A/N What up, Internet! My name is Harmony and this is my first story. I've been on the site for a while now looking for inspiration, and I think I have enough to create my own. As this is my first story, mind the minor grammar/punctuation mistakes. Now, enough of me talking. This is a story where even you might have to question about yourself on. The prologue is based on the beginning of CaptainSparklez's music video 'Take Back the Night' where the villagers find the king's son. Everything else is from my own imagination. Enjoy children.
Prologue
"Boys! Where are you? Come quick! The stone!'
The two villagers stumbled to the mess. Lifting off stone bricks, they too were anxious to why they heard the frantic cries of their companion. He was never like this. A strong fellow he was, and it seemed like he didn't feel any emotion. All they hoped for was that he was coping with this. All of this.
He looked as if he had just seen Herobrine, or something much more sinister.
'Boys.. I've..I've seen a body.. of a small child.. I.. what if it is..'
Merlin, a librarian from a nearby village, picked up the lifeless child. They were bruised and cut in places, their hair messed up in places. Clothes tattered and dusty, but still alive. He sighed with relief, which was then replaced with unknown fear.
'The child isn't dead, so thank Notch for that. It's a female too. I wonder if she has parents. They must be worried about her.'
Colfur snickered, grabbing out his knife. A well known butcher from the same village Merlin lives.
'That's if her parents isn't sleeping with the squids. Let me make her into something worthwhile'
Merlin didn't approve of his sick humour
'I swear Colfur, if you touch this child, I will throw you to the nearest dungeon available. Anyway, your humor isn't helping us with the situation, isn't it?'
'Geaz, calm down. Just wanted to lighten the atmosphere. Anyway, didn't the king's son go missing during the attack or something? Is he even alive? What about the queen? She alive or what? Didn't they used to have a daughter? I have too many questions, more what my stomach wants for dinner.'
Ignatius stood up, and looked around at the ruins. What used to be a sparkling kingdom full of happy citizens, was now a post-apocalyptic death trap scattered around with broken memories and fallen allies. Never in his years of being a blacksmith have he seen this much destruction being wreaked upon a world, nor did he want to be here when it happened. He was scared of his and the little girl's future. Would he leave her there?
He had to make a decision.
'I will take the girl with me. I don't care who she is or if she's a threat or not. I will look after her until the time is right. She needs a home with someone who will take care of her. To put it simply, I am going to become her adoptive father.'
Both villagers became slightly hesitant. Merlin didn't want to take a stranger to the village, while Colfur thought it was an attempt for a spy to get information off them, and that she was the king's son.
'Idiot, she's a child Colfur. Does she look like a male too? Are you seriously okay? They don't even have a daughter. They never did.'
'Yeah, yeah. That's enough. Look, it's getting dark and I've done enough cleaning. Let's go home.' Colfur whispered
The three agreed that the fallen castle was best left forgotten. Carrying the little girl in his arm, Ignatius look at her. He stroked her hair as she breathed quietly. She was innocent, and deserved to be somewhere safe. Giving a final back at the castle, it silently stayed in the shadows of the sunset. He caught up with Merlin and Colfur as the walked back home in the cool of the evening.
A/N Took longer than I thought! I really hope that you enjoyed this little snippet of the story. Comments/reviews are welcome and there will be regular updates for the story. Hopefully my writing isn't trash. Also, Cecilia and Åsa mean 'blind' and 'god' in Swedish, hence the title.
Anyway, see you!
- HarmonyForce