Prologue

He came in the night, so as not to be seen. He stowed away in an empty apple barrel to make sure his presence was not noticed. He did anything he could do not to get caught. He reached the princess's bedroom window. She was a beautiful angel, and princess, for that matter. He started to formulate a plan. He would kill two birds with one stone. The first bird--to get back at his nemesis. The second bird-to get his beautiful angel. He slowly climbed the trellis, not sure as to how stable it really is. He reaches the bedroom window and clambers in. He softly, so as not to awaken his angel, pads over to where she is sleeping. He gently hauled her off the bed and over his shoulder, slipping away into the night...