Re: The thief and the princess (Love on her arms)

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Aris tore off a bit of the jerky, stuffing it into his mouth. Dropping the pouch into the saddle bag, he raised his hands to his mouth and called out for the horse. Knowing he would come soon, Aris heard grumbling coming from Macy, and he rolled his eyes. "Fine, fine." He muttered under his breath, before oncoming hoofbeats turned his attention from the sleeping figure. The white steed slowed to a mightly halt, a few paces away from the clearing. Aris's face lit up into a smile, and he held out his hand for the stallion.
The horse came towards him, his large black hooves thumping down onto the soft grass below. The golden sunlight filtered through the treetops, the leaves casting dappled shadows over the floor of the forest.
The animal gently nibbled Aris's hand, and the male smiled. He pet the horse for a moment, before turning and grabbing the saddle and pad that were sitting behind him.
Minutes later, the horse was tacked up once again, standing meekly behind Aris as he started to make his way towards the princess. He stooped down, before rolling his eyes and gathering her body up in his strong arms. He didn't bother taking the blanket from her, as she was already wrapped up in it. Her ginger hair fell over her shoulders, wildly curling from the braid and refusing to be tamed. He strode over to the waiting stallion, before lifting her up onto the saddle. Mounting the horse with practiced ease, he positioned the girl in front of himself. His arms were tightly secured around her waist, to keep her from falling off.

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Macy went back to sleeping peacefully all wrapped up in the blanket, she ended up rolling onto her side face half hidden by the blanket and well the wild curls that were coming out of the braid she had put it in.
Sleeping the girl made a face as Aris picked her up, getting more tangled in the blanket she grumbled a few words, ginger wild curls fell over her shoulders. Sighing Macy leaned into Aris chest head against his shoulder as she slept
Finely slowly starting to wake up Macy yawned opened her eyes and blinking sleeping and looking around confused, when did she get on a horse? "Aris?" She yawned out tilting her head up to look at him "When and how did I get on the horse?" Yawning again she tried to wake up more and rubbed her left eye still leaning into him slowly waking up.

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Aris felt the girl stir in his strong grip, as they moved out of the small, peaceful glade. The stallion's large black hooves fell softly onto the ground, following a single narrow path that wound its way through the forest. The trees were tall and wide, mostly consisting of oak and maple. Still, clusters of aspen and birch could be seen scattered here and there, and weeping willows would grow near the mouths of streams, their long arms reaching down into the water. As they moved onward, leaves slightly fluttered down from above, green and crisp. The wind had dislodged them from their home on the branches, and they slowly and dejectedly wound their way down to earth, where they settled forever to stay.
Macy's soft voice broke the quiet of the glade, and Aris glanced down. He felt her lean back into him, and parted his dry lips to speak. Shaking his head slightly, his grip around her waist only tightened slightly.
"I had to pick you up! You sleep like a bear!"
He grumbled slightly, but then shrugged. "Whatever, you can go back to your beauty sleep if you want. Were moving again, nothing else for you to do."

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Yawning rubbing her left eyes Macy looked up at him sleepily still leaning into his chest, wild curls framing her face. She felt his grip around her waist tighten a little bit more and smiled faintly listening to him, "Well I figured that you picked me up" The last bit made her stick her tongue out a t him "Alright so Im not a morning person" She huffed slumping more into his chest only to yawn again. Rolling her eyes she looked around them as everything blurred past, from what she saw it was pretty as they fallowed a narrow path that wound around trees. Tilting her head back she looked up at him "You won't get mad with me if I fall back asleep?" Pulling one hand out from under the blanket she pushed curls out of her face yawning again. Leaning her head onto his shoulder Macy closed her eyes slowly drifting back to sleep, listening to the rhythm of the horses hoof beats and Aris heart beat.

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Now Macy was awake, and she was also squirming. Aris decided he liked it better when she was sleeping, it was much easier to deal with her that way. At least she didn't put up a fuss when he had to move her around. If she was sleeping of course. When she spoke once again, Aris rolled his eyes at her sarcasum. "Yeah, I was hoping you could contemplate that." He shook his head, before raising a hand and running it through his dark brown hair. It soon settled back around her waist however, and he felt her press herself into his chest, leaning back into him. Her head fell onto him, her eyes closing once again. He didn't understand how a person could sleep so much, and he shook his head in disbeleif. Having a good mind to wake her up once again, he rolled his eyes and shrugged.
"Whatever."

(And my imagination fizzled out.)

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Falling back asleep Macy mumbled a few words with a slight frown on her lips. She settled back down but a little while later she frowned more turning her head against his chest mumbling something. "Mom?" Breathing a little harder Macy frowned more her head resting against his shoulder and the crook of his neck. "No don't go...Come back!" Breathing getting more labored Macy let out a whining sound a cold sweat along her hair line, "No...come back......Mom!" She screamed out bolting up as much as she could sitting on the horse.
Breathing hard she looked around wildly trying to figure out where she was , it took her a moment before she realized she was with Aris on his horse. "J-just a dream" She breathed out and closed her eyes trying to settle down her breathing and her heart pounding in her chest.
Head in her hands Macy sat up barley touching Aris anymore or she tried at lest. Swallowing hard she let out a breath and slowly took her head out of her hands and looked around them. "So...where are we?" She asked hoping he wouldn't ask about the nightmare she just had.

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The ride had been peaceful for a few minutes, before the sleeping Macy started to stir. Aris glanced down with alarm, but she wasn't awake, gently starting to murmur in her sleep. The young man didn't think anything of it, merley tightening his grip around her waist without meaning to. Her head leaned back into his broad, hard chest, her dark aubun hair wild and curled around her head, framing her face. She looked so peaceful when she slept, that Aris foun it was hard to take his eyes off of her. Soon however, her peaceful sleep was slightly inturupted, and Aris looked up, away from her. Moments passed, before she started to writhe, calling out in her sleep and suddenly bolted upright, her chest heaving, skin coated in a thin sheen of cold sweat. She suddenly assured herself that it had just been a dream. Unknowingly, Aris's hand moved up, brushing a strand of her wild hair out of her eyes. It was clear she didn't want to make any contact with him, sitting ahead of him in the saddle and looking fearful.
"Are you alright?"

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Panting lightly Macy barley felt Aris brush a strand of hair out of her eyes, she was working on getting her heart to stop pounding in her chest wildly along with her breathing. Sitting up straight trying hard not to touch him Macy looked ahead hazel eyes still holding some fear in them. Swallowing she closed her eyes for a moment before opening them again looking ahead between the horses ears.
Her question went on unanswered, he asked her one. " Yeah, Im fine, just a dream" She mumbled still avoiding eye contact with him and trying hard not to touch him at all, but it was rather hard them sharing a saddle and all.
Shaking her head she let out a breath before asking again " So where are we? And where are we going? Because all I see is trees and more trees"

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"Macy..." Aris's voice was faint, seemingly strained as he tried to think of the right thing to say. All in that moment, he realized what had happened, what he had done. It was wrong. Very, very wrong. The swift jerk of the rein made the steady horse wheel to the side, coming to stop and face the very direction they had just came from. Snorting, the steed pranced anxiously, Aris's arms still clasped around Macy's slender waist. "No. This isn't right. What I did wasn't right. I'm taking you back Macy. It was not my place to take you in the first place, and what I did was wrong. Forgive me, you will be going home now." Kicking the horse into a dead gallop, it's hooves thudded onto the ground with rythem, mane whipping and tail whipping out in the breeze. With the sudden momentum, Macy was pinned against his broad chest, as they began to make their way back to where they had came from.

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Macy ignored him as he started to speak looking around still sitting up more trying not to touch him, but suddenly he jerked back on the reins, she jerked back to with a surprised yelp "What? Aris what are you doing?" She barley got the words out before his arms locked back around her waist. "What? No! I don't want to go home!" She yelped as the horse thundered the way they came with Aris arms locked around her waist. From the sudden movement Macy was pinned against his chest but that didn't stop her from squirming and wiggling around. "Stop! I don't want to go back!" She squealed out she was finely free from the castle walls and he was taking her back! Macy wasn't going with out a fight.
"Stop it! im not going back!" Struggling to get free the girl wiggled around trying to break out of the arms that were locked around her waist. "I'll jump! Im serious airs! Im not going back!" Jerking sharping to the left Macy yelped almost free, she really was going to jump if he didn't stop, she didn't want to go back to a castle were her dad didn't talk to her unless he was forced to, being stuck in her room all day with nothing to do.

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As Macy declared she would jump, the young mans grip tightened further on her body. If she tried, she would drag him right along with her and to the ground. Not after what had happened, she was going back and he was going to make her do it. It was hard to keep ahold of the reins while also clutching onto her squirming body, so soon the leather slipped out of his hold. As he craned forward to catch them, they slipped down over the horses bobbing head and hung from his bit, threatening to snag on small branches and the thick underbrush that the horse was expertly trying to avoid. Now he had no way of stopping the steed, as he thundered faster and faster across the ground. His head was up, eyes wild and nostrils flared. He obviously didn't know what had spurred Aris's sudden change of attitude, thus was frightened. "Macy, stop! Stop struggling!"

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