This came to me at 2:00 A.M. It woke me up and kept me awake for three hours as I wrote out the whole thing in my head. This story had better be worth my sleep!
To clarify, Shallah is a make believe city...? kingdom...? land...? in the middle of a desert where it is relatively hot during the day, but at night, the temperature drops to freezing conditions. Ansem is the king and his queen was some kind of red head who is now deceased. Not Kairi...too weird... Axel is the older son and therefore next in line for the throne. Riku is the younger son.
Riku was leisurely draped over his throne as he watch the dancers move together gracefully in synch. He was so bored. He glanced over at his brother, Axel, who was sitting on the throne to the right of their father, King Ansem, ruler of Shallah. Axel was wearing the same exact bored expression as Riku was.
Finally the dance ended. He clapped dully as the dancers departed. Then Saix, Ansem's personal informer, approached the throne and knelt down.
"Your majesty, next there is a man that is here to sell your sons a couple of personal slaves. Would you like me to send him in?" That grabbed Riku's attention instantly. He and Axel exchanged looks and nodded to their father.
"Very well. Send him in." Soon after, the door at the end of the room opened to reveal a tall, silver haired man with piercing gold eyes wearing a long black coat. He held a leash for each slave and brought them forward. Once he approached the throne he knelt down.
"King Ansem, your grace, I am here to offer your sons these two personal slaves. I believe that they will be able to satisfy your sons' energetic bodies." The man's voice and looks were very similar to Riku's father's. It was a little eerie.
Riku's eyes were drawn towards the brown haired slave. There was one word that popped into his head that described the boy perfectly: cute! He had brown hair that seemed to stick out in every kind of direction; the largest, bluest eyes anyone ever had; and a very slim body with curvy hips that Riku could make out under the boy's dirty tunic.
However, there was something wrong with his face. It seemed expressionless...hollow...empty.
On the other hand, Axel had immediately taken an interest in the other slave with the blonde hair. He loved how that hair just stuck up in one direction. He glanced at the other slave and was able to tell by their eyes that they just had to be brothers, if not twins. No random two people would have the same large, blue eyes!
What Axel was interested in most was the boy's face. His lips were very plump and pouty. He had a very bold and challenging look to him, but the fact that he was shaking uncontrollably gave away his nervousness. Axel knew he was going to have a fun time with this boy.
Riku got up from his throne and walked over to the brown haired boy. He stood there for a minute examining him before he leaned down with his face close to him.
"What is your name?" he asked, but the boy did not answer. Suddenly, the slaver got up and took out his whip.
"You will answer the prince! Know your place!" he yelled as he brought the whip down on the boy's back. He let out a cry of pain and struggled to get away, but the slaver held a tight grip on the leash. He was about to hit the boy again, but Riku raised his hand to stop him.
"You will not damage his body anymore," he commanded. The slaver blinked at Riku in surprise but stepped down and put his whip away. Riku turned his attention back to the boy.
"What is your name?" he repeated.
"Sora," the boy answered in a raspy whisper.
"Sora, huh? Nice name. We'll take them," he said to the slaver.
"What about blondie? What's his name?" Axel called from his seat.
"This one is Roxas. These two are twin brothers," the slaver answered while pulling on Roxas' leash, choking the boy a little.
"Mmm, Roxas," Axel sighed.
"Very well. I shall pay you the price for both boys. Talk to my informer before you leave, Mister..." Ansem said to the slaver.
"Xemnas, your highness. And thank you. However, I must trouble you with a very small request: could you make it so that neither boy can ever leave your sons' rooms?"
"I just do not want anyone else to touch them. If your grace permits."
"Alright then. These slaves will not be allowed to leave either of my sons' rooms. If any of my guards see them outside, I will issue immediate punishment." Before Xemnas handed the leashes over to Riku, he gave Sora a very cruel smirk. For a second, Riku thought he saw some kind of emotion flash over Sora's face, but it quickly faded. Riku gave the leashes to each guard.
"Take Sora to my room and Roxas to Axel's," he commanded. The guards nodded and pulled the boys towards the rooms. Sora looked back for a second at Xemnas, but the man was already walking out the door with his pay, and again, a certain emotion flashed over his face. Riku noticed this, but returned to his throne.
As the rest of the day dragged on, Riku found his mind traveling back to Sora. He couldn't wait for tonight.
There we go! First chapter! Writing next chapter as we speak. I'm telling you! I came up with all of this and thought everything through...except for the end. Don't you hate that?
One question from you guys! Should I add a splash of AnsemxSaix? It came to me as I wrote this and I've never seen that pairing before. What do you think?
Reviews are welcome. I will not post the next chapter unless I have more than 5 reviews! So get typing! The story gets a lot better as it progresses!