Alux Rising Shortfic Book

. ·:*¨ [ FESTIVAL OF THE STARS ] ¨*:· .

A lil thing I have thought out after reading a book :]]

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Glimmering lights of blue, green, and yellow filled the Village as a glamouring memory along with the laughter of the villagers and children shared in that place. The smoke from the newly open night markets for cooking pastries and other street food flew above while the aroma stayed and attracted the people. The square was filled with dancers, traditional and partnering up while dancing with the music as they laughed in excitement and joy.

Tonight was going so well.

But the castle was quiet as ever.

Alux longed for the feeling to go out and see the festival of the stars, the festival that comes by once a year and lets the people admire the pretty lanterns and fireworks. He can see the lanterns flying above the night sky and the fireworks booming across just by looking out to his window, but that's not really what Alux wanted. No, he wanted to see what was going on in the village. Trying out any street dish he finds there, dancing with the people of his Kingdom, or even watching and clapping to their performance.

Sadly though, his father never let him out for that, not even once when the festival was happening. Even when Alux begged to just see the festival up close once and promise to not misbehave and let the guards come with him, his father declined with no hesitation. " A prince like you shouldn't waste his night anything like the festival. " was what his father said to him just right before Alux wanted to say to let his Father come with him. It shattered him.

So now Alux was sitting on his chair near his desk piled with books he was studying for the night for his following lessons on Friday, bored and longing to just see the happiness of the people of his Kingdom within the festival.

He turned his head over to the balcony, seeing the glimmering lights down on the village. He sighed as he wondered lost in his thoughts for a moment. Usually, he heard about the activities of the festival, carnival games, the cooking challenges of making their very own ideal meal in their way, and of course the traditional dance. Petro did tell him about the festival, loud but the people were always ecstatic, especially the children.

Petro did ask Alux if he wants to come by and possibly share their fun at the festival, sadly Alux denied it, knowing that if he asked his father about this again he was sure that he will shut the festival down for good.

He stood up from his chair, made his way over to the balcony and rested his arms, and leaned forward on the railings. Letting the cold breeze hit him with a cool comfort as he watched the village from afar, a frown formed on his face. The wish to escape the castle walls has been aching in his mind ever since, he wanted to see what the village is about, would that lead him to have new friends? Not that he never liked Petro, no, he enjoys Petro's company, but it was still lonely for Alux.

He sighed. " It would've been much more okay if I wasn't trapped here. " His voice was soft, saddened, and low. He watched from afar, before turning around and walking back inside his room until hearing a knock from outside his room. He made his way over to the door and opened it, seeing the old and wise butler he knew.

" Good evening your highness, " The butler bowed his head down as he perfectly balanced the teapot and cup on the silver platter he was holding. " I thought it would be nice to bring you some tea while you are studying. "

" That's kind of you Agustus, you can come in. " Alux moved a bit for the butler to enter and closed the door, he watched as the butler placed the silver platter on the spare empty desk in the distance, then turned his attention back to the village. He just felt so mesmerized by the colors. Such different color hues yet were very interesting. Blue was soft and cooled down like the blue sky, Yellow was just vibrant as ever like a firefly but also warm like a sun.