Chapter 2- Prince Gideon Comes Over to Visit
The next day, Princess Mabel came up to her brother and said to him, "Check it out, Alexander! I've successfully bedazzled my face! Blink! Ow."
Prince Alexander asked Mabel, "Is that permanent?"
Mabel sighed, "I'm unappreciated in my time…"
Presently, there was a knock on the castle door. King Stephen shouted from the dining hall, "Somebody answer that door!"
"I'll get it!" Mabel replied, and when she went and opened the castle door, she saw the young Prince Gideon of Gleeful.
Gideon said to Mabel, "Howdy! I'm Prince Gideon of Gleeful. Now, I know we haven't formally met, but ever since yesterday, I just couldn't get your laugh out of my head."
"You mean this one?" asked Mabel and she laughed.
"Oh, what a delight!" said Gideon. "Now, when I saw you playing in the fields, I said to myself, 'Now there's a kindred spirit, someone who appreciates the sparkly things in life.'"
"That's totally me!" Mabel laughed before she started coughing up rhinestones onto Prince Gideon's jacket.
"Enchanting." the young prince thought. "Utterly enchanting."
Just then, King Stephen was heard to shout, "Who's at the door?"
Princess Mabel fibbed, "No one, father!"
"I appreciate your discretion," Gideon said to Mabel. "Now, your father's no fan of my family. I don't know how a lemon so sour could beget a peach so sweet. What do you say we step away from here and chat a bit more, perhaps in my father's castle?"
Mabel then said to Gideon, "It's a deal."
And Gideon said to Mabel, "Okay. Tonight, at seven o'clock."
After Prince Gideon had left King Stephen's castle, Mabel approached her brother and said, "Hey, Alexander, I was hanging out with my new pal, Prince Gideon. He is one dapper little man."
Alexander then told his sister, "Mabel, I don't trust anyone whose hair is bigger than their head."
"Oh, leave him alone!" Mabel said to Alexander. "You never want to do girly stuff with me; you and Soos get to do boy stuff all the time!"
"What do you mean?" asked Alexander.
Just then, the captain of the guard came by and said to Alexander, "Hey dude, you ready to blow up these hot dogs in the fireplace one by one?"
"AM I!" Alexander exclaimed, and he rushed off with the captain of the guard to do just that.
That night, Princess Mabel was in her bedroom, sewing, when she heard a small rock tapping onto her window. When she looked outside, she saw Prince Gideon upon his horse, waving his hand and saying, "A night of enchantment awaits, milady."
Princess Mabel then leapt out the window and landed on Gideon's horse, and off they rode to Prince Gideon's castle.
Once there, Prince Gideon took Princess Mabel on something of a tour. "This is the captain of the guard, Deuce," he said as he approached the gate and led Mabel into the castle.
He then pointed out his parents, King Robert (you all know him) and his poor nervous wreck of a queen. But after entering his bedroom, he said to Mabel, "Prepare to be amazed by the view from the balcony!" And with that, he opened the window and showed Mabel everything.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Mabel. "The view from the balcony is magnificent! Good thing we both brought our…" she said with Gideon, "…opera glasses!"
Prince Gideon then whispered rather sinisterly, "One of these days, my old man says, I will be king of all I survey…" He then said out loud to Mabel in a much more cheerful tone, "And that'll make you my queen!"
"What?" asked Mabel in disbelief. "You are being so nice to me right now, quit it!"
"I can't quit it," said Gideon. "I am speaking from the heart. Do you wanna go on a date with me?"
He then tried to stroke Mabel's hair, but she pushed his hand away and said, "Look, Gideon. I like you a lot, but let's just be friends."
But Gideon persisted and said to her, "It'll just be one lil' ol' date, I swear."
Princess Mabel, seeing that she had no choice, sighed, "Ummm. Ok, then… I guess…"
Prince Gideon happily shouted, "Princess Mabel of Pines, you have made me the happiest boy in the world!"
He then hugged Mabel, who asked him, "Are you sniffing my hair?"