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Previously on The Princess and the Thief:
Mikayla reached up with her hand and lightly touched the fake, marker mustache. Her eyes widened when she realized that the marker had rubbed off on her fingertips. Her eyes searched Brady's for a moment before something clicked. "Brady?"
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"Brady?" Mikayla repeated again, her voice full of disbelief and confusion. "Is that really you?" Brady backed away from the princess as she said this, but she had an iron grip on his hand so he didn't get far. "You're the one who's been robbing places? Why didn't you tell me?" By now the princess was close to yelling, she was freaking out. Her boyfriend, the boy she loved with all her heart, was her father's greatest enemy, and was the most wanted person on the island.
Brady knew the act was up, so he didn't bother to hide his voice with a fake accent anymore. "My princess, I-" He was cut off by the sound of footsteps coming towards the clearing. His eyes widened slightly as well as Mikayla's, for if either of them were to be caught, then they would be in a lot of trouble. Only hesitating for half of a second, Brady knew what he had to do. He had to take the princess to his secret cave so neither of them would get caught. This would also give him a chance to explain everything to her and try to salvage their relationship.
"Princess, follow me." Brady turned and pulled lightly on Mikayla's hand, but instead felt her try to rip her hand out of his grasp. Turning around, he pleaded with her. "Please Princess, just follow me this once. I know your mad, but please, just come with me." Mikayla glared at Brady, but nodded lightly. She knew that she was going to have to trust him this once or she might get in a lot of trouble.
Brady took Mikayla's small nod as a good sign before he turned and began running, the princess following close behind him. Together the duo rushed out of the clearing seconds before the group of guards led by King Mason burst into it. "I thought I heard yelling in this direction." King Mason muttered to himself as he and the guards searched the clearing, this giving the couple a chance to flee the scene.
Together the princess and the thief fled to Brady's hidden cave, the duo taking extra caution so as not to get caught by any other hunters. As soon as they reached the hiding spot, Mikayla paused at the entrance. "Where are we?" She questioned Brady.
"We're at a cave near the dark side. Now come inside." Brady tugged on Mikayla's hand to get her to follow him again. Mikayla followed reluctantly, gazing around in curiosity as she did so. The cave was dark, but the moonlight lit it up enough so that she could see inside. From what she could see in the faint light, the cave wasn't very big, but it held a few items in the very back, hidden from anyone who might be passing by. There was a sword in the corner as well as small chest. The chest was open, and inside looked to be clothes.
Once the two were inside the cave and away from sight, Mikayla pulled her hand away from Brady's, causing him to turn around. The princess then crossed her arms, waiting for an explanation. Brady noticed this, and hesitated for a moment. He wasn't quite sure on how to explain everything. While he could tell the princess about his life since his parents had died, he didn't know what her reaction would be. His biggest fear at the moment wasn't that the princess might call the guards and alert them of his position, but that he might lose her. He loved her, and he knew she loved him, but he didn't know how his thief life would change things between them since she now knew.
Brady hesitated once more under the Princess's intense gaze before he began to speak. "I know this looks bad, but I can explain. When Boomer, Boz, and I were ten, there was an extremely bad village fire. It destroyed most of the village and took several lives, including our parents. After they died it became up to my brothers and I to provide for ourselves, so we began working extremely hard, doing any job we could find to earn some sort of money for food. Of course there were others who had lost their homes and possessions in the fire that were looking for work as well, most of these people begin teenagers and adults. Since they were older and could work more, they were usually chosen to work on farms and in businesses more than my brothers and I as well as the other children who had lost things. This made it extremely hard to find work, so we usually went hungry. In order to keep ourselves from dying of starvation, I had to do something since I was the oldest. So, I invented Sirocco. I only stole the smallest amounts of things, enough to keep my brothers and I at least slightly less hungry."
"What about now Brady? You have work now, so why keep the thief?" Mikayla interrupted the boy. Brady sighed, but continued on. "While we do have work now to provide for ourselves, we usually give most of what we earn away to others who are less fortunate. We know what it's like to be the underdog, so we try to help everyone else out. Since we give away so much though, we don't have much left for us. That's why I keep my night life. It's to provide for my family. These past two weeks that I stopped with the thievery, we worked even harder than before, but even then, we didn't have much, barely enough for one very small meal a day. I tried to give it up, but I have to support my brothers."
As soon as Brady finished, he felt a pair of arms wrap around him. Looking down in surprise, he found the princess smiling at him. "Brady, that is so sweet of you to take care of your family like that as well as others. I'm sorry for getting mad." Brady smiled at this before wrapping his arms around the princess. "It's alright princess. You had every right to be upset, and since you know I did it, I am so sorry for taking your mother's necklace that one time. I didn't mean to. When I was looking for the kitchen I got distracted and accidently crashed into a shelf and the necklace fell into the bag I had with me. I felt bad afterwards when I discovered it that when I went to work at the castle the next day, I made sure it was returned."
Mikayla smiled at the boy again. "It's alright Brady. I know you didn't mean any harm. My dad on the other hand…." She trailed off. Brady nodded in understanding. There wasn't much that scared him, but he was slightly intimidated by the princess's father. He could have you thrown in the dungeon or killed with just a simple command.
The two lovers sat in silence for a few moments, neither of them sure on how to continue. Now that Mikayla knew the truth, they would have to find a way for them to be together. This was going to be a difficult task, and they both knew it. They just didn't want to bring up the subject, although both of them were thinking about it.
Brady was the first to speak. "Princess, we must come up with a plan for us to stay together. Capturing Sirocco is out of the picture. While we could do it, I wouldn't be able to frame someone and have them suffer for what I've done." The Princess nodded in agreement with Brady. She didn't want someone to suffer for their love. She, like Brady, wouldn't be able to live with the guilt of sending someone to the dungeon or even their death.
"Well, maybe we could-" Brady was cut off by the sound of footsteps rushing past the cave. The princess and the thief both backed away from the entrance to the cave at this sound. They both feared being caught, Mikayla fearing being locked in her room for the rest of her young life before she got married as well as for Brady's life, and Brady fearing that he would be captured and sent to the dungeon or even his death as well as fearing Mikayla getting in a lot of trouble because of him.
The duo waited a few moments as the footsteps faded away before relaxing ever so slightly. The danger of being caught had faded away for the moment, and the two needed to come up with a plan or escape before the hunters came their way again.
"Princess, we must hurry. It might be better to meet another night, one where there isn't as much danger around." Brady whispered as he took Mikayla's hands in his own. Although the Princess agreed with her love, she didn't know how to escape from the cave unnoticed, or how to get back to the castle from here.
As if reading her thoughts, Brady spoke up. "I can lead you back to the castle Princess. You just have to trust me." Mikayla nodded, knowing that he was her only hope to go back, other than giving herself up to the guards. "Let's go." She whispered, and with this, the lovers turned to leave. As the two left the cave, a noise came from above. It sounded like a bird's call, so the duo didn't think anything of it.
Together the two moved through the jungle as silently as they could, both of their footsteps light. One wrong step could cost them everything. They made good progress through the jungle, reaching the castle about half an hour later. While the way back had been long and intricate, it had helped them to stay hidden.
Turning to the princess as they reached the castle, Brady wrapped his arms around her in a hug. "I will see you soon my beautiful." He whispered before turning to leave. Mikayla smiled at her love's retreating figure before a hand clamped itself over her mouth. The princess realized what was happening in an instant and tried to scream a warning to Brady, but it was too late. The hunters rushed past her and quickly overtook him, taking him by surprise. Mikayla could only watch him struggle against them before he was hit on the back of the head and knocked unconscious. The hunters had captured Sirocco.
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