Apollo || dnb || [BEING REWRITTEN]

ii. Eolia

"Prince George. Your father requests your presence in the main room. Now." He's shocked, but he wipes it off his face quickly and opens the door. He stares down to the youngest royal guard in the kingdom. "Thank you, Tubbo." Tubbo just stares at him, he nods, but he doesn't leave. "King Schlatt required me to follow you, to make sure you go. I'm sorry." George scoffs, of course his father is that protective.

"Right." He steps out the door, brushes the dust off his pants, and they set off to the right. They pass numerous pictures of past kings and queens, of families, the one right next to the big wooden doors is the most recent one. He recognizes himself, many many years younger, his father, a big shiny crown in his head. His mother is there as well, but George has long forgotten her. It's the past.

He knocks and immediately opens the door. Tubbo rushes off, other stuff to tend to. "Just who I was expecting to see," King Schlatt gestured to a seat next to him. George sighed and walked forward, the room filled with royals he'd seen before. About a dozen or more of them in the same room, George knows it's not good news, but he doesn't care. He hasn't for a long time.

He's the heir of Eolia, a huge title to bear and a much bigger weight on his shoulders that he'd like to admit. Yet he does not care of his title, of his kingdom, or anything. It was the kingdom who forced Clay out, it was their fault. And George will forever blame it.

"Let's continue."

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Techno was alone in his room. It was deathly quiet, the only sound being when he shifted in his chair or turned a page on his book. He hadn't really paid attention to the contents of the book, his mind already being occupied by a mysterious blonde. Although it had hardly been 2 weeks since the night, his mind was still filled with memories of the stars that night and the young adult who was with him. Erebus, he reminded himself.

I guess his mind was so occupied with his thoughts that he didn't notice his two brothers walking in. "Boo!" Of course, the little prank worked, but he wouldn't let them think that. He couldn't just give them the satisfaction. "Hello, Tommy." His voice is monotone, but there was a lingering of a smile there. His brothers' frustrated sigh reached his ears and he just laughed. Tommy just left, a few curses here and there, but Techno could hear him laughing as well.

When the two others stopped laughing they looked at each other, Techno broke the silence. "Do you want to go to the gardens with me?" He looked at his brother, his expression was hard to read, it consisted of shock, confusion, happiness, everything. "Tommy can come too- I just-" Techno started stuttering, Wilbur understood that it was important for him to come. "Of course." Techno took a big breath and they left the room together.

Techno's book, "The study of stars", was left open on his bed. He was just researching, when he met Erebus again. If he met Erebus again, they'd have something to talk about.

It was a warm late evening in Polaris. Usually it would be cold, but since it was mid-summer the temperature rose to the point where you didn't need a coat outside. They walked out to the royal gardens near the back of the palace, it was full of flowers, trees, even some small animals appeared in the bushes. The flowers weren't quite as pretty as in the field, but beautiful nonetheless. He liked them.

Techno felt the awkwardness fall between them, he didn't usually talk to his brothers much, no less go outside. This was very out of character from him. Even Tommy who usually was very talkative was silent during the walk, Techno was just thinking of what to say, how to fix their relationship.

"I started training in combat." Techno blurted out, he didn't even mean to, it just slipped when he was thinking of stuff to say. "No flipping way!" Tommy, the youngest, stood still in his tracks. "You have to fight me some day!" Tommy exclaimed, probably yelled all over the castle so even their father could hear it. "Though I don't know if you'll beat me, I'm pretty much a god at this stuff.."