As soon as I got back to the palace and off my horse, Prince Henry grabbed me by the ear and dragged me to Fritz' throne room where I could hear the Queen talking to the King. I smacked Henry's hand off my ear and glared at him.

"Don't ever touch me like that again!" I commanded him. He didn't even acknowledge me. I rubbed my ear. The next thing I'm going to do is go see Holy Roman Empire. I really wanna know about him. He sounds interesting.

"Gilbert!" I cringed… flinched? I turned around and gave him a smile. "Don't give me that look Gilbert." I lessened my smile to a grin and when I saw he wasn't smiling, I felt my smile drop slowly into a frown before looking at anything but the King. Gilbird landed on my head and began to tweet a song. "Come here, Gilbert." I gulped. Shit. I walked up to him obediently but I still looked at my feet.

"Oh Frederick. Go easy on the boy." I smiled and nodded at Fritz.

"Yes. Go easy on the boy." He was not amused. I looked away quickly, clearing my throat.

"Where have you been? You look like a mess."

"Well… you see… I've been…" I sighed. "… with Hungary." I said defeated. I mean it's true. It's not exactly lying.

"Why didn't you say anything? You know I wouldn't have stopped you. Depending on the reason you were going there."

"It was to have fun." I said honestly, shrugging my shoulders.

"Did she attack you? Why were you away so long?"

"No! We were- we were sparring."

"And?"

"Because I had Knights Templar with me. We were all three playing together."

"Why do you have teeth marks on your clothes?" I chuckled.

"Hungary had her dog attack me, because she thought I was intruding. And then we got on our horses because I wanted to go play. So we had our arrows, swords, and we even almost had our horses in a race. We were playing with our arrows and then Hungary, being the first to go, kind of shot Austria and he blamed me so we had a fight and then we heard the barking of dogs and so we ran because we thought it was the sound of wolves or something. They howled and dogs don't really howl. Not that I've heard." I was only leaving out one detail. Being attacked by wolves. He stood up from his throne.

The Queen and the King had both been sitting in their throne when we came in. I froze as Fritz studied me. He pulled fur off of my clothes. He studied it for a minute. I don't feel right lying to Fritz. I just want to get away with it once! Is that too much to ask?

"So let me see if I have the story straight. First you snuck out of the palace, as I have told you numerous times not to, then you and Liron went to go see Hungary. Hungary had her dog attack you because she thought you were invading her country but then Liron or you talked her down, and she was convinced. Then you three got on your horses and rode off to play with swords, bows, and arrows despite how dangerous it was. You had a horse race and then Hungary accidentally shot Austria. So Austria and you fought because he thought it had to be you. Though when you heard the sound of dogs barking you thought it was a pack of wolves and ran. Am I missing something in the story?"

"Well we figured out that those dogs belonged to someone and then we met them."

"Where does the sword sparring come in?"

"The same time as the dog attack."

"Why didn't you notice it was getting dark?"

"Not paying attention sir." He sat down and stared at the fur in his hand. I tried to remain as calm as possible.

"What type of dog was it?" Shit. What dog has gray fur?

"A greyhound sir." He twirled the fur in his fingers and then looked at me.

"I don't recall Hungary being fond of dogs."

"Well she is a country. I'm sure she was taking her boss's dog for a walk." He smiled bigger. It all checked out then. I sighed.

"I am so sorry Your Majesty. I won't sn-" He held up his hand so I staid quiet.

"You say that every time Gilbert. I don't want to hear it again. You're grounded." I sighed. "Go to your room, dinner will be brought to your chambers." I nodded.

"I'm sorry Your Majesty." I turned and walked out of the room as normal as possible. I know at some point I'll reveal the truth but at some time that he'll just punish me for lying, not the whole thing. Good idea. I'm awesome!

I reached the hall way before running to my room and slamming the door closed. I threw myself on my bed. Grinning. "I did it Gilbird! I successfully told my first cover story to Fritz!" I threw my fist into the air victoriously. I let out a breath I didn't know I'd been holding.

I heard the door open and saw Abelard bring in the food. "Now remember you have a meeting with Voltaire in two days with the King." I scoffed at him.

"Screw Voltaire. I don't have to do anything with that man. He's not my boss."

"Well His Majesty is. He's in charge of everyone here. You should stop giving him a hard time."

"I love Fritz. I would never-" However before my foul up could be noticed he interrupted me.

"Bring it up with the King if you must. My job is to care for you and your well being." I sighed.

"It's always been your job."

"Yes. Just as it is Prince Henry's job to be Prince Frederick's caretaker." I opened my eyes in surprise.

"So that's what he is? My Prince's caretaker?"

"Yes. What did you think he was?"

"… I don't know." I dug into my food as it was presented to me.