This is just a little something that I thought up; maybe somebody could continue it for me. :)
Prince Phillip POV:
I put down my hat, and this bird swoops in and grabs it right off the tree branch!
"Give that back!" I yelled.
It didn't give it back; it just flew away, within following speed. I followed it right into a clearing, but didn't enter it. It landed no a maiden's shoulder; I noticed it was a crow, or a raven, certainly black and big. She started talking to it, and I started wondering whether or not that this beautiful maiden was a witch.
"Oh hello, Mia! What have you stolen today? A poor rich hunter's hat is it? Poor fellow, I wonder if you let him follow this time, instead of just speeding off."
The crow flew off.
"So you let him follow eh? Come out here young man."
I walked into the clearing. She spotted me.
"Here." She said, giving me back my hat. "Mia can be a bit of a kleptomaniac, I'm terribly sorry for her actions."
I blinked several times. "What's a klep-klepto... what you just said?"
She looked surprised.
"Oh, a kleptomaniac is a person who steals just because they cannot help it. My name is Briar Rose by the way, what happens to be yours?"
"Phillip."
"Any last name?"
"Not that I know of."
"Well, see you around the forest then." And she turned and walked away.
"Wait!" I called after her.
"You can find me anytime in the cottage by the river."
I couldn't see her anymore, it had turned to night. I went back to my horse and rode off to the castle to tell my father about my wonderful new discovery of a maiden in the woods. I needed the family ring, so I could marry her when we next met.
Short little oneshot on how they really met. I wonder what would happen to them if this were true, somebody, maybe you, could continue this in your own fanfic; I'm a very lazy person you see. Up for Adoption. Just PM me.