I walked out and headed for the front gate. I felt the music before I heard it. The bard was playing his flute with a small crowd of guards. I let out a loud squeak when I felt the first rat pass over my foot. One of the nearby guards started to laugh until a rat ran over his foot as well. He screamed louder than I did. The bard did not hear us, and he walked out of the castle with a line of rats behind him. I ran over to the wall and attempted to climb up. I did not care about how unprince-like I looked. One of the guards helped me up before climbing up himself.
It was my old friend from the guards, Dirk. I grew up with Dirk most of my life because his father is the head guard. When we were younger, we would get into trouble together. Now, he is the one to help get me out of trouble.
"Sir, I know that this is amazing to watch but you have to be careful."
"Isn't just incredible how he just uses music to solve our problems."
