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Corinne woke up, suddenly. For a few moments she wondered where she was, then she remembered she was in Louis's room, and all the memories of the day before came flooding in. She smiled, as she remembered how she had called Louis, Kingy. Louis had put a blanket around her. She smiled, he was so cheesy sometimes, but he was also so sweet when he did those cheesy things. She looked at where Louis was sleeping. She got up, and went over to his bed, and smiled. He looked fairly younger when he slept. He looked so peaceful and defenseless. Which he sort of was. If it wasn't for her and her best friends he would have been long gone. She looked at the large clock tower outside the window. Her eyes suddenly opened wide in dismay, she was late. She quickly ran out the door.
"Sorry I'm late." Corinne said.
"It's alright , Corinne." Said Treville, "You're not leaving, anyway."
"What? Why?" Corinne asked.
"The king, insists you stay." Treville explained.
"Louis." Corinne said under her breath. Then, she excused herself and left to go find Louis.
"Louis." Corinne said, once she found Louis outside reading one of his science books. He looked up, and smiled.
"Corinne, you look wonderful today." He said.
"How dare you." Corinne said, angrily.
"What's wrong?" He asked. Corinne glared at him.
"You told them not to send me to help the other musketeers." Corinne said.
"It's for your own good." Louis said.
"For your own good." Corinne said, "Louis, this isn't high school, there are people literally giving up there lives, just to save you and your country. And you expect me to stay here and not do anything about it. I have friends out there. My family lives out there. Your people live there. They're waiting for nineteen substitution musketeers to help them."
"Which means, that there's enough musketeers to help them." Louis said.
"I want to help them." Corinne said.
"They don't need help." Said Louis.
"Yeah we all saw that when Phillipe tied them up in the secret passageway." Corinne said.
"That doesn't count." Said Louis.
"Louis, everything counts." Said Corinne.
"Well, Viveca, Aramina, and Renee are going to be there." Said Louis.
"And I want to be there to. Louis, if I don't fight, I'll feel useless for the rest of my life." Said Corinne.
"You're not useless." Louis said.
"Then, I can go." Corinne said.
"No." Said Louis, but Corinne gave him her award-winning puppy dog face, and he just couldn't resist, "Fine."
"Yes!" Corinne said, and hugged Louis. He quickly hugged her back, and smiled.
"Come on, let's go tell them." He said.
"Okay." Corinne said, happily, and then ran back to the castle. Treville was just about to leave.
"Treville, I think you forgot one of your best musketeers." Louis said. Corinne came up to him.
"Oh, well... I thought, you didn't want her to go." Said Treville.
"Didn't want Corinne to go. France would definitly be conquered if Corinne doesn't come." Louis said.
"Well, okay then, Corinne I guess you can come." Said Treville. Corinne started to walk towards her three best friends when Louis spoke up again.
"Oh, and Corinne." Louis said, Corinne turned back, "Be careful." Corinne smiled, and nodded. Then she went to her best-friends, and Aramina hugged her.
"Musketeers, let us take our leave." Treville said, and Corinne, Aramina, Renee, Viveca, and the other musketeers walked out of the castle.
"So, Corinne why didn't Louis want you to go." Asked Renee.
"He was just a bit worried." Corinne said.
"Oh, that's sooo romantic." Said Aramina.
"How?" Asked Corinne.
"Isn't it obvious, Corinne, King Louis is in love with you." Aramina said, excitement and happiness in her voice.
"That's silly. Louis is a king, he wouldn't fall in love with a lowly farm girl who became a musketeer." Corinne said.
"Ah ha." Aramina said, "Can I plan the wedding?"
"There isn't going to be a wedding." Corinne said, "I mean Treville would kill me."
"You might die, but the story of your love will live on forever." Aramina said, dramatically. Corinne just rolled her eyes and laughed. They walked the rest of the way in silence.
"Alright, everyone we'll camp here tonight. If we sleep here tonight and leave here tomorrow morning we'll be able to get there two hours after sunrise." Said Treville. The musketeers sat down by a couple of trees. While Corinne, Aramina, Viveca, and Renee grabbed their blankets, and sat down on a soft patch of grass.
"Do you think everyone is alright?" Aramina asked, worriedly.
"I'm sure they're all fine." Corinne said.
"Who do you think is leading the other army?" Asked Renee.
"What if it's Phillipe?" Aramina asked, in the same worried tone.
"It's not. It's impossible. He was locked up in the dungoeuns remember." Viveca reassured her.
"Yeah, and even if it is Phillipe. We beat him once, we can do it again." Corinne said.
"Guess your right." Said Aramina, and then she yawned, "I'm suddenly really sleepy, maybe I'll just go to sleep." And with that Aramina lied down on the grass and pulled the blanket up to her chin.
"I think, I'll go to sleep too." Said Viveca.
"Yeah, me too." Said Renee.
"Corinne, are you going to sleep." Asked Viveca.
"Hmm, oh, I think I'll stay up for a while. You two get some rest." Corinne said.
"Okay, good night." Said Viveca.
"Good night." Corinne said, and once all three girls were sound asleep. Corinne got up and walked to the edge of the hill. It overlooked the City of Paris, and the beautiful countryside, but further on you could see smoke coming. Corinne felt a few tears escape, as she thought of the poor people who were caught in the horrible fire. She wanted nothing more than to help those people.
"Corinne." Said a quiet voice. Corinne turned around to see Treville standing behind her.
"Treville, what's wrong?" Corinne asked.
"Nothing, I just thought you might need some company." Treville said. Corinne smiled, and then turned back to the fire.
"Ah yes, they've unleashed another one of their fires on the village." Said Treville.
"Treville, why do people do things like that? I mean, just why?" Corinne asked.
"Corinne, you have to realize that... not all people are good. And we'll never know why the bad people act the way they do. They just do. Maybe they themselves don't know why they did it. And I know somewhere deep inside those bad people are good people. It's just that they don't choose to act on thier good side. And it always has to do with greed or envy." Said Treville.
"Oh, I guess, I should go to sleep now." Said Corinne, and then she went over to where her friends were sleeping, and lied down. A few seconds later, Corinne fell asleep.
Treville looked up at the skies. He remembered his best-friend, D'Artagnan, and the promise he had made him: He had promised to keep Corinne safe, if D'Artagnan died, and he wasn't going to break that promise.