ONCE UPON A FROZEN HEART.
Chapter 1: Restlessness
Louis stared out of the window. If only his mother would stop ranting about this countess, and that princess, and getting grandchildren! He didn't want to get married, he wanted to live life and have adventures!
"Louis, are you listening to me? You're staring out of the window. AGAIN. What is wrong with you?! Sometimes I regret that I married your father instead of becoming a Sorceress. It would've made life a whole lot easier." His mother had the Gift. Unfortunately he took after his father, the King of Kartak, who didn't have any magical abilities.
"Yes, Mother, I am listening." He replied. He had been saying that for the past year and still wasn't listening.
"It doesn't seem so! I've been talking for ages and you still haven't heard a word that I said!"
"That's because I don't want to listen."
"Well I never! You really are getting too arrogant for your crown nowadays… I should send you to the mountains with my cousins – they'll get rid of this attitude. But then again, you'll probably escape them and ride into the wide world seeking adventures!"
"Mother, it's just… " How could he explain this restlessness inside of him, the need to go out and find adventures, to get experience in life before becoming King.
"It's just what?!" She asked with an arrogant voice.
"I feel the need to go out, Mother. I need to go and experience life for myself. I can't always be under your wings. I need to shake the dust off mine and spread them to fly to places I've never been before."
He looked at her. She looked like she was about to stab him with her crown. That wasn't a good sign, he knew. Either she was about to burst into tears or she would scream at him with utter fury.
"Prince Louis, I trust that will be the last of our discussions on that topic. I am sure that you can find your way out of my chambers. You are dismissed." She turned her back to him. Sigh. He bowed low, not an inch lower than required for monarchs and left the room.