Breakfast was early in the morning. The Rebel woke up to everything being sore and be shaken awake by the knight.


"What the hell." They said taking in the light from the door as their room didn't have any windows.


"Time to get up. We have a full day of worrying and training to get through." The Knight said pulling the covers off of the rebels previous sleeping form.


"Hey." The Rebel shouted throwing his pillow at the intruder.


"I know you aren't going to get up if I just left you man. Now come on we are wasting day light." The Knight left the room closing the door behind him. The Rebel got up as their bed was now practically stripped. They were drained, that was after the worst sleep they had had in the past seven months.


Still surprised to find their clothes in the wardrobe. They were able to get up and everything together in time to walk with the Knight to breakfast. It was just like yesterday walking into dinner. This time the Rebel walked over to the king and their mother at the far end of the table handing over the letter. The king glanced through it before handing it back.


"The stationary is in the back room behind the thrones. When we are done with breakfast you can seal it and send it." He wave the Rebel off to join the others at the opposite side of the table.


"See, it went just like I told you." The princess said when they sat down.


"We were going to be in trouble if I didn't happen like that. Since we move out tomorrow what are we going to do today while we are waiting for the letter to get there?"


"We are going finish a very quick breakfast to give the letter as much time as possible to get to your prince. I will have someone who is fast and will take the shortcut your mother took to get you here. That way the letter should get there tonight. I hope that your prince has incredibly good reaction time."


"To be able to get his army armed and ready to meet us along the path there. We are not bring a large army considering the damage that your mother had told us about. If there is to be a conflict at all that is." The Rebel was busy with food since they didn't know when lunch would be served.


Their anxiety about all this was not helping feel like keeping the food down. There wasn't going to be much of a fight if anything happened. The prince was never going to fight, even if he did give up the kingdom. At least the Rebel would be in charge; the kingdom wouldn't fall into ruin like I would if his sister took over.


Still it would be nice to not have to deal with everything and just be emotional support/back-up. After a couple more minutes of sitting and just eating the three got up and walked to the throne room. The princess sent the Knight to go get the messenger of which she was thinking. She was able to help the Rebel find all the things needed to seal the letter.


"And you sure it will get there by tonight?" The Rebel asked still worried that they would not have enough time.


"You need to stop with all the worrying. It is not going to help make our parents see that you are on our side. You need to calm down and trust in process. Remember that I want to stop this just as much as you do. We just have to find ways to delay the move out by the afternoon."


"This would be like dulling all the swords or causing a few pieces of tack for the horses to go missing. Small things that would make the amount of people we are moving out smaller or make us take more time in moving. You think you can handle any of that?" The Rebel nodded as the Princess ended off with a sharp tone.


They were just being a little nervous is all, everything was going to work out just like it did before. Now one else had to die because of all this. There was several people that were going to be there to make sure that didn't happen. The thought helped still the Rebels stomach a little before they handed off the letter.


Them and the Knight were to go around and try to do all the petty things that would make the move harder. This is a few things getting moved to the wrong place or someone being somewhere else then they should have. They made sure to spread the blame out to make suspicion a little better.


Going to lunch they were taken to the Princesses room instead of the dining room. She was laying on her bed looked pale. Lunch was brought in for the three of them. The Princess moved slowly and groggy. The Rebel made sure that the ladies in waiting left before asking.


"Are you ok?"


"Yes, I'm fine." The Princess said after a beat making sure there was no one that was outside.


"This causes my father further stress about tomorrow as we are going to be going together. If I'm sick then I will have to stay home and join you at the other castle after."


"So you're coming with us tomorrow?"


"Yes, this is just how I'm adding my own stress. And it goes right to the source so it's more likely to have oversights today for the move tomorrow." Lunch was great considering the Princess needed to stay acting sick to make it work. She was very convincing as they were a little worried about her.


After a nice talk over lunch the Rebel and the Knight got back to stirring things up. There was a couple times when they almost got caught by some of the lieutenants. It was more fun then the Rebel thought they would have. It would have been worth the kidnapping if the prince knew that they were safe.


Other then that it was a nice vacation. They had a little bit of time before they had to go to supper when the sun was going down. The Rebel and the Knight stayed in their room till they had to go down to the dinning room.


"We so pulled it off today. I am so excited to see how it's all going to fall down." The Knight fell onto the bed as the Rebel decided to sit on the table that was across from it.


"I think it will get us a few hours at least. I just hope it's enough time."


"Oh it's definitely will buy us enough time. The letter should already be in your prince's hands. We just have to make sure he can get the message that you put in. That is really the piece of the plan we should be worried about."


The Rebel nodded hoping that the prince would be able to figure it out since it was hidden well. "Yeah, I'm sure he will figure it out. I hope that he will forgive me if he doesn't. That letter was really gross to write."


The Knight sat up leaning back on his hands. "Yeah I doubt that it was entirely from the King even if it was his name that got signed. Your mom has the King wrapped around her finger ever since they started talking."


"From what I got from the letters I thought it was the other way around. I think the feeling is mutual at least." The Rebel noted to burn all of them when they got back. They started thinking of other activities that could happen after they got back as well. The clock chimed pulling the Rebel out of their thoughts.


"That's the dinner bell, time for the last meal before we go off onto war. You ready?" The Knight asked when he got to the door. The Rebel stood and passed him getting out into the hall.


"Ready as any of us are." They both walked down the hall joining up with the Princess on their way. Her plan was to get a little worse by the end of dinner for a stressful night for the king. Something that went pretty much as planned. The Rebel didn't have to try to seem like they cared. It reinforced the thought that they would be a good couple.


They mother was happy to see that there was something there to build off of. The Rebel was given a sword mostly for show as they would not have any armor. There was extraordinarily little that they needed to work on. Then their mother mentioned riding horses. The Rebel knew how to ride a horse in theory thanks to the prince's daydreaming.


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"That would never happen." The Rebel snorted at the Prince's random outburst.


"You don't know that. After my parents are gone we will have access to the sables. All we have to do is wait for the right time of the day." The Prince looked up at them. They were laying on the balcony on a blanket for a mock picnic. They had cushions all around them watching the now pink sky.


"Even if we both get through all this. I don't know how to ride a horse." The Prince sat up turning his head to look at the Rebel.


"Well, I will just have to teach you. Just remember to sit up straight and press your legs against the sides."


"I think you need to get your heads out of the clouds." The Rebel laid back on the cushions behind them. The Prince laid back down on their chest looking up at the sky.


"I think you need to put your head in the clouds more often."


"What ever you say star boy." The Rebel pulled the prince against them.


"I'm just saying it would look really nice. Maybe we could even get a painting done."


The Rebel chuckled, "We are not getting a painting done with the two of us riding into the sun set."


"You'll see it my way someday."


"Keep dreaming."


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The Rebel had to remind their mother about the lack of horse-riding experience. Something that should have been added to the list of things to do on the day that just passed.


"I guess that is something we are going to have to do on the way. It's not that hard." She said as they were all sat at one end of the table.


"I can trip over an anthill. What gives you the idea I can learn to ride a horse in a few minutes?" The Rebel asked poking fun at when they were growing into their limbs.


"You might just have to ride with Leah." Charlie, Leahs younger sister, said poking at her carrots.


There was a round of smirks that went around the table as the Rebel blushed, "Yeah, maybe. If she is feeling well enough to travel with us."


"Maybe a good night's sleep is what I need." Leah was sounding tired and strained.


"That sounds like a good reason for an early night." The king suggested rising from his spot. This was the end of the meal considering everyone was pretty much done anyways. That was when everyone retreated to their rooms for the night.