I believe in nothing
But the beating of our hearts

He looked at me with his shining eyes. "I'm sorry" he said. He sat down on a piece of fabric. "I didn't want anyone to know"

"What about me?" I asked with sadden eyes.

"Espisically you." He sighed and I sat next to him. "My father, King Paul, he had an affair with a house maid, which made me a bastard. Anyone who knew kept it a secret because my half brother had to take the throne, he wasn't a bastard. When my father died I was sent off to live with my uncle, in Redcliff while my brother was being taught to be a king." My eyes widen.

"I remember you" I said. "You were the little brat who pulled my pig tales every time Lord Eric came to visit my father." I said and he chuckled. "It wasn't funny, that hurt."

"I'm sorry" he said and then looked down. "When I was 10 I was casted out by my uncles new wife. She'd felt that the attention toward me was unbearable so I was sent to be a templar." I thought about Jason and how he must of knew each other. "But I never finished my whole traning as my brother was killed a battle. Then I was taken out of Templar tanning and sent off to King traning. That's when I met Jason. He was one of the private mages for castle and we grew quite close, until he did something and ran, what I wasn't told." I made a mental note to ask Jason about that. Nick sighed.

"You still could have told me." I said as I put my head on his shoulder.

"Ever since I was younger I was treated differently, I didn't want you to do the same. I wanted you to slap a person, to yell at me as if I wasn't a prince but as a real person." He looked down at me and took my hand into his. "Please, conitue to just act like that and I'll be the happiest person in the world."

"As you command, my prince" I said as I winked at him. He sighed.

I was sitting by the fire, staring into its flames thinking about my childhood. I couldn't believe on man could turn things into crap. To take my fathers hard work away, to take everything that my mother had, to kill so many people. To kill my family, and he was our friend!

I walked into the main hall to see a man and my father laughing about something

"I'm sorry pup, I didn't see you there. Howe, you remember my daughter?"

"I see she's become a lovely young woman. Pleased to see you again, my dear"

If only I'd see the evil look he'd given me after that, if I didn't just ignore the fact that he was so late in getting here. What did he have his men walk backwards? I chuckled as I remember when I last saw my brother and his family

"Is there really gonna be a war, papa? Will you bring me back a sward?" I chuckled and the little boy looked up at me."Mama says your going to be watching over us while papa is gone. Is that true, Auntie?" His eyes pared up to me.

"Yes its true Oren" I said smiling

"Are you going to teach me to use a sward, Auntie? Then I can fight evil, too!" He said then started swing his arms around "Take that, dire bunny! All enemys fear my sward of truthiness!"

Oren was the cutest thing. He wasn't messy and wasn't a loud child but he had his moments on where he was a normal kid. My brother was rasing him well.

"And here's my little sister to see me off. Now dry your eyes, love, and wish me well." He said to his wife. I rolled my eyes

"Should I wait out side?" His wife chuckled as he looked at me.

"Stay. I'd like to say farewell"

He was off to fight, and there was nothing we could say about it. He said the army 'needed' him but it was really a want to please father in someway. That night came.

I was lying in bed while Jewels was happily asleep when we heard a big commotion out side. Jewels started barking and I got up. I opened the door and a guard was shot with an arrow and fell to the ground. I ran out to see my mother fighting some of the men…wait those are Howes men!

My own father's friend, one who fought with him in wars, killed him. I felt tears coming from my eyes as I remembered my parents faces as they told me to leave. I sniffed and felt a hand on my shoulder.

"You okay?" I looked up and nodded at Nichoulas. "Good, Come with me." I nodded and we walked a little bit past his tent. "Here look at this. Do you know what this is?" He said. It was a beautfuil rose.

"You're new wepen of choice?" He smiled

"Yes, that's right. Watch as I thrash our enemys with the mighty power of floral arangments! Feel my thorns! I will over power you with my rosy sent!" He was being very dramatic but It made me giggle at his crazyness "Or you know it could just me a rose. I know that's pretty dull in comparison."

"You've been carrying for awhile" I said, as I have noted the many times he's token it out at camp.

"Is it that easy to see right through me? I guess I shouldn't be surprised." He said. "I picked it in Lothering. I remember thinking, 'how could something so beautiful exist in a place with so much despair and ugliness." He said shaking the images of the poor town we'd pass through a couple of days ago. "I probably should have left it alone, but couldn't. It would have gotten destroyed, so I picked it and had it since." He said then played with is finger. "I thought that I might…give it to you. Actully in a lot of ways I think the same thing when I look at you." I blushed at his comment.

"Thank you Nick, That's a lovely thought." I said and blushed more and I even saw him blush a little too.

"I'm glad you like it. I was just thinking you've been though so much that I wanted to tell you what a rare and wonderful thing you are to find in the middle of all this…darkness." I smiled.

"Thank you." I said and I stood on my toes and kissed his cheek, well I tried but he had turned his head and I ended up kissing him.

And it wasn't that bad.

Somethings that were said and talked about are part of the game. I just wanted you to know :)

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-Devin.