Hey guys! yes, afte a lotof thinking, I could see a way to make this a multi-chaptered fanfic! Same bullies, minor Boomer, Brady and/or Boz (I only planned them to have some lines in only two chapters...) Please don't kill me because the Kings say almost nothing, it's a Lanny-centered story from before the Kings arrived/when they're not around.

AnotherAuthoressAnonymous: Decided to keep it going, thank you and here you are!

humanusscriptor: I know and you're welcome

Guest: Here's more!

Anyhow, on with the first chapter! I do not own Pair of Kings. Enjoy!

-Writer207

Lanny stormed in the palace. He sometimes wondered how the five called him lucky not to go for his arms. He had thought about it a long time, two months, three days, and five hours to be precise. For them, it was lucky. And for him, it was just more misery. They never hurt one of his arms, while his legs and stomach always were the ones in pain. If they saw his legs, no problem, he probably fell somewhere on the way to school or the way home, no big deal.

"How did it…" Mason began, but Lanny interrupted.

"Don't even bother asking!" Lanny said, looking with his pierce eyes fixed onto the Head Guard. He couldn't speak about it. He was the next-in-line, so he was going to be King one day (if he hadn't had some older brothers, or cousins) and he didn't want to come out like a weakling, he was Lanny Parker, he couldn't be weak. He had to be strict, needed to rule with an (small) iron fist, had to show the people he could take care of himself, and indirectly the island.

He already had a plan in his head. The kids, future generation of older people of Kinkow, began to dislike him due to Teagan and his gang. It even hurt to think about them. It wasn't fair the Elder's grandson took all credit, along with Lanny's only friend Herald, and made all the kids believe the prince was evil. Teagan just wanted to rule, that's all! Lanny wasn't that nice, or that loved or liked, more hated, but it still was a young boy who needed to find his destiny, other than becoming King. If there is family to take his place as King, what else could he be? He felt unsure of himself, growing every day, but could cover it up with anger and his talks with his beloved fish Yamakoshi.

"You know my birthday is this Friday?" Lanny asked Mason. He still didn't seem that nice to the Head Guard he dared to trust his life to, but would never say that out loud.

"I know – you let someone write it down at our arms!" Mason said, showing his arm. Lanny's birthday was written on it, by the Royal Author. On every guard and servant's arm, actually. Lanny commanded them after they forgot it once. They used waterproof ink to write it down, so of course they still knew what day was his birthday. That happened to be Friday, coming up in three days.

"Get the guards and servants together! Let them prepare my birthday party, and make sure this Friday will have a party nobody ever forgets. Invite all the children from the village, except the ones on the not-welcome-list!" Lanny screamed, wanting to run to his room, but he was being stopped by Mason.

"We don't have a not-welcome-list," the guard said in his ever-low voice. Lanny murmured something, while taking a sheet of paper and a pencil, and noted down the names: Rean, Vic, Karell and Teagan. He almost wrote down Herald's name as well, but he didn't. He needed to chat with his former friend in private, without the bullies knowing it.

"We have one now!" Lanny said, handing the list over to the guard before going to his room. He was lucky the Royal Nurse already waited in his room. This had, unfortunately, become part of his daily routine since Teagan decided he had to be loved more than the prince.

"Legs and stomach," Lanny said bored as the Royal Nurse started to treat his wounds. He didn't even feel what the woman did, as he learned to ignore it over the months. He didn't even notice when she left him. It was just another day coming home with those wounds, scratches and whatever he got because of Teagan. He hadn't done anything to him, so why did the boy had to pick upon Lanny?

"Because you're way more powerful than he'll ever be," he heard the voice of Yamakoshi say. he looked at the fish, the only thing he got as long as he could remember.

"As if you don't know what he's up to next," Lanny said sarcastically. Somehow, Yamakoshi could perfectly tell what Teagan planned next. It felt strange to rely on a fish to come out without any pain, but if it could save his butt, he gladly used his seer-fish.

"Get your bandage, because he'll go for your ribs this time," Yamakoshi said as Lanny smiled. He was lucky he had something positive to look out for. His birthday party, in three days. He wouldn't bring Yama to the party – he didn't want to scare the children, though it would give him a great laugh – because it was its birthday in only two months, and he would throw a party for his beloved fish.

But for now, he enjoyed the thought that his birthday was coming up in less than three days.

Yes, I'm starting here... I found this a great place to start the story. And how do you like the new title? I wanted to rename it, just to fit the storyline I came up with. Why that one? Let's say some people from Lanny's past will show up...

So whaddya think? Hate, like? Please review!