Jeffory's P.O.V.

I wake yo quickly hoping that no one else is up in castle. Today is the day that I am going with the thieves on an adventure. I am so excited to be able to have an actual adventure and not just always fighting in someone's orders.

I'll get to impress Aphmau with my sword fighting abilities as well so that's a bonus. Who would have thought tang after all these years of trying to catch Aphmau and put her in prison I'm going on a ship with her. I sure hope I don't get seasick.

I slept in my clothes and I have a bag and sword ready to go. I grab my things and I sneak out of my room. I am stepping as quietly as I can past the nobles rooms so they aren't woken up by me. If they wake up them everything will be ruined.

I manage to make it out of the castle through the back door successfully. This is all going according to plan. Now I have nothing stopping me from getting to Aphmau. I can just see it now: us sitting in the beach at sunset kissing each other. Me pulling out a ring

"JEFFORY!" I hear some one hell

I look over my shoulder to see Shelby

"I've been calling you for five minutes" she says "Are you going on the trip to?"

"Wait why are you going?" I ask her

"Umm I'm Red's almost-girlfriend" she says laughing

"Oh right, well then let's go" I say and we walk to the docks

Zane's P.O.V.

I woke up to the sound of someone trying to sneak down the hall way. My ears are sharp. I wake up my brothers and we go to see what's going on. Jeffory is walking down the hallway with a suitcase and a sword.

I knew that he had put in a request for a month off and he was granted it. What I am confused about is why. When he is out of sight I see Laurance, Cadenza and every other noble walk out of their room to see what's going on.

We all quickly get dressed and follow him. He is walking down to the docks. How weird. Wait a second is that Aphmau?

Aphmau's P.O.V.

We are just starting to pack the ship with stuff when Jeffory walks in. I already told the thieves that he will be coming and they where cool with it. That's why I love them so much. Shelby is also here so we have another girl to gossip about the nobles with. She learns a lot about them by cleaning their rooms.

I can't help but feel like we are being watched. I look around but I don't see anything out of the ordinary. Jeffory immediately starts carrying the heavy stuff. Katelyn challenges him to see who is stronger.

They each keep picking up boxes and I am laughing until Jeffory picks me up.

"Hey put me down" I say pretending to be angry

"Yeah Aphmau doesn't count, she is as light as a feather" Lucinda adds laughing

"Pick up Barney instead" Shelby giggles

Barney runs over and jumps on Jeffory causing all the boxes to fall and Jeffory to pin me onto the ground. Lucinda, Nicole and Katelyn basically kill themselves laughing and I am blushing like a red apple.

Garroth's P.O.V.

WHY THAT LITTLE!

I knew there was a reason he was sneaking out. He is going on a trip with Aphmau. How dare he not tell us. I look over to my group and we all agree that we are taking a ship and following them. This plan is horribly thought out but we are doing it anyway.

I watch someone jump onto Jeffory causing him to pin Aphmau, hey I want to be the one to do- umm I mean he shouldn't do that to her. I can see Zane basically fuming and Aaron green with envy.

We run back to the castle and pack our bags. We basically yell at the lord that we are going on a learning trip on how to survive on ships.

"Ahh I remember when I was your age" he says sighing "Ok but take this"

He hands us an amulet.

"This is magical, it will protect you" he says "Now go on and go quickly, your fathers will kill you if they find out you went"

"Thank you" we all yell and rush out of the castle

We run to the docks and go quickly to the thieves. They turn to look at us confused but Aphmau smiles.

Aphmau's P.O.V.

What are they doing here? They seem to have luggage. I wonder if they are asking to come with us.

"Please let us come with you" Zane says

"We are begging you, castle life is the worst" Garroth begs

"No way" Katelyn states

"Please Miss, we really want to escape just for a little bit" Cadenza begs

"Katelyn castle life is bad, I should know I suffered there for years" Nicole says sitting atop a stack of crates

"And we can make them clean and cook" Ross says smirking

"Well I guess if everyone agrees. Wait, what do you think Aphmau?" Katelyn asks me

"I think it will be fine, if they make a step out of line we can throw them to the sharks" I say giggling

"If it's alright with McCloud then it's fine with us" Katelyn says

"Aye, it be fine with me. They can swab the decks" McCloud says from behind me making me jump

They cheer and start asking how they can help. I didn't really think that noble boys would be as strong as they are but they pick up all the heavy crates. I myself don't have much upper body strength but Nicole and Katelyn do.

I sit on the railing if the ship watching them until everything is packed and ready to go. We make sure we have everything and then we take off the anchor. The morning sun is still low in the sky. We left early so we didn't cause any scenes.

Our whole day is spent making sure everything is going well, cleaning us the spare rooms. Making beds, organising jobs and reading maps. By the time night falls I am exhausted. I am laying on the deck looking at the stars when I feel drowsiness fall upon me. My eyes close and I fall asleep.

Gene's P.O.V.

As I was walk around the ship I see a body on the ground. I run over to see if they are ok and I notice that it is Aphmau, she is fast asleep. She is really cute. I pick her up and carry her to her room.

She is sharing a room with Shelby I believe but Shelby isn't here yet. I lay Aphmau down on her bed and I pull the blankets over her, I kiss her forehead and turn of the oil lamp.

I quietly exit her room.