Lord William strolled up with his horse to the castle, he was ordered by king Henry to come right away for an urgent matter to discuss with him. Lord William presumed it was about his daughter Anna. He entered the castle looking around at its magnificent architecture ,he thought to himself soon this will all be mine one day. He didn't befriend King Henry all these years just to stay a Lord. He had big dreams towards becoming a prince and sitting in that fine and expensive golden throne where a crown and next to him was princess Anna so fine and beautiful she was feeding him some grapes and pouring him some wine.
He closed his eyes and began to imagine all that attention that was given to him. Anna asked him, " Oh Lord William please tell me what you desire and how can I help you achieve it ." Lord William whispered in her ears, " You are princess Anna, the woman that I desire and want." Anna giggled, " You are a naughty Lord aren't you now." Anna stood a bit far from his reach ,he got closer , " Why do you keep your distance from me?" Anna replied, " Because I am not going to allow you to get me so easily." William was confused, " What do I have to do to get you Anna ?" She ran and hid behind a tree and giggled," Well let us play a game of hide and seek and you have to find me." William said, " You are trying to play with me hard to get . Ok princess two can play this game." She came closer her beautiful chest touched his skin ,her lips got closer to his ear, " Close your eyes and count to ten ,then try to find me." He closed his eyes and began to count, when he was done she was nowhere in sight. He shouted, " I am coming to get you now."
He ran to the garden to try to find her hiding in the bushes. He was surrounded by so many thorns that irritated his skin. " Why was it so difficult to reach her?He heard her say ' Come on my Lord, you are getting closer." He listened to the sound of her giggling inside the bushes, he sped over there and carefully peeped through the bushes where she was hiding, to his surprise he caught her kissing that awful peasant Sly. He got furious and yelled, " What is the meaning of this ? " He took out his sword and began to fight Sly, " Anna is mine ,you stupid peasant. You can never have her." Lord Willam and Sly began a sword fight and Anna just stood aside cheering for Sly, " Get him Sly , show him who is the right man for me." Sly came over to Willam, " She loves me not you, and you just have to learn to accept it." Willam shouted, " Not if my life depended on it." They continued fighting till the end until Lord Willam placed his sword through Sly's heart and Anna went running to his side her eyes full of tears and was continuously sobbing.
King Henry interrupted his day dream and said, " Thank you so much for rescuing Anna and bringing her back to us .Now I am sure you are here because you need something in return. So tell me Lord Willam how much do you need to settle your debt?"
Willam gave the king a smirky smile, thinking if he was direct with the king about his motives in marrying his daughter Anna ,he would suspect that he wanted to marry Anna to get a higher rank. He casually replied," Oh my kind King, I ask nothing for my troubles." He paused then continued, " But if you insist I only have to be a friend to Anna and let her be more civil to me, that is all I want." King Henry began to pace back and forth thinking about Lord William' s suggestion. " I think you know by now that I can't force my daughter to do what I want, she has a mind of her on,but.." King Henry thought something, " if you insist to get to know you better ,that way it will give you a chance to win her heart."
Lord William smiled with content , " As you please your highness." He walked away whistling like a cheerful humming bird.
Anna was in her room lying down in her bed listening with her earphones to some music. Back in the castle she was getting bored ,and on top of that her father wanted her to get ready for the party he arranged for her tomorrow night . She just wished she can run away and find Sly but her father had strengthen the security around the castle so that she would not escape like she did last time . She closed her eyes for a bit and she remembered being a little girl in the age 12 , she was in princess party and every one were playing with their mini princess dolls and had mini prince. She can heard one of the princesses her name was Harriet saying holding her dolls." I am the a princess and I am going to marry a prince, " The princess held the two dolls together pretending that they were getting married. Anna looked at Harriet and told her "Is that all you think about how a prince and a princess will get married, you are going to have a dull future."
Harriet was angry at Anna's comment and said, " This is how life is Anna? We grow up and find a prince to marry. What are your dreams Anna?" Anna happily replied, " I am going to be veterinarian, and I am going to help all the animals when they are ill and find a home for them to stay." Harriet laughed at her comment , " You really think you are going to work ,you are a princess. Working is for commoners , we are royalty." Anna defended herself, " Well I am not going to marry a spoiled prince who does only whatever his parents want him to do." She firmly stood up and walked away. Outside she walked for a long time until she saw a grass field, a place princesses were not allowed to go .Anna looked to see if anyone was around and took out her shoes , " Oh that is a relief ,my feet were killing me." She sat on the grass without caring about the dirt that would come on her dress. " Freedom at last !"she gave a huge sign. She lay on the grass and saw butterflies and bees flying in the sky. She gave out a sigh of relief and felt free, she looked around and saw no-one close by so she went to explore the area . Finally she reached a large lake where there were ducks and frogs swimming in it. She looked at the ground and saw some crumbs of cake ,she picked them up to feed the ducks .
She extended her hand towards the ducks and they all came swimming to eat the cake crumbs. She laughed , " I have more fun with you than I do in that stupid princess tea party." The ducks quacked , after they ate the cake crumbs they went back to the middle of the crumbs to swim Anna was upset and shouted out to them , " Hey come back!" She wandered how she was going to get to them to come back to her. She looked around and found a cut down big wooden log. That gave her an Idea, she sped to get the log and placed on the lake and it floated , Anna then carefully sat on the log to test if she will staying floating. To her surprise it worked, Anna was floating in the lake with the help of the log ,then it occurred to her to use her hands as paddles to move the log towards the ducks. Anna was so happy and excited when she reached them she had in her pocket more cake crumbs and fed it to them excitedly.
She was laughing and smiling and wished she could stay here forever. When the ducks finished eating the crumbs they swam away. Anna got upset and said, " Don't leave ." She got up and stumbled upon a log and accidentally fell into the pond. She began to laugh out loud, " Now I got you ducks." She swam towards them , then she heard her mother screaming, " Anna! What in the world have you done !" She continued to shout, " Come back to her at once." She got up embarrassed because it seemed like all the other princesses came to watch and start at here. She went home with her mother and was punished for a week she was not allowed to go out to the garden.