Queen Mary and her husband King Henry were walking in the courtyard trying to figure out where their daughter Anna would be. Queen Mary cried," I am sure she was kidnapped." King Henry replied, " If that was the case there would have been a ransom letter."The Queen couldn't phantom why her precious daughter Anna would run off by herself.
The butler interrupted them and announced, " Sorry to interrupt your highnesses but Lord Willam is here to see both your highness and Queen ." King Henry replied , " Please send him in."
A very fine and handsome man entered the court and told the king and queen, " I have heard what has happened to Anna and I am here to see if you need me to assist you."
King Henry was grateful , " Thank you Willam ,you are too kind . I would be grateful for your help in finding Anna and when you do I will be in your debt." Willam gave a sneaky smile but tried to show it . When he was led out of the castle he said to himself, " Indeed you will be in my debt. I am going to marry Anna and take over King Henry's kingdom." Then he went off and gave a wicked laugh.
The next morning Anna had woken up before Sly , she laid down next to him and began wondering if she should confront him about last night's kiss but the problem was that she wasn't sure what it meant.
Oh was she kidding she thought to herself , he must have been with many women before, why would he want to be with her and an inexperienced naive girl who has no understanding about life. She left Sly's side and went for a walk.
Sly woke up a few minutes after she left ,he began to think about last night's kiss, her soft lips on his. " Stop it Sly." He told himself. "She is a princess and she is way out of your league." He got up to look for Anna and accidentally bumped into each other . " Oh sorry." Anna stared at him from head to toe. His hair was wavy and brown. He was wearing a tight jeans trouser and an off white dusty t-shirt. Anna said , " About last night.."Sly interrupted her and said, " Anna don't say anything I know it was a mistake and don't worry it will not happen again I promise." Anna felt hurt. She was actually going to tell him she had feelings for him ,but said politely, " You are right, any way we are just kidding ourselves, a princess and a thief I doubt that would work out." She shrouded her shoulders , Sly felt offended, " Is that what you think of me then as a thief?" Anna responded to him, " Well isn't that who you are?" Sly interrupted her, " Who I was? I thought we got past that."
Anna was speechless; she forced herself with all her might to feel this feeling of lust towards him, " I am going to walk, I need some fresh air." Then she stormed off. She began to think why couldn't she just admit to him that she has strong feelings towards him.
She went for a stroll next to the lake. She looked at her image of herself in the lake and talked to it. " Of all the men I would like to court, why does it have to be Sly?" She shut her eyes and imagined Sly dressing up as a prince his silk uniform and a white long jacket but his hair still as messy she laughed at that image ,he then walked up to her father King Henry and said, "Dear king would it be ok for me to have this dance with the stunning Princess Anna." He looked at Anna and winked ,she just giggled and smiled. Sly observed Anna from head to toe. She was stunning and so beautiful she sat on her throne like a queen . King Henry clapped his hands with agreement. " She is all yours."
Sly handed his hand to Anna who took it and they went to the center of the ballroom and danced and then suddenly all eyes where on her and Sly everyone was admiring the way they moved Anna was back sitting next to the lake and thought to herself if only dreams do come true she got up to look for Sly but something happened then she blacked- out. A few minutes later she woke up with a banging head-ache and looked around her and saw that she was not in the forest anymore but she was in a room which felt that it was moving.
She searched for something that could give her a clue to where she was then she screamed, " SLY PLEASE HELP ME." The top window opened up and an ugly man looked and laughed , " Scream as much as you can princess we are too far away and no one can hear you now!" Anna looked at the ugly man who had a wicked nose and freckles all over his cheeks. He looked familiar she thought but could quite put her finger on who he was, " Who are you?" She asked, " What do you want from me?" The man laughed out loud, " Oh Anna you have hurt my feelings, it is me Lord Willam . I told your father I would find you and take you back to the castle." Anna couldn't believe this was happening, " Well I am fine here. I do not wish to come back to the castle ." Lord Willam then told her, " Well princess you can't have everything you want in life and anyways your father is expecting you. HA HA Ha." Lord Willam gave an evil laugh.
Sly was walking in circles, " What have I done ?"Sly thought to himself," I must have scared her off." But how do you confess to a princess that you have feelings for her. " Anna is taking quite a long time to cool off. " He stood up , " I should go and look for her before something bad happens." He called out her name ." Anna, where are you? Please don't be mad. I wish to apologize. "
He searched everywhere but he couldn't find her. Could she just have left and went back to the castle? No she wouldn't do that without telling him Sly thought he searched some more and on the ground he found wheel tracks like the big wheels that are on carriages. " Oh no!" He yelled, " Her parents must have found her and took her back to the castle." And she didn't bother to tell him goodbye ,that hurt. " She must have been embarrassed to introduce me to her parents." He huffed, " Oh well I had the fantasy of getting to know a princess for a couple of day.It was a beautiful dream while it lasted." Tears began running down from his eyes to his checks, he wiped them off with his handkerchief. Looking down on the ground Sly found tracks of a wheel carriage and next to it he saw a trail of pearl beards from Anna's bracelet. He concluded, Anna wouldn't destroy her bracelet unless there was a reason for that. Then suddenly it occurred to him that someone took her back by force to the castle and that she wanted Sly to find her.
He had to figure out a plan but fast ,knowing Anna and her impatience she wouldn't be happy going back to the castle . He heard an old man carrying some garments and was saying ."Some clothes for a penny , come and get a king's clothes for a penny." Sly carefully came up to him and saw that he was carrying a set of nicely-tailored clothes . Sly thought to himself, " These clothes are fit to dress up a prince." Then an idea popped into his head . He might not know how to act like a prince. Putting on these clothes could certainly deceive someone that he was a prince . So he gave the old man a penny and bought the garment from him. Now he could dress like a prince but could he act like one is another thing . Then he remembered his friend Jack. He used to sneak into the castles and pretended to be a prince and he never got caught. Sly thought out loud, " It is time to pay Jake a visit."