Author: Ashley
Title: Contractually Yours
Rating: M - Mature
Part: 1/?
Pairing: Mon-El and Kara Danvers (Zor-El)
Word Count: 1,107
Summary: Long ago, the Daxamites chased the Kryptonians off of their shared world. They were forced to live on a nearby moon. That Kryptonian moon is now running out of resources, while the Daxamites' planet is becoming a wasteland. The Royal Families have decided to come together in a truce to help everyone live better lives; a truce made with a signed contract involving their children; a contract that the children have no say in. Arranged Marriage Karamel AU.
Disclaimer: I don't own Supergirl, DC Comics or anything related to such things. The ideas, dialogue and plot points of this AU were inspired by the show, but they are my own. Plagiarism isn't nice. Please don't steal my ideas.
A/N: Hi all,
Come by and read my post on Twitter for a little additional info (_ashleymaria_/status/1080135855186952197), but just as a recap:
I've been working on this AU for a LONG time now and even though I'm not finished writing it, I'm tired of keeping it all to myself and I need to post it all to share with you lovely people. It's been hard for me to write karamel in the Supergirl universe because I'm still bitter, so I've been focusing on this AU instead. I truly (and selfishly) feel like it's one of my best works, so I really hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Not much to explain about the plot, as all will be explained in time. I'm rating this as Mature right now even though it doesn't apply to all chapters. Basically, there are sexual themes throughout, but not a lot of graphic stuff. I'll post a warning in the A/N in the beginning of each chapter where such scenes exist.
As always, I love hearing what you think, so please leave me a comment if you have the time! I really appreciate it!
Prologue
Nearly thirty lightyears away from Earth was a small planet by the name of Minerva. It was a planet known only to the life forms that lived there and those in the close surrounding space of the universe. Human-like life forms inhabit the planet; ones with the ability to live and sustain normal lives with fewer resources than required by humans on Earth.
The planet's population had always consisted of both Kryptonians and Daxamites; two humanoid races that are similar in physical and biological characteristics, language and activities, yet are vastly different when it comes down to preferences, attitudes and lifestyles.
The Kryptonian race was made up of scientists, engineers, philosophers and similar creative and intelligence-focused beings, led by a King and Queen set on expanding the knowledge and technological advances of the planet.
Alternatively, the Daxamite race consisted of laid-back partiers and self-entitled, narcissistic beings, constantly in search of their own pleasure, led by a King and Queen focused on their own selfish needs.
Both races managed for hundreds of years to run a peaceful and civil society amongst each other. Half of the planet Minerva was largely reserved for Kryptonians, the other half for Daxamites, but each race was encouraged by their leaders to share their space with the other. Each side of the planet had its own obvious Royal residence; a Palace for each King and Queen of both races, separate from each other with its own rules and procedures. Neither Royal Family interfered with the other, leaving both sets of Royal inhabitants to guide the lives of their people in whichever way they saw fit.
Though the Kryptonians spent most of their time focusing on bettering their society, they remained at a disadvantage when it came to defence and their military forces; they having chosen to improve their way of life rather than work on the protection of their people.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, the Daxamites had spent what little focus they had in between moments of finding their own happiness on building up an army of troops; men and women who were fully trained and ready for battle, all unbeknownst to the Kryptonians who were too busy working on creating technological advances to take notice.
The Kryptonians never saw the attack coming; the Daxamite invasion occurring in the middle of the night while the Kryptonians slept peacefully and safely in their homes. There was bloodshed and destruction; the obliteration of everything the Kryptonians held dear. Some lives were lost, but the majority of the race was forced to escape; forced to flee the planet Minerva for safer territory. They had to find a new home away from Minerva and away from the Daxamites who had been concocting their evil plan to take over the entire planet for themselves. The Kryptonians had no choice but to leave willingly, all their resources having been used to develop their ways of life rather than on training any army of their own to fight back.
The Kryptonian Royal Family survived the invasion and assisted the survivors of the attack in escaping to a nearby moon; a moon that had remained uninhabited due to its underdeveloped structures and having fewer resources than on the planet Minerva. Any previous Daxamite or Kryptonian inhabitants had long since travelled from the moon to Minerva with the intention of starting or continuing their lives there rather than attempting to build the moon into a liveable world.
Upon forcing the Kryptonians onto their new moon, the Daxamite Royal Family renamed Minerva as Daxam; a planet for their people, and their people alone. Any Kryptonian found on their planet would be put to death if they refused to leave and join their own kind.
The Kryptonian Royal Family named their newly inhabited moon Krypton and vowed to never allow the Daxamites to take all that they had ever again.
Decades passed and both Royal Families had evolved; both Kings and Queens having their own children who married and grew up to be rulers of their separate planets upon their death. King Lar Gand and Queen Rhea took over Daxam while King Zor-El and Queen Alura ruled Krypton. To carry on the legacy of each Royal Family, Prince Mon-El Gand of Daxam was born, as was Princess Kara Zor-El of Krypton.
Since the invasion, Daxam had become a near wasteland; buildings and structures were weak and decaying; falling apart with overuse and no repair. Resources of the planet were being hastily wasted and not properly replenished by those outside of the Royal Palace. Society was crumbling with the Daxamite people's lack of focus and lack of interest in anything other than their own selfish needs. They no longer had the Kryptonians to aide them in maintaining a liveable planet.
Krypton, on the other hand, was flourishing; buildings as tall as the eye could see, technological advances that put their previous ones to shame, a fully functioning society filled with respect, honour and selflessness. However, even with all their prosperity, the people of Krypton were unhappy. Their planet was becoming crowded, their resources steadily becoming depleted; the moon of Minerva being too small to house all the members of their society, its core beginning to weaken. The Kryptonians were living lives filled with the stresses of constantly trying to better themselves while trying to keep their planet functioning. Their lives were filled with worrying that they would never be good enough to keep up with the other intelligent members of society who they were always competing with in trying to produce and create. They no longer had the influence of the Daxamites who showed them how to relax and have fun.
As the older generations died off, the hatred that once ran deep through the separate races started to subside, but the stigma over being friends with the opposing planet was still great enough that it kept the two races from ever mending fences.
Both the Royal Family of Daxam and the Royal Family of Krypton knew that something had to be done in order to ensure that their respective races would mature and prosper and continue to carry on in existence. Something needed to be done in order to reconnect the two races who were seemingly unable to inhabit the same planet and co-exist peacefully like they once had. Something that would show all members of society that they were united with the same goals; to be happy, healthy and together.
Prince Mon-El Gand of Daxam and Princess Kara Zor-El of Krypton would be just the two individuals who were going to make that happen…whether they liked it or not.
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