Read the bold if your in hurry and want to get over with the a/n

Alright guys I need to ask you something IMPORTANT RELATED TO STORY. No I am not discontinuing it.

What I want to ask is.......... I have thought of some serious twist in this story(already mentioned in the summary that "anything can happen") and then I will end the story right there and start a new one and STOP RIGHT THERE! DON'T SAY ANYTHING LEMME FINISH!!!!! The "new story" is not new, its actually will be continual of escape from royalty. You know, books in series? If not then think I am making new seasons of same anime. Its similar idea. So in order to read that story I have to finish this story. Its taken more than a year. Besides I have to focus on my school since I have boards this year, and also write a few chapters of 'wish to be with you'. So what I am asking you is your permission of making this story in series. Should I do it or not. If you leave it up to me it will be taken as a vote to continue in series. so give me a direct answer Yes (continue in series) or No(continue in this same book)

Okay now if you want you can go and read the chapter.

Why I want to continue in series is I can get a new idea. If I lost the drift I have to reread this whole story which will not only be tiresome but torture for my eyes. Besides I can get more good ideas if in series.of all books I have read in real life I have been hooked to the books in series more often. And also if you were to read a book with so many chapters as a new reader you'll rather not. Plus books in series may attract a bit of attention of readers you know? Its up to your decision so yeah. After all I write for you all you know, not just me. Im not getting anything(except fun time reading your comments ,your stories, having fun chit chats, pulling each other's leg, speaking(typing)nonstop, and also teasing, pulling legs of our ship's characters! I could not ask more.)

BELOW THE CHAPTER BEGINS!!!

Leaf was very angry. How could May not tell her that's there is a letter for her!?! How dare she! Even if she is a princess but she isn't their princess now is she? She is the one held captive and doesn't have any right to not give the letter to leaf.

Leaf knew better than anyone that Hayley Knows how to cover her tracks. This means she isn't the one on the ship. Then who? Who else could have given the letter to May? Could it be possible that May was with Hayley? Well she never knew her before but what are the chances?

 Leaf thought about the conversation with Driya,Hikari and Princess Mistfire. Driya said she was a friend of Hayley. And since may is really close to Driya, as it appears most of the time, she may have a hand in it. Of course! Why else would May and Misty be comfortable like they belong here when they were kidnapped. Also, as far as she remembers Misty did said something about a message from Hayley for Leaf when they were fighting. Hikari , Driya , Misty and May must have a part in it! How stupid of Leaf! She remembered never to trust anyone except the crew members! Pirates can never be friends with royal blood now can they? Princess Mistfire and Maybelle just proved it didn't they? Anger boiled inside her as she tried to control it. Her past has already taught her not to trust even her own friends. How can she let her guard down? And that too in front of some silly princesses!! Tears blurred her vision but she held them back and thought about what to do.

Leaf wandered aimlessly around the ship. Unaware whether she should approach to May and ask her when and how did she got the letter and yell at her for not telling her OR help the pirates to dock safely to the island.

Leaf kept on thinking until a thought stuck her. If this letter is given by Hayley, through someone else then it's sure that it hides a secret message too. Her eyes widen. She rushed to her room, grabbed a candle and lit it. The words on the letter soon vanished as a new sentences come up.

So you're not as dumb as you pretend to be huh leaf?

6pm day after tomorrow (when u got the letter) (or even if you realized late,youll dock there just that day only) near the lake of tears where the cave of nightmare stands,come there. It's time we finish what we started years ago. You better come alone or else I won't hesitate to shoot your filthy pirates friend with two freak maybelle and mistfir. Along with dawn and the other 4 girls. Better watch yourself otherwise you know what I am capable of. No funny tricks

The queen of Gary's heart

hayley

anger flow through her veins as she gave a low growl. If it is a war Hayley wanted, it is a war she will get

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" Good job guys!!" Misty said with a smile as she retreated her water pokemon with others doing the same.

"I really don't understand where did this arrow came from" Ashton said as he removed the arrow from the helm. The ship docked on the mysterious island. It appeared near Andrew after putting bandages around my burnt fingers. I glance around when my eyes fell upon the arrow placed on ash's hand. My eyes widen as I immediately grab Misty. She yelped then glared at me. I didn't pay any attention as I gaze at the arrow intently. Misty followed my gaze as now her eyes widen.

The arrow had.............

The Royal symbol.

I may not be aware what just happened when I was going to the infirmary but this is SO NOT GOOD! Someone from the royal family has to be here in order to have the royal symbol arrow.Did Clare played her move this fast!?! I shut my eyes forcefully as I began thinking who it might be. The problem is now that not only is the royal family aware we are here but also they are aware that WE ARE IN BLACK ROSE SHIP!! !! I clenched my fists.Clare and her dummies will regret it. But how? I heard them just yesterday. Not to forget that we are very far from hoenn. How can they reach them in just one day and then suddenly sent someone to find us??I glance at Misty who now had the arrow in her hands examining the symbol intently just to see whether it's fake or not.

"is it just me or that looks like Hoenn's royal symbol" Hikari said blankly as she looked at her friend Driya who in turn looked at me. I ignore her as i looked around to see if anyone heard her. But from what I can make out only Aisha and Nikita heard her and were also looking at me for explanation.

But luckily Soledad said that they need to search for food items and other important resources in the island.

Misty grabbed me and took me to Hikari and Driya's room. The said girls followed along with Aisha and Nikita.

"Does anyone have any idea that if we dock here then when do we reach the area where leaf was supposed to meet Hayley? And did the letter even mention which spot exactly?" Misty said changing the topic that everyone had on their mind.

" If I remember correctly no it didn't mention any exact location" Nikita said as she looked at me. Soon everyone started looking at me.

"What?"

"show us the letter May" Driya said annoyed. I nodded as I took the letter out...... to see that it was a chocolate wrapper that I had taken out. I sweatdrop at the glaring girls. I looked for the letter and I didn't find it!

"May if you dare say that you lost the letter I personally will make sure Gary wont be the only one in this ship who felt the pain of broken fingers" Driya hissed.

" I swear I had it! It was there I felt it when I was in the kitchen!" I panicked. Aisha and Hikari just sighed as if they expected it. Driya was making cracking sound with her fingers. Misty and Nikita were giving me death glare. I cant think under so much pressure hello!! *suddenly feels the reader too glaring at her. Some for chocolate and some for other reasons* I groaned and let out a slight whimper. Hikari looked sympathetically at me whereas Aisha just looked away at the angry bunch of girls.

" Do you EVEN REMEMBER what happened and where you went after you were in the kitchen EATING CHOCOLATE AND WHO KNOWS WHAT!" Nikita yelled.

" Maybe we can see where it might be fallen." Hikari said trying to remove the tension around but to no avail when I said what I said after.

"I went to infirmary and then back with you guys to see what happened there. Though I do remember bumping into Le-"I cut myself by putting a hand on my mouth when I realized what I had done. Driya let a low growl out when she saw my eyes widen. Others were waiting for me to finish the sentence. Hikari went pale

"DO NOT TELL ME YOU BUMPED INTO LEAF!" Driya shouted at me as I felt myself getting smaller. I played with my fingers and stammered a bit

"M-m-maybe....?" I whispered so that they can't hear. But in these matters girls really have very sharp ears. Hikari grab Aisha and went out of the room.

"We'll see if the letter has fallen somewhere in the kitchen." Hikari said before going out.

"I'll check whether it had fallen in the infirmary or not." Nikita said

"I'll check near the helm" Misty said annoyed.

"I'll go check if it's somewhere between infirmary or kitchen. AND YOU MAY! Will check whether it is with Leaf" driya said glaring.

"Why should I be the one to check with Leaf" I whined

Driya

misty

"WHAT DID YOU SAY" Both yelled. My expression was same as ash in the above one.

"Right" I said as I scoot away almost immediately

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Leaf tried to calm herself down. They had already dock at the island and she has to escape before anyone see's her. But she doesn't have any water pokemon! She thought and thought until she realized something.

The princesses have got me into this and they will be the ones to get me out of this too.

With that thought leaf opened her door, only to hear a familiar yelp. Leaf eyes widen but tried to control a wave of hate inside her for the princess who just got hurt.

"Oh Maybelle are you okay? Sorry I didn't knew you were outside my door. Here let me help you" Leaf said. She noticed May's eyes twitch at the mention of her full name, that made Leaf smirk inwardly.

I looked up at Leaf, well she is being kind to me that means she hasn't received Hayley's letter. I let out a sigh of relief and nodded.

"Any reason you came here."

I thought of an excuse but fake a smile. "Remember I bumped into you? I wanted to apologize for that. Sorry. Anyway i'll catch up with you later "

"Hey Maybelle wait! Do you know where Princess Mistfir is? I need to talk to her."

Huh? I wonder why she wants to talk to Misty.

"Yeah she did say something about inspecting the damage on the helm." I lied. Leaf nodded and then left. I took this opportunity to search the letter in her room just in case. But I hope I don't find it.

****************************after sometime*********************************************

"ALL CREW MEMBERS TO SEARCH FOR SUPPLIES. For first time princesses as well as their companions are allowed to come along." I heard clement speak.

Luckily I had no luck of finding the letter on Leaf's room. But I bet one of the girls had some luck! No need to worry! Yeah I m may only FYI if you had a doubt that I was dawn.

"Any luck may?" Hikari asked. I nodded

"Luckily it's not with Leaf; I looked into her room too. It's not there." I said.

"You sure have guts to ask her May." Aisha said.

"Nikita, Driya and Misty what about you?" all three girls shook her head.

"Then where could it be?" Hikari and Driya said.

"It could be possible that it got blown away while we were using our flying Pokémon to change the wind." Aisha said.

"OR someone from the crew must have found it?" Nikita said. I glared at her. Why is she suggesting ways to get me killed even if indirectly?

"No I cross checked with Soledad. Don't worry she doesn't know. I'm not Maybelle after all." Driya said

I narrowed my eyes. "You have some guts to talk like that about a princess Driya"

"You have some guts to show me your face after what you did you BIG MISTAKE"

"EXCUSE ME!?!? WHY YO-"

"Cut it out you two!" misty scolded. But that didn't stop the glare we gave each other.

"Where are Paul and Princess Dawn?" Hikari said looking around.

"I am here. Sorry I just needed to find a perfect outfit. Anyway Paul has too much of injuries so no he won't come with the crew." Dawn said as she approached us.

"Princess Dawn are you sure you ca-"

"We princesses are stronger than we look Hikari. No need to worry!"

"That's when I worry the most." Hikari murmured.

"Oh and May? Here are the hoods you told me to bring. Took me a lot of time to find them." Dawn said handing me a green hoodie and misty a brown hoodie. She herself wore a blue hoodie that belonged to her only.

"Hello girls I- where did you find these!?!?" Soledad exclaimed with shock seeing us wearing the hoodie.

"Some dusty old room. I thought the princesses might need them. Is there a problem Miss?" Dawn said. I looked at Soledad and then behind her I could see both the captain's mouth drop to the floor with a very shock expression on their face.

"On second thought" Misty said removing her recently wore hoodie. I did the same

"Keep it back from where you took it Dawn." I said as we hand the two hoodies to her. She gave us a questionable look as Soledad let out a sign of relief only to gasp when she saw drew and ash walking towards us.

"Why did you even need those hoodie?" Ash asked.

"To protect us from cold." Dawn replied

"To make sure no one identifies us just in case."Both I and Misty said without missing a beat.

Andrew and Ashton were staring at me and misty respectively. After some time Driya decided to interrupt. "So what is special about the hoodie?"

"It belonged to our parents" Drew said as his eyes were fixed at me thinking something.

"You can have it. It's old and useless to us anyway." He added with a flick of his hair. Ash looked at his brother and then at Misty. He gave her a small smile and nodded at her to show his approval. I took the green hoodie and smiled at Drew. But I suddenly remembered the real reason to wear these hoodie as I looked at Misty. I narrowed my eyes when I saw her staring at ash with a slight negligibly visible blush. I gave her nudge and she realized what she was doing and took the hoodie from Dawn. Of course it couldn't go unnoticed by her can it?

OMG!!! So I am not the only one who has a crush on a pirate! Phew. Though I didn't thought that misty will have crush on anyone.. Dawn thought with a mysterious smile.

What disaster have you brought yourself into Misty. You're a princess Misty. Loving or even having a crush on Ash is a dangerous as well as disastrous situation. Pull yourself together. I thought with a sad smile as I glanced at Drew before I covered my head with the green hood as misty did the same. We have two missions to finish. If anyone from royal family is here they can't get anywhere near the pirates. If we stayed on the ship they will find us. We have to end this before the war with Hayley.

"I found a cottage nearby!" Gary said as he jumped from the lookup section (I call it that. You know? One where pirate stand with binoculars to see what's ahead?)

"It's the only one in the island I presume. Situated between a grassy field." Gary said walking towards us.

"Suspicious, the only one?" Drew asked. Gary nodded "The only one my eyes could see."

"Well whoever stays there must know the island like the back of their hand" Soledad said.

Cottage? Any royal soldier or infact any man that the royals trust on mission like these are highly trained. They rather make tree house or nothing when they deal with pirates. I do remember Mother telling us the ways how we used to defeat pirates and our father used to show us demonstrations and also give us situations to rack our brains in times like this.

Father....Mother.... I miss them a lot now. I wonder how they are, especially Max.... with Clare near them I cannot count on their well being!

I miss them a lot. It's been more than a week as far as I could remember. We have never been out for this long. Well atleast we escaped marriage didn't we? But I wonder how mother must be. Is she okay? Is she missing us? Does she know we are kidnapped? No otherwise there must have been news spread all over the globe. We must have got the information if that was the case. After all the pirates kidnapped us for money.

I really miss seeing the castle. I really miss those maids running after us to make us wear those nasty real tight dresses. I miss them all. I miss the laughter of my mother. Heck I miss even my father's kind scolding and stern looks back when we weren't even 10. But maybe being king must be hard for him. Afterall running a whole region. I mean Hoenn? It's so large and must be tedious! But I still don't get why he used to beat us after we turned 10.

Does he miss us? Or is he glad he got rid of us? That's the real princesses heck anyone gets married don't they?

But still.... I wonder how they are. I miss them a lot.... Maybe Misty was right when she said escaping from palace was a wrong idea. Well on the bright side we sure did have lots of fun even if we were kidnapped.

But still.... Urgh why can't I get rid of this homesick feeling!!!! I really miss them alright. It hurts a lot. I wonder when we will go back. If a royal member is here then I do have a chance to go back.

WAIT!! What are you thinking you stupid girl!?! You have to save your oldrivalshipping right? We fangirls aint backing down not now not ever! We just have to make our ship complete!!!

Though I do miss my family....

"Feeling homesick princess ?"

Drew as well as the whole crew (almost the whole crew) went down their ship. He couldnt help but notice sudden change in princess Maybelle's behavior.

What could possibly trouble her now?

Even Ash noticed the sudden change in her as May look down as she walked besides them, deep in thoughts. Misty didn't even notice her as she herself was deep in thoughts about a certain pirate. But she was her usual self.

Even when both the captains stopped walking, both the princesses didn't. Drew felt this behavior familiar but wasn't able to point out why. But Ash was able to. His eyes soften when he realized when he has seen this before.

Soon Princess, you will return to your kingdom I promise. Sorry princess Maybelle.

Ash regretted capturing them and kidnapping them without their consent. Why did he even agree to kidnap them in first place? He couldn't remember. But he has to say, the princesses were a bit of trouble for them at first, especially princess Mistfire. He laughed inside his mind remembering some memories with her. Maybelle wasn't ever a trouble for them. But they sure were rebellious weren't they? That reminds him of the real reason to go to dark region as his eyes immediately darken.

He has to get rid of both princesses even if it kills him. He has to keep them safe no matter what. Even it means never seeing them ever again. It is his war after all. 

He was the one who kept such a drastic secret from everyone that only clemont was aware of it.

"Feeling homesick Princess?" Gary asked. That sure did snap Maybelle out of her thoughts. She looked at Gary as if determined of something, then shook her head and tried to fake a smile.

It pained Ash to see May and Misty like this. They may be princesses and fake as if everything such is kidnapping is a usual thing but no matter what, he does think that the princesses do miss their parents.

But that wasn't any of his concern. He shook the thought out of his head. Pikachu was back on the ship taking care of it in their absence. Even his best pal didn't knew the secret of going to the dark region.

But first of all Ash has to get rid of the princesses before it was too late. He has to do it. He couldn't return them to Hoenn as it would take time, also drew would be suspicious too about it. He could get them unconscious and let them stay in the ship. But dealing with those sna-(a/n HEY! NO SPOILER ASH!!) *This war won't be easy. They might attack the ship and sink it. Then in that case keeping princess on the ship won't be a good idea.

Suddenly a thought struck him.

Drew will be furious if he came to know of it.

"You have to harden yourself Ash. Be cruel like a pirate!" he whispered those words of encouragement in an inaudible voice. But those were of no use when his brain decided to go against his wish

Not all pirates are cruel Ash . he remembered his mother's words. But these words weren't the only that pop out of nowhere in his stupid brain.

You made me realize not all pirates are cruel Ash. Thank you.

Misty... the day the storm broke out, misty was acting very weird since then whenever she was around him.

Ash was in his room, cleaning, as much as he despised doing so, he doesn't want to face Misty's dark side. The door opened after he was done cleaning his room.

"You like it Misty? I did it all alone" Ash said with a pride look on his face.

"wow... who knew pir- you can clean your own room nicely." Misty said faking a smile. But little did she know, ash was an expert on catching fake smiles.

His smile dropped as a worried look filled his face.

"Did I not do it right? It must be the fish smell! We don't have any room fresheners in the ship dammit! How could I forget such a thing like that!" ash said pacing around the room in frustration. Misty giggled at the stupidness of his 'forced-to-be-roommate'

"Nah it's not that. Besides fish's smell wont dare come near captain's room aye?"

"aye.." ash said until something hit him. His eyes widen with disbelief "aye?"

But misty was too busy thinking something.

"Hey ash. Thank you."

"for what?"

"You made me realize not all pirates are cruel Ash. Thank you."

That sentence left him dumbfounded, as he tried to process in what she said. But before he even could, Misty did something totally unexpected. She hugged him and said " I am glad you're okay ash. I am glad you're breathing. I am glad that I escaped the castle. After all I met you." After saying that she went off to sleep on the bed as ash stood there near the bed, still not understanding what she meant with "you're okay" or "you're breathing" not even bothering to focus on the next sentence.

"Good night misty." He said lying beside her.

"I still remember you are supposed to sleep on the mattress. Go otherwise I'll kick you off the bed"

DAMMIT! Why do princess have such good memory!?!?!??

"yeah and you should stop saying aye. The next thing I'll know is being punished for making you say our code language."

"code language?"

"yes code language."

"don't think I forgot you are supposed to be on the mattress this very moment. Nice try loser."

Mentally cursing himself, he did what was told. Never did he thought in HIS VERY OWN ROOM instead on sleeping on A QUEEN SIZED LUXUAROUSLY NEW AND SOFT BED where mistfire is currently RULING OVER. HE HAS TO SLEEP ON A STUPID MATTRESS!!

Pikachu, from whatever he was doing went on the bed.

"Pikachu you are supposed to sleep with me!" ash whined.

"Pi" Pikachu said totally ignoring ash and started snuggling with misty and the warm and soft blanket

"PIKACHU!"

"Chaaa" he yawned before falling asleep with misty giggling by her side.

"Grrrr"

It took him lots of time to win Pikachu's trust. Even Andrew and other members of the crew found it difficult to win his trust. But Pikachu trusted Maybelle and Mistfire. Especially Mistfir and he have no idea why.

He looked at Soledad who decided to divide the crew into groups.

"Okay, so we will divide into groups. Gary you can go collect the wood. We will need it to survive the winters as well as to repair the helm. Bonnie , Aisha and Dawn, you three would go in the forest to collect the food supplies. (Dawn was mentally formally cursing. As she was habitual of the palace life.) Hikari , Nikita, Driya: you have to search for fresh water. Brock you and I wi-"

"OH yes my princess! You and I will go on a beautiful date on this perfect time of the month. Celebrating today togeth-"

" isn't today celebrated the rejection day in the pirate's calendar Drew?"

A really sad aurora surrounded Brock at her indirect rejection.

"So as I was saying, Brock and I will go collect berries for the Pokémon. Both Captain Ashton an-"

"I will go with clemont to research about the Pokémon inhabitant here" Ash interrupted. Drew looked at him with questionable look.

"Whereas my dear Brother can explore the island with the princesses." He added.

My eyes widen, "what?" I exclaimed almost immediately.

"Is there a problem a problem princess May?" Ash said looking at her. Drew looked at her too.

"No problem Captain. Just May here has hearing problems" Misty said as I glared at her.

1st I don't have hearing problems

2nd EXCUSE ME!?!?!?! A PROBLEM!?? I HAVE MANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT!!! Which involve:

1st I could not let Andrew know that there is a royal member here in this very island that damaged his helm

2nd I have to think where Hayley could have called Leaf to meet her.

3rd It's not easy to think around a blabbering-insult-Grasshead-flicking-his-hair

4th I know Ashton is up to something that is NOT VERY GOOD SIGN!

5th they will think about some ideas to get rid of us! And I couldn't even know why!

6th I WANT TO TALK TO MISTY ALONE NOW!!!!!!!!!

7TH Andrew is damn annoying!!!!! I couldn't stand him!! I mean seriously!! I always win the argument on who will sleep on bed and then the next thing I find is ANDREW SLEEPING SHIRTLESS NEXT TO ME!!!

8TH NOT ONLY THAT HE HAS THE NERVE TO TEASE ME!!!! EXCUSE ME!!!

9th Also this stupid feeling in the stomach that I have whenever I am around And-

"OK let's go!" Misty said breaking my train of complains.

****************************ON THE SHIP********************************

Red felt very nervous. It's been 3 years him being leaf's boyfriend. Still things didn't feel right between them. To make things right he has to do it. He already asked captain's permission to stay back on the ship. Now he will do the final thing that is needed for make Leaf his forever. He has to propose to her. He already got the ring when they docked at Sinnoh.

Don't feel nervous Red. She loves you.........does she? Of course she does! Snap out of it red!!! You already lost the love of your life thanks to Gary but you won't lose leaf. Relax, calm down Red calm down.

Red was pacing looking absolutely nervous. His face drained when he saw Leaf.

"hey Leaf!" Red said catching up with her.

"Listen Red I have to go somewhere real important. I'll talk to you later sweetie " his girlfriend tried to ignore him but being a nice and polite GF she just tried to get way nicely.

"Leaf please...." He said hopefully with a sad face.

Urgh stop wasting my time! I have to go now!!!

"Fine. Just make it quick Red." Leaf said for the sake of her boyfriend.

"Leaf Ber-"

"no need for the full name please." Leaf said a bit annoyed as she truly dislikes her middle name. Red was on his knee as he took out a beautiful diamond ring.

" You have always been there for me in all times. Even when I was heartbroken you came by my side and showed me love and affection. I have no idea what would I be without you. Who would I be without you? You complete me Leaf Green. So I want to as you this question. Will you marry me?" Red said. Leaf was touched and was about to say yes but she suddenly remembered Gary and Hayley.

"You choosed a bad time for this Red." Leaf said as her eyes darken. Red was confused when leaf suddenly took out a pokeball.

"I can't let you tell the others Red. I am sorry." Leaf said softly before releasing the pokemon-bulbasaur.

"Bulbasaur. Use whine wip." The Pokémon did what it was told.

"Leaf what ar-" red wasn't able to finish his sentence when suddenly he was surrounded by bulbasaur's whinewip.

"LEAF!"

"Don't forget the mouth bulbasaur" leaf said softly looking at red.

"I am sorry Red. I have to get rid of Hayley. And I can't let you inform the others." Leaf said softly. Red eyes widen at the mention of the most deadly female pirate of the history.

"MFffffmfffFHFF" Red warned her but couldn't say anything. LEAF YOU CANT DO THIS ALONE!! IT IS A TRAP!!Leaf!!

But of course, Leaf could neither understand and doesn't even want to. She took out a pokeball and Gyarados came out. Not seeing his trainer he glared at the person and was about to roar in anger but leaf controlled him.

"GYARADOS!! Princess Mistfire's life is in danger! You have to take me to the dark region this instinct!" Leaf pleaded. Gyarados did not trust leaf so he tried to telepathy misty but failed

Maybe she is right.

Gyarados nodded and let Leaf jump on his back. Leaf looked at bulbasaur.

"Keep Red in the storeroom. I'll see you later Red" He nodded and did the same. Red could not believe that Leaf was a liar. To fulfill her revenge she stole Gyarados from Misty. Did he misjudge his girl? No he has known Leaf for long. She couldn't do such a thing. There has to be more than that in the story.

****************************** A day before in the castle*********************

Max had already left with Jack when he couldn't find Eve. It wasn't that hard to get away from the king for him, but it sure was hard for Jack. Caroline was getting seriously ill these days. Clare, being a total jerk she was, she told the king about the princesses being kidnapped and suggested Prince Rudy and Prince Brendan to go rescue the princesses along with few of her own people she will send. The King did what she told him, He didn't have any other choice anyway. It's not like Clare would give him a choice.

Clare nodded at the prince as well as Hayley, Harley and Iris. They would reach the dark island by today.

"Did you hit your target?" a boy with dark blue hair said. The girl with brown silky brown hair rolled her eyes but nodded.

"You never told me what made you think the princesses are with the pirates Eve?" The boy asked not even looking at her. He continued to sharp his 'sword'. It was not the same in any region.

"Leo, I can't tell you. How many times I have to tell you?"The girl – Eve- replied while trying not to yell at him. Afterall he was the one who believed in her. Also not to forget, everything she knew is taught by him. BUT HE CAN BE SOOO ARROGANT AND ANNOYING SOMETIMES!!

"You better be right. Otherwise I won't go easy on you during training" Leo said standing up and dusting himself. Eve's head did a sharp turn towards the boy, like a prey when senses a predator.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?! I have been gone FOR 3 YEARS! 3 years to train with you in the most dangerous place. Not to forget that YOU RISKED MY LIFE so many times that I lost the counting! After 3 years of constant training when I get a break, my friends are kidnapped and I DID NOT DRAG YOU INTO THIS! You followed me! Atleast give me 2 years break!" Eve outburst didn't have any effect on Leo. Eve really wanted to teach him a lesson. But hello! She still has so much to learn! If she charged at him, she would fall on ground within a minute. After all Leo trained for 18 years and Eve did only 3.

"Your young, you are still not trained. You can't even defend yourself against a Shredder!" Leo said angrily. It seemed to Eve that he said his sensei's words. After all , Eve never even met the shredder.

"Who is shredder? Sounds like a paper cutting machine." Eve joked. Leo laughed that made her smile. Her smile fade when she remembered her mission. She looked outside and her eyes widen.

"They're here!!!" eve immediately went out. She smiled at her success and the thought of meeting her friends after 3 years.

"Pirates are dangerous you know" Leo said coming out and obviously destroyed her mood.

"yah I know. I won't face them, I'll just sneak into their ship and search the dungeons. That's where the princesses will be." Eve said calculating how she will get in.

Leo scoffed. "Yeah right, a dungeon in a pirate ship. Next thing you'll know the ship has a basement as well as library. Nice imagination by the way." Eve rolled her eyes.

"You sound like Raphael, Leonardo" Eve said annoyed.

"I do not sound like raph!"

"yeah right."

"stay here I will search the ship. Everything will go according to my plan"

"YOUR PLAN!?!? It is MY PLAN! And you're staying here mister!"

"No I am not, there will be pirates and you're not ready." Leo said putting on a grey hood. Eve pulled his hood out and messed up his hair.

"AND WHAT makes you think I'll listen to you!"

"I am your leade-"

"You're your brothers leader not mine!"

"whatever, what makes you think the princesses will recognize you? After 3 years"

"I am their friend. Besides I don't think I have changed much" eve said giving it a thought. When she didn't get a reply she noticed Leo was already on his way.

"SHE WONT TRUST YOU"

Leo just stopped and turned around to face eve. He held his right arm up and something round was in his hands. Eve didn't recognize what but her hands immediately went to her pockets. She searched all 2 pockets with the 2 hidden pockets and glared at Leo. She could imagine him grinning ear to ear before he took off. Eve pouted and went inside her hand made cottage which she made on her own, while leo was relaxing under the shade.

Leo somehow borrowed the royal symbol. And she had no idea when or how he did it. Guess she really did need more training. But little did she know, the princesses weren't in the ship. They were heading with Andrew right towards the cottage