Eros' Stray Arrows

6. A Prince Far Away From his Kingdom

In ancients time on a faraway land there was the kingdom of Draknor, the prince was sitting on the ledge of his balcony, his view was breath taking, and he could see the back garden and part of the village around the castle walls. He easily stands 5'7, he has an olive complexion with slight visible muscles, his crimson red hair is somewhat long, long enough to curl at the ends, and he has emerald green eyes and a smile that could brighten your day. Though he isn't old enough to take on his father's throne he's known to be very wise, he could always be found in the castles' library with his nose buried into one of the many books he had.

Some may not know of this but the Prince had grown bored of living in a sheltered home, so every night he would sneak into his small secret spot in the castle, he had found this spot when he was a little boy as he wandered around the castle. He read books yes, but these books were mostly battle orientated, he'd learn about strategies, poses, moves and attacks. He would even practice in his secret spot with a sword, which he got by bribing one of the staff members to sneak it in for him.

The prince soon became a skilled swords master, his secret spot now filled with training dummies and other weapons he got from the same staff member. He'd gotten better at using heavy and long claymore sword, though on one night the castle was being attacked, assassin's and barbarians barging in from every corner. Everyone, even staff members were sent to the highest tower there, but not the prince he disobeyed his father's direct orders and wielded his claymore against the invaders. The prince surprisingly held his ground and protected the castle with the guards.

The battle took all night and all morning, the prince leaning against a wall, he was panting heavily with cuts all around his body, a healer quickly went towards him but he shook his head and asked him to help the other warriors who were more wounded. Eventually the prince was being mended and king stomps furiously towards him "Matthew Alexander Sparrow the third!! How dare you not listen to your king!" the king said loudly, the prince, now fully bandaged calmly got up and looked at his father in the eye "I preferred if you would refer to me as Matt, not Matthew. And if I hadn't disobeyed you we wouldn't even be here having this argument, so if the almighty king allows it I need to get treated for saving his hide".

With no other word Matt sat back down and the king angrily walked away not wanting to cause a scene in front of what the maids and healers. As time went by the prince and the king grew even more hostile towards each other, the only one who would calm the prince down would be his little sister, Princess Angie, she has the same factions as Matt only her hair would be long and went down to her mid back. Although one night Matt couldn't take it anymore, the constant fights with his father only seem to escalate rather than die down, he started to pack food, water and things he would need to make a small camp on a wooden crate that he had in his secret spot. Other than that he only packed some armor and his new signature claymore sword, this new sword has a silver blade and black hilt, it was a gift from one of the guards he protected during the invasion. 

As he sealed the crate he would hear rustling in the nearby bushes, he had his armor on and sword at hand, ready to slice anyone who was in that bush. "big brotheeeerr" he heard his sisters sleepy whines coming from the bush "you shouldn't be up this late Angie" he said and went back to fixing the crate "yeah well you shouldn't be up this late either" she said as she walked over to him, Matt just chuckled and picked her up "come on, I'll tuck you in" but before he could even take a step something flew into one of the castles windows making a loud noise, with no hesitation Matt hurried Angie into one of the stables and managed to get her care taker to ride the horse with her "take her to Extenya, the royals there are our relatives, tell them Draknor is being invaded and that they should be prepared for anything" he explained to Sahara, Angie's caretaker. Angie started crying and hugged his brother "y-you better come back and get me big brother" she said in between sobs, Matt just nodded and kissed her head "I'll come back, I promise" he said softly "pinky promise?" she asked holding her pinky out, this made Matt chuckle and hold her pinky on his "pinky promise, now go!" he said while lifting Angie onto the horse, Sahara made sure she held onto her before she rode away from the castle.