Title: Changing Lives
Author: Trixie-gurl
Rating: PG
Pairing: don't know yet…
Warnings: Angst
notes: ehh… this is my first story ever, so it is probably really bad, but I will try to improve
Disclaimers: characters is this story do not belong to me, never did, never will… it's a real shame too
"Hurry! Barricade the doors, they're coming!" shouted the commander as he gave orders to the guards. "Your Majesty, please, they are about to enter the castle! We cannot last much longer"
The king, still in his nightclothes from sleep, nodded to his faithful commander before he turned to his wife and son, who stood beside him with worry. "The castle will fall before sunrise, we must flee from this land."
Shouts where heard outside the castle gates of the coming enemy as the queen went to her husband's arms and wept, "Why has this enemy come upon us? Why do we deserve this punishment?" she repeated between her sobs, the king could not answer them, and could only try to comfort her as their violet-eyed son stared up at them in wonderment, to young to grasp what was happening around them.
The queen's sobs soon quieted, and she took the young boy's hand in her own, following her husband deeper into the castle, they had no choice but to run.
"Mommy… where are we going?" asked the young boy as he was almost dragged behind them in their quick walk. "Bad men have come, we have to leave here son" Said the queen in a stern, yet loving reply.
"B-but what about Blackie?" He asked in a worried voice. "You will have to leave that horse behind, we can do nothing to save him now."
"NO!" He yelled as he jerked his hand from his mothers "We can't leave Blackie!"
The queen turns and tried to grab his hand again, but he was too quick, and ran back through the familiar halls.
The queen started after him, but was stopped quickly by her husband, "No, its to dangerous for you, go on to the tunnels, I will get Daniel and meet you there."
She nodded slowly but reluctantly as she gave her king one last kiss before continuing down the corridor.
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"Don't worry Blackie, I'm here, you don't have to worry" The young prince Daniel repeated to the black colt in the stable before him.
The boy had managed to reach the stables without notice easily, most everyone was outside the walls trying to protect the castle from the surprise attack, and the ones inside the walls where either trying to escape through the secret tunnels, or busy preparing if the army did breach the walls.
Daniel unlatched the stall door and walked up to the large colt, patting it on its side, trying to get the scared horse to go out… yet every time someone outside would scream or yell, the horse would go back into the stall, destroying any progress young Daniel had made. Several tries latter the prince sat down outside of the stall, looking up at Blackie. "You need to come out Blackie, mommy said there were bad men coming and we need to leave."
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The king, in the mean time, was trying to reach the stables himself, but much slower, he was not small like his son and could not weave through the crowd of people that where trying to head to the tunnels, and did not have enough time to change.
"They have entered the castle! Get out! Run!" came a shout in the distance, the Kings heart sunk as two of the royal guards seemed to appear behind him. "Sir, the queen has told us what you are doing, you must come with us, it is to dangerous here"
The King shook his head, "No, my son is in the stables! I have to save him!"
"It is impossible, you majesty, the Oz army has taken full control of the city and is just now coming into the castle! We are doing everything we can just to hold them off for you!"
The king tried to argue further, but had no choice but to be drawn back with the guards. His head was low as he walked sadly back toward the hidden tunnels, he did not hear the approaching footsteps, nor the sound of the arrows being fired from their bows.
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The young prince was trying to coax Blackie out of his stall with an apple when the Oz enemy had managed to break down the gates to the castle. When he heard footstep passing the stables, his immediate reaction was to hide, and that is what he did, he ran into an empty stall and into a break in the wall, leading him into a small open space between the stables and the stone- wall of the castle, a place he often came to when he played hide and seek with the castle's servant children. There he sat and cried, wishing it was all over, soon crying himself to sleep.
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The next day, the prince woke quickly, memories of last night slowly entered his mind and he quickly raced into the stables. The scene that greeted him there was not what he had expected, every horse there was dead with slit throats, even Blackie the colt. Daniel ran to his horse, who laid next to the apple that he had dropped the night before. Slowly, the prince kneeled at the horse's side; tears ran down his cheeks for his dead horse.
Many moments latter, when the prince had ran out of tears, he stood and walked to the entrance of the stables, planning on telling his father what has become of the horses. He quietly opened the big barn doors and froze when he saw what had greeted him, death, their where dead bodies everywhere, some he even recognized as friends.
Tears began to fall from his cheeks again as he ran into the castle corridors and into the kings throne-room, were he had expected to find his father and mother, but yet again he found death. After searching the room for his parents, but to no avail, suddenly he remembered his father's words from long time ago and he tried to perk up. Walking out of the throne room quietly and down the hall, he repeated his father's words in his head. 'Remember the tunnels I showed you? If anything happens to this castle, then go there and wait for someone to take you through them, do you understand me?'
He quickened his pace as he past two dead guards, obviously killed by the arrows in their backs, he didn't want to see their faces, he might know them, so he continued on until he spotted a man lying on his back, this time, Daniel rushed to the mans side, fear and sadness almost overwhelmed him as he turned the man over and realized that this was his father.
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Solo walked through the town quietly, his eyes darkened at the sight of his surroundings. "What in the hell happened here" he said to himself as his eyes searched the destruction around him, there were dead bodies everywhere, so many he had to be careful where he walked, and this wasn't the worse part, up ahead was the castle, and the gates where wide open, that was not a good sign. "Oh man, I just came here to get something to eat, I hope whoever did this is gone now…." He turned quietly, planning to leave the town before he could get himself in any trouble, but he stopped and looked back to the castle. "…. Damn me and my curiosity!" He sighed to himself and continued toward the castle.
Once inside the gate there were fewer bodies and he could easily run without stepping on anyone, and that he definitely didn't want.
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The young prince had almost cried himself to sleep when he thought he heard a horse walking. He sat up slowly and strained his ears to listen…. Yes, he definitely heard something like that. With a sniffle he stood and hid behind a tall statue in the hall and waited.
The sound got louder and closer and the prince was certain it was a horse, and when the sound seemed to stop completely, he began to believe that it was Blackie coming to find him. He looked out from behind the statue carefully, hoping to see his horse come back to him, but instead Daniel found something much different.
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'Well gee this isn't much better, where are all the jewels and stuff' Solo thought to himself as he examined one room before continuing down the quiet hall 'wait a minute' he stopped as he heard a hiccup, glancing around he found himself being stared at by some wide-eyed kid behind some ugly statue.
"Hey who are you?" Solo asked, but the kid didn't answer with his name, "Your not a horse…." Solo sight slightly, 'obviously this kid was delusional, or maybe traumatized…' he thought before speaking to him. "No, I'm what you call a centaur… ehh… you know…. Well my name is Solo, do you have a name?"
It took a few moments for the young prince to come out from behind the statue. "I'm Prince Daniel of the shape shifter kingdom of Harmony." He said it as if he had practiced or said it several times before.
"Daniel… well how would you like to come with me, you don't have much to live for here anymore." The young prince Daniel looked around as the events of the day seem to sink in and he realized that his family was gone forever, he sniffed as he tried not to cry in front of his seemingly new friend, but failed horribly as he saw his father. Solo looked down at him, not really knowing what to do, so he picked the young prince up. Setting Daniel in his back, he turned and walked out of the castle, and with one last search of the land, they both left the kingdom of Harmony.
Author: Trixie-gurl
Rating: PG
Pairing: don't know yet…
Warnings: Angst
notes: ehh… this is my first story ever, so it is probably really bad, but I will try to improve
Disclaimers: characters is this story do not belong to me, never did, never will… it's a real shame too
"Hurry! Barricade the doors, they're coming!" shouted the commander as he gave orders to the guards. "Your Majesty, please, they are about to enter the castle! We cannot last much longer"
The king, still in his nightclothes from sleep, nodded to his faithful commander before he turned to his wife and son, who stood beside him with worry. "The castle will fall before sunrise, we must flee from this land."
Shouts where heard outside the castle gates of the coming enemy as the queen went to her husband's arms and wept, "Why has this enemy come upon us? Why do we deserve this punishment?" she repeated between her sobs, the king could not answer them, and could only try to comfort her as their violet-eyed son stared up at them in wonderment, to young to grasp what was happening around them.
The queen's sobs soon quieted, and she took the young boy's hand in her own, following her husband deeper into the castle, they had no choice but to run.
"Mommy… where are we going?" asked the young boy as he was almost dragged behind them in their quick walk. "Bad men have come, we have to leave here son" Said the queen in a stern, yet loving reply.
"B-but what about Blackie?" He asked in a worried voice. "You will have to leave that horse behind, we can do nothing to save him now."
"NO!" He yelled as he jerked his hand from his mothers "We can't leave Blackie!"
The queen turns and tried to grab his hand again, but he was too quick, and ran back through the familiar halls.
The queen started after him, but was stopped quickly by her husband, "No, its to dangerous for you, go on to the tunnels, I will get Daniel and meet you there."
She nodded slowly but reluctantly as she gave her king one last kiss before continuing down the corridor.
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"Don't worry Blackie, I'm here, you don't have to worry" The young prince Daniel repeated to the black colt in the stable before him.
The boy had managed to reach the stables without notice easily, most everyone was outside the walls trying to protect the castle from the surprise attack, and the ones inside the walls where either trying to escape through the secret tunnels, or busy preparing if the army did breach the walls.
Daniel unlatched the stall door and walked up to the large colt, patting it on its side, trying to get the scared horse to go out… yet every time someone outside would scream or yell, the horse would go back into the stall, destroying any progress young Daniel had made. Several tries latter the prince sat down outside of the stall, looking up at Blackie. "You need to come out Blackie, mommy said there were bad men coming and we need to leave."
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The king, in the mean time, was trying to reach the stables himself, but much slower, he was not small like his son and could not weave through the crowd of people that where trying to head to the tunnels, and did not have enough time to change.
"They have entered the castle! Get out! Run!" came a shout in the distance, the Kings heart sunk as two of the royal guards seemed to appear behind him. "Sir, the queen has told us what you are doing, you must come with us, it is to dangerous here"
The King shook his head, "No, my son is in the stables! I have to save him!"
"It is impossible, you majesty, the Oz army has taken full control of the city and is just now coming into the castle! We are doing everything we can just to hold them off for you!"
The king tried to argue further, but had no choice but to be drawn back with the guards. His head was low as he walked sadly back toward the hidden tunnels, he did not hear the approaching footsteps, nor the sound of the arrows being fired from their bows.
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The young prince was trying to coax Blackie out of his stall with an apple when the Oz enemy had managed to break down the gates to the castle. When he heard footstep passing the stables, his immediate reaction was to hide, and that is what he did, he ran into an empty stall and into a break in the wall, leading him into a small open space between the stables and the stone- wall of the castle, a place he often came to when he played hide and seek with the castle's servant children. There he sat and cried, wishing it was all over, soon crying himself to sleep.
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The next day, the prince woke quickly, memories of last night slowly entered his mind and he quickly raced into the stables. The scene that greeted him there was not what he had expected, every horse there was dead with slit throats, even Blackie the colt. Daniel ran to his horse, who laid next to the apple that he had dropped the night before. Slowly, the prince kneeled at the horse's side; tears ran down his cheeks for his dead horse.
Many moments latter, when the prince had ran out of tears, he stood and walked to the entrance of the stables, planning on telling his father what has become of the horses. He quietly opened the big barn doors and froze when he saw what had greeted him, death, their where dead bodies everywhere, some he even recognized as friends.
Tears began to fall from his cheeks again as he ran into the castle corridors and into the kings throne-room, were he had expected to find his father and mother, but yet again he found death. After searching the room for his parents, but to no avail, suddenly he remembered his father's words from long time ago and he tried to perk up. Walking out of the throne room quietly and down the hall, he repeated his father's words in his head. 'Remember the tunnels I showed you? If anything happens to this castle, then go there and wait for someone to take you through them, do you understand me?'
He quickened his pace as he past two dead guards, obviously killed by the arrows in their backs, he didn't want to see their faces, he might know them, so he continued on until he spotted a man lying on his back, this time, Daniel rushed to the mans side, fear and sadness almost overwhelmed him as he turned the man over and realized that this was his father.
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Solo walked through the town quietly, his eyes darkened at the sight of his surroundings. "What in the hell happened here" he said to himself as his eyes searched the destruction around him, there were dead bodies everywhere, so many he had to be careful where he walked, and this wasn't the worse part, up ahead was the castle, and the gates where wide open, that was not a good sign. "Oh man, I just came here to get something to eat, I hope whoever did this is gone now…." He turned quietly, planning to leave the town before he could get himself in any trouble, but he stopped and looked back to the castle. "…. Damn me and my curiosity!" He sighed to himself and continued toward the castle.
Once inside the gate there were fewer bodies and he could easily run without stepping on anyone, and that he definitely didn't want.
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The young prince had almost cried himself to sleep when he thought he heard a horse walking. He sat up slowly and strained his ears to listen…. Yes, he definitely heard something like that. With a sniffle he stood and hid behind a tall statue in the hall and waited.
The sound got louder and closer and the prince was certain it was a horse, and when the sound seemed to stop completely, he began to believe that it was Blackie coming to find him. He looked out from behind the statue carefully, hoping to see his horse come back to him, but instead Daniel found something much different.
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'Well gee this isn't much better, where are all the jewels and stuff' Solo thought to himself as he examined one room before continuing down the quiet hall 'wait a minute' he stopped as he heard a hiccup, glancing around he found himself being stared at by some wide-eyed kid behind some ugly statue.
"Hey who are you?" Solo asked, but the kid didn't answer with his name, "Your not a horse…." Solo sight slightly, 'obviously this kid was delusional, or maybe traumatized…' he thought before speaking to him. "No, I'm what you call a centaur… ehh… you know…. Well my name is Solo, do you have a name?"
It took a few moments for the young prince to come out from behind the statue. "I'm Prince Daniel of the shape shifter kingdom of Harmony." He said it as if he had practiced or said it several times before.
"Daniel… well how would you like to come with me, you don't have much to live for here anymore." The young prince Daniel looked around as the events of the day seem to sink in and he realized that his family was gone forever, he sniffed as he tried not to cry in front of his seemingly new friend, but failed horribly as he saw his father. Solo looked down at him, not really knowing what to do, so he picked the young prince up. Setting Daniel in his back, he turned and walked out of the castle, and with one last search of the land, they both left the kingdom of Harmony.
