"I see, so you honestly have no Idea what to do, huh?". A male voice said. "Ethan, if I did I wouldn't be like this! That girl stole my crown, and my brother is gonna have her head! And I can't even help catch her!". Ethan Krow, age 18, and the personal advisor for Charlotte. He had pale skin, and a skinny figure. His hair was dyed purple with peacock feathers woven into it. He wore a light turquoise vest with royal blue jeans, and a long peacock styled cape.
"You really shouldn't stress out so much, It's only a simple crown. And you'll gain wrinkles from all that! As your advisor, I must make sure you are not thrust into too much chaos too soon. I'd hate to be responsible for your stress!" He said with a peacock feathered fan. "*sigh* I suppose you're right! I can't be held responsible for this, especially since it was the princess of thieves that stole from me.".
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"So, you stole the crown.... And haven't reported it?". "Natalie even if I did, how do I explain getting in and out of a castle? And what the hell am I feeling?!" Nora said to the now named Natalie. Natalie had silver hair with a single strand of red-brown going through it. she had light brown skin, with multiple freckles, and she was wearing a brown vest, and had black shorts on.
"You've always been the voice of reason Nat, what do I do?". Natalie sighed and said "First, try finding out what these new feelings are, then come back to me, okay?". Nora nodded and before she left said "Thanks Nat, don't know what I'd do without ya!".
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"Okay, security has upped, guards at their post, nothing should be able to get in!". Charlotte was getting shoved into her room by Ethan despite her protest. "Ethan no- Ethan! Bad bird, very bad bird! Release me- ETHAN!!!!". She was pushed into her room and Ethan took out his fan. "KROW!!!!" She yelled. "Sorry princess, but your brother bribed me to lock you there for the time being~".
He strolled away from her chambers only hearing mild curses of her annoyance. "Oh the sad issues of royalty! It's unfortunate that I can only prevent so much, otherwise I'd have solved everything by now!". As an advisor Ethan only had so much power. "Well, at least things couldn't get worse." He said preparing some tea. *BOOM*.
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"What's going on?!" Nora yelled over the commotion. Natalie looked at her and said "Your father's finally doing it! He's invading the castle!". Nora gave her a dead eyed stare and Natalie said "I thought you'd be more excited about this. What's wrong?". "NOTHING! I've just uh, got to go get my stuff!".
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Gabriel burst through Charlotte's door saying "Come on, we need to get you to safety!" He said as they took off running. "Keep your head down!" He commanded as they ran past some guards fighting. "We're almost there!" Gabriel said as they got to the castle gate. A figure then stepped in front of them and Gabriel said "YOU!". The princess of thieves, blocking their path. "Move knight, if you don't wish to suffer.". She told him.
"I will never surrender to a false princess!" He said taking out his sword. "That's a shame, guess you leave me no choice.... Boys.". Several thieves came out and rushed at the golden knight. While he was distracted, Nora grabbed her, and a horse carriage came over with Natalie riding up front. "LET'S GO!" She said. But before she could do anything, an arrow whizzed past.
From far above on the wall of the castle, Ethan was holding a bow, with arrows that had peacock feathers attached to the back of each one. He also wore a pair of goggles you'd normally only see if you were heading through the desert. He drew back his bowstring, and fired another arrow, startling the horse. Nora whistled, calling over a black horse, throwing the princess on top.
Ethan then started to climb higher up the castle, getting ready for another shot. When he got to the top, he saw them about to go around a bend. "Apologies princess." He said firing an arrow. It hit Nora's shoulder, causing her to yelp in pain.
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*1 hour later*
They had been riding for a while, eventually making it deep into the woods. "Hey, Nora right?" Charlotte said trying to make small talk. "Why don't we slow down, I doubt anyone could be following us-". "Shut up, we're stopping for the night.". She slowed to a stop and jumped off. "If you try to run, I'll track you down and kill you myself."She said removing the ropes on her wrist.
"Now then, I'm.... gonna go....". She then collapsed and Charlotte said "Ha ha, very funny.... Nora?". She got a shocked look and ran over to her side, seeing the wound from the arrow earlier. 'It's infected!' she thought. "Curse my goodness!" She said dragging her over.
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"Ugh, what happened...." Nora wondered as sunlight came into her field of vision. She immediately shot up and looked around, seeing the horse tied to a tree, and Charlotte sleeping on top of it. She went over to the horse.... And pushed her off of it. "Hey sleeping beauty!" She said lifting her up. "What gives, you had every right to just leave me to die, and yet you saved me, why?!".
She sighed and with a huff said "As heir to the throne, it is technically my kingdom!". "That doesn't answer my question.". She looked at her and said "A king or queen is powerful, that much is true, but a kingdom is nothing if there aren't people to be in it. And you're my only ride back, so.... I'm kinda screwed without you.". The thief stared deadpan and said "Well, things could be worse.".
The two of them then heard rumbling and looked up to see.... A rockslide. "Nope, nevermind, god hates us.