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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8 : Back in the Castle

They finally arrived at the castle .Lord William gets out of the carriage first and sees that Anna still didn't get out. He huffed , " Come on, the king must be expecting you." She stared at him in disgust," I am going to tell my father that you took me without my consent, that is kidnapping and I will tell him to punish you for that." William answered, " Oh Anna, he is the one who told me to find you. I think I must be rewarded, not punished, don't you think so." He smiled slyly. She ignored his comment and went out of the carriage angrily.

After many days of being away from the castle she looked at it and thought ," I am back in this prison." She saw her mother Queen Mary running to her direction." Oh Anna did anyone hurt you ?We should capture the kidnapper and take him to justice." Anna furiously replied, " Mother don't become over dramatic there was no kidnapper , I ran away." Her mother just laughed, " Anna don't be silly the guards saw how he took you off with his horse he is not going to get away with this..." King Henry interrupted his wife, " I think we should forget about the subject and be pleased that Anna is back. So Anna, what do you feel like doing now?" Anna thought about Sly and how she would rather be with him than any of the people standing with her in the castle. But Anna just said, " I am tried father. I would rather have Mona fix my bath for me if you don't mind."She went running to her room and shut the door firmly.

Anna was so angry she didn't want to be trapped in the castle any longer but now that she ran away , she heard her father begin to say he was going to place extra guards to protect her. Someone knocked on the door Anna said angrily thinking it was her mother, " Go away mother I said that I am tired." But it was not her, it was Mona , " I am sorry it's just me." Anna hugged her and said , " I am so glad it's you." Mona was also glad, " We were so concerned about you Lady Anna. I hope you are well." Anna smiled, " Yes

Mona, don't worry about anything, I am fine." Mona told Anna, " In the party when Lord William saw you run off with a young man he told us that you were kidnapped." Anna reassured her, " He didn't kidnap me. " Anna confused her, " I told him I wanted to run away with him. Actually the strangest thing happened that night . I caught him trying to steal something from the castle ,so I got the idea that if I told him that I would tell the guards on him he would take me with him far away from the castle."

Mona got so excited, " Then what happened princess?" Anna replied, " Well at first I hated him the way he dressed, the attitude he had about me being a show-off princess really annoyed me.Then.." She paused, Mona told Anna, " Please tell me more." Anna continued, " We actually enjoyed each other's company and for the first time in my life I felt free in , no rules ,no trying so hard to be accepted by people . Sly even taught me how to use a bow and arrow." She laughed, " When he killed an animal after he knew that I didn't eat animals he promised he would eat animals anymore." Mona told her, " It seems that you are fond of him, my princess." Anna gave a sign, " It doesn't matter anymore. I am back in the castle." There was another knock on the door, Mona said " I will get it for you." She opened the door and said," Your majesty queen Mary .....' She looked at Anna , " I will leave and give you some privacy to talk to Anna alone." Anna stared at her mother, " I know what you are going to say I am sure you are disappointed with me. I am sorry mother." Queen Mary went to hug her daughter, " Oh Anna I am just glad that you are alright. You worried us all and to tell you the truth I am not that shocked that ran away."

Anna was surprised by her mother's reaction. " I thought you would be so furious like dad . " Her mother replied kindly, " I am but not surprised, Oh Anna the truth is when I was your age I always thought of running away many times . I did once but for a few hours not a couple of days." Her mother had tears in her eyes. Anna asked her, " Mother what happened, oh please tell me."

Queen Mary began to tell her story to her daughter, "When I was a little girl my parents were very strict and demanded at the age of 15 I go to an etiquette school to learn to be more ladylike. It was fun at the beginning, in all girls school we would have private slumber parties and we would have a blast and for the parents of these young girls they felt that their daughter's were safe from horrible men that we have in our society at that time and they didn't have to worry about them. One day a good friend her name was Dorma was fighting with the head mistress of the school the other girls heard her shout, " I don't care about your rules anymore I feel like a prisoner in this place!" Then I saw her storm off to the garden. Out of concern for her I followed to ask her what happened. Mary ran after Dorma, "Dorma wait what happened?" Dorma looked at her friend and said, " I heard that the Ballroom Hotel which is next to our school is having a party tomorrow. So I kindly asked the head mistress if I can go ,but she without listening to what I have to say ,she rejected the idea."

Mary understood why Dorma was angry, " Oh I am so sorry that happened to you ,maybe she let you go another time." Dorma replied, " I am really tired of being a princess and all the rules and regulations that come with it." Mary said, " I understand you but there is nothing that we do about it now." Dorma clicked her fingers together and said, " I got an idea , I can sneak out at night and go there instead." Mary was shocked by Dorma's suggestion, " Are you serious? You will get into big trouble if you get caught, they might even expel you." Dorma yelled, " Well, you will do it, you want to come with me to make sure I don't get into trouble."

Mary hesitated at first but she remembered a promise she made to Dorma that they will be friends forever and they will always have each other's back. Mary told her, " Ok fine I will help you but in one condition. Promise me this will be the last time you do this." Dorma nodded her head, " Ok I promise."

That night Mary and Dorma sneaked out of school, Mary's heart was pounding from the fear of getting caught, they wore their fanciest dresses and Dorma taught Mary how to put on some make up. After they were done getting ready Mary looked at herself and was shocked with her new hippy appearance Dorma told her, " You look fine girl. No one will ever know that we are princesses." So they went to the party and Mary's heart was pounding fast. She has never been to a party like this before she thought to herself. Teenagers around them were drinking and laughing Mary sensed a bad feeling about this and told her friend they should leave . Dorma replied, " Chill out Mary, we just got here." After a few minutes things got out of hand and lots of kids got drunk and then suddenly the police came and the party broke out.

Mary was so frightened and was looking for Dorma and could not find her anywhere she began to call out, " Dorma where are you? We have to get out of here fast." She searched for her and finally found her out side in the balcony. Mary was shocked to see the sight of her smoking a cigar. She shouting, " Dorma what do you think your doing? We have to get out of here and since when did you smoke?" Dorma just laughed. " Mary your not my mother to yell at me .I am finally free.." She fell on the ground and Mary bent to see what caused her to fall .she leaned towards her face and smelled her breath, " Great your drunk." Mary called a cab to take them home safely . But home was not a safe place to be, after her parents knew what happened she was punished and was not allowed to go out to see her friends even after school. That bothered her so she promised her parents that she will never disobey their rules again.