Pressured Royalty

Chapter one

Xander's PoV

~ In Conscience ~

You hear a lot about the strange marks superior royal descendants get on their shoulders, a crown, a tiara, anything that has any relation to a royal item appears on their shoulder. It'd be a coincidence that I'd have one, being the king of the fifth kingdom and all, it's only that my none of my alive relatives have the markings.
I watch as my siblings and parents be normal and natural kings and queens and princess' and princes, but I've always been a fan of becoming a hunter, a dragon hunter. It's no surprise considering my talent, I spend most my time out in the fields shooting down deers and other wild animals with a bow and an arrow, heartless? No, animals don't have consciences, What's their point other than feeding us.
~Outside of conscience~

Wandering through the castle, a spear gripped tightly in my calloused hands "where are you going, my liege?" Looking at my butler I furrow my brows "where do you think." I scoff, whistling as soon as I set foot outside the palace, a extraordinarily large wolf comes racing towards me, pressing my feet into the ground I crouch slightly, my white hair blowing in the wind, jumping I land on the saddle that wraps around the wolf "Good morning, Klerise" I chuckle, scratching behind his large ears "let's go" I shout, the beast dashing out of the castle grounds.

Crouching down low with my spear in my hands, my cape blowing against my bare back, my necklaces hanging against my neck, Klerise hidden in the trees, my eyes are locked fiercely onto a large deer, about to pounce for the animal I'm stopped when a brunette pierces a dagger into the back of the deer, jolting to my feet Klerise glares at her growling lowly "hey! That was my kill!" I shout, walking towards her she stares at me with her jaw slacked "king?" She murmurs, Klerise jumping next to me he presses his head to my side almost knocking me over "why are you out here hunting? Haven't you got 'king stuff' to do" she says, placing her foot on top of the deer "my admin can do that stuff. All I wanna do is hunt, especially dragons" I say, climbing onto Klerise's back I look at her then back to the village "you should get back, it isn't safe out here." I say, turning the when wind strikes my bare skin harshly, I rush towards the mountains.

Returning back into the castle grounds, Klerise walks off to his home that had been specially built for him, walking through the doors I'm immediately greeted by two of my many brothers and sisters, Athena and Elliot "where have you been?" Elliot asks, cocking an eyebrow I shove my hands in my pockets "out." I mumble, placing my spear in its case I turn to look at them "you've been hunting, haven't you" He says, walking towards me and grabbing my collar, pushing him off of me I growl quietly under my breath "I'm the first son, I can do what I want." I snarl, pushing past him Athena stands directly in front of me "Your the king of the fifth kingdom, act like it" he says from behind me, turning I glare at him "sorry, dad." I say sarcastically shoving past Athena.

The next day

Standing out in the gardens of the palace, holding a long wooden pole in my hands I swing it around like a spear "Good afternoon my liege" jean, my butler, says bowing to me before standing "it appears your youngest sibling, Dayna, is here to see you." Snapping my head towards him I furrow my brows "she's fourteen years old, who is she with may I ask?" I murmur, his arm gesturing for me to follow. Wrapping my cape around my neck I storm through the hallways, immediately my younger sister runs right up to me and hugs me tightly "Good afternoon, Dayna, what brings you to my palace?" I ask, her eyebrow arching I look up at tom, her supervisor "Elliot told me your hunting.." she whispers obviously so tom couldn't hear "is that such a big deal" I whisper back, her eyes widening I look into them as if to say 'I'm older' standing upright I turn to tom "get my sister safely back to her palace and I won't thrust a sword through your neck" I say boldly, turning to Jean he holds my bow & quiver and spear out for me, grabbing them I sling the bow over my shoulder, and attach the quiver to my belt,walking towards the doors To the palace I exit and am immediately greeted by Klerise who's jumping around someone excitedly, whistling I try to get a glimpse of whom it is he's bouncing around, catching the sight of brown hair I furrow my brows "Klerise!" I shout, the large wolf looking at me and padding off towards me "what are you doing here?"I say walking towards the female I had come across yesterday's during hunting "I caught glimpse of a dragon." She says, holding her spear close to her thigh,furrowing my brows I pull myself up on Klerise "take the lead." I murmur, watching her race off on a horse, I follow her casually.

Stopping in front of the restricted zone I furrow my brows "what were you doing In a restricted zone." I scoff, the unknown female smirking smugly "afraid to get your royal ass dirty?" She mocks, looking at her I shake my head, giving Klerise the go ahead he passes the line confidently, coming up over a hill my eyes lock onto a red beast, climbing off of Klerise, I get low almost on all fours creeping closer I can feel the brunettes eyes on me, staring at the red scales I flick my tongue against my tooth, Klerise pushing my bag over a sword with strange patterns falls onto the floor, Ritzinair. Breaking my spear as I run, I throw it right at the beasts head, sliding I pick the sword up in my hands the weapon immediately emits a brilliant flame around its body, watching as the beast stands and growls lowly under their breath, I grip the sword tightly in my balled fist "listen, kid, get somewhere safe.."I whisper, unclipping my cape Klerise catches it with his teeth and follows the brunette into the trees.

Circling the dragon i throw a spear at him, lunging at him I pierce my sword into his leg, jumping back I run towards the trees climbing the largest one in sight I breath in sharply and exhale slowly, jumping at him he spits a line of fire my way, clenching my jaw I pierce the sword right through his chest, the flames burning my chest harshly I drop to the floor a few seconds before the dragon does, grabbing the handle of Ritzinair I pull myself up uneasily Klerise coming to my side I wrap my arm around him, blowing one of the dragons teeth, I load it into the bag that settles on Malcom's side. Climbing on my wolf companion both me and the brunette race out of the restricted zone and towards the palace.

Sitting on a stool whilst she tends to the harsh burn on my chest I wince slightly "it's quite unusual to see a king so desperately wanting to slay dragons." She laughs, wrapping a cloth around my chest and shoulders I stretch it out a bit, pulling my shirt on, I look at the tooth, holding it in front of her "there's nothing that interests me more then killing something that puts up a fight."I chuckle, standing I hold out my hand "it was nice of you to show me where the beast lived...?"I drag on the end of the sentence Intending for her name "Tempest, Tempest Narks" she says shaking my hand firmly I chuckle, patting her leather armoured shoulder jean leads her to the gates.

Dropping onto my bed I hold the tooth in my hand, sitting up i thread my necklace through it. Laying back down I close my eyes and before time could tell I was asleep.