White Wolf Fan Fiction Presents:
~Little Sparrow~
A Fable Story
Title: Little Sparrow
Words: 1,763 (1,763)
Warnings: Yaoi (Boy Love), fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, minor humor, character death, violence
Pairings: Reaver/Hiro; Lexal/Benn
Disclaimer: I've written enough of these stories for you guys to know that I only own Hiro. Reaver and the rest of what is in Fable belongs to those who made Fable… except for Lexal, kind of. The human form of him anyway.
Summary: Hiro is a young prince who struggles with having an older evil brother that has taken over the kingdom, a seemingly unrequited love, and little to no freedom. But when something seemingly impossible happens, binding him to the one he loves, things only go downhill from there when Logan takes advantage of new information and Hiro's life takes a major turn for the worse. The only question is… can he overcome what happens or will everything become too much for him to handle…?
A/N: So… I owe you guys a major apology cause of not having posted anything in a while. Also because I kind of owe you a thingy, but I'm making up for that now with a completed chapter fic for Reaviro, yay~! (I was also planning on filling this fic with lots of smut... but that somehow didn't happen... heh, oops? I'llmakeituptoyouIswear...!)
A/N 2: Uh… also, for those waiting for the slowest update ever for Secrets, my other supposed to be chapter fic for Reaviro… I will hopefully be working more on that… maybe… I hope. *smiles sheepishly* Sorry…
A/N 3: I'll be updating this though every day, and just know right now that excluding the prologue, there will be nine more updates for this story before it is 'officially' completed, even though it actually is complete, cause I wanted it to be finished before actually posting so I didn't disappoint you guys… again.
Prologue
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"Momma?" a young raven haired, blue eyed boy- about five years old- spoke up, his voice quiet in the mildly lit room- all the lights off save for the little blue glowing crystal on his nightstand, playing the softest of melodies that would often help him sleep during the night. The woman- with long beautiful dark brown hair and eyes matching his- standing at the doorway of the large room, about to leave, turned back to him, her smile just as beautiful and gentle as the rest of her.
"Yes, my little Sparrow?" she hummed and the young prince ducked his head, for a single moment, to hide his smile at the nickname.
"Will you tell me that story again?" he asked, eyes wide and bright, sparkling with the light from the crystal and she smiled back, chuckling to herself, when he added, "The one where the… uhm… where the pw-p…pr-incess and… and the knight fall in love?"
"That one again? Are you sure?" she asked, crossing her arms with a smirk, and when he nodded his head eagerly, she complied with another chuckle, moving over to sit on the edge of his bed. She reached over and brushed his hair from his eyes, humming to herself, before she nodded in return, "Alright, Hiro, I'll tell you the story, but you go straight to bed afterwards. Am I understood, mister?" she questioned in a mock-stern voice and he giggled, nodding his head again before grinning a cute little smile when his mother scooted closer, picking up a small little brown cat stuffed toy and handing it to him.
"I… I pw-promise…!"
"Good, now, hush little one…" the queen whispered, allowing Hiro to cuddle against her side, his head nearly in her lap, as she began the story that he'd not only heard a thousand times already, but had memorized almost completely, even if the queen changed the end of the story a little bit so the prince always went to bed happy, at least. "Once upon a time, long ago, there lived a beautiful princess in a beautiful castle… but that princess was not all she seemed to be. For she had a secret that no one could ever know, lest she get into big trouble with the king. That secret…"
"I know! I know! She was in love with… with the kn-knight!" Hiro giggled, only ducking his head again when his mother sent him a scolding look.
"Hush, Hiro, or do you not want to hear the story?" she chided and he quieted immediately, tugging on her dress sleeve in an almost silent 'Please continue, Momma!' and an 'I'll be good, I promise!' rolled into one little plea. "But yes, the princess was in love with a knight… only that wouldn't be so bad, if it wasn't for the fact that the knight was a woman herself. And the king forbade all romances, especially for the princess herself, with the same sex…
"The king hadn't found out, not yet, anyway, but the princess couldn't risk getting caught with her longing. So when she found out the knight loved her back, well… she became mean and pushed the knight away. Only the knight didn't leave her alone, because she didn't understand what it meant if the princess openly returned her feelings and the king found out."
"What happened then Momma?"
"Hush Hiro," the queen chuckled and the boy pouted, but did as told, "one day, the princess was out in the forest on her own and the king found out, so he sent the knight to protect her, not knowing what could have happened next. The princess was happy of course, but she was also very upset, knowing that if she and the knight were left alone, surely she would let her feelings for the other woman slip. So she was cruel and vicious, and she did everything to send the knight away, and when she thought for sure her plan to finally make her go away had worked… something unexpected happened."
"Magic Fa…fai…fairy!" Hiro exclaimed and then clamped a hand over his mouth, sheepish and apologetic and pleading that his mother wouldn't stop telling the story, but he blushed just a little when his mother only laughed at him instead
"Yes, Sparrow. You're right. A magic fairy. The princess and the knight, who was admittedly not in a very good mood because of the princess, got lost in the woods and when they were nearly at each other's throats because of the princess' mean actions… a mystical sprite, a magic fairy, appeared to them and had cast a spell on them. A spell that bound them together by magic. Do you remember what that spell did Hiro?"
"Yeah! It… it made it so… so uhm… the p-prin-cess…" he looked so proud of himself for saying the word right on the first go and the woman beamed at her baby boy, "and the knight could… could feel… uhm… Momma…?"
"It's alright, you were on the right track." She chuckled and the young prince smiled happily, even as she continued for him. "The spell bound the two young women's spirits together physically, causing them to feel what the other felt. They felt every touch and every pinprick, down to even the slightest brush of fingertips against their skin. And by that point, not even the knight was very happy about this, except she learned to get over it a little easier than the princess did, if only because the princess had accidentally hurt herself and the knight had felt it and couldn't stay truly mad at her love forever."
"Good…! I… I wouldn't be able to be… be mad at my p-prince…" he paused and she only smiled at him, lovingly and without judgement, so he left the word as is, and continued on, "either…! I… I w-wouldn't like it if… if they got hurt…"
"I know darling, neither would I. But unfortunately, things happen and sometimes these things aren't very good. Especially when the knight discovers, this way, that the princess does in fact love her back."
"A-and they live happy-happ..ily… ever after…! R-right Momma?" Hiro asked, pleading for that to be the end of the story, especially since he knew what really happens next.
"If only my little Sparrow…" she whispered, genuinely sad to tell him this next part. "But after the princess admits to her love that it's all true… well… the king finds out and the knight is the one punished for it. Because though love is love and even if the knight loved another woman… the king did not find it all very enlightening.
"The princess had pleaded… but the knight was tortured for all their trouble. It was only a week after everything that the king realized that the knight's punishment was affecting his daughter and he found out about the spell… the curse, he called it. And he sought out the fairy to undue to spell so his daughter could live free of her attachment to the knight, because the king didn't understand. But…"
Hiro buried his head in his mother's dress, a little whimper escaping from him at this part and the queen ran her fingers through his hair, comforting him as she spoke.
"Do you wish me to stop, my love?" she questioned and he hesitated before he shook his head.
"N-no… I-I don't want the story to end without… without the h-happy ending." He whispered back, his voice slightly muffled but she heard it anyway and she smiled as she nodded.
"When he found the fairy and demanded she removed the spell, she refused, saying that the spell can only be broken by one of two ways. And when the king asked how, she told him, their love, the young princess and the knight, must be recognized and accepted and when that happens, the spell will undo itself. But when the king violently refused this possibility, she told him, coldly, the other way to remove the spell…"
"D-death…" Hiro trembled and she sighed, nodding her head as she looked up at the ceiling.
"Yes, only by the death of the one whose heart was the purest would the spell be broken. And the princess' heart, according to the fairy, was the purest, despite her cruelness to the knight, to her love. When the king refused to accept this, suggesting that they should kill the knight instead… the fairy warned against it, telling him what would happen. That his daughter, the young princess would be unable to love again… that her heart would shatter with the knight's death and she would die of heartbreak herself.
"…but the king did not heed her warning."
"…Momma?" Hiro spoke up, finally lifting his head, tears filling his eyes and she cooed, her heart aching at the sight.
"Yes, little one?"
"If… if I l-loved another b-boy… w-would Daddy pu-puni-ish… me…?" the young prince asked, his voice quivering slightly in fear.
"No, my little Sparrow, of course not… Your father loves you very much, we both do… no matter what you do or who you choose to love." she shushed him, placing a gentle kiss to his forehead, quelling all negative thoughts.
"I… I don't want the knight to die M-Momma…" he hiccupped and she sighed, pulling the young child close to her chest.
"She won't, remember?" she murmured, hating this part. Hating that she had to change the ending so her little Sparrow wouldn't have nightmares… so he wouldn't give up hope that love, true love, does exist and that he can find it, just like the princess and the knight in the story. "The knight lives, and she and the princess, they run away to a faraway kingdom, to love freely without care of what others may think."
"P-pwomise…?" he sniffled and she smiled, nodding her head when his wide blue eyes pleading for her to promise him that one simple little thing.
"I promise you baby, the princess and the knight get their happy ever after. Just like you'll get yours, someday," she hummed and he smiled, though it was watery, back at her, before yawning. "Now my little one, it's time for bed."
Hiro nodded sleepily, cuddling into the pillows and his blanket, with his stuffed animal, when his mother moved off of the bed, "I love you, Momma…" he whispered and she smiled, leaning down and kissing his forehead good night.
"I love you too, my little Hiro." She whispered back and before was even out the door, Hiro was out like a light.