Sometimes Fate Can Suck, or Does it?
By: YamatoLuv7
Disclaimer: Don't own them, never will, don't sue me, cause I got nil.

"speech"
'thought'

Duo ran swiftly through the forest, dodging low hanging branches and fallen tree limbs as he went. At first glance, he looked like and ordinary boy out running in the woods, long chestnut braid flapping behind him. But at closer inspection, one could make out his chiseled features. The high cheekbones, the elegant face and the pointed ears. Duo was an elf. An elf prince at that. His father was Treize Kushrenada, the elf king. And then came the sounds of pursuit, completely shattering the image of the boy just out for a run.
He mentally cursed himself for going out for a walk by himself. He should have listened to Quatre, his best friend, and stayed home. Now, thanks to his stupidity, he was running for his life. Why did he always do such stupid things? He knew that the humans were beginning to hunt the elves down and kill them. What he didn't know was why. Come to think of it, no elf knew what was going on with the humans.
And at that particular inopportune moment, Duo's foot decided to catch on a root and send him sprawling onto his stomach.
"Damn," he said, as the sound of pursuit grew steadily closer. He quickly stood, only to fall back down as he put pressure onto his right ankle.
"Great, just great," he muttered. "What a time to sprain my ankle."
He muttered a few for curses before closing his eyes and concentrating. After a few moments, a slight golden glow surrounded him and a delicate green vine laces its way around his ankle. As he continued to concentrate, the vine started to glow brightly. And then as quickly as it came it was gone and Duo was up and running again. The humans had gained on him but he was still in the lead and therefore still as advantage. He could hear the sound of footsteps and the bark of dogs.
"Damn dogs," he muttered. He couldn't run fast enough and the humans were gaining on him. Before his mind could fully register what was happening, a dog jumped at him, sending him sailing into a nearby tree trunk. He heard the sickening sound of crunching bone when he his and then he collapsed onto the ground clutching at his throbbing shoulder and aching ribs.
"Great. Now I'll never get away," he said to himself. He heard a soft growl and looked up to see the dog snarling at him.
"Down boy," he muttered. He heard the sound of approaching voices and groaned. 'Quatre was right. I am an idiot' he thought. The voices grew louder and soon a group of men stepped out of the foliage. 'Damn, there's to many of them to fight' as the eight men stopped inside the clearing. One of the humans, he assumed to be in charge, stepped forward a few steps. If he could, he would have backed away, but his cracked ribs and dislocated shoulder prevented him from making any kind of movement. So he stayed right where he was. He wanted to heal himself but he didn't think that the humans would take it to well if he all of the sudden started glowing. He looked up with wide violet eyes as the man stopped in front of him. Scratch that, young man. He couldn't have been much older than Duo. He had extremely tan skin, long black hair pulled back into a tight ponytail, and very intense black eyes.
"What should we do with him," asked one of the other men.
"The king wanted all elves brought to the castle," replied the young man standing in front of Duo.
"Should we tie him up Wufei," asked another man.
"Just his hands Rashid. He'll need to walk," replied Wufei.
The other man nodded and moved forward to tie Duo's wrists together. The man, Rashid, pulled Duo's arms out in front of him, and he hissed in pain.
"Sir, he's hurt." Rashid called to Wufei.
"No shit," grumbled Duo, causing the man to smile slightly.
"So, he does speak and he's got a sense of humor too."
Duo glared at the burly man before him. Wufei walked over and knelt down in front of him
"What's hurt?" he asked, sounding slightly concerned.
"My ribs and my shoulder," replied Duo.
"Trowa," Wufei called to another young man, with the strangest hair Duo had ever seen. "Bring some bandages."
"I can do it myself," Duo said a little exasperated.
"How?" asked Rashid curiously. Duo smirked.
"You don't know much about elves, do you?"
"I guess not. I've never actually met one before."
"There's a fist time for everything," replied Duo. "Watch and observe."
Duo concentrated and soon the golden glow surrounded him. Two delicate vines snakes their way up around his shoulder and his midsection. They glowed brightly and then disappeared. All the men were staring at him open mouthed. He smirked again
"Put you tongues back in your mouth and close them," he said in a slightly joking matter. Rashid continued to stare at him.
"That was...well...incredible," he said in awe.
"Not really," Duo replied, turning to look at Wufei. "You didn't look too impressed. Wufei, wasn't it?"
"Yes, and you are?" he asked authoritatively.
"Duo."
"Well Duo. I'm afraid we're going to have to take you with us."
"No really. I thought you were just tying my wrists for the fun of it," he replied sarcastically. "I just have one question?"
"What's that?"
"Why do you want me to go with you?"
"Personally, I don't. None of us do. We are all very fond of the elves, but it's the king's order. Any elves we find are to be brought back to him. If we don't obey him, well let's just say that we can all kiss our heads goodbye."
Duo smiled at him sadly.
"I understand. Believe me. I know how stubborn and stupid kings can be. So, do what ya gotta do," he said confidently.
"Thank you so much," Wufei sighed in relief. "You just made things a lot easier for us and yourself.
"I did?" Duo asked curiously.
"Yes," said the man with the weird hair. "Had you resisted us, the king would most likely have you killed. Now, you'll at least get to stay alive."
"Oh really. And who are you?"
"I'm Trowa."
"Well Trowa, I have a question for you?" said Duo seriously. "How do you get your hair to stay like that?"
At this question, everyone burst out laughing. Trowa cracked a small smile.
"It's natural," he replied calmly.
Duo stared at him. "No kidding, well it's interesting to say the least." As he said this, Duo made his way to his feet. "Well, lead the way, I guess," he told Wufei.
"Guys, move out," Wufei called to the other men. As they made their way through the forest, Duo began to think about his situation. His father was not going to be happy when he turned up missing.
"I give him twelve more hours," he muttered glumly to himself.
"What was that?" asked Rashid.
"Oh nothing. I was just saying that it'll be twelve more hours until before my father knows I'm missing."
"Why's that? Twelve hours is a long time."
"Yeah, I know. But I take off with my friend after breakfast, I'm gone all day, I eat dinner alone, and then just hang out in my room. The only time I really see my father is in the morning, so he won't even know I'm gone until breakfast," explained Duo.
"Oh, I see," replied Rashid
"What does your father do?" asked Trowa.
"He's a...well...a politician," lied Duo. Well not quite lied. He just cut the truth short a little bit.
Trowa nodded and they resumed walking in silence. After what seemed like forever to Duo, they arrived at a large city. The castle was located in the center of the gigantic buildings and when they reached it, Duo's mouth dropped open. The castle was easily five times bigger than his own home. It was huge. He stared in awe at the richly decorated halls and almost ran into Wufei, who had stopped in front of a pair of large ornate oak doors. The two guards opened them and Duo hesitantly stepped in to meet whatever fate had prepared for him.

A/N. What d'ya think? Is it a good idea or should I stop writing it? I've never written an AU fic before so I need everyone's opinions. Please Review.
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