Chapter 1
I had ten when my father had taken me with him to court of King Phillip of Macedonia.
I was nervous the king was known to have a short
temper and could have you whipped over the littlest of things.
As
we approached the palace I stopped my horse and stared in awe at the
huge white building letting my father get ahead.
"HEPHAISTION!" my father shouted causing me to jump "hurry up the king doesn't like to be kept waiting."
We were shown to drawing room were the king was
waiting. As I tried to follow my father he stopped me and crouched so
that he was eye level with me.
"You wait here I have a personal
matter to attain to."
He stood up and went into the room
closing the door behind him leaving me to stare at the wooded floral
designs that decorated it.
I stood there for a while with my ear
to the door hoping to hear what was being said but the thickness of
the door muffed their voices so I hung my head in disappointment and
went to sit on one of the high back wooden chair that lined one side
of the opposite wall.
An hour later my father was still in the
room and I was getting bored, I had tried to pass the time by talking
to the servants as they went in or out of the drawing room but they
refused to talk to me saying it was not permitted.
I was sat on
my hands to stop me biting my fingernail's and was sat so back in
the chair my feet couldn't reach the floor, I was idlely swing them
back and forth when suddenly there was the sound of running feet
filled the corridor.
A boy about my ages with blonde hair dressed
in a blue chriton came running passed followed by the calls of
"Alexander."
Alexander looked at me, smiling as put his
finger to his lips and climbed into a wooden chest closing the
lid.
Soon a round woman with salt and pepper hair came following
still calling Alexander's name.
I looked away from the chest
when she stopped in front of me; her face was flushed and small beads
of sweat glistened on her forehead.
"Have you seen a boy run
this way?" she panted I managed to keep a straight face "He went
that way." I said pointing to the door at the other end she nodded
her thanks and went after the boy.
I made sure she had gone
before I went over to the chest and opened it
"You can come out
now." I said
Alexander stood up brushed himself down and climbed
out.
He looked at me with brown eyes and we both bust out
laughing, we laughed so hard that tears ran down our faces and we
gasped for air.
"My name is Alexander." he said when we got
our breaths back.
"Hephaistion." I said shaking his held out
hand
Alexander sat down on the chair I had just been sat
on.
"So why are you here?" he asked
"My father seeing the king on a …" I did the
best impression of my father "Personal matter."
Alexander
laughed but we were interrupted by the sound of the door
opening.
"Prince Alexander there you are." said the lady from
before
I looked dumbstruck at Alexander his brown eyes turned to
meet mine he smiled and shrugged
The lady began towards us and
Alexander grabbed my wrist and pulled me along after him as ran off
in the opposite direction.
In the next chapter. Alexander dares Hephaistion