Chapter 10

The Sheriff of Nottingham walked down the hallway that led to where Princess Ariel was in. However, as he was making his way towards her room he thought, "I don't care what Prince John says, that Vanessa woman is up to something. Oh well, can't worry about that right now." The grey furred wolf stopped in his tracks when he reached the princess's room and knocked on the door while he added, "Princess Ariel, it's time for dinner." The anthro wolf waited a little bit to give the young woman some time to get ready. But he soon became curious of the noises that he could here as he pressed one of his ears up against the doorframe. And when he heard someone's voice he grabbed the doorknob and ended with, "Alright I'm coming in whether your ready or not, Your Highness."

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Ariel leaned up against Robin Hood when she heard the Sheriff's voice from the other side of the door. She then felt the anthro fox let go of her as he ran towards the balcony and was about to jump off of it. Before he did though he turned around and whispered, "Don't worry Ariel, I will come back for you."

She nodded as he blew her a kiss and then jumped down underneath the stature just as the Sheriff was opening the door. Thinking quickly the red haired princess ran towards the mirror and acted as if she was finishing getting ready as the door opened completed to reveal the overweigh wolf who looked in her direction and complemented her with, "Why Your Highness, that dress looks wonderful on you."

The blue eyed young woman just gave the wolf a warm smile in thanks as he moved to the side so that she could leave the room. Once she had left the room she head the Sheriff close the door before he walked down the hallway next to her to "escort" her to the dining hall. While they were doing this though she felt the Sheriff place one of his big hands on her shoulder while he whispered, "You know Your Highness, I don't want to alarm you on anything. But I reckon you should know that along with you Prince John will also be having another guest at dinner tonight."

The red haired young woman gave him an interested look as she asked herself, "I wonder who this other guest is?"

She was brought out of her thoughts however, when the Sheriff went on with, "But of course there's nothing to worry about Princess. I mean she seems like a nice enough young lady...although she kind of gives me the shakes every now and then."

"I wish I knew how to response to that...not that it matters though." Ariel mentally commented with, as she realized that the two had made it the dinner hall.

Once they were both in front of the table the Sheriff cleared his throat a little before he announced, "Your Majesty, I brought Princess Ariel here like you asked."

"Ah Princess Ariel, it's nice to see you in a more appropriate attire." The anthro mountain lion commented, as the Sheriff pulled her chair out for her.

Ariel responded to this by giving the grey furred wolf another warm smile. She watched as he took a few steps away from everyone and said, "Well, I guess I'll go back to keeping an eye on the prisoners."

This caused the former mermaid to worry as she thought, "Oh, no I have to make sure that the Sheriff stays here." She looked down at the ground for a moment or so before she smiled brightly while she continued with, "Wait, I've got it!"

Thinking quickly the red haired young woman got up out of her chair and walked towards the large wolf. She gently took a hold of his hand and led him back towards the table. This caused the red and purple clad wolf to give her a confused look as he asked, "P-Princess Ariel, what do you think you're doing?"

"I believe the Princesssss wants you to join us for dinner." Hiss answered, as he looked over in their direction. Ariel watched as the snake looked back over at Prince John as he went on with, "Would that be alright with you, Your Majesty?"

Following the greenish yellow skinned snake's head she too looked over at the anthro lion and noticed that he was staring at a young woman with brunette hair and purple eyes who was sitting across from Sir Hiss as he looked at the snake and replied, "Hmm, oh it doesn't matter Hiss."

Once that was said both Ariel and the Sheriff sat down at the table and began to enjoy their dinner.

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Robin Hood and Little John continued to lead the escaped prisoners to safely while avoiding being seen by any of the guards who were patrolling the outside of the castle. The anthro fox saw that the main gate was still open as he whispered, "Alright everyone now we have to time this just right." He then want back to looking up above the gate. And when he saw that both of guards were turning away from the gate he added, 'Alright now's our chance."

After hearing this everyone ran towards a wagon and got on it. Once that was done Little John grabbed a hold of the handles that were in front of it and ran towards the large gate. Luckily the group was able to make it out of the castle safely, but as they were heading towards the woods Robin stopped and looked at the castle. One of his ears twitched when he heard Little John's voice as he asked, "How Rob, aren't you coming?"

The brown eyed fox slightly turned his head back to look at the brown bear as he replied, "No I'm not...at least not until I rescue Ariel."

"Are you crazy, Rob? What if you get caught by the Sheriff or one of his men?" John shot back with, as he tried to change his friend's mind.

The outlaw just said nothing as he ran back towards the castle determined to have the red haired princess safely back in his arms.