Chapter 1 of 'The Secret of France' is up! I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1-The Beginning

(Lafayette's POV)

8 years later, I thought I was going to have to stay in my room, but I didn't. When I became 18, I immediately went off to America by ship, putting on gloves while doing so. During the boat ride, I got the most horrible news: My parents were killed in a shipwreck during a horrible storm. I was crying so much, I didn't think I would run out of tears to cry out at all. Serena, she was 10 at the time, and now she's 11. She's still alive, thankfully. Amara, she's 16 now. Abigail is 14. And James is at least 12 now.

I'm now 19, and it sucks for me to have to leave France, but it was for the best. I continued saying my special phrase to myself every morning and every night, but my powers have been in control.

After I landed in America, I met a man named Alexander Hamilton who, too, had powers of his own, except his is less fatal than mine. He has normal ice powers that go out of control once in a while, he said, but he's fine.

I also met two other men: John Laurens and Hercules Mulligan.

Laurens is a cool man. He loves turtles, and I often let him speak to my turtle Gilbert (Yes, the turtle was named after me) every once in a while.

I have a huge crush on Mulligan, and he has a crush on me back. Cool.

Now, I was waiting to go on a vacation to Paris, my home location. It was the winter, so now was the perfect time to go on a vacation to Paris. I let Hamilton, Laurens, and Mulligan come with me.

We hopped on the ship to Paris, feeling all excited. Especially me.

We hopped on the ship during the summer, and we landed in the winter. Sweet!

We hopped off the ship, wandering around in Paris until I found the main castle. I ran inside, all excited. I was greeted by a guard.

"Prince Gilbert! We were waiting for you!" the guard said.

"Why?" I asked the guard.

"Your coronation!" the guard replied.

"Coronation?" I asked, confused.

"We were going to give the crown to your Aunt Miriam, but we decided to give the crown to you" the guard replied.

I began to cry.

"Lafayette, what's wrong?" Alexander asked.

"Nothing's wrong" I replied, "Those are happy tears".

Alexander smiled at me.

"That's good" he said.

I went inside the castle.

"The coronation isn't today. It's 3 days from now" the guard said.

"Okay" I said.

Alexander went over to me.

"Lafayette, is Thursday going to be your coronation day?" he asked me.

"Oui" I replied.

We hugged each other, happy crying. Laurens and Mulligan joined in the hug, also happy crying. I'm sure the coronation will go really well. I hope so...

Translations:

Oui=Yes

Wow! That was definitely a huge surprise for Laf! I do not own Hamilton!