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Edited by: Hotari-chan
Summary: AU "The group of men if you can call them more like predators wait in silence for their prey to come was snickering as they waited for the soon to be king." Please Read and Review VanHitomi
Bittersweet: A Tale of Forbidding Prince
Chapter 1: The black sheep
It was always dark and ominous as he heard the many voices that always circle in his head. Some of them were snickering, some of them were telling their opinion and some of them he couldn't even understand. It always made him angry when people pity or think low of him for just one mistake or think he was at a disability to do anything. However, there was always some voice that was nice like his brother.
His brother was every caring and he always loved to hang out with him. He would always be there and reading him stories; telling him stories about dragon and how the slayers of them were always heroic. He always asked his brother why they slay something so defenseless.
That was the only time he heard his brother surrounded by a sad silence.
His mother had angelic voice; it was like an angel was singing to him whenever she talked to him. He always love sitting next to her and just talk on for hours and hours. His mother was always telling him to be whoever he wanted to be. Even if he had oblates let them come and keep his head up and pass it with ease.
His father voice was strong and never broke; always ready to lead his nation into greatness. His father always agreed with his mother on the oblates and added to on sometimes.
His sword master was like another father to him and he was always grateful that. His father always had meetings with his brother for something or another. He would always go to him and practice with him or just to hang out.
Then there was his adopted sister that always followed him around. He liked that he could say anything without a critic or being used against him when he was with her. He liked having that freedom. He also liked that she admired him. He liked that someone liked him, completely, for who he was.
He liked being a human being to world that was so cold and dark towards him an outside born into the wrong family.
He loved his family and would do anything for them but he felt deep inside he knew something was coming.
Something bad and good that was over looked then but it was coming.
He didn't care for the voices in his head nor the people around him that judge him.
All he cared about was family and his nation, as a prince should.
However that was all going to change when he heard about his brother.
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Voices.
Words.
They could hurt you or help you. They could bend you or fix you. They could change your whole perspective of things...
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"Did you hear?" asked a voice around him.
"Yes about the prince," replied another voice
"Hmm.. heard he got killed or eaten by a dragon," said the first voice
"Pity they had one good prince, and, now, he is dead."
"Lord Van, your hands," said his sword master told him as he heard his horse rid next to him.
"Sorry," he mumbled as he let go of rails of the horse that he held onto so tightly.
"Don't let them get to you. We well find your brother," said his sword master.
He let a smile curl on his lips.
"Anyways, a child shouldn't hear this so, let's go, practice your sword," He said.
Van leads his horse to where his sword master was.
"But Balgus! I'm not young! 7 years old is really old!" Van said as he throws his hand out.
Balgus laughed as he pet his head.
Van mumbling as he follow Balgus as they were about to enter the room when someone came and whispered into Balgus ear.
"Van, come we have to see your mother now!" yelled Balgus as he began to run.
"Wait!" yelled Van.
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Why was he cursed to darkness? Why couldn't he not stumble over his own feet and be the prince he should be?
Why did he feel like he was a disabled person?
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The room felt lifeless as they entered.
"Mommy?" asked Van.
"Over here," she said as she tried to reach for her child.
Balgus took Van toward his mother as he started to feel around for his mother.
"Van, please forgive me for not preventing this," she said sadly as she touched Van's eyes so that closed them.
"Mommy, it's not your fault that the world is dark," he said.
She started to cry as Van said that and he try to find her to comfort her.
"Yes it is that your blind my son," she said as she cried to herself.
Van wanted to badly help his mother but didn't know what to do.
"Van, promise me something," she asked.
"Yes, Mommy?" he asked.
"Don't let anyone tell you who to be, just be the best you can ever. I'm proud of you," she said as she closed her eyes.
Then there was a peaceful silence.
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The whole kingdom came to say their last goodbyes to the Queen of Fanelia.
Van, Balgus and Van's adopted sister, Merle, were the last ones to leave.
Balgu looked at Van and saw that he needed to be alone; so he took Merle to go home.
The darkness around him was suffocating him that he just sat on down on the grass.
"Why did everyone leave? Why am I alone?" thought Van.
Then the rain fell.
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8 years later.
"That enough for today Lord Van," said Balgus as he walk towards Van.
Van of Fanelia, wiped the sweat off his forehead as he about to object when the doors open and a soldier came in.
"The counselor wants to talk to you, Lord Van," said the soldier sarcastically.
Balgus glance at the soldier and was about tell him off when Van raised his hand to silence him.
"For what?" he asked deadpan.
"How should I know?" he asked back hotly not liking the blind prince attitude.
"Hmmm," was all he said as he passed by soldier as he pushed against his shoulder.
"Hey watch it you stupid blind brat!" the soldier yelled.
Van just stopped and said, "weak" as left.
"What do those lazy, fat people want?" thought Van as he walked towards where the counselors usually meet.
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The group of men if you can call them more like predators wait in silence for their prey to come was snickering as they waited for the soon to be king. However some of them weren't as impatient and started to talk about what they were going to do when they got rid of the brat that was making fun of their authority; doing things behind their back and don't call them in until three years later when there wasn't anything to do but sign paper. Also to add to their list he was now being called a hero!
For what they don't know!
Well that was going to end the same way they got rid of his brother.
They heard their prey enter as the doors to their layer opened.
The prey stood their with aloof manner in the air. It listened for a while then enters with a ease.
"Did you came to ask me about the Dragon hunt for what?" the prey said as it crossed it's arms.
The predators flabbergasted as they look at the prey in the eye.
However one of them found their mouth and hissed nicely, "Yes all the kings before did it and well your brother did it."
The prey seem to be a little shock of this knew information but went back to it's aloof manner quickly.
"When?" the prey asked
"Tomorrow."
"Hn," said the prey as it exist the already set trap.
Or so the predator thought however there was a Fortune teller that was looking out the prey.
And the trap in which they thought was made to destroy the prey however help the future as the war against the world started.
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Van locked his bedroom door as he clenched and unclenched his fits.
"I HATE THEM!!" he thought as he started searching with his hands for this sword and things for the voyage ahead.
One of the many disadvantages of not being able to see was that your klutz with a capital 'K'.
As Van searched for his things, he accidentally knocked down a box or something.
Grunting as he try to put the things way when he land on an object that caught his interest.
It was his father before he disappeared like his brother when he really young.
It was a sword that used with a mecha of some legacy thing.
It was long sword that went up half way his leg. It was very heavy and was said to object owners if wanted. He didn't know what it looked like but he thought there were wings on it.
Feeling some kind of pride that told him to take it and it would help him in the future.
Taking it as he gathers the sword with other important things, he put them next to his bed.
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Balgus walked to and fro in anxiety as he say Van out with worry in eyes. As orphan and now prince he took into his care. On the other hand Merle was just fine as she eagerly waved goodbye to her brother.
As Van entered the forest he felt this weird deja vu of some sort. However any other further thought into was canceled when he head what he was waiting for a dragon.
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It was the first time he felt fear as the dragon overpower him as he didn't know what to do next however it seem that was already planned out for him as he felt his feet be lifted.
"Where the heck am I going?" thought Van as he and unfortunatelythe dragon disappeared into the stars.
To be continued...
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