The warm morning sun hit my face, and I was greeted happily by the light breeze of the warm day. I pulled my tired body out of my bed with a smile I could have sworn I slept in. It wouldn't go away! But I was glad of it, after last night I was walking on air, and nothing could pull me down........wait.....

What was I doing in my bed?? Oh no! Had I dreamt the whole thing?

"No, I couldn't have." I firmly stated to myself, "I 'm still in my dress I wore last night, so it must have true!

Sighing a breath of relief, I washed myself off and changed to my everyday wear.

I almost flew down the stairs, I couldn't wait to see James, or rather William, again. What would life be like now that we had found each other again? I could imagine all sorts of wonderful things now that life seemed perfect.

When I arrived in the kitchen for a late breakfast, I overheard two of the cooks talking.

"Did you hear? The war has just turned south of here, and our army made out for their post early this morning. I should know, I helped feed them."

"No, I hadn't heard, you should've woken me up, I could've helped I suppose...."

"Well, that's not all. Prince William was among the commanding officers to go, and by the rumors, it doesn't look good for us. The enemy has nearly doubled in size over the past decade. There may not be any survivors...."

The news of this had hit me deeper than anything I could have imagined. My legs became weak and buckled from underneath me.

That explained why he had told me everything the night before I was so happy that I forgot about his comment concerning the war. Why he had to leave; I supposed he told me about his secret because he feared he would never come home alive.

"No....." I breathed through clenched teeth. They had taken him once from me, I was not about to lose him again. I couldn't live without him anymore.

Then I did something drastic. Something so reckless and foolish that no matter the consequences, I would take them. All I had to do was save my beloved James, at all and every cost.

Quickly, I rose to my feet and sprinted out of the castle and through the entrance gates. I had to get to him no matter what! I headed straight for the town; I knew if I went there someone could give me help. As I paced the streets searching, I found exactly what I had been looking for, an unattended horse by one of the blacksmith's shops. Without knowledge of right or wrong, I snuck towards it, speedily and silently mounted, and took off at a blazing rate. I heard a distant noise, which I'm sure was the owner chewing me out for the thievery of his mare, but I was galloping at such a high speed that I was out of range, and within five minutes was out of the city.

"Now then," I said to myself as I slowed down the pace of my horse after this time, "One of the cooks said the troops headed south from the city, so judging by the sun....." I put her thumb into the air to knock some of glare out of her eyes. "....This is the way."

Turning my horse 40 degrees to the right, I headed in the direction of my dear William, and die for him if that be my fate.