The Quest for the Three Queens

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Chapter 1: The Coming-Of-Age Ball

At the ballroom

"People of the Eastern Kingdom, I present to you, King Jack and Queen Lucille," announced a stout man with a blow of his trumpet. "together with Prince Chad, Prince Zeke and Prince Troy."

The royal family gracefully and proudly entered the grand room which now contained commoners, peasants, servants and everyone else from the kingdom. They were all gathered together for the coming-of-age ball for the three princes.

After a lot of dancing, eating, drinking and mingling, the king declared a toast.

"Excuse me, everyone. I would like to declare a toast to my three sons and your three princes." The king looked at his three adopted sons. "We would like to wish the three of you good luck for the start of your three-month journey in finding a queen each to be the next leaders of the kingdom. To my three sons, Prince Chad, Prince Zeke and Prince Troy."

All of the people clicked glasses and eventually went back to their previous activities.

After the party

The three princes were preparing for tomorrow's adventure. They were all at Prince Troy's bedroom, talking.

"So, are you guys ready for our big adventure for tomorrow?" Zeke asked his two brothers with a smile plastered on his face.

"Sure am. I've been waiting for this moment my whole life!" Chad exclaimed in reply.

"How 'bout you Troy?" Zeke inquired his other brother.

"Guess so. I don't know." Troy sighed.

"What? You don't know? We are going to have the time of our lives. No parents. No tutoring lessons. No going to boring meetings and gatherings with all those old kings and queens of the country. No nothing!" Chad reasoned.

"What do you mean 'no nothing'? We have to find a queen to marry in three months or else we won't get our share of the kingdom, the power and its riches." Troy stated.

"Is that all you ever care about, power and money?" Chad asked.

"Alright, that's enough." Zeke interrupted. "Just because you're doing this task for different reasons doesn't mean that you're going to have to argue all the time. Even I have a different reason. Chad, you want to do this so you can be free, right?" Chad nodded. "And Troy, you're doing this for the money and power, right?" Troy nodded. "Well, I'm doing this because I don't want to upset our parents after all they've done for us. I know it sounds crappy but this is what I feel and we all have different views and opinions on different things and situations, right?" The two nodded as Zeke finished.

"Yeah. I guess you're right." Chad realized.

"I never knew that you could be so deep though." Troy added and they all laughed.

They all stopped when a small girl entered the room.

"Excuse me my dear princes but your highness, the king, wishes to have a word with you."

"Oh, alright. Thank you." Troy said politely to the servant girl standing in the doorway. She left the room with the three trailing behind.

At the king's study

"Your highness, your majesties have arrived." The servant girl informed the king as they reached the king's study.

"Okay. Let them in." replied the king.

She did what she was told and left the room.

"What did you want to talk to us about?" Zeke inquired curiously.

"It's about your journey for tomorrow. I just wanted to inform you on some details for your trip. Number 1: You shall depart the kingdom tomorrow morning at the break of dawn. Number 2: You shall only bring your clothes, food & drinks and a tent because your horses won't be able to carry that much." King Jack stated.

"We're going to sleep in tents?!" Prince Chad asked shocked.

"Yes, but only if you're in the middle of the woods or the peasants won't let you stay for the night. Which I doubt since, well they are peasants, they're going to have to let you in." the king replied. "Number 3: I don't ask that you find a princess as your queen. I am alright with a peasant or a commoner as long as you're happy with your choice. Number 4: If you do not find your queen in three months, I will take your share of the kingdom away from you. And last, but not the least, number 5: You shall not enter, under any circumstances, the Western Kingdom. They are our enemies and you shall learn to never fraternize with the enemy. Do I make myself clear?" King Jack finished sternly.

"Yes, father." The three said in unison.

"But what if one of us finds his queen there and he is happy with his choice? Are you still going to be alright with that?" Chad inquired.

"Of course not! Don't worry though. You will not find anyone there since I won't be allowing you to cross the kingdom line." the king replied. "Now, go. You will all need a lot of rest for the next three months are going to be a grueling journey for you." King Jack declared and the three did as told.

Did you guys like it? I hope so. I promise it will get better. I'm just warming up. The next chapter will be quite short, BTW. Please, please, please review! If you don't, I might not continue the story anymore. I'm not sure yet if I'll delete it or just put it on temporary hiatus until you review.

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