Kingdom Days: A Fanfic

Chapter 0, Day 0

My first memories were of an orphanage in a quiet place. I spent some of the days watching the other children leave with their new parents, but most of them were spent looking at what laid across the other side of the old, gated fence in the backyard.' I thought as I began to think back to my childhood.

I remember it like it was just yesterday. I remember meeting my servant (and most loyal friend) Lewis Ashton. It was soon after I met him that the greatest thing happened to me.

My hopes of being adopted never came true, but something even better happened. It turned out my name was Samantha Urwin, and that I was the long lost daughter of a royal family from the Lunar Kingdom. I'll never forget that happy moment when I was reunited with my parents, Sakka and Lilla.

I thought all my troubles were over until a war broke out years later. Many kingdoms panicked and started to attack one another to gain more lands and resources. I became afraid of the future yet again...

It was then I began to feel the castle shake. "Wh-What's going on? I wondered aloud as I quickly ran out of my room and down the halls. I made it to the main entrance of the castle and looked around. "Don't tell me the castle is under attack now!"

"Milady...! M-Milday, where are you?" I heard a familiar voice call out.

I turned around. "I'm over here Lewis!" I called back.

Lewis ran over to me. "Hurry, we need to get out of here now! Cesathis's soldiers have entered the castle!" he panted

I felt my eyes widen. "But what about my parents...a-and everybody else? You can't leave them all behind!"

Lewis shook his head. "Th-they'll be fine! Please...! Milady, we have to go now!" he said as he grabbed a hold of my arm and began to drag me out of my castle and home.

I tried to pull myself away. "Aah! L-let go of me...! N-no, Lewis!" I yelled

I thought for a moment and gave up, letting Lewis drag me away from my home and into the forest. It was night, and chilly out. We had stopped for a few moment to catch out breath, and I shivered. I didn't notice Lewis walk behind me, but I did when I felt him drape his jacket over my shoulders.

I was going to say thank you, but Lewis just grabbed my hand and continued running as I slipped on the now, somewhat dirty jacket.

We ran for god knows how long, and I was having trouble breathing again. Lewis looked over his shoulder and frowned. I guess I was wheezing again since he stopped running and caused me to bump into his back.

"Are you alright? We can take a short break if your tired." he asked, he voice laced with worry.

I shook my head and coughed. "I'm okay. But where are we going to go now, Lewis? We've been running around like this forever! We don't even know where we are!" I said, trying to hide the fear that was inside me.

Lewis frowned and shut his eyes. He gave me a slight bow. "I'm sorry Milady All I wanted to do was protect you, but it looks like I've failed."

I frowned and gave him a small glare. " 'Failed'? Yeah right Lewis. We're both still alive, aren't we?" I asked in a much less polite tone.

Lewis stood straight back up with a look of confusion on his face. He gave me a smile. "Um...y-yes, of course! You're absolutely right!" he chuckled, but then stopped. "...Huh? Is it just my eyes, or do I see something in the distance?"

I looked in his direction and saw it too. "N-no, I see it too! Look! It...it looks like a village! Ah! There's a castle over there too!"

"A castle! That's it! I'm sure that the people there will help us if we tell them you are a princess. Hurry Milady! Let's go!" Lewis practically shouted in realization as he grabbed my hand and began to run, dragging me along behind him.

We ran for about fifteen minutes before making it to the castle doors. We were panting by then and decided to catch our breath before going in.

"Well...here we are. I suppose all I can do now is cross my fingers and give this door a knock." Lewis said as he knocked on the door.

I held the coat Lewis had given me earlier close, starting to feel nervous. Lewis backed away from the door and stood next to me. He then held my hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. I gently squeezed back and took a deep breath.

We waited for maybe a minute of two before we heard a voice. "Do you have any idea what time it is? If it's not important, then come back in the morning. State your name and business."

I just kept quiet and looked up at Lewis, hoping he would reply. He looked at me and nodded. "Y-yes! I apologize for bothering you this late at night. M-my name is Lewis Ashton, and I am here with the princess of the Lunar Kingdom. Our castle was attacked and we were forced to flee."

Lewis stopped for a moment and looked at me, wondering if I wanted to continue our story. I shook my head no, so he continued. "We've been wandering around for hours and have no destination or shelter. I would be grateful if you were ever so kind to let us stay here."

We waited a few minutes the voice to reply, but we did not get an answer. "U-um, hello? Are you still there?" Lewis asked as he looked like he was going to knock on the door again.

"I'm thinking, don't rush me. If you're so impatient then just come in for now." The voice told us, sounding somewhat annoyed.

Lewis almost jumped and instead of knocking he moved his hand to the doors knob. "Yes, of course! Th-thank you very much!" He said as he started to open the door. I went in first, almost dragging Lewis in with me, but he had let go of my hand.

We walked inside and

I let Lewis lead the way until we wound up in a hallway with no doors. Lewis continued walking until we reached the end, and a bit to my (our?) surprise, we wound up in the throne room.

"Um, h-hello? Is anybody there? We were told to come in but-" Lewis started to say, but got interrupted as we heard the voice again.

"I'm coming, I'm coming. Can't you just wait for one second?" The voice asked in a much more annoyed tone now.

We soon heard footsteps, and in came in a boy, no, maybe a man(?) around maybe Lewis's age, or a maybe a year or two older. He had black hair, that was either kind of spikey, or just plain messy. His eyes were a kind of cute (but creepy) shade of gray.

'Is he blind?' I wondered to myself as I studied the man-boy, trying to figure out my first opinion of him.

"Just what I need. More useless people asking me for help." The man-boy said, still sounding annoyed.

'My first opinion: Douche Bag.' I thought to myself as I glared inwardly at him, while looking completely calm (well, as calm as one could be in a situation like this), since I did not want to screw up any chance of getting help.

Lewis looked the same as before as he looked over this dou- I mean man-boy (starting to think I should just stick to "boy" though). "Oh!...Y-your name! I'm sorry that I didn't ask you before, but what is your name, sir?" Lewis asked in his polite voice.

"Joesph Knight. And you may address me as 'your Majesty' instead of 'sir' from now on." The Boy (Or as I should call him, Joesph) said with a ...oh what was the word?...Haughty(?) tone.

This surprised me, and from the look on Lewis's face, him too. " 'Y-y-your Majesty'? Ah! Wait, I've heard your name before! You're the youngest King in this country. So then this must be the Hepcatsis Kingdom, right?"

Joesph sighed. "Correct, and if I remember clearly, you said that you two were from the Lunar Kingdom?"

Lewis nodded. "Um, y-yes your Majesty. The Lunar Kingdom was attacked by Cesathis."

:Sakka Urwin is your king, isn't he? Where is he right now?"" Joesph asked without a single drop of concern in his tone.

I frowned at the mention of my father. Lewis seemed to notice and frowned also at the mention of Father. "I...I don't know. But I'm sure that he escaped safely like his daughter."

Joesph shut his eyes and looked like he was thinking for a few minutes. 'Wow, this boy can think? What a shock.' I sarcasticly thought to myself as I watched Joesph (try to) think.

"Um, y-your Majesty?..." Lewis started to ask nervously.

Joesph opened his eyes and decided to speak. "I've made my decision. Please escort yourselves out of this kingdom and never return. I don't want yo see your faces ever again.

This time I let my true emotions show as I glared at him. He seemed to take no notice of it though.

This seemed to fully surprise Lewis. "Wh-what? Y-your Majesty, why? P-please!...We have nowhere else to go!"

Joesph just gave us an 'I don't really care' look. "I've just decided I don't like you two. There are no benefits for me if I let you stay. The only useful thing that I could ever gain from the Lunar Kingdom are relations with the royalty anyway. Now please leave, I'm I am tired and going to bed." he said as he began to turn around and leave.

Lewis looked like he was thinking and called out to Joesph. "Wait!...She'll...she'll marry you. King Joesph, will you take the Princess's hand in marriage?" he said in a saddened, but still polite tone

My eyes widened at this. 'Lewis...' I thought, not know what emotion to have, or what words to think. I knew I should be angry, furious even, but my mind was blank as I waited for Joesph's reaction.

"L-Lewis! What're you doing? That's crazy! You're not serious, are-" I began to shout, finally deciding on 'surprised shock'.

"Fine." Joesph said as he interrupted me, still sounding like he did not care.

"W-wait a second!" I stuttered. "I never said that I would marry you! You can't do this!" I protested to my friend and this douche bag.

"I can and I will. If you disagree, then leave." Joesph explained to me.

I looked up at Lewis and tugged on his sleeve. He looked at me and I motioned for him to bend down a bit. He did so and I whispered in his ear. "I can't marry this guy! He's a total jerk!"

Lewis just quickly stood up and looked at me in surprise. "M-Milday!...How rude! He's standing right here! Please think a bit more before you speak." Lewis scolded to me, treating me as though I were a child.

'Okay, I'll admit that my comment was childish, but still!' I thought to myself as Joesph turned back around to face us.

"The wedding will take place one month from now. Like I said, if you don't want to go through with this, then you and your elf-servant must leave." Joesph told in his 'I don't care' tone and look.

'….I don't want to marry him...but if we leave, Lewis may get hurt...' I thought sadly to myself. I may have lost my parents to this, and I didn't want to risk losing Lewis too.

"Since the Princess seems to be still making up her mind, you two can stay in the empty houses in the West part of the village. We're done now, right? Good Night." Joesph told us as he turned and walked off, mostly likely back to his bedroom.

I looked at Lewis with a frown and turned away from him, heading back in the same direction we came in, only to be stopped by a yawning guard.

"I was told to take ya's to yer new homes. Follow me." the guard said as he began walking out of the castle. I quickly followed him and heard Lewis's footsteps running up to us.

The walk to our new 'homes' was as silent as a funeral. The guard just led us to our home and gave us the keys to them and waved goodnight. He soon left and I unlocked my door and walked in.

'This place is very nice...' I thought to myself as I surveyed my surroundings. It was a small one room cottage with a kitchen, a dining room and living room mix, a bathroom, and one bedroom. I quickly walked into the bedroom with Lewis trailing behind me.

"Wow, this house is actually pretty nice. Wasn't it nice of the king to let us stay here Milady?" Lewis asked in a (pretty oblivious) false cheerfulness.

I just glared at him and kept my mouth shut as I watched him. He frowned at me. "...Milady, please don't look at me like that. I only did all of that to protect you."

I could feel my anger rise and I looked Lewis straight in the eyes. "How is marrying him supposed to protect me!" I shouted at my elfin-friend.

Lewis's eyes looked away from mine. "H-he wouldn't of had let us stayed if I didn't say that you would marry him! He did say the only thing worth gaining to him from the Lunar Kingdom were relations with the royalty..."

I frowned and watched as Lewis walked to the door. "It's getting late and you have been through a lot today. I think it's about time for us to get some rest. I'll be in the house next door, so don't worry. Sweet dreams, Milady." and with that, Lewis left for his new home.

I sighed and plopped down on the bed, not caring if I got the bed spread dirty or not. I decided to take Lewis's advice and drift off to sleep, which came not soon enough...

-This is a time skip of sorts, ignore me if you wish, but I will still be here-

I yawned as I felt myself wake up. "What time is it?" I mumbled sleepily as I sat up and crossed my legs. "Just how long did I sleep for anyways?..."

Just then, I heard someone knock at my door. "Ah, come in!" I shouted from my room. I heard the door open and footsteps as whoever was knocking came in. My door opened and in walked Lewis, sporting some new (and much cuter) clothes.

"Good Morning Milady. Did you sleep well?" Lewis asked me as I rubbed my eyes tiredly and nodded.

I looked at his clothes again as I woke up a bit more. "Huh? Your outfit...y-you already got new clothes?"

Lewis gave me one of his beautiful smiles. "Yes! I ran into some very kind people this morning. I was even able to get you a new dress! Lewis said as he handed me a dark pink dress.

I frowned at the dress. "Ew...it's pink...and why did you get me a dress? I'm not living in the castle anymore, so why can't I just wear pant or something?"

Lewis actually glared at me a bit. "P-pink? This isn't pink! It's fuchsia! And of course you can't wear pants! You're still a princess, you must dress appropriately!" Lewis scolded me like a child as I just glared at the dress.

I sighed and looked at Lewis. "Fine. But aren't pink and fuchsia pretty much the same thing?"

Lewis just gave me another smile. "It doesn't matter Milady, I think that this color will look nice on you. Now hurry up and get dressed! We should go back to the castle to pay King Joesph a visit."

"Wh-what? No way! Why would I ever want to see that jerk again?" I yelled in surprise

Lewis frowned. "You're going to marry him, aren't you? You should as least try to get to know him. Maybe he was just in a bad mood yesterday. Just give him another chance.

I glared at Lewis. "Okay okay! I'll do it. Just get out of here so I can change already!" I said in an annoyed tone.

Lewis chuckled, knowing what he had done. "That's the spirit Milady! I'll go on ahead actually. We'll meet up at the castle, okay?"

I nodded and sighed as he left. 'Wonder if I'll get used to this place/' I thought to myself as I started to change into the pink dress...

-END CHAPTER 0-