All characters are owned by George Macdonald except whatever OC's that I manage to come up with, purely fan made and inspired after reading all the great PatG fancs
Irenie rushed through the gate at the bottom of the hill, locking it as she braced her back on the boards, breathing heavily as she listened to what was happening on the other side.
Silence? Good. That's all she needed to know and quickly she ran up the cobble stones to the front door where she began to beat it on repeatedly, she could hear Turnip Mewling pitifully from the other side.
"Oh Turnip, if only you could let me in, then Lootie wouldn't-" slowly the door began to brush open as Irenie waited in stunned silence gazing up at her nursemaid.
"You, Princess, are very much in trouble."
Irenie gulped.
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Froglip winced as he stepped down the rocks to the lower goblin level, there were some those who approached him wondering if they might offer him help but when Froglip snarled at them and they realized it was the dreaded young princeling, they all ran for the hills.
Froglip would turn away from the fleeing goblin and continue on hobbling down the tunnels.
Currently he was pacing very tentatively on his feet as he complained of the day he had just experienced.
Harelip, his older brother had been listening slightly as the Prince growled about this and that, debating on what he should say in order to keep his little brother from raging and then taking his anger out on some poor unfortunate soul.
"I will do th'uch nath'ty thing'th to her," Froglip smiled fiercely, "of that you can be th'ure."
"I'm afraid this has entered a weird area…" Harelip muttered to himself as he began another sketch of the roots hanging from the ceiling, their vines intertwining with one another in such an elegant way.
The young Froglip who had developed a strained and competitive relationship with his half-brother, Harelip, turned on him and snarled, "What do you mean by that!"
Harelip just chuckled at the naivety of his little brother and quickly began sketching once more.
Froglip glared crudely at his half brother and addressed him by pointing a long grisly black nail in his direction, "I demand to know whath's tho' funny or el'the-"
Harelip just frowned and continued to ignore him, "You know Froglip, I am not afraid of you like everyone else, you should have known that by now, your threats don't work."
Froglip let out an aggravated groan as he sneered once more, huffing as he went off. Harelip just shook his head, his long blond hair brushing across his ears as Froglip sat upon the stone and began tapping his sharp black nails on his knee and the stone. Probably thinking up ways he would make the girl regret being born.
Hairip hoped that whatever Goblin girl had irritated him so would vanish from his mind by morning, however the Prince seemed quite irritated that day so Harelip wouldn't be surprised if his little brother stopped at nothing until he got even with that little girl. Froglip had always been the temperamental vengeful type, even without the cruel help of his mother.
What Harelip didn't know, though he would have been relieved to find out, was that this little girl that Froglip was crumbling about was the Princess of the Sun people and Froglip, by no means, would be able to find he again without going directly into the human castle.
Irenie had been severely talked to after she returned and Lootie found her at the door. The young Princess would not be able to leave the castle grounds for a week.
Now, even though the Goblin Prince was planning away, there was no use for his evil wishes since he had no access to the Princess.
Froglip even in his best moment could be quite horrid, but there was always something holding him back a little, as if the Prince wasn't quite sure what he was doing.
Harelip on the other hand had grown up quite well, the Queen had absolutely nothing to do with him, on the best times she had asked him to pass her the food from across the table, those were the only good times. Mostly they would ignore each other, secretly loathing the very existence of the other.
Harelip did not care for Mefeero for several reasons, most of those involved the subconious thought that she had stolen his father, King Gazlowe, away from the kind birth mother he could have had.
But besides that Harelip disliked Mefeero for how she treated his father; the King was the one with the power but with Mefeero as queen she held all the strings in her hands because Gazlow could deny her nothing.
Mefeero on the other hand disliked Harelip for the role he played in her son's succession. Because Harelip was the first born son of the King there were disagreements to who should succeed the thrown; very few opted for Harelip since he wast the son of a human. Nevertheless when Froglip was old enough, unlike most Kings he would have to state before the court of elders that he indeed was the true son of the King and prove himself.
As long as word never got out about his birth father, Mefeero would never have to worry for the security of the thrown. If the rumours just subsided for a while.
But that indeed was a big 'if'.
Word had already begun to circle of Froglip's legitimacy at the age of twelve when he began to bare a more similar resemblance to the dead King than his own supposed father, Gazlowe.
It would be very terrible for the Prince if ever it were ever proven that he was not Gazlowe's son. But luckily for Mefeero there was little chance of that since most of the population was terrified of her if they should ever think to suggest such a thing.
No, all things seemed to be according to her grand scheme.
Harelip snorted in derision at the very notion of the Queen, her name left a bad taste in his mouth and he could not, in good conscious, think of her kindly.
Froglip, on the other hand, did not seem such a lost cause and Harelip felt a strong duty to the little Prince, and often he tested him. Harelip, who had a wordly mind despite the fact he had hardly ever left the safety of the mountain and he challenged Froglip's reasoning quite often to force the Prince to draw his own conclusions.
Harelip sighed inwardly and turned away from his sketch to his brother, still sitting upon the rock seat and grumbling to himself.
It seemed Harelip was the only one who did not cringe at the sight of his brother, it wasn't so much that Froglip was younger, though he was indeed and very small, Harelip always saw Froglip as just a young child, who could throw a tantrum like the best of them, but deep down, he was just a confused little Goblin who was never told 'no' because he was the Crown Prince. It gave Froglip a tendency to be cruel and spoilt.
Not that the Prince's mother was much help, twisting him from the inside out until Froglip was completely deranged angry just like his Queen mother.
Harelip always disliked Mefeero, as a skill he had developed the ability to hide his feelings well and avoid her her at every turn, she probably knew nothing of his hate, nor would she care if she did though.
But Froglip was different.
Sometimes, the very the rarest of Harelips conversations with his little sibling, Froglip could actually be quite interesting, Harelip had once had a conversation with the little tyke when he was no more than five feet tall. They had been discussing the meaning of things, and just barely touched on what purpose they could serve in life.
Froglip, had scrunched up his brow claiming that he was the Prince, that he was born to rule.
'But why?' Harelip had asked, which left poor Froglip slightly confused and bothered. Why was he born to rule? Why was he born at all?
Now, in his twelfth year Froglip muttered much to himself and shouted often at others, he had known only one way of doing things and this was it.
"What are you thinking about Freddy?" Harelip asked kindly, Froglip just looked up with a sinister gleam in his eyes.
"Don't call me that… Harry." Froglip shot back.
Harelip just laughed and put the book down, "would you prefer Froggy?"
"No! Now I command you to leave me alone… I'm thinking of torture'th." and evil smiled curled onto froglip's face as he seemed to think of a truly grotesque image.
Harelip sighed once more and stalked towards his younger brother, sitting down beside Froglip.
The Prince shot him a dirty look and squirmed to take up most of the seat so Harelip could not. Harelip just smiled at this little effort poked him in the ribs.
Froglip jumped up, screeching as he did so.
"Tag, you're it." Harelip smiled as he walked over Froglip, grinning as he made his way out the door.
Froglip thought on it, he wasn't about to let his older brother get away with that so he smiled determinedly.
"I th'all catch you!" Froglip declared as he leapt to his feat, running across the rock floor.
Harelip del kindly towards his half-brother, he did not want such dark intentions to be buried forever in his soul, even Korumn had moments of kindness as well as profound thought.
But Froglip seemed much into torture, it was the only thing he knew.
What Froglip did not know that he had forgotten the cruelest torture in the world, no matter how awful he was he had never broken a heart.
But he would learn, in time.
For now he was still young and naive to the 'nasty things' he would do.
Sexual reference…? Any who next chapter will be about Irenie and then that will be the last one for their childhood.
I liken Harelip, he turned out to be a far better character than I had expected.
I'm also posting a new character sketch for Sun Riser on Deviant art. hope it's okay ^_^ some characters you will be seeing in the future.
Anyway this chapter was inspired by I'm still Here sung by Johny Rzeznik from the movie Treasure Planet:
I am a question to the world,
Not an answer to be heard.
All a moment that's held in your arms.
And what do you think you'd ever say?
I won't listen anyway…
You don't know me,
And I'll never be what you want me to be.
And what do you think you'd understand?
I'm a boy, no, I'm a man..
You can take me and throw me away.
And how can you learn what's never shown?
Yeah, you stand here on your own.
They don't know me 'cause I'm not here.