"She cannot leave, Captain! She is our responsibility, not yours!" Ada exclaimed, the princess' face flushed with anger. How dare this man attempt try to interfere in business that was not his own! Who did he think he was?! She would have to get him away from Ariana and ensure that no more seeds of false hope were implanted in her mind.
"Now, Captain, please leave before I summon the guard and take you away for conspiring treason."
"Ada, you don't want to do that." Ada's hands trembled slightly, the young woman glancing at her sister. Ariana's eyes held hope for what seemed like the first time in her life. Finally there was a way to escape from this prison, the ability to experience the open world that Ada had only tried to describe through the pitiful medium of words. How could she deny her sister this? The Captain was a good man and she knew this...
"No...no I don't." She walked to her sister and knelt beside her, retrieving the writing pad and inscribing the following message:
"Darling, sister, do you want to go with this man? You barely know him...yet I know he can take care of you. Give me your word and I will ensure that you two escape this place, but I must see that you want to go. Do you?"

Ariana watched as the two continued to converse. Ada seemed to be angry at the captain, but Ariana had no idea why she was. All the captain did, was offering Ariana a chance to get away, trying to help her. Did Ada think that was a bad idea? She read what her sister wrote, and looked at her. Did her sister really need to ask?
"Do not ask questions of which you already know the answer. There is nothing I want more than to get away from this prison and be free, no matter how. You are aware of that, I told you many times." She answered, looking at Ada.

Ada's eyes flashed with hurt for just a moment at Ariana' sharp reply, but she knew that her sister had every right to demand her release. She needed to experience life to the fullest extend she could...and if that meant going against her parents strictest wishes, so be it. It wasn't as if they would put Ada to death for this, although Father may decide to cast Ada out of the castle for a few weeks to "teach her a lesson". The princess blew out a sigh as she looked up at Volgorl, telling him:
"There are a network of tunnels below the castle that you can utilize to get out. Take the stairs all the way down to the ground floor and head left. Once at the end of the hall, you'll reach a wooden door with a guard. I think you can pull rank from there to get what you need. I'll cover for you as long as I can, but sooner or later they will find out."
"We'll be long gone by then."
"Good..." Ada shifted her gaze from Volgorl to her sister, tears beginning to creep out of her eyelids as she embraced her sister's lithe frame. She released her after a few moments, writing on the pad:
"I love you. Don't forget me, dear sister." The princess rose, handing the writing pad to Volgorl.
"Take care of her."
"Of course. She will be safe." Ada nodded, walking out of the room quickly. Volgorl then beckoned for Ariana to rise, extending his hand for her to take. Once her hand was in his, he pointed to the stairs before leading her down the stone steps as fast as he could. Once on the ground floor, he paused for a moment, writing on the tablet:
"We have to go to the left. Just stay close."

Ariana looked at what her sister wrote before she hugged her, and smiled. "I love you too, and I will never forget you. I promise." She said soft, even if she wasn't aware of the volume of her voice herself. Of course she wouldn't forget about her sister. How could she? Ada was the only one who, until then, had ever talked to her and spent time with her. Those moments when Ada would visit her were the best memories she had so far, and she would always cherish that. And she always had the pages of her writing pad, filled with things Ada had written, to remind Ariana of it all.

Ariana took the captain's hand and got up, following as he lead the way through the castle. Even the halls and stairs, or anything else in the castle, for that matter, were things Ariana had never seen before in her life. She knew that the world was much bigger than the room she had spent her life in, but she already found this impressive. And to think that this all was only just one castle yet... maybe it had became just very easy for her to be impressed by the largeness of the castle because she had spent all her days in a small room until that day. When the captain stopped so did Ariana, watching as he wrote something and nodding when she had read it.