Beauty and The Beast (erisol eridan Ampora Sollux captor)

Morning

I woke up in bed before the sun had risen, which usually doesn't happen. But I awoke in panic.
Eridan I thought in the same moment my eyelids snapped open and met the darkness of my room.
I jumped out of bed and almost ran out my doors naked. My hand was on the handle by the time I realized I needed to get dressed. Wait, I never undressed myself last night. Did I? I don't know.
I turned around and got into my work clothes. As I was getting dressed I noticed that Karkat was gone. (Remember Karkat is the ball)
I also noticed the ground where I put it was burnt pitch black. The dang thing probably caught fire somehow. Thank God the floor is rock. How does one even burn rock?
Eh, I don't care how anyways. Either way, it's gone now. Eridan probably has it.
I paced out of my room and immediately went to Eridans room, which isn't very far from mine. It's down the hallway a bit. His doors were unlocked and cracked open ever-so slightly.
I'm not allowed inside, but I want to go in and see what's going on. He always has his door closed. In fact everyone usually has their doors closed. It's just common sense. Leaving your door open is like inviting anybody in. It's stupid. Which makes me worried because even though I hate him I have to admit that he isn't anywhere near stupid like I always say. He is the prince after all, he's pretty intelligent, and probably has the most access to knowledge than anyone else in the kingdom. ((I think I said country last chapter woops))
But it's not like he can't do something stupid...
I pulled a little on the door to widen the opening and peak inside.
I had unexpectedly saw him peacefully sleeping in bed. Or at least he looked peaceful and asleep.
I curiously stepped inside, hoping to spot Karkat somewhere on his shelf or near his hands. I wasn't seeing it from my current position (a foot inside his room) so I took more steps, I softly set my feet on the ground so I'd be silent. So far so good.
As I got closer to Eridan I noticed his whole entire left arm including his hand was bruised and crusted with blood. What happened here?
I glanced around his room and noticed nothing off. Nothing broken and nothing blood stained. All completely clean. Did he do it?
Did he punish himself for failing to take his life?
What would he use to do that then? There's nothing here that he used. It would've had something on the item like blood or an indent from hurting himself.
I studied his arm carefully again. The bruises looked like he was punched. But his actual wounds were formed in a weird way. It looks like that scrap you get when you fall on the ground except that the skin was barely ripped. It was as if the inside started bleeding first and the blood pushed through his pores.
What could've possibly done that to him?
I looked around the room and soon realized that he didn't beat himself or anything. In fact no object actually touched him. I realized that when I noticed his other hand held his trusty white wand.
I pushed the wand out of his grasp and slid it down my belt. If he's going to take something of mine then I'll take something of his. I don't care if it gets me killed, I'm proving a point and maybe he'll learn something from this.

And sometimes I wonder if the future king is fit to be.. Well a king. He's ignorant, and he himself is being broken by his future wife. She doesn't even mean to. When they look at eachother at dinner I can see it. I can see how nervous he gets. I can see the shine in his eyes fade till only a dark film remains.
He's broken. When someone breaks, they can hurt others just as bad as they themselves were hurt. Prince Eridan Ampora can lead this kingdom into chaos and destruction if everything keeps continuing like this.

I look down at the still sleeping Ed, who is broken, defeated, and done with his life. Even though his life is,in a sense, the most important in our kingdom.
And then I walk out, with his wand at my side and still no Karkat.
My chest pumps fiercly. After all that's been happening, after all I've been seeing, I wouldn't be surprised if I fainted from panic or shock.
But no matter what happens I have to protect his life. Everyone depends on it. And I think I depend on it too.
Yeah no, I can fend for myself just fine. Screw him. But still, he's pretty important. I don't understand why I felt so terrible though when he fell. I don't seem to understand a lot of things. I don't even understand me.

I slid the wand under my clothes so no one would spot it. By this time I'm supposed to be awake and working anyways. So I just did the usual chores until breakfast.
Breakfast is when he came down. Wearing a long sleeved shirt to hide his self inflicted wounds. He didn't look any different. If I didn't know what he had done last night I wouldn't have noticed any difference in him. He's always been good at hiding stuff from others.
The only thing that I noticed was how Feferi was acting towards him. Usually she's bubbly and optimistic towards all of us. But when she looks at him there's something different in her eyes. I can't tell what it is. But I know it's not happiness.
Nothing after breakfast was odd. We all did our usual stuff. Which was all learning history and boring stuff like that. It's so hard for me to concentrate, probably because I don't care much about it. I don't need to know it and I'm never going to use this information in the future.
Then came training.
Eridan stood on the other side of the court. Without his wand, without a weapon.
I was about to say something but he cut me off by pushing his hand into his pocket and pulling my only true belonging out. I clench my teeth in anger as he showed it to me, but never giving it back.
"What's this, Sol?" He said in a curious and taunting voice.
I don't know what it is. I just want it back. I said nothing and brought out his wand. He sneered at me when he saw it. I've pissed him off.
"I don't know, but I won't return your wand until you give me it back."
"So you want to trade?" He asked, beginning to walk towards me.
I didn't say anything as he continued to approach me. Of course I want to trade. I'll do anything for it back. I think.
He stood a foot away from me and did something that I never expected, which caught me off gaurd.
He snatched his wand without giving it back. He quickly jumped back to his old position and grinned.
I felt anger pulse through me. He tricked me.
"If you win this fight I'll give you it back."
And that was when our first real fight began.
Blood was spilled.
But wait- I can't tell you  about that yet. The chapter has come to an end!
See you next time~