The Dark Prince

Chapter 1



















"Ow!" Drew screamed in pain. "Why the hell did you do that!" He groaned rolling on the dirt ground. "Cause you were being an arse to savannah." I said circling him. He groaned in pain again. "Hey you! Get off the road you rats!" A guard yelled at us. Every day a guard would yell at us. God I hate it. This one guard is just waiting for me to die too. "Andy come on." Drew groaned and pulled me off the road. We walked down our village side walk to my house. "Andy sweet heart come inside quickly!" She whispered and pulled us in. "Look!" My mother pointed the tv. Yes a tv we are one of the few people who can afford them. Most of the village people spend their hard earned money on other things. (This world is like modern times with iPhones and computers but ruled by kings and queens. Each region ruled by a different king or queen)




"Today we will have to raise the prices and times are getting harder and we need to prepare for the worst. Remember to never speak in vain of our prince." Ari, a guard, growled on tv. Damn. "What is with that prince. He thinks he can just live in his own world while we work our asses off." My mother mumbled. Ah the famous dark prince ruler of this land. People describe him as a evil man who kills children and hates all. I think it's a bit harsh to think of someone that way. I've never met him. They say he has gray skin and red eyes. Weird right? "Mother I don't want you to go to trial! Plus maybe he didn't make the law maybe ari did it to protect him." I said calmly. She nodded. "Come kids let's go get food."




We walked to a market and bought plenty of chips,apples, bread, noodles, everything. "That will be 146.76' the cashier said. "Damn prince." My mother growled noticing the prices were raised. "What was that!" A guard yelled. "Nothing I just stubbed my toe!" I said covering my mom. "You need to be more careful mom." She nodded. We carried our bags back and unloaded all the food. Knocks came from the door. We froze and stared at the door for want seemed like hours. "I'll get it." My mom said walking over to the door. She opened the door slowly. Two guards stood there with swords on their belts ready for action. "We came for miss cattail." One growled. Shit! I raced to the door and stood behind my mother. "That's me what do you need." She said tilting her head.




"You have been accused of discarding the ways of the prince. Step outside." One said stepping in. "What! Why would I do that?" She said backing up. She jumped as she bumped into me. I'm glad I'm taller or else my head would have hit hers."Miss don't make this hard. Unless you are willing to send someone else to your fate then come." One joked. "Mom go to the kitchen." I said stepping in front of her. "Andy no I can handle this-" I moved her back and stepped outside. "Mom ill go. You have to stay and take care of josh and John." I said as a guard cuffed my hands. "No you can't take my baby!" She cried to the guards. "it has been decided." Ari said with a smirk. "Goodbye miss cattail." He shut the door and dragged me to the line of prisoners. "I'm going to enjoy watching your death."




Great. I smiled. "I'm going to laugh my ass off if the prince decides to set me free!" I said to him. He growled and hooked me to the chain. The long chain held the prisoners by the cuff. It was pulled by two horses. I heard of one time when the horses ran and the guards just watched the bodies being dragged away to a slow death. The horses lead down the street picking up on more guy and headed for the castle. "Hey." I heard a small whisper. I turned to see a man about my age standing behind me. "I'm Greg." He said. "I'm Andy." I said back. "Why are you in this line? Your only 16." He said. "Wow you got my age right. I'm taking the charges that were meant for my mother." He cocked his head a bit. "Brave." He said