Thank you so very much for all of you who reviewed..! I didn't think people would take such a liking to the story! Well anyway here is chapter 2 enjoy..! This is dedicated to my dear friend Prince Marth-sama! Thank you for your support..!
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Chapter 2: Awaking:
Cold so very cold… The world around him was surrounded in complete darkness and he kept falling into it.
The air around him musty and stiff, stale from misuse of human breathing. His chest felt heavy as his body continued to fall, eyes piercing from the darkness glaring at him with such hate.
Suddenly, the world got slowly lighter it illuminated in a soft a soft light making the world around him light once more.
It was the flicker of candle light that had awoken the prince from his unconscious state, He groaned sitting up rubbing behind his head that throbbed so very painfully.
"Oh good you have awakened..!" a gentle voice replied. From what Marth could tell the voice had belonged to a woman certainly not the frightful voice he had hear earlier. Curiously he peered over to his left there sat at the chair was a girl no older than seven years young. Her obsidian cerulean eyes observing him in a worried manner.
"Are you feeling better now mister…?" her small voice asked her head cocked at its left, sapphire ringlets slipping over her shoulder.
Marth nodded slowly, gazing at her in a curious manner. "I am doing better but may I ask who are you?"
The girl smiled showing off her set of pearly whites. "Oh! My name is Hana how do you do? From what I hear you're a prince correct?"
"Hello young Hana it's a pleasure to meet you and yes I am prince Marth of Altea But...How did you know that?" his eyebrows knit together in confusion.
The girl known as Hana gave a cheeky grin swaying her legs back fourth.
"I could hear you and brother talking from the stairway!"
"T-that man was your brother…?!" the Altea prince stated in shock.
Hana nodded, her small curls bouncing about as she did. "Yes he's my older brother, Ike. I'm sorry if he scared you! He doesn't take lightly to people he doesn't know not since the invasion…" She frowned trailing off.
"Invasion…?"
"Well you see about 7 years ago around the time I was born the land of Gallia was attacked by foreign kingdom. My father was training my brother to become a mercenary since the day he was born so that one day Ike could one day lead a military force for the purpose of restoring an entire nation…B-but unfortunately the day of the invasion Ike and I lost our father to the invaders. From there things only grew worst, the kingdom fell and was left to crumble." She paused looking up to the ceiling. "And now the building you see now is what is left of the kingdom of Gallia."
Marth froze staring at the young girl in pure shock. Was that what this building was…? Was it true that this once the great kingdom of Gallia?
"I… I am sorry for your loss…" The prince lowered his gaze to the crimson sheets he lain upon gripping at them gently.
"I-it's alright I didn't know what was going on at the time, my brother on the other hand took this harder…"
"Now I understand why he had attacked me it's only what he has been taught but… I do not understand why it you both are living here in this castle?"
"We had nowhere to go this was the only place we could call home." The young girl sighed looking about the bedroom in wonder. "You know this room hasn't been used since that day, you're our very first visitor Mister Marth."
The feminine male gave a small smile patting the small girl's head.
"I am honored to be your first guest; it may not have been the warmest welcoming…" Marth shivered gripping tighter to the sheets. "But I am happy to be here and being talked to by a kind young girl."
Hana's face lit up like a Christmas tree from the Altea prince's kind words giving the older boy a gentle hug.
"You're very kind! I'm sure once my brother sees that he'll let you free!"
Marth blinked knitting his brows looking to Hana dumbstruck. "What do you mean set me free..?"
"Opps! I guess you didn't know you're now my brother prisoner…!" she lifted her small hands to her mouth as gaped into a tiny "O" shape.
"W-what do you mean prisoner?"
"Sorry Mister Marth you're just going to have to find that out from Ike!"
Prisoner…? What was going on? What did this girl mean by prisoner?
Either way it didn't look good inside the prince couldn't help but feel it was a huge mistake leaving his home in the first place.
Sorry that this chapter wasn't as long as I was hoping but I hope you liked it none the less!
This chapter was mainly meant for explaining and such I hope you all don't mind Hana; I wanted to incorporate another character into the story so I hope you all do not mind..!
