The Thief and The Prince (a WilLiam fan fiction)

Carriage Ride To Riches

~Parker's POV~
Sitting in the carriage, counting the taxes my guards collected, I see my royal adviser, Grape, gazing out of the window.

I don't usually go on a carriage ride to count my taxes, however I need to clear my head. I've been turned down by him again! For five years I've tried to make him mine and every time he turns me down.

He can't turn me down forever! When I get back I'll show him that I am in control of this kingdom, not him, nor his bloodline, not anymore!!

"-ghness! Your Highness!" My thoughts are interrupted by Grape shouting my name. "What Grape?! What is it?! What could you possibly want?!", I shouted at him. He looked a bit startled but calmed himself quickly. "Um, well your Highness you were out of it for a while, but I finished counting the taxes and wrote down how much you have received and..." He showed me a paper with an amount on it.

"Perfect." I was about to say something else when I heard people calling from out side the carriage. My driver stopped and I looked out the window to see two young men. The one boy caught my eye the most. He had a glove on his one hand, but not on the other. The other boy was quite handsome.

I was about to get out of the carriage and greet them when Grape stopped me. "Your Highness, be careful they might be bandits," he warned. I shrugged him off since he was always paranoid. I stepped out of the carriage to greet them.

~Will's POV~
We waited for a while for the carriage to come into view when I suddenly remembered something. "Graser, your limbs!", I shouted at him and he looked a bit freaked out. You might think that it was a weird thing for me to say, but really, it wasn't. Both his left arm and right leg are robotic due to an incident that we don't really speak of. In all of our wanted posters, all of them have a picture of Graser with his robotic parts. He could not fit the description of the bounty or else we would be caught immediately.

I quickly handed him my jacket and long boots that would cover up his robotic leg. He put the boots and jacket on but his robotic hand was still showing. I handed him a glove and he put it on. I would have given him the other glove as well but, just then, the carriage came into view.

The carriage came to a stop and a little while later 'King' Parker walked out and came to greet us. A smile came across my face as he approached. Time to get to work.