All Chapters of Lulabelle: Chapter 1 - Chapter 6

Saturday. A fairly fine day."Pa, I'll be going now!" Shouted Gabrielle as she opened the door."What? Going where? It's saturday!" inquired her father. "It's Ma's birthday today, I thought we agreed on visiting her together?""Uhm... to Shaunie's house Pa to... to make a... a school project!"Gabrielle knew that she should not supposed to lie to her father yet she couldn't bring herself to tell him that she's got a job at a cafe in the local food park. She'd get scolded if she did so. Her mother, Margie, died in an accident almost a year ago and since then she had been getting jobs on weekends unbeknownst to her father, secretly helping to provide necessities to their home. Her father, Jerod, a freelance photographer whose work had gone a little downhill lately stood steadily strong for her. Gabrielle stood about five feet tall, had a pair of almond-e

Gabrielle's interests in writing tales of adventures were mostly influenced and aroused by her mother who used to tell her stories when she was younger. Stories that always go "...the heartless ogre snatched the princess who was unfortunately lost in the forest, with its monstrously gigantic hands, hardened with calluses..."Commonly, the villains were always fire-breathing dragons, cauldron-stirring witches and the ones Gabrielle feared the most–ogres. Witches curse and dragons spew fire, to her nothing unnatural about that, but ogres, they were horrors. Stories about such creature could even make Gabrielle cower. Their thick bulky skin, hulking figure, hideous appearance and the yellow teeth perfectly made for chewing humans would always send her nightmares as a kid. She had gotten a bit bigger but she'd still flinch thinking about them hiding in the dark. Having met the little kid Savana, came a virtually high chance of her facing one. The kid she had barely save

The trio were finally at the doorstep of Ceb village. Stood on each side of the gateway were two large stone columns. Gabrielle busied herself inspecting the hedge of bushes that beautifully surrounded the village like a green fence. She peeked inside and saw perfectly aligned yellow brick houses. With Savana on the lead, Gabrielle excitedly stepped into the entrance, hoping for some food and maybe a little rest. "Bleeep!" "Huh?... what happened? I thought..."  "Bleeep!" "Gabrielle stop th—"  "Bleeep!" "What is happening?! Why can't I get in?!" exclaimed a confused Gabrielle. As soon as she set foot into the gateway something bizarre happened. She could not seem to go further into the place. She could only go as far as two steps away from the two columns that denotes the village entrance. Instantly, as she tried to step further, she got telepo