OK, I wanted a break from KND, so I'm writing a story for the AQWorlds Archives. I mean, it deserves more Drakath origin stories! (There's only, like, 16 stories in that archive. And 4 crossovers.)

And YES, this is partially AU. With a few OCs to fill in the blanks.

Hello there! I'm the Book of Lore! You've probably heard of me!

…

Wait, you haven't? Awww.

Well, basically I'm your awesome history book that lists down stories of great people like those Heroes and yadda yadda. But right now, I'm listing down the story of the legendary Prince – excuse me, KING – Drakath Slugwrath of Lore, and how he finally gave up on Chaos by listening to a girl. Whose name I will not reveal until she appears in the story.

A long time ago, in the world of Lore, King Slugwrath ruled Swordhaven and Shadowfall as the king (well duh, that's why he's called KING Slugwrath). He ruled the lands with an iron fist, and many people hated him for that.

Slugwrath had a son, which he named Drakath. Prince Drakath was prophesied to be a ruler by an ancient draconic sage, so Slugwrath started training him on how to be a proper prince at the age of seven. However, he can't do that alone – it was hard work keeping two nations in line, what more could teaching his seven-year old son be?

In light of this 'predicament', he enlists the help of Drakath's godmother and her adopted daughter. Let's see how they manage to teach that little Chaos champion.

7 years old

"Drakath, my son…" A voice hissed.

A young boy, around the age of seven, looked up at his father, his green eyes shining with childlike glee. In his arms was a little black dragon hatchling, which was nipping his brown gloves playfully. He said, "Yes, father?"

"It's about time that you met up again with your…" King Slugwrath searched for an appropriate word, tapping his finger on his throne.. "… godmother."

Slugwrath hadn't initially planned on sending for Safiria. He knew he was perfectly capable of teaching his young, one and only son on how to be a proper prince – how to rule the land, how to… well, basically all those fancy how tos that are circling the globe's kingdoms like lice.

Basically, he had to teach Drakath to be a gentleman.

No, he did approve of Drakath being a gentleman. What use is being evil if you're a sloppy mess of a king anyway? But most of those lessons involved being… ugh, nice. But if Drakath was to be a proper prince, he would have to learn.

No matter how much Slugwrath was disgusted with it.

"You mean Queen Safiria?" Drakath exclaimed in surprise, nearly dropping his pet dragon. Luckily, the dragon had been latching on to the boy's leather gloves with its claws, so it didn't fall down on the stone floor. However, Drakath put the dragon down, allowing it to flap away to play. He grabbed a glass of water from a nearby table and started drinking it to appease his surprise.

Queen Safiria of the Vampires was, allegedly, Drakath's godmother, and she didn't take kindly to being called 'Grandma'. However, she couldn't – and wouldn't – hurt Drakath, because he was just a kid. Plus, he was just too adorable to be killed at this stage.

It had been a long time since Drakath last saw his one and only godmother, probably around age three, and he really missed the Vampire Queen's tales about the Lycan-Vampire war, and how the two bloodlines came to be. In retrospect, she was like a mother figure to him, but he didn't consider her his actual mother, leading to certain awkward situations.

Slugwrath nodded, leaning back on his throne. "Yes. Queen Safiria will be visiting us to help me teach you how to be a proper prince of Lore. And, according to rumors I've heard from some Undead, she'll be bringing along her daughter."

"!" Drakath nearly spat out his water in his father's face. Gasping, he put down the glass and asked, "But Father, how could Queen Safiria have a daughter? She's a vampire!"

Slugwrath chuckled, ruffling his son's hair. "You really do know a lot, Drakath. I'm not sure myself, but I'm sure she'll explain once she gets here later."

"Later?" Drakath's green eyes sparkled. "She's coming today?"

The king nodded; immediately, Drakath ran to his room, screaming, "YAY! QUEEN SAFIRIA's COMING! YAAAAAY!"

"Children," Slugwrath shook his head, chuckling, as he stood up and went to a nearby window to gaze at Shadowfall, then at Swordhaven, wistfully. "So excitable."

Heck yeah that was Chapter the First~ 3 I just finished the They Might Be Giants quests in AQWorlds, and little Drakath and his awesome kiddie voice inspired me to do this 3 3 3 He's just so cuuute as a kid! (And for some reason so unimaginably... not cute as an adult. Yeah, he's handsome in some aspects, but cute is more of my agenda.)

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