"You did it!" Marinette cheered. "You rescued me! Oh thank you, thank you. Thank you! I am eternally in your dept sir knight."
"What am I? Chopped liver?" Plagg said.
"And same to you noble steed."
"Hear that kid? The pretty lady says I'm a noble steed."
Adrien rolled his eyes.
"You may remove your helmet good sir." Marinette said.
"Um no."
"Why not?"
"Because I...I have helmet hair."
"I wish to see my knight's face."
"Oh no you wouldn't believe me."
"Then how will you kiss me?"
"Kiss you?!" His face turned bright red. "You? Me? Kiss? That wasn't in the job description."
"Hey maybe it's a perk." Plagg said nudging him.
"No it's true love." Marinette corrected. "A princess is locked in a tower until a brave knight comes to rescue her and they share true love's first kiss."
"With Adrien?" Plagg said. "Wait a minute, you think the kid is your true love?"
"Well yes."
The cat and knight looked at each other then burst into a fit of laughter.
"What's so funny?"
"Let's just say I'm not your type." Adrien chuckled.
"Of course you are you're my rescuer. Now remove your helmet."
"I really don't think that's a good idea."
"Just take off the helmet."
"I'm not going to."
"Take it off!"
"No!"
"NOW!"
"OKAY! easy, as you command princess."
He removed his helmet, her face fell when she saw that her knight was hardly human at all. He was young and handsome she had to admit to herself but not the prince she had been told she was to marry.
"Oh...Um..you're a cat...Well a cat like thing." She said disappointed.
"You were expecting Prince Charming?"
"Well he wasn't Prince Charming but yes actually. Oh no...no. You're not supposed to be this."
"Princess I was sent to rescue by Lord Theo, he wants to marry you not me."
"Then why didn't he come rescue me?"
"How should I know?"
"Look I really appreciate you helping me escape and all really I do. But I have to be rescued by my true love not by some half human creature and his pet."
"Well so much for noble steed." Plagg mumbled.
"Look Princess you're not making my job any easier." Adrien said.
"Well I'm sorry but you're job is not my problem." Marinette said turning to her heels.
"Hmm seem familiar Adrien?" Plagg asked.
"Shut up."
"You can tell Lord Theo that if he wants to rescue me properly." Marinette said. "I'll be waiting for him right here."
"Hey! I'm no one's messenger boy alright, I'm a delivery boy." Adrien said irritated.
"You wouldn't dare." Adrien grabbed Marinette and her over his shoulder. "Argh! Put me down!"
"You coming Plagg?" Adrien asked as he carried her away.
"Yeah I'm coming kid."
"Put me down! or you will suffer the consequences!" Marinette demanded as began beating on his back with tiny fists. "This not dignified! Put me down! Argh!"
She kicked and screamed but soon enough she gave up and just hung over his shoulder.
"Quick question your highness." Plagg said. "Say there's a woman who digs you but you don't like her that way, how do you let her down real easy so her feelings aren't hurt and you don't get burned to a crisp."
"Just tell her she's not your ture love. It maybe difficult and she might be hurt but in time she'll understand because love is- Ugh! Hey!"
Adrien snickered as he bumped her.
"Watch yourself." She warned.
"Sorry couldn't resist."
"So what's my groom to be like?" Marinette asked.
"Well let me put it to you this Princess." Adrien said. "He's rich, ugly, and scabby. Hate to tell you this but you lucked out."
"Oh brother." She said rolling her eyes. "Will you put me down already?"
"Fine."
He dropped her.
"Ow! Rude."
"Hope you can walk because we're not stopping so we shouldn't be there til tomorrow."
"Tomorrow? It'll take that long?" She looked at the sun nervously. "I can't walk all night we need to make camp."
"No way that'll take longer."
"I'm tired! I need to rest."
"Too bad."
"I need to find somewhere to camp NOW!"
Not wanting to deal with an angry woman which is far more scary than anything they might see in this forest. He found a cave somewhere for her to sleep in but she insisted on adding a door from some bark.
"Goodnight gentleman." She went inside the cave and shut the bark door.
Adrien started a fire to keep warm, Plagg used it to eat roasted Camembert which in Adrien's case was repulsive. When it got late they watched the stars and Adrien told him about the constellations and the stories about it.
"There's Jade Turtle half man half turtle." Adrien said pointing to the constellation. "And over there is Le Peon."
"I don't see anything but a bunch of little dots." Plagg said.
"You know Plagg sometimes things are not always what they seem."
"What do you mean?"
"Forget it."
"Hey Adrien what are we gonna do when we get our land back?"
"Our land?"
"Yeah I live there too you know."
"Plagg as soon as I get my land back I'm kicking you out and building a wall around my land."
"A wall? You trying keep everybody out?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"None of your business."
"Are you hiding something?"
"Nevermind Plagg."
"Why don't you wanna talk about it?"
"Why do you want to talk about it?"
"Just who are trying to keep out kid? Who?"
"EVERYONE! OKAY?!" He snapped.
"Breakthrough! Now we're getting somewhere."
"Oh for the love of Pete!"
Their talk awoke Marinette, she creaked the door open to where only her eyes could be seen and she listened to them.
"What's your problem kid? Whatcha you got against the whole world?"
"Hey! I'm not the one with the problem, okay? It's the world the seems to have a problem with me! People take one look at me and they scream help! Run! A horrible destructive monster! Kill it! Before it eats me!"
Adrien sighed sadly.
"They judge me before they even know me. That's why I'm better off alone."
Marinette felt sorry for the poor creature. No wonder why he was so rude when they met. Almost everyone in the world was mean to him. She knew what it was like to want to be loved and accepted by everyone but it was hard when people pretty much rejected anyone different.
"You know kid when we met." Plagg said nuzzling his leg. "I didn't think you were a horrible destructive monster."
"I know."