Chapter 1 A devilish plan:
Royal palace Strebian Kingdom:
"Are you sure you want to do this," An old female voice asked.
"Yes, we need to know if our son will become a treat if he will then we need to protect the people," A second voice said this one was a male voice.
"Very well then do you have what I asked for," The first voice asked.
"Yes, here are some hairs of our son and some clothes," A second female voice answered, but this was a younger one.
In the room the king and queen of the Strebian kingdom stood opposite of the royal soothsayer between them stood a bowl with some hair, some clothes and some powder in. The soothsayer threw another powder in the bowl which caused smoke to form
*Smoke rose up out of the bowl and the figure of a young boy appeared in the smoke.*
"I see your son lord Raven." The soothsayer said
*The figure disappeared and formed seven scutcheons which the king and queen recognised as the scutcheons of the other seven mighty families in the Strebian empire besides that of their own family.*
"I see the seven other families of the Strebian empire," The soothsayer said.
*The scutcheons disappeared and now the smoke formed their son with his arms in the air high on top of something looking down like he was giving a speech upon people without hair, with sharp teeth and slim bodies with claw like hands which the king and queen recognised as so called Prowlers. These people were mutated from a gas that was called Prowler gas as it mutated people into Prowlers and Prowlers seemed to love it.*
"I see your you son Lord Raven rallying the Prowlers for his cause, but I don't see which cause that is yet in any case," The soothsayer explained.
*The king and queen took each others hand and were starting to get extremely nervous. The Prowlers were known to be barbaric mindless people who in the past had swarmed entire cities. After a long war they had made peace, but it was unheard that a member of the royal family would ally himself with them, but the king and queen knew that their son had befriended with the different Prowler clans.
The smoke changed again this time they saw the seven scutcheons of the other families again all holding a spears and pointing them at Lord Raven.*
"The other seven families see him as a danger and rally their forces against him," The soothsayer explained.
*The smoke changes again and now it revealed Lord Raven with a horde of Prowlers behind him with a burning city behind him,"
"Lord Raven has rallied the Prowlers to join him and has ordered them to kill and destroy everything and everyone that isn't loyal to him," The soothsayer explained.
*The queen had tears in her eyes both were shocked that their son would take part in a civil war and take the side of the Prowlers. The smoke changed again and showed Lord Raven with seven spears throwed at him and the Prowlers running away from the soldiers of the other seven families.*
"Lord Raven will die and peace will return to the Strebian kingdom," The Soothsayer said.
"He will be defeated by the seven families," The soothsayer finished her prophecy.
"Why would the families take up arms against our son," The queen asked, but she knew the answer he befriended with the Prowlers and it was him who had given the Prowlers various new right by putting pressure on his father.
"Your son will help the Prowlers too much and they will not accept that," The soothsayer said.
We will make him break contact wit the Prowlers or we will make our daughter our heir if he doesn't on that way we spare this country of a civil war. Unbeknown to the three a figure was listening in the shadows. It revealed a young boy around the age of 14.
"Figures I never found my parents usefull, but now they have proven how useless they truly are for me very well then if something needs to be done good then you need to do it yourself," The boy said to himself before quickly exiting the room not hearing the final part of the prophecy "This will only happens if he tries to change it and if he doesn't find love,' he soothsayer finished relieving the parents, but unbeknown of the new danger.
"What am I supposed Mirech the other families are going to kill me because I help the Prowlers and the only solution my idiotic parents have is making my sister their next heir," The young lord Raven asked to his most loyal bodyguard and personal advisor.
I knew your parents never had much trust in you, but making your sister their heir because of a prophecy even I hadn't expected," Mirech said.
"I can't allow my parents to do that. The one thing I have right on and even that they want to take from me no not this time. Now I have had it they have betrayed me one time too much. This time I will solve this problem personally," Lord Kronus Raven said.
"How you want to do that kill the other families," Mirech said as a joke, but then he saw the look in Kronus eyes and saw that his joke was not a joke, but the exact plan of prince Kronus.
"I was just joking," Mirech said.
"Yes, I know, but I am not. The families have annoyed me too much now it's time to let them pay gather the Prowlers we are going on a small campaign," Prince Kronus said.
"Yes, my lord," Mirech said before leaving the room leaving Kronus alone.
"This time I will show my parents what I am capable of," Kronus said darkly.
Prowler clan layer:
Prince Kronus entered the layer of the local Prowler clan and immediately he got the attention of all the Prowlers when he climbed on a rock that was used as podium. All the Prowlers immediately went silent and looked at him confused, hopefull or happy.
"My friends," Kronus said before he was greeted by a huge applause.
He waited until the applause died before continuing. "My friends like you all know I help you and you help me so we work together. We are a team how much the other inhabitants in this kingdom also hate your kind I see you as equals." This was greeted by another loud applause.
Lord Kronus rose his voice."There has come to my ear that the other seven families despise me because of this even so hard that when my time comes to follow up my father that they want to revolt against me!"
*This was greeted by curses and death wishes to the other seven families.*
"You know how my parents want to prevent this," Kronus asked with anger and hatred in his voice.
"They want to replace me by my sister because of one prophecy they want to make my sister queen instead of me being king," Kronus yelled angrily.
"This was met by curses and death wishes towards the prince parents.*
"I ask you my brothers are you with me to help me secure my rightful position as king," Kronus asked loud.
*This was met with cheering and applause.*
"Long live our Lord Raven, Long live our Prince Kronus and long live our King Kronus," The Prowlers cheered now completely going insane from happiness.
*Kronus stook his arms in the air like a victory pose. Two Prowlers put him on their shoulders so that he was visible for the entire room. The room was now filled with cheering and happy Prowlers.*
"We move this friday when the seven families are gathering in the great hall for a big feast," Kronus yelled.
*The Prowlers cheered again.*
Let's make it a feast they will never forget," Kronus said to himself before walking off the podium.
Next friday:
*A couple of cars pulled by oxen arrived by the Prowler layer in them laid various weapons, shields and armour. The Prowlers cheered at the sight and took the weaponry and armor parts.*
In the great hall the members of the other seven families were feasting. The hall was guarded by a lot of soldiers unbeknown to them the Prowler clan was moving through the street with the great hall as target.
*A couple of garrison soldiers spotted the giant mass to late and were simply thrown out of the way of the huge angry Prowler mob.*
"Are the men ready," Kronus asked.
"Yes, sir all your loyalists have been rallied for this attack," Mirech replied.
*Kronus smiled the Prowlers were hated by most people, but his politic to help the Prowlers didn't only make opponents it also gave him allies by those who thought the same as him or by those who lost a family member to the prowler gas. He had friends everywhere the Prowler clans, he had loyalist in the royal guard, he had people supporting him and even nobles in certain area's were the Prowlers were active.*
*The Prowler horde had reached the great plaza in front of the great hall and now the soldiers had spotted them. Kronus saw the archers on top of the building wanted to fire, but before they could fire Kronus archer force started taking them under fire killing most of them and the other searched for cover instead of firing on the Prowler mob.
The Prowler had reached the foot soldiers and completely overran their defensive positions on the plaza and started running up the stairs. The great doors were locked before the Prowlers could get inside, but Kronus had done his job good and had arranged a battering ram and a couple of ladders which the Prowlers used to break the door with and get on the roof.
Minutes later four huge ladders were placed against the side of the great hall and the big battering ram had reached the door and started attacking the door. The roofs of the great hall were in minutes full of angry Prowlers who attacked the entrances and then the door broke open allowing the Prowlers to swarm in the great hall.*
"Our forces are in sir,"Mirech said.
"Good start phase 2," Kronus said.
"Begin phase 2," Mirech yelled.
*An archer nodded his head in response and lighted his arrow and aimed at a place in the city and then fired. The burning arrow flew through the dark streets and hits a some stray that had been sprayed with oil.*
"Second phase is activated," Some Prowlers yell while cheering.
*From the position of Kronus and Mirech a long path of burning haystacks is seen which are paced in a straight line. The Prowlers on top of the roof hurry themselves away from the middle part.*
Meanwhile on a hill top a Prowler sees the signs and yells. "FIRE!"
*A second Prowler holds a stick with a burning match attached to it and light a big canon with it. The sound was deafening, but luckely for the Prowlers their lord had given them special protection against the sound. A few seconds later one side of the roof exploded making the Prowlers on the roof and on the plaza cheer.*
Kronus was looking from a rooftop at the sight even if he hadn't seen the explosion completely because from his location he had no direct line of sight in the part of the roof the explosion occurred, but a part of the roof he could see had also exploded and was now swarmed by Prowlers with ropes that tried to get in.*
"Good idea of you sir to bring your newest invention in play in your grand plan," Mirech complimented Kronus at the effectiveness of his young friends deadliest weapon.
"Yes, good plan of me to keep myself focussed on inventions instead of my parents who rather trust on the old ways. Don't mistake me those work, but my new ways help," Kronus said.
"Sir, our forces report that the garrison is trying to break our siege of the great hall," A soldier reported.
"Very well soldier annoying, but expected execute Phase 3 of our plan," Kronus told Mirech.
*Mirech signalled the same archer to fire again. This time the archer aimed his fire arrow on another part of the city.*
*The garrison forces that had been send to break the siege of the great hall arrived at the Mirgon bridge and right before they wanted to cross it the bridge exploded throwing the first four lines of soldiers off their feet and without a way to quickly reach the great hall.*
"Sir the bridge has been destroyed and the garrison is trapped on the other side," A soldier reported to Kronus.
"Good then activate phase 4," Kronus said.
"Is phase four necessary Kronus," Mirech asked.
"We started something bad so we better finish it once and for all," Kronus replied calmly.
"Very well my lord," Mirech said before giving the some soldiers who were standing near some firework a signal.
The soldiers lighted the firework and second later the seven firework rockets were launched in the air were they exploded in a beautiful lightshow.*
*Outside the city the Prowlers from almost the entire province had gathered each laying siege to an army camp of one of the families. They had put catapults into place with one of Kronus deadliest inventions. Projectiles filled with Prowler gas who would now the sign had been given would rain down upon the camps.
Hundreds of catapults fired simultaneously their deadly load on all the military camps. The soldiers inside the camps were completely surprised what had started like a quiet evening changed in seconds into a deadly trap. The gas bombs hit targets and released the deadly Prowler gas which the soldiers desperately tried to escape from.
Huge green clouds formed in the camps. The soldiers in the camps ran out of the camps to escape the deadly gas only to find themselves getting charged by hundreds of angry Prowlers. They were stuck between the Prowler gas or the Prowlers and almost all of them were badly armed because of the sudden attack.
On the mountains the Prowlers cheered at their victory over their arch enemies.*
*Kronus saw the flames on the mountains that signalled the success of the assaults all the encampments were destroyed. Even if the people in the lands of one of the seven families wanted revenge they would need to find an army first as he in one night just destroyed 75% of their entire army capacity.*
"This will go into history as the day that 14 year old prince Kronus raven Strebianus destroyed the seven families and 75% of their army capacity in one night," Kronus said to Mirech enthusiastically.
"Yes, my lord this is one of the greatest victories in the history of the Strebian kingdom," Mirech said proudly on how his Lord had handled the situation.
*The two returned their attention to the damaged great hall. That had been badly damaged.*
"Come on Mirech I think we should deal the final blow," Kronus said before walking towards the great hall.
"With pleasure my lord with pleasure," Mirech said with an evil grin on his face before following his lord. He hated most of the families as the plague. Those arrogant fools thinking that their status would protect them well tonight no title would be sufficient enough to help them anymore.
The great hall:
Kronus and Mirech entered the great hall under loud applause from their forces. The two made their way over deeper in the building.
"Sir, we have the entire building surrounded and secured except the ballroom where the surviving family members have retreated to with their last soldiers," A loyal royal guard reported to Kronus.
"Very well soldier tonight we will get the victory we deserve tonight we will deal with that rabble once and for all. Tonight we will do what my parents were incapable of doing for almost thirty years long." Kronus replied while making his way over to the ballroom.
He arrived at a hallway were a couple of Prowlers were resting out on the other side was a locked door.
"There hiding behind that door we are waiting for a battering ram to arrive," One of the Prowlers said.
"No need to wait for a battering ram when we have this," Kronus said before showing a small bag with a match sticking out of it.
*Kronus lighted the match and threw it to the door all his men had gathered behind him and next thing a huge explosion destroyed the door and the debris behind it. His soldiers immediately poured through the opening and he heard fighting break out on the other side of the dust cloud.*
"Attack let's finish this once and for all," Kronus yelled while his men ran past him into the dust cloud to join their comrade in the fight.
"Come on Mirech let's help them a bit," Kronus said before starting to walk again.
*The two went through the dust cloud and saw big fighting in the room everywhere. Kronus looked around and on the other side of the room surrounded by guards stood Duke Medison the head of the Saliana family the second most powerful family in the strebian kingdom besides Kronus his family and also Kronus biggest enemy this man had done everything to stop Kronus propositions to help the Prowlers from becoming laws.*
"Duke Medison come and face me instead of hiding behind your personal guard. You wanted me death from the first moment you knew I helped the Prowlers here is your chance take it if you dare," Kronus yelled as loud as he could.
*The fighting stopped all the soldiers wanted to hear the reply of Duke Medison.*
"You you have been behind this low hearted attack on mine and the other families. I knew your parents had needed to drown you right after you were born, but perhaps tonight I get the chance to make their mistake right again," Medison yelled furiously at Kronus.
*Kronus threw of his cape and revealed two beautiful short swords.*
"Then show me what you are made of old man and give it your best shot however this ends your families reign has officially come to an end," Kronus yelled tauntingly.
*Medison charged right at Kronus and tried to kill Kronus with his sword. Kronus dodged the attacks, but used the moment that Medison needed to get his defence back up to hit him in the side with the Pommel of one of his swords rapidly followed by hitting him with the pommel of his other sword on his back. This made Medison nearly fall on his knees.
"Problems with keeping up old man," Kronus asked tauntingly.
*Medison quickly tried to slash Kronus neck, but Kronus managed to dodge the attack. Kronus back up a bit and waited for Medison to do the next attack. Medison charged at him and tried to stab Kronus in the stomach, but Kronus used one sword to block Medison's attack and used the other to stab Medison in the stomach.
The entire room went silent at the sight. Medison dropped his sword on the ground and Kronus pulled him closer so he could whisper in Medison's ear.*
"You should have learned to stay out of my way. I never understood why someone as incompetent as you could be head of a family, but that doesn't matter what matters is that your time and that of your family has ended and mine has started," Kronus said before pulling his sword out of Medison and walking away from him.
*Medion fell dead on the floor behind him and he started speaking to the surviving family members.*
"Duke Medison has fallen and so have all of your available armies and now so have your families. I have taken control of the city and the surrounding country side. Hereby by all the authority that I still legally possess I put you all under arrest in suspense of your trials and I disband your families from having any form of political, military or economical roll in this kingdom. All who resist against my rule will be killed. So you have a choice surrender or die which will it be," Kronus asked.
*The remaining family members started talking with each other for a while.*
Suddenly a man came forward which Kronus recognised as Duke Suliver from the Menteris family and said. "We surrender we only ask to be treated with dignity."
"Your wish is granted now throw away your weapons somewhere on the floor out of reach," Kronus demanded.
*The family members and their soldiers did as he told them and he signalled a couple of his loyal royal guards to secure them which they did and then they were brought to the city jail.*
"We did it Mirech we did it," Kronus said happily.
"Yes, we did," Mirech said while giving Kronus a tap on his shoulder
*The two walked outside and saw a firework rocket flying in he air which meant that the city garrison had surrendered. The two watched the cheering crowd of Prowlers and loyalists now they had successfully taken over the city, taken down the families and their armies and defeated the garrison.*
"I think I made my mark on history already don't you think so Mirech," Kronus asked.
"Oh I am certain of it that the Strebians will not forget this one soon," Mirech replied.
Authors Note:
Me: Damn Kronus really doesn't do half work does he with these thing
Kronus: No, I do not.
Me: Well anyway i hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and no wories Hiccup and the others will appear at the end of Chapter two, but in the mean time I would appreciate it if you guys could perhaps leave a review over how I did it so far.