Diemos

Puttin

Emperor Puttin isn't your usual everyday strict king, he's usually fun to be around, always the joker, but make no mistake he was feared throughout the seven kingdoms, why though, was something I was yet to find out.

I walk into the throne room with Kiar, there beside the window was emperor Puttin and my father laughing, well mostly Puttin laughing and my dad smirking.

They noticed us walk in

"Well look who we have here Zaked" Puttin said laughing

"Your sons decided to join us after all" he said smoldering my dads shoulders

"Ah...young Diemos, it's been quite some time since our adventure in Brak" he said walking up to me

"It's a shame you spent this whole time away in Danesville, doing heavens knows what" he said laughing and looking around enacting the fake laughter of my brother and father, then he looked back at me

"I haven't forgotten the bravery you displayed many years ago in my deadliest hour neither have I forgotten the promise I made ever since" he said staring coldly into my eyes

"Such an honor it must be, having the emperor in your debt Diemos" Kiar said smirking to ease the tension.

The emperor turned and walked to him slowly, he stopped and chuckled, then he said

"Indeed so" and he turned around heading to the buffet table to get a drink

"Diemos" my father said to me

"As you know, ever since the death of Empress Aniar, the emperor has not found it in his heart to remarry, and it is well known knowledge that he doesn't have an heir to the silver throne" he continued

"Well, in an idea of succession, Emperor Puttin has presented me with the idea of having you, Diemos, on, the throne, as his heir" he said concluding abruptly

"Your heir?" I asked, stunned, turning to Puttin who had made himself comfortable on my father's throne

"Come on Diemos, it's not a bad idea" Kiar said putting his hands on my shoulder

" it's not the worst thing to come your way, surely you would have to stop your traveling and exploration, but it's all for the greater good" Zaked said

"Have you all gone mad?" I asked

I turned to Emperor Puttin who was smirking while looking at me and spoke

"How in the bloody hell, am I supposed to be "your" heir? I'm not, your blood Puttin, I'm not your son" I said angrily at him

"Well as of thirty minutes ago you are" said Lancer walking into the room with a piece of document in him hand.
He handed it to me and went to the buffet table to get an apple. I watched him take a bite and nod for me to open the piece of paper he handed to me.

"Adoption papers" I said laughing

"A hilarious joke I must confess, you expect me to believe that the high lord Zaked is willing to trade his son?... I wonder what you must be getting in return, or you're probably doing this in fright" I said smiling at my father

"But no matter" I said rolling the document in my hands

"From the looks on your faces, you believe this to be serious, It seems, some kind of plague must have gotten into this family while I was gone, definitely, but, whatever this nonsense is I don't want to be part of it" I said chuckling and tossing the paper on the floor, then I turned to leave

"The lords in my court would kill for this opportunity, yet here you are tossing it aside like a piece of dirty cloth" Puttin said smiling

" Well, I'm not one of your "lords", am I? "Your majesty"? If they'd kill for it so badly, why don't you do them a favor and give it to one of them, because I'm not interested" I spoke furiously at Puttin

"It's not a request son" Zaked said to me

" Nothing ever is with you, is it? this, this!...is why I had to get away from here, time and time again, you all never seem to change" i said to my father

"I can barely handle the responsibilities you throw at me every second i get back, it's always one kingdom after the next, "go make a peace treaty diemos" or "marry the lady Mierin diemos so you can have a better future" or " it's your duty to fight for your kingdom diemos" and I'm off to the war front time and time again" I said angrily

"I stopped listening to you a long time ago father, I don't intend to start now" I said turning to leave

"He made you his heir Diemos,...you will not...walk away from that" Lancer said to me strictly

I paused in fright, Lancer was the eldest of all thirteen children, I always looked up to him. He always has a way of instilling fear, love and knowledge in me, something I hardly got from my father. I respected him a lot and strangely, like a compulsion, followed his very word. I did everything he ever told me to, mostly cause of the fear of disappointing him if I said no or letting him down if I did anything he told me to the wrong way, I just couldn't rebel against Lancer and he knew that.

"I can't just..." I tried saying

"You can't?" He asked

"Come on Diemos, what's the worst that could happen?" Kiar said grinning, taking a sip out of his cup

"Easy for you to say Kiar, you've never had to make a life changing decision" said Fiony, my first sister, as she walked into the room

"As the sun smiles" Puttin said staring lustfully at Fiony

She smiled at him and turned to pour herself a drink as she said

"Couldn't you have considered anyone else except my baby brother your majesty? He's a free bird, and you want to lock him in a cage" she said moving towards Puttin "well that doesn't seem very promising"

"It's a life changing opportunity" Puttin said staring into her eyes

"One he should be happy he's got, In time, you'd see what a huge favor I'm doing on your behalf" Puttin said dropping his cup

"Please son, think about your future, think about your family" my dad whispered to me

I turned my head slightly and caught Lancer's eye.
Suddenly I remembered a few years back, while walking through the streets of the kingdom with lancer, we looked like the villagers to blend in with the lot. We saw a rider toss away an inventors good he bought a few minutes earlier down the alley, it was worth quite a lot from what we saw, the item looked like a large sack with hands that lets you carry it on your back.
A nice lady walked up to the rider and asked why he tossed such an item away and he said

" why, I have a horse young lady, anything I travel with is strapped on him and besides, who wants the weight on ones back" he said laughing as he rode off

Laughing softly at the scene , I wanted to walk past, then lancer said "watch"
The young lady picked up the sack and filled it with the goods she had been pushing through town and carried it comfortably on her back. I smirked at how thoughtful she was, then lancer bent over and said

"A fools trash can someday be a commoners treasure, never forget that Diemos"

The sound of Fiony's voice brought me back from my thoughts

"Oh it's not so bad dee" she said softly

"He'll do it, not happily I might add, but out of a sense of duty" Lancer said staring at the Emperor

"Duty? To what or whom" Puttin asked

"Me" lancer said looking right at me

"Isn't that right Diemos?" He asked

"Whatever" I said, as I stormed out of the throne room

Lancer smirked as he watched me leave the room.