Chapter 6 -
"Lady James. Are you awake?" Asked Haley James maid and aid to the Princess of England.
"Now I am Maria." She replied.
"I'm sorry miss, I will let you sleep."
"No Maria it is fine I need to get up anyway." Haley replied smiling.
She sat up and looked out of the window. She was in the central tower in her father's castle, she loved her view of the countryside on regular days, but now it was different.
England and France had been at war for two months now. Haley woke up every day to find news of more soldiers dying. She hated the war it was terrible to her and she did not believe that war was the best way to get out of all of this.
Maria helped Haley get ready for the day she pulled on her dress it weighed a ton. Haley hated it too it was so unfair, all the peasants would kill to wear her fancy clothes. But Haley wished she could simply wear the light clothing they wore all day.
In all truth Haley hated most traditions of chivalry, she hated being a princess and longed for freedom each day.
She was summoned to her mother and father that morning.
"Hello father. Mother." She said as she reached the throne room.
"Hello Haley." her mother Abigale greeted her.
"hello my sweet daughter." Her father William greeted her. Haley out of the three girls in the family was her father's favorite. Peyton and Brooke were more like their mother so they got along better. Haley was the youngest of all four of them, her brother Lucas was oldest. He had not gotten along with Peyton or Brooke but he took to Haley when she was born. Peyton and Brooke were married to Princes in Spain and Italy. Lucas was off fighting in the war. Haley prayed for him everyday.
"Why did you call me down here today?" Haley asked.
"Haley your mother and I have decided the battles are getting too close to here, today you me and your mother will be going to see your sister Peyton in Italy until we have won the war."
"I want to stay father. I am not afraid of the war, Lucas is aloud to fight and stay here."
"Honey, your brother is a man and he is fighting for our country, I wish everyday that he is here with me but he chose to go." Haley's mother replied.
"Yes mother." Haley replied, he mom was beginning to tear in the eyes and she didn't want to bring up pain for her.
Haley was ready to go in a little while, her things she would need had been packed and she was ready to go.
they got into the carriage late that morning. They began the journey, it was going to be a long trip because they had to take the longer older road to avoid the battle.
After about an hour of going the horses became restless outside.
"Father what is going on?" Haley asked confused. "Why are they so restless.
Haley's father stuck his head out of the window of the carriage he let out a gulp and fell back into the carriage. An arrow had hit him right in the back of the head, he was killed instantly.
The carriage was ambushed.
They grabbed Haley's mother first because she was protecting her daughter.
A knight wearing the light blue of the French cut her head right off in front of Haley.
She screamed but as soon as she did the man had grabbed her.
"Stop!" Commanded a voice Haley couldn't see the person behind the voice. "You have just killed the king and queen of England and this, if I am not mistaken is the youngest princess, what is your name girl?"
She didn't say a thing. the man holding her kicked her she yelped. "Haley. I am the daughter of King William."
"You mean the late King William." he motioned toward her fathers body.
She cried.
"What is going on here Gregory?" Asked another voice. Haley could see him, he was a young handsome knight on horseback.
"We killed the royal king and queen of England and we were just about to kill their daughter Helen was it?"
"Haley." She replied coldly. She figured if she was going to die anyway she could be as mean as she wanted.
"You killed the kind and queen?" the young man asked.
"Yes we just need to kill her and the entire royal family is gone." the older knight
"No, there is the Prince Lucas, who now is king by the looks of what you and your men did. We could have negotiated with him for his family. But you ended that now didn't you?"
"Sire, we are at war and may I remind you Nathan that you are not the king of France yet, you are still prince."
"But I do have more power than you and I refuse to let you kill her."
"You father ordered for us to kill the royalty from England we came across."
"She is a child Gregory, younger than me for sure. You would kill a child?" The Prince Nathan asked.
"It is war and your father ordered me, she is royal."
"How old are you child?" Nathan asked Haley.
"I am fifteen." She replied.
"See she is four years younger than even me Gregory. I will not let you kill her." Nathan commanded.
"But sire."
"No. Let her go." Nathan commanded.
He reluctantly let Haley go. Nathan got off of his horse and approached her.
"Haley right?" He asked.
"Yes. Haley James daughter of King William and Queen Abigale James." She replied.
"yes. I am Nathan Scott the son."
"The son of the French king Daniel Scott and Debra Scott. I know." Haley said coldly.
"You shall ride with me?" he asked.
"Do I have a choice?" She replied.
"It is me or one of my men." He replied holding out his hand.
She took his hand she was in no way going to go near those knights. "This does not mean you are forgiven."
"I did not kill your family." he replied a little aggravated.
"No, but the only reason you saved me was because I am only fifteen. If you had gotten to my carriage at the same time as your men you would have killed my father and mother too."
He was silent he knew she was probably right but he was not going to reply to that because she had just watched as her parents were both killed.
Arrows began to fly at them at random from a group of British soldiers dressed in all red from in the trees from one side of the road.
"Men ride! Ride! Scatter!" Nathan yelled. he took off into the woods on the other side of the road.
He went from going slowly in a trot to bolting in a run. Haley immediately grabbed onto his waist.
He hadn't expected it and he felt a weird feeling when she had done it. She had felt it too and her first thought was to let go and she did, he felt her let go and quickly grabbed her so she didn't fall. She took a deep breath happy that she hadn't fallen off of a speeding horse in the middle of nowhere.
Nathan stopped a little way forward. None of the other men had come the same way.
"Why did you stop?" Haley asked. Half curious to why he had. half hoping he would start moving again so she could hold her arms around him. She got that thought out of her head as fast as she could, it was of course his men who had just killed her father and mother.
"You may not have noticed but we were riding very fast and we both have cuts all over us from the ride."
"You have armor on." She replied.
"Well my face is cut some and you are completely covered in blood." he said motioning to her dress.
"That's part the blood of my mother." She replied tears in her eyes.
He was in the middle of taking off some of his armor, he looked even better without it on.
"This isn't." he moved his hand toward just behind her shoulder.
"Oh, I can't even feel it." But just as she said it she began to feel little bits of pain all over her body.
"Let me help you get that bandaged." He ripped a piece of his shirt off and put it on her back. "I'm going to put pressure on it to stop it from bleeding." She nodded. When he did it she fell forward a bit, he tried to make sure she didn't fall, but he fell back wards. She landed on top of him.
they lay there for a few minutes. Neither wanted to move. He made the first move, but it wasn't for him to try and stand up. He put his lips up against hers and kissed her.
Chapter 7 -
Immediately Nathan put his arms around her back.
She got scared and pulled away. "Oh my gosh we can't do this." He was still holding onto her. "Let go of me. Nathan let go!" She screamed he let go.
"Well well well." It was Gregory. "It now entirely makes sense about why she is still alive, you weren't thinking with your head now were you?"
Nathan stood up he looked completely embarassed at the situation.
They rode as a group back to the castle in France. Nathan's mother and father came out to greet them.
"Who is she?" his father asked.
"She is-" Nathan began.
"Let her speak Nathan." Dan said.
"Sorry father." Nathan said quietly, he became a weak little boy around his father.
"I am Haley James, the daughter of king and queen William and Abigale James of England." Haley replied.
"How did you end up here girl? Nathan now you can explain this."
"Gregory and his men killed Haley's family in front of her I stopped him from killing her too." Nathan replied.
"Why would you do that?"
"She is only fifteen father. War or no war that is wrong." Nathan said, he seemed to be more confident.
"Do not speak to me like that. Gregory, take her to the dungeons, we will hold her until her stupid brother surrenders himslef." Dan said coldly.
"Don't you speak of him like that, Lucas is twice the man you are don't you ever say anything like that again." Haley began rambling on.
Gregory took her down to the dungeon area. He took her past cells that were full of men and he seemed to be considering putting her in with these men but he eventually walked past them to empty cells. "You will stay here." he said as he pushed her inside.
"I will not, this is terrible let me go I haven't done anything wrong." Haley screamed.
"You know, you are a very beautiful girl when you are angry. Not that you are ugly when you aren't angry." He moved his hand along her arm.
"Get your hands off of me." Haley exclaimed jumping back.
"Silly girl, you do not have to athority to tell me what to do. I will do with you whatever I want." He yelled at her.
Haley screamed as he lunged forward toward her. "Help me, Help me!"
She ran out of the cell past the cells full of men. gregory eventually got up and began to follow her.
Him being a faster runner and taller peson caught up o her son after she had gotten out of the dungeo level of the castle. She ran straight into a group of guards who stopped her.
"I will take her from here." Gregory said as he grabbed her arm.
He didn't take her back to the dungeon level. He took her to an empty room on the first floor. Covering her mouth he began to unhook her dress. She tried to scream but his hand was covering her mouth. Her first reaction was to bite his hand. he yelled this time Haley hoped it would attract people outside. He moved his hand from her mouth she screamed like mad.
Soon after Nathan and his father entered the room.
Nathan lunged right up to Gregory and began to beat on him. Haley jumped backwards and curled up into the corner.
Deb Nathan's mom came to her rescue. "Are you alright child?" She asked trying to sooth her. Deb hated to see the young girl suffer because of who she was.
"See father, do you see what your men do to people. They are terrible and gregory your most trusted knight, oh isn't he a wonderful man right?"
"Gaurds, take Gregory to the dungeons, this is a terrible crime." Dan quickly said, he even knew this was wrong.
"Daniel please let Nathan give the girl a room of her own, she is just a child, she should not be by herself in a dungeon with a group of men."
"Nathan, go set a room for your friend. Deb darling could you help her get new clothes on, these are now all ruined." He didn't like the idea because she was british bt she was only fifteen.
Haley walked off with Deb and Nathan went off the other way.
After a half an hour haley felt OK again. everything seemed to be ok. She still was sad about the situation that had happened that morning, but she was doing OK she felt safe.
She walked toward the throne room and she overheard a conversation. "Dan you can't possibly think that leaving her in the dungeons was a good idea."
"Well Deb I jsut don't think it is right since we are at war."
"I would agree if she wasn't fifteen." Deb replied. "if she plays any tricks we will definetly punish her but we have no reason to not trust her."
"Alright."
"Hello!" it was Nathan he had snuck up on her.
"Oh my gosh you scared me so much." She said after she recovered from the joke.
"Well do you want you to show me the room?"
"I'm confused." Haley replied.
"Do you want me to show you the room?" he corrected himself.
"Oh yes, that is fine." She laughed.
He took her up to a central tower. it was beautiful it reminded her of her castle. But she put that out of her mind.
"This is your room." Nathan said as he opened the door to reveal a beautiful rivaling with the beauty of her room at home. "Will it do?"
"Will it do, it is beautiful." She replied.
"Good, do you want me to call you for dinner?"
"No Nathan I think that I will stay here for teh evening and think about stuff, get my thoughts back together."
"I understand. Call me if you need anything my room is right across the hall."
"I will." She replied and he left the room.
It took her hours to get everything in order in her mind. After nightfall she cried herself to sleep thinking of her father and mother it wasn't fair, why had things worked out like this.
Nathan came up to Haley's room later that night. He knocked quietly, no answer. He peaked his head inside. He saw her asleep on top of her covers. he entered the room and covered her up with a blanket that had been aitting on the chair near her bed.
He gave her a kiss on her forehead after moving her hair out of her face. It wasn't a romantic kiss, the way a friend kises their friend, he went to sleep afterward.
The next morning Nathan woke Haley up before it was even light out.
"get up." he whispered. "I have to show you something."
"Alright." she replied, she had slept in her clothes so she didn't need to change.
he led her out of the castle he took her out back to the gardens.
"Look over the hill." he pointed toward the sunrise that had jsut peaked over the hill.
"It's beautiful." Haley gasped. "I used to look at the sunrise every morning, but now looking out of my window just shows the war torn kingdom."
"Yeah I know how you feel, this is one of the only spots where you don't see the battles."
"Well I like it." Haley replied with a smile
Haley and Nathan became instant friends after that. They both ignored the attraction they had for each other. The main reason for that was that they had the age gap. She was onyl fifteen and he was 19 it seemed to big of a gap. But the friendship they had for those days were amazing. They became the best friends neither had ever had.
They also began to relive the childhood both had never had. Haley had grown up living with the trials of her sisters and she never had a real childhood. Nathan never had the childhod he wanted because his father had always pressured him to be the best prince he could be, and that ended his childhood before it began.
"it isn't right Deb." Dan said one day. "He is too old to be playing like a child."
"He didn't get to have much of a childhood Dan, let him have it now, besides they have become such great friends."
"I know, it will hurt him when it all ends."
"What do you mean?" Deb asked.
"I will have to have her killed, her brother refuses to believe we have her, he thinks we have a plot to lure his armies to back off so we can win. So now we will have to kill the girl." He left the room.
One day, a few days after Deb and Dan's conversation Deb came out to Haley and Nathan who were out by the river playing around.
"Haley." She called as she got closer. "I need to speak to you, come here."
Haley obeyed and went to Deb. "What is it?"
"You have a guest."
Haley was surprised, but her and Nathan followed Deb into the castle.
"Haley!" called the farmiliar voice of Lucas. "Are you alright?"
"I am fine, the Scott's have been great." Haley replied happy to see him. "What brought you here?"
"I got a letter from Debra here saying that they really had you and that she wanted me to come get you because she was worried her husband was going to have you killed because I was not backing down."
"Why did you not back down?" Haley asked.
"I didn't know you really were here, I thought it was a plot." Lucas replied asshamed. "Thank you Debra but we must go."
Haley turned to Nathan. "Good-bye." She said plainly.
"Haley please don't go. I will be sent back to war if you do."
"I can't die Nathan, I will if I stay." Haley replied.
"You're right, I am being selfish. I will see you again anyway." he said happily. "After the war."
"Yes. Now thank you both for everything."
Haley walked towards the door with Lucas. when she reached it she ran back and jumped on Nathan and gave him a huge hug. "You have been so good to me. I will see you soon."
They quickly left the castle and Met up with a group of British soldiers outside of the castle's gaze.
They were a little upset that Lcuas willingly went onto enemy territory and was nice to the royals of France, but they put that asside because they were glad their princess was safe. The entire country loved Haley, she was really the Daughter of the country. Sure they had loved her fsther and they mourned him and her mom now, and the people liked her sisters and Lucas, but Haley was differnt, she was a beautiful girl who was completely dedicated toher country, but most of all she was nice to all.
They walked back to the castle over a slow and long journey.
When she arrived home Haley really didn't feel like she was home, she missed France, and she missed a certain dark haired French prince. She would not let the thoughts of him being killed in battle overcome her thoughts of the times they had. But it was beginning to dawn on her that he really may die.
Chapter 8 -
Lucas went up to Haley's room, where she had barricaded herself for the last few hours. "How are you?"
"How do you think I am Lucas, I watched Father fall dead and I watched a man cut Mothers head off, the blood is still on the dress I was wearing. I just want it to all go away."
"Haley you will never forget that, but you are being so strong and I am glad you are, you went through a terrible ordeal and those people they were, they were-"
"Some of the nicest people in the world, Nathan and Deb were-"
"I don't want to hear about the guy you like, I am ashamed by you Haley, you just watched our parents die and now it's OK for you to be going and finding suitors, I thought you were better than your sisters."
"Get out of my room." Haley yelled. "You don't know what you are talking about, they took care of me like I was their daughter and Nathan was like a big brother that I needed."
"What am I?"
"You weren't there Lucas, if you had I would have been home in an instant, he was a friend, and we got along great, but we never acted romantic toward each other, he is a year older than you."
"So he just wanted to be around a younger girl."
"Lucas, Nathan and I spent our days playing by the river like we were kids, we were friends, nothing more."
"Alright sweetie, I'm going to go downstairs, I just came up to say goodbye before I go back to the base, Until I come home, you are the leader of the country."
"Goodbye Lucas." Haley said.
He left and Haley began to cry, she hated him for telling her those things, he just didn't understand.
It had been almost a week since she had come home, she was almost back on her regular schedule, but she had never felt so lonely. SHe had to run a country and it was hard, she didn't know much about what to do, but she was doing OK.
On that day the soldiers who had guarded the castle drug in a prisoner.
"Guards, you know I told you that there was not to be any prisoners taken here, take them to Lucas and he can deal with it."
"Alright your highness." They chimed.
"Don't call me that I am not the queen. Do not call me that."
"Sorry Princess."
"Thank you."
"Haley, wait." called the prisoner. The guard kicked him in the stomach.
"You are not to speak to the princess at all. You do not have the right." He continued to kick him.
"Stop!" Haley screamed. She ran up to the prisoner who still had his head hung. "Nathan." She whispered. He was in terrible condition. "What happened to him?" She asked the guards.
"We found him injured out there, but we had to restrain him when he tried to run away."
"Take him up to my bedroom. Lay him on the bed." Haley commanded.
"Why your room would you like me to take him to another bedroom?" He asked suspiciously.
"I refuse to go in the other wing of the castle because of Mother and Father's room is there, and my room is the only one not over there." Haley replied. "Now take him upstairs, and remove him armor."
They obeyed.
Haley went to a storage room and grabbed spare cloth to bandage him and then she went to the laundry room and grabbed spare clothes of Lucas' for him.
She went up to her room. He was sprawled out on the bed blood had stained his shirt all over.
"Why are we helping him?" A guard asked.
"He is the one who saved my life two weeks ago. And he is my friend and I will not let him die here." Haley replied as she began to help him.
She told the guards to leave the room she hated how they were looming over her at all times.
She took off his stained shirt. He just stayed silent, but he was still OK and moving. She saw that one cut had an arrow stuck in it. "Nathan you have an arrow stuck in this cut. I'm going to need to take it out or it will get worse."
"Alright." He replied. He clenched his teeth and she got a hold on the arrow and pulled it out. He yelled in pain.
"Are you OK?" She asked. She hated to see him in pain.
"Yes it feels better now that the piece is out." He replied.
"OK good." She sighed. She got him cleaned up and bandaged up she gave him new clothes to put on and he was alright again.
After a few hours of sleeping he came downstairs to the dining room where Haley was. She had food set out for him.
"I had the cook prepare you food." Haley pointed to the buffet of food.
"Thank you for everything Haley." He said.
"Yes, but it wasn't a problem don't worry, you were just as nice to me."
He nodded then ate his food.
"How are you feeling?" Haley asked because he seemed uncomfortable where he was sitting.
"No I'm fine," he lied
"Are you sure, you don't look comfortable, is it the chair, or did I miss a cut?"
"It is probably the chair." He lied.
"Alright." Haley replied, she went and got another pillow for the chair. "This will work better?"
He stood up and Haley immediately knew it wasn't the chair, he had blood stained down his leg. "You liar." She said.
"Sorry?" He asked.
"Come on, I need to lay you down again, you still have a cut on you." She took him back up to her room. "Did you know?"
"Yes, but it seemed to awkward to say anything."
"Why?" Haley asked.
"Because of the location of the cut." He replied. "It is right here." He pointed to right on his upper thigh.
"Oh, well it's much worse that we have an awkward situation over you bleeding to death, in my room." She said as a joke.
"Right." He replied.
"Lay down." He did. she ripped his pants, she figured it wold be a little less awkward this way. "Oh, there is something stuck in it." He clenched his teeth again because he knew she was about to rip it out of his skin. She did and this one hurt more than any of the others. "Are you alright?" She asked.
"Yes I think it feels better now."
"OK, but it is bleeding harder than the others." She said a little worried. "I still need to bandage it."
She tightly bandaged his leg and he was OK again. "It wasn't that bad was it?" He agreed. "Are we all good now or do you have any more surprise cuts I need to tend to?"
"Does it look like it?" He asked sarcastically.
"Well not that I can see." She joked.
He sat up and revealed that he had gotten an erection. Haley looked the other way.
"Sorry." He replied realizing it.
"Yes that's alright." She replied.
They both walked down the stairs to finish dinner today for the first time both of them realized that they felt differently for each other than they ever had before for anyone.
After dinner they were both very tired and decided they needed rest.
"Haley," Nathan turned to her.
"Yes?" She asked.
"Where are you planning on sleeping, the room you put me in is your room. I overheard you with the guard saying you won't go near the other rooms."
"I don't know, but I will find a place."
"Well if you aren't uncomfortable you can sleep in the same room, it will be fine right, we are friends are we not?"
"We are. Are you sure?"
"Yes, it is no problem, you have a huge bed."
"Alright."
They headed upstairs and got into bed together. Before they fell asleep Nathan pulled Haley into his arms. "Don't worry, I won't try anything."
"I never thought that you would."
She nor he had ever slept better than they did that night.
Chapter 9 -
"Good morning." Nathan said when dawn peaked through the morning.
"Good morning." Haley replied. She rolled herself over, still in his arms.
"Did you sleep well?" He asked.
"The best." She replied with a smile. He kissed her forehead.
"I wanted to thank you for everything last night." He said with a smile.
"Don't, you would have done the same for me."
"Ahem." Lucas said, he was standing in the corner of the room. "Haley, don't I love how you act when you don't have romantic feelings for a person."
"Lucas, when did you get home?"
"Long enough to find out home much of a whore my little sister is."
"Don't you speak about her like that, you don't know her well enough if you think she is a whore." Nathan yelled.
"You better lower your voice, I am the king of this country and you are one of the people we are at war with." Lucas said sternly.
Haley slapped him across the face, no one said a thing for a few seconds Lucas got angry and he did the same back to her, only her was much stronger than her and he caused his sister to fly into the wall behind the bed.
Nathan quickly turned over to make sure she was alright. "Haley, are you OK talk to me sweetie."
"You have no right to call her that."
"And you have no right to hit her, she is not only your younger sister, but she is still a women, and men should never lay thier hands on a women in any way."
"You should take your own words into heart."
"Lucas he never touched me, he did nothing wrong," Haley screamed.
"You get out of my castle." Lucas said to Nathan. "If you don't leave now I will have you killed, and don't think I won't"
Nathan paused he looked to Haley. "Go Nathan, it isn't worth getting killed over."
"I'll see you again." He said as he got out of the room.
Lucas stood there. "Get out Lucas, right now." Haley commanded, and he listened.
Lucas went to his throne room and sat down, he could not believe what he had done, he had neevr seen her so happy and so upset within minutes of each other.
"Lucas." Haley said appearing in the doorway.
"Yes?" He asked hopefully.
"We maybe should talk." She said.
"Yes, that seems right, first I am sorry, I never meant to get that angry, and second, I am asshamed of you, what were you doing in the same bed as him?"
"Lucas you know I will not pass by Mother and Father's room anymore, I just can't and there are no other rooms in this entire house that aren't past that room. I had to, besides nothing happened, you should trust me."
"I do, but you can't deny that the situation was definitely strange."
"Yes, but you should have heard us out, now Nathan could be out there near dead on a road somewhere, he was very very injured when he came here, your men had shot him down."
"I heard, that's why I came home, because I knew he was here, but Haley, I do need to leave today."
"I don't mind Lucas go back, that is where you belong right now, fighting for your country."
"Bye." Lucas gave her a hug then him and his men left Haley standing at the doorway to the castle.
She had madde her decision though, she wasn't going to sit around and let all them men in her life just go. She wanted to go find Nathan.
"Bradley, Bradley!" She called when the man appeared she gave him some information. "You are in charge, I have to leave the castle, I will be home soon, don't worry, jsut hold up the country for a little while, Lucas will write if things get bad." He was confused, but he nodded and Haley set off.
"Nathan!" Called A friend of his Timothy. "Où avez-vous été? (Where have you been?) "
", Mais je nullepart suis à la maison maintenant, donc ce qu'a j'ai manqué? (Nowhere, but I am home now, so what have I missed?)"
He shook his head and laughed, but it was ended by Nathan's father exiting his tent.
"Nathan, bon vous êtes arrière, j'ai une personne je veux que vous ait rencontré. (Nathan, good you are back, I have a person I want you to meet.)"
Nathan nodded. "Oui père (Yes father), " He entered his father's tent to find a man and a young women in there, Nathan had no idea why they were here during a war.
"Nathan, they don't speak french, but english is fine, They and you both have a great english vocabulary."
"Alright, but who are they father?" Nathan asked.
"The Russian king and his daughter, you and her are to be wed, we made this decision this morning, her father and i think it is right." Dan replied.
"And what does my mother think?" Nathan asked.
"She is not a part of this, I am king and I choose."
Nathan nodded,
"We will leave you and my daughter along to get to know each other." The Russian king said.
"Hello." The girl said. "My name is Theresa, I was not agreeing with the idea originally, but my father and your father are smart men."
"They are, yes they are." Nathan replied.
"Why are you unhappy?" She asked. "Is there someone else?"
"Well there was one girl, but my father never approved and she was probably way to young anyway." Nathan tried to convince himself more than her.
"Who are you?" Theresa asked, looking at the door of the tent. There stood a soldier who hadn't said a thing.
"Who are you?" The soldier asked.
"I am Nathan's fiancé." Theresa replied.
"Who are you?" Nathan asked this time. "I am the future king of France and I command you to remove your helmet."
"I am just the girl who was too young, and stupid enough to think I could be your queen." Haley removed the helmet and stormed out of the tent.
Nathan followed right away. "When did you get here?" he asked.
"Just now, I guess it wasn't good timing for you. Was I just a thrill? The girl you decided you wanted to have some fun with for a little while before your wedding?"
"Haley it isn't like that-"
"I don't want to hear it." Haley yelled. She began take off the uncomfortable armor she was wearing. When she succeeded she began to run off.
Nathan tried to follow her but she had run right into a crowd of soldiers.
"Bonjour la petite dame (hello little lady.)" A bunch of men began saying to her, one put his hand on her shoulder. She jumped
"Let go of me." She screamed, but it was probably the biggest mistake she ever made. her English voice stood out and the men got even more riled up.
After a few minutes of taking harsh words from every single one of them one man spoke up. "Ceci est la fille pas juste britannique, ceci est la plus jeune princesse. (Hey, this isn't just any British girl, this is the youngest princess.)
Haley had no idea what it meant but she knew it couldn't be good because the men got even more strange. They began to come up to her and make her unbelievably uncomfortable, and touch her.
She didn't know what to do so she sunk down to the ground and began to cry. As soon asshe had she felt everyone backing off. Soon she heard Nathan, she had never felt happier to hear a person that she hated ever.
"Tout le monde soutient de sort d'ici (Everyone back off get out of here)" Nathan yelled.
"Elle est anglaise (She is english.) " They yelled.
"Et je suis le prince le maintenant congé (And I am the prince now leave)" And they all obeyed.
Nathan helped haley stand up and they walked a little ways but after a few steps she collapsed. He caught her in his arms and held her like a child legs over one arm and her head resting on his other shoulder and he carried her away to safety.
Chapter 10 -
Haley woke up the next morning unsure where she was, but when she rolled over she found Nathan asleep in a chair, that's when all of the things came back to her, and all that had happened made her cry again.
"You're Awake." Nathan said as he suddenly woke up.
"Yes. But don't think that just because you saved me, again, that I will just forgive you for everything. How could you not tell me you are engaged?"
My father did that, he didn't want me falling for you because you were, well British, and he doesn't like the British."
"Nathan, I heard you saying that I was too young yesterday. Don't try to deny it I know you said-"
"I was trying to convince myself that I shouldn't be with you." Nathan replied.
"Oh." Haley replied. "and?"
"It never worked." Nathan replied.
"I see." Haley replied.
"Haley I am serious I love you, I don't care about any of it, your age or what my fathr thinks, I love you."
"I think I love you too."
Nathan helped Haley up, even though she knew she was fine to do it herself. Afterward he went to go get her something to eat.
"Nathan, ce que va sur Theresa part ce matin, est cette autre fille ici aujourd'hui si elle est Nathan je ferai-(Nathan, what is going on Theresa left this morning, is that other girl here today if she is Nathan I will-)" Dan yelled to Nathan as he ran into him a few minutes later.
"Vous ferez quel père? Que?(You will what father? What?)" Nathan yelled to his father.
"Alors elle est ici, j'ordonne que nous prenons son comme un prisonnier (Then she is here, I command that we take her as a prisoner)"
"Si vous prenez son comme un prisonnier je rendrai tous les soldats j'ai le pouvoir par-dessus (If you take her as a prisoner I will surrender all the soldiers I have power over)" Nathan replied. he walked of and his father had nothign to say.
Nathan came back to the room Haley was in, he gave her a snack and sat down.
They sat in silence for a little while, neither said a thing and they were completely content with it.
Haley stayed there the entire day and she watched Nathan work, she really loved to just see him, she didn't even need to talk to him.
At the end of the day Nathan settled Haley into her own tent, but he made sure he was nearby because he knew that the men in the camp were definitely not alright with the British princess being there.
A few hours after he had made sure Haley was comfortable with her sleeping arangments Nathan returned to her room. Haley noticed that he looked upset when she woke up.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"I had a fight with my father, he told me either I let him take you prisoner or you leave and I Don't want to lose you, so I've decided that I want you to leave."
"What?" Haley asked.
"But I want to go with you marry me" Nathan finished, she smiled.
He took Haley out to the horses and they took his horse and rode away, no one even knew they had left until morning.
Haley fell asleep leaning on Nathan's shoulder, he never felt more comfortable.
She woke up when dawn came, sometime during her sleep he had moved her, probably because she was going to fall off the horse.
"Hey, I had to move you when you almost fell off the horse." Nathan replied looking down at her in his lap.
"That's fine, but I bet that I am very uncomfortable for you." She replied.
"No this is fine." She sat up.
"Wow, I love sunsets, remember the first one we saw?"
"Yeah, that one was really nice." Nathan replied. "But of course you were much better."
She smiled. After another hour of riding in silence Haley asked Nathan, "So where are we going?"
"I really don't know, just as far away from my father, and probably your brother as we can get."
"Yeah, probably, but someday we will need to go back."
"Yeah, but when we do we should have some sort of plan that they won't be able to ruin." Nathan said.
"Yeah, but wat?" Haley asked.
"We should get married in a country nearby, where the preist won't disagree."
"Nathan, I am not Roman Catholic I am Protestant." Haley replied.
"Then we will get married in the Protestant church, I do not care, just as long as we do get married." Nathan replied with a smile.
"No, because you will end up the King of France and you grew up as a Catholic, and if I am to be your queen someday, I will follow your religion." Haley replied.
He didn't know what to say, she was so sweet and she had lost so much for him or because of him. "I don't want you to lose anything else Haley, you have lost so much because of my soldiers and me, I won't let you lose this too."
"I guess you probably are right, besides we are heading towards Scotland and they primarily are protestant, but Nathan, I don't want you to ever think that even though I have lost so much in the time that I have known you that I blame you in any way, or that I don't want to be with you."
"I know, but it just doesn't seem fair." Nathan replied.
"But now I have you and that makes it perfect." Haley replied.
They rode by horseback all the way to Scotland and finally were gone from the life they had left behind in the war.
" 'Ello there you two, how are we doing today?" Asked a man in a small town just past the border.
"Hello sir, My Name is haley, and this is Nathan, where is the nearest church?" Haley asked politely.
"Well there young lady, I am Thomas O'Malley, take a left down there and you'll find the Protestant church."
"Thank you sir." Nathan replied.
The man's smile disappeared. "Wait you two, you're British and you are French? Are you coming here to flee your country because we don't want any trouble in these here parts."
"No, we are not here to cause problems, we just want to get married." Haley replied.
"Wait, you both look very farmiliar to me, what did you say your names are?"
"Haley James and Nathan Scott." Nathan replied worried.
"The prince of France and Princess of England, we don't want you people spreading your war over to these here parts. I would suggest you leave."
"Thomas, no one even knows we have left, and they definetely don't know we are here, your country is still safe from the war, I assure you." Haley said.
"Well I guess I can't not listen to a sweet young thing like yourself, the church is just up the road." Thomas said as he lifted his hat off his head and watched them ride off. "I can see trouble coming from those two." He said quietly to himself.
Chapter 11 -
"So you two want to be married?" The reverend asked. "are you both Protestant?"
"I am, but he is Catholic, but before you say no we need to get married." Haley replied.
"You need to get married?" He asked. "Is there a reason why you need to be married?"
"I, well, our," she sighed "I am the princess of England and he is the Prince of France, we fell in love and now the only way we can end the war tearing apart our country is to get married."
"I am not sure I should preform the ceremony." He said.
"Please, we will not be able to marry anywhere else, and we love each other, Reverend please?" Haley asked.
"Alright. I can preform the ceremony anytime, I just need you two to find witnesses." He replied.
"Thank you thank you." Nathan said. "We can go do that now."
Haley and Nathan went out to find witnesses for their wedding, but as soon as most people found out who they were they disagreed.
"O well hello Haley and Nathan." Thomas said as he ran into them on the street.
"Thomas, would you please do a favor for us?" Haley asked.
"Sure little lady, what?" He asked.
"Witness our wedding?"
"Well sure, I can do that."
While Nathan and Haley were happy as ever back in England, the war raged on.
A meeting between Lucas and Dan was set up, both men could have soldiers there as a security system.
They met together early one morning.
"I want you and your sister to return my son home." Dan said.
"What? I do not have your son, you have my sister." Lucas replied.
"I do not, my son is gone, and you are to blame, you and your sister." Dan said. "Now I command you release my son or I will have my men shoot you."
"I do not have your son, and if your men make any move to shoot me, you will be shot within seconds." He replied.
Dan raised his arm, Lucas did also. Then a the same time they ordered it. "Fire!" Lucas yelled "Feu!" Dan yelled. the soldiers fired.
"Do you Nathan Scott take Haley James as your lawful wedded wife, to have and to hold, for richer or poorer in sickness and in health, and promise to honor her as long as you both shall live?"
Nathan looked Haley in the eyes and smiled. "I do."
"And do you Haley James take Nathan Scott as your lawful wedded husband, to have and to hold, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, and promise to honor him as long as you both shall live?"
"I do." Haley replied.
After the ceremony was finished Nathan and Haley waited for him to say the words they had wanted to hear for weeks now. "By the power invested in me I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss your bride."
Nathan kissed Haley as if he was never going to see her again.
After the wedding they looked for lodging in the two at an inn.
As Nathan and Haley lay in bed together, before they both fell asleep Haley turned over and whispered in Nathan's ear. "I love you more than anything else Nathan Scott."
"I love you too Haley Scott."
Then the two fell asleep.
Nathan and Haley woke up the next morning and neither wanted to leave.
"I don't want to go back to that world back home."
"I don't either, but you know we have to Nathan." Haley replied to her new husband.
"Are you sure? I bet we could just be happy as a Scottish couple."
"Nathan you know that sometime soon our families will find out we are here and we cannot drag another country into this war, besides, I believe that our countries will find an agreement now that we are married."
"I hope you are right." He kissed her on the forehead then both of them got up and began the trip home.
They rode for hours on end.
"Are you tired?" Nathan asked as it became evening again
"A little but I can stay awake." Haley replied.
"If you want to, you may sleep in my lap again, I know you slept comfortable there the other night." Nathan offered.
"I don't want to, because you have had to stay awake all the time because you were riding, I don't think it is fair that I get to be happy and comfortable sleeping while you sit on the horse awake all night. I will stay awake." Haley said, even though she was very tired, and was finding it hard to keep her eyes open.
"Well you missed a very important piece of information." Nathan said with a smile. He turned his head around so he could look Haley in her beautiful eyes that he could stare at all day long.
"And what is that Nathan Scott?" SHe asked.
"The fact that watching you be happy makes me happy, so if you sleep in my lap again and you are comfortable and happy, then I will be completely happy, and that will keep me going all night." Nathan replied.
"Are you sure, because-"
"Shh, I am sure."
"Really?" She asked.
"Really." He replied.
Nathan stopped the horse and jumped down to help Haley get down, when she got down he lifted her up into a sidesaddle position and he jumped back up himself, he let her lay in his lap and she fell asleep within a few minutes, and just as he said, he was happy just to watch her sleep.
Chapter 12
"Hey." Haley said as she woke up. Nathan said nothing. "Whats going on?" She asked confused.
She sat herself up and realized that there were a huge group of armed soldiers standing around them, then she realized they were British. "Put you rweapons down." Haley said angrily. They all did when they realized who she was.
"Miss James-"
"Mrs. Scott." Haley corrected him.
He stood there silently not knowing how to react. "It's your brother." He finally said.
"What happened?" Haley asked.
"He was in a fierce battle, the king and his father," He nodded toward Nathan "they had a meeting to try and sort out where he took you-"
"I went by choice, he never asked me to do anything." Haley replied.
"Alright, well they both began to outright have the soldiers fire. Lucas is in bad condition." He finished.
"Is he alive?" Haley asked.
"Yes, our men won the battle." The soldier replied.
"What do you mean Lucas won, he is very hurt."
"Well your husband's father is dead."
Haley looked at Nathan, he was near tears, he wasn't the strong and always there for you man se had know him as. "Nathan." She said quietly.
"Go see your brother, he is dying."
"But I don't want to leave you." She said.
"I know, but I need to go be there for my mom." Nathan replied. "And you need to be there for your brother."
"Nathan I can't lose another person I love, if I leave you now I won't be with you, but if I don't go to Lucas I might lose him, I don't know what to do, I can't watch another person in my family die."
"He will be OK, just go to him." Nathan gave her a kiss on the forehead and lifted her down.
"If you or any of your soldiers touch him as he rides away I will have you all killed." Haley said. "Don't think I won't."
She waved to Nathan as they rode away in opposite directions.
"Haley!" called her sister Brooke from the castle. Haley jumped off of the slowly moving horse.
"Brooke." Haley said in tears.
"He's going to be OK, how are you, where have you been did the damn French finally let you go."
"Don't say that, they never had me I was with Nathan." Haley replied. "Let's go see Lucas."
"Nathan!" Called Deb from the base. "Etes-vous bien? Etiez-vous tenu? (Are you alright? Were you being held?)"
"Maman je suis désolé, je n'ai jamais signifié pour le père pour obtenir la blessure petite propre tuée, je viens de vouloir être avec Haley, je l'aime, et elle m'aime, nous partons par le choix, personne tenu ou de nous. Nous avons obtenu épousé." (Mom I'm sorry, I never meant for father to get hurt little own killed, I just wanted to be with Haley, I love her, and she loves me, we left by choice, no one held either of us. We got married.)"
"Nathan, ne vous pouvez pas juste la course d'aimé cela, vous devez penser de vos décisions de temps en temps, vous pouvez ne va pas obtient juste épousé (Nathan, you can't just run off like that, you have to think about your decisions once in a while, you can't just go get married.)"
""Si vous êtes juste allant continuer à me dire que j'ai fait mal je rentre à Haley Je suis venu ici avoir de la peine avec vous, mais je rentrerai, elle est ma femme et je suis loyal à elle. (If you are just going to continue to tell me what I have done wrong I am going back to Haley I came here to grieve with you, but I will go back, she is my wife and I am loyal to her.)"
"Bien, je veux que vous soit resté, je suis juste heureux que vous êtes bien. (Alright, I want you to stay, I am just happy you are OK.)"
The two went inside and grived for Dan.
"Hello Haley." Lucas choked out.
"Hello." She said, she had never seen him like this, he was her big brother, the one she grew up with, she couldn't lose him, she loved her brother, and if she lost him, who would run the country.
"Haley," He whispered. "I need you to promsie me something."
"Anything."
"If I don't make it, I need you to be the sole ruler of the country, nobody else can do it." He said. "I know you can handle it."
"Maybe I could have, but I can't run the country." Haley replied.
"Why not, I know you can."
"I can't Lucas." Haley replied, she was crying. "I... I... well... when..." She took a deep breath. "I married Nathan."
"What?" everyone in the room asked.
"Nobody understood, I love him, I love him so much and we chose to get married far away because we knew you would keep us apart. I'm sorry Lucas, but I can't run the country. Nathan's father is gone and I have to be the queen of France."
"Haley how could you?" Peyton asked. "You can't jsut get married with a person you are at war with, besides, you are fifteen."
"Nobody ever includes me in anything, I know what I feel, eer since I was little people have always treated me like I was unaware of my life, and for the first time I wanted to fight back and stand up for what I wanted, what I needed. I would live terribly if I lost anymore of you, you are my family. But if I lost Nathan, I would not live at all."
"She is right you know." Peyton's husband said. "Everytime I have seen you guys with your sister she has always been treated like she is not there and she can't make decisions for herself you treat her like she is a little girl, Peyton, you were fourteen when we fell in love, and by your fifteenth birthday you had been living in Italy with me for months." Paulo Peyton's husband said.
"And Brooke, you were even younger," Antonio began, "You were fourteen when you married me."
"I think your husbands have a point." Lucas said. "She is young, but not too young, I love you Haley and I just don't approve of him."
"I am sorry, but you don't really get to say either way. Except that the only reason you don't approve is that he is French and you are at war with them, I never agreed with the war, Nathan didn't either and I know you didn't. So why don't you an him discuss ending the war. How hard would that be?"
"Is he here?" Lucas asked.
"No he went back to see his mother."
"Then him and I can discuss it later, but now I ask you to leave so I can sleep." He replied.
"Goodnight." everyone said and then they left, Haley didn't feel like being around people so she decided to go p to bed also.
Chapter 13 -
"Haley, wake up." Said a voice late the next morning.
"I'm awake Maria." Haley said.
"I'm not Maria. It's me, Nathan."
"Nathan, when did you get here, it must have been a terribly long night?" Haley asked.
"Well my mother and I came to discuss the war with your brother. Your sisters refused to let us in, they told us to leave, so I had to sneak in to see you." Nathan said.
"Alright." Haley said standing up. "I'll go get mad at them."
"Not without saying hello to your husband first." He leaned in to kiss her.
"Haley!" Called Brooke as she stormed through the door. "Your husband should not be coming by here today, not while Lucas is in this state."
"Brooke, where did you get the idea that you could send Nathan and his Mother away, you are not in charge of this country, while Lucas was away I ruled England, you are the queen of Spain, not England, you have no rule over what I say, now you go downstairs and personally apologize to Deb and let her in. If you don't I will send you away."
"Lucas has more power over you Haley, he will not let you send me away."
"Go get Deb." Haley commanded.
She turned away and headed downstairs.
Haley took Nathan to Lucas' room, Peyton was in there with Paulo.
"Haley, why on earth are you bringing him in here, even in our home." Peyton said.
"This is not your home!" Haley yelled. "You have not lived here in years. Now let me and Nathan speak to Lucas."
"Haley, he is not alright to talk to people." Peyton said.
"I am fine, I just want to speak to our little sister and her new husband." Lucas commanded. Peyton and Paulo left.
"So Nathan, you married my sister." Lucas said.
"Yes. We married in Scotland the other day. I love your sister and I know it was wrong to do it without your permission, but I really do love her. I also want to apologize for my father's actions at the meeting. In the beginning I never meant for him to think I took her." Nathan said politely.
"I think with this new alliance, France and England should immediately stop the war." Lucas said plainly.
"I agree." Nathan said.
They shook on it. Haley hated the fact that it was so easy for the war to jsut end, two people decided it and it was done.
"Alright, so Haley I will need you to go with Nathan to the battlefieds to make it official."
"Yes, that will be the last duty I will preform as a citizen of England." Haley replied.
"Alright, now you two must go and spread the word as fast as you can." Lucas said.
Nathan and Haley did just that, they went around to all of the battlefields and the war officially ended.
The next week Haley said goodbye to her life in Englad and took the title of the Queen of France, her and Nathan were happy for their enitre lives. Their first child was a daughter named Madeline, she was born less than a year after they were married.
They tried for a son and heir to the throne for years, but before they had their first little boy Domonique, they had two other daughters, Marguerite, and Natalie.
The entire family lived happily and healthy for years.
Lucas had a full recovery after the war ended, and he married two years after the war ended.
After twenty five years of marriage Nathan and Haley were completely in love.
On the night on their twenty-fifth anniversity Haley turned to Nathan. "Do you regret a minute of it?"
"Not one." Nathan kissed her and they fell asleep, still as much in love as the day of their wedding.
"Lady James. Are you awake?" Asked Haley James maid and aid to the Princess of England.
"Now I am Maria." She replied.
"I'm sorry miss, I will let you sleep."
"No Maria it is fine I need to get up anyway." Haley replied smiling.
She sat up and looked out of the window. She was in the central tower in her father's castle, she loved her view of the countryside on regular days, but now it was different.
England and France had been at war for two months now. Haley woke up every day to find news of more soldiers dying. She hated the war it was terrible to her and she did not believe that war was the best way to get out of all of this.
Maria helped Haley get ready for the day she pulled on her dress it weighed a ton. Haley hated it too it was so unfair, all the peasants would kill to wear her fancy clothes. But Haley wished she could simply wear the light clothing they wore all day.
In all truth Haley hated most traditions of chivalry, she hated being a princess and longed for freedom each day.
She was summoned to her mother and father that morning.
"Hello father. Mother." She said as she reached the throne room.
"Hello Haley." her mother Abigale greeted her.
"hello my sweet daughter." Her father William greeted her. Haley out of the three girls in the family was her father's favorite. Peyton and Brooke were more like their mother so they got along better. Haley was the youngest of all four of them, her brother Lucas was oldest. He had not gotten along with Peyton or Brooke but he took to Haley when she was born. Peyton and Brooke were married to Princes in Spain and Italy. Lucas was off fighting in the war. Haley prayed for him everyday.
"Why did you call me down here today?" Haley asked.
"Haley your mother and I have decided the battles are getting too close to here, today you me and your mother will be going to see your sister Peyton in Italy until we have won the war."
"I want to stay father. I am not afraid of the war, Lucas is aloud to fight and stay here."
"Honey, your brother is a man and he is fighting for our country, I wish everyday that he is here with me but he chose to go." Haley's mother replied.
"Yes mother." Haley replied, he mom was beginning to tear in the eyes and she didn't want to bring up pain for her.
Haley was ready to go in a little while, her things she would need had been packed and she was ready to go.
they got into the carriage late that morning. They began the journey, it was going to be a long trip because they had to take the longer older road to avoid the battle.
After about an hour of going the horses became restless outside.
"Father what is going on?" Haley asked confused. "Why are they so restless.
Haley's father stuck his head out of the window of the carriage he let out a gulp and fell back into the carriage. An arrow had hit him right in the back of the head, he was killed instantly.
The carriage was ambushed.
They grabbed Haley's mother first because she was protecting her daughter.
A knight wearing the light blue of the French cut her head right off in front of Haley.
She screamed but as soon as she did the man had grabbed her.
"Stop!" Commanded a voice Haley couldn't see the person behind the voice. "You have just killed the king and queen of England and this, if I am not mistaken is the youngest princess, what is your name girl?"
She didn't say a thing. the man holding her kicked her she yelped. "Haley. I am the daughter of King William."
"You mean the late King William." he motioned toward her fathers body.
She cried.
"What is going on here Gregory?" Asked another voice. Haley could see him, he was a young handsome knight on horseback.
"We killed the royal king and queen of England and we were just about to kill their daughter Helen was it?"
"Haley." She replied coldly. She figured if she was going to die anyway she could be as mean as she wanted.
"You killed the kind and queen?" the young man asked.
"Yes we just need to kill her and the entire royal family is gone." the older knight
"No, there is the Prince Lucas, who now is king by the looks of what you and your men did. We could have negotiated with him for his family. But you ended that now didn't you?"
"Sire, we are at war and may I remind you Nathan that you are not the king of France yet, you are still prince."
"But I do have more power than you and I refuse to let you kill her."
"You father ordered for us to kill the royalty from England we came across."
"She is a child Gregory, younger than me for sure. You would kill a child?" The Prince Nathan asked.
"It is war and your father ordered me, she is royal."
"How old are you child?" Nathan asked Haley.
"I am fifteen." She replied.
"See she is four years younger than even me Gregory. I will not let you kill her." Nathan commanded.
"But sire."
"No. Let her go." Nathan commanded.
He reluctantly let Haley go. Nathan got off of his horse and approached her.
"Haley right?" He asked.
"Yes. Haley James daughter of King William and Queen Abigale James." She replied.
"yes. I am Nathan Scott the son."
"The son of the French king Daniel Scott and Debra Scott. I know." Haley said coldly.
"You shall ride with me?" he asked.
"Do I have a choice?" She replied.
"It is me or one of my men." He replied holding out his hand.
She took his hand she was in no way going to go near those knights. "This does not mean you are forgiven."
"I did not kill your family." he replied a little aggravated.
"No, but the only reason you saved me was because I am only fifteen. If you had gotten to my carriage at the same time as your men you would have killed my father and mother too."
He was silent he knew she was probably right but he was not going to reply to that because she had just watched as her parents were both killed.
Arrows began to fly at them at random from a group of British soldiers dressed in all red from in the trees from one side of the road.
"Men ride! Ride! Scatter!" Nathan yelled. he took off into the woods on the other side of the road.
He went from going slowly in a trot to bolting in a run. Haley immediately grabbed onto his waist.
He hadn't expected it and he felt a weird feeling when she had done it. She had felt it too and her first thought was to let go and she did, he felt her let go and quickly grabbed her so she didn't fall. She took a deep breath happy that she hadn't fallen off of a speeding horse in the middle of nowhere.
Nathan stopped a little way forward. None of the other men had come the same way.
"Why did you stop?" Haley asked. Half curious to why he had. half hoping he would start moving again so she could hold her arms around him. She got that thought out of her head as fast as she could, it was of course his men who had just killed her father and mother.
"You may not have noticed but we were riding very fast and we both have cuts all over us from the ride."
"You have armor on." She replied.
"Well my face is cut some and you are completely covered in blood." he said motioning to her dress.
"That's part the blood of my mother." She replied tears in her eyes.
He was in the middle of taking off some of his armor, he looked even better without it on.
"This isn't." he moved his hand toward just behind her shoulder.
"Oh, I can't even feel it." But just as she said it she began to feel little bits of pain all over her body.
"Let me help you get that bandaged." He ripped a piece of his shirt off and put it on her back. "I'm going to put pressure on it to stop it from bleeding." She nodded. When he did it she fell forward a bit, he tried to make sure she didn't fall, but he fell back wards. She landed on top of him.
they lay there for a few minutes. Neither wanted to move. He made the first move, but it wasn't for him to try and stand up. He put his lips up against hers and kissed her.
Chapter 7 -
Immediately Nathan put his arms around her back.
She got scared and pulled away. "Oh my gosh we can't do this." He was still holding onto her. "Let go of me. Nathan let go!" She screamed he let go.
"Well well well." It was Gregory. "It now entirely makes sense about why she is still alive, you weren't thinking with your head now were you?"
Nathan stood up he looked completely embarassed at the situation.
They rode as a group back to the castle in France. Nathan's mother and father came out to greet them.
"Who is she?" his father asked.
"She is-" Nathan began.
"Let her speak Nathan." Dan said.
"Sorry father." Nathan said quietly, he became a weak little boy around his father.
"I am Haley James, the daughter of king and queen William and Abigale James of England." Haley replied.
"How did you end up here girl? Nathan now you can explain this."
"Gregory and his men killed Haley's family in front of her I stopped him from killing her too." Nathan replied.
"Why would you do that?"
"She is only fifteen father. War or no war that is wrong." Nathan said, he seemed to be more confident.
"Do not speak to me like that. Gregory, take her to the dungeons, we will hold her until her stupid brother surrenders himslef." Dan said coldly.
"Don't you speak of him like that, Lucas is twice the man you are don't you ever say anything like that again." Haley began rambling on.
Gregory took her down to the dungeon area. He took her past cells that were full of men and he seemed to be considering putting her in with these men but he eventually walked past them to empty cells. "You will stay here." he said as he pushed her inside.
"I will not, this is terrible let me go I haven't done anything wrong." Haley screamed.
"You know, you are a very beautiful girl when you are angry. Not that you are ugly when you aren't angry." He moved his hand along her arm.
"Get your hands off of me." Haley exclaimed jumping back.
"Silly girl, you do not have to athority to tell me what to do. I will do with you whatever I want." He yelled at her.
Haley screamed as he lunged forward toward her. "Help me, Help me!"
She ran out of the cell past the cells full of men. gregory eventually got up and began to follow her.
Him being a faster runner and taller peson caught up o her son after she had gotten out of the dungeo level of the castle. She ran straight into a group of guards who stopped her.
"I will take her from here." Gregory said as he grabbed her arm.
He didn't take her back to the dungeon level. He took her to an empty room on the first floor. Covering her mouth he began to unhook her dress. She tried to scream but his hand was covering her mouth. Her first reaction was to bite his hand. he yelled this time Haley hoped it would attract people outside. He moved his hand from her mouth she screamed like mad.
Soon after Nathan and his father entered the room.
Nathan lunged right up to Gregory and began to beat on him. Haley jumped backwards and curled up into the corner.
Deb Nathan's mom came to her rescue. "Are you alright child?" She asked trying to sooth her. Deb hated to see the young girl suffer because of who she was.
"See father, do you see what your men do to people. They are terrible and gregory your most trusted knight, oh isn't he a wonderful man right?"
"Gaurds, take Gregory to the dungeons, this is a terrible crime." Dan quickly said, he even knew this was wrong.
"Daniel please let Nathan give the girl a room of her own, she is just a child, she should not be by herself in a dungeon with a group of men."
"Nathan, go set a room for your friend. Deb darling could you help her get new clothes on, these are now all ruined." He didn't like the idea because she was british bt she was only fifteen.
Haley walked off with Deb and Nathan went off the other way.
After a half an hour haley felt OK again. everything seemed to be ok. She still was sad about the situation that had happened that morning, but she was doing OK she felt safe.
She walked toward the throne room and she overheard a conversation. "Dan you can't possibly think that leaving her in the dungeons was a good idea."
"Well Deb I jsut don't think it is right since we are at war."
"I would agree if she wasn't fifteen." Deb replied. "if she plays any tricks we will definetly punish her but we have no reason to not trust her."
"Alright."
"Hello!" it was Nathan he had snuck up on her.
"Oh my gosh you scared me so much." She said after she recovered from the joke.
"Well do you want you to show me the room?"
"I'm confused." Haley replied.
"Do you want me to show you the room?" he corrected himself.
"Oh yes, that is fine." She laughed.
He took her up to a central tower. it was beautiful it reminded her of her castle. But she put that out of her mind.
"This is your room." Nathan said as he opened the door to reveal a beautiful rivaling with the beauty of her room at home. "Will it do?"
"Will it do, it is beautiful." She replied.
"Good, do you want me to call you for dinner?"
"No Nathan I think that I will stay here for teh evening and think about stuff, get my thoughts back together."
"I understand. Call me if you need anything my room is right across the hall."
"I will." She replied and he left the room.
It took her hours to get everything in order in her mind. After nightfall she cried herself to sleep thinking of her father and mother it wasn't fair, why had things worked out like this.
Nathan came up to Haley's room later that night. He knocked quietly, no answer. He peaked his head inside. He saw her asleep on top of her covers. he entered the room and covered her up with a blanket that had been aitting on the chair near her bed.
He gave her a kiss on her forehead after moving her hair out of her face. It wasn't a romantic kiss, the way a friend kises their friend, he went to sleep afterward.
The next morning Nathan woke Haley up before it was even light out.
"get up." he whispered. "I have to show you something."
"Alright." she replied, she had slept in her clothes so she didn't need to change.
he led her out of the castle he took her out back to the gardens.
"Look over the hill." he pointed toward the sunrise that had jsut peaked over the hill.
"It's beautiful." Haley gasped. "I used to look at the sunrise every morning, but now looking out of my window just shows the war torn kingdom."
"Yeah I know how you feel, this is one of the only spots where you don't see the battles."
"Well I like it." Haley replied with a smile
Haley and Nathan became instant friends after that. They both ignored the attraction they had for each other. The main reason for that was that they had the age gap. She was onyl fifteen and he was 19 it seemed to big of a gap. But the friendship they had for those days were amazing. They became the best friends neither had ever had.
They also began to relive the childhood both had never had. Haley had grown up living with the trials of her sisters and she never had a real childhood. Nathan never had the childhod he wanted because his father had always pressured him to be the best prince he could be, and that ended his childhood before it began.
"it isn't right Deb." Dan said one day. "He is too old to be playing like a child."
"He didn't get to have much of a childhood Dan, let him have it now, besides they have become such great friends."
"I know, it will hurt him when it all ends."
"What do you mean?" Deb asked.
"I will have to have her killed, her brother refuses to believe we have her, he thinks we have a plot to lure his armies to back off so we can win. So now we will have to kill the girl." He left the room.
One day, a few days after Deb and Dan's conversation Deb came out to Haley and Nathan who were out by the river playing around.
"Haley." She called as she got closer. "I need to speak to you, come here."
Haley obeyed and went to Deb. "What is it?"
"You have a guest."
Haley was surprised, but her and Nathan followed Deb into the castle.
"Haley!" called the farmiliar voice of Lucas. "Are you alright?"
"I am fine, the Scott's have been great." Haley replied happy to see him. "What brought you here?"
"I got a letter from Debra here saying that they really had you and that she wanted me to come get you because she was worried her husband was going to have you killed because I was not backing down."
"Why did you not back down?" Haley asked.
"I didn't know you really were here, I thought it was a plot." Lucas replied asshamed. "Thank you Debra but we must go."
Haley turned to Nathan. "Good-bye." She said plainly.
"Haley please don't go. I will be sent back to war if you do."
"I can't die Nathan, I will if I stay." Haley replied.
"You're right, I am being selfish. I will see you again anyway." he said happily. "After the war."
"Yes. Now thank you both for everything."
Haley walked towards the door with Lucas. when she reached it she ran back and jumped on Nathan and gave him a huge hug. "You have been so good to me. I will see you soon."
They quickly left the castle and Met up with a group of British soldiers outside of the castle's gaze.
They were a little upset that Lcuas willingly went onto enemy territory and was nice to the royals of France, but they put that asside because they were glad their princess was safe. The entire country loved Haley, she was really the Daughter of the country. Sure they had loved her fsther and they mourned him and her mom now, and the people liked her sisters and Lucas, but Haley was differnt, she was a beautiful girl who was completely dedicated toher country, but most of all she was nice to all.
They walked back to the castle over a slow and long journey.
When she arrived home Haley really didn't feel like she was home, she missed France, and she missed a certain dark haired French prince. She would not let the thoughts of him being killed in battle overcome her thoughts of the times they had. But it was beginning to dawn on her that he really may die.
Chapter 8 -
Lucas went up to Haley's room, where she had barricaded herself for the last few hours. "How are you?"
"How do you think I am Lucas, I watched Father fall dead and I watched a man cut Mothers head off, the blood is still on the dress I was wearing. I just want it to all go away."
"Haley you will never forget that, but you are being so strong and I am glad you are, you went through a terrible ordeal and those people they were, they were-"
"Some of the nicest people in the world, Nathan and Deb were-"
"I don't want to hear about the guy you like, I am ashamed by you Haley, you just watched our parents die and now it's OK for you to be going and finding suitors, I thought you were better than your sisters."
"Get out of my room." Haley yelled. "You don't know what you are talking about, they took care of me like I was their daughter and Nathan was like a big brother that I needed."
"What am I?"
"You weren't there Lucas, if you had I would have been home in an instant, he was a friend, and we got along great, but we never acted romantic toward each other, he is a year older than you."
"So he just wanted to be around a younger girl."
"Lucas, Nathan and I spent our days playing by the river like we were kids, we were friends, nothing more."
"Alright sweetie, I'm going to go downstairs, I just came up to say goodbye before I go back to the base, Until I come home, you are the leader of the country."
"Goodbye Lucas." Haley said.
He left and Haley began to cry, she hated him for telling her those things, he just didn't understand.
It had been almost a week since she had come home, she was almost back on her regular schedule, but she had never felt so lonely. SHe had to run a country and it was hard, she didn't know much about what to do, but she was doing OK.
On that day the soldiers who had guarded the castle drug in a prisoner.
"Guards, you know I told you that there was not to be any prisoners taken here, take them to Lucas and he can deal with it."
"Alright your highness." They chimed.
"Don't call me that I am not the queen. Do not call me that."
"Sorry Princess."
"Thank you."
"Haley, wait." called the prisoner. The guard kicked him in the stomach.
"You are not to speak to the princess at all. You do not have the right." He continued to kick him.
"Stop!" Haley screamed. She ran up to the prisoner who still had his head hung. "Nathan." She whispered. He was in terrible condition. "What happened to him?" She asked the guards.
"We found him injured out there, but we had to restrain him when he tried to run away."
"Take him up to my bedroom. Lay him on the bed." Haley commanded.
"Why your room would you like me to take him to another bedroom?" He asked suspiciously.
"I refuse to go in the other wing of the castle because of Mother and Father's room is there, and my room is the only one not over there." Haley replied. "Now take him upstairs, and remove him armor."
They obeyed.
Haley went to a storage room and grabbed spare cloth to bandage him and then she went to the laundry room and grabbed spare clothes of Lucas' for him.
She went up to her room. He was sprawled out on the bed blood had stained his shirt all over.
"Why are we helping him?" A guard asked.
"He is the one who saved my life two weeks ago. And he is my friend and I will not let him die here." Haley replied as she began to help him.
She told the guards to leave the room she hated how they were looming over her at all times.
She took off his stained shirt. He just stayed silent, but he was still OK and moving. She saw that one cut had an arrow stuck in it. "Nathan you have an arrow stuck in this cut. I'm going to need to take it out or it will get worse."
"Alright." He replied. He clenched his teeth and she got a hold on the arrow and pulled it out. He yelled in pain.
"Are you OK?" She asked. She hated to see him in pain.
"Yes it feels better now that the piece is out." He replied.
"OK good." She sighed. She got him cleaned up and bandaged up she gave him new clothes to put on and he was alright again.
After a few hours of sleeping he came downstairs to the dining room where Haley was. She had food set out for him.
"I had the cook prepare you food." Haley pointed to the buffet of food.
"Thank you for everything Haley." He said.
"Yes, but it wasn't a problem don't worry, you were just as nice to me."
He nodded then ate his food.
"How are you feeling?" Haley asked because he seemed uncomfortable where he was sitting.
"No I'm fine," he lied
"Are you sure, you don't look comfortable, is it the chair, or did I miss a cut?"
"It is probably the chair." He lied.
"Alright." Haley replied, she went and got another pillow for the chair. "This will work better?"
He stood up and Haley immediately knew it wasn't the chair, he had blood stained down his leg. "You liar." She said.
"Sorry?" He asked.
"Come on, I need to lay you down again, you still have a cut on you." She took him back up to her room. "Did you know?"
"Yes, but it seemed to awkward to say anything."
"Why?" Haley asked.
"Because of the location of the cut." He replied. "It is right here." He pointed to right on his upper thigh.
"Oh, well it's much worse that we have an awkward situation over you bleeding to death, in my room." She said as a joke.
"Right." He replied.
"Lay down." He did. she ripped his pants, she figured it wold be a little less awkward this way. "Oh, there is something stuck in it." He clenched his teeth again because he knew she was about to rip it out of his skin. She did and this one hurt more than any of the others. "Are you alright?" She asked.
"Yes I think it feels better now."
"OK, but it is bleeding harder than the others." She said a little worried. "I still need to bandage it."
She tightly bandaged his leg and he was OK again. "It wasn't that bad was it?" He agreed. "Are we all good now or do you have any more surprise cuts I need to tend to?"
"Does it look like it?" He asked sarcastically.
"Well not that I can see." She joked.
He sat up and revealed that he had gotten an erection. Haley looked the other way.
"Sorry." He replied realizing it.
"Yes that's alright." She replied.
They both walked down the stairs to finish dinner today for the first time both of them realized that they felt differently for each other than they ever had before for anyone.
After dinner they were both very tired and decided they needed rest.
"Haley," Nathan turned to her.
"Yes?" She asked.
"Where are you planning on sleeping, the room you put me in is your room. I overheard you with the guard saying you won't go near the other rooms."
"I don't know, but I will find a place."
"Well if you aren't uncomfortable you can sleep in the same room, it will be fine right, we are friends are we not?"
"We are. Are you sure?"
"Yes, it is no problem, you have a huge bed."
"Alright."
They headed upstairs and got into bed together. Before they fell asleep Nathan pulled Haley into his arms. "Don't worry, I won't try anything."
"I never thought that you would."
She nor he had ever slept better than they did that night.
Chapter 9 -
"Good morning." Nathan said when dawn peaked through the morning.
"Good morning." Haley replied. She rolled herself over, still in his arms.
"Did you sleep well?" He asked.
"The best." She replied with a smile. He kissed her forehead.
"I wanted to thank you for everything last night." He said with a smile.
"Don't, you would have done the same for me."
"Ahem." Lucas said, he was standing in the corner of the room. "Haley, don't I love how you act when you don't have romantic feelings for a person."
"Lucas, when did you get home?"
"Long enough to find out home much of a whore my little sister is."
"Don't you speak about her like that, you don't know her well enough if you think she is a whore." Nathan yelled.
"You better lower your voice, I am the king of this country and you are one of the people we are at war with." Lucas said sternly.
Haley slapped him across the face, no one said a thing for a few seconds Lucas got angry and he did the same back to her, only her was much stronger than her and he caused his sister to fly into the wall behind the bed.
Nathan quickly turned over to make sure she was alright. "Haley, are you OK talk to me sweetie."
"You have no right to call her that."
"And you have no right to hit her, she is not only your younger sister, but she is still a women, and men should never lay thier hands on a women in any way."
"You should take your own words into heart."
"Lucas he never touched me, he did nothing wrong," Haley screamed.
"You get out of my castle." Lucas said to Nathan. "If you don't leave now I will have you killed, and don't think I won't"
Nathan paused he looked to Haley. "Go Nathan, it isn't worth getting killed over."
"I'll see you again." He said as he got out of the room.
Lucas stood there. "Get out Lucas, right now." Haley commanded, and he listened.
Lucas went to his throne room and sat down, he could not believe what he had done, he had neevr seen her so happy and so upset within minutes of each other.
"Lucas." Haley said appearing in the doorway.
"Yes?" He asked hopefully.
"We maybe should talk." She said.
"Yes, that seems right, first I am sorry, I never meant to get that angry, and second, I am asshamed of you, what were you doing in the same bed as him?"
"Lucas you know I will not pass by Mother and Father's room anymore, I just can't and there are no other rooms in this entire house that aren't past that room. I had to, besides nothing happened, you should trust me."
"I do, but you can't deny that the situation was definitely strange."
"Yes, but you should have heard us out, now Nathan could be out there near dead on a road somewhere, he was very very injured when he came here, your men had shot him down."
"I heard, that's why I came home, because I knew he was here, but Haley, I do need to leave today."
"I don't mind Lucas go back, that is where you belong right now, fighting for your country."
"Bye." Lucas gave her a hug then him and his men left Haley standing at the doorway to the castle.
She had madde her decision though, she wasn't going to sit around and let all them men in her life just go. She wanted to go find Nathan.
"Bradley, Bradley!" She called when the man appeared she gave him some information. "You are in charge, I have to leave the castle, I will be home soon, don't worry, jsut hold up the country for a little while, Lucas will write if things get bad." He was confused, but he nodded and Haley set off.
"Nathan!" Called A friend of his Timothy. "Où avez-vous été? (Where have you been?) "
", Mais je nullepart suis à la maison maintenant, donc ce qu'a j'ai manqué? (Nowhere, but I am home now, so what have I missed?)"
He shook his head and laughed, but it was ended by Nathan's father exiting his tent.
"Nathan, bon vous êtes arrière, j'ai une personne je veux que vous ait rencontré. (Nathan, good you are back, I have a person I want you to meet.)"
Nathan nodded. "Oui père (Yes father), " He entered his father's tent to find a man and a young women in there, Nathan had no idea why they were here during a war.
"Nathan, they don't speak french, but english is fine, They and you both have a great english vocabulary."
"Alright, but who are they father?" Nathan asked.
"The Russian king and his daughter, you and her are to be wed, we made this decision this morning, her father and i think it is right." Dan replied.
"And what does my mother think?" Nathan asked.
"She is not a part of this, I am king and I choose."
Nathan nodded,
"We will leave you and my daughter along to get to know each other." The Russian king said.
"Hello." The girl said. "My name is Theresa, I was not agreeing with the idea originally, but my father and your father are smart men."
"They are, yes they are." Nathan replied.
"Why are you unhappy?" She asked. "Is there someone else?"
"Well there was one girl, but my father never approved and she was probably way to young anyway." Nathan tried to convince himself more than her.
"Who are you?" Theresa asked, looking at the door of the tent. There stood a soldier who hadn't said a thing.
"Who are you?" The soldier asked.
"I am Nathan's fiancé." Theresa replied.
"Who are you?" Nathan asked this time. "I am the future king of France and I command you to remove your helmet."
"I am just the girl who was too young, and stupid enough to think I could be your queen." Haley removed the helmet and stormed out of the tent.
Nathan followed right away. "When did you get here?" he asked.
"Just now, I guess it wasn't good timing for you. Was I just a thrill? The girl you decided you wanted to have some fun with for a little while before your wedding?"
"Haley it isn't like that-"
"I don't want to hear it." Haley yelled. She began take off the uncomfortable armor she was wearing. When she succeeded she began to run off.
Nathan tried to follow her but she had run right into a crowd of soldiers.
"Bonjour la petite dame (hello little lady.)" A bunch of men began saying to her, one put his hand on her shoulder. She jumped
"Let go of me." She screamed, but it was probably the biggest mistake she ever made. her English voice stood out and the men got even more riled up.
After a few minutes of taking harsh words from every single one of them one man spoke up. "Ceci est la fille pas juste britannique, ceci est la plus jeune princesse. (Hey, this isn't just any British girl, this is the youngest princess.)
Haley had no idea what it meant but she knew it couldn't be good because the men got even more strange. They began to come up to her and make her unbelievably uncomfortable, and touch her.
She didn't know what to do so she sunk down to the ground and began to cry. As soon asshe had she felt everyone backing off. Soon she heard Nathan, she had never felt happier to hear a person that she hated ever.
"Tout le monde soutient de sort d'ici (Everyone back off get out of here)" Nathan yelled.
"Elle est anglaise (She is english.) " They yelled.
"Et je suis le prince le maintenant congé (And I am the prince now leave)" And they all obeyed.
Nathan helped haley stand up and they walked a little ways but after a few steps she collapsed. He caught her in his arms and held her like a child legs over one arm and her head resting on his other shoulder and he carried her away to safety.
Chapter 10 -
Haley woke up the next morning unsure where she was, but when she rolled over she found Nathan asleep in a chair, that's when all of the things came back to her, and all that had happened made her cry again.
"You're Awake." Nathan said as he suddenly woke up.
"Yes. But don't think that just because you saved me, again, that I will just forgive you for everything. How could you not tell me you are engaged?"
My father did that, he didn't want me falling for you because you were, well British, and he doesn't like the British."
"Nathan, I heard you saying that I was too young yesterday. Don't try to deny it I know you said-"
"I was trying to convince myself that I shouldn't be with you." Nathan replied.
"Oh." Haley replied. "and?"
"It never worked." Nathan replied.
"I see." Haley replied.
"Haley I am serious I love you, I don't care about any of it, your age or what my fathr thinks, I love you."
"I think I love you too."
Nathan helped Haley up, even though she knew she was fine to do it herself. Afterward he went to go get her something to eat.
"Nathan, ce que va sur Theresa part ce matin, est cette autre fille ici aujourd'hui si elle est Nathan je ferai-(Nathan, what is going on Theresa left this morning, is that other girl here today if she is Nathan I will-)" Dan yelled to Nathan as he ran into him a few minutes later.
"Vous ferez quel père? Que?(You will what father? What?)" Nathan yelled to his father.
"Alors elle est ici, j'ordonne que nous prenons son comme un prisonnier (Then she is here, I command that we take her as a prisoner)"
"Si vous prenez son comme un prisonnier je rendrai tous les soldats j'ai le pouvoir par-dessus (If you take her as a prisoner I will surrender all the soldiers I have power over)" Nathan replied. he walked of and his father had nothign to say.
Nathan came back to the room Haley was in, he gave her a snack and sat down.
They sat in silence for a little while, neither said a thing and they were completely content with it.
Haley stayed there the entire day and she watched Nathan work, she really loved to just see him, she didn't even need to talk to him.
At the end of the day Nathan settled Haley into her own tent, but he made sure he was nearby because he knew that the men in the camp were definitely not alright with the British princess being there.
A few hours after he had made sure Haley was comfortable with her sleeping arangments Nathan returned to her room. Haley noticed that he looked upset when she woke up.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"I had a fight with my father, he told me either I let him take you prisoner or you leave and I Don't want to lose you, so I've decided that I want you to leave."
"What?" Haley asked.
"But I want to go with you marry me" Nathan finished, she smiled.
He took Haley out to the horses and they took his horse and rode away, no one even knew they had left until morning.
Haley fell asleep leaning on Nathan's shoulder, he never felt more comfortable.
She woke up when dawn came, sometime during her sleep he had moved her, probably because she was going to fall off the horse.
"Hey, I had to move you when you almost fell off the horse." Nathan replied looking down at her in his lap.
"That's fine, but I bet that I am very uncomfortable for you." She replied.
"No this is fine." She sat up.
"Wow, I love sunsets, remember the first one we saw?"
"Yeah, that one was really nice." Nathan replied. "But of course you were much better."
She smiled. After another hour of riding in silence Haley asked Nathan, "So where are we going?"
"I really don't know, just as far away from my father, and probably your brother as we can get."
"Yeah, probably, but someday we will need to go back."
"Yeah, but when we do we should have some sort of plan that they won't be able to ruin." Nathan said.
"Yeah, but wat?" Haley asked.
"We should get married in a country nearby, where the preist won't disagree."
"Nathan, I am not Roman Catholic I am Protestant." Haley replied.
"Then we will get married in the Protestant church, I do not care, just as long as we do get married." Nathan replied with a smile.
"No, because you will end up the King of France and you grew up as a Catholic, and if I am to be your queen someday, I will follow your religion." Haley replied.
He didn't know what to say, she was so sweet and she had lost so much for him or because of him. "I don't want you to lose anything else Haley, you have lost so much because of my soldiers and me, I won't let you lose this too."
"I guess you probably are right, besides we are heading towards Scotland and they primarily are protestant, but Nathan, I don't want you to ever think that even though I have lost so much in the time that I have known you that I blame you in any way, or that I don't want to be with you."
"I know, but it just doesn't seem fair." Nathan replied.
"But now I have you and that makes it perfect." Haley replied.
They rode by horseback all the way to Scotland and finally were gone from the life they had left behind in the war.
" 'Ello there you two, how are we doing today?" Asked a man in a small town just past the border.
"Hello sir, My Name is haley, and this is Nathan, where is the nearest church?" Haley asked politely.
"Well there young lady, I am Thomas O'Malley, take a left down there and you'll find the Protestant church."
"Thank you sir." Nathan replied.
The man's smile disappeared. "Wait you two, you're British and you are French? Are you coming here to flee your country because we don't want any trouble in these here parts."
"No, we are not here to cause problems, we just want to get married." Haley replied.
"Wait, you both look very farmiliar to me, what did you say your names are?"
"Haley James and Nathan Scott." Nathan replied worried.
"The prince of France and Princess of England, we don't want you people spreading your war over to these here parts. I would suggest you leave."
"Thomas, no one even knows we have left, and they definetely don't know we are here, your country is still safe from the war, I assure you." Haley said.
"Well I guess I can't not listen to a sweet young thing like yourself, the church is just up the road." Thomas said as he lifted his hat off his head and watched them ride off. "I can see trouble coming from those two." He said quietly to himself.
Chapter 11 -
"So you two want to be married?" The reverend asked. "are you both Protestant?"
"I am, but he is Catholic, but before you say no we need to get married." Haley replied.
"You need to get married?" He asked. "Is there a reason why you need to be married?"
"I, well, our," she sighed "I am the princess of England and he is the Prince of France, we fell in love and now the only way we can end the war tearing apart our country is to get married."
"I am not sure I should preform the ceremony." He said.
"Please, we will not be able to marry anywhere else, and we love each other, Reverend please?" Haley asked.
"Alright. I can preform the ceremony anytime, I just need you two to find witnesses." He replied.
"Thank you thank you." Nathan said. "We can go do that now."
Haley and Nathan went out to find witnesses for their wedding, but as soon as most people found out who they were they disagreed.
"O well hello Haley and Nathan." Thomas said as he ran into them on the street.
"Thomas, would you please do a favor for us?" Haley asked.
"Sure little lady, what?" He asked.
"Witness our wedding?"
"Well sure, I can do that."
While Nathan and Haley were happy as ever back in England, the war raged on.
A meeting between Lucas and Dan was set up, both men could have soldiers there as a security system.
They met together early one morning.
"I want you and your sister to return my son home." Dan said.
"What? I do not have your son, you have my sister." Lucas replied.
"I do not, my son is gone, and you are to blame, you and your sister." Dan said. "Now I command you release my son or I will have my men shoot you."
"I do not have your son, and if your men make any move to shoot me, you will be shot within seconds." He replied.
Dan raised his arm, Lucas did also. Then a the same time they ordered it. "Fire!" Lucas yelled "Feu!" Dan yelled. the soldiers fired.
"Do you Nathan Scott take Haley James as your lawful wedded wife, to have and to hold, for richer or poorer in sickness and in health, and promise to honor her as long as you both shall live?"
Nathan looked Haley in the eyes and smiled. "I do."
"And do you Haley James take Nathan Scott as your lawful wedded husband, to have and to hold, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, and promise to honor him as long as you both shall live?"
"I do." Haley replied.
After the ceremony was finished Nathan and Haley waited for him to say the words they had wanted to hear for weeks now. "By the power invested in me I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss your bride."
Nathan kissed Haley as if he was never going to see her again.
After the wedding they looked for lodging in the two at an inn.
As Nathan and Haley lay in bed together, before they both fell asleep Haley turned over and whispered in Nathan's ear. "I love you more than anything else Nathan Scott."
"I love you too Haley Scott."
Then the two fell asleep.
Nathan and Haley woke up the next morning and neither wanted to leave.
"I don't want to go back to that world back home."
"I don't either, but you know we have to Nathan." Haley replied to her new husband.
"Are you sure? I bet we could just be happy as a Scottish couple."
"Nathan you know that sometime soon our families will find out we are here and we cannot drag another country into this war, besides, I believe that our countries will find an agreement now that we are married."
"I hope you are right." He kissed her on the forehead then both of them got up and began the trip home.
They rode for hours on end.
"Are you tired?" Nathan asked as it became evening again
"A little but I can stay awake." Haley replied.
"If you want to, you may sleep in my lap again, I know you slept comfortable there the other night." Nathan offered.
"I don't want to, because you have had to stay awake all the time because you were riding, I don't think it is fair that I get to be happy and comfortable sleeping while you sit on the horse awake all night. I will stay awake." Haley said, even though she was very tired, and was finding it hard to keep her eyes open.
"Well you missed a very important piece of information." Nathan said with a smile. He turned his head around so he could look Haley in her beautiful eyes that he could stare at all day long.
"And what is that Nathan Scott?" SHe asked.
"The fact that watching you be happy makes me happy, so if you sleep in my lap again and you are comfortable and happy, then I will be completely happy, and that will keep me going all night." Nathan replied.
"Are you sure, because-"
"Shh, I am sure."
"Really?" She asked.
"Really." He replied.
Nathan stopped the horse and jumped down to help Haley get down, when she got down he lifted her up into a sidesaddle position and he jumped back up himself, he let her lay in his lap and she fell asleep within a few minutes, and just as he said, he was happy just to watch her sleep.
Chapter 12
"Hey." Haley said as she woke up. Nathan said nothing. "Whats going on?" She asked confused.
She sat herself up and realized that there were a huge group of armed soldiers standing around them, then she realized they were British. "Put you rweapons down." Haley said angrily. They all did when they realized who she was.
"Miss James-"
"Mrs. Scott." Haley corrected him.
He stood there silently not knowing how to react. "It's your brother." He finally said.
"What happened?" Haley asked.
"He was in a fierce battle, the king and his father," He nodded toward Nathan "they had a meeting to try and sort out where he took you-"
"I went by choice, he never asked me to do anything." Haley replied.
"Alright, well they both began to outright have the soldiers fire. Lucas is in bad condition." He finished.
"Is he alive?" Haley asked.
"Yes, our men won the battle." The soldier replied.
"What do you mean Lucas won, he is very hurt."
"Well your husband's father is dead."
Haley looked at Nathan, he was near tears, he wasn't the strong and always there for you man se had know him as. "Nathan." She said quietly.
"Go see your brother, he is dying."
"But I don't want to leave you." She said.
"I know, but I need to go be there for my mom." Nathan replied. "And you need to be there for your brother."
"Nathan I can't lose another person I love, if I leave you now I won't be with you, but if I don't go to Lucas I might lose him, I don't know what to do, I can't watch another person in my family die."
"He will be OK, just go to him." Nathan gave her a kiss on the forehead and lifted her down.
"If you or any of your soldiers touch him as he rides away I will have you all killed." Haley said. "Don't think I won't."
She waved to Nathan as they rode away in opposite directions.
"Haley!" called her sister Brooke from the castle. Haley jumped off of the slowly moving horse.
"Brooke." Haley said in tears.
"He's going to be OK, how are you, where have you been did the damn French finally let you go."
"Don't say that, they never had me I was with Nathan." Haley replied. "Let's go see Lucas."
"Nathan!" Called Deb from the base. "Etes-vous bien? Etiez-vous tenu? (Are you alright? Were you being held?)"
"Maman je suis désolé, je n'ai jamais signifié pour le père pour obtenir la blessure petite propre tuée, je viens de vouloir être avec Haley, je l'aime, et elle m'aime, nous partons par le choix, personne tenu ou de nous. Nous avons obtenu épousé." (Mom I'm sorry, I never meant for father to get hurt little own killed, I just wanted to be with Haley, I love her, and she loves me, we left by choice, no one held either of us. We got married.)"
"Nathan, ne vous pouvez pas juste la course d'aimé cela, vous devez penser de vos décisions de temps en temps, vous pouvez ne va pas obtient juste épousé (Nathan, you can't just run off like that, you have to think about your decisions once in a while, you can't just go get married.)"
""Si vous êtes juste allant continuer à me dire que j'ai fait mal je rentre à Haley Je suis venu ici avoir de la peine avec vous, mais je rentrerai, elle est ma femme et je suis loyal à elle. (If you are just going to continue to tell me what I have done wrong I am going back to Haley I came here to grieve with you, but I will go back, she is my wife and I am loyal to her.)"
"Bien, je veux que vous soit resté, je suis juste heureux que vous êtes bien. (Alright, I want you to stay, I am just happy you are OK.)"
The two went inside and grived for Dan.
"Hello Haley." Lucas choked out.
"Hello." She said, she had never seen him like this, he was her big brother, the one she grew up with, she couldn't lose him, she loved her brother, and if she lost him, who would run the country.
"Haley," He whispered. "I need you to promsie me something."
"Anything."
"If I don't make it, I need you to be the sole ruler of the country, nobody else can do it." He said. "I know you can handle it."
"Maybe I could have, but I can't run the country." Haley replied.
"Why not, I know you can."
"I can't Lucas." Haley replied, she was crying. "I... I... well... when..." She took a deep breath. "I married Nathan."
"What?" everyone in the room asked.
"Nobody understood, I love him, I love him so much and we chose to get married far away because we knew you would keep us apart. I'm sorry Lucas, but I can't run the country. Nathan's father is gone and I have to be the queen of France."
"Haley how could you?" Peyton asked. "You can't jsut get married with a person you are at war with, besides, you are fifteen."
"Nobody ever includes me in anything, I know what I feel, eer since I was little people have always treated me like I was unaware of my life, and for the first time I wanted to fight back and stand up for what I wanted, what I needed. I would live terribly if I lost anymore of you, you are my family. But if I lost Nathan, I would not live at all."
"She is right you know." Peyton's husband said. "Everytime I have seen you guys with your sister she has always been treated like she is not there and she can't make decisions for herself you treat her like she is a little girl, Peyton, you were fourteen when we fell in love, and by your fifteenth birthday you had been living in Italy with me for months." Paulo Peyton's husband said.
"And Brooke, you were even younger," Antonio began, "You were fourteen when you married me."
"I think your husbands have a point." Lucas said. "She is young, but not too young, I love you Haley and I just don't approve of him."
"I am sorry, but you don't really get to say either way. Except that the only reason you don't approve is that he is French and you are at war with them, I never agreed with the war, Nathan didn't either and I know you didn't. So why don't you an him discuss ending the war. How hard would that be?"
"Is he here?" Lucas asked.
"No he went back to see his mother."
"Then him and I can discuss it later, but now I ask you to leave so I can sleep." He replied.
"Goodnight." everyone said and then they left, Haley didn't feel like being around people so she decided to go p to bed also.
Chapter 13 -
"Haley, wake up." Said a voice late the next morning.
"I'm awake Maria." Haley said.
"I'm not Maria. It's me, Nathan."
"Nathan, when did you get here, it must have been a terribly long night?" Haley asked.
"Well my mother and I came to discuss the war with your brother. Your sisters refused to let us in, they told us to leave, so I had to sneak in to see you." Nathan said.
"Alright." Haley said standing up. "I'll go get mad at them."
"Not without saying hello to your husband first." He leaned in to kiss her.
"Haley!" Called Brooke as she stormed through the door. "Your husband should not be coming by here today, not while Lucas is in this state."
"Brooke, where did you get the idea that you could send Nathan and his Mother away, you are not in charge of this country, while Lucas was away I ruled England, you are the queen of Spain, not England, you have no rule over what I say, now you go downstairs and personally apologize to Deb and let her in. If you don't I will send you away."
"Lucas has more power over you Haley, he will not let you send me away."
"Go get Deb." Haley commanded.
She turned away and headed downstairs.
Haley took Nathan to Lucas' room, Peyton was in there with Paulo.
"Haley, why on earth are you bringing him in here, even in our home." Peyton said.
"This is not your home!" Haley yelled. "You have not lived here in years. Now let me and Nathan speak to Lucas."
"Haley, he is not alright to talk to people." Peyton said.
"I am fine, I just want to speak to our little sister and her new husband." Lucas commanded. Peyton and Paulo left.
"So Nathan, you married my sister." Lucas said.
"Yes. We married in Scotland the other day. I love your sister and I know it was wrong to do it without your permission, but I really do love her. I also want to apologize for my father's actions at the meeting. In the beginning I never meant for him to think I took her." Nathan said politely.
"I think with this new alliance, France and England should immediately stop the war." Lucas said plainly.
"I agree." Nathan said.
They shook on it. Haley hated the fact that it was so easy for the war to jsut end, two people decided it and it was done.
"Alright, so Haley I will need you to go with Nathan to the battlefieds to make it official."
"Yes, that will be the last duty I will preform as a citizen of England." Haley replied.
"Alright, now you two must go and spread the word as fast as you can." Lucas said.
Nathan and Haley did just that, they went around to all of the battlefields and the war officially ended.
The next week Haley said goodbye to her life in Englad and took the title of the Queen of France, her and Nathan were happy for their enitre lives. Their first child was a daughter named Madeline, she was born less than a year after they were married.
They tried for a son and heir to the throne for years, but before they had their first little boy Domonique, they had two other daughters, Marguerite, and Natalie.
The entire family lived happily and healthy for years.
Lucas had a full recovery after the war ended, and he married two years after the war ended.
After twenty five years of marriage Nathan and Haley were completely in love.
On the night on their twenty-fifth anniversity Haley turned to Nathan. "Do you regret a minute of it?"
"Not one." Nathan kissed her and they fell asleep, still as much in love as the day of their wedding.