"So you've already met me but you haven't met my men yet." Adrien said leading her over to the three men sitting by a fire. "Marinette allow me to introduce you to my allies, Jagged-A-Dale our minstrel, Nathaniel Scarlet our spy, and my best friend and second in command Little Nino."

"It's a pleasure to meet you gentlemen." Marinette said curtsying.

"The pleasure is entirely ours dear lady." Nino said bowing respectfully.

"Wow. You're even more beautiful in person." Nathaniel said before kissing Marinette's hand. Adrien jealously swatted Nathaniel's hand with his bow.

"Watch yourself Scarlet." Adrien warned.

"I'm very honored to finally meet the men who have been saving my people from poverty while my father is away. I cannot thank you all enough for your brave and noble cause." Marinette said.

"Ahem! Aren't you going to introduce me milady?" Alya asked.

"Oh yes of course. Adrien, gentlemen this is my lady in waiting Lady Alya."

"Well hello pretty lady." Nino siad smiling. He walked over to her and kissed her hand. "They call me Little Nino and you ma'am are stunning."

"Steady there Casanova it takes more than flattery to win my favor." Alya said pulling her hand back and gently pushing him back. "And you can start by showing me where I can find a proper area to settle in."

"Alya we can't impose." Marinette said.

"Oh no please do." Adrien said. "You and your lady in waiting are my guests and are welcome to stay. Now then Nino escort Lady Alya to a place where she may rest while I give Marinette the grand tour."

He then offered Marinette his hand to escort her which she took and he led her over to a rope that dangled from a tree branch. He grabbed the end of the rope with one hand and put other around Marinette's waist as he pulled her closer to him.

"Hold on tight."

He gave the rope a tug in response the rope pulled them up to the top of the tree house. Together they walked across the several bridges built up in the trees along with the houses. He introduced her to the guests living there and later helped her get settled in.

"Hey ever try to shoot an arrow?" He asked her.

"No."

"Well here is your first lesson."

He led her over to the targets then handed her his bow and arrow.

"I don't know about this Adrien." She said struggling to make an aim.

"Let me help my lady."

He gently put his arms over hers to help her get into the right position and make a good aim. The close touch made her blush and feel a little flustered.

"Just relax your arm." He instructed.

"O...Okay but I'm really clumsy and I might miss or shoot someone in the eye or-"

"Don't be so nervous." He told her. "You need to be calm when you do this, don't worry I'm here. I'll make sure that you don't hurt yourself."

"Alright." He moved her arm to pull back the arrow, she released it and it the target in a perfect bull's eye.

"See it's all about letting go." He told her.

"I must say you're one of the best archers I've ever met." Marinette said. "How did you learn?"

"Nino's parents taught me. They also taught me how to hunt, fish, climb, they taught me how to use nature to my advantage which helped in my robberies."

"You know you're not exactly what I expected from a thief."

"What do you mean?"

"Well you're very polite and gentlemanly."

"Thank you."

"Yet you have a slight arrogant manner."

"Hey!"

"If I didn't know any better I'd say you were a prince."

"Well that's probably because I was a prince once. But that was a long time ago."

"You were a prince, seriously?"

"Yes."

"How come I've never heard of you?"

"Allow me to explain but before I do you gotta promise you won't tell anyone about this, the only one who knows is Nino. If anyone else finds out they may turn me in or worse."

"I won't tell. I promise."

"Alright the truth is I'm Prince Adrien, son and only child of King Gabriel of England."

"Your father was King Gabriel?" She gasped. "I never knew he had children."

"Most people outside of England didn't and the few who did probably didn't tell anyone because they didn't want anyone to find out that they had possibly murdered me."

"What do you mean?"

"My father was a king who was always busy. He hardly had any time for me or my mother. After my mother died he fell into a great depression for about a year and his grief caused him to descend into madness. That insanity drove him to the ambition of taking of Europe and causing the war. I was just a kid when it happened so there wasn't much I could do, before long the war caused a uprising of English peasants and French knights who invaded the castle, killed my father, and set it on fire thinking it had killed me but I had escaped. I wondered off into the woods where I met Nino and his family who were traveling to France, they took me in even though I was the son of a madman and that's how I ended up here."

"Oh that's terrible."

"Yeah but you can't tell anyone, everybody in France would hate me if they knew my father was the man who started the war."

"Just because your father started the war doesn't mean your to blame."

"I wish I could believe that but part of me blames myself."

"Why?"

"I knew what my father was doing was a mistake but I didn't do anything."

"But you were just a child, you couldn't have done anything even if you wanted to."

"I know but I still feel partly responsible."

"Well you bear no responsibility for that war."

"Again I wish I could believe that but I can't."

"Adrien-"

"Listen I think dinner is almost ready, you wanna go eat."

"Sure."

"Alright come on." He said pulling her to him and grabbing a rope.

"Wait what are you doing?" She asked.

"The most fun thing ever."

He took a step back then jumped off the tree house taking her with him as they swung through the air. Swinging was one of Adrien's favorite things to do, he loved the feeling wind blowing through his air and looking down at the world below, it made him feel like he was flying. Marinette on the other hand was frightened. She had never done anything like this before so it scared her a little.

"Adrien this is crazy!" Marinette cried clinging to his neck.

"Just hold on tight." He told her.

"Oh please don't drop me!" She cried closing his eyes.

Adrien smiled and couldn't help but enjoy the close contact she was giving him.

"Don't worry Marinette I'd never let anything happen to you." He promised. "Believe me."

When they landed she was a little wobbly and she started to fall but Adrien quickly caught her in his arms causing their eyes to meet.

"You know you have the most beautiful eyes in all the world." He told her making her blush. She felt her heart flutter, same with his. His gaze went to her lips and he found himself once again over whelmed by the desire to kiss her.

"Ahem!" Alya huffed."Marinette our meal is ready now."

"Okay I'm coming." Marinette said leaving with her lady in waiting to go eat their meal.

...

"What do you mean she's gone?!" Xavier shouted when he found out Marinette had left.

"We've searched the entire castle sir but there's no trace of Marinette anywhere." A servant said.

"Where did she go?"

"We don't know."

"This is terrible! If word gets out that my niece is missing and my brother hears of it he'll come back here faster than a flying arrow."

"Not to mention she's my fiance." Theo added.

"Sir Simon!" He called. "Gather up your men and find my niece! Question anyone who knows her and make sure that none of this gets to my brother!"

"Yes sire." Sir Simon said.

"I shall search for her too." Theo said. "I wouldn't want the woman I am to marry to be harmed."

"You focus on finding Adrien and bringing him to justice!" Xavier ordered.

"Very well but don't expect to deliver if you can't."

"I'll find her! It can't be that difficult to find one girl!"

That's what he thought. Turns out finding Marinette was just as hard as finding Adrien. Probably because she was with him and no one knew where Adrien's hideout was. The guards searched for her but they couldn't find her anywhere in the kingdom. They began questioning people who knew her very well but none of them knew where she was. As for Theo he remembered that Adrien had wanted to kiss Marinette at the tournament so he figured that maybe Marinette might be with him and if she was he figured only one person would know.