AHHHHHHH! This is it! Did y'all know that a year ago on February 1, 2014 I published the TLM. Haha I'm so sorry about the wait! But this is the Prologue. This is the story of Jared and Daniel haha the first chapter of the JCB is 20 pages long in Word and I plan on making all the chapters like that or even longer. I'm sorry, but hopefully maybe y'all will be interested in the series and come back and read my other things for this series once the last book comes out. I've been committed to at least the B&B, because i'm sure Fluffy will hunt me down and Kill me if I don't XD Also Guest, I do ship Jarina, but its not my OTP. But I want this done right, thats why I don't like posting on here if it's not edited. But if y'all don't care about the grammar being perfect then I'll post it, and I can get it up here faster you know?

R&R!

Madaleine

Once upon a time in another dimension there lived a tiny kingdom, peaceful, prosperous, and rich in romance and tradition. There lived two young boys, one a young prince who lived in a shining castle, named Jared. On the day of the Prince's birth the kingdom celebrated. Blessing him with good health and wealth and that he shall reign over their kingdom for decades and it would prosperous. Everywhere you could hear, hail to the king, hail to the queen, hail to Prince Jared. The prince was blessed with everything he could have ever wanted, good looks, power, but he grew up to be spoiled, selfish and unkind.

The other lived in a small village, where he lived with his mother and father and his youngest sister. The young boy named, Daniel, was given every comfort they could afford, that is until the young boys father died. Thus as time went by their home fell into disrepair, as his mother worked hard him and his sister, although she was a kind and devoted mother, they struggled to pay the daily expenses and maintain the lifestyle they had once before. Eventually when he grew old enough Daniel had to take on responsibilities of the household. Working along side his mother in the fields and doing other jobs in order to provide for the family. As Daniel grew up he demonstrated powers in sorcery, and he learned to master them on his own. But despite this, Daniel always remained bright and optimistic and caring. In that with each dawn, that one day his mother and sisters lives would get better.

As it would be, it was destined that these two boys would meet. Every month the queen of the tiny kingdom would take Jared out with her to visit the kingdom and listen to the demands of the people. It is on this day our tale begins...

"Why do I have to come along with you on these things?" Jared groaned throwing himself against the cushioned seat in the coach dramatically.

"Because it is important for you to learn about the kingdom you will run one day," his mother responded back automatically.

And as luck would have it, Queen Maeve wasn't the only mother who was fussing at her son that day...

"Daniel put on your good coat!" His mother fussed.

"Why do I have too." Daniel grumbled.

"Do you want the royal family see you in those rags!? Today is the day they come to visit our village-"

"I don't see how that's my fault or my problem," he declared, earning a boxing to the ear.

"Do as I tell you now Daniel." His mother said in that tone that all mothers had when they became exasperated with their children. Daniel mumbled yes ma'am, and went to go and change. When he came back down, his mother ordered him to go and get the horse and to hitch it to the cart. Loading up the cart with crops and goods that he and his sister had planted and made. His mother was the tailor in town, a talented seamstress, she mended many things effortlessly and did beautiful embroidery for all sorts of things. He did as he was told and when his mother and sister were ready, he with the rest of his family, rode into town.

When he got into town he saw the queen and the young prince standing on a small stage that had been built specifically for occasions like these. Daniel rolled his eyes and began to help his mom unload their crops the local merchant.

Jared stepped from the podium bored and wandered around bored, there was nothing to do nothing to play with, he sat at the fountain and with his mind he changed the colors of the water that came from the fountain. From blue, red, a sparkly purple to a sickly green, till eventually he got the rainbow. It was at this moment that he saw a young boy loading and loading boxes and crops off of a cart. Jared's heart leapt for a joy, a boy who seemed to be around his age.

Jared ran to the boy in excitement, "you boy!" He called. The boy, Daniel, looked up in confusion. He looked around to make sure that the prince was talking to him and not some other boy. "Yes you," Jared sighed impatiently.

Daniel looked to Emma who shrugged not knowing what to do. "Yes your majesty?" He said with a curt bow.

"Play with me." Jared declared.

Daniel was taken aback, "I-uh that sounds like fun, but I can't your majesty. I have things I have to do." And he turned to walk away, Jared glared and stamped his feet, "I said play with me!" At that moment a huge pile of snow was hurled at Daniel. Daniel fell flat on his face, with a loud oof! His little sister screamed.

Daniel rubbed his head, cursing under his breath. "What the he-"

Daniel said turning around to face him, when a snowball hit him in the face. Jared laughed with glee, dancing around in a circle. Daniel eyed a huge pile of snow that hung on a branch above Jared's head, he smirked as he willed it to fall on top of the prince. Jared's laughter was cut off as snow toppled on him. Daniel laughed, as Jared shook the snow off and threw another ball of snow at him. Daniel glared and threw a snowball back at him, and what followed was chaos as two boys went from a snowball fight to tumbling in the snow.

As they tumbled in the snow, they laughed. The snow falling around them. After a few moments of laying in the snow, Jared looked at Daniel, "I never did ask what your name was."

Daniel turned to Jared and smiled, "Daniel." He said holding out his hand to him. Jared eyed his hand suspiciously and then slowly took it, shaking his hand.

"DANIEL!" Daniel's mom cried, rushing over to him, Emma and the Queen following her.

"Are you boys alright? Daniel look at you! You'll be soaking we laying in the snow like that." Daniel rolled his eyes, and got up. "I'm so sorry your majesty, I don't know why my son- I deeply apologize for that. Come Daniel we have to finish unloading the cart." Daniel nodded and began to brush off the snow, Jared however gawked not wanting his new playmate to go. "Mama! Can he please stay and play!"

The queen stared at Daniel's mother and then to her son, "Well honey I believe they appear to be quite busy."

"PLEASE! Just a little while longer!?" Jared begged. The queen turned towards Daniel and his mother, "only if his mother says its alright." She finally said after a moment of silence. Daniel's mother was shocked, "well uh-" she turned towards Daniel, who stared blankly at her. She stooped down to talk to him. "Do you want to?" Jared looked hopefully at Daniel.

"No." Daniel said loudly. Jared's face to fall slightly, "well then honey you have your answer."

"But-" the look the queen gave him silenced Jared. "Yes ma'am," he mumbled and walked back over to the podium with his mother to listen to the villagers requests with her. After about an hour Daniel along with his sister had finished unloading he cart, they were playing in the snow bank near their mothers shop. Emma twirled around catching snowflakes on her tongue. Jared stared at them wishing he could play with them. Emma out of the corner of her eye, saw him sitting next to his mother, drawing pictures in the snow. Emma sighed, "Why don't you go and ask him to play with us."

"Who the prince? Why?"

"I don't know he looks bored." Emma shrugged. Daniel looked liked he swallowed a lemon.

"Come on! It's the right thing to do.." she added. Daniel puffed impatiently his breath clearly able to be seen. "Fine." Daniel started over to the prince, with Emma following behind him. They stopped in front of the prince, who looked up seeing Daniels shadow fall over his drawing. "Do you wanna play?"

Jared was stunned, "But I thought you said-"

I know what I said, but I'm done with what I was doing and now I'm asking you if you want to-"

"BUILD A SNOWMAN WITH US!" Emma cried happily. Daniel gave his sister a strange look, "please?"

Daniel sighed once more, "Fine! do you want to build a snowman with us?"

Jared looked at his mother who had stopped talking to a villager to listen to the children talk, she smiled and nodded.

Jared jumped up in excitement, "Lets go!"

The three children smiled and ran over to the snow bank and began to start building the snowman. They all had a lot of fun playing in the snow, when it was time for Jared and his mother to leave, all three of them were disappointed. "Awe..." they all cried. Daniels mother laughed, "come on children its time to come home." Daniel and Emma got up and walked over to the cart.

"Jared what do you say to them?" Maeve chided, Jared looked at them, "Thank you for letting me play with you guys." Daniel smiled, "No problem it was actually a lot of fun."

Jared's face lit up, "Can we play next time I come?" Daniel and Emma shrugged, "Sure." Jared and Maeve smiled, "Thank you," Maeve said to Daniels mother. She smiled, "anytime your majesty."

And with that they went their separate ways until a month later...

"Daniel?" Jared frowned and began Knocking: Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock..

Daniel slightly glared walking to the door, this guy is so impatient he thought vaguely recognizing the voice.

"Do you wanna build a snowman? Or do anything?" Jared blurted out the moment Daniel opened the door.

"How do you even know where I live?" Daniel asked confused.

"Thats for me to know, and for you to never find out." Jared stated in a matter-of-fact tone.

Daniel glared, Jared was bouncing on the balls of his feet, "Come on lets go and play!"

"I never see you anyways, Come out the door! Please don't go away-Do you wanna build a snowman? It doesn't have to be a snowman." Jared said hopefully, Daniel considered and finally gave in and they played outside for the rest of the day. And thus a tradition was formed, and the two boys became unlikely friends.

Every time Jared came back to village he immediately ran to Daniels house or would hunt him down and find him. Or when on occasion Daniel came and stayed at the castle, Jared would spend as much time as he could with him. Every morning he would ask him, "Did you wanna build a snowman, or throw snowballs at one another in great hall? Or do you wanna ride bikes around the halls." Or he would write letters to him telling him, "I think you need to come down soon! I think some company is overdue, I've started talking to the pictures on the walls-It gets a little lonely, All these empty rooms, Just watching the hours tick by- Can you come and visit soon? Jared would always ask.

But as the years passed, slowly Daniels mother fell very ill, making it very hard upon Daniel and his sister Emma. And it wasn't until her untimely death that the royal family truly found out how hard things had been for them. And with no one left to take care of them, they would have to move far away. It was then that the royal family made the decision that they would take both of them and raise them in the castle.

On the day of Daniels arrival, Daniel still consumed with grief, walked numbly to his room and locked himself in there. That turned into days, days turned into weeks, the only person he would see was his sister, wishing to be left alone by everyone. Jared now a young man, tried to be there for his friend, the boy he saw at least once month until that friends mothers death, though he knew they weren't super close, Daniel was the only friend he really had while growing up, and the fact that Daniel refused to even speak to him frustrated him to no end...

Everyday he would go and knock on his door and ask, "Daniel? Come on lets go and do something? I never see you anymore, Come out this door. It's like you've gone away-We used to be good buddies. And now we're not. Man I'm right out here for you, just let me in-" He sat there leaned up against the door, "Do you wanna build a snowman? It doesn't have to be a snowman either?"

But every time he would get the same answer from him, "Go away, Jared!"

And Jared would sigh and say, "okay , bye..." But one day when Jared had almost lost all hope, he found Daniel out in the kitchen looking for food. Daniel looked sheepish when he caught him, "Oh MY GOD HE'S ALIIVE!" Jared cried sarcastically.

Daniel glared at him, "leave me alone Jared."

"Oh come on! I was joking! Daniel please!"

Daniel just shook his head and walked away, "why can't you just talk to me!?" Jared cried. Daniel stopped but remained silent, as if he was thinking about what to say, but shook his head as if deciding not to.

"You know I really don't get you."

"I just want to be left alone." Daniel turned around and walked out of the kitchen.

Jared was furious, "You know all I've ever done is be nice to you-"

"Nice to me!?" Daniel echoed, "Nice to me!? You threw a fucking fit when we were ten because I was actually busy doing my chores!"

"Sorry I didn't think I was being insane asking another kid to play with me!" Jared glared.

"Because you don't ask! You demand! You're a spoiled rotten selfish prince who could care less, and I'm only important to you when you have no one else around to be with." Daniel accused, "I'm done talking to you."

Jared's eyes bulged practically out of his head, "Are you walking away from me?"

"Yeah I am!" Daniel spat turning around and storming off.

Jared ran after him, "Daniel!"

Daniel kept walking, "DANIEL!" Jared cried losing it, picking up a vase and throwing it at him.

Daniel turned around and ducked just in time to not be hit, "Oh my god your fucking homicidal!"

Jared just kept on picking up things and throwing them at him. "Well at least now I finally have your fucking attention!"

Daniel saw a long candelabra and picked it up as Jared threw another glass vase at him, Daniel took the candlestick and swung it like a bat, the vase colliding with it and shattering into pieces, Daniel laughed. Running down the hall, Jared chased him. Daniel made it to the stairs and he was about to run down them, but Jared stopped him tackling him, causing them both to fall down the stairs. They landed with a hard thud on the stone floor at the bottom.

"You are the worst friend in the world!" Daniel said trying to get up, but Jared held him down, "Hows so?" Jared growled.

"Mandy Collins!"

"Who fuck is that?"

"The girl I liked and you stole her from me and had sex with her!"

"That heifer!? How was I suppose to know that!?" He wheezed, "you never said anything about her before!"

"NOT THE POINT! If you were my friend you would have said NO!" Daniel said pushing jared off of him. He ran into the the dining room, Jared followed him. Daniel looked around wildly and saw the china cabinet and ran towards it. Jared looked in horror after Daniel, somehow knowing what he was going to do. "Daniel don't! those are my MOMS. They were a wedding present!"

"Take one step closer and," he said grabbing a salad plate, "this is being thrown to the ground!"

He took a step forward not believing that Daniel of all people would do what he threatened to do, but to his horror he did. "Oh whoops, do have super glue for that?"

Jared was livid by now, he could barely speak, all he could manage was, "you are so going to regret that!"

As he said that, the chandelier that was being lit by oil tipped over directly over Daniels head. Daniel screamed in shock, Daniel was about to tackle Jared to the ground but Daniel realized what he had done and guilt hit him hard, "I'm so sorry-"

He stared down at the plate, Jared looked down at it as well. "Daniel what happened? Why are you being a jerk to me? Seriously all I want to do is make sure your ok and you just shut me out. I'm your friend!"

Daniel snorted "you're a lousy friend."

"What? Why?"

"You don't know why!?"

"No I don't!"

"I swear to god Jared! You know what! I appreciate the fact that you want to make sure I'm ok but we're not friends, we were. But there's only so much of your Bull shit I can take!"

"What are you talking about!?"

"You only want me around when its convenient for you!"

"Thats not true!"

"Oh really?"

"What about the time I came here when we were like 14, and it just so happened that a bunch of other princes happened to be visiting, and how did you treat me?"

"Like how I always treat you-"

"Yeah which is lousy, but thats not the point. You don't remember making that poor servant run around with that huge block of wood, and throwing knives at him?"

Jared smiled at the memory, but the expression on Daniel's face, caused him look away. "So? Like we said we needed target practice."

"Yeah. Jared that wasn't cool. And when I told you that, what did you do? You laughed as they ganged up on me and put me in the stocks!"

"Oh come on! We were playing around!"

"Were you playing around when you threw the rotten food in my face too?"

Jared looked down at his feet, "Ok so maybe I haven't been the best friend you've ever had..."

"Not even fucking close... You never seem to care about anyone but yourself!" Jared glared at him, "Ok you've cared about me ONCE! And thats it! You've just become honestly worse about it now that we're teenagers! But you know it was then when you threw that rotten tomato at me, I knew I could never trust you! And you know what I think it pisses you off that I don't need you, that I'm the only one who calls you out on your shit! But you know what? You've got it all, power, looks, I've had to work hard for what I have, and its not fair that you get it all!"

"Ass hole don't you get it!? Thats why I consider you my best friend."

Daniel stood there in silence partially shocked and dumbfounded. "Everyone else does what I tell him, and yes I do hate how you're able to just make friends as easily as you do and they are actually your friends! Its like I have to force you to hang out with me and I hate it, but you're the only person I know who actually doesn't go out of their way to please me. Yeah I may have power, and good looks, but you know what you have that I don't?"

Daniel was silent, "A family! My parents can't be bothered to be with me, but you! You had your mom who was awesome and nice, and a sister who adores you! And I've got no one! But I'm sorry Daniel honestly I am. I obviously should have been a better friend and I obviously knew what I was doing. I get so wrapped up in what I want and being a Prince that I have been insensitive to you."

They stared at one another, in a awkward moment of silence. "Friends?" Jared asked. Daniel laughed shaking his head, I guess so, I mean even though this is huge castle it would be pointless to hate you while I stayed here."

Jared made a face at him that made Daniel chuckle, "Oh god dude what are we going to about this plate?" Daniel asked.

"Super glue?" Jared said unsure. Daniel nodded and the two picked up the pieces and went off to find some glue...

What was broken, had been mended and made stronger. People and friends had come and gone but Daniel and Jareds friendship stayed. Jared would prove to be an ass, but at the end of the day Daniel knew that he could rely on Jared, and Jared realized that Daniel and then later on a pixie, Daniel though more so, were his true friends at end of the day. And it was Daniel who kept on knocking on his door, when he was heartbroken, betrayed by the woman he loved...

"Come on Jared...Please, I know you're in there. People are asking where you've been. I know they say "have courage", and that time will heal everything and I know you're trying to, and I'm right out here for you, just let me in. You don't have to go through this totally alone. You can lean on me. It can be just you and me. What do you wanna do? Maybe we can go and build a snowman?"

Jared sat against the door on the other side, he had been crying, the room looked like a bomb went off in it, the room was frighteningly cold, as ice climbed up the walls reflecting how he felt on the inside...

But one day as Jared gave a speech to a nearby village, a loud shrilly scream erupted from the crowd, as Jared finished his speech, Jared looked at Daniel then to the rest of the crowd who parted to reveal the owner of the scream. "There is only one evil in this land and it is not Elle, the only evil here is you Prince Jared!" She cried in the same shrilly scream. Jared looked taken aback, he gave Daniel a questioning look, who shrugged in response. "I apologize, have I done something to you or offended you in some way?" Jared's voice shook, for how could this beggar woman know about her he wondered.

She stood there mouth gaping her face dried and cracked with age, moaning. "Your hatred and need for vengeance, your ignorance-" she screamed, "your curse!" She broke off crying, "but I promise you- she'll come back! And she'll tear your heart out like she done so now. She'll be your down fall-" at that moment Jared cut her off.

"You old hag! Enough!" He cried, his heart breaking, her memory flooding his senses. "How do you know this?" Daniel asked, Jared glared at him, Daniel rolled his eyes.

"How do I know? I've seen it all unfold-"

"I've said ENOUGH!" Jared cried slamming his fist down. "Guards! Seize her!"

But by then it was too late, she laughed crookedly and disappeared under a cloud of smoke.

Time has a way of catching up on you, and for this prince his pain made him cold and distant, his need for power and revenge consumed him, and the only person he showed compassion to was Daniel. He was the only person he trusted to stay on the Fae plane with his other half even though he wanted his best friend with him. But most importantly Daniel has been the only person Teague has cared about and trusted since that day the Fae prince was split in two...

Preset Day...

"Daniel, do plead guilty in helping my son Jared in crossing here to the Fae plane, in order to save the Grimm girl." Queen Maeve asked.

Daniel glared at the queen, "I helped my best friend, your son, do what he was suppose to do, be Mina Grimm's protector."

"THAT IS NOT WHAT I ASKED!" Maeve cried, her voice cracking in pain. "YOU TRAITOR! I WANT YOUR HEAD FOR MY NEWEST PAPER WEIGHT! Guards seize him! Off with his head!"

Daniel walked slowly backwards, noticing the knight standing by him, he quickly snatched the sword from him as Fae knights descended upon him. He fought his way out of the room, and ran down the hall as the knights followed him. Suddenly he felt someone grab him and pull him, he gasped in shock and tried to fight the figure, but he stopped when he heard the figure whisper in his ear. "Stop it you idiot!"

His eyes widened in surprise, "Oh shut up! I can't let my mom kill you!" Teague whispered. Teague guided him and opened up a secret door.

"Where are we?"

"A servants hallway that was blocked up, don't ask me why but its safe enough to travel down."

When they reached a big wooden door, Teague shoved a bag at him, "take this and run into the woods. I'll distract the knights, I'll come in a night or two and help you cross over the mundie plane. Got it?"

Daniel was speechless, "Man I don't know what to say-"

Teague grunted impatiently, "figure it out and tell me when I see you again, and I better see you again." Teague whispered, with all the seriousness that the wicked witch said to Dorothy and Toto that she would get those ruby red slippers.

"Could it be? Could it be that maybe Jared is actually in there?" Daniel teased.

"Not on your life. Now go!"

Daniel laughed, and opened the door and ran out into the dark forest that was near the castle. Teague watched Daniel run into the forest and didn't shut the door until he couldn't see his friends figure anymore.