The Little Thief
"Would you quite squirming! You're not getting away, so just hold still!" —Jim continued to put pressure on Melody, "the little thief," so that she wouldn't be able to run away. She kept thinking of a way out but couldn't think of one, knowing her father would be very upset at the fact that she missed her birthday dinner and everything there after. But what was she to do? Every time she tried to move he would bring her towards him and grabbed onto her and held her close to him. This caused her to freeze, not only was his grip tight, but she was so embarrassed at the fact that his face was about half an inch away from hers. She'd mumble something about how embarrassing the whole situation was, but she had no idea how she would be able to escape. Thus, she did her best to keep from exploding of embarrassment.
Uhh, I need to get away from this guy, but how? And dad's gonna kill me if he finds out. But I have to try something. Melody thought.
"Umm, I-I have to u-use the bathroom." —Melody mumbled to Jim.
"What? Can't you hold it?" —Jim retorted, clearly flustered at what to do.
"No, I really need to go. I can find it on my own, and I swear I'll come right back." —Melody spoke strongly.
"Ugh fine, but I'm coming with you, I'll wait outside until you're done. But I don't know where to find-" —Jim.
"I know where it is." —Melody cut him off.
She quickly stood and began walking to the nearest restroom and went in, looking back at him for a moment.
"I'll be right back." —Melody looked at him earnestly.
"Fine, just hurry it up. I don't have all night." —Jim scoffed.
Melody nodded as she went in and quickly took off her jewelry as she striped down, she stuck it all in a bag and snuck up to the window and managed to get out onto the edge of the wall and made her way to her room, she threw down all her items that were in her bag onto her bed as she put on a pair of light pink seashells and some board shorts, and she ran for the window, threw down her rope and was gone in an instant. There was no way that she was going to await her punishment.
"There's no way that I could ever tell Jim the truth without him questioning why I was spying on them. I'll let dad handle it while I cool off in the water, but I have to avoid that ship." —Melody ran for the ocean as she jumped into the deep end and held her breath until she was out of sight, she opened her necklace and thought about her red fin as it appeared willingly on command. She dove down like a missal as she swam away from her troubles for who knows how long. This was the second time she'd run away, and she didn't regret her decision, there was much to think about, and she needed more time.
Meanwhile, Jim was growing tired of waiting for her. He began to knock on the door.
"Hey thief, are you done yet? It's not like you're going back to that party." —Jim began to pond on the door more forcefully.
"What is going on!?" An enraged King Eric demanded as he approached Jim, with a shamefully embarrassed Captain Amelia behind him.
"Well, the little thief said she needed the loo, so I let her, but she's taking forever!" —Jim began to lose his temper.
"Jim, this is King Eric." Captain Amelia was telling Jim to calm himself.
"Forgive me your majesty, but that little-" Jim began.
"That girl is the princess Jim." Captain Amelia cut him off.
"What?" Jim was clearly confused.
"She's my daughter, this is her party, and you just made her into a thief! What kind of crew are you running here Captain?" King Eric was clearly not impressed.
"I beg your forgiveness sire, but we did not know who to look for, we didn't even know what the royal family was going to look like." Captain Amelia was trying to defend her honor without stepping over the line.
"Well if you'd gotten here sooner I'm sure none of this would have happened, but none the less, we can't help that. The important thing is to find Melody." Eric began to rub his temples.
"You're absolutely right your majesty. I assure you, this doesn't happen often. Jim, go out and look for the princess while I get the rest of the guards in position." Captain Amelia ordered.
"Aye aye captain." Jim saluted as he went in search for the missing princess, or better known as the "little thief."