A/N
Guest- You actually are my favourite reviewer, because you make me think of things that I would have never thought of adding to my story and you make me reflect on some things I wish I had put into it. And at first I was against putting the 10 year skip, but the more I thought about it the more ideas I thought of on how I can use the timeskip to add additional things so yeah I will be adding the 10 year timeskip when it comes to it
Chapter VI: A King's Departure
For Generations Insomnia had been Isolated from the rest of Remnant by a magical barrier maintained by its King and using the power of a crystal sent to the people of Lucii by the gods. 20 years ago Insomnia was forced to intervene in a war started by the totalitarian kingdom, Niflheim. Niflheim went after the 4 other kingdoms in Remnant; Vale, Mistral, Vacuo, and Mantle all fell to the advanced technology of Niflheim. Niflheim's total control over all kingdoms was in sight until Regis, King of Insomnia turned the forces of Insomnia towards Niflheim and with the power of the crystal and the gods on his side King Regis and the army of Insomnia were able to push back Niflheim and aid the other kingdoms and forced Niflheim into submission. After the war Niflheim was forced to pay for all the damage they had caused, pushing them back financially and crushing the pride of the kingdom. The 4 kingdoms were able to rebuild with the help of Insomnia and were returned to their former glory. Years after the war had ended Insomnia and Niflheim were still considered arch enemies, until 20 years after the war Ledolas Aldercapt, Emperor of Niflheim and Regis Lucis Caelum, king of Insomnia had agreed on a peace treaty between the 2 kingdoms, hoping to end the feud and help each other move forward.
"Are you sure about this ceremony,Regis? I can send Huntsman to overlook the ceremony, just in case."
"You worry too much Ozpin. This is meant to be the day Remnant puts the past in the past and keeps it there. After today all of Remnant will unite under one cause."
Ozpin lets out a defeated sigh as he knows that once King Regis makes up his mind about something there's no changing it "Very well then, do be careful at least my friend."
"Anyway I do recall I called you for an update on my sons, Ozpin."
"Noctis and Prompto passed the test with flying colours, Regis. You needn't worry about your boys, they're quite strong."
"I know I can count on you, Ozpin. I must go make sure everything is in place for the ceremony. Do send my regards to my sons."
"Will do, your Highness."
King Regis hangs up his scroll and sets it on a table. His friend and old Huntsman teammate, and father of Gladiolus, Clarus walks into the room and sees that King Regis had just got off the phone with their old teammate.
"How's Ozpin?"
"Still the same Ozpin we knew, He's a bit skeptic about the treaty." King Regis said as he took a seat by his fireplace. "We've always said he worried too much."
Clarus walks over to King Regis and takes a seat next to him "Well he does have right for concern. Niflheim hasn't always been trustworthy, you know. Maybe we should heed Ozpin's word and let him send some Huntsman."
"No." King Regis said as he looked at the fire rise "If Huntsman begin to show up on the day of the signing ceremony, Niflheim will think we have little trust in them."
"But we do…"
"And this treaty is meant to change that. We must believe that they want to move forward as much as we do."
Clarus lets out a sigh and looks at his old friend "You always were so hard headed, now I see where Noctis gets it from."
The two friends share a chuckle and then a silence falls between them. Clarus gets up from his seat and straightens his Uniform "I'm going to make sure the preparations are in order for the signing ceremony." Clarus then walks to the door of King Regis' office type room and exits, leaving the King alone with his thoughts.
King Regis continues to look into the fire and looks down at a ring on his left ring finger and sighs "May the Gods watch over us."
It is the day of the treaty ceremony between the Imperialists of Niflheim and the people of Lucii. King Regis sits on his throne as one of his personal guards, Cor comes in the throne room.
"My lord, you have a visitor from Niflheim." Cor says as he bows in front of the King.
"A visitor? Before the ceremony?" The King asks with a raised brow with curiosity "And who is our Niflheim guest?"
"The Chancellor, your Grace."
"The Chancellor? Very well bring him in."
Cor walks back outside the throne room and enters a minute later with a middle aged man with red-velvet hair, amber eyes. He is wearing a long, black jacket that has a white and gray tim, matching trousers, a red scarf, and a hooded white and gray mantle on his shoulders, and a black fedora.
"Chancellor Ardyn Izunia, at your service." Ardyn says as he removes his fedora and bows in front of the King.
"And what do we owe the pleasure of your visit before the ceremony, Chancellor?"
"I was merely sent to make sure everything is ready for the ceremony. It is a very big day for all of us, your grace."
"You needn't worry, Chancellor."
"I'm sure I don't have to, your grace. And what of the Prince? Shouldn't he be by his father's side on this glorious day for both Insomnia and Niflheim?"
"The whereabouts of the Prince is none of your concern, Chancellor." The King said with a bit of suspicion in his voice.
"Of course not. Your grace. Seeing that everything looks to be set for the ceremony, I shall take my leave. Until the ceremony, your grace." Ardyn says as he bows and exits the throne room.
As the Chancellor makes his way out of the throne room, Cor enters and walks towards the throne. Cor notices a look of worry on KIng Regis and shows worry for his old friend.
"Is everything alright, your Grace?"
"Have you spoken to Noctis lately?"
"Yes, your grace. Noctis, Prompto, Ignis, and Gladio have all made it to Beacon in one peace."
"Good." King Regis says as a small, but noticeable smile appears on his face.
Just then one of King Regis' Kingsglaive comes rushing into the throne room with a look of worry on his face.
"My Lord! Niflheim has not come alone!"
"Excuse me? Explain yourself, Glaive." Cor said as he looked at the Glaive with a confused look.
"They've brought ships. Outside of the Kingdom, and not just any ships. Warships. They're planning to attack."
"Are you certain of this?" Cor asked
"Yes! Why else would they bring warships to a treaty ceremony?" The Glaive rushes to the King's side and kneels down "King Regis, I Implore you to dispatch the Kingsglaive."
"It seems my fears have come to pass." King Regis then turns to the Glaive and motions for him to rise up from his kneeling position "What is your name, Glaive?
"Nyx, your Grace."
"Very well, Nyx. Give word to dispatch the Glaive, you will lead. Do not engage the warships until it is certain that they are here for a fight, you understand?"
"Yes, your grace. We will be on stand by." Nyx then rushes for the exit and leaves the King and Cor.
"Should we cancel the ceremony?"
"Of course not. If we cancel the ceremony, Niflheim will suspect something. We must carry on as if nothing is wrong." King Regis says in a confident tone as he tries to convince his friend that everything is under control. "Cor, you must leave Insomnia."
"What?! I can't! I must stick by your side no matter what!"
King Regis then goes to Cor and puts his hands on his shoulders "I ask you to leave Insomnia, not as your King, but as your friend. If something indeed does happen, you must get to Noctis and warn him."
Cor looks down and clenches his fists out of frustration "Very well, Reggie." Cor then looks at his friend and puts his hands on his shoulders "Be careful while I'm gone, okay?
"Cor, it's me we're talking about." King Regis says as he offers a smile.
"Which is exactly why I'm telling you to be careful." Cor said with a chuckle.
"Take care, my friend."
Cor then turns away from his friend and heads for the door leading out of the throne room.
King Regis then heads back to his throne and takes a seat and lets out a sigh "I am sorry, Noctis…"
Later
The Imperials are all in the room where the treaty is to be signed. The Emperor is seated on one of the seats in front of the treaty with a seat next to him, meant for King Regis. The Imperials await King Regis' arrival to begin the treaty ceremony. Minutes later King Regis enters the treaty room with his guards behind him. He takes a seat next to Emperor and the treaty is brought to them.
"Sorry for the delay, Emperor." The King says as he takes his seat "There was an unforeseen intrusion that needed to be dealt with."
"I sure do hope everything is under control, King Regis."
"Oh yes, everything is quite alright. My Kingsglaive are handling the situation as we speak."
"That is good to hear, your highness." The Emperor says with a grin present on his face. "We wouldn't want anything to ruin this historic day."
"That we do not."
Just then one of the Emperor's men comes to his ear and says something King Regis does not hear. The Emperor then gets up from his seat "Please excuse me, I must see about some preparations, it shouldn't be but a moment."
The Emperor then heads out the treaty room leaving his men behind. Moments after the Emperor makes his exit, Clarus receives a call on his scroll
"Hello?"
"Sir, it was a diversion!' Nyx says over the sound of fighting in the background.
"What do you mean?"
"As soon as we made it near the warship we were surrounded, they knew we were coming! It was all a diversion to get our attentions away from the real target, the crystal!"
Just then an army of Imperial soldiers walk into the room with their weapons drawn. King Regis' guards then draw their weapons and so do the Imperial soldiers that were left there. King Regis then summons his weapons and aims them at the Imperials. Just then the Imperials surround King Regis' soldiers and a man in Imperial armour walks from in front of the Imperial soldiers.
"Hello, King Regis."
"General Glauca." King Regis says as he eyes the General. "Where is the Emperor?"
"On his way back to Niflheim. He left me in charge of getting rid of the bugs."
General Glauca charges at King Regis, but his soldiers run in front of him taking the brunt of the swing of the General's sword. King Regis then attacks Glauca, He summons his broadsword and swings at the General who easily parries the King's attacks. King Regis' men then charge at the Imperial soldiers as the King battles the General. The King's soldiers easily defeat the Imperial soldiers with the help of the King's magic and they soon join their KIng at his side and surround General Glauca.
"No one shall be leaving this room alive." The General says as he points his sword towards the soldiers. The soldiers get in front of King Regis to protect him and they lunge at the General. General Glauca parries their attacks without any trouble and takes them out with one swing of his greatsword. The King's men fall at the hands of the General, leaving only King Regis and his right hand Clarus, father of Gladio standing.
"It's been a long time since I've fought by your side, Old friend." Clarus says to King Regis as he unsheathes his sword.
"Yes, but this time it is not your fight, if you wish to leave, go now."
"And abandon my King? We've been in worse situations back when we were Huntsman, besides our magic is bound to you. If you fall, Insomnia falls."
"Then let us once more into the fray." King Regis says as he summons his sword.
General Glauca then lunges at them and pushes them back with one swing. Clarus attacks the General who parries his attacks, King Regis takes advantage at the fact that the General's attention is turned towards his friend and launches his summoned arsenal at the General causing damage to his armour. Glauca grabs Clarus by his collar and tosses him to the side and leaps towards King Regis. He strikes down at the King, but he summon his weapons just in time and blocks the powerful attack. The two are at a standstill as both swordsman uses all their strength to out strength the other. King Regis begins to give in, but before Glauca could attack Clarus comes from behind the General and attempts to attack him from behind. Glauca turns just Clarus is about to swing and catches his blade. He kicks Clarus in the chest, making him lose his grip on his sword, Glauca then grabs Clarus and tosses him to the wall. Glauca then launches Clarus' sword at him, pinning him to the wall.
"Clarus!" King Regis yells, anger filling his voice. He turns towards Glauca and filled by rage he summons his crystallized arsenal and sends a barrage of slashes to the General, causing heavy damage to his armour.
The General falls to his knees and King Regis strikes down at the General for the killing blow, but he stops it. King Regis uses all his might to push down on the sword, but is easily outstrengthed by the General. Glauca stands back up and pushes back the King, into the wall. King Regis summons his sword and lunges at Glauca, but the General stops the sword with his hand and pulls King Regis towards him and cuts off the King's left hand.
"Ahhhhhhh!" The King screams in pain.
Glauca then turns towards the King and kicks him in his gut, sending him flying back to the wall. He then picks up the King's hand and pulls off the ring that Regis had wore. He then begins to slowly make his way to the King and Raises his sword, to deliver the killing blow "Don't worry, your highness. The Prince will soon join you." He is then attacked from behind before he could finish off King Regis and drops his sword. He turns towards the attacker and sees Nyx with his daggers. Nyx tosses his daggers at the General and warps to them, He battles the General, giving King Regis a chance at escape. Nyx attacks Glauca with a fury of quick slashes to his armour as he dodges the General's heavy attacks.
King Regis makes his way to a hidden Elevator and opens up the door. Nyx slashes at Glauca's knee causing him to fall over.
"Quickly, this way!" The King motions for Nyx to follow him. Nyx tosses his daggers towards the elevator and warps to them as the elevator door closes.
"I believe this is yours, my King." Nyx says as he hands over the ring Glauca had taken from the King.
King Regis looks at the ring and closes Nyx's hand. "This leads to a secret passageway, you must follow it. Once you are away make for Vale, Noctis is a student at Beacon… Nyx, you must take this ring to my son, it is vital to not only Insomnia's survival, but all of Remnant that he gets it."
"You knew this was going to happen, didn't you?"
"Yes… But it was the only way to assure Noctis would make it out of Insomnia without the Imperial's acknowledgement."
Upon hearing the King's reasoning of going along with the facade of a treaty, he begins to get angry "Is that the way of our King? Sacrifice his people to save his son?"
"To save Remnant…" The King said as he continued to lose blood from his missing hand. "Please make sure Noctis gets that ring, This is not an order from a King to his Glaive. This is a plea from one man to another. For the future of Remnant."
The elevator door then opens up and Nyx and King Regis make their way towards the passage. Nyx continues to down the passage and turns to see King Regis has stopped. King Regis looks at Nyx and summons a magical barrier that separates them.
"Your highness, what are you doing? We can still make it out!"
"The future of Remnant lies with you now, Nyx. When you see my son, tell him that I am sorry that I have placed this burden on him. Godspeed."
Nyx clenches his fist and reluctantly accepts the task that his King has asked of him. He turns towards the exit of the passageway and leaves the King.
Regis watches as Nyx makes his way out of the passageway and tears begin to form in his eyes "Noctis… My son, my heir. You are the key to our redemption, only you can restore the light, only you… Can reclaim the throne."
Trembling then comes from the elevator and Regis turns to see the Elevator shaft open up and General Glauca makes his way out of the shaft. He unsheathes his sword and bows towards King Regis. Regis drops his cane that he had been using for support and Glauca starts to charge towards him and Regis summons his sword and the two cross blades.
"Behold the King of Lucis." Glauca said as he toyed with the now one handed King. "Who hoarded tranquility within his precious walls. Where is your tranquility now, King? Here is your peace, by steel's swift descent." Glauca parries the sword out of Regis' hand and plunges his sword into the King's chest.
Regis falls to the floor and Glauca stands over him with his sword pointed towards Regis' neck "You will meet your end here, King Regis. Then I will hunt down Noctis, and he will die just like you. Pathetic and weak." He then slowly sticks his sword into Regis' chest and stares into the dying King's eyes as his soul slowly leaves his body.
Nyx makes his way out of Insomnia and stands on a low mountain top that looks over the Kingdom. He watches as Imperial ships begin to descend onto the Kingdom and Imperial soldiers make their way into the once peaceful Kingdom. Nyx looks at the ring that Regis had entrusted him with and clenches his hand "You better be worth it, kid."
To be continued….