Nickolas knew that he needed food and rest before he could go anywhere. He walked straight past the guards in front of the gate, ignoring the gasps of surprise, and went straight to his old chambers. The prince placed the cat on a table in the room. It wasn't till he was almost asleep that he realized in the six months he had been gone his room had not been changed. As he stared up at the ceiling that night he heard his door open and close. Nickolas ignored it thinking it was a servant.
Nickolas," said a sneering voice, "I'm surprised to see you here still alive, but I will soon correct that mistake." Gareth laughed as he picked the cat off the table, "What's this little trinket," he asked twirling it in his fingers.
"Put it down," Nickolas ordered.
" Why little brother," Gareth taunted, "why is this piece of junk precious." Gareth threw the cat to the floor and steped on it's shattered pieces as he left.
"No!" Nickolas started to rush towards the only thing left to remind him of his love.
He was half way there when a black light flashed and Elanna stood in front of him.
„Thank you," she told him and started to fall. Nickolas caught her and helped her sit down.
"You saved me," she smiled. Nickolas kissed her.
This time nothing happened and Nickolas got down on his knees and told her, "I have loved you since the day I saw you. Will you be my lady and stay beside meet till death parts us?"
Elanna looked into his eyes and knew exactly what she wanted to say, "Yes."
Nickolas kissed her once more, knowing they would live happily ever after.
And they did.