Princess Felicity was walking from one side of her room to the other, tablet checking her flight path and then the path her driver would take from the airport to Starling palace in one hand and clothes she wanted to pack in the other. If it was one thing the Princess was good at it was multitasking. Queen Donna was helping organize things for the kingdom too, with Felicity adding bits of information that she forgot, for while Felicity was away planning her wedding and then getting married the Queen would run the kingdom.

Felicity put her tablet down and began packing again – jeans, t-shirts, jumpers and sneakers for more casual 'behind the scenes away from the cameras' days and in another suitcase she packed more formal outfits for when the cameras were taking pictures of her and her fiancé soon-to-be-husband.

Queen Donna was also trying to find Slade, she had every guard, every policeman in Arkham looking for him but so far they had found nothing, Felicity knew that her mother didn't know that Slade wasn't at the ball for very long; he was busy trying to destroy/save her kingdom. A shiver went down her spine as she dropped another dress into her suitcase Slade wants me…to marry him? But why? He can't possibly love me Felicity shook her head as the last pair of shoes was packed and her cases were finally shut.

"Oh! I almost forgot I'll need these!" The Princess pulled yet another case, this one was metal and large when she opened it Donna rolled her eyes at the sight of two laptops, two more tablets, chargers and other various cables, along with backup hard drives and USB's "Now mother, are you sure you can handle things while I'm gone?" Felicity asked as she checked everything over one last time

"Everything will be fine sweetheart, with your lists to help me I have everything under control" The Queen kissed her daughter on the forehead "now go get me a son-in-law and some grandchildren!"

Felicity blushed at the thought and rolled her eyes at her mother "I'll do my best" some men arrived to help the Princess with her belongings down to the car and the Princess gave her mother one last hug before facing the cameras outside all waiting to get a winning shot of the Princess before she met her husband in Starling.

A soft hand stroking his face. A smooth voice gently calling him back from the brink. A shuddering first breath escaped his lips as he finally opened his eyes, they landed on a beautiful woman sitting by his bed and he smiled at her fondly "My Isabel" his voice was harsh and raspy and she soothed him again with a hand to his face "…where…?"

"Try not to talk" Isabel in a kind voice she only used with him "you're not properly healed"

"He ruined my plans" Slade managed to choke out

"Who did?" Isabel asked curious as to why the plan didn't go well since he had every aspect of it down

"The Arrow. He was there along with the Princess!"

"The Princess saw you!? Do you know what this could do to our operation?" Isabel glared at Slade "this will ruin everything!"

"You don't think I know that! She saw me and then…The Arrow hit me with an arrow…took the Princess away and now…now everything is ruined" Slade tried to sit up as Isabel helped him put his feet over the side of the bed "now she is to marry that prick Prince Oliver! I thought you had taken care of him!" Slade gave Isabel a disappointed look "why is there still be to a wedding? Why did the Princess still agree to marry him after catching him with you!"

"Arkham needs Starling and its resources to rebuild" Isabel made a face "it's simply a marriage of convenience, there is no love between the Prince or Princess"

"She can't marry him…she will marry me…I have to stop her! To make her come home!" Slade reached for his phone and dialled a number "I may not be able to move but I can still make calls to Starling"

"What're you going to do?" Isabel asked

"Be quiet and get me a computer right now! If her flight has already left there is one last thing I can do to try and persuade her to come back!"

Isabel raced through the safe house, grabbed her laptop and started it up while giving it to Slade and sat and watched him.
Slade set to work calling various numbers of people who were loyal to him in Starling – Isabel knew that he was powerful and had loyal followers all over the world – and then using the laptop he found the princess's flight pattern, that couldn't be changed, but her car's GPS route could be. He hacked into it with little effort and programmed it to take her through the Glades in Starling and made sure his men were positioned and ready to strike.

"This should scare her enough to call off the engagement, Starling is so riddled with crime she will be so terrified that she'll beg to come back home"

Slade had obviously underestimated the Princess's courage.

Oliver and Diggle had been sparring for the last hour in their lair when a beeping sound stopped them and made them come over to look at the screen.
The Princess had landed in Starling "Your bride is nearly here, man" Diggle smirked "you nervous?"

"I said I would help her rebuild her kingdom with anything Starling can offer" Oliver reasoned but smiled when he saw the beautiful blonde as she waved to the people and even posed with some to take photos on individual cameras and phones "My people already love her"

"You have to sell it too man, can you do that?" Diggle asked knowing the Oliver knew what he meant

"I can pretend Dig, don't worry about me. A kiss here, handing holding there, smile and wave. It'll be easy" Oliver said absentmindedly "we said that we could be friends and I believe that we can make this work"

Another beeping sound interrupted their talk and a traffic camera popped up showing the Princess's car driving off; in the opposite direction it was meant to take to the palace.

"Maybe there is a lot of traffic and they need to take a different route?" Diggle asked and saw Oliver slink away to grab his bow and green leathers

"Through the Glades?" Oliver asked in a slightly annoyed tone "No. I'll go and keep an eye out if there is any trouble, royalty and The Glades don't mix"

"I'll be on the coms" Diggle sat down and put in his ear piece as Oliver suited up and raced to The Glades ready to save his Princess if she needed him.

The Princess looked up from her tablet and around the car, outside she could see people on the street trying to heat themselves with barrels on fire and saw several fights in the last few blocks "Umm driver?" she asked

"Yes, Your Highness?"

"Why are we going this way? Wasn't there a more…suitable route?" Felicity checked the route and saw that the original route had been swiped and this new route was longer and took them away from the palace, through the Glades and finally back to the palace "Okay, if we take a right here we should be back on the original route" she said confidently

"Your Highness, I have been instructed to stay on the route in the GPS so that is what I'm going to do" he said rather rudely

Felicity saw a car up ahead they were diving rather quickly and there were people hanging out of it, upon closer inspection Felicity saw they were driving straight for them – with guns!

"STOP! You have to stop and turn around!" Felicity urged the driver but it was too late, a shot was fired through the windshield and landed right in her drivers' chest. The Princess screamed as the car swerved and finally crashed into a telephone pole, Felicity covered her face as the car came to a crushing halt and she lost sight of the driver amongst the broken glass and metal.
The attackers car pulled up next to them and four men got out and headed straight for her.

Her window was shattered and the princess was dragged out into the open "well, well, well Her Highness has graced our kingdom with her presence!" said one as he grabbed a fistful of her hair and yanked her head up to look at him

"Get away from me!" Felicity threw a punch and heard a crack in his nose, she tried to run but the other three men surrounded her "don't touch me or The Prince will hear about this!"

"Aww love" Felicity was grabbed and turned to come face to face with one of the men with thinning hair "but we need you to help us"

"Yeah honey, see we all got a sickness" another man came forward and cupped her buttocks "bad case of the blues"

"Don't touch me!" Felicity screamed and struggled "help! Someone help me please!"

A hooded figure was perched in the shadows watching it all unfold, a burning filled him as he watched them touching the Princess and laughing when she screamed. When the tearing sound of material reached his ears and notched an arrow and let it fly, hitting the nearest man, he stood up and came out of the shadows and roared "GET AWAY FROM HER!"

The men looked around and saw The Arrow coming towards them and let go of the princess as they fought to defend themselves trying to get the upper hand.
Felicity used this distraction to run behind the car out of sight and prayed the men wouldn't find her and that The Arrow would win. A few more punches, well aimed kicks and arrows flying told her The Arrow was successful yet she still didn't come out of her hiding place.

The Arrow walked to the car and found the Princess "are you alright, Your Highness?"

Felicity could only nod as she took his hand and stood up "You saved me again I…I don't know why my driver decided that this was a better path than the original one but…"

The Arrow was subtly studying the princess, looking for any sign that she was in pain but she seemed to be fine "Welcome to Starling, Your Highness" he nodded his head "I believe your car's GPS was tampered with before you got here, I can have someone else drive you but we had better get out of here soon, reporters will be flocking all around her soon"

True to his word, three vans from three separate stations were in view down the street "Please, get me out of here" she clung to him as he shot a cable arrow to a nearby roof top and pulled them up and out of sight "it's a lot more fun when reporters are the only danger" she giggled as they landed softly on the roof
The Arrow made a call and another dark car found them some time later on the other side of the building out of sight from the reporters, The Arrow made sure she got in safely as Diggle drove off with her.

The Royal Family of Starling waited outside the palace for the Princess to arrive, Moira and Robert showing signs of worry as she was taking longer than expected but Oliver soothed them and said that if anything went wrong they would know about it.
A guard came up to them and showed them on a little screen a new report of the Princess arriving in Starling but her car had been driven off the road "What? Is she alright! We have to find her!" Oliver took on a worried expression and was ready to march down the steps and go look for the Princess himself when a car appeared at the gates and he ran for it.

Princess Felicity gasped when the Prince opened her car door half way down the driveway yet willingly went into his arms as there were reporters here too waiting to capture that happy couples reunion "Are you alright?" Oliver asked as he cupped her face in his hands "I just heard what happened, do you need a medic?"

"No. no I'm alright really!" Felicity could feel herself slipping into shock as Oliver embraced her again and asked if she could go inside, the King and Queen were catching up to them now wondering if she was alright

"Let's get her inside" Oliver ordered and took Felicity by the hand telling Felicity that she was finally safe "someone get that driver and question him now"

"He-he-he's dead, Oliver" Felicity told him in a shaky voice.

Once inside the palace Felicity could relax only slightly as the King and Queen fussed over her, Oliver asked if she needed anything but all she wanted was to go up to her room and lay down after her ordeal.
Oliver did the right thing and helped her with her bags that had come earlier up to her room.

Now that they were alone Oliver asked what happened again and if she was really alright. Felicity felt tears in her eyes as Oliver came forward and hugged her again "The Arrow was there again" she explained "I don't know why my driver took me the other way but…I'm so glad The Arrow was there"

"Me too, I don't know what I would have done if something happened to you" Oliver crooned softly

"There aren't any cameras here Oliver, you don't have to pretend" Felicity pulled away and wiped her eyes

"I'm not pretending, I really was worried about you. Felicity, if we're to be married we have to have some kind of relationship, even if it's only friendship and I was worried about…my friend…because she had been attacked. It's a normal response to care" Oliver said with a small smile on his face

Felicity smiled back and shook her head "I'm sorry, I was just scared and –"

"I know it's okay" Oliver took her hand and led her over to the soft looking lounge "why don't we use this time alone to get to know each other, tell me about yourself"

They spent the next four hours getting to know each other. What food they liked, movies that made them laugh and cry, their favourite music and everything else they could think of. If this wasn't going to work on a romantic level, Oliver was happy to be Felicity's friend and couldn't wait to help her with her rebuild her kingdom. Their kingdom.

A/N: This is an Olicity story through and through. Olicity will happen just slowly or as slow as I can make it. I'm also sorry that Slade is alive but he is a big part of this story and I needed something to try and get in the way of Olicity! I have plans for him and Felicity and they'll come to light soon!

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