Sheridan turned and rode out slowly. He took the road to his farm and stopped short of the main village. He didn't want to go home. He wanted to be alone. His heart felt heavy and wanted only to cry. What was wrong with him? This wasn't like him. His eyes closed slowly and he sighed softly. He took off down the side path that was very hard to find. It led to a small little river. He tied off his mare and slowly slid to the ground. He sat down by the rocks leaning against a tree and closed his eyes.<br/><br/>Moments later a soft voice sounded a hairs breath from his ear, "where yah been Sher?" Sheridan jumped out of his skin and looked over Nick.<br/><br/>"Damn Nick where the hell did you come from?" Sher asked startled and moving away from his shady friend.<br/><br/>"The tree moron." Nick answered sitting down. Nick was a thin twig of a boy barely outside puberty. He was also a renown thief. Sheridan hesitated, but in no time he was telling the whole sordid adventure to Nick. Every single detail of what had happened.<br/><br/>"... and I don't know what to do Nick. I think I fell in love with her, and now I'll never see her again," his voice cracked softly.<br/><br/>"That the prize the bastard we call our prince is raving about?" Nick asked and when Sher nodded he went on, "You know news on the street is he locked her in a tower. You know man I could break her out and the two of you could run for it. Start over."<br/><br/>Sher hesitated his mouth open to tell Nick to leave it. But the more he thought about the more he wanted to do this. He nodded. His eyes closing. He was really going to do this.<br/><br/>"Ok then meet me here at midnight and be ready to run like hells gates are on your heels." and with that Nick vanished. Sher sighed, he rose and headed back to his mare.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Nick climbed the wall and dropped silently to the castle yards slinking from shadow to shadow completely unnoticed. With skills born of years of practice he scaled the walls and snuck into the tower. From there it took no time at all to make his way up into the main hallways and to the locked door. With a quick picking of the lock Nick had broken into the room and slid himself inside. He smiled at the princess.<br/><br/>"Hi. I'm Nick and I'm here to take you to see Sheridan. So what do you say?" Nick said leaning against the closed door to the tower room with a broad smile on his face.