We were all sitting at the table eating dinner, when I decided to tell father the plan I've been developing all day.
"Father, I have a plan to snatch the Moon Princess right from under Moonacre." I start
"Do not go near there. That house is damned." he cut me off, "Besides, we have a visitor." he looks up. I follow his gaze and find Maria at the end of it.
We've got you now girl. I thought to myself. They took her down the steps, her struggling the whole way down. She's got spirit, you have to admire that. They push her to her knees in front of my father and she rips one of her hands free and opens her fist. Inside she has the lost key. I smirk.
"Oh! Look at what she brought us here! The lost key. You think we've had the moon pearls this whole time don't you girl?" he asks. He walks over to where the pearl casket was, right on the tomb of Sir Denoir. One of the men, Billy, i think, is man-handling her, so I decide to take her from him. I can't have her hurt.
"The pearl casket" she breathed. I have to admit, she is beautiful. Her red hair cascading down her sides and that fiery sparkle in her eyes. I am ripped back into reality when Couer starts talking again.
"Let's see," he said with both the casket and key in his hand. He drops the key and opens the empty casket.
"Well then it's true!" she spits,"you're ancestors stole them!" she said.
"MY ANCESTORS" he roared, "DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE THEM BEFORE YOU BLOODY MERRYWEATHERS STOLE THEM! TAKE HER TO THE DUNGEON" I started to pull her away.
We, my posse and I, led her down to the dungeons. I had my hand on her arm the whole time, and I realized that I liked having it there, but I couldn't let that show, so I gave her a final push. She turned around and spat at me "Don't touch me, you oaf!"
"For someone in your predicament, you have to admire your spirit." I said. She then kicked me in the shin, pretty hard I might add. I went down, grasping it, trying to stop the throbbing. When I recovered, I grabbed her and shoved her into the dungeon then closed to gate. She looked gorgeous with the door's cut out heart perfectly shaped around her pretty face...Robin! Stop thinking like that! She's a Merryweather! And the Moon Princess! I shook my head and waved to her, in a mocking way. I heard the boys say stuff like "Have fun making friends with the cockroaches" and "Sweet dreams" I turned around and left with my posse.
I am walking around the market looking for something to do and I hear yelling. I look around for the commotion because the market is usually peaceful, and I see Maria...in her undergarments...running from the guards. I take off at a sprint after her, finally cornering her against a wall on the side of the property. She steps up onto the ledge.
"What are you going to do now, Princess?" I ask smirking, knowing she's caught, when suddendly shse falls backwards and lets out a shriek. I run up to the edge and look down at her rolling down the hill and I run to go after her.
We set off searching for her running through the woods when I hear my father catch up.
"I want her found and brought back. Then, I want her dead." he said with fury evident in his voice.
"Stupid girl, should've stayed where you were." I muttered under my breath secretly fearing for what my father'll do to her.