Well guys, took a test today. Do you know the cure from taking it?
It's FF writing of course!
Also, again, I hope you guys are wishing for Skyler the Elf Owl to get better as she is staying in the hospital!
Let's get back to it!
New Prince Part 3: New Family
Diaglo slowly opened his eyes and looked around him. He was in a bed, with the covers tightly wrapped around him, his head laying down on soft pillows. A fire was lit in a small fireplace near the bed, keeping him toasty and warm.
"Where am I?" He said softly, really confused at where he was.
"Why you are at the castle, my little one." A female voice spoke.
The "voice" came up and sat down on the bed, smiling and putting her wing on Diaglo's head.
"Is that you, my queen?" Diaglo asked, still feeling sick from that awful day.
"Yes, it is." Jewel replied. "I am so glad you are awake, you were out for a few days and we brought you here and kept you warm. I will be back."
And Jewel left while Diaglo thought about what happened, he last remembered his body shutting down from being in the water and then suddenly he felt himself being freed from that watery prison. He then remembered seeing the king looking down at him with tears.
"That really happened?" He asked himself, while still laying down with the covers over him. To be honest, Diaglo really enjoyed the warmth he felt from being tucked in the bed and seeing the fireplace alive, made him feel relaxed and happy.
A few minutes later, the door opened and in walked the royal family, all with faces of relief as they saw Diaglo feeling much better.
"Your majesty." Diaglo said and tried getting up, but Blu stopped him.
"No, it's okay, stay, you need the warmth still." Blu replied, holding up his wing for Diaglo to stay put. "How are you feeling?"
"To be honest, your majesty, I feel very comfortable and warm, thank you for your hospitality."
"Oh it's nothing, I am glad you are feeling much better now." Then Blu felt he needed to ask an important question, but some part of him took him it would be rude, but he really needed to know.
"Diaglo, I have to know. How did you end up in a circus and why are you not with your parents?" Blu asked, feeling horrible for asking.
"It's something I rarely talk about, but I will tell you." Diaglo hung his head low.
"Please go on." Blu said as he sat down next to Jewel besides the bed and held onto her. Ethan, Bia, Carla, and Tiago were also there and got their full attention on Diaglo.
"It all started a few years ago, when I was still just a few weeks old…"
Diaglo, with his parents Andrio and Lilac, were taking a relaxing horseback ride through the quiet and peaceful forest. Young, newborn Diaglo was resting peacefully in Lilac's wings. She smiled down at her little son and Andrio looked too, also smiling.
"Such a little angel." Lilac said softly and rocked her child to sleep and gave him a kiss on the head.
"He is." Andrio replied.
Diaglo yawned and pressed his body against the warm belly feathers of his mother, smiling in his sleep.
The family was still riding when all of a sudden a black cockatoo on horseback cut in front of them, sword out and pointing to the family.
"Give me the child!" He yelled.
"Run!" Andrio yelled and the family rode away as fast as they could.
However Andrio stopped after a short distance, the cockatoo still following them.
"Lilac go! I will stall him."
"But…"
"Just go!" Andrio shouted and Lilac kept on riding, with tears in her eyes.
Eventually she forced herself to stop and turn around to look at Andrio, what she saw shocked her to the bone. The cockatoo stabbed Andrio with his sword and Andrio feel down, motionless.
Lilac cried and continued on her way, however in her haste while escaping, Diaglo fell off and when he hit the ground, he woke up.
"Mom!" He shouted out, Lilac turning around once more and saw Diaglo and the cockatoo standing over him.
"Please don't hurt me." Diaglo cried.
"Hurt you? No it will be much worse than that." The cockatoo laughed and he put his talons on Diaglo's eyes, ruining his vision and then the most terrible, he cut his leg off with his sword. Diaglo felt himself becoming weak and blood leaked from his now cut off leg.
The cockatoo was about to completely kill Diaglo, however Lilac came up and knocked down the cockatoo with all her weight, the two then engaged in a fight. However Lilac managed to get out some words.
"Diaglo run! Now!"
"But mom." The little chick cried.
"You can do it son, I love you." Was the last words Diaglo heard from his mom before running off as fast as he could. Luckily, the cockatoo lost sight of Diaglo as soon as he killed Lilac.
"No!" The cockatoo shouted with Lilac dead at his talons.
As the days passed Diaglo was taken in by a family, who treated his leg and gave him a peg to replace the gone leg. As soon as Diaglo learned to walk with it, he decided to go out and go out by himself in the kingdom and even thought he was physically challenged and had weak eyesight, he did not let that deter him from going on with his life. Diaglo even discovered that he possessed magic that he did not know he had when with his parents.
Eventually Diaglo stumbled across the circus chickens, and after Diaglo showed them his new magical abilities, the chickens decided to recruit him into their group. Diaglo, after some thought, decided to join and since spent his life doing magic and comedic acts for the circus.
"And well came the day I met your majesties." Diaglo finished taking his life story to the royal family.
"Well that was heart saddening." Jewel replied, tears streaming down her face.
"Well, your majesties, as soon as I feel better, I would like to go out and leave you."
"Why, what will you do?" Blu asked.
"I don't know, I want to find my purpose in life."
Blu suddenly smiled.
"Well you can forget about leaving anytime soon."
"What do you mean, your majesty?" Diaglo asked, confused.
"I am saying that you are welcome into this family, no way am I letting you go out alone into the kingdom."
Diaglo was speechless at this. "Your majesty, I don't know what to say, thank you." He said slowly.
"You're welcome."
"Yay!" Bia yelled out. "We have a new brother!" And she hugged Diaglo tightly, him blushing heavily from this.
In the time that followed, Diaglo's life changed completely.
He was adopted by the royal family and he was made a prince of the family. He had eyeglasses specially made for him so that he can see well. Bia became more than a sibling to him, he was her best friend, they both shared their love of learning and reading books. Carla and Tiago also loved Diaglo, Carla loved how Diaglo had an extremely good singing voice and Tiago wanted Diaglo to teach him how to do his magic.
Even the adults in the family loved him like he was their own. Ethan enjoyed teaching Diaglo about magic and also learning from him as well. Finally Ethan had a nephew he actually liked (no offense Tiago!). Blu and Jewel loved him as much as they did to their own birth children and treated him with as much love as a parent can.
As for Diaglo himself, he had his own prince clothes as well as his own little crown on top of his head. He enjoyed his new family and the wonders of the castle, learning many new things and spending family time that he never got as a child.
Not too bad for a disabled and blind chick who had a tough life to begin with and now he was a prince and part of the royal family, enjoying his many years to follow.
The End.
