If you need a hero

Sleeping prince

After some times, the witch finally come to get the food and just like the last time. She disappeared after taking it. The group of knight sigh, knowing they'll finally be able to leave this creepy place. They got up from their hiding spot and went out of this abandoned castle. 

They continue to walk their way deeper into the forest, they knew that if there was a little house there, that was most likely where the witch was living. They continue to walk around the forest, looking for any house they could find, at first, no matter how deep they were going they couldn't find any house. But after some times, they finally found one. It was very little and looked quite cozy. It had took them the whole night to find it and hope that it was the house they were looking for. 

They look at each other before nodding, approaching the house slowly. Hiding under the windows to not be seen. They look through the window to try and see something inside, and like they had suspected they could see the prince that had been kidnapped, sleeping peacefully on a bed. Even though it looks like he was sleeping because of some magic, reasons ? The plants next to him, no one of the knights have seen this plant before. 

"What should we do?" Diane whisper to Ban and Gowther. "The witch may not be in the house but she could come back anytime ! Plus for all we know she could be using a spell to make herself invisible !" Ban and Gowther both looked at her before letting out a sigh.

"Calm down Diane, don't overthink too much alright ? It's gonna be okay." Ban reassure Diane, not wanting her to panic. "The more you're panicking the less we will be able to save him." Diane sigh, knowing that Ban was right. "Now let's concentrate on getting him out of here without having that witch behind our back." The other nodded, knowing that it will most likely not be easy as they didn't know that witch nor what they were capable of. 

"So, we get in, we fight that witch if needed, we try our best to wake up that prince and we assist to the prince and Gowther's wedding right ?" Diane said jokingly, Ban chuckled while Gowther just looked away blushing slightly.

"I still would like to get to know him first before marrying him if that's possible." Gowther explained. Ban and Diane roll their eyes jokingly.

They all just stayed under the window until the next day, they heard the door open and the witch coming out. They quickly hide behind some trees that weren't that far away from the windows. It didn't looked like the witch had saw them, when she was far away from the house, they stopped hiding. Taking a deep breath before covering their mouth to be able to enter the house, not wanting to fall asleep because of the plant. 

As they enter, the take precaution and closed the door, in case the witch would come back. Well that's what they though at least.

They approached the sleeping prince until Ban and Gowther heard a little scream coming from behind them. It was Diane that had kick the witch in the leg.

"You three little shits are gonna pay for that !" She screamed out as she looked at them with hatred in her eyes, making sure that they would make them pay coming here in the first place.

The three knights took out their swords and point them toward the witch, Preparing for any attack she could give. The witch just laughed at them, as if she was finding them pathetic. She then show them her wand that she was hiding in her long coat as she smirk devilishly at them. They stood there, in a fighting position, wanting to know who's gonna attack the other first. 

It continued for a long time before Diane decided to attack first, charging at the witch with full force. The witch was able to dodge it pretty easily but Diane didn't stopped there, soon enough both Gowther and Ban joined in the fight to help her out.

The witch, though, was able to dodge everything as if it was nothing. As the time pass they were all starting to get tired, but the witch continue to dodge the attack, becoming easier for her to fight back she was able to knock Diane out. Ban went over to her to see if she was alright while Gowther continue to charge at the witch, not caring if he was getting tired. 

This went on for hours, the both of them fighting, both was dodging each other attack until they were both on the ground, tired and all sweaty. When the witch was about to fight back she screamed in pain, there was a sword that had stabbed her in the heart, when she turned around it was Ban that had stab her. But surprisingly she didn't die, she just took the sword out of her chest and got up, holding the sword tightly in her hand and stab Ban in the shoulder.

Gowther scream at the witch but she didn't listen, Ban hold his shoulder in pain but quickly took the sword out of the wound and act as if he hadn't gotten stab at all and went back into a fighting position. Ready to attack her back. Gowther himself got up and went also went back into a fighting position. The with laugh at them, thinking they don't stand a chance against her. 

But this time nobody moved, they all just stared at each other, Gowher gave Ban a look and Ban nodded. Then Ban charged at the witch, distracting her. Then Gowther went to see Diane once again, she was slowly getting back conscience, he whispered to her the plan and she nodded at him. He helped her get up and gave her back her sword so she could join Ban into distracting the witch once more. 

Gowther approached the prince while covering his mouth, not wanting to inhale the scent of the plant next to the bed. He made sure to gently lift the prince off the bed, picking him up bride style before leaving the little house by broken window. 

Meanwhile Ban and Diane where still fighting the witch, making sure she didn't notice that the prince was gone, they knew that was going to last for a long time and didn't know if they would be able to survive this long but they were gonna try, all they needed is wait for the help that Gowther is going to get to be able to kill that witch.

Gowther continue to walk and ran off, doing his best to come back to the kingdom as soon as possible to be able to help his friends, not caring that he left all his stuffs there, not caring about all the scratches and injuries he had on him. Right now what mattered was that the prince will be safe and that his friends will be able to get helped.

Days pass and Gowther was finally back to the kingdom, when he entered the king room he was on the floor, completely exhausted but he still made sure that the prince wasn't injured when he fall. The king, worried, went on to him and ask him if he was alright, Gowther then explained what was happening but before he could completely finished he passed out from lack of food and from exhaustion. But he had said enough for the king to know what was up.

King Meliodas immediately did what he thought was right and asked for knights to went to that place to capture that witch and help the knights that were already on place, meanwhile he turn to his wife, Elizabeth, and asked her to help him get the prince Harlequin and Gowther a doctor and to put them in some guests room. She accepted and went to pick up the prince Harlequin, that was surprisingly very light. He looked quite underweight, that got her worried. 

But at least he was safe now and he will be able to meet his family again.