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The Witch

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Disclaimer,
- angst
- long ish chapter
- royalty au
- minor cursing
- mentioned character death
- 1st person (yeah i know)

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Daewon pov.

If I could change one thing, it would be giving him that sword. As soon as his hand touched the cold metal a great curse was unleashed. I'd never seen such an evil look in someone's eyes. Had I known that Kang Taehyun was a witch I would have never let him look at the sword, no I would have never let him enter the kingdom.

"Prince Daewon! Hurry!" Beomgyu shouts running towards me. He grabs my wrist pulling me down the tunnel. We run through puddles from last night's rain, the water splashing upwards soaking my already dirty pant legs. When we get to the end, Yeonjun is already mounted on Snowflake and Fern, the Royal horses. Yeonjun reaches for my hand pulling me on the back of the horse while Beomgyu mounts onto Fern and soon the two horses are galloping down the dirt path.

"We have to cross the border into Aimeazar. They'll protect you there," Yeonjun shouts.

"Are you sure? The alliance was between my father and the Aimeazar King. Once he died it ended. How can you ensure my safety?"

"Just trust me my Prince," Yeonjun says and so I tighten my grip on his waist and decide to put all my faith in his hands because there's nothing else I can do. That witch, that little witch stole everything from me. My Kingdom, my palace, my brother. My poor baby brother. That witch will pay for what he's done.

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It was a long trip through the Kingdom but we had to stop due to the sun disappearing. Beomgyu managed to make us a camouflage shelter allowing us to hide while Yeonjun stood guard. Despite his young age Yeonjun had proven himself to be the bravest and strongest out of all the kingdom's knights and the one I trust with my life.

"When we reach Aimeazar I'll return to the kingdom and try to gather some followers. I'll also try and get someone on the inside," Beomgyu mutters after awhile.

"A spy, good idea. The sooner we can infiltrate the palace and capture the witch the better." I say nodding my head.

"For Prince Kai," Beomgyu says, draping an arm over his chest.

"For Prince Kai" I say mimicking his posture. I will avenge you brother

"Lay, try and sleep my prince," Beomgyu says, patting his lap. I rest my head on his thighs but I couldn't sleep my mind full of the images of my brother with a spear through his chest, blood pooling from the wound.

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Morning came all too quickly and we were once again on the horses. Yeonjun forced Snowflake to gallop as fast as she could go getting us to the border as quickly as possible. When we approached the lake we dismounted the horses.

"This is where I leave you my Prince," Beomgyu says bowing to me.

"Do your best Beomgyu. Don't get yourself killed," I says, patting the servant on his back. Beomgyu smiles, the first smile I've has seen since the beginning of this whole ordeal.

"We will get the kingdom back Prince Daewon, with you as the rightful king," Beomgyu says. He mounts on top of Fern and soon the horse is galloping away from them.

"When my father spoke of the prophecy I didn't believe it. Figured he went out into a pub and met some village loony who spewed nonsense," I say before chuckling darkly, "It was my own foolishness that got my brother killed,"