The Princess & The Thief

Recovery

Back in downtown Ignacia, the thief's comrade, Ronin was sitting in his little, small apartment. All Ronin would ever do was counting money he has earned from his deals or clients. He heard a knock on the door and was yet again annoyed from the noise and disturbance. He walked over to the door and looked through his little peephole to see...

Nadakhan

Ronin rolled his eyes and opened the door to see the conniving tan man, "What do you want now?" He asked annoyed. 

"Have you found the girl yet?" The tall man asked. 

Ronin sighed, "No I have not found Delara yet Nadakhan. You didn't really give me a lot details of what the girl looks like other than she was with my partner" He explained. 

"You have 2 days before the deal is off. And if you don't deliver than say goodbye to $10,000!" He yelled as he ran off. Ronin closed his door and sat back down on his couch, but before he could count his money again there was another knock on the door. 

"What does it take to get some peace and quiet around here!" Ronin yelled as he came back to the door and looked through the peephole. 

"What is Jay doing here?" Ronin asked himself before opening the door to revel Jay and girl with her arm around his neck. 

"Hey buddy remember us?" Jay joked a little. 

Ronin then realized who Jay was holding, "Hey sweetheart how've you been" He said with a smirk. 

"Oh I don't know. I got sliced in the stomach and my friends are driving me insane" She responded before she winced in pain from her wound. 

"Do you mind if my friends and I stay low here for a while" Jay asked him.

Ronin sighed at first, but nodded in agreeance. Jay helped Nya walk in and Kai, Lloyd, and Zane followed behind them. Jay set Nya down on the couch, "Ronin do you have any clean bandages?" he asked Ronin. 

"Yeah they're in the other room, but you need to tell me what is going on when I get back" Ronin said before walking out of the room to find bandages.

"I don't want to get eaten by the sea monster!" Kai yelled from across the room. 

"WE ARE IN A HOUSE NOT THE OCEAN!" Lloyd yelled at him. 

"When will the venom wear off? It's starting to get annoying" Nya asked a little annoyed.

Zane was trying to make sure Kai didn't run away, "I think it should wear off in about a day or two" He informed them. 

Ronin came back to the room with clean bandages and some water, "So now will you tell me what happen to you guys and explain why the prince of Stiix is here?" Ronin asked after he handed the bandages to Jay. 

"They all helped Nya and I escape the fire temple and are also going to help me prove my innocents" Jay told him as he removed Nya's old bandages. 

"Jay we talked about this. I told your parents that I was going to keep you safe" Ronin said, "Even if they do believe you are the prince of Zelda it's not like you could get your throne back. It's all taken over by pirates and serpentine."

"What prostitute I don't see a prostitute around the fairest wheel" Kai said out of the ordinary. 

Ronin looked at him like he was crazy, "So when I first met this guy he was all mad and now he's seems completely drunk. What happened  with all of you?" He asked. 

"Kai got hit with serpentine venom in his eyes and Nya got sliced by another while Lloyd, Jay, and I only served minimum damage" Zane said as he took a sip of water.

"Makes since. And have you heard the news yet?" Ronin asked all of them, but they haven't seen anything in a couple days or so, "Apparently, from what the paper said Prince Lloyd and Zane capture Nya while Jay kidnapped Kai. And now the kingdom of Ignacia is at war with all the kingdoms for kidnapping their children."

The royals looked at him with shock, "I hate my parents" Nya hissed and Jay finished wrapping the new bandages around her waist. 

"Is this why you kept yelling that your parents were lying cheats?" Lloyd asked. 

Nya nodded as she sat up from the couch, "They told the kingdom lies about my disappearance by saying I was kidnaped while I only ran away. And also accused Jay of kidnaping me in the process" She told everyone. 

"Do you know the other part?" Zane asked her. 

"What other part?" She asked a bit concerned.

"You brother overheard your parents saying after the wedding ceremony that they were going to send you to a crazy camp to get fixed" Jay told her. 

Nya felt rage fill inside her as she now learned about her parents intentions, "First the marriage, then the kidnap, and now the crazy camp. Great I guess my parents really did only want one child that was normal" She said before going to the bathroom and locking the door behind her.

There was complete silence in the room before Jay spoke up, "I'll go talk to her" and then he left to the bathroom and knocking on the door, "Nya can you open the door please. It's Jay." The door then cracked open a little for Jay to get inside the small room. He closed the door behind him so no one else could see them, he looked down to see Nya sitting on the floor hugging her knees and tears streaming down her face.

"Hey it's okay" Jay said to comfort her as he sat down next to her, but it only made her hide her face. 

"What's wrong with me?" She asked quietly. 

Jay wrapped his arms around her small body, "Nothing is wrong with you Nya. Your parents are being dumb and only doing this to keep their reputation" he said. 

Nya lifted her head up to look at Jay, "They care about their own reputation more than their own daughter. I don't know what I ever did to them to make them hate me so much" She cried softly. 

Jay kissed the princess forehead and held her as close to him as possible, "Don't think about them okay. I'm here for you and your brother and Lloyd, Zane. We got your back."

"Please don't leave me" Nya said softly.

"I'm not going anywhere" Jay responded.