History of Atlantis- 3 legendary knights
Author's note: I hate Duel Masters, I have heaps of reasons. Any of you yugioh fans agree with me? Anyway thank you to people such as GigaBahamut & Seto's nice girl just to name a few to make my first story my most successful one. This is the first story that has reached the 100 mark in hits & I've only done 3 chapters. The 3 knights will have romance scenes (fluff as you call it) no male/male couples only heterosexual. I know disappointing for all you Yaoi fans & I don't & I never will WRITE anything on gay couples so don't bother pestering me. I just need to read a few more scenes of passionate kissing to get me inspired. Got it wrong the Atlanteans believed they were the children of Poseidon not Zeus.
In the centre of Atlantis stood a white castle, home to the royal family of Atlantis. This was the great palace of the royal family & had an ornate balcony with carving of monsters from the dominion of the beast decorating it. This balcony wasn't as high as the castle but it was enough to let one marvel at the splendour of Atlantis, its daily activities & was used for the occasional meeting of the city. The outer walls were rounded & shimmering with painted & a golden vine, leaves & flower black doorway. Within its walls was several buildings connected by a pathway like a swarm of rats, several courtyards of exotic trees & fruit with marvelous beauty.
At the 4 corners were tall towers overlooking the city. At the middle was the great white castle. The most familiar site was the king's balcony. The doors were large & red with an elaborate jeweled archway at the front. At the 4 corners were lesser towers with painted roofs joined to a block with several windows, marbled floors & decorative furniture. The roof in the middle was huge with dazzling carvings, shinning gems & a sparkling scarlet roof. Little did the citizens know including Doran & his kin had knowledge that the queen Akilina, wife of the jolly king Ironheart was expectant. Akilina had curled black hair & the sharp golden eyes of the eagle & a petite body. Most of the Atlanteans knew she was sick but never knew the causes. She had been shouting & panting in pain for what seem like hours now much to the dismay of Ironheart. Then to his overwhelming relief the shouting stopped & he began a rush to visit the room.
There in Akilina's hand was a sleeping baby with Ironheart's hair & Akilina's eyes. Proud of his heir & relieved for her wife he said "The ceremony must begin at once now that our son is born." "Indeed we must dear heart" she replied weakly & at once Ironheart took the nameless infant to the balcony & looked outwards to the city. Waiting patiently two armoured guards came to him at his orders & Ironheart turned to face them. In a oily tone he ordered "Ring the bells & order the men to blow the horns". When he said that he walked towards the throne, where his wife Akilina in her royal purple robes, golden tiara & green silk scarf soon joined her. She was wearing a lovely necklace of many gems on a fine metal chain & the main feature was the plain metallic artwork imported from Rome with a picture of a mother & son. This was one of the many traditions of the ceremony, suddenly a great roar of awakening & lively music boomed through the halls & city.
Men & woman gathered outside the castle, the crowd was so massive it was like a garden of grass. Peasants, nobles, foreigners, farmers, slaves, artisans, merchants & people of all occupation & every person right down to the infants were waiting excited outside staring at the white balcony. Then Ironheart & Akilina had stepped out of the throne room & lifted the child above their heads for all to see. The great crowd cheered & shouted blessings in such an uproar that it woke the child in a great fright. The infant had perfumes & fragrances released on it.
He was painted by pigments of the royal colours & juices & pure water were poured onto his head. The ceremony had came to it's final phase while palm leaves were fanning the prince & his parents a blue-hooded man repeated "I the representative of the people of Atlantis dub the child our future king & we recognize him as our King, our Protector ,the true heir of Atlantis & the Bloodline of Poseidon". He paused for a moment as he began again "Lord Poseidon accept your child as the next King of Atlantis. We the people of Atlantis accept you as our next king & heir to the great bloodline child of King Ironheart & Queen Akilina. By the sea water of our Lord Poseidon & the olive oil of Athena you will one day rule with just & wisdom. We anoint thee with the sacred blend Prince Dartz!" he shouted & at the end of the long speech he dipped his thumb into the bowl & made the sign of the Atlantis on his forehead.
Years went by since that fateful day when the knights were born & the knights were now active child with different unique personalities. The knights had grew to recognise Ironheart as a noble person & Dartz as a future king. However Critias was acquainted to Dartzyet rarelyplayed games with him. Timaeus being the son of a noble had the most access to Ironheart's heir & was a great companion to him.They would play games, tease the inferiors occasionally & enjoyed each other's presence & they were great friends almost inseperable. Hermos never saw the king & spent more time with his dad in the fields than in the civilian part of Atlantis.
Coincidentally all 3 of them were born the same day only under very different circumstances. That was what effected the person they grew up to be their very personality, nature & habit. They were each born into a different world although Atlantis was rich in all sorts of luxuries, like the rest of the world there was much difference in the environment of nobles, peasants, artisans, slaves & foreigners.
Life for Critias was never meant to be easy, he sighed as he thought about the mountain of a load of study & homework he would have to do after his break. "Why in Hades' name did my brother make himself a disgrace & I got landed into this position?" he muttered & questioned. Caesareo was trained to be a great librarian he was also popular due to his quick learning of magic from local tutor. However one day a spell went deeply wrong he accidentally got transported to a land of nymphs where he survived but returned a shock to everyone.
The endless torture came in the form of forced learning for him, he was forced unkindly to learn to be a nymph & dress like them. With as much magic he could summon within him he released himself from the grasp of the nymphs & returned. However he didn't return alive unscarred the endless day had shocked him into a feminine man & the family name of the librarians was also equally ruined. The reputation of Caesareo was no longer a popular young & handsome man but a womanly man dressing in girl's clothes & running around gracefully like a female, imitating a woman's voice & participating in female activities. Whenever he was on the street, he was ridiculed & became the laughing stock of many of their neighbour's jokes. If he began crying like a female & running more his reputation was ruined even more.
Caesareo still learnt magic & taught it to his brother sometimes in a womanly fashion. The reputation of the lineage of the official librarians had been deeply disgraced & dishonored; they were now the source of laughing entertainment everywhere. Even Caesareo's relatives were tormented where ever they went by friends or strangers. No-one ever thought they could recover from this great blow & tarnish of their pride.
Critias was chosen to then take his position as the next librarian he was forced into long & strict hours of homework & study. Like his relatives everywhere he went he was harassed about his brother. Critias dad was once a jolly, loving & talkative man now he was stern, secretive & moody. He no longer spent long times with his family on enjoyable activities or great feast. Instead he now spent ever-lasting days on a boat for unnecessary journeys to far away & exotic places rarely coming home. Critias was a silent, docile, gloomy & curious boy who loves to learn new things.
"Well, what do we have here boys. A soon to be gay & flirting female Critias" the older auburn-haired boy mocked him. "He'll make a good nymph wouldn't he" mocked another. "I can see him prancing around like a little girl right now" the tallest man added with glee. Critias could feel tears forming in his eye & a drop falled down his face despite his best efforts to blink it back. "Aww is the little baby girl starting to cry. You should run home like your freak of a brother & cry on your mother's shoulders" he crooned in an annoying baby tone creating more mocking & laughing. Finally Critias had enough & did a well-aimed punch at the leader's face. He was thrown back by the force when Critias' fist came in contact with his face.
He then stared at him his eyes burning with blind rage & his face showing the signs of anger & pain. His face had a torrent of blood dripping from his nose & after a long pause & a frightening death stare he spoke. "Cheap shot huh you weakling. YOU PATHETIC GIRL TAKE THIS!" & he forced Critias to his feet by aiming his fist at his groin. "That was for my face you stupid nymph" he shouted as his body was burning with the presence that rivaled the anger of Leto's twins. The rest of the gang joined in & began hitting, stomping or kicking Critias maliciously without any remorse. He tried to defend by hitting them back but the gang quickly overwhelmed him.
A boy with red hair was running through the crowd when he saw what was happening to Critias. He had mud on his dirty face, bushy hair & was wearing dilapidated clothing. Thinking quickly yet with reluctance he took a rock & threw it at the auburn-haired leader & drew his attention to himself. "Leave him alone!" he shouted & began fighting the entire gang of common thugs.
Author's note: Who is this boy who came to Critias need? What is the stranger's name? Also I enjoy writing this chapter it does express things from real life. E.g. getting tormented by a gang, person helping a stranger when his getting mobbed & family conflict & I'm sorry for you if any of the events or situation of the characters reflects your life & everyone does go through bullying like Critias & Caesareo. You just have to learn how to deal with it.
The boy is obvious in a way & right now the knights are in their childhood at 8 year old. The story will continue to include the conflicts & hardship faced in everyday life & in everyone's social life. The hardships faced by the knights are real & the spoilers I'll give you is that the 3 legendary knights will be living in a fantasy setting of Atlantis but like all humans they will each suffer their personal hardships that will likewise include the rest of the characters. Remember to review I'm low on ideas for the other fan fiction. My holidays are coming soon so I wish everyone Merry Christmas & a Happy New year. I'm certainly enjoying this first time writing of the 3 legendary knights as much as you enjoy reading it.