I've been reading other Olicity fanfics and this idea suddenly sprang to mind when I was reading so I'm seeing how it goes. Let me know if you like it or not.

She ran though the courtyard towards her favourite hiding spot, far behind her she could hear her mother's voice calling her back but why on earth would she want to do that. It had been a normal day for her, she had been in her room drawing a bird perched on the tree outside her window when her mother came walking in and told her about her father's plans on getting her betrothed to some prince from another kingdom. She was not marrying some loser prince, no matter how damn rich or charming he was, just to unite their kingdoms.

"Felicity! You can't run away from your duty as Princess of this Kingdom!" the queen shouted.

Keeping a firm grasp of her floor-length gown in her left hand as she hurried along, Felicity headed towards the forest that no one knew to navigate, her on the other hand did. Dodging and weaving in between trees, she eventually found her way through to the other side into her favourite spot where no one, apart from her bodyguard John Diggle, knew existed. Reducing her pace to a walk, she took the time to appreciate nature at its finest. The meadow stretched further than the eye can see; different coloured flowers grew everywhere; wild horses used this meadow to graze in so she could look forward to meeting different wandering souls every time she came here. In front of her stood a giant oak tree with trees shooting off in different places, Felicity enjoyed climbing up to the one of the tallest branches and beholding the kingdom in all its glory but unfortunately it wasn't a princess thing to do her mother kept constantly reminding her every time she attempted to climb a tree within the garden. Pulling out her sketch book, Felicity sat down with her back against the tree and proceeded to sketch a mare and it's colt. Even though she didn't like to brag, she had an art at drawing and painting but she wouldn't share her talents with another soul apart from the one she trusted her life with.

"You know you can't keep running off when no one's watching right, you could be running straight into danger" John Diggle's voice snapped her out of her stream of thoughts, turning to find him taking a seat beside her and pulling out an apple. John Diggle was her personal bodyguard, or as she liked to call him 'Her Knight in Shining Armour', who was the only person she trusted within the entire kingdom and was her best friend. He was basically like a brother to her; she would listen to him when necessary so he wouldn't get into trouble and when they had nothing else do to he had taught her the basics of self-defence along with basic survival 101 in case she ever ran into any trouble and he wasn't there to protect her. About a month into the training, she was able to get him on his back and he thought she was ready to be given a weapon in case she needed something to defend herself with.

"Yeah I know, it's just that I don't want to marry someone that a.) I don't know and b.) I don't love" Felicity sighed. She loved to read stories about a princess and her charming prince sweeping her off her feet, falling in love with the idea of living her dream like that but unfortunately she couldn't. It was tradition for the princess of the kingdom to marry a prince of the same class and unite their kingdoms for all to see.

"Yeah that part really does such, I've got to admit…so you going to show me your latest masterpiece or what?" motioning to the pad in her hands that she had pulled up against her chest.

"It's of the mare and her foal over there"

"Felicity this is incredible, you really should share your skills with your mother and father, they'd be proud"

"No they wouldn't, besides they're too busy controlling my life to ever notice" leaning her head back against the bark of the tree.

"Come on it's getting darker; let's get you back to the kingdom" Digg said, rising to his feet and offering her a hand up.


"Felicity! Where have you been? Thank you John" Queen Clarisse yattered on, making her daughter roll her eyes, making Digg huff in amusement then smile at the Queen, bowing and offering Felicity his arm to escort her back up to her room.

"I might as well just live up here since I spend so much time up here" Felicity thought out loud while moving on to sit on her bed. To be honest she rather liked spending a majority in her room. Her entire room was coloured gold, mostly because of her hair colour, her double bed sat in the middle of the space with a curtain running around the top edges. The chandelier that hung from the ceiling was decorated with candles that she was always afraid was going set her room on fire. A double seated couch sat beside an armchair near the fireplace that she used when it was cold outside. The windows were lined with golden curtains that were decorated with a floral pattern, they framed her window seat that Felicity loved to sit on and observe the life outside from. Sometimes she fell asleep there and she would wake up without a crick in her neck or an achy body part, mostly her legs or arms.

"Goodnight Felicity, see you in the morning at breakfast" wrapping her up in an embrace that only he could pull off.

"Goodnight Digg" hugging him almost as tightly.

"Don't forget that your mother and father are going on a picnic and they wish for you to attend too"

"How could I forget with mother's constant reminders every five minutes?"

"Just so you've actually remembered and not let it come in one ear and out the other"

"Damn you John for knowing me so well" earning a laugh and another 'it's my job' speech out of him.