Chapter 1
The Prince And The Thief
In the land far away, there was a prosperous kingdom ruled by king Yoshi named Europa, one of the 7 kingdoms in the North Atlantic Ocean. Right now the kingdom was already near winter. The orange leaves on the tree that decorated around the kingdom were truly made the land beautiful.
The kingdom was both filled with mutants and humans; they lived with each other peacefully. Some mutants were created by dark magic, some were born like that, but it was now normal to all kingdoms. All humans respected and treated the mutants equally.
King Yoshi had one son named Leonardo. The poor king lost his wife long time ago, and he never had a chance to have a child, but one day he found this baby turtle mutant abandoned in the forest. His parents were killed by the forest beast so the kind king adopted the young turtle as his own child, raising him with all his heart.
His son grew up into a handsome turtle prince who mastered in sword fights and truly destined to be a king after his father. But the young prince was obliged by his father to marry a princess so that once he did, he will become a king. The old king wanted his son to marry as fast as he could because now the king was so sick that he could pass away any moment.
Prince Leonardo wanted to accept his father's wish, but the young prince was never satisfied with the princesses his father brought to meet. Many princesses from around the world were invited by the king. They were all told to have a little chat and a dinner with the prince; the king thought that they might get along together. But Leonardo thought that those princesses were boring; they mostly have the same personality, big-headed and prideful. Some were good, but they were too quiet and shy.
The prince wanted someone that was right for him; the one with an adventurous and kind heart, mostly like himself. Although he made his father disappointed many times, he promised that one day he will find his true soul mate.
"Hello father" The young prince greeted his father who rested comfortably on his enormous bed as he entered his father's room. From the look, the prince just got back from riding around the kingdom, checking that his soon-to-be kingdom was safe from any harm. Leonardo wore a white royal cloth with a long blue cape. His sword was unsheathed in his belt. His face wore a blue mask; the colour matched his Sapphire-like blue orbs.
"My son, why do you always wear that mask?" His father smiled as his son grabbed his hand. Leonardo smirked back.
"Because it makes me look charming, father" The answer made the ill king chuckled. His voice was raspy from the illness. Once he cleared his throat, he said to his son.
"You are always charming, my son. No wonder why those beautiful princesses were all over you"
Leonardo frowned a little, "father, you know I'm not interested in those princesses. I don't feel anything towards them even though how much beautiful they are. They were truly not my soul mate"
His father nodded, "I know, my son, I understand. You shall find your own mate. I just wanted to meet your future mate before I passed away"
Leonardo gazed at his father worriedly, tightening his grip on his father's hand. "And you will, father"
"Chose the person you genuinely love, Leonardo" Yoshi patted his son's hand. "I am sure that the person you chose will bring happiness to our kingdom"
The young prince smiled. He gave his father a hug before exited the room. Outside the room he saw the royal physician walked along the hall. The doctor was also a young turtle but he was very talented in treating illness and was very expert in medicines. He was a close friend of Leonardo.
"Good evening, your highness" He greeted with a warm smile.
"Donatello, I told you to just call me Leo" Leonardo friendly patted his friend's shoulder. Donatello chuckled and hugged his long-time friend.
"As you wish, Leo, so how's the king? It's been a while since I last checked up on him"
"Still the same…" Leonardo said sadly. "Please take care of my father for me Donatello; you're the friend that I truly trust"
"I will try my best, Leo" The doctor smiled before made his way to the king's room.
Leonardo sighed and returned to his room.
The prince's room was as big as his father's. There was a large balcony that shown a good view of the kingdom below. The sunset was beautiful; it was now half the way below the horizon of the ocean. Leonardo walked to the balcony after he took off his gears, gazing the sunset. He was still thinking about his future life, about his true love that was not yet come to his life.
When will I finally find my true love?
-.-.-.-.-.-
On the ocean not so far from the kingdom, a huge ship was sailing on the violent waves of the ocean. It was sailing in the direction of king Yoshi's kingdom, Europa. But the people in the ship were no merchant or visitors, they were thieves or you can say pirates.
The leader of the team named Raphael. This young turtle was very clever and skilled. From all of the weapons, he always used his Sais as his weapon of choice. He was an orphan, no family or friends, those who he called crews were not his friends. They were working for him because they saw him as a great thief.
Raphael came from the smallest kingdom from all seven kingdoms called Amalthea. It wasn't as prosperous as Europa. Since Raphael was an orphan, he struggled to live by himself since he was little. And because of his lack of money, he learnt to steal.
He has already been to six kingdoms in the North Atlantic Ocean. There was a legend about these kingdoms. Each kingdom held a part of a magical jewellery crown called the crown of Jupiter. Whoever got all seven parts will receive a power that no one will defeat. The turtle thief has already got the six pieces of the crown. Two of the pieces were the body of the crown. The other four he got was all jewels: green emerald, red ruby, crystal white diamond, and yellow amber. The only one that was left was a blue Sapphire from Europa.
Now that all precious pieces were stolen, the wanted poster of Raphael was seen everywhere around 7 kingdoms. Whoever caught him will be rewarded, but they must catch him alive. But with his skills, he wasn't going to let them catch him that easily…
Raphael was standing at the prow of the ship, taking the fresh breeze of the wind. The tail of his red tattered mask flew freely behind him. As a thief, he didn't have any luxurious clothes, just a white, old shirt, a red vest and trousers to keep him warm from the cold breeze. The belt around his waist held his beloved Sais.
Raphael's bright green eyes gazed at the big kingdom before him. Right now the sun was gone, darkness already consumed his surroundings. Finally, it's time to get down on business.
"Alright guys, let's get ready for our last mission!" The young turtle shouted loud enough for everyone to hear. Soon, his crews slowly walked out from their resting place and faced their leader. Most of his crews were mutants. "Xever! Turn this ship to the left and land it near the forest. No one will notice us there."
"Yes, master!" The mutant fish quickly made his way up the stairs and grabbed the wheel.
"Christopher, prepare the kingdom's map for me" Raphael ordered the black dog; he quickly went inside the ship. The young turtle then glanced at the rest of his crews "The rest of you, prepare your weapons and get yourselves ready!"
The ship landed near the forest which connected to the kingdom's village. Quietly as they could, the thieves snuck into the forest. Raphael took out the map, studying it. The castle's wall at the back was connected to mountains; the rest was connected to the kingdom's village, with only a long stone bridge connected them. There was a huge, beautiful garden at the side of the castle which located near the sea. Raphael thought of a way to enter the castle, he guessed that the sapphire must be at the highest tower of the castle. Luckily for him, the highest tower was slightly at the back of the castle, he could get to the mountain and climb the wall.
"We can't use the front door" Raphael explained to his crews. "But maybe we can sneak to the back of the castle and climb up to the top of the highest tower. The sapphire should be there"
His crews grunted in response and continued to walk. It was a long walk up to the mountain until they reached the back. Now they were standing at the back of the enormous stone castle. Raphael took out a pair of Tegaki from his bag. The others did the same and they started to climb up the tall castle as silently as they could.
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Prince Leonardo was pacing in his room. It has been hours but he couldn't sleep; he felt something was wrong out there, like something bad was going to happen. Leonardo always meditates in his room, it made his mind clear, and with that, he had a little ability to sense danger. He stopped pacing and sighed.
"I'm going out" He mumbled to himself and got dressed, taking his Katana with him.
He walked pass the enormous ball room to the big garden. Right here he could mostly see all the tall towers of the castle. Sapphire blue eyes gazed around the place, those orbs fixed at the tallest tower of the castle when he saw some movement. The figure was barely seen because all he saw was a shadow figure on the other side of the tower, but the prince could see it. Someone was climbing the tower. Leonardo jaw dropped when he remembered what was in that tower.
"Guards!" He called out to the hall. Five guards ran to him, they stopped and waiting for an order. "The Sapphire tower has been intruded. We must go check it this instant!"
With that, they ran as fast as they could, up the stairs, and finally they reached the door. Leonardo put the side of his head to the door, listening for the sound from the other side. He heard the sound of someone talking.
"Finally, the last piece of the crown is mine!"
Immediately, Leonardo pushed the door open and unsheathed his blade, pointing it to the intruders. His guards stood beside him with their weapons. His eyes widened when he saw the intruders. The prince's eyes fixed at the leader of the thief, glaring deadly at him.
Author's note
I know I haven't finished 'Nothing's gonna change my love for you' yet, but I really want to post my new story XD
I'll try my best to update my last chapter for the other story too.
This story was inspired by another story from Wattpad. It will contain sexual scenes in later chapter, I will give a warning. Also, If you're confused with the story, you can ask me. I tried my best not to make it too confusing. English is not my mother language, sorry if I did any grammar mistakes. ^ ^
So, how is it so far? Do you like it? This is my first time writing an AU. I think it's fun to write ^ ^
