Chapter 0: Intro
Once there were 2 countries that were in the midst of war. These 2 countries were Parilia and Fornber. Before war started they were good friends. But because of a little white lie told by an evil wizard, Sitier, everything fell apart. Sitier, at that time, was disguised as a messenger for both countries and a spy too. Then Sitier told both countries that they each are planning on taking over the others territory. So then both kings declared war against each other. Then, one day, Parilia was ambushed by Fornber and on that same day, the child of the king was born, a beautiful baby girl, and was named Phallia. But because of that ambush, the king had his most trusted servant, Berner, to take her and raise her as a normal girl in their family. They fled through the escape passages of the servants and they got to the village and they were safe. The battle took 3 days and 2 nights. When the ambush passed and failed. The king of Parilia protected his castle and country but he wasn't happy for he can't see his daughter.
Chapter 1: Telling the news*Berner speaking
I waited a few days and when I knew everything was safe I told the whole village:
"This is the only daughter and child of the royal family! I was given the order to take care of her but I need your help for I cannot do this alone. I need the help of the whole village to care for this child. Would you help me?"
Then a villager interrupted and said "Why should we believe what you say?"
I replied with a bit of anger in my voice: "I am his majesties most trusted servant how could you not believe me?"
"We know that and we do trust you but we can't believe that the girl is the queen child. We haven't heard of the queen having a child in 6 years! And what if she were your child?" The same villager said.
I then replied as I looked at the rest of the villagers "That is impossible for my wife, as you can see, has a child inside of her." I paused. Then I held Phallia in front of everyone and continued "This child here is our future if she were to fall into the wrong hands it could cause great danger for our country! So please believe me, and help me raise this child to be a great queen." I knelt to the ground with her in my arms, knowing that it was disgraceful, and continued "Please I am begging you this is the only treasure the king and queen have left and trusted me with her! Please I beg you!" The townsfolk saw my desperate pleading and discussed it with Elder Faverie, a wise young man who did not know how to fight for he has a weak body since he was young but he is married to a very beautiful and wise young woman whose name is Marie. When they were done discussing with the elder he told me
"We will help you but we will have to discuss in the council hall."
I looked at the elder and said "Thank you" I said over and over again as I held Phallia in my arms. Before going to the hall, I gave Phallia to me wife, Sophia, and told her "Take care of her I will be back with good news." Then i kissed my wife and left. Once we arrived at the hall, the eldest man of each family was there. This is my first time here in the hall for I have always been in the castle serving the king but would only return rarely and I did not need to report anything about my family for we are happy. When we came in everyone stood up. When I and the elder sat down the elder said "You may all sit down now."
Once they all sat down he continued "So let us begin this meeting. First we will discuss the most important matter, the life of Phallia, the child of the King William and Queen Melinda. As you all know I have already accepted that we will take care of this child but what we do not know is who will she be living with? How will we teach her to be a great queen? How will we treat her? And how should we keep her true self from her?"
Then I stood up and said "She will live with me and my family I will take care of her."
Then the elder said "That takes care of the first question but how are we supposed to treat her?"
A man stood up and said "We should treat her like any other girl in the village. Give her a job of mending clothes or washing clothes like any other woman."
"Good, but aresure that we can treat her normally like any other girl even with the knowledge of her being a princess?"
Another man stood up and said "We will get used to her as she grows. Soon enough we will forget that she is a princess and think of her as part of a normal village. This I am sure of."
The elder sighed deeply and said "I shall agree with you but how are we supposed to teach her how to be a great queen?"
I said "I have a suggestion but I do not think that you will agree easily."
"Just say it. I would like to end this quickly" the elder said
"Well what if the whole village would help. The women will teach her how to cook, wash, mend and also the manners. While the men teach her how to fight and survive. I will teach her how to read and write. And the part you might not agree on: You will teach her how to make calm decisions and the wisdom of a leader."
The elder looked at me and smiled "How could I not agree with this but there is a slight problem with this. How will we teach her all this?"
A man that looked no older than 18 said "We shall do this slowly. Make it part of her life like it is normal. She studies the whole day yet she also plays. How we should do this? We should teach her outside and teach her as a family."
"Hmmm. That may work. This is your first time here is it not?" The elder asked the 18 year-old
"Yes." Then took a pause and continued "My older brother, Ginther, died during the ambush."
"I am sorry to hear that. He was a great man and we will hold a proper funeral for him, but for now let us concentrate." Then he looked at the 18 year-old again and said "you are smart for your age. I look forward to having meetings with you in the future." He paused then continued "Now, how are we going to keep her from knowing she is a princess?"
"This I do not know, elder." I said. Then everyone started to whisper to each other as if I weren't there. I glared and them and then told myself to calm down.
All of a sudden the elder stood up and shouted at the top of his lungs "Silence! I will not allow such chit-chat in my hall and you aren't women for goodness' sake." He sat back down with a sour face and said "Very well then I will make this decision, we shall not tell her she is of royalty but we will only tell her when the time comes or when she asks. Now let us discuss the matter on which man should teach her how to fight?" By this time he has calmed down then he looked around and shouted with excitement
"Higgins!"And continued "I believe you are the best at the bow and arrow, Am I not right?"
Higgins, A tall muscular man that was around 20 and has brown hair with a few blonde strands in it, replied "Yes I am considered the best but I do not think-"
Higgins used to be an archer for the army but when he had a child he quit and as he was talking ge was cut off by me "Please" I begged and continued "I have seen you shoot from a 100 yards away from the target and still shoot with accuracy. You arethe best. So please, teach her."
He took a minute to think and said "Fine. I shall teach herbutI will not take responsibility if she will use this for wrong doings."
The elder said "I am sure she will not for you will teach her how to use it for doing right. Now who will teach her sword fighting and hand-to-hand combat? There are a number of great swordsmen but who is the best in guiding her through her training?" He looked around the room and shouted
"Bither, Patrio, Sicher , and Timothy! You four are the best swordsmen in this village, but who will teach her?"
"Bither, how about you?" Bither, who was a young man around his mid 20s, said "I cannot teach her for I do not have the patience to teach her sword fighting butI may be able to teach her the basics of battle planning and also how to create them."
"Okay then, Timothy?" the elder said unsure
Timothy, a great warrior and in his 30s, said "I cannot teach her either, for I have to attend to the king as his personal soldier and I will be too old when the time comes for me to teach her."
Patrio, a man who was tall yet skinny and strong and had great looks and is still 19, said "I am able to teach her butshe will have to learn with my son, Pefrie, when they are of age."
"That would be perfect for then she will have a partner in combat." The elder said "Sicher are you fine with this?"
Sicher, a man who will never goes back on his word and is in his mid 30s and has a wife and no kids, said "I agree and I would be too old for teaching her when she needs it."
Then the elder said "So it is decided. Higgins will teach her how to handle the bow 'n' arrow. Bither will teach her how to make an effective battle plan and also the basics. Patrio will teach her how to fight with a sword and I believe no one has to teach her hand-to-hand combat for she will not need this knowledge. Berner will teach her how to read and write. I will teach her how to be a calm and wise leader. But the women's part is something we also need to discuss but cannot because they, the women, are not here and I think we can discuss this another time since it is time for us to go back to our work. We will continue this tomorrow but we do not need to bring the women yet. I will tell you when to bring them to the meeting. That is all. Dismissed"
As quick as the meeting started it ended. Then suddenly the elder said "Berner! Stay here and ask someone to call your wife and the child here."
So I told Higgins "Higgins since you are my neighbour, can you please tell my wife to come here?"
Higgins sighed and said "Sure, why not?"
So they all left and I stayed behind with the elder. Then I asked "Why do I need to stay behind?"
"I shall tell you when your wife gets here."
While waiting for my wife, I told myself 'I am a very lucky man to have the people support me even though this is not their responsibility, they are truly loving people.' A few minutes later my wife entered. The elder turned around pointed and said "I will tell you now. Are you sure you can take care of her when you have a child just about to be born?" as he pointed at my wife's belly while looking at the me
Sophia looked at me and looked back at the elder and said "Do not worry. Even though they aren't born on the same day and in the same family wewill treat her as a twin of my child." As she was saying this, I looked at Sofia with shock. After she said those words I said to the elder:
"Yes, it is as she says, we will take care of her as our own child."
The elder took a deep sigh and said "I see there is nothing that can change your minds butyou will be the ones who will tell her when she asks but only after she turns 16. Take good care of the child she is in your hands. You may leave now."
I knew the king and the queen were worried about her but they knew that it was safer for her to stay amongst the common and never know of her existence. What they did not know was that their daughter had a special gift that could save their country for it was very powerful and useful not only in war but also in keeping peace amongst the people.
**********My note to readers:
I am new at writing stories, so please do criticize my work in as many ways as possible. For those who are interested or want to copy my work, please do not because I have worked really hard on this story. If this story is progressing too fast, please tell me. This was inspired by a manga that I really liked, then I had Ideas on how to change it and the next thing I knew, it became a whole different story. As you can see, I am not done with the story and I have ALOT more chapters but I want to test my story before putting up the rest of my chapters. I hope you will enjoy too. Also if no reviews are posted I will not continue.