Daniel stepped forward in front of me.

"What do you want?"

"Temper, temper. I'm glad I saw you to together, pity it won't last long"

"What is he talking about Daniel?"

"So you haven't told her"

"Tell me Daniel"

"Time is ticking Daniel."

"Look to the west Daniel."

"Sunset"

"Yes Ethan is right you should look to the west."

"What about the sunset?"

"Father how about you enlighten Annabella"

"With pleasure. In a few moments Princess the sun will set if he hasn't chosen what to do then we will take you and..."

"No I will not let you."

"You will kill me. Am I correct." a tear ran down my face

Daniel turned to me and put his hands on my face.

"Look at me, Annabella. I promise you that no one would hurt you and that is what I intend to do. I have to do this to protect you."

"Do what?"

"His alternative Princess is that Daniel will join me back where he belongs in Srophina"

"What but you can't"

"I have to Annabella, it's the only way."

"I would rather die than see you join him"

"Maybe you should listen to Annabella, Daniel."

"Oh shut up Ethan."

"Touchy"

"I am doing this to protect you"

"You said.. you said... you promised that no one will hurt me."

"Yes..yes"

"But can't you see, if you do this than you will hurt me. What about you and I until the bitter end"

"I am doing this Annabella. You need to trust me on this"

"No.. no" I pushed back in disbelief

"Annabella" he pulled his hand to my face.

With my right hand and pushed it away.

"I said no Daniel. Now go, just go and never come back. Never come back"

"Daniel"

"Go Daniel"

With that Daniel turned to King Albert and started walking over the boarder to Srophina.

I had tears running down my face.

"What about our deal King Albert?"

"There is no need for that deal to continue I have seen today that Daniel has proven his love to you. There is no need for it to continue"

"I see"

"Let's go boys."

King Albert turned and rode ahead.

Daniel was standing staring straight back at me.

"Daniel, come on, we have to go"

Ethan took Daniel's arm and pulled him in to the woods.

I fell to my knees

"My Lady, my lady"

I looked up "John, Edward...what are you doing here?"

"Never mind, I'll explain later."

"Come here Annabella"

I clasped in to Edwards arms. He picked me up and placed me on top of his horse making me sit side ways. Edward sat behind me. I slouched in to his chest and brought a cloak around me.

Edward placed my cloak on and tied it and placed the hood over my hair.

"There's a storm approaching. The cloak is for just in case."

"(whispered) Thank you"

I slouched back in to his chest and closed my eyes.

"Let's ride John"

"Yes my Lord"

Before we came in to the village gates there was a massive echo of thunder. The horses kicked back at the screech of noise. Edward and John stopped glopping and looked up at the sky.

"We better get to the Palace as soon as possible if we are to miss this storm."

"Are the villages alerted about the storm John."

"Yes everyone is prepared."

I slowly opened my eyes. I had no energy but was curious.

"Edward what is happening?"

"There's a storm which is about to begin. Nothing to worry about. We will be back at the palace before it hits."

"Ok"

The glopped on-wards until they reached the palace.

"Annabella, Annabella we are here"

I slowly opened my eyes.

"I need you to corporate with me Annabella can you do that?"

I nodded. Edward got of the saddle and on to the ground.

"I need you to lean forward. I will catch you"

I slowly leaned forward in to Edwards arms in to a cradle position.

"It's alright I've got you."

I digged my head back in to his chest.

"John alert to the King of our arrival. Whilst I will take Annabella to here chamber"

"Of course my lord"

John gave the horses to one of the servants and then headed for the palace stairs following behind Edward. John then headed in to the hall whilst I turned to head even more stairs.

"John, what news do you have"

"Prince Edward and Princess Annabella, have arrived safely back to the palace."

"Good now where are they?"

"Prince Edward is escorting Princess Annabella to her chambers due to and incident that has occurred. I am sure Prince Edward will want to discuss the situation"

"What of Prince Daniel?"

"That will be discussed as well, when Prince Edward will return to the hall"

"I see"

The palace hall doors opened to let Prince Edward stroll to the thrones.

Prince Edward did a small bow.

"I am sure John has told you why Princess Annabella is not here in the hall"

"No, he hasn't he only mentioned that you escorted her to her chambers. He believed you would want to discuss this incident."

"Yes, I don't know if you were aware but today Annabella and Daniel went to spend the day together on the high point of Euphrania. We were told not to interfere as they wanted no distractions."

"This morning your highness Prince Daniel was given a letter to him and after he read it he shattered it to pieces. After Annabella and Daniel left I went to clear up the mess he had made and saw it was signed, signed by King Albert my lord."

"That's when John came to me and suggested we went to the village."

"That is correct, Annabella had a brilliant idea of hiring my Caroline to be her lady's maid"

"Was Clare made aware of this proposition John?"

"Yes she was my lord and she thought it would be a good idea if she said yes to it."

"That's when we pumped in to Cousin Montague, he me to be his best man. Of course I said yes. He was such in a happy mood as always."

"What happened next John?"

"Well my lord, Edward and I went in to the village to tell Caroline of her proposition and she said yes, but before we saw Caroline, Edward saw Annabella running of with Daniel. I had to stop Edward as Annabella had asked me to keep Edward with me the whole time."

"Of course, I was upset about this but John mentioned a different plan."

"After we talked Caroline, we kept to the word following Annabella and Daniel. I knew there was something odd about Daniel. He had changed ever since he saw Ethan the other day. We made sure we weren't seen."

"Then out of the blue, King Albert and Ethan, appeared. Of course we heard there whole conversation from the woods and in the end Daniel left with King Albert and Ethan leaving Annabella in a distress."

"She was a bit overwhelmed about the situation."

"So what happened to Daniel?"

"He was given an ultimatum of ever King Albert taking Annabella and killing her or Daniel re-joins Srophina being Prince of Srophina."

"So now Daniel is Srophina and Annabella is heart broken."

"I'm afraid so my lord. What do we do?"

"We try to keep her spirit up, get her talking for now and hopefully she will recover."

"Dear I dare she will recover. A broken heart can never mend."

"Well she we have to my love. She is a strong and wise contender for Euphrania and I don't want to see her as weak."

"I will go and attend to her now my lord and try to introduce her to Caroline."

"Good idea John."

"You know this isn't the end of this war."

"I know, but I don't know what to prepare for?"