Summary: "The course of true love never did run smooth." - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Peppa Pig has never related so much to a quote as now. Her relationship with her childhood friend, Suzy Sheep, has remained a secret from her parents. But now, her future with Suzy seems doomed after her father announces that they have arranged a marriage between her and the mysterious Prince of England. Will she and Suzy find a way to be together when everything seems to be tearing them apart?

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On one lovely, sunny, British morning, Peppa woke up in her twin bed and stretched with a slight yawn. She had almost a million texts from her secret girlfriend, Suzy. Oh Suzy, the love of her life.

"Peppa," her mother called. "Could you come downstairs?" she snorted. "We have something to tell you."

She sighed, getting up and sitting at the table where Mommy Pig and Daddy Pig were waiting.

"Peppa," her mother began. "We have made a decision-"

"You will be married to the Prince," Daddy Pig cut her off.

Everything in that moment stopped. Did she hear him right? No, that couldn't be.

"B-but that must be illegal," she said. "I'm an adult, am I not? You can't decide who I marry."

"Yes I very much can Peppa, because you are my daughter, and you are only 21, and as long as you live under my roof, you will live by my rules!"

"That's not fair!"

"Don't try and tell me what's fair Peppa; This is my house and I will not have my daughter marry some common dog!"

Peppa silenced the storm of retorts she was thinking of. "When will the wedding be?" she snorted quietly.

"In one month," Mommy Pig said, with pain in her eyes as she looked at Peppa. "Later today or tomorrow, we shall have to have you fitted for dresses, and you will be educated on proper court etiquette. You will be becoming a princess, after all."

Peppa nodded and went back to her room, throwing herself onto her bed and trying not to

be overwhelmed.

She didn't know how much time had passed - minutes, hours? - before Mommy Pig came to check on her.

"It will be alright, Peppa," she said. "My marriage to your father was arranged, you know. We didn't even meet each other before the ceremony."

Peppa didn't give her a response. She hadn't known that, but now that she did, many things seemed to make sense. There was always a sort of tension between her parents, and whenever one of them mentioned something from their past, before they were married, the other never seemed to have heard of it before.

"It might not be what you want, but you will still be able to see Suzy. You will still live here, in England. You will simply be in the palace."

Does she know about Suzy? Peppa thought.

"The prince likely won't want anything to do with you. He told us he just needs a wife for his public appearance. Besides the occasional dinner or meeting, you will have your days to yourself. And Suzy will likely be allowed to accompany you as a lady-in-waiting."

"But...but what about later? He's...he's going to require an heir to the throne, isn't he," Peppa snorted softly.

Mommy Pig sighed, "Let's not think too far into the future for now Peppa, I know this is all a lot to take in, for now let's think about what we have to do today," Mommy Pig presented Peppa with a list, "Here we have all the things we need to do as of this week, dress shopping and fittings, picking out flowers, lessons in court etiquette, etc."

As she scanned the list, Peppa felt her eyes begin to burn. There has to be something we can do, she thought. All of this was absolutely outrageous, how could they expect her to just marry someone she hadn't even met before.

"Why me? Out of all the pigs in England, why does it have to be me?"

"Peppa...this is just the way things are, you should be happy, to live a life of luxury for the rest of your life. Think on the bright side of things sweetie."

"I want to marry for love," she said, already planning to text Suzy later so they could plot a way to stop this.

"I'm so sorry Peppa, truly there is nothing I can do..." Mommy Pig took a shaky breath, attempting to pull Peppa into a hug only to be pushed away.

"Please go. I...need some time to think." Peppa said, turning away to face the wall.

"Alright then…" Mommy Pig hesitated, then slowly got up from her spot next to Peppa, preceding to leave the room.

Peppa pulled out her phone, filling Suzy in on what had happened.

"Peppa, I honestly can't believe this, oh Peppa, my sweet Peppa, you know I will always love you, no matter what happens" Suzy said.

"My dearest Suzy, I swear that I will find a way out of this. You must come with me to the palace as a lady-in-waiting- then, perhaps, we will find a way to escape this dreadful mess." she vowed.

"How Peppa, how on earth do you plan to escape this, He's the bloody Prince, Peppa you could be killed for this."

"I don't care," she proclaimed, being sure to stay quiet so her parents wouldn't hear. "I'd rather die than marry someone who isn't you."

"But I don't want you to die, whether you are with me or not, Peppa you are too important to me, maybe…" a near silent sob escaped Suzy's mouth, " maybe, it would be best for you, if we didn't see each other anymore."

"No. We shall simply have to make sure that our plan works," Peppa said fiercely.

"Peppa, I love you with everything that I am, but the thought of you risking your own life to be with me, I..I… can't bear the thought… Peppa-"

"Suzy, please. We have to try."

"And what if we do succeed, then we would be living a lie for the rest of our lives, Peppa, could you really live like that?"

"How is it living a lie to be with the one you love?" she pleaded.

"I don't know Peppa, I need some time to think…"

"Alright," she sighed.

"Goodbye Peppa, I'll call you tomorrow."

"Goodbye," she said, hanging up.

Peppa fell back into her bed, tears silently streaming down her face. Her parents couldn't hear her sobs, no, that would be unbearable, but what about this entire situation is bearable, she thought. She had to think of a plan, a plan to get her and Suzy out of this nightmare. But nothing at all came to mind, her entire brain was empty of ideas, how was she going to pull off something of this magnitude?

Where could they even go? Nowhere in England would be safe from the prince's search. Every citizen would turn them in on sight, and they'd be right back where they started, if not dead or imprisoned. They would have to go to a different country, one where they could be married. Perhaps France, or the United States. Yet both those countries were allies of England, there would be nothing stopping them from finding out who they were and alert the prince of their whereabouts.

They would have to find some way of hiding their identities, or settling in a sparsely populated area. But immigrating legally would be difficult at best, and illegally crossing the border would be dangerous.

Peppa sighed, maybe Suzy was right, maybe they would lead better lives apart. No, she thought, I will never give up on true love, no matter the cost, I will find a way.

She frowned as her phone started ringing. She didn't recognize the number, but picked it up despite an odd feeling in her stomach that something was wrong.

"Hello?"

She was replied to with a long, regal snort.

"Hello there, Peppa, it's your brother, George."