The raft that Princess Pea and Conrad built seemed sturdy, secure, and safe. But as many people often need to learn on more than one occasion, looks can be very deceiving. As they sailed through the bayou and reached the open sea, Conrad and Pea got to talking.
    "Conrad, there's something I have to tell you," Pea summoned all of her courage.
    "What is it?" asked Conrad, his voice tender and sweet. Pea 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 Pea 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 Christmas two years ago? I can't believe it! I knew you were a handful Pea but I am really shocked! How could you 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, you 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 you this while we're on a raft in the middle of the ocean," Pea sighed. "You could totally throw me off and no one would ever find me."
    "I would never do that," Conrad answered, making Pea 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 raft began to toss and turn violently. Just then, an enormous wave approached the raft with great stamina and tossed the raft upside down. Pea managed to hold on and climb back aboard, only to find Conrad had disappeared beneath the waves.
    "No!" Pea cried. She quickly grabbed one of the vines used to build the raft 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, Pea dove in the water, a rather ambitious move 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 raft in the nick of time. She shoved Conrad onto the raft 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 more water. "Y-You saved me."
    "Well, yeah," Pea laughed. "You think I wanna be stuck on this raft alone with no one to bitch 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 by the sound of distant drumming.
    "What was that?"
    "Oh sure," Conrad thought to himself, rolling his eyes. "I wasn't about to confess my love or anything."
    "I heard drums," Princess Pea smiled. "We must be near land, look there's a bay up ahead, you can just see it through the fog!"
    As the little raft approached the bay, Pea noticed a huge cliff. And on top of that cliff stood a tall, beautiful Native American woman, whose long black hair was dancing in the wind.

(End Of Part 15)