The Golden Prince | Solangelo Royal AU

Chapter XX: The Calm Before the Storm

The fact was, Will knew peace never lasted.

The Golden Kingdom had always had some sort of conflict, with some time in between where it was sorta peaceful.

But Will was glad this was one of those times.

Even if he had to do the missions, Orla told him he was only assigned to two more.

Two more missions and he could finally relax.

And today was the day of another mission. Like his previous ones, he was there first. He climbed a tree and waited, as he always did.

Soon enough, someone came. The person looked around. When he didn't find anyone, he sighed.

Will did as he always did. He shot an arrow right by the person's foot. He yelped and jumped backward. He looked around to find the source. "Don't let your guard down even it it seems as if no one is around," Will said, "and remember to look up when looking for someone." He gave advice every time, no matter who it was. He didn't recognize this person, so he knew they weren't a prince. They didn't seem to be a knight, either.

The guy looked up at where Will was. "Oh- uh- hello, your highness," he said. "No need to call me that. Just call me Will," Will said. "Oh, alright. I'm Frank Zhang," the person said. "Hello, Frank. Once the next person arrives, don't tell them I'm here," Will said. "Um okay," Frank said.

After another minute or two, some else came. Will recognized them. It was a faint memory in his mind, from before he was the Golden Prince.

Hearthstone. Will remembered the name. Telling Hearth anything wouldn't work, since he's deaf, but he could shoot the arrow.

So he shot the arrow by Hearthstone's foot. Hearth took a step back. He saw the angle the arrow hit the ground, and immediately looked up. 'Never think you're safe when out in the open in the wild,' Will signed. 'Someone could be waiting to ambush you.' Will was using the kingdoms' universal sign language.

Hearthstone was a part of an organization with members from all kingdoms. The organization was built of people who could fight in ways knights could not. Only kings, queens, princes, princesses, the commanders of the knights, and a few select people know about them.

Will jumped down from the tree. 'Hi, Will,' Hearthstone sighed. 'Hi, Hearth,' Will signed back. Frank was staring at two. "I... don't know sign language," he said. "It's fine, I'll interpret it for you," Will replied.

Will introduced Hearth to Frank and he also interpreted Hearth's introduction to Frank.

The mission was not unlike the previous ones. They walked until they found some of the of Kronos' Army. They fought them.

For a civilian, Frank was a good fighter. He used a bow, and was surprisingly good with it. Will took some time after the fight to give him some tips.

After spending time in the nearest town, a small town in the Sky Kingdom called Zerua, they each went back to their kingdoms.

One more mission left for Will.

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Day of his last mission. Will did the same thing he did with the previous missions again, but with Austin and Piper. They fought soldiers of Kronos' Army, and then went to the town of Api in the Fire Kingdom. Then they went home soon after.

It was finally— officially— the short period of time where it was peaceful. It felt like forever ago to Will where he first came and revealed himself as the Golden Prince to the kingdoms.

Will just sat on his bed and enjoyed the peace. For once in a while, he didn't have to worry about much. The only thing he had to worry about was the fact that trouble would come, but he was used to the feeling of imminent danger.

But for now, he could just relax.

Yay Hearthstone.

I already put Magnus in, right?