The Prince and the Peasant (Scomiche)

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Mitch sat down on his bed and looked up at the ceiling, "I don't want to marry her!"

"She will help you carry on the family! She is beautiful, why do you not want her?" Mitch's father, Mike asked.

Mitch wiped his eyes and turned away from his father, "I want to find love on my own and not by you forcing me into something."

Mike rolled his eyes, "No one will ever truly love you, they will just want the royalty."

Mike slammed the door that lead to Mitch's room. Mitch sat up and looked out of his balcony to see the lights of Russia.

Mitch looked over at his servant in the corner, "Can you get me t-tissues?"

Mitch's servant, Kirstie, nodded and hurried away to fetch tissues.

Kirstie came back with a box and sat down next to Mitch, "It's okay sir, it will all be okay."

Mitch blew his nose and looked at Kirstie, "I told you that you don't have to call me sir."

Kirstie nodded and rubbed Mitch's back slowly.

Mitch stood up and walked over to the edge of the balcony, "And it won't all be okay, it won't. I'm getting forced to marry a woman and probably be forced to have children with her to carry on the family. And you know that I'm very gay, and my parents will never hear me out on that."

Kirstie sighed and looked over the city, "It's not fair that you need to suppress your happiness to suit others, I think you need to go out there and find true love."

Mitch smiled and wiped a stray tear away. He pushed on the golden rail, "You know, I could just fall off this floor onto the ground. It would probably kill me and I could live a happy life in heaven."

Kirstie bit her lip and cocked her head slightly, "Please don't, don't die."

Mitch chuckled, "Why, it's not like any one would miss me."

"You know I would miss you, the whole country would miss you. Without you, your parents would have thrown me back out and fired me. I wouldn't be working for you right now, I would have a miserable life. You know how the people are doing down there, they're starving. But you saved me." Kirstie whisperer.

Mitch sighed, "And another thing, when I would take over, I would have to deal with the starving people and our poor country. We don't have any money, and that's too much stress for me to handle."

Kirstie stepped back into the house, "You will figure it out, you will be a great leader."

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Scott woke up to the sound of gunshots in the distance.

Immediately, he took his small pack and ran far away from where he stayed that night.

Scott eventually stopped in the middle of town to look at the large castle.

"Thanks for waiting up." Scott friend, Jeremy said.

Scott chuckled dryly, "We need to get food and water, we haven't eaten in days."

Jeremy looked at the local sales people and scanned the shops for something to steal.

"Everything is sealed up." Jeremy said.

Scott looked around and huffed, "Smart of them."

Jeremy looked around once more and saw people moving out of the way for something.