Chapter 3: Kidnapped

1 year later…

In a tailor room that had white walls, light brown floors with a small circle platform on it, a dressing room, a bust, a table with sewing supplies on it (such as needles, sewing machine, thread, shears, pincushions, pins, pencils, etc…),  a chest full of different fabrics, a rack with dresses and suits on it, a full body mirror, chairs, and lights that were built into the ceiling was a seamstress, Janie, Trina, and Chloe. The seamstress wore a gray dress, had measuring tape hanging around her neck, and was pinning the bottom of Chloe's dress. Chloe stood on the platform wearing a white dress. The white dress was lace, had sleeves that cut off at the shoulder, had a poofy skirt, sparkled in the light, and it was floor length. Janie and Trina sat in chairs looking at Chloe, and Janie said, "Oh Chloe, you look beautiful." Trina said, "You really, really do." Chloe said, "Thank you." Trina said, "You truly are a bride." Chloe said, "Oh, thank you so much. I can't wait for Brandon to see it. I hope he likes it." Trina said, "Oh, he'll love it. You look beautiful." Janie said, "You really look beautiful." Chloe said, "Oh mama, I feel butterflies." Janie said, "As you should. Your wedding is four days away." Trina said, "It's normal to get butterflies. You are about to make a huge step." Chloe said, "I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with Brandon. To marry him. To have a Godly relationship. It's all a dream come true." The seamstress said, "There, all finished Your Highness. Now let's get you changed out of your wedding dress." The seamstress and Chloe went into the dressing room. She helped Chloe change out of her wedding dress into a silk lavender gown and black flats, and they came out of the dressing room. The seamstress said, "I'll get to work on your dress, Your Highness, and it'll be done for you by tomorrow." Chloe said, "Thank you," and Chloe, Janie, and Trina all left to the living room. When they got there, they saw Timothy, Gustes, and Brandon all sitting in chairs. Brandon stood up, Chloe said, "Brandon," and ran into his arms. Chloe said, "I thought you weren't going to come until later today." Brandon said, "I wasn't, but how can I stay away from my beautiful love? I missed you too much." Chloe said, "I missed you too." He grabbed both of her hands, and he asked, "Are you done with your fitting?" Chloe said, "Yes, and I can't wait for you to see the dress. It's beautiful." He said, "I bet it's not as beautiful as you." She smiled and said, "Brandon." They looked around to see their parents staring at them with smiles on their faces, and Trina said, "So in love." Brandon said, "My love I...." He was interrupted by the shouting of a guard. A guard ran in hunched over, catching his breath. Gustes said, "What is the meaning of this interruption?" The guard said, "He has invaded the kingdom." Janie said, "Surely you can't mean…" The guard said, "It's him, and he's come back stronger than ever before he has us outnumbered." Chloe asked, "Who does? What's going on?" Gustes said, "Then I must fight with you." Timothy said, "I'll fight along with you. We are supposed to be one big kingdom now." Gustes said, "Right." Janie and Trina said, "We're coming too." Gustes said, "No, it's too dangerous." Janie said, "We don't have a choice. We have to protect our kingdoms before he gets what he wants." Gustes said, "Alright. Brandon, you know what to do." Chloe asked, "What's going on?" Gustes and Janie said, "We love you, Chloe," and both her and Brandon's parents left with the guard to go and fight." Brandon grabbed Chloe's hand and said, "Let's go." Chloe said, "Wait a minute! What's going on?" Brandon said, "My beautiful love, I have to protect you." 

They ran out of the living room and down a hallway. Chloe pulled out of his grip and asked, "What's going on, Brandon?" Brandon said, "We don't have time for this," grabbed her hand. She pulled out of his grip and shouted, "What's going on?" Brandon said, "Chloe, we have to go." Chloe said, "My kingdom as well as yours is under attack, and our parents are out there fighting! What's going on?" Brandon said, "Chloe, we have to go." Chloe said, "We should be fighting with our parents." Brandon said, "No. You need to listen to me! Come on, we've got to get you out of here." Chloe said, "Why just me, Brandon? Why not us and our parents?! They are just as important as me! What are you guys hiding from me?" Brandon grabbed her hand, and she pulled out of his grip once more. She shouted, "Brandon, tell me what's going on right now." Brandon grabbed her, looked into her eyes, and said, "You can't fight me on this. We have to get you to a safe place!" A man yelled, "There they are." Brandon looked over Chloe's shoulder, and Chloe turned around to see 10 men running towards them. Chloe yelled, "Who are they?" Brandon grabbed her hand and yelled, "Come on." They began to run as men were chasing them. She looked back to see a man  shooting an arrow. She yelled, "Brandon, get down," while knocking them both to the floor. The arrow flew above them and hit a door. A man grabbed her by the arm, pulled her up, and held her arms while the other men stood behind him, some with swords drawn and others with arrows pointed at Brandon. She shouted, "Let me go," and the man holding her said, "Well, look here. Isn't she a beautiful Princess, boys?" All the men in the group said, "Yes," and the man holding Chloe said, "He will be pleased to get her." Some of the other men said, "Yes, he sure will." One of the men pointing the arrow at Brandon said, "On your feet prince and do it slowly." Brandon slowly stood up, and the man holding Chloe said, "Well, well, well, I see Prince Brandon is here." Chloe yelled, "Let me go right now." One of the men said, "That's not an option. You're coming with us." Brandon swiftly stole the bow and arrow away from one of the guards and shot at the men as they ducked. The men began to charge at Brandon fighting him. Brandon stole a sword from one of the men and began to fight them. As the men fought Brandon, Chloe shouted, "I said let me go." She backstroked the man, stepped on his foot, and kicked him in his knee. He dropped to the floor, Brandon swept kicked a few men making them drop to the ground, kicked other men to the ground making a path between him and Chloe, grabbed Chloe's hand, and began to run off with her yelling, "Come on!" The men got up and began to chase them. She shouted, "What's going on, and who are they?!" Brandon shouted, "We have to get you to a safe place right now!" He ran her down different hallways, losing some of the guards until finally they came to a staircase that was at the end of a hallway. He ran her down the stairs while saying, "This way." At the bottom of the stairs was another hallway that led to different rooms. He opened one of the doors that led to a room and ran her inside, closing and locking the door behind them.

Inside the room was a bed, a dresser, lights built into the ceiling, a vanity, a walk-in closet, a bathroom, and a door that led to another hallway and a secret pathway that led to the outside of the kingdom. He said, "You have to leave now, Chloe." Chloe said, "No, not until you tell me what's going on." There was a loud pounding at the door, and a voice yelled, "Open up now and give us the princess." Brandon said, "Chloe, you have to get out of here." Chloe said, "I'm not leaving without you." Tears ran down Chloe's cheeks, and he held her face saying, "My beautiful love, you've got to get out of here." She beat on his chest, saying, "You're not going to make me leave you! I'm not leaving you." He said, "I love you." She cried, "I love you too." The beating at the door got louder, and the door started breaking. He said, "Go now. I'll hold them off. You go get out of here." She opened the door that led to the secret path and saw 4 men with their swords drawn standing there. She backed away, Brandon grabbed her, and put her behind him. The door to the room broke open, and 3 more men came in with their swords drawn. Brandon pointed the sword he had at the men, and one of the men said, "Hand over the princess, and no one gets hurt." Brandon said, "You'll have to go through me to get her." The voice of a man said,  "Let me through." The guards made a pathway, and a man who wore a navy blue suit, black dress shoes, and a silver crown with diamonds throughout it stood in front of Brandon and Chloe. The man smiled and said, "Ah, so this is the beautiful Princess Chloe that they've been hiding from me. Come out from behind him and let me see your beautiful face." Brandon pointed his sword at the man and said, "Don't you dare touch her." The man said, "My guards have swords all drawn out on you. You are in no position to tell me what I can and can't do. Now Princess Chloe, will you please come here. I won't hurt you, nor will my men." Brandon said, "Keep behind me, Chloe," and the man said, "Either she comes out or my men make her come out. Come on out, Chloe. I'm not going to hurt you." Chloe came from behind Brandon standing next to him. The man said, "You are as beautiful as they said, right boys?" The guards all nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes." The man said, "Come here, Princess Chloe." Chloe slowly walked over to him, and he said, "You are a rare desert rose." Tears ran down her face, and she asked, "Who are you?" He said, "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Prince Weston, and you are beautiful." He touched her face, and she shook with disgust. Brandon yelled, "I said don't touch her." Weston snapped his fingers, and 3 guards ran up to Brandon, pointing their swords at him. Tears rushed from her eyes, and she yelled, "Please don't hurt him." Weston said, "Please don't cry, my love." Brandon yelled, "Don't you touch her!" Chloe cried, "Please, please just let him go." Weston said, "And let him destroy us? No, I can't do that." He touched her hair and said, "Everything about you is beautiful. From your face to your hair." Brandon swung his sword at the guards, making a guard drop his sword, grabbed the dropped sword, and began to fight the other guards. More guards joined in, and Weston said, "Come my love, we have things to do." Weston grabbed her arm tightly and began to drag her away while she yelled, "Let me go." Brandon yelled, "Chloe!" Chloe screamed, "Brandon! Help me!" Brandon yelled, "Chloe," while fighting off the guards. Weston dragged her to the door where the hallway to the secret pathway was, and she broke free and tried running back to Brandon. Weston grabbed both of her arms with a tighter grip than before, laughed, and asked, "Where do you think you're going?" Chloe yelled, "Brandon help me," Weston let go of one of her arms and began dragging her down the hallway to the secret pathway. He dragged her, and she yelled, "Let go of me!" He said, "You can fight Princess, but it'll only make it harder for you." She yelled, "Let me go," while trying to break free, and he said, "Please, Princess, don't make this harder than it has to be." She kicked him in the back of the leg, making him fall to the ground while letting her go, jumped over him, and began running down the hallway. He quickly jumped up with a smile on his face and walked after her, saying, "Princess, come back." 

She continued to run down the hallway until she made it to a wooden door. She opened it to see a stone pathway that led outside. She ran down it and made it outside to see that she was on the outside of her castle. She began to run towards her castle but was stopped by Weston's guards. They drew their swords out at her, and she backed away into Weston. Tears ran down her cheeks as she turned around to see Weston, and Weston said, "Now, where did you think you were going off too?" He looked into her eyes and said, "So beautiful, my love. You are stunning. A rare rose like you belongs with someone like me." She looked down at the ground, and he said, "Men stand down. She's of no threat." The guards put their swords away, and he said, "What a rare beauty you are." He grabbed her face and wiped away her tears as she cried more. She asked, "Why are you doing this?" He answered, "Because you are beautiful. A rare desert rose. You shouldn't have been kept hidden from me." Brandon stood at the doorway of the exit of the pathway with a sword in his hand. She looked over to see Brandon, screamed, "Brandon," and some guards attacked him. He fought them off while yelling, "Don't you touch her, Weston!" Weston grabbed her arm and said, "Come, we have no time for this." She pulled out of his grip, tried running to Brandon, and was grabbed again by Weston. Weston smiled and said, "You don't give up, do you?" She shouted, "You're hurting me! Let me go!" Weston said, "I'm sorry my grip hurts, but you keep breaking out of it. Let's go now." Chloe screamed, "Brandon, help me. Please help me," and Brandon yelled, "Chloe!" Weston dragged Chloe to a nearby dark brown and gold carriage that had 2 horses pulling it, put Chloe in the carriage as she screamed for Brandon, got into the carriage, and the carriage took off. After 5 hours of battle, Weston's guards retreated, for they had done their job in distraction while the carriage got far enough away. Brandon was found unconscious by Chloe's servants and was taken inside to tend to his wounds.