Meanwhile...
Prince Hamtaro continued to pace around the Great Hall. He couldn't find the staircase. "This is hopeless," he muttered. "I can't even find the staircase. Who ever said I was a hero, anyways?"
Prince Hamtaro perked up his ears and heard something coming down the staircase. He looked behind the big table in the Great Hall and saw a doorway. "I thought that was the one I came through," Prince Hamtaro mumbled and looked across the Hall. There was an identical doorway, but it led outside the keep.
When he listened hard enough, Prince Hamtaro could hear soft sobbing noises from the stairwell. He hid under the table and waited. "Princess Bijou," Prince Hamtaro whispered as Spat came out of the doorway.
"Princess Bijou," Spat said as he exited the doorway, "I plead you stop crying." Princess Bijou glared at him and demanded, "I plead you let me down!" Prince Hamtaro jumped out from underneath the table and said, "And I do, too!"
"Prince Hamtaro?!" Spat said as he backed up against the wall of the Great Hall. He dropped Princess Bijou onto the ground, and she ran to Prince Hamtaro. "I never thought I'd see you again," Princess Bijou whispered. Prince Hamtaro drew his sword and pointed it toward Spat.
Spat sneered at him and retorted, "I don't use swords. I use my pitchfork." "No need to waste your energy," said a voice from the doorway from the stairs. Lord Mike emerged from the door with his sword drawn and Lady Stella trailing behind him.
Prince Hamtaro stood in front of Princess Bijou and yelled, "I challenge you to a sword fight! And if I win, we get the king back and the kingdom!" "And if I win," Lord Mike retorted, "I get the kingdom all for myself!"
Princess Bijou stepped a few steps away from Prince Hamtaro. "Do what you need to save the Ham-Ham Kingdom," she whispered as Spat levitated in the air near Lord Mike. "Start the sword duel!" he shouted as Prince Hamtaro and Lord Mike's swords pointed toward each other. "Prepare to lose, Prince Hamtaro," Lord Mike stated. "You wish," the prince returned sharply as they began the sword duel.
The sword duel went on for awhile without any progress. Any blow was blocked, and Prince Hamtaro and Lord Mike kept at it. Princess Bijou watched her prince as he dueled with Lord Mike. She glanced toward the stairs and dashed for them. Spat followed her as she rushed up the stairs.
Prince Hamtaro continued to pace around the Great Hall. He couldn't find the staircase. "This is hopeless," he muttered. "I can't even find the staircase. Who ever said I was a hero, anyways?"
Prince Hamtaro perked up his ears and heard something coming down the staircase. He looked behind the big table in the Great Hall and saw a doorway. "I thought that was the one I came through," Prince Hamtaro mumbled and looked across the Hall. There was an identical doorway, but it led outside the keep.
When he listened hard enough, Prince Hamtaro could hear soft sobbing noises from the stairwell. He hid under the table and waited. "Princess Bijou," Prince Hamtaro whispered as Spat came out of the doorway.
"Princess Bijou," Spat said as he exited the doorway, "I plead you stop crying." Princess Bijou glared at him and demanded, "I plead you let me down!" Prince Hamtaro jumped out from underneath the table and said, "And I do, too!"
"Prince Hamtaro?!" Spat said as he backed up against the wall of the Great Hall. He dropped Princess Bijou onto the ground, and she ran to Prince Hamtaro. "I never thought I'd see you again," Princess Bijou whispered. Prince Hamtaro drew his sword and pointed it toward Spat.
Spat sneered at him and retorted, "I don't use swords. I use my pitchfork." "No need to waste your energy," said a voice from the doorway from the stairs. Lord Mike emerged from the door with his sword drawn and Lady Stella trailing behind him.
Prince Hamtaro stood in front of Princess Bijou and yelled, "I challenge you to a sword fight! And if I win, we get the king back and the kingdom!" "And if I win," Lord Mike retorted, "I get the kingdom all for myself!"
Princess Bijou stepped a few steps away from Prince Hamtaro. "Do what you need to save the Ham-Ham Kingdom," she whispered as Spat levitated in the air near Lord Mike. "Start the sword duel!" he shouted as Prince Hamtaro and Lord Mike's swords pointed toward each other. "Prepare to lose, Prince Hamtaro," Lord Mike stated. "You wish," the prince returned sharply as they began the sword duel.
The sword duel went on for awhile without any progress. Any blow was blocked, and Prince Hamtaro and Lord Mike kept at it. Princess Bijou watched her prince as he dueled with Lord Mike. She glanced toward the stairs and dashed for them. Spat followed her as she rushed up the stairs.