pair of shoes and raced out the door. As she bounded down the hall she heard more screams and some words she did not understand. And she saw several flashes of light coming from behind her parent’s door. Ella’s heart was pounding heavily. There was one last flash of light and scream of a strange word and then, silence.
Ella threw open the wooden door of her parents bed chamber. Her eyes franticly scanned the room for her parents, or anyone. But the room was empty. There was no one in sight.
The soft blue blankets on the bed were strewn all over, as were the pillows. The dark green chair in the corner of the room was lying on its side.
“HELLO!” Ella screamed into the emptiness. She breathed heavily along with her pounding heart. She turned around and ran down the corridor. The candles had been blown out so it was dark. Ella sprinted into the darkness as fast as she could.
“Hello! Mom, dad, are you here?” she called as she ran. Tears were welling up in her eyes. I’m sure they just went out, she though to herself. For a moment she calmed herself down, but it did not last long. She had heard the screams, seen the light. Something had defiantly happened.
The tears came again. They were streaming down Ella’s face. She sank to the ground. She sat down on the stone floor. She let the dirt cover her nightgown and she sobbed into her hands.
Then Ella heard footsteps approaching her. The footsteps were coming quickly. Ella dried her eyes and once again talked herself into believing that nothing had happened. She hid around the corner. But the person knew she was there.
“Ella,” said a voice. A young man came around the corner. He was short with dark shaggy brown hair. He had big soft brown eyes. He looked to be about her age. From his clothing she could tell he was a servant. He was wearing ragged black pants and a plain black shirt. He looked serious but concerned.
“Who are you?” Ella asked trying to hide her tears.
“My name is Jacob,” he said calmly. “I am a Wizard apprentice,” Ella looked at Jacob, confused.
“A Wizard Apprentice?” she asked. Now Jacob was the one who looked confused.
“Yes, a Wizard Apprentice,” he said the word Wizard with more power in his voice.
“I have no idea what you are talking about. But, I will just forget it. You may go,” she said.
“I am not going to go,” he replied. “I need to speak to you. I have magic, you can trust me,”
“I still have no clue what you mean. Magic is not real,” Ella said.
“This is strange, of course you know. You have magic yourself,” he said. Jacob seemed puzzled by Ella’s lack of knowledge. He muttered something to himself then gasped.
“They never told you?” he exclaimed.
“They never told me what?” Ella was beginning to grow impatient. She stood up and crossed her arms and glared at Jacob. “Leave,” she commanded.
“No, I will not,” Jacob replied coolly.
“You are a servant. I am your princess. If I tell you do something then you must listen,” she said angrily.
“Ella, listen to me. I am not a servant. If you would listen to me I will explain everything. Although, this may be harder than I though. It appears as if you were never told of your powers,” Jacob said. Ella sighed.
“I am not going to fall for this. I’m not sure what exactly you’re trying to do, but I order you to leave,” she said. Ella motioned for Jacob to walk away.
“Ella!” Jacob bellowed. “You must listen to me! This is urgent,” he cried.
“ Be quiet, or a guard will come and through you in the dungeon. I am nice enough not to send the guards on you right away. But I will not stand for this. I refuse to take orders from my own servant,” Ella marched off down the hall.
“Well, I am not a servant. And I know where your parents are,” he yelled down the dark corridor. Ella froze in her tracks. Chills ran through her spine. Slowly Ella walked back down the hall.
“What do you know?” she asked. Her voice was shaking. “Come,” he said. Ella let her self be ushered into her parent’s bedroom.