Sly saw as Anna rode off with her horse as she was very angry and mad , all he wanted was a quiet and romantic time with her and she had to mention Margaret and also he couldn't control himself ,if he kept his mouth shut and just listened to her praise Margaret he would be in this mess. He thought to himself, " Why didn't I just be honest with her and just tell her that Margaret was making moves on me." He closed his eyes and thought of what the situation would be like if he told Anna the truth. Sly ran up to her before she left and explained, " Margaret is not what she appears to be." Anna questioned him, " What do you mean Sly ?She is a hurt woman that was raped and we allowed her to stay in the castle to recover."
Sly took her by her hands and said, " Anna I am going to tell her the truth and I am going to tell it to you right now!" Then Margaret came in bargaining through the door, her condition looked so bad ,her sleeves were torn out and her hair was a mess ,she went to Anna crying," Oh Anna I am so sorry to tell you this but..." Anna took Margaret in her arms and comforted her, Margaret pointed her finger towards Sly and said, " This man ....that...claims to ...love you, just raped me!" Both Anna and Margaret looked at Sly with so much anger and Anna screamed, " How could you? You rapist ! Get out of here now!" Sly tried to explain, " No Anna that is not true , let me try to explain, she is lying to you." Anna attacked him, " You fool who do you think I would believe, a poor naiveté like Margaret or a rapist a rapist...." Sly then screamed, " Anna no I didn't do it." He woke and saw he was in his friend Jack's house. He saw Jack at work making some clothes ,Jack said," Dreaming about the princess again ,you have been dreaming about her since I found you." Sly thanked Jack for bringing him to his house. " Yes I know ,everything was going fine between us until Margaret came along."
Jack said, " You know what gets me curious about this girl is that it seems like she intentionally wants to destroy the relationship between you and Anna. Do you have any idea why?" Sly thought about what Jack said and could not phantom why she would do something like that, it is not like he has money so it couldn't be about money. So what was it then? Sly told Jack, " The truth is Jack, Anna and I don't know nothing about her , only that she lived with her mother and she had a rough life ,as she told us her mother made living sleeping with strangers so she ran away and an old women took her in to work in her store , then woman's son rapped her next to the store and while she was running she found us." Jack was curious, " She played her cards alright and made it look like she was a poor lonely girl who needed someone to help her."
Sly signed, " Yes and both me and Anna bought her story, so Anna brought her to stay in the castle. That's when things got messy Margaret began to flirt with me and she told me if I told Anna then she would deny it and say that I persuaded her and she was going to let Anna decide who to believe so I panicked. Jack said, " Don't worry my friend ,we will find a way to prove Margaret is not who she claims to be ,but for now just rest." Sly thought to himself that was easier said than done.He laid down thinking Anna and how he would move heaven and earth to be with her.
Anna was riding her horse back to the castle sobbing , she couldn't believe what just happened. She thought by now she had known Sly very well, but never would she think he would be insensitive to what Margaret was going through. Maybe while he was staying with her in the castle he enjoyed his life more and he wanted to forget his poor life in the forest and Margaret was a reminder of that life, but still that does not excuse his behavior.
She stopped riding and jumped out of her horse then she sat next to a lake so as the horse could rest and drink. She looked at the lake and her face was messy after crying a lot," I can't go back to the castle looking like this." Actually she didn't want to go home yet, she just wanted to be alone and think ," Every time Sly and I get a step closer something else takes them two steps back. She remembered the story her mother told her about how many struggles she and her father had. She said out loud, " But love should not be that difficult !"she thought. The thoughts in her head were racing. She heard Sly saying I love you Anna and another thought came to our mind. Sly was saying, " You're a princess, I am just a poor beggar."
Her thoughts were rushing quickly to her mind that she closed her eyes and began to run so fast that she tripped over a log and fell. "Ouch my leg hurts!" Then she heard someone rush to help. " Are you ok my lady?" She opened her eyes and saw a gentle man wearing a prince suit and next to him was his horse. He gave her his hand and helped her stand up. She kindly said, " Thank you I just tripped, I will be fine." He helped her sit and rest her ankle on a big stone. He looked at it and said, " It seems that your ankle is bruised, don't try to move it." She looked at him and presumed he was a prince. She introduced herself, " Your too kind my name is princess Anna what is yours?" He had the most beautiful smile, " It's prince Author ,Yes I know who you are princess ,I was at the party your father arranged and at the end of the party King James announced you were kidnapped.'
She liked his smile, " Sorry about that . As you can now see I am fine and was certainly not kidnapped, I just don't like formal parties." He laughed, " Same as me,I was forced to be there by my father. '' Author changed the expression of his face and pretended to be his father, " Now Author your going turn 22 and you have gotten married yet ,what will people say about that?" Anna laughed at Author's imitation of his father. Anna and Author sat together and began taking for hours , they Anna noticed it was getting dark ,"I have to get going thanks for taking care of my ankle." Author told her, " Oh no my lady I will not allow you to go back to the castle by yourself it's too dangerous for a princess and besides you can barely walk after your accident." Anna was surprised by Author's sensitivity towards a person he hardly know, Anna asked him " So what do you suggest I do?" Author told her to wait here, he came back after a short while with his horse and gave her his hand ," Allow me princess to take you to the castle with my horse ." She nodded taking his hand and he helped her sit on his horse while he also jumped on horse and said, " Off to the castle my princess."
Sly was back in the castle carrying a bouquet of flowers he asked Lady Mary about Anna and she replied, " She is still not back Sly ,but if you would like to wait for her to come back be my guest." Sly thanked her and she left, that is weird they had the quarrel hours ago she should be back by now, he thought to himself or else she was thinking of how a fool she has been hanging out with a guy like him. Sly came back to the castle to prove her wrong , while waiting he heard the sound of horse nearby and got excited and said, " That must be Anna." He rushed to greet her then he saw hear riding a horse with another man, he began to feel jealous he saw her got off the horse and she noticed him and also the man got off, " Oh Sly I want to introduce you to prince Author. Author this Sly." Author extended his hand and said, " Hello Sly it's pleasure to meet you." Sly rudely ignored him and looked at Anna, " Anna I need to talk.." She interrupted him and talked to Author, " Thank you for helping me today I hope to see you soon." Author smiled and bowed, " It was my pleasure princess Anna." He then left. Sly began to tell Anna, " I came back to apologize...' Anna interrupted Sly and said," The person you should apologize is to Margaret if you didn't come for that ,than I have to ask you to kindly leave." She went inside the castle and left Sly holding flowers in the garden.