Okay, here it is finally. I know I've been saying for about a month or so now that I was going to do another story. So here it is. Oh and before I forget, I DO NOT own DB/Z/GT and if you have ever seen the movie "The Kings Gaurds" then I know that this sounds just like it, with a few differences. Well I don't own that either. Well on with the story.
The Heart Of A Princess
Chapter 1:Too Many Problems
"Princess, you shouldn't be here all alone. It's very dangerous." said a servant girl.
"I know, but isn't it a lovely night?" Princess Bra asked. She was sitting in the palace garden looking up at the stars.
"Yes it is, you highness, but would you like for me to get one of the gaurds to stay out here with you?" the servant asked.
"No, I shall be returning to my room now. Thank you." Bra replied.
"Very well then. Good night, your highness." the servant said and bowed then walked back inside the palace. Princess Bra looked up and took one more glance up at the stars before walking back inside. She walked down the hallways as quietly as she could.
"Princess, what are you doing here at this time of night?" came a voice. She turned around to see Sargent Drummond walking towards her.
"I was just going to my room." she replied.
"Would you like for me to accompany you?" the sargent asked.
"No, but thank you, sargent." she said and continued to walk to her room. She sighed as she walked into her large bedroom. She changed into her night gown and then went to bed.
She was waken in the morning be her servants and they helped her dress in a long, blue dress and crinkled her hair. They put on a silver tiara that matched the trimming on her dress.
"I think I shall go for a morning walk. Now where is Lady Pan?" Bra asked as she stood.
"Here I am, your highness." said Pan as she gave a slight curtsie.
"Come, lets go for a walk." Bra said and the two walked through the palace and outside.
"It's a lovely morning, is it not?" Bra asked looking up at the sky.
"Yes it is you highness." Pan said also looking up. The two walked to the orchard and walked on the pathway.
"Why look, you majesty, the gaurds are training. Could we please go watch them?" Pan asked. Bra looked over to where Pan had just pointed and saw three men traing with their swords. She noticed that they were the kings gaurds. She had heard many stories about the captain. He was around her age and very strong.
"Yes, lets go." she said and they walked over to watch them.
"The captain really is strong." Pan said.
"Yes he is." Bra agreed.
The three continued to train until the captain knocked the other gaurds swords out of their hands and began to fight. A man with long white hair ran to the three and broke them up.
"Stop this nonsence at once! The Princess and her lady in waiting are watching!" the two girls laughed when they heard this. They walked over to the four and the men bowed down onto one knee.
"You may rise." Bra said and they stood up.
"Master Roberts." Bra said as she turned to the older man.
"At your service, your highness." the man with white hair said, giving a slight bow.
"Sir Willam." she said to a gaurd with blonde hair.
"At your service, my lady." he said and he too gave a small bow.
"Sir Singbe." she said to the other gaurd with brown hair.
"Ready to serve, my princess." he said also giving a small bow.
"And you must be the captain. What is your name?" Bra asked.
"It's Captain Reynolds, your highness." the captain said as he also gave a small bow.
"Captain Reynolds, yes, well carry on gentlemen." she said as she and Pan continued to walk.
"Captain, may I ask something?" Willam asked.
"Yes." he said.
"Do you think that the princess will ever marry?" Willam asked.
"Yes, of course she will." the captain said as he picked up his sword and put it in it's sheath.
"Why do you ask?"
"Well, I've heard many rumors about her. They aren't good ones either." Willam said.
"What kind of rumers?" Captain Reynolds asked as he turned to Willam.
"Well someone said that she hated men and that she said she would never marry any king or prince. They also said she had a thing for gaurds." Willam said with a smile.
"As if you had a chance with her." laughed Captain Reynolds.
"And you would?" Willam asked.
"I didn't say that." Captain Reynolds said.
"Do you think that you would have a chance with her or not?" Singbe asked.
"No, I don't." he said and with that he walked to his station.
"He does." the three left said together. Then they too went to their stations.
"So what do you think of Sir Willam?" Pan asked as she and the princess walked in the palace garden.
"Well, he seems like a nice young man, why do you ask? You like him, don't you?" Bra asked with a smile.
"Yes I do, my lady." Pan laughed.
"Well good for you." Bra laughed.
"So is there any lucky men that have caught your eye?" Pan asked.
".....No, there isn't." Bra hesitated.
"Why the hesitation?" Pan asked.
"No reason." she replied.
"Your highness, dinner is ready." said a male servant as he walked up to her and bowed.
"Thank you. Shall we?" Bra asked and the two walked to the dining hall.
"Father, mother." Bra said as she curtsied.
"Princess." King Vegeta said. He had given her that nick-name ever since she was little.
Queen Bulma just smiled.
"Hello my princess." came a voice. A man with dark brown hair and dark colored clothes said as he walked up to her, took her hand and kissed it.
"Why, hello Prince Augustus. This is quite a surprise." Bra said in shock.
"Your mother, father, and I were just talking about you." he said wiht a smile. She looked over at them and they just smiled.
"Whatever about?" Bra asked.
"I have come here to ask for your hand in marriage. Your father and mother have agreed that it was best, but they said they would never make you marry anyone you didn't want to marry. Will you?" Augustus asked hopefully. She stood in complete shock. It would be best for what? She stood a few minutes before she answered.
"I will need more time to think. Mother, father, I don't feel very well at the moment. Please excuse me. Come Pan." Bra said and she and Pan walked out of the dining hall.
"Would you like to be alone?" Pan asked once they had left the room.
"Yes." and with that, Bra broke out into a run. As she ran down the halls, she didn't know she was being followed. She ran to the palace garden and ran into the maze. The person following her did too. She knew the maze by heart now and ran straight to the center. Here she sat down on a stone bench and began to cry.
"What's troubling you, Princess?" asked a voice. She turned to see Captain Reynolds walking towards her. She tried her best to wipe away her tears.
"Nothing, I'm fine. I just would like to be alone for now." Bra said.
"Princess, something is wrong. You can tell me. I wont tell anyone." he said as he sat down beside her. She looked him in the eye and knew she could trust him.
"Well, Prince Augustus has asked me to marry him. I don't want to, but my parents think it best. Why would it be for the best?" she asked as tears started to fall down her cheeks. He pulled out a hankerchief and wiped away the tears.
"I'm not sure, maybe it's because you're so beautiful." he said with a smile.
"Princess! Princess!" came a loud call.
"That's him." she said.
"Come, lets get you out of here and to your room." he said as he helped her to her feet and followed her out of the maze.
"There you are Princess." Augustus said as he walked over to the two.
"Thank you captain, your services are no longer needed." Augustus said dismissing him.
"No, he was escourting me to my room." Bra said. With that she took Captain Reynolds arm and continued to her room.
"Thank you for bringing me to my room." she said with a slight smile.
"Did you tell Princes Augustus you didn't want to marry him?" he asked.
"No, Augustus has many strong armies so if I refuse, I'm afraid he will take his anger out on my father and our kingdom." she said as she looked down at the stone floor.
"Princess, please don't do this if you don't want to." he said with pleading eyes.
"I need to lye down for a while. Good day Captain." she said and she went inside her room. She sat down in her chair beside the fireplace and looked out her window.
"I know what I must do." Bra said and with that, she took off to find her father.
"Father, I have made my decision.....I will marry Prince Augustus." she said sadly.
"Oh, my daughter, I'm so happy for you!" Queen Bulma said as she got up from her throne and hugged her.
"Have you told him yet?" King Vegeta asked.
"Not yet." Bra said. Just then, Captain Reynolds walked by the throne room.
"Captain Reynolds!" King Vegeta said. A few seconds later, Captain Reynolds walked in and bowed down on one knee.
"Captain Reynolds, go get Prince Augustus and bring him here, Princess Bra has some wonderful news to tell him." King Vegeta commanded. Captain Reynolds looked over at the princess. He sighed and looked back to the king.
"Yes your majesty." and he went off to find Augustus. Bra had seen the disappointment in his eyes. What did he care?
"Yes, my princess?" came Augustus' voice as he entered the room with Captain Reynolds.
"She has agreed to marry you." King Vegeta said happily for her. Bra gave a weak smile and looked down at the floor. Augustus walked over to her and took her hands. Captain Reynolds watched from a distance. He sighed and watched as Augustus kissed each of her hands.
"Is that all you need, my king?" he asked.
"Yes, thank you." Vegeta said. Captain Reynolds bowed and then left.
"I am the kings gaurd, not a messenger boy." he said after he was out of ear shot. He continued on to his station.
I promise that I will be the best king and husband. I'll be really good to you." Augustus said in an excited voice. It was amazing that some of the strongest men become puppies when they get something this great.
"Lady Pan, please help make the wedding plans. I shall be by later to help." Queen Bulma ordered.
"Yes, m' lady." Pan said and left the throne room.
"You and I shall have a wonderful kingdom. The towns people will love you." Augustus kept on. Bra could only smile and nod her head.
"Yes, Augustus, but if you keep babbling she may change her mind." Vegeta said with a chuckle.
"I'm sorry princess." Augustus appoligized.
"It is quite alright. I am going for a walk. I shall be in the garden if anyone needs me." Bra said.
"Shall I come with you?" Augustus asked.
"No, I need to help you plan you kingdom." Vegeta said with a sly smile.
"Yes, quite so." Augustus said in a little bit of disappointment.
"My lord! There is an army of men on the northern border threatning to attack if we do not give them the princess!" said Sargent Drummond. The king stood up. Bra had already left the throne room and was in the garden. Just then Captain Reynolds came into the throne room.
"Captain, go to the garden and get the princess, protect her with your life!" Vegeta demanded.
"Why can't I go get her?" Augustus asked.
"Because he is a kings gaurd and is the best. Now captain go!" wiht that Captain Reynolds ran to the gardens to get the princess.
"Princess! Princess, you must come with me!" he yelled to her. She looked up and saw him running towards her.
"What is it this time?" Bra asked.
"You must come with me." he said as he reached for her hand.
"Why?" she asked.
"There is an army on out northern border and they want us to hand you over to them. Now come on." he said and led her inside the castle. They walked quickly through the halls.
"Where are you taking me?" Bra demanded.
"I am taking you to the stables, we will ride out of here to the next kingdom. I have already sent word ahead so that they understand our situation. The king is sending the rest of the kings gaurds with us." Captain Reynolds said as he turned a cornner. They soon arrived at the stables where four other men were already on dark brown horses. There were two white horses saddled and waiting for their riders. They got on and rode off in silence.
They rode for several hours and it was getting really dark so they decided to stop for the night. The captain and Bra dismounted and the other men took the horses to get a drink.
"We shall rest here until morning then we shall leave at sunrise." Captain Reynolds said.
"Very well, but where shall I sleep?" Bra asked.
"On the ground." he answered planly.
"I will not!" she said. Just then, hoof beats could be heard in the distance.
"Quick, get behind me princess." Captain Reynolds said as he and the other four (containing Sargent Drummond, Singbe, Willam, and a man bu the name of Otto) pulled out two swords each.
"The horse and rider soon came into view. The rider was none other than Lady Pan on a horse of pure black. The men sighed in relief and put their swords away.
"Pan, what are you doing here?" Bra asked as Pan got off her horse and hugged Bra.
"The queen sent me. She told me the direction you had gone off in and told me to folloe. I also brought some supplies. Like food and cots for everyone." Pan said with a smile.
"Good, I wasn't about to sleep on the ground." Bra said looking over at Captain Reynolds.
"Alright then you two go find some good fire wood and you two go get some food while I stay here with the princess and Lady Pan and help set up camp." Captain Reynolds said. The men went straight to work. The girls found a big rock that they could sit on and watched Captain Reynolds set up the campsite. Pan could tell that he needed help so she got up to help.
"Do you need some help?" Pan asked.
"Oh, yes, um, could you please gather some stones and put them in a big circle for the fire?" he adked.
"Yes I can." Pan replied and began to gather some large stones.
"How long have you been with the princess?" he asked.
"Two years." Pan said with a smile.
"And is it hard serving the princess?" he asked.
"No not at all. She's very kind and hardly ever gets angry." Pan said as she started to make a circle with a few stones.
"Why do you ask?" she asked.
"I was just wondering." he said.
"Here is some firewood, captain." said Sargent Drummond as he and William came back with the firewood.
"Good, put it in that circle there and we'll light it later." Captain Reynolds said.
Later that night the other two men came back with two deer that they had killed. They lit the fire and cooked them.
"Here you go your highness, it's the best we could do." said the sargent as he brought over some food to her.
"These will do fine, thank you sargent." Bra replied.
Just as the sargent was about to leave, Bra said, "Sargent?"
"Yes your highness?"
"Tell me about Captain Reynolds."
"Oh, what about, your highness?"
"Well his story, of course."
"Aye, well there's a story for you."
"I like stories very much."
"Yes you highness. If I may?" the princess shook her head in responce. He straightned his jacket before he began.
"At twelve, he came to us a dirty faced street theif. An orphan most of his life. A fighter alright. Took three constables to chain him to the prison wagon. Myself and some friends intervened. Payed his fine and put him to work in the stables at first, but he didn't stay there too long. Had a military mind. A survivor. A fighter. A winner. At fourteen he was wrapping bandages amid men gushing blood and loading muskets in the front lines. And you should have seen him at Argonne, m'lady, a mere seventeen year old, leading a charge into pure hell. Excuse my language your highness."
"No, no, please sargent, go on." Bra said with intrest.
"There's not much more to say, your highness, other than this. There isn't a gaurdsman who wouldn't follow him." the sargent said.
"A man who has lived as much, he must think of me as a spoiled child."
"Never would Captain Reynolds think of you that way, your highness."
"Don't be so sure of that, sargent."
"Did the princess not go to the Baroness Helene's apartment in the Mussoline Quarter every Wednesday for three months last automn?" he asked.
"Yes, I did. How did you know?"
"We were stationed nearby and every Wednesday the captain would find an excuse to patrol that sector. A blind man could see the look on his face when he cought sight of you."
Bra sat there a while before saying.
"You may leave now, sargent."
"Yes, your highness." and with that Sargent Drummond went back to his post.
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I shall leave you at that. I think this first chappie truned out quite nicely. Don't you? Well I would really love it if you would review now and tell me what you think.
I want to dedicate this story to a few people first.
To:
Sarah~ I first thought about you when I first started writting this. Thanx for telling me that it wasn't a cheezy story!
To:
Lisa~ You also helped me out with writting this even though you didn't know it. Ask me later and I'll tell you how.
To:
Sheila~ I kinda based you as Pan. You're a great friend!
To:
All of you fanfiction readers~ You were great. I thought a lot about what you people might think if I wrote one of these. I was scared that you might not like my first fic. (Together Forever) You proved me wrong.
Well, I want to advertise a story. It's called The Perfect Night For Some. I know that the thingy says that I'm the author, but I'm not. Lisa is aka Golden Girl. It's a really great story about Gohan and Videl. So if you're interested in that couple too then I recomend that story. If you have any story you would like for me to advertise, just e-mail me at sparklin_angle1@yahoo.com
Thanx
~*Goten's Girl*~
The Heart Of A Princess
Chapter 1:Too Many Problems
"Princess, you shouldn't be here all alone. It's very dangerous." said a servant girl.
"I know, but isn't it a lovely night?" Princess Bra asked. She was sitting in the palace garden looking up at the stars.
"Yes it is, you highness, but would you like for me to get one of the gaurds to stay out here with you?" the servant asked.
"No, I shall be returning to my room now. Thank you." Bra replied.
"Very well then. Good night, your highness." the servant said and bowed then walked back inside the palace. Princess Bra looked up and took one more glance up at the stars before walking back inside. She walked down the hallways as quietly as she could.
"Princess, what are you doing here at this time of night?" came a voice. She turned around to see Sargent Drummond walking towards her.
"I was just going to my room." she replied.
"Would you like for me to accompany you?" the sargent asked.
"No, but thank you, sargent." she said and continued to walk to her room. She sighed as she walked into her large bedroom. She changed into her night gown and then went to bed.
She was waken in the morning be her servants and they helped her dress in a long, blue dress and crinkled her hair. They put on a silver tiara that matched the trimming on her dress.
"I think I shall go for a morning walk. Now where is Lady Pan?" Bra asked as she stood.
"Here I am, your highness." said Pan as she gave a slight curtsie.
"Come, lets go for a walk." Bra said and the two walked through the palace and outside.
"It's a lovely morning, is it not?" Bra asked looking up at the sky.
"Yes it is you highness." Pan said also looking up. The two walked to the orchard and walked on the pathway.
"Why look, you majesty, the gaurds are training. Could we please go watch them?" Pan asked. Bra looked over to where Pan had just pointed and saw three men traing with their swords. She noticed that they were the kings gaurds. She had heard many stories about the captain. He was around her age and very strong.
"Yes, lets go." she said and they walked over to watch them.
"The captain really is strong." Pan said.
"Yes he is." Bra agreed.
The three continued to train until the captain knocked the other gaurds swords out of their hands and began to fight. A man with long white hair ran to the three and broke them up.
"Stop this nonsence at once! The Princess and her lady in waiting are watching!" the two girls laughed when they heard this. They walked over to the four and the men bowed down onto one knee.
"You may rise." Bra said and they stood up.
"Master Roberts." Bra said as she turned to the older man.
"At your service, your highness." the man with white hair said, giving a slight bow.
"Sir Willam." she said to a gaurd with blonde hair.
"At your service, my lady." he said and he too gave a small bow.
"Sir Singbe." she said to the other gaurd with brown hair.
"Ready to serve, my princess." he said also giving a small bow.
"And you must be the captain. What is your name?" Bra asked.
"It's Captain Reynolds, your highness." the captain said as he also gave a small bow.
"Captain Reynolds, yes, well carry on gentlemen." she said as she and Pan continued to walk.
"Captain, may I ask something?" Willam asked.
"Yes." he said.
"Do you think that the princess will ever marry?" Willam asked.
"Yes, of course she will." the captain said as he picked up his sword and put it in it's sheath.
"Why do you ask?"
"Well, I've heard many rumors about her. They aren't good ones either." Willam said.
"What kind of rumers?" Captain Reynolds asked as he turned to Willam.
"Well someone said that she hated men and that she said she would never marry any king or prince. They also said she had a thing for gaurds." Willam said with a smile.
"As if you had a chance with her." laughed Captain Reynolds.
"And you would?" Willam asked.
"I didn't say that." Captain Reynolds said.
"Do you think that you would have a chance with her or not?" Singbe asked.
"No, I don't." he said and with that he walked to his station.
"He does." the three left said together. Then they too went to their stations.
"So what do you think of Sir Willam?" Pan asked as she and the princess walked in the palace garden.
"Well, he seems like a nice young man, why do you ask? You like him, don't you?" Bra asked with a smile.
"Yes I do, my lady." Pan laughed.
"Well good for you." Bra laughed.
"So is there any lucky men that have caught your eye?" Pan asked.
".....No, there isn't." Bra hesitated.
"Why the hesitation?" Pan asked.
"No reason." she replied.
"Your highness, dinner is ready." said a male servant as he walked up to her and bowed.
"Thank you. Shall we?" Bra asked and the two walked to the dining hall.
"Father, mother." Bra said as she curtsied.
"Princess." King Vegeta said. He had given her that nick-name ever since she was little.
Queen Bulma just smiled.
"Hello my princess." came a voice. A man with dark brown hair and dark colored clothes said as he walked up to her, took her hand and kissed it.
"Why, hello Prince Augustus. This is quite a surprise." Bra said in shock.
"Your mother, father, and I were just talking about you." he said wiht a smile. She looked over at them and they just smiled.
"Whatever about?" Bra asked.
"I have come here to ask for your hand in marriage. Your father and mother have agreed that it was best, but they said they would never make you marry anyone you didn't want to marry. Will you?" Augustus asked hopefully. She stood in complete shock. It would be best for what? She stood a few minutes before she answered.
"I will need more time to think. Mother, father, I don't feel very well at the moment. Please excuse me. Come Pan." Bra said and she and Pan walked out of the dining hall.
"Would you like to be alone?" Pan asked once they had left the room.
"Yes." and with that, Bra broke out into a run. As she ran down the halls, she didn't know she was being followed. She ran to the palace garden and ran into the maze. The person following her did too. She knew the maze by heart now and ran straight to the center. Here she sat down on a stone bench and began to cry.
"What's troubling you, Princess?" asked a voice. She turned to see Captain Reynolds walking towards her. She tried her best to wipe away her tears.
"Nothing, I'm fine. I just would like to be alone for now." Bra said.
"Princess, something is wrong. You can tell me. I wont tell anyone." he said as he sat down beside her. She looked him in the eye and knew she could trust him.
"Well, Prince Augustus has asked me to marry him. I don't want to, but my parents think it best. Why would it be for the best?" she asked as tears started to fall down her cheeks. He pulled out a hankerchief and wiped away the tears.
"I'm not sure, maybe it's because you're so beautiful." he said with a smile.
"Princess! Princess!" came a loud call.
"That's him." she said.
"Come, lets get you out of here and to your room." he said as he helped her to her feet and followed her out of the maze.
"There you are Princess." Augustus said as he walked over to the two.
"Thank you captain, your services are no longer needed." Augustus said dismissing him.
"No, he was escourting me to my room." Bra said. With that she took Captain Reynolds arm and continued to her room.
"Thank you for bringing me to my room." she said with a slight smile.
"Did you tell Princes Augustus you didn't want to marry him?" he asked.
"No, Augustus has many strong armies so if I refuse, I'm afraid he will take his anger out on my father and our kingdom." she said as she looked down at the stone floor.
"Princess, please don't do this if you don't want to." he said with pleading eyes.
"I need to lye down for a while. Good day Captain." she said and she went inside her room. She sat down in her chair beside the fireplace and looked out her window.
"I know what I must do." Bra said and with that, she took off to find her father.
"Father, I have made my decision.....I will marry Prince Augustus." she said sadly.
"Oh, my daughter, I'm so happy for you!" Queen Bulma said as she got up from her throne and hugged her.
"Have you told him yet?" King Vegeta asked.
"Not yet." Bra said. Just then, Captain Reynolds walked by the throne room.
"Captain Reynolds!" King Vegeta said. A few seconds later, Captain Reynolds walked in and bowed down on one knee.
"Captain Reynolds, go get Prince Augustus and bring him here, Princess Bra has some wonderful news to tell him." King Vegeta commanded. Captain Reynolds looked over at the princess. He sighed and looked back to the king.
"Yes your majesty." and he went off to find Augustus. Bra had seen the disappointment in his eyes. What did he care?
"Yes, my princess?" came Augustus' voice as he entered the room with Captain Reynolds.
"She has agreed to marry you." King Vegeta said happily for her. Bra gave a weak smile and looked down at the floor. Augustus walked over to her and took her hands. Captain Reynolds watched from a distance. He sighed and watched as Augustus kissed each of her hands.
"Is that all you need, my king?" he asked.
"Yes, thank you." Vegeta said. Captain Reynolds bowed and then left.
"I am the kings gaurd, not a messenger boy." he said after he was out of ear shot. He continued on to his station.
I promise that I will be the best king and husband. I'll be really good to you." Augustus said in an excited voice. It was amazing that some of the strongest men become puppies when they get something this great.
"Lady Pan, please help make the wedding plans. I shall be by later to help." Queen Bulma ordered.
"Yes, m' lady." Pan said and left the throne room.
"You and I shall have a wonderful kingdom. The towns people will love you." Augustus kept on. Bra could only smile and nod her head.
"Yes, Augustus, but if you keep babbling she may change her mind." Vegeta said with a chuckle.
"I'm sorry princess." Augustus appoligized.
"It is quite alright. I am going for a walk. I shall be in the garden if anyone needs me." Bra said.
"Shall I come with you?" Augustus asked.
"No, I need to help you plan you kingdom." Vegeta said with a sly smile.
"Yes, quite so." Augustus said in a little bit of disappointment.
"My lord! There is an army of men on the northern border threatning to attack if we do not give them the princess!" said Sargent Drummond. The king stood up. Bra had already left the throne room and was in the garden. Just then Captain Reynolds came into the throne room.
"Captain, go to the garden and get the princess, protect her with your life!" Vegeta demanded.
"Why can't I go get her?" Augustus asked.
"Because he is a kings gaurd and is the best. Now captain go!" wiht that Captain Reynolds ran to the gardens to get the princess.
"Princess! Princess, you must come with me!" he yelled to her. She looked up and saw him running towards her.
"What is it this time?" Bra asked.
"You must come with me." he said as he reached for her hand.
"Why?" she asked.
"There is an army on out northern border and they want us to hand you over to them. Now come on." he said and led her inside the castle. They walked quickly through the halls.
"Where are you taking me?" Bra demanded.
"I am taking you to the stables, we will ride out of here to the next kingdom. I have already sent word ahead so that they understand our situation. The king is sending the rest of the kings gaurds with us." Captain Reynolds said as he turned a cornner. They soon arrived at the stables where four other men were already on dark brown horses. There were two white horses saddled and waiting for their riders. They got on and rode off in silence.
They rode for several hours and it was getting really dark so they decided to stop for the night. The captain and Bra dismounted and the other men took the horses to get a drink.
"We shall rest here until morning then we shall leave at sunrise." Captain Reynolds said.
"Very well, but where shall I sleep?" Bra asked.
"On the ground." he answered planly.
"I will not!" she said. Just then, hoof beats could be heard in the distance.
"Quick, get behind me princess." Captain Reynolds said as he and the other four (containing Sargent Drummond, Singbe, Willam, and a man bu the name of Otto) pulled out two swords each.
"The horse and rider soon came into view. The rider was none other than Lady Pan on a horse of pure black. The men sighed in relief and put their swords away.
"Pan, what are you doing here?" Bra asked as Pan got off her horse and hugged Bra.
"The queen sent me. She told me the direction you had gone off in and told me to folloe. I also brought some supplies. Like food and cots for everyone." Pan said with a smile.
"Good, I wasn't about to sleep on the ground." Bra said looking over at Captain Reynolds.
"Alright then you two go find some good fire wood and you two go get some food while I stay here with the princess and Lady Pan and help set up camp." Captain Reynolds said. The men went straight to work. The girls found a big rock that they could sit on and watched Captain Reynolds set up the campsite. Pan could tell that he needed help so she got up to help.
"Do you need some help?" Pan asked.
"Oh, yes, um, could you please gather some stones and put them in a big circle for the fire?" he adked.
"Yes I can." Pan replied and began to gather some large stones.
"How long have you been with the princess?" he asked.
"Two years." Pan said with a smile.
"And is it hard serving the princess?" he asked.
"No not at all. She's very kind and hardly ever gets angry." Pan said as she started to make a circle with a few stones.
"Why do you ask?" she asked.
"I was just wondering." he said.
"Here is some firewood, captain." said Sargent Drummond as he and William came back with the firewood.
"Good, put it in that circle there and we'll light it later." Captain Reynolds said.
Later that night the other two men came back with two deer that they had killed. They lit the fire and cooked them.
"Here you go your highness, it's the best we could do." said the sargent as he brought over some food to her.
"These will do fine, thank you sargent." Bra replied.
Just as the sargent was about to leave, Bra said, "Sargent?"
"Yes your highness?"
"Tell me about Captain Reynolds."
"Oh, what about, your highness?"
"Well his story, of course."
"Aye, well there's a story for you."
"I like stories very much."
"Yes you highness. If I may?" the princess shook her head in responce. He straightned his jacket before he began.
"At twelve, he came to us a dirty faced street theif. An orphan most of his life. A fighter alright. Took three constables to chain him to the prison wagon. Myself and some friends intervened. Payed his fine and put him to work in the stables at first, but he didn't stay there too long. Had a military mind. A survivor. A fighter. A winner. At fourteen he was wrapping bandages amid men gushing blood and loading muskets in the front lines. And you should have seen him at Argonne, m'lady, a mere seventeen year old, leading a charge into pure hell. Excuse my language your highness."
"No, no, please sargent, go on." Bra said with intrest.
"There's not much more to say, your highness, other than this. There isn't a gaurdsman who wouldn't follow him." the sargent said.
"A man who has lived as much, he must think of me as a spoiled child."
"Never would Captain Reynolds think of you that way, your highness."
"Don't be so sure of that, sargent."
"Did the princess not go to the Baroness Helene's apartment in the Mussoline Quarter every Wednesday for three months last automn?" he asked.
"Yes, I did. How did you know?"
"We were stationed nearby and every Wednesday the captain would find an excuse to patrol that sector. A blind man could see the look on his face when he cought sight of you."
Bra sat there a while before saying.
"You may leave now, sargent."
"Yes, your highness." and with that Sargent Drummond went back to his post.
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I shall leave you at that. I think this first chappie truned out quite nicely. Don't you? Well I would really love it if you would review now and tell me what you think.
I want to dedicate this story to a few people first.
To:
Sarah~ I first thought about you when I first started writting this. Thanx for telling me that it wasn't a cheezy story!
To:
Lisa~ You also helped me out with writting this even though you didn't know it. Ask me later and I'll tell you how.
To:
Sheila~ I kinda based you as Pan. You're a great friend!
To:
All of you fanfiction readers~ You were great. I thought a lot about what you people might think if I wrote one of these. I was scared that you might not like my first fic. (Together Forever) You proved me wrong.
Well, I want to advertise a story. It's called The Perfect Night For Some. I know that the thingy says that I'm the author, but I'm not. Lisa is aka Golden Girl. It's a really great story about Gohan and Videl. So if you're interested in that couple too then I recomend that story. If you have any story you would like for me to advertise, just e-mail me at sparklin_angle1@yahoo.com
Thanx
~*Goten's Girl*~