Epilogue

The king of the fire kingdom rode by, he was coming from the kingdom of shadows, there had been a problem within the desert between the two kingdoms. The king had gone to go discuss it with the king of the Shadow kingdom.

The carriage came to an immediate stop throwing the king against the other side of the carriage. He picked himself up and moved to the door. "What is the meaning of thi-"

"You insolent little street brat!" The guard had moved from his place at the front of the carriage to the ground. He stood over what looked like a small child. The whip he used on the horses raised above his head ready to strike the child.

"Stop!" The king ordered, the guard flinched an withdrew back towards the carriage. The king stepped out of the carriage and went over to the child cowering in front of the horses. Looking down at the child he had a defiant look in his gray eyes, he wasn't cowering at all, he was shaking with anger. When the king reached down to touch the child, ignoring the protest from the gaurd, the child grabbed a handful of the kings red hair and growled. The king winced and before he coup speak, the child passed out an fell Into the snow.

The king looked down at the child, he had dared defy the king. "Wrap something around this child and put him in the carriage, were taking him back to the castle!" The king ordered and the guard bowed despite the protest on his tongue. The Queen would love this child, he would make a perfect heir, and prince to the kingdom of fire. The king looked over to the child, focusing in in his inner aura; it was gray, almost clear. "A wind demon... How interesting!" The king smirked. A very good heir indeed.

"Lenalee..." A child about the age of six called for his maid. A girl with short green hair was at the door only moments after her name was called.

"Yes, Allen-sama?" The girl asked walking into the room her young lord called his own.

"I'm bored will you play with me?" She bowed curtly and sat down next to her lord and his toys.

"Of course my lord," she replied as he smiled at her and they began to play with the toys Allen owned.

"I don't need a personal guard! I am perfectly capable of keeping myself safe, my winds and my fire magic will help me!" A white haired boy complained as he stood in front of the king and queen, his master and the only woman he knew as a mother.

"Allen, your fire magic isn't fully developed and your winds can only do so much," the queen spoke.

"I'll be fine!" The thirteen year old Allen tried.

"You will receive a guard and that is my final word!" The kind commanded.

Allen sighed "Yes Master," then Allen turned defiant eyes to the king. "I want to be allowed to pick him on my own!" When the king saw the defiance he saw the day he had found the child in those gray pools, he decided not to cause an argument.

"Alright..." Allen smiled widely an ran off to his room. "What am I going to do with that child?" The king sighed running a hand through his fiery red hair.

"Let him grow and learn," the queen suggested, leaning over to press a kiss to her mates cheek. The king shook his head and ordered a servant to bring him a drink. The queen laughed at her mates frustration. "You know Cross, he almost reminds me of you, when we were younger..."

The king looked over to his mate with a brow raised in question. "What are you going on about now, Klaud?" She simply smiled and moved from her seat and walks out of the throne room.

"Her Majesty, Queen Klaud, and the Young lord, Prince Allen," the two royalties were announced, the guards within the room straightened up immediately.

Allen's eyes quickly began to search the faces of the several guards that stood in a line in front of him. They all had hard serious faces. Everyone except for a red head that stood in the middle. He had bright green eyes, a fiery red hair that looked almost messy. Allen looked back up the line, one man with dirty blonde hair met his eyes. Allen instantly felt disgusted, the man was looking at him with lust filled eyes. Allen grunted and looked back down the line, before moving to the man in front.

"Weapon of choice?"

"A sword your majesty!" Allen continued down the line.

"A lance, your highness!"

"My bows and arrows, my lord," the man said with a lingering voice. Allen shivered

"My sword, my lord!

"My spear,"

"My bare hands..."

"My war hammer, my lord." The red head smiled but didn't make eye contact with Allen.

Allen hmm'd as he looked down the line. He understood their weapons, but what about their magic? "I'll come back down the line and tell me your magic."

"Fire magic, my lord~" the red head all but smirked this time. Allen noted his self confidence.

My earth magic," the Queen behind him ooh'd at the guards magic. Earth users were very rare in the realm Saldfine. Most earth users resided within' the Asterfine realm. Allen moved back down the line.

"Water magic,"

"Light magic, my lord."

Fire magic, my lord~"

"Shadow magic, your highness."

"Light magic, your majesty." Allen ran his fingers though his hair, as he got back to the front of the line. He waved the guards off, but before turning back to the Queen, the guard with the dirty blond hair looked back and met eyes with Allen. Allen instantly turned to the Queen, not easily shaking off the look the man had given him.

"I like the earth user," the Queen said with a hand on her chin in thought. Allen had thought that having an earth user as his guard would be slightly intimidating. But Allen didn't want to be intimidating, Allen wanted someone easy to get along with, but not someone to cocky.

"He seems to intimidating, if I'm visiting the children of the kingdom, I feel like they would be scared of him." Allen commented.

"We'll what about the fire user, the vqone with the-"

"No!" Allen cut her off immediately. The Queen stood slightly shocked. "I mean, no, he doesn't seem, ready, I mean a bow, doesn't do to much damage..." Allen said looking away from her.

"I wasn't suggesting him, I saw the way he was looking at you... I would never put someone incapable as your guard, but I was also suggesting the fire user with the red hair. He was a little cocky but other than that, his aura was true. And we don't see to many hammer wielders within this realm." Klaud said. "But it's your choice, just make the best one." She motioned for the maid at the door to let the guards back in.

They came back, again standing in the line they had started in. Allen looked down the line one more time before going to stand in front of the red head. Allen stuck out his hand and a wide smile placed itself on the red heads face, the hammer user took Allen's hand and placed a small kiss on the back of it. Allen heard a growl before the guards were all dismissed.

"What's your name?" The Queen asked standing beside Allen.

"Lavi, your highness." The red head said, head bowed.

"Look up Lavi," the queen stated. " Do you Lavi," Allen gasped slightly before covering it up. The queen payed in no attention as she addressed the hammer user. "Solomly swear, to protect the prince and future king of the Realm of Fire?"

Lavi took a step back, he pulled out a small toy sized hammer, the hammer grew large and Lavi pressed the tip down into the floor bowing down next to the hammer. "I swear on my life, that I will protect Prince Allen with every fiber of my being!" The queen nodded her head and smiled. She had heard exactly what he wanted to hear.

"Good, I'll leave to you two, to get aquainted." With the the queen left with a swish of her blonde hair.

"Lavi?" Allen questioned after a minute or so of silence.

"It's been a long time, huh Allen?" The red head asks, a smile broad on his face. "You've grown, and look at you, even become a prince of the great fire kingdom!" Lavi says as his hammer shrinks back down to toy size.

Allen ran to Lavi and hugged him. "Where have you been!?" Allen asks looking up at the tall red head.

"No where special, after Gramps adopted me... He kept me so busy from coming to see you, and for that I'm sorry Allen! Well, My lord!" Lavi said pulling away from the smaller boy to bow down at his feet. "I swear, My young lord, Allen I will protect you with my very being!"

"I do hope so, my old friend," Allen smiled down at the red head.

The silver wind among the flames, Allen Walker the crowned prince of the kingdom of fire. With soft silver eyes, beautiful white hair, flames as blue as sapphire and winds as gentle as a night breeze, that only added to his submissive nature. Known and loved by every subject in the kingdom, he is well sought after by many a dominant.