So, lol. 2P Cardverse. Am I crazy or what? Just the prologue. A little sneak peek, per se. Unedited.

The Queen of Spades was insane.

The Tens snorted, and claimed the very notion was ridiculous and treason against the Deck, their Queen, and Spades itself. But still, their voices wavered in doubt and confusion. The Tens were much closer to the Jack, yet even they didn't understand why certain things happened on the order of their Queen.

It was the only explanation. Nothing else would explain the War that came and went during the Fortieth Chosen's two hundred-year rule.

The Kingdom has seen their Queen during the Bridge War, a cruel smile playing in his lips as he twirled the Spade's Time Trump. It was their King's, and it was that pocket watch that brought them victory from the Diamond Kingdom. They had seen the Diamond's army move as if they were in the maple syrup that their Ace, the brother of their King favored so much. They had seen the giggle burst out of their Queen's lips.

The Kingdom has seen their Queen during the Hola Wars, relentless with his sword as he slashed his way through the Hearts' footmen, a dangerous glint in his pale blue eyes ringed with pink flecks as he fought towards their fallen King and aided him, disarming the Queen of Clubs. It was a miracle that the Royal Pair made it out alive, blood that matched their King's eyes staining their clothes and their Trumps. None of them could forget the maniacal grin on their Queen's bloody face as the two announced their victory.

They have seen their Queen with his sweets, poison lacing the frosting. It was an old trick, a slow and painful disposal of those insubordinate enough to utter a word against their King. His cupcakes were deadly and widely known. It was a worse death however, to refuse to eat it. You wouldn't be allowed to eat at all, as the Queen played the King's Trump and kept you on the brink of death for an eternity.

Spades forbid they ever see the Queen lose a war. It came close once, during the War of Blackjack. Their Jack had spent the day of the loss of the Battle of Pottsburg with his hands shaking and face pale. Even their wise Jack could not bear to be in the same room as an enraged Queen of Spades. Their King had locked the two of them in their room, and the servants whispered that their King had ordered for no one to disturb them for the rest of day for any reason other than an attack. The Fours had giggled and claimed that they spent it in bed, sweet nothings flowing out of their King into skin marked with the scars of battle.

The Twos murmured during long days in the Court that the laws that would come should be watched out for. The Kingdom of Spades swallowed, and nodded. Their Queen is known to set up laws that were completely irrational yet proved to be an unconventional way of solving a problem that had been ignored for far too long. So they let it be.

They did not riot over laws demanding they stay inside and not interact with anyone on days the other Kingdoms visited. They could have, because the fun and newness that the other kingdoms brought whenever they visited were something that they greatly missed. However, they did not dare, after the attack the Kingdom of Clubs had started right in the City Center, after they insisted they were there for fun and trade. Many should have been killed that night, yet the law had them inside their houses, safe and sound. The Hola Wars had harmed their Ace and the Tens, those closest to the Deck's Chosen.

They did not riot over the Law of Pink, that required them to wear bright pink clothes as they neared the forests that served as a border between the kingdoms of Hearts and Spades. After all, they had figured out that it served as protection from the human-like creatures that migrated from the Hearts's Kingdom. A disregard to this rule had left people screaming as the creatures scratched and bit them to their deaths.

They still didn't understand why they had to keep at least 3 fishes in their home, or why they had to wear necklaces shaped like Spades with a hair of a cat locked inside though.

But... Are the passing of laws not their King's job? Their King, with his red eyes, and dark hair that reminded them all of the blood spilled during the Poker War. Their King, with his charming words, his harsh words, his pretty words laced with deadly promises. The King of Spades was in love, and it was as simple that. Spades forbid anyone forget his devotion to Queen and country.

He was just as insane, of course.

Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs will come up soon. This is mainly the Spades Kingdom though, so they'll be heavily mentioned even if the chapter's on the CDH Kingdoms. Yes, I'm incredibly lazy, so I made them an acronym.

Aces- siblings of the royals

Fours- assassins, spies

Tens- servants

WARS MENTIONED:

Hola Wars= Clubs vs. Spades. Aim=weaken the Royals by attacking those closest to them. FAAAAAIL. IDK why. Leverage? In Hola-the game-the point is to capture the Ace and the Ten. Which is kind of funny, since Aces are family, and Tens are like, almost family.

Bridge Wars= Spades vs. Diamonds. Aim=Money... Ahaha? Spades had spent a lot due to the Hola Wars. It's like after the Seven Years War, when Britain ended up broke.

War of Blackjack= Spades vs Hearts. Aim= Borders. Because they share one, remember? It ended on the 21st. Wink wink. Disputes, because those forests with the weird creatures, yeah, that one? The Spades were all, "It's a stupid forest, let's destroy it." So Hearts goes, "No way, bro, those are our forests!"

(April 21, 2012)= I changed the names of some wars. LOL.