The Princess and the Prince (BMC Royalty AU)

The Young Hero

((Hi Author here! Just want to let you all know the way this chapter is written is by the eyes of SQUIP and Jake, so when you see THIS kind of writing it's SQUIPS POV and when you see THIS kind of writing it's Jakes POV. It's gonna be obvious because of the events but whatever! ((Also when they both say something their text will be THIS, but it only happens once,anyways enjoy the chapter!))

I remember him well. I was merely a teen when I first heard of his name, no older than 17, my father had called for me to come to the throne room for something important.

I-I was only 5 maybe? I remember being at the Solstice castle, as the queens invited all the families around for a celebration of their marriage, and putting up a new mural made with purity glass...

I arrived in the throne room and was greeted to my father, the old King Reyes...bless his soul. He told me to come to him and he told me that I was at the age when I needed to pick a bride or groom to one day be my queen or prince to rule the shadow realms with. He showed me a globe that can show me any Royal I wanted to choose. I started to look through it.

I remember all the kings and queens went to another room to congratulate the new queen and I wondered like the little boy I was...then I stumbled into the gardens...when I saw him.

Soon after searching, I saw it, I saw him.

Prince Michael.

He was so young, maybe three turning four? He was perfect for me. When my father asked me why him, I told him he was young, and that he would make the perfect groom so when I come of age, he will be an obedient prince and do as I say, without any hesitation. My father was so proud.

He was so innocent, he was so tiny compared to the other royals he had to be the youngest one there. He was adorable, just sniffing the flowers. I watched from afar nervous to talk to him.

My father sent for...him. And he appeared in the room, the legendary shadow lord...Jason Dean. My father instructed him to abduct the young prince without harming him. He disliked the idea of not harming him but he agreed as he was a loyal shadow to my father. He bowed goodbye and made his way to Solstice as I waited for him to return with my groom.

I approached him meekly and he looked to me, his glasses and crown a little to big for him, but I just thought that made him even cuter. He smiled to me softly.

"Hi! I'm Michael!" He said his voice was angelic and sweet.

"M-my name is Jake..." I said meekly to him. He smiled to me giving me a small pink rose.

"My mommy said pink roses are the sweetest roses of them all! Because red is romantic but pink is rarer! What do you think?" He asked me. I was so flustered I just nodded my head in agreement. He smiled to me and went back to the flowers, and I'll never forget what I saw next.

In the shadow of the garden a figure appeared, he was terrifying looking, and I was so scared, but that wasn't why he scared me, he scared me because he was getting close to Michael.

"Michael look out!" I shouted to him. He looked up and saw the shadow looming over him grabbing him. He cried and screamed for someone to help him. I was in a panic, but I couldn't let this shadow hurt him! I picked up the closest thing to me, a stick and swung it at the shadow growling he just laughed and knocked me to the other side of the garden. I landed in a bush, and got a few cuts from thorns but I had to act fast. He was disappearing with Michael.

"J-Jake! Help me please!!" He cried scared, somehow...this made something in me snap even more.

I looked around for anything near me and I saw a piece of the new queens unfinished mural. I grabbed the glass and ran to the shadow yelling as I plunged it through his abdomen making him drop Michael yelling in pain. Then I saw it...he was bleeding, the shadow was bleeding! I held Michael behind him and I could feel him shaking. The shadow screamed and yelled in pain, bleeding...I...I didn't know a shadow could bleed! He disappeared hollering in pain as I held Michael close shaking and crying as he was as well.

The bells chimed, he returned! I was giddy with excitement and ran downstairs to meet me groom...only to see the lord bleeding in pain yelling. Shadows were scared to go near him. But I wasn't. I ran to him scared.

"Wh-what happen?!" I asked him worried. Then I saw it, the piece of glass in his abdomen. My father appeared pushing me away. As he asked him who did this to him.

"I-it was a little prince... j-Jake..." he said.

"Jake...I've heard that name, he's the son of the Cronos royal family, but he's a child!" My father said. The lord coughed blood.

"Yeah...a k-kid who got purity glass..." he said looking to me now giving me a pained smile. "S-sorry...I...failed..." he said dying right there on the ground of the throne room. I was furious I was ready to kill that prince! But my father wouldn't let me leave. He told me one day, I will get revenge...one day...he will pay for what he did. And he will...he. Will. PAY!!!!!

I don't know how long it passed until I heard people run into the garden seeing me and Michael. A few minutes? An hour? I don't know... all I knew is I needed to keep holding Michael. Then we were pulled apart. Michael was crying into his mother's chest, and I hugged my father. I don't remember what they said, but soon I was being walked out of the gardens in my fathers arms, waving bye to Michael, not seeing the rose he put in my pocket... with that flower I made a promise...I would save him again if he ever was in danger...I made it my mission...

And now...I failed...

Told you guys that this chapter was almost done :D anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter and honestly thinking...the book only has 3 chapters left! :0 I wonder how many people are excited for that! Anyways thank you all for reading and as always,

More to come as the story continues~

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