(Ok, so here it is! Chapter 8! Thank-you to Barbiegirl2435 for helping me out! *Making Julian's story was difficult, but I did it! So enjoy! Oh! And don't forget to check out "A Princess's Heart" By Barbiegirl2435)

Chapter 7: Kidnapped

We stood outside the door, listening to the conversation going on inside. "Are you ready?" I asked Erika.
She took a deep breath, "Yes, I am." She seemed confident, yet shaky at the same time.

Then I heard the Ambassador say that they should cancel the wedding. As much as this pleased me, I had to stop it. I burst through the doors, "Your Highness! Wait!" I exclaimed, "May I, uh, present, Princess Anneliese!" I some-what stammered. I gestured too the doors, as Erika walked through them.

"Darling?" The Queen questioned. She seemed to believe it was Erika. Then again, She might be able to tell it wasn't her with her spectacles on. I decided I'd take them when she wasn't looking.

Erika took a deep breath and began to walk toward the queen. I followed behind her. She walked as carefully as she could. But it didn't last, "Whoa!" She screamed as she fell to the ground. As quickly as she fell, she stood to her feet once more, and began walking again, as if it never happened.

"Anneliese?" The Queen said in shock. Then she got up, and embraced Erika, who she thought was Anneliese.

As they hugged, I snuck behind them and swiped her spectacles. No one seemed to noticed, so I went back into my original position.

"I am sorry, I should not have run away." She said, just as we rehearsed.

I looked over, and saw Preminger with a confused look on his face.

The Queen embraced Erika again, "Promise me you'll never do it again!"

"Well I still think we should cancel the wedding!" The ambassador muttered.

Then the page coughed and glared at the ambassador. This was strange, but I had no time to investigate that.

"Um, yes. But an agreement is an agreement! The wedding is back on!" He announced. "King Dominick" He said gesturing to the page. The page glared at the ambassador, then realizing his mistake, he brought his arms back down again. "Is, oh!" He stammered "Well, oh, is due tomorrow!"

"Wonderful!" The Queen proclaimed.

"Uh tomorrow?" Erika asked, obviously worried.

"And then only a few short days before the wedding!" She said excitedly. "Oh, has anyone seen my spectacles?" She questioned, then her eyes searched the room. I stood there, and held back a laugh that was trying to escape from my throat.

"If you'll excuse me, I must be off to see to the-" He stopped and threw his hand back, "The arrangements!" He finally pulled out of his throat.

Then Erika's cat jumped in front of him and barked wildly at him, as if Wolfie had something against him.

"Ahh!" Preminger shrieked. Then he raised his heels to the cat, and kicked it. "Who let this mangy beast in here!" He yelled.

"Everything alright Preminger?" I asked him.

"It soon will be." He smirked. Then laughed evilly, and headed for the door.

I looked down, and Wolfie was sniffing some kind of leaf that fell off of Preminger's shoe. "What have you got there boy?" I asked as I reached for the leaf. I sniffed it to identify it. "Hmm, from a Silver fir tree." I then looked up, "What's Preminger doing in the western forest?" I questioned, and headed for the door.

"Julian!" Shouted the Queen. "Wait!" I turned to face her, "I want to hear all about how you found Anneliese!"

"Uh," I turned to see Preminger getting away, "Of course, your Majesty."

I slowly walked toward the Queen, as I quickly thought of a story. I knew I had to make it some-what interesting as well. "Well," I started, "Where do I begin?" I asked myself. I stared at the Queen who was waiting anxiously to hear what I had to say. "Well, I was going into town," I stammered, "To get something to eat." Erika smiled and held in a laugh. "And, while I was in line," I said slowly, "I spotted a cape, that looked oddly familiar."

The Queen nodded, "Go on!"

"Uh, yes, well," I stuttered. "I walked over there, and I saw it was Anneliese!" I exclaimed. The Queen smiled. "I went up to her, and asked why she ran away, and she said," I gestured to Erika.

Her eyes grew wide, "I said, um, that I, uh, didn't want to get married to a stranger." She said.

Everyone remained quiet for a moment, then the Queen said, "Then what happened?"

"Then I took her to the carriage and led her home." I finished.

The Queen clapped. "I so happy she's safe!"

Then I bowed, and left with Erika following behind.

When we reached Anneliese's room, Erika said in relief, "That was close!"

"It was" I said.

"We should have come up with a story before we went in there."

"Yeah, no kidding." I agreed. Then I thought about that leaf, "I'm going out to the western forest." I said, "I think Preminger is hiding Anneliese out there."

Erika looked worried, "Are you sure?"

"Yes." I confirmed.

She sighed, "Ok, when will you be back? I can't hold this up for too long!"

"I don't know, hopefully soon." I said.

"Please hurry!" She said.

"I will." I breathed. I then headed out to the forest.

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Once I got to about the middle of the forest, I noticed a cabin. The lights were turned on inside, so I knew people were in it.

"It might be where Preminger is hiding Anneliese." I thought. So I crept forward to get a better look.

I peered through the window that had a wooden board on it, and saw Preminger with two other guys. He was shouting something at them and strangling them at the same time.

"I can understand how the princess escaped you two!" said the angry, strange voice of Preminger. "But why didn't she tell the Queen she had been captured?" He pondered, now I'm worried. He must have realized that Erika wasn't the real Anneliese. "I must solve this princess puzzle if I am to be king."

Wait a second- "King? Preminger?" I said out loud to myself.

Then the bar on window fell, and made a clinging noise, which I'm sure Preminger heard.

I turned around to see Preminger standing there.

"How can you be king?" I asked. Last thing I saw was Preminger's sinister smile- and that wasn't a pretty memory, then the two men through a sack over me. I struggled to get out, then I heard Preminger say-

"You're the tutor; you're supposed to have all the answers."

(Ok so there it is! Sorry it took so long to update! Review & subscribe! Thanks! And don't forget to check out "A Princess's Heart" by Barbiegirl2435.)