A/N: Huzzah! Here is the second chapter! It is a bit longer than I had originally planned but I am rather pleased with it. I hope everyone likes it! Okay I know that this story is categorized as a Fantasy/Adventure but it is actually a Fantasy/Adventure/Drama/Romance/Humor/Friendship but I could only pick two categories so yeah... Well I think I will post a longer A/N at the bottom so you can just get to reading the chapter already. I hope you like it!

Disclaimer: uh...insert funny and obnoxious comment about not owning TDI here...

"So that's it?" Heather asked from her perch on an arm of one of the couches. The rest of the campers were looking at Gwen expectantly from their seats as the fire roared happily in the grate. Gwen was sitting in a large armchair, Katie and Sadie were perched on the armrests making her feel a tad uncomfortable. Beth and Lindsey were sitting on two big bean bags on the floor, Trent was standing behind Gwen's chair and smiling down at her making her blush a bit. Geoff had given up his chair for Bridgette and was leaning against the armrest, Duncan on the other hand had kept his chair and somehow gotten Courtney to sit on the armrest of said chair. Owen was taking up most of the largest couch and Izzy was sitting next to him. The rest had taken the slightly smaller couch with the exception of Harold who Duncan was using as a foot rest, The nerd didn't seem to mind as every so often Duncan would "accidentally" drop a few coins on the ground near him.

"Well that's just the end of the prologue, it hasn't even gotten to the second chapter yet" Gwen answered feeling a bit awkward under everyone's gaze.

"Keep reading Glen, I wanna hear about the knights" Lindsey said holding a small braid of her hair in her hand.

Gwen nodded and the room quieted, Izzy made a shushing sound and the fire stopped roaring. Gwen paused looking curiously at the fire then cleared her throat "Chapter one……

Chris sat awaiting the new arrivals to the palace, the Gopher royalty. He checked his time piece, yep they were late, he sighed, what was it with royalty and being "fashionably" late all the time he wondered shaking his head. He stopped his musings as he heard the unmistakable sound of a carriage hitting the large round hole in the front of the castle. He looked up and sure enough a carriage had pulled to a halt in front of the gate, the coachman had already hopped down to calm the horses and a smaller, teenager by the looks of him was hurrying to open the carriage door which appeared to be a bit sticky. Chris plastered on his welcoming smile and headed down the walk to greet the newcomers.

"Would you please hurry it up?" a haughty voice demanded from inside the carriage.

The boy tugged on the door as he replied "I'm trying milady but I think the door is stuck!"

"Oh maybe you should try pulling it" a slightly bubblier voice suggested from the pink wonder on wheels.

The boy rolled his eyes "thank you milady, why didn't I think of that" he said politely tugging once more on the door.

There was a sound of some one groaning and the first voice said "oh just let me" and the door snapped open sending the boy tumbling to the ground.

"See Cody, that's how you open a carriage door" called the bubbly voice.

"Yes, thank you, milady" called the boy his head still spinning. As the carriage driver rushed to help him up a voice called "ahem!"

"Oh right" the boy said rushing back to the carriage and unfurling a long red carpet for the occupants to walk on.

"About time" said the first voice. A tall girl with long black hair and an expensive looking red dress stepped out of the carriage. She had cold, harsh black eyes and an arrogant expression on her face which changed to one of disdain as she took in the castle a head of her "is that where we'll be staying?" she asked.

"Ah Princess Heather I presume" Chris said with a-

"Wait a second!" Beth said suddenly standing up "Heather's a princess?" she asked sounding shocked and annoyed.

Heather glared at her "well I think it's only right that I'm the princess" she said flipping her hair.

Duncan nodded "I agree completely Heather" this was greeted with strange looks from the people around him.

Heather looked puzzled "uh thanks Duncan."

Duncan nodded "yeah Heather, the part of the stuck up rich girl fits you perfectly" he said with a smirk.

Courtney and Gwen giggled as Geoff and the delinquent hive fived and Heather silently fumed before calling "just read the stupid book weird Goth girl."

Gwen shrugged still smirking and went back to the book…

"Ah Princess Heather I presume" Chris said with a regal tone.

Heather glanced at him a sneer in place which was quickly dissolved into an over sparkly smile "why King Chris, it's such a pleasure to meet you. It is a great honor to get to come and live in such a beautiful palace" she said politely somehow keeping the huge smile in place as she talked. It was a bit odd how the smile seemed genuine but didn't quite reach her eyes. The boy, Cody, walked over to Heather to give her a hand. She ignored him striding down the carpet and flicking her hair in his face, he sputtered a bit pulling a few pieces of long dark hair from the gap in his front teeth. Heather walked over to Chris and held out her hand, he took it in his then froze as he saw the other occupant of the carriage being helped out by Cody.

"Hang on a second!"

Gwen glared at Cody "what is it now?"

"Er sorry but I'm Heather's servant?" Cody demanded in a slightly scared tone.

Gwen rolled her eyes "yeah I guess so, guys the book is saying this not me now no more interrupting!" the Goth glared at everyone "okay then back to the book now where was I?..."

"Cody was helping the new hot girl out of the carriage thing" Duncan offered. Courtney frowned and kicked the delinquent's shin "ow! What the heck?" Duncan demanded.

"It's just called a carriage, not a "carriage thing" pig" Courtney explained not looking at him. Gwen glared "Okay, no more interrupting! Got it?" she almost shouted, the room quieted again "good" she said then went back to reading...

The girl had long blond hair with a few streaks of brown and sky blue eyes and a pink dress that was a bit glitterier than Heather's. Chris shook Heather's hand and quickly walked over to the blond girl "hello, you must be Princess Lindsey" Chris said his teeth sparkling slightly in the sunlight reflected off Lindsey's dress. The blond looked at him with a smile "oh you must be King Kyle; it's so cool to meet you."

Chris's smile faltered "uh it's King Chris" he corrected "it's an honor to meet you and your sister."

Lindsey giggled "oh Heather isn't my sister, her mom married my dad after his first wife died mysteriously or something so we aren't really sisters we just have the same parents now."

Heather put a hand to her forehead and held in a groan. Chris paused then looked around "uh wasn't there a third person arriving" he checked his left palm where he had conveniently written the names Princess Lindsey, Princess Heather and "Prince Trent, wasn't it?" Chris asked quickly putting his hand behind his back.

Heather frowned and looked down the road "well Trent was riding his horse here and then on our way into town this cart got knocked over and since he always has to be the big hero he stopped to help but he should be here by now" she explained. There was a clip-clop of hooves "that'll be him" Heather said "what took him so long anyway?" she wondered aloud.

What had taken so long became apparent as the steps got closer, Trent was walking, holding the reigns of his horse and talking to a girl with shoulder length black and blue hair and a dark blue peasant's gown. She was giggling a bit at Trent, the Prince was wearing a suit of armor minus the helmet and his clinked and jingled slightly as he walked. Heather tapped her foot and cleared her throat, the two looked over at her as she spoke "thank you for joining us Trent, took long enough, do you mind introducing us to your friend?"

"Uh this is Gwen and she-" Trent started but Heather cut him off "yeah that's nice but you're late, remember moving into the new castle today, of course your little friend wouldn't know anything about that would you dear?"

Gwen frowned "actually I know a lot about it, the news is all over the town, in fact most of the people in town are the ones who built this place for you, so yeah I'd say I know something about it" she said crossing her arms in front of her chest.

Heather's expression faltered but she quickly recovered "well thank you for building us this lovely palace. Be sure to tell all your little folksy friends how much we appreciate their hard work" she said cheerily her eyes still stone cold.

Gwen rolled her eyes "yeah I'll be sure to get that around."

"Good girl" Heather said earning a glare from Gwen, she ignored this and turned to Trent "while it is very kind of you to befriend the peasants Trent, you need to worry more about your image. Nothing against you my dear but if other nobles saw him with you, well it wouldn't exactly be good for his reputation, you understand don't you?" Heather said the last part slowly as if she were talking to a foreign two year old.

Gwen was about to retort but Trent stepped in "aren't you being a little rude Heather?"

"Oh sorry my mistake Trent" Heather replied then turned to Gwen "where are my manners, I'm here saying who you can't hang out with due to status and not saying who you can, hmm well let's see…." Heather glanced around then smirked "you can hang out with Cody, our stable boy" she said waving a hand. Cody jumped at the sound of his name, the looked at Gwen and smiled. Gwen glared back and his smile faltered.

"I can decide who I want to hang out with myself so thanks but no thanks" Gwen said as she started to walk away "bye Trent" she called just before she was out of sight.

Heather scoffed and glared at Trent as he waved to her.

"Chris shouldn't we get to the castle now? It's rather chilly" Heather said crossing her arms in front of her.

Chris was still looking at Lindsey "huh what? Oh, right, yes we'd better get up to the castle before Chef's lovely meal spoils, do you need your luggage carried up?"

Heather shook her head "my lady's maid can do it" she glanced around "Beth? Where are you?" she groaned "Beth are you still in the carriage? Get out of there now and carry my things!"

The carriage door opened and a huge pile of suitcases wearing a long tattered blue-green skirt and worn shoes stepped out of the carriage wobbling a bit "uh could someone give me a hand?" asked a piece of luggage somewhere in the middle. Trent quickly rushed over and took about half the pile revealing a freckly girl with glasses and brown hair in a half ponytail. "Thanks Prince Trent" Beth said a small blush on her face.

Trent smiled "no problem, hey Cody, want to help Beth with the stuff?" he called to the stable boy.

Cody started; he was still watching the spot where Gwen had disappeared "what? Oh sure" he walked over and took the bags from Trent "where do you want us to put this stuff?" he asked his voice slightly muffled by a large pink suitcase.

"We can worry about that later" Heather said dismissively "I'm tired and hungry, which are two things a princess of my stature shouldn't be so lets get going" she finished huffily walking towards the castle, she paused "King Chris, would you like to escort me to the palace?" she asked over her shoulder.

Chris had gone back to staring at Lindsey and was called out of his stupor "oh, what, uh sure….er I mean I'd be honored to Princess" he said walking over and taking her arm.

Heather smirked as they headed up to the castle, she walked in front with Chris followed by Trent and Lindsey and Cody and Beth trudged behind carrying all the bags. There was a long walk way up to the stone castle. The castle had several towers and a drawbridge like normal castles and the new Kingdom's crest on the front. Heather frowned inwardly as she observed the place 'what a dump…' she thought. "What a magnificent castle" Heather complimented Chris. Chris smiled then began going on and on about the castle's various rooms and wings as if he had lived there forever and hadn't only moved in on the previous Tuesday. Inwardly Heather rolled her eyes but she listened to Chris intently, she wanted to find out more about her new home, for good reasons only, of course. As they approached the castle there was a loud shouting, a few teens were standing in the courtyard waving large signs and shouting.

"What is going on over there?" Heather asked.

Chris groaned "oh it's just these girls who are protesting their rights or something like that, I can't remember" he said glancing at them "I think those two are the main ones" he said pointing out a girl with a long blond ponytail and another girl with shoulder length chocolate colored hair.

"Do you just let them stand there and yell?" Heather asked sounding a bit disgusted.

Chris shook his head "nah we have special ways to get rid of them, speaking of which here comes Chef now" he said pointing to a window on the second floor. The window opened and a large pot of water was dumped over the protesters. The group quickly left the courtyard but the chocolate haired girl turned and yelled "this is not over! As soon as school becomes open to girls I'm getting a degree in law and suing you!"

Chris rolled his eyes "yeah that'll be the day, well let's not let the troubled youth ruin the evening" he said then continued walking to the palace.

A few hours and a large meal later Heather and Lindsey were walking through the halls trying to pick room.

"I have to have the biggest one" Heather had insisted so now she and Lindsey were looking for said room.

"Why did you want the biggest room again Heather?" Lindsey asked while opening a door to inspect the size of the room.

"Because" Heather started opening another door and promptly slamming it shut again "the bigger the room the more important you are, it's royalty one-o-one Lindsey" she explained.

"Oh right" Lindsey said nodding then paused "wait if you get the biggest room does that mean you're the most important?" she asked.

"No duh Lindsey" Heather said opening another door "hmm this could work" she said stepping inside. Lindsey followed and looked around "wow, this is so cool" she noted. The room was large of course with a canopy bed and a vanity against one wall opposite a large window with tapestry-like drapes. Heather nodded approvingly "this is definitely the biggest room, I call it" she said sitting on the bed.

"So wait, if your room is the biggest and you're the most important what does that make me?" Lindsey asked.

Heather glanced at her "oh that makes you the most important person's best friend or the second most important."

"Oh, okay" Lindsey said.

Heather walked to the door and called "Beth, I picked my room bring my things here."

There was a loud sound of huffing and puffing and several minutes later the door opened and Beth came in carrying a huge pile of suitcases of various sizes and colors. "There you go Princess Heather" she said out of breath setting the bags down on the floor.

Heather sneered "pick those up Beth" she said grabbing one and setting it on the bed "these are designer bags, you can't just throw them on the floor" she said haughtily.

"Sorry milady" Beth apologized. Suddenly a rock hit the window and more yelling could be heard from the courtyard.

"What is that?" Heather asked.

Beth rushed to the window "it's the protesters again" she said pointing. The Blond girl and the chocolate haired girl were indeed back in the courtyard and this time a girl with black hair and blue streaks was with them. Heather rushed to the window "hey it's that Gwen girl, wait until Trent sees this" she said smugly.

"Uh milady I think he already has" Beth said pointing. A door had opened on the first floor and Trent was walking across the courtyard to the girls.

"Good" Heather said "he'll chase them off and then it's not our…what is he doing?" she exclaimed. Trent was talking to Gwen and the blond, both girls were giggling. The chocolate haired one tapped the blond and whispered something, the blond nodded and they started to leave. Gwen started after them but paused, she hurriedly ran back to Trent, hugged him then ran after the other two. Trent watched them go then quietly walked back to the castle. Heather's mouth was hanging open "don't tell me he was reasoning with them" she cried angrily.

"Okay I won't tell you" Lindsey said happily.

Heather glared at her.

"I have to agree with Lindsey" Beth said "I don't think he was reasoning with them."

"Then what was he doing?" Heather demanded.

"Uh it looked like he was just talking to them or something" Beth said nervously "they were laughing…" she trailed off.

"This is not happening!" Heather cried "we are royalty! We don't talk to commoners! Doesn't he get it?"

"Apparently not milady" Beth offered.

Heather paused "Beth, go fetch me something from the kitchen."

"But you just had dinner."

"Go!"

"Going!" Beth said as she raced out the door.

"Why'd you tell Beth to leave?" Lindsey asked.

"I need to talk to you alone" Heather muttered closing the door, she turned to Lindsey "it's obvious that Trent doesn't have what it take to become king" she said darkly.

"Well does that matter? I mean Chris is the king so Trent won't need to replace him anytime soon" Lindsey said.

Heather paused "yes I know that but if anything should happen to dear king Chris, Trent would have to take over and he certainly is not suited for the job" Heather explained.

Lindsey paused thinking hard "uh…oh then why don't you take over?" she suggested.

Heather beamed "good thinking Lindsey, but oh dear, Trent is in line for the thrown before me" she sad feigning sadness.

Lindsey's face fell a bit "oh well if something happens to Trent does that mean you get to be queen?"

Heather gasped "oh Lindsey I do believe you are correct, but Trent and Chris are both perfectly healthy for now so we don't have to worry about that now do we?"

Lindsey shook her head then smiled "Heather can you come help me find a room for me now?" she asked hopefully.

"Oh of course I will, I jus need to put my things away, why don't you go find Beth and start looking then I'll come find you and help okay?" Heather suggested.

Lindsey nodded and skipped out of the room and down the hallway. As soon as she had disappeared from view Heather smirked "this is too easy" she walked to the window and glared at the courtyard "once I'm queen those pathetic commoners won't dare to come anywhere near the castle or should I say, my castle" she glanced around the room again and smirked "it's good to be me" she said sitting on the bed "first the biggest room then I will be the most important person" she muttered then saw her reflection in the vanity mirror and smiled "oh right I forgot, I already am."

A/N: ooh Heather's a scheming! I will give twenty points to anyone who can guess here evil plan, ten points for a general right idea twenty for good details. Also five points to anyone who knows who the blond girl and chocolate haired girl were, once you get thirty points you get a cameo in After the Island as one of the campers' school friends! Please keep track of your points as I will most likely not remember! I will put point opportunities at the end of each chapter so watch for them!

On a more important note a huge thank you to everyone who has reviewed, every time I get a new review I dance around randomly to the caramelldansen song! It makes people look at me strangely! This means that I love you guys! In a strictly professional way of course but you guys rock! Anyway the next chapter is going to be more about the protesters and the knights in training, five points if you can name three of them, until then, Huzzah!