Soon the Princess, flying boy and even the quantum cat were caught by the guards.
'What is she doing here?' demanded the real princess of Cagliari.
Cagliari shrugged his shoulders. 'The story which is swinging its song is that the shielding she, which you stranded to stupefy your seasoned soldiers slipped in and to her surprise showed the single thing you wished hidden' Cagliari said.
Confused the clockwork Princess explained 'I thought I was me, but I discovered I was a fake me, err, you. Daddy was so unhappy that I thought I would find you and help you escape from your kidnapper'
'What kidnapper?' the real princess asked.
'Cagliari' the Princess and the rat said together.
At this, the real Princess and Caligari began to laugh. The clockwork Princess just stood looking shocked.
'Haha ha ha' the real princess continued 'he kidnapped me, he couldn't kidnap a bowl of serial, why would he steal me?'
The Clockwork Princess looked terribly confused.
'Will someone please explain what's going on?' demanded the rat.
The real princess continued laughing 'ha ha ha, He didn't steal me. Ha ha, He helped me escape. Ha ha ha, he built you to fool my parents for me, I helped him smuggle you in'
The Princess and Caligari found this all immensely funny. The clockwork Princess was almost tearful at this. Caligari asked a question.
'And just why did I kidnap, ha ha ha, the cute cuddly kitten of a kindly Princess? Ho ho ho'
'To force the Princess to marry you on the blue moon, so you would become King' the clockwork Princess explained in a voice like a leaf lost at sea.
Caligari quickly stopped laughing so hard.
'Really?' he said seriously.
'The wizard of speed and time predicted it. The whole of London, not to mention the rest of the country is being made ready for the royal wedding'.
The real princess managed to calm down to a fit of giggles.
'Hmm' said Caligari almost to him self 'Now you mention it, I do remember that clunking clockwork clod. A King could command his common wealth to buy, even read his next book.'
Caligari paused for a moment then shouted 'Guards take them all to the dungeon'
YOU ARE READING
The Clockwork Princess
Science FictionAfter a riding accident Princess Amelia discovers she is made entirely out of clockwork. Trapped in the Kings prison she escapes with the help of a well read rat, a mute fly boy and a quantum mechanical cat. So begins her incredible peregrination of...
