The floß that Princess erbse and Conrad built seemed sturdy, secure, and safe. But as many people often need to learn on Mehr than one occasion, looks can be very deceiving. As they sailed through the bayou and reached the open sea, Conrad and erbse got to talking.
    "Conrad, there's something I have to tell you," erbse summoned all of her courage.
    "What is it?" asked Conrad, his voice tender and sweet. erbse melted everytime she heard it. Although she would never tell him this.
    "That bitchy princess your father works for..."
    "What about her?"
    "I'm her," Princess erbse looked down in shame.
    "You're the princess that has made my father's life a living hell for the past sixteen years?" Conrad's eyes widened in shock. "You're the reason he couldn't come Home for Weihnachten two years ago? I can't believe it! I knew Du were a handful erbse but I am really shocked! How could Du do those things?"
    "Conrad, listen to me," Peanalita pleaded. "I've changed, I'm not the same girl who used to treat Leopold like dirt, Du have to believe me!"
    "Why should I?" Conrad retorted bitterly. "You're nothing but a selfish, rude girl who cares only about herself."
    "I probably shouldn't have told Du this while we're on a floß in the middle of the ocean," erbse sighed. "You could totally throw me off and no one would ever find me."
    "I would never do that," Conrad answered, making erbse smile. "Unlike you, I actually have a heart." Pea's smile faded faster than they crank out those crappy direct-to-video sequels.
    Pea was about to work up some sort of sassy remark when suddenly lightning struck. Rain began to pour and thunder viciously banged heavily through the sky. The floß began to toss and turn violently. Just then, an enormous wave approached the floß with great stamina and tossed the floß upside down. erbse managed to hold on and climb back aboard, only to find Conrad had disappeared beneath the waves.
    "No!" erbse cried. She quickly grabbed one of the vines used to build the floß and unraveled it from the sail. She tied it around her waist, making sure the other end was securely tightened to the little raft. Without a moment to lose, erbse taube in the water, a rather ambitious Bewegen for a girl who couldn't actually swim. She flailed underneath the sea and eventually saw Conrad sinking into the depths, unconscious. She grabbed onto his arm and began hoisting herself up the vine. She couldn't hold her breath much longer. She noticed the vine begin to thin but grabbed hold of the floß in the nick of time. She shoved Conrad onto the floß just as sky began to clear up and the waves began to settle. Conrad coughed and opened his eyes.
    "Pea, you," he struggled to speak as he coughed up Mehr water. "Y-You saved me."
    "Well, yeah," erbse laughed. "You think I wanna be stuck on this floß alone with no one to hündin at?"
    "Pea, I'm sorry I judged you," Conrad smiled faintly. "I guess people really can change. I never would've guessed in a million years that..."
    "That what?"
    "The girl that my father complained about all these years would be the girl that I fall in lo-" His sentence was interrupted Von the sound of distant drumming.
    "What was that?"
    "Oh sure," Conrad thought to himself, rolling his eyes. "I wasn't about to confess my Liebe oder anything."
    "I heard drums," Princess erbse smiled. "We must be near land, look there's a bucht up ahead, Du can just see it through the fog!"
    As the little floß approached the bay, erbse noticed a huge cliff. And on oben, nach oben of that cliff stood a tall, beautiful Native American woman, whose long black hair was dancing in the wind.

(End Of Part 15)