Alexei-10 / Gustav-8 / Victor-6 / Damian-4 / Magnus-3 / Anders-1 / Emmerich-1 / William-1 /
"C'mon Victor, hurry!" cried the eldest.
"I can't go any faster, I wasn't expecting Emmerich to be this heavy" Victor tightened his grip around the baby in his arms
The six-year old prince was panicking; he couldn't catch up with his brother, and the thought of being left behind was terrifying, the young prince struggled to hold his tears.
Instead of leaving him behind, Alexei quickly rushed to his brother- Anders was peacefully sleeping in one of his arms and Magnus was gripping tightly to his free hand-
"Here, Grab Magnus. Magnus go with Victor-" he instructed, Victor mustered his strength and held Emmerich with only one arm, extending his other arm to his three-year old brother, Magnus let go of Alexei and grabbed Victor's hand "-now give Emm' to me" the eldest prince quickly took the sleeping baby from his youngest brother arms, he took a moment to accommodate the twins in his arms.
Suddenly, Gustav came running down the hall; William was sleeping in his arms and Damian clumsily followed him
"Guys, hurry! I got Damian and William, let's go-!-" he ran past his other brothers and got lost out of sight on the hallway's corner, Damian stopped when he saw his elder brothers with the babies in their arms
"What are you guys doing?" asked the young Damian
Alexei looked at him, his face beaming "We're taking you guys out to play, It was Victor's idea"
"Lance and Gérard said they didn't want to come, but everyone else is here" Victor explained
Damian smiled at Victor, he was about to say something when Gustav's head poked from the corner of the hallway
"Guys! I'm serious… Gilly noticed that the twins are missing, we have to move!"
Alexei nodded and looked at Victor "If we are caught, you guys have to run as fast as you can, got it?" Damian nodded exited, Victor only gave an approving sound while Magnus didn't seem to understand anything
"Alexei! did you take your brothers again?! I told you what would happen if you did that!" the caretaker's voice echoed down the hall
Victor was the first to react to her voice "Run!" he screamed and the little royals started running down the hallway, following the path Gustav had taken.
A smile found it's way to Alexei's face when he heard his younger siblings laughter.
Lance, Gérard and Damian's mother had passed away four days ago so Victor had organised a breakout to distract him for a moment, and as their laughter filled the halls of the castle they knew they had succeeded.