Hi everyone ! For those reading my fanfic, Lifewing, I will also be posting small stories of things that happened before the main story. I get to tell more about the characters and shizzles -u- It's never very long and over detailled, but at least you get another view of how the characters are. The first two ''chapters'' mostly concerns Jarod - a character I LOVE to developp -.

IT'S PREFERABLE TO HAVE AT LEAST READ LIFEWING CH.9 BEFORE BEGINNING THOSE PROLOGUES

I'll also be posting these after certain chapters, not to give spoilers away ;) !

All she could think of when looking at her own life was how her existence had become chaotic and worse than a nightmare.
Oh how she wanted to be back home...

Lluvia, daughter of king Azul and queen Nemesis, was a noble princess from the southern jungles. She was often described as a natural beauty, catching many eyes as she flew by, but none was more envious than a prince from the central region.
King Hades once came to their kingdom, demanding peace and prosperity between their lands. He had not came alone, his son, prince Jarod, accompanying him.
And the attraction was made in an instant, Lluvia and the dark young lord spending most of their time alone, getting to know eachothers, than to be by the rulers' sides. Jarod was tall, strong, handsome. Lluvia didn't think once that this could have been king Hades' tactic to bring the two kingdoms together.
Forged in a sacred pact, Azul gave his daughter to the central jungle, swearing on his own life that she would marry the prince and stay with him forever. The princess had been mad and reluctant at first by such a decision, but her royal duty forgave her of refusing such a decision made by the king.
She was forced to leave her birthplace, her whole world, to live in a strange land.
But Jarod would be there, he would care for her. That thought was able to calm her by moments, but she wished she knew better...

She was welcomed with proper respect, each of her demands treated in the most brief delays. Many servants had confessed to her with small terror that prince Jarod was to be feared. He was rumored to be crazy mad and only at Zotz's service. But Lluvia ignored them, her love blind when thinking about this male she came to know as kind, attentive and even funny. She tended to most of his demands, not only for love but also to keep their mariage safe. She had to be a good wife.
But she was still warned; beware of the tyrant's wrath, his cruelty had no limits.

And one day her world fell, important news coming to her.
Her father's kingdom had fallen, king Hades' troops killing most of its civilians and keeping the royal couple as an ultimate sacrifice for Zotz. Since the beginning it was the plan. Since the beginning they wanted the southern tribe to feel at peace and lower their guard only to surprise and kill them!
Lluvia was furious. She had confronted Jarod about this, but he could only smile in a cruel way, telling her this was no longer her problem since she belonged to his colony.
In a fit of rage, she slapped him, but it was the first and only time she did so as the prince had replied with a more violent blow.
The female escaped in fear, seeking refuge to Aliana's side, Jarod's older sister. She told her everything and stayed hidden for days, mourning her parents alone.

The prince found her one day, taking her back to his side. At first he kept apologising, until his comments began to take a new turn as time went by.
''If you stay calm and gentle, I won't hurt you.''
''Do you think Zotz would love your heart?''
''Don't forget; you are mine and mine alone.''
What could she do? Lluvia always took these comments with a false laugh, wondering if he was truly serious at times.
He was tall and strong. She had to bend to every of his wishes or else she knew she wouldn't be able to face him alone.
Sometimes when his speeches went too far, the princess would go back to Aliana, but that would just get Jarod even more angrier. She was the cause of his maddness. Why would she leave him? It was her fault everything was going bad between them. … It was her fault he wanted to sacrifice her to Cama Zotz.

Lluvia was living in a nightmare.

''Oh king Hades, I ask you to please look after your son,'' she begged one day, meeting the lord upon a request. ''He is not normal as he wish to kill me for the sole benefit of a god.''

''And why not?'' answered the male, an amused smile on his face.

The princess's fur spiked up in rage. ''Pardon?''

''Jarod's wishes are no more of my concerns. Either you stay alive or not is of no importance to me anymore. You were only a small part of my plan and now that I have your southern kingdom under my control … I wouldn't mind you rejoining your family at Zotz's side.''

''Have you got no heart?'' raged Lluvia. ''By the marriage ritual that bound me to Jarod I am now part of your family. You must protect me against your son's killing envies!''

''ENOUGH!'' boomed Hades. The female's stance lowered as the king continued: ''You pitiful creature. If truly you are part of my family, you will help yourself out of this. Every members of my clan are strong and able to tend to themselves. Continue to whine and I will take you down myself. Now get out of my sight, you sicken me...''

What to do?
Oh, what to do?!
Lluvia wanted to escape more than ever. Many plans grew in her mind, but all led to a pathetic ending; either eaten by a predator or captured by guards. Or worse, captured by Jarod.
And she knew she wouldn't be able to last long all by herself, especially not in her new condition...
Her heart was still bound to the prince, even after all those menaces. He was the only one in which she felt great love and passion.
Her brain wanted to explode, she didn't know what to do.

Maybe she wasn't strong physically, but she knew her spirit and mind could surpass some. She knew how to manipulate and turn things to her advantage. But for how long?

He needed her one terrible night, as rain was heavily falling over the jungle.
They went to the Royal Chamber, Jarod telling he wanted to apologize and fix things once and for all. … But Lluvia didn't know that the prince was also a master of the mind.
The male held her firmly against the stone table, pushing her body with his so she wouldn't move. Lluvia could smell old and fresh blood, remnant of poor victims,which scared her even more. Ligthnings sometimes lit the whole room up, revealing a rather threatening prince showing his fangs over her shoulder.
The princess was crying, knowing her death was near.

''I know you want to escape,'' he murmured. ''I read it in your mind, love, you want to leave me. But I am no fool, I know what you really feel. … I can help you, love, I can show you the way to a new life.''

Lluvia kept crying, not even sure if she wanted to hear the next part.

''I can offer you eternal life with our lord,'' continued Jarod. ''He spoke to me, Lluvia, he told me to give your life to him. … I'm going to kill you. I will rip your heart and bones, everything.''

''Why?!'' asked the victim in tears. ''Don't you love me enough to refuse such an act?''

''The lord's orders are of high importance, my dear. I would have want to love you, but my god forbids me.''

He turned her around so they were facing eachothers. Jarod was readying his arm so he could pierce her chest in one fatal shot.

''I am not sorry about this. As long as I help Zotz, I will be happy, and that's all what counts.''

As he was about to start, the female suddenly said something in a high pitched voice, due to fear.
The prince's head cocked to one side, intrigued.

''… I'm sorry, what did you say?''

Lluvia, panting, was surprised by this mere chance fate was allowing her. She gulped, repeating her fact in a slower voice: ''If you kill me you will also kill the child I currently bare, Jarod.''

Seeing the prince's gaze growing from certain amazement, she added with a crooked smile: ''I'm pregnant!''

A faint smile appeared on the male's face, getting away from his spouse's body. But soon it became cruel as he began to think strange thoughts about the child's fate.

''I will stay by your side,'' continued Lluvia., ''if you promise me to never try to sacrifice me again for Zotz's glory. This child will be your one and only descendant.''

''And he will be your agony,'' completed the prince. ''One day my son will do what I couldn't on this very night.''

''… How do you know it's a boy?''

''Zotz told me.''

He then left the room, leaving the female to her own thoughts. But the female's first reaction was to curl up on herself, crying once again.
Everything was broken: her love, her dreams, her life. She already loved the child for saving her life, but was also scared of it because of her husband's words.
… No, she wouldn't let him touch their son. The boy would become her revenge for all the people she lost in the southern jungles. She would teach him that bats like Jarod were nothing more than trash and monsters.
Her treasure, her love, her savior. The child was now her sole reason to not take her own life away.