Chapter 1
So, this happened. A plot bunny wouldn't leave me alone and now I have a full-length fic planned out from start to finish. So, here's where I cheated a little. I changed a few (okay so a lot of) details to make this plot work. First of all, I changed Merlin's mother. I love Hunith to death, but I needed her later in the story. Sorry. And second, in this story, at 16 a person can take control of the crown if they are the rightful heir. That was purely to further the plot. Anything else I changed I'll try to explain in the fic. Enough talking, here's what you clicked for…
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Hundreds of years ago, the kingdom of Daobeth, was the most powerful of the five kingdoms. He had the strongest citadel, which made him the greatest of the five kingdoms.
Daobeth participated in many different battles and won victories. However, despite all this, the kingdom was attacked by dragons. And this battle ended for him destruction, despite a strong citadel. Since then it has been only ruins.
Or at least that's what the rest of Albion has believed for years. Daobeth' s history is full of family tragedy, dragons, and betrayal. It is far from the supposed ruins the five kingdoms believe exist.
The Queen of Daobeth is no exception to it's harsh past. Having gained the crown by essentially losing the closest family she had, Queen Liecia has learned to govern mostly on her own.
She has only one person to turn to when the pressure of ruling a Kingdom becomes too much, or the loneliness threatens to take over. That is her younger brother Cardon.
Cardon, being only 2 summers younger than his sister, holds the title of Prince of Daobeth and First Knight of Daobeth.
The young siblings are beloved by the people and those ignorant of the royal family's past would never guess the emotional turmoil always present in both troubled souls.
They once shared the burden of ruling with another, some would say even more, troubled soul.
The missing Prince, twin brother of the Queen, is a ghostly reminder that outside Daobeth's impenetrable borders there lies a murderous traitor willing to stalk and hunt his prey to the ends of Albion.
For all the two royals know, their self-sacrificing brother has already been slaughtered by the person they used to call uncle.
But on the opposite side of the Five Kingdoms a hidden Prince lies sleeping almost peacefully dreaming of dragons and destinies for too big for such a small warlock.
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So that one was short but it's more of a prologue than a chapter anyways. For those that are confused, Merlin has a twin sister, Liecia, who is Queen and a younger brother, Cardon, who is First Knight. I will explain the complicated family tree in later chapters I promise. And not to fear I already have the next few chapters planned out so it shouldn't be a long wait I swear! Please Review and Comment I love hearing your thoughts.