Prologue- Rewritten
Prince Draco walked along the cobblestone streets of Orion, the Ice Kingdom's capital city just as he did every week. He knew his city well, despite only being twelve years old and easily made his way into his mother's favorite bakery to pick up her weekly order.
"So empty on a Friday morning?" he asked walking into the quiet bakery.
"Oh Prince Draco, I'm so happy to see you again! Here are your mother's pastries-careful I just pulled them from the oven!"
"Thank you so much Mrs. Margaret, but my mother does have a request for you. Her parents will be traveling to the palace in a few weeks and mum was wondering if you could prepare twice the amount of pastries for their arrival?"
"Of course, it would be an honor to serve the former King and Queen. Is there any news you would like to share with me...a boyfriend perhaps?"
"Shhhhh Mrs. Margaret, we're still keeping that a secret...and no, there is no boyfriend and there won't be one for awhile."
"You know darling, I still don't understand why your identity is a secret. Our world is changing, it's no longer considered a bad thing to be a male submissive. You would only help that point further along."
"I...I sometimes think that my parents are ashamed of the way I was born-"
"That's not true Prince Draco, just talk to them and see what's holding them back. Now, make sure you tell your mother hello for me, and I'll see you next week with more details as to what I'll be baking."
"Thanks for the talk Mrs. Margaret, I'll see you soon!" Draco said as he left the bakery. He walked a few more paces before finding his guard Jeffrey and sent him on his way to the palace with the pastries.
For the past few weeks, he had taken to walking farther into the city before returning the palace. In response the number of police and guards in Orion increased on the weekends, but Draco enjoyed his walks nonetheless.
It was the only opportunity he had to talk to the only other male submissives he knew. Of course they couldn't discuss much as the oldest Nasir was eight and the youngest Nyx was just a baby; whom had been forced out of their home when their mother had given birth to Nyx and his twin brother, a male dominant. A month or so later, their previous father who was a very traditional man, chose to disown his two submissive sons and their mother did nothing to stop him.
He had found the two of them on accident, a week after they were kicked out of their house. Nasir had constructed a metal shelter for his younger brother, and had just come back from stealing baby formula, and diapers from the closest store. After Draco was able to return back to their alley with blankets, warmer clothes, and food for them, he gained Nasir's trust.
"Nasir?" he whispered stepping into the alley after ensuring no one was watching his movements. "Oh, are you okay? Why are you crying?"
The eight year old just curled further into himself, his sobs shaking his body.
"Nasir, talk to me." Draco said pulling the eight year old closer to him "Whatever the problem is, I can help you. I'm the Prince remember?."
"Can y-you protect us f-from hellhounds." Nasir sniffed letting Draco clean his face with a handkerchief he had in his pocket.
"Hellhounds? They don't live here Nasir, this is the Ice Kingdom. It's too cold for them to survive here."
"I-I went back to our house to get more things for Nyx and I...my dad he...he found me when I was leaving and...and he said-"
"It's okay Nasir, you're safe-"
"I'm not! We're not safe Draco! He said he would send hellhounds after us. He was a soldier in the fire nation before meeting mom, so he can give them enough power to find us."
"Then we have to move now. I'll take you to the royal palace, no hellhound will reach either of you there." Draco picked up the Nyx from his makeshift crib using the cleanest blankets available while Nasir packed a few full bottles and clean diapers in a plastic bag.
"How far is the palace from here?"
"A few minutes if I can find a policeman or guard to take us there. If not it's a half hour walking distance if we move quickly." Draco said making sure Nasir was in front of him to avoid losing him in the city crowds.
Nasir and Draco quickly wove themselves in and out of the busiest city streets, trying to increase the amount of effort the hounds would need to successfully track the two young submissives.
"We're almost there Nasir, those are the palace gates. Just a few more minutes and you both will be safe."
"Are you sure your parents will be okay with this?"
"Trust me Nasir, you will both be fin- Did you hear that?"
"Hear what? Draco what's wrong?" Nasir asked looking up into the blonde Prince's face.
"Nasir, take Nyx to the castle gates. There will be guards standing nearby, tell them there are hellhounds coming to the palace. They will have to listen and act on your words. Don't look back if you want to live."
"Draco? What about you?"
"I promised that I would protect you two, don't worry about me Nasir. Just run." Draco said looking down at the scared eight year old hands full with his younger brother. He quickly embraced the two, and made sure Nasir's grip of Nyx was strong before pushing him away.
"Remember! Tell them the hellhounds are coming!" Draco called after him before turning towards the street. The howl had sounded far off, but he knew he only had a few minutes before the hounds would reach him.
His right hand reached forward creating an ice wall that was several inches thick in front of him to slow down the hounds when they arrived. While his left hand quickly churned the clouds above creating snow to reduce the temperature, as colder weather would force the hounds to spend energy keeping their bodies warm while they tried to break through his wall.
He worked for a few minutes before he heard another howl. He only had a few more minutes before they would arrive.
Draco brough both hands together forming ice spikes before and after the wall, hoping that one or two hounds would injure themselves on the sharp ice. He hated animal cruelty, but he knew weakness in this moment would result in his death.
Time had run out.
Draco continued to create spikes and snow as the first hound was pierced by an ice spike. But these animals were smart and began breaking the sharpest points of the icicles off with their teeth.
The ice wall Draco had created was quickly destroyed after the first hound broke through, but thankfully one more hound was hurt by a spike as it tried to jump over them. There were only two left standing, as the third dog could not move after falling in a pile of snow.
He shot ice balls towards both dogs, they easily moved out of the way taking a moment to look at each other before leaping on top of Draco, easily overpowering him.
What was actually a two minutes time span seemed to last an hour as Draco's face was clawed, thighs bit, and back shredded under the sharp nails and fangs of the bloodthirsty dogs. His pain lessened when both dogs were quickly frozen by the castle guards who were sent to help him.
"Prince Draco! Don't worry, you're safe now." a guard said lightly freezing his wounds to slow the flow of blood, while the others began lighting their distress signals to alert the palace of trouble.
Draco watched as the red flames burst in the sky before everything disappeared.
"Doctor please!" Draco heard his mother begged desperately as he finally awoke "Can't you do anything?"
"I am sorry your majesty but I only have enough power to heal the wounds inflicted by the hounds. I cannot do what you ask for."
"Is there no one who has the power to do so?" his father asked pulling his crying mother closer.
"No magic, light or dark can perform better than I have. We are just lucky Prince Draco even survived given how much blood he lost. Forgive me for asking, but after speaking with the the eldest of the two children it is clear that their situation was not their fault. Please do not blame them, as the hounds were sent by their previous father who could not accept them for being male submissives."
"Of course! We are the only ones to be blamed as we made the decision to keep Draco's identity hidden. If we would have told the kingdom sooner, then no one would have dared to harm a male submissive." his mother replied composing herself "But are you sure there's nothing you can do?"
"Draco may have survived this attack, but he will live with the scars forever."