The Realm of Kingdoms

Chapter 1 The Past

     Do you believe in different dimensions? Like other worlds between space and time. Well, if you're reading this then you are probably from a different dimension than mine. My dimension is called the Realm of Kingdoms. There are hundreds of kingdoms all around my world. Of course all dimensions are on earth. There are millions and millions of dimensions within this planet. Everyone is oblivious of the other dimensions. Everything that we see, hear, have ever known is different. Almost all of the dimensions have different technology and buildings. Most don't even have the same animals. Mine has ...... Er a variety of animals.
As I said my dimension is made out of kingdoms, my kingdoms name is Titania. There are six castles in Titania, the Main Palace, Spring Palace, Winter Palace, Autumn Palace, and my ex-favorite, the Summer Palace. Which holds too many memories.
     Outside each castle are small villages, the houses made out of rock and clay, some out of wood too. The largest village in Titania is Taraloot, which is just outside of the Main Palace. This is where most of the rich and merchants live.
     The Royal Family lives in the main palace, I turn 18 tomorrow and we have our parties in the Summer Palace. So we will leave there tomorrow. I'm excited to be a legal adult, but there are down sides of turning 18. Especially since my kingdom is going into poverty. What makes it worse is that there is not much we can do. Father refuses to sell any land to other countries or even the local nobleman and rich merchants. The only solution he and mom can come up with is for me to marry into "Rich Kingdom". Which is absolutely the worst idea I have ever heard. I've never wanted to be married, and I'm not going to change my mind now.
     Unfortunately as Heir to the Thrown I don't have a choice. It is my responsibility to protect my kingdom, and it seems that the only way I can do that is to marry into a wealthy kingdom.
Father wants me to be able to choose who I spend the rest of my life with, so tomorrow at my 'birthday ball' he is inviting all the eligible princes to come. They also will be staying at the castle for the next few months probably years. There is nothing I can do to prevent it. I always knew I would have to marry some day, I just never imagined it so soon. I can barely talk to guys, so how am I supposed to date a hundred princes?
I have this fantasy where I rule Titania alone with the company of Caroline. Caroline and I have been inseparable since we were five, that was when her father, Thomas Meyer, was hired as dads Assistant of Law Enforcement.
Caroline is pretty much good at everything, she is super smart with her photographic memory, she can play the piano, violin, cello, flute, guitar, and just to add it to the top she sings like a canary.
It's not like I'm dumb or anything like that, I do good with all the school subjects. You know math, language, science that kind of stuff I can do just fine. What pushes Caroline over the edge of smartness, is that she remembers everything that she sees and hears. She could read a book and remember every single word that was in it.
     While she is book smart I am extra observant. When I was younger I always imagined myself escaping my life as princess and growing up to be a protector or soldier. Which would be easy being super observant.
   While she is tremendous in the music department. I am spectacular in the combat department. Sword fighting, archery, those kind of things. Which isn't exactly what you would expect out of a princess.
Since I was 15, I've been taking combat lessons from Sir Enos. Sir Enos Carnail is famous among the Realm of Kingdoms, and for good reason too.
20 years ago there was a huge war among the the kingdoms. King Uther the third wanted to rule over all the kingdoms in this dimension and to get rid of all the magic here. Some agreed and some didn't. My father, of course, knew we would all perish at the hands of Uther, plus our whole dimension lives off of magic. Unfortunately few were able to see that.
Soon enough, war broke out and it wasn't looking good for my father and the few kingdoms we had an alliance with.
The war had gone on for five years. The villagers were starving
and our men were growing weak and tired. Many felt they did not have anything to fight for anymore, that is until Sir Enos came.
Sir Enos was and still is the best sword fighter and just combat in general, in the Realm of Kingdoms. He started out as a local shepherd and after five years of training himself at his farm, he decided that he was ready for war. At first no one believed such an amateur could possibly think of going into battle, but Sir Enos didn't care what others thought, he knew he was ready.
     He waited patiently for another year to actually be able to train with The top soldiers. These soldiers were the kings right-hand men and his top notch battle strategists. These men were the bravest of all men in the few kingdoms fighting against Uther.
     My father and the other kings saw the potential greatness in Enos, and soon appointed him as the chief strategist over the other knights. Also as the chief strategist, Sir Enos was the man the Kings would often look to for consultation.
     For months we had started to pull ahead in the war, but King Uther the third had something up his sleeve.
     One night the castle was attacked, and even though he was against magic, that did not stop Uther from using it to his advantage. He had somehow convinced the sorcerer, Nilrem, to cast a curse over the people in the castle to fall into a deep, endless sleep. But Sir Enos wasn't in the castle, he was in the courtyard practicing his sword fighting. He saw the dark purple, grey mist, and a bright flash of lightning. He heard the bark of thunder, and with sword in hand, he raced into the slumbering castle.
     He ran in just as the main doors burst open, and in came King Uther and his 20 best men. Sir Enos struck them down one by one, until finally he was face to face with King Uther himself. Without pausing to take a breath, Sir Enos charged at the hulky built king on his steed.
     The battle intensified, the clanging of metal, loud, with a piercing noise that made their ears ring. Sir Enos Knocked  Uther off his horse, Uthers sword skidded across the floor, out of reach. Then Sir Enos, with the butt of his sword, knocked  King Uther the Third out cold.
That day marked the end of the world war, which is what it was called. Now every November 5 we celebrate Carnail Enos Day.