Part 1
The whole kingdom was celebrating, had been in fact since the announcement came announcing the birth of the Crown Prince Alexander and his twin sister Princess Tessandra. Up in his tower the kings cousin, Edward, stood staring at the festivities below a scowl on his weathered face. The brats would ruin everything. All he had planned and worked for since he was a teen. Turning away from the window in disgust he turned to the small group assembled in front of him.
"You have failed, you should have killed the infants before they were born."
"We're sorry my Lord, we tried but the queen was heavily protected..."
"No excuses, if you had done your job right in the first place there would have been no children to complicate things. My patience is wearing thin, I am giving you two days to figure out a way to get rid of the infants or I will be severly displeased."
"Yes my Lord..."
"You may go then." The man said watching his frightened servants leave his office, when all but one was gone a teen came out of the shadows where he had been watching.
"Father you are not going to let those peasants get away with failing you." A teen with dark hair said glaring at the small group that had bungled so many of his father's plans.
"There are other ways to get what we want without waiting for these imbecils to get their act together."
"No they will be dealt with, tell me your plan Nicholas." The man asked his son
"Yes father, the other royals and the peasants would revolt now if the infants were to die. It is too late to kill them without their deaths being noticed, but what if we were to replace them with children of our line then we would have a legitimate claim after we made a move against the King and Queen."
"I assume you have procured the children we would need to replace the infant prince and princess."
"Yes father." Nicholas said before turning to look at his bodyguard. "Bring them in."
The guard left coming back shortly pulling along a servant the man recognized from the palace and a scientist loyal to him. The servant was obviously pregnant, and looking like she could have the child any moment.
"She is having a girl, Micah confirmed it. If it is born now it will not look suspicious when she is swapped with the princess. The peasants will have no idea she is not their precious princess, nor will the King and Queen."
Lord Edward looked at the girl huddled on the floor, smiling evily as he reached out his hand to touch her cheek enjoying the whimper that escaped her, before grabbing her chin and forcing her to look at him. Examining her features. Her tangled and matted blond hair, her crystal blue eyes wide with fright, and her overly thin body only marred by the swell of her stomach.
"She will do." He said the plan begining to come together in his mind, "And what of the boy?"
"Now that is trickier, Micah will explain it better than me." Nicholas said motioning the scientist, his most trusted advisor forward.
"My lord, with the help of Sir Nicholas and the Granolith I have managed to find a way to make someone younger, to reverse time. With this process I will be able to make someone an infant again, they will grow up normally afterward." Micah said evenly
"I have volunteered father, I have not been seen since I returned, you can tell everyone I died, kill the true prince and princess, and me and the baby will be in place to secure your claim to the throne." Nicholas continued with the plan.
"Yes that will work...you are a genius my son. Put it into motion."
"Yes father." Nicholas said leaving with Micah and the servant girl.
Edward looked once again out the window of his room, a smile spreading across his face at the plan that was about to be put into motion. Soon his cousins children would be out of the picture, then he could work on regaining the throne that would have been his if his father had been in his right mind. The kingdom would be his.
The whole kingdom was celebrating, had been in fact since the announcement came announcing the birth of the Crown Prince Alexander and his twin sister Princess Tessandra. Up in his tower the kings cousin, Edward, stood staring at the festivities below a scowl on his weathered face. The brats would ruin everything. All he had planned and worked for since he was a teen. Turning away from the window in disgust he turned to the small group assembled in front of him.
"You have failed, you should have killed the infants before they were born."
"We're sorry my Lord, we tried but the queen was heavily protected..."
"No excuses, if you had done your job right in the first place there would have been no children to complicate things. My patience is wearing thin, I am giving you two days to figure out a way to get rid of the infants or I will be severly displeased."
"Yes my Lord..."
"You may go then." The man said watching his frightened servants leave his office, when all but one was gone a teen came out of the shadows where he had been watching.
"Father you are not going to let those peasants get away with failing you." A teen with dark hair said glaring at the small group that had bungled so many of his father's plans.
"There are other ways to get what we want without waiting for these imbecils to get their act together."
"No they will be dealt with, tell me your plan Nicholas." The man asked his son
"Yes father, the other royals and the peasants would revolt now if the infants were to die. It is too late to kill them without their deaths being noticed, but what if we were to replace them with children of our line then we would have a legitimate claim after we made a move against the King and Queen."
"I assume you have procured the children we would need to replace the infant prince and princess."
"Yes father." Nicholas said before turning to look at his bodyguard. "Bring them in."
The guard left coming back shortly pulling along a servant the man recognized from the palace and a scientist loyal to him. The servant was obviously pregnant, and looking like she could have the child any moment.
"She is having a girl, Micah confirmed it. If it is born now it will not look suspicious when she is swapped with the princess. The peasants will have no idea she is not their precious princess, nor will the King and Queen."
Lord Edward looked at the girl huddled on the floor, smiling evily as he reached out his hand to touch her cheek enjoying the whimper that escaped her, before grabbing her chin and forcing her to look at him. Examining her features. Her tangled and matted blond hair, her crystal blue eyes wide with fright, and her overly thin body only marred by the swell of her stomach.
"She will do." He said the plan begining to come together in his mind, "And what of the boy?"
"Now that is trickier, Micah will explain it better than me." Nicholas said motioning the scientist, his most trusted advisor forward.
"My lord, with the help of Sir Nicholas and the Granolith I have managed to find a way to make someone younger, to reverse time. With this process I will be able to make someone an infant again, they will grow up normally afterward." Micah said evenly
"I have volunteered father, I have not been seen since I returned, you can tell everyone I died, kill the true prince and princess, and me and the baby will be in place to secure your claim to the throne." Nicholas continued with the plan.
"Yes that will work...you are a genius my son. Put it into motion."
"Yes father." Nicholas said leaving with Micah and the servant girl.
Edward looked once again out the window of his room, a smile spreading across his face at the plan that was about to be put into motion. Soon his cousins children would be out of the picture, then he could work on regaining the throne that would have been his if his father had been in his right mind. The kingdom would be his.