You hadn't seen Bastian in years. Not since you were kids. And of course, back then, you called him Sebastian. Sebastian, your dearest friend in childhood. The only escape you had from your stuffy, overbearing upbringing as a princess.

It was hardly considered proper for a princess to be playing with a peasant fisherman's son, but you didn't care. He was your best friend, your only friend. The only person you got to be a normal kid with.

And now he's back, years after disappearing without a trace. Back and in your castle, in the dead of night. Except this was no longer Sebastian, the boy you used to run around the palace gardens with. This was Bastian, the feared Pirate King of the 7 seas. Sword in one hand, a large bag of the palaces most valuable objects in the other.

"Hello Your Highness." He says. Eyes narrowed and head cocked at you, looking nothing like the baby-faced boy you used to know.