17 years later
A young prince sat in front of his father while the older man ranted and raved. His dark black hair covered stormy blue eyes that stared on in amusement and boredom. His slim, well tone body slouched in the chair. Hoping his father would finish and tell him why he had called for him.
" Endymion, I need you to travel to Elysion and deal with the uprising of the people." The king boomed seeing his sons lack of attention.
" Why me, send some of your advisors, they are better trained in these matters?"
"Because you are my son and the future king. YOU need to learn how to handle these kinds of situations. If you don't fix this we will have another problem on our hands. Have you not forgotten all the resistance that have been going on in the last year. This situation has started knocking on our door and soon we will have a much bigger war on our hands." The king barked annoyed at his sons lack of interest in political matters.
" Fine" Endymion sighed " When am I supposed to leave"
" First thing in the morning, its at least a two weeks ride. You and the generals need to get things settled as soon as possible"
" As you wish" Prince Endymion sighed again overly irritated with the whole situation.
" So, What did your father say" Nephrite asked as his prince sat unceremoniously in the chair next to Zoicite.
" He wants us to go to Elysion and try keep the village form revolting like the others." Endymion sighed defeated.
Zocite looked up from his book with a raised eye brow " When do we leave?"
" Ugh… in the morning, is this man insane" Endymion ranted " I have better things to do then this"
" Haha ya like Bella" Jadeite laughed
" I never did anything with that crazy wench" Endymion growled, glaring at his friend and general.
Jadeite threw his hands up defensively " whoa, man I was just kidding."
" That is enough, if we leave in the morning we best get ready." Kunzite stated as he left the room.
" Lets get this over with." Nephrite muttered as he headed after Kunzite and was quickly followed by the others.
The next morning the five men headed out into the cold air and out the palace gates.
" God, this sucks its freezing out here." Nephrite hissed as he pulled his cloak closer to his body.
" Tell me about it, my ass is numb and my fingers feel like they are going to fall off." Jadeite whined
A conferrable silence fell the group for several hours till Nephrite decide to break it " Hay, Endymion how far is this dame village anyways"
Silence
" Endymion" Kunzite growled as he watched the princes back stiffen.
" Two weeks" He whispered as he slouched slightly in his saddle waiting for their outburst.
"WHAT" four very anger generals yelled.
" When I can feel my fingers again I am going to strangle you" Jadeite hissed.
" Don't worry I have a plan to cut the trip in half. We will go through Aslon." Endymion stated roughly. Slightly annoyed with his generals. Its not like I wanted this Endymion thought angrily. Endymion jumped slightly when he heard Zocites voice rise to a pitch he never thought possible, causing him to raised an eyebrow at his friend.
" Are you crazy, we cant go through there." Zocite shirked
" Dame Zoi, bring it down a notch" Jadeite ground out. First his hands and butt, now his dame ears, god could this day get any worse.
" Come on Zoi it cant be any worse then this torture." Nephrite tried to reason.
Zocite could only gape at his friends, before he could respond the quiet Kunzite responded. " It is said Aslon is guarded by dragons and witches. The mist covers the land protecting the evil that carries souls to their doom. No one has ever gone through Aslon and returned" He stated quietly.
The group echanged glances before glaring at their prince.
" Oh come on guys those are just stories." Edition reminded " We will camp out here tonight. Its only about another half days ride to Aslon's border." The prince ordered as he dismounted from his black stallion. The generals quietly set up camp and got some much need rest.