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Details and Plans

Sky watched as Z turned down the hallway. He took a step towards her direction but stopped, he needed to go and see the King even though he wanted to go after Z. Taking a deep breathe he turned back and began heading towards the room he'd been directed to earlier. He realized that he should have told them that he was a Prince, but...no he had been right not to tell them. Who knew what kind of a reaction could have come about from it?

Had they been just regular citizens of a Kingdom, not royalty in any way, then telling her exactly who he was when he realized who they were was not a big deal. However it hadn't made much sense to explain to two girls that he was a Prince and was betrothed to one of them. Though now looking back he wondered if it would have worked better in the long run. It didn't matter, he had made the decision and he was sticking to it.

He finally arrived at the door to the King's room. He knocked and waiting until he heard the King invite him in. He entered and nodded at King Westerly, "You wanted to speak with me?"

"Yes, please sit." Sky moved to the seat that the King was gesturing to. The King spoke as soon as Sky was sitting down, "Please tell me everything that happened."

He nodded. He wasn't shocked to hear this. Sky knew that if he was in the same situation he would ask all the parties separately so that if there was any kind of hole in the story one could easily figure it out. He repeated the story from what he knew. He had rescued the girls reluctantly adding in that it had been good that Z had come back and helped…he knew that she had helped him…but he just wasn't thrilled that he had ended up needing the help, especially when it was from those he had just helped. He told of the stay in the cabin and then headed east. The capture of Syd, rescuing her and Bridge (after Bridge had tried to rescue her) and of course their journey back here.

He stopped and remained quiet as the King processed everything. Sky wasn't sure what was going on in the King's mind but he hoped that he would find out soon enough.

Finally the King spoke, "Thank you for your account on what happened. And I would like to add that I am quite grateful for what you did for my daughters, they mean the world to me."

Sky nodded.

"I only wish…" King Westerly sighed and looked off towards the window. After a few minutes he turned back to the young Prince, "So what do you think of Sydney?"

Sky shrugged, "She is a good person."

"You do realize that is who you are betrothed to?"

The earlier conversation with Z went through his mind once more and he realized that he would have to try and process it a bit more before he figured out exactly what was going on with her, "I do."

"Well then, I suppose that's settled?"

There was more in that statement then was said in words; Sky just wasn't sure what King Westerly was getting at. Sky looked right at the monarch, "I suppose it is."

"Alright."

As Sky stood up and turned to leave he watched as the King's expression turned to a slight frown. He continued out of the room knowing that there really wasn't anything that he could do.

Bridge sat in the big room that he had been shown. There was a nice comfortable bed and a desk with a chair. The room was a lot bigger than his room. His thoughts shifted back to his family that was not that far from here. He would have to go to them but he knew that he couldn't right then. The King still wanted to speak with him, and after that…it was getting close to night so he would probably see his family the next day. He wasn't going to force himself to stay there, if he was free to go, he would go.

Syd came to his mind. He was in love with her and there wasn't anything he could do about it. She would be married, but not to him. The one thing that he did see as positive was that he had been able to help save her. And even if he didn't ever get to see her again, at least she was alive.

A knock on his door startled him out of his thoughts. Moving over he opened it to a guard. "Follow me." Bridge fell in line behind the guard and moved quietly throughout the castle until they reached a door.

The guard stopped and knocked on the door. After a 'Come in', the guard opened it and signaled for Bridge to go through the door. He entered the room and saw the King sitting behind a desk, "Please sit down."

After a brief bow Bridge sat in the chair the King had indicated and waited for the King to start talking.

"Will please explain the events since you took off to find my daughter? In fact, please begin with how you met my daughter."

Bridge nodded, "It started out in the woods. I had seen Syd…Princess Sydney…and she needed some help. After helping her we just started talking. And after that we would meet and talk."

"So did you expect that if you were nice to her that you'd get something from it?"

"What?" Bridge paused, he would never use Syd like that, "I didn't even know she was the Princess until right before she got taken."

The King nodded, "Alright. Continue."

"So then I heard that she was gone. I also had heard that people were looking for her…well the soldiers…though I suppose Juneston really wasn't one…and I'm not sure if anyone else did or if it was just soldiers…then again what really is a soldier…"

"Please continue."

"Right. I wanted to help find her and bring her back, so I left home. I ran across Juneston and his men and realized that she could be in big trouble, so I continued my search even more. Then I found her, she had been taken and tied up. I got her out and was trying to help her escape, but a few soldiers came after me. Sky and Z—Prince Sky and Princess Elizabeth found us and helped us. Then I came back here."

The King nodded, "I see. I do thank you for your perseverance in finding my daughters. It means the world to me." Bridge nodded and continued sitting there unsure if he should get up and leave or if he was supposed to stay with the King for a bit longer. Finally King Westerly must have realized what Bridge was doing as he nodded towards the door, "Stay the night, it is late and I'm sure it will be fine if you return to your family tomorrow."

Bridge nodded and left the room. He began moving back the way that he had come hoping that he would end up picking the right halls and right rooms. He was fairly positive he remembered the way. The guard who had brought him had been gone when he exited so he decided that he would try to go by himself.

As he was wandering down one of the halls he heard his name. Turning quickly he tried to see who had said it. After seeing no one he turned to continue when he heard it again. This time he turned quicker and he saw Syd peeking out of one of the doors and signaling him closer. Quickly he moved to her and followed her into the room.

The room they were in appeared to be a study, "Syd, how are you?"

She smiled, "Okay. You?"

He shrugged, "What's going on?"

"We have a dilemma."

"What?"

"Z and Sky are in love with each other."

"Syd, I don't see how that's a problem."

"It's a problem because Z has to marry Jack and Sky…well he has to marry me."

Everything came into a brighter focus as he was made even more aware of how far from him she really was, "You're betrothed to him?"

"Daddy told me when he talked to Z and I. I don't want to marry him."

"Oh." Bridge couldn't help but feel a bit of hope at her statement, but he knew that was foolish and that nothing would happen, so instead he quieted his hope and asked, "Please tell me you're not running away again."

She shook her head, "No. Running away wasn't good. And I didn't intend to do it. It was an accident."

"Right, so what's going on?"

"Well Z and Sky are in love with each other. I think we should get them together."

"And how are we going to do that?"

"I was thinking on explaining it to my Father."

"Do Sky and Z want to be together?"

"They're in love. Of course they do. I think we just have to make them realize it."

Bridge grinned, "We could put them in a situation where it's just the two of them. Perhaps they'll talk and feelings will come out."

"Great idea." Syd frowned, "You have to leave tomorrow don't you?"

"That's what he said."

A sigh fell from her lips and she moved towards him stopping only when she was within arms length from Bridge, "Thank you for coming after me. That means the world to me."

"Of course I did."

Syd then leaned forward and her lips touched his cheek, once done she pulled back and smiled at him. Touching his cheek he looked at her in surprise, he realized that it was a path he was not on but he allowed himself to live in that moment of hoping it was. He moved a stray curl behind her ear and then readied himself for reality, "You're thinking about doing it as soon as possible?"

"Tonight. I can get Z to meet me somewhere, and we can send a note for Sky to go there as well. Then we lock them in there and wait."

"Alright, let's do it."

Syd smiled and grabbed his hand as the two exited the room.

Z looked down at the note in her hand. She shook her head as she went to the old room that she and her sister would play in. Why Syd insisted on meeting her here at this time was beyond her. Z was still not too happy with how things had turned out with Sky. She did understand what he was saying but that didn't mean she liked the idea of him being right.

Sighing as she reached the door she contemplated not going in right away. Syd should really be getting some sleep…

Z looked down at the note again and put her hand on the door handle.

If only things were much easier. She didn't want to see Sky in the morning, not after her outburst.

Shaking her head the brunette went into the room where the only light available came from the fireplace. "Syd?"

"Z?"

Z heard the door shut behind her and lock. She turned and realized that she was now trapped in a room withthe one person she did not want to see, "Sky?"