"I don't believe this, aru." Yao said in disbelief. The ancient scrolls that held all of the kingdom's history and prophecies had an excerpt missing.
"I feared it was this one! Aiya! This is no use at all! Al this says is that a royal by blood and a royal by soul will meet! And what become best friends? It doesn't help that this odd symbol doesn't appear in any of the other texts." He stared at the symbol. It was a golden circle with protruding peaks giving it the image of a sun. There were twelve peaks but it had four main peaks. The South held the diamond symbol, the East held the Heart symbol, the North held the Club symbol and the West held the symbol of Spades. There were four spades who all met in the center with their tops. Going across them was a white cross going down the middle of it cutting the circle into fourths. The segments of the cross cut the spades in half. But smack dab in the middle of it all was a J for Joker.
"Odd that a symbol predominant with the kingdom of Spades would carry the Joker's sign." Said a voice behind him.
"Ah Prince Arthur, it is quite odd but that is not what confuses me. I'm afraid to say that I've hit a wall of taurons, aru."
"Same as I. I was fortunate enough to find books with even a sentence about this. It seems to me that someone removed every article they could find about this." Arthur confirmed.
A guard walks in with a bruise on his face.
"Good lord, what happened Captain Lewis?" Arthur asked. This was one of his best guards.
"Your . . . guest threw a tantrum." Lewis replied.
Arthur stifled a giggle. "Oh really now?"
"Yes, apparently he wanted to write a letter to his mother but when we told him that he could not for medical reasons he tried to get out of bed. When I tried to sedate him he . . . well . . . did this?" He points to his bruised face.
"The boy must pack quite the punch, aru." Yao said as he failed to hide his laughter.
Arthur smiled in amusement but quickly stifled it, "Well we cannot have that can we? I'll personally give him what he needs and have a stern talk with him. Thank you Captain Lewis you may go now."
"You're welcome your majesty." Captain Lewis bows and continues on his patrol.
"Yao if you manage to find anything, even in the slightest, let me know immediately." Arthur said as he took some paper and a pen form the desk and headed to Alfred's room.
"Yes your majesty. IM YONG SOO! I need your assistance!" Yao called out.
"What is it, daze?" Im Yong Soo replied as he walked into the room.
"I need you to find out all you can about Alfred F. Jones and his family. Be it straight from the boy, his family, books or gossip for all I care." Yao stated.
"Will you put your hair up in ponytails if I do?" Im Yong Soo said playfully.
"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Yao yelled.
"Well then I don't wanna do it anymore." Im Yong yawned.
"Aiya! Fine! I'll never understand what goes through that odd head of yours!" Yao finally agreed.
"Woo! I'm on my way now, daze." He ran out of the room at such speed it left Yao flabbergasted.
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"Knock Knock" Arthur said as he knocked on the door yet let himself in anyways. He noticed Alfred was facing away from the door.
"I said I don't want to talk with anyone until I get to write to my mom!" Alfred yelled. He turned to face the intruder only to be left speechless when the prince was in front of him.
"I would prefer it if you didn't clobber any more of my guards. I need them to protect the kingdom you see." Arthur stated seriously whilst hiding his amused smirk.
Alfred's face flushed with embarrassment and stared at the bed covers as if they were the most interesting thing he had ever seen in his entire life.
"S-sorry." He stuttered quietly.
Arthur smiled fondly at Alfred. The boy reminded him so much of a puppy. "It's alright. But please refrain from hitting them."
Alfred nodded in agreement but still kept his gaze low.
Arthur stared at him for a bit until he remembered why he came here in the first place, "Ah yes, I brought this so you could write you your dear mother while you recover. Rest assured I'll send my fastest postman to deliver the letter."
Alfred lifted up his head and gave Arthur the brightest smile Arthur had ever seen.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Alfred squeed (Is that possible XD) and tried to hug Arthur but he stopped him.
"We don't want you hurting yourself more now do we?" Arthur smiled.
"Oh hahaha. But still thanks a lot man! Uh I mean, Prince Arthur." Calling Arthur a price had an odd sensation on Alfred's mouth.
"Well in public." Arthur replied.
"So I can just call you Arthur then?" Alfred asked with his eyes wide.
"As I said you will address me as Prince Arthur in public and just Arthur in private. Saves time." Arthur replied.
"WOO!" Alfred fist bumped the air with his good arm.
"Now settle down. Dinner will soon be ready and you should get started on your letter."
"Yeah, you're right." Alfred took the paper and pen from Arthur, "Thanks again." Alfred smiled at him thankfully.
"You're welcome." Arthur said as he headed out of the room. His smile. It was exactly the same as in the dream, no, it was brighter. Arthur smiled to himself as he walked down the hall.
~~~~~~~~~~~UKUS~~~~~~~~~~
Alfred watched as Arthur left the room. 'It has to be him. He had the voice.' Alfred thought to himself.
"Well gotta start on mom's letter! How am I going to explain this? I know I'll draw her pictures! She loves my pictures!" Alfred exclaimed as he started to write the letter.
Dear Mom and Matt,
Don't worry I'm ok. I'm at the Castle of Spades can you believe that? I met the prince and everything! Let me start from the beginning. I was pickin berries for your ice cream, my favorite but you already know that, when this big black lion thing jumped out of nowhere! I tried to fight it off like the hero I am but it was too strong. I started to run but it was no use he was catching up! Then these floating lights like the ones I told you about when I was little appeared and told me to follow them. I know you said never to do that but what else could I do. I followed them and I fell off a cliff! The next thing I knew I was in this castle. My leg and arm are injured but not so bad. Prince Arthur is actually a pretty nice guy.
Alfred looked at his letter. "Should I include that he looks like the guy in my dreams? Nah she'll think I finally lost it." He continued,
Save me some ice cream and tell Mattie I'm ok. Thanks
Love, Alfred
Alfred folded up the letter as best as he could and placed it in the envelope. He drew a couple of pictures what had happened and what he saw in the castle. He sealed the letter and placed it on the nightstand.
"I hope she gets the letter." Alfred said suddenly getting homesick. A couple of tears began to roll down his face.
"What if that thing finds them! Oh no! I can't let that happen! Why didn't I think about that before!" He tried getting out of the bed in a futile attempt. "What kind of hero am I?" Alfred asked himself. He grabbed the pillow and silently cried at his uselessness.
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Arthur walked in Alfred's room to announce that dinner was ready only to find him clutching the pillow tightly and shaking.
"Alfred what's wrong?" Arthur asked alarmed. He walked over to Alfred but couldn't decide whether to pat his head or wait for an answer. Luckily he didn't have to wait long.
"I'm w-w-worried ab-bout *sniff* my mom and M-matt." Alfred said through his sobs. He wiped away his tears but they just kept on coming.
Arthur felt his heart clench at this. He wanted to help the boy keep his mother safe to prevent what had happened to his mother. "Don't worry. I'll send soldiers there immediately. I just need you to tell me where in Marecia you live."
Alfred took deep breaths and tried to be as calm as possible as he spoke, "Well we live on the edge of Marecia. There are two sectors: Columbia and Newenland. If you ask the people for Columbia they will tell you where that is. We run a bakery called 'Old Glory'. Please keep them safe."
"You have my word." Arthur said. He petted Alfred's hair and said, "Don't worry they'll be alright", and walked off.
"At least one of them." Alfred said as he stared at the letter that would never reach its recipient.
~~~~~~~~~~UKUS~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Captain Lewis assemble your men. I need to you escort the family of Alfred here safely. I fear that the creature will go after them." Arthur ordered.
"Yes your majesty." He bowed and ran to the training yards.
"MEN WE HAVE AN URGENT ORDER FROM THE PRINCE! TWENTY OF YOU WILL COME WITH ME." Captain Lewis yelled at the soldiers.
Twenty volunteers ran up to him ready in their uniforms.
"We may encounter a savage beast and some of you may be injured or die. But we will fight to protect the kingdom, her majesty's legacy and Prince Arthur!"
"Hurrah! Hurrah!" The soldiers chanted. They ran to their horses and began the ride to Marecia.
Ah snap. Drama, drama, drama. XD I'm going to say this now I might end up killing off Alfred's mother because she'll be in the way of the plot but I have not decided that yet :/ Matthew is safe don't worry. Sorry for the wait. Had a lot of stuff to do with A.P. Calc and all XD. I have over 100 in my Geography class. All thanks to Hetalia XD. Anyway byes until next time :3
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