Luciarnous
My name is Luciarnous Sardothien. I am a fae prince. I am not dead.
My name is Luciarnous Sardothien. I am a fae prince. I am not dead.
But I am not alive either.
No.
My name is Luciarnous Sardothien. I am a fae prince. But to these people, I already died ten years ago.
All that runs through my mind all day long for ten years has been these words 'My name is Luciarnous Sardothien. I am a fae prince. I am not dead.'
I think.
I think a lot of things. I think I'm dead. I think I'm alive. I think someone's coming to get me. I think they are not.
I think that I hear people at the stairs, finally, they are coming to kill me, or worse, they might just keep me alive. I think I'm scared of pain. I think I'll welcome death. I can see the man and woman clearly now, I have heard the screams produced by them echoing off the walls and before they even enter the cell I can hear my own screams echoing against them, can taste the salt in my tears as they pour down my face.
I won't tell them anything. I have nothing to tell them. I think. I am being strapped to a table, a brown paper bag is put over my head so all I see is darkness. Pain. Screaming, no words are being screamed, only sound as I have no words to say, so much screaming, they are asking me questions I don't know answers to. 'The prophet'..........Now my mind is screaming at me.
Remember. Remember. I think I know who the profit is. Say nothing. So I continue to cry and scream sounds, not words, sounds. Whilst my mind screams one word over, and over, and over again.
Minhyuk.
And I fall asleep clinging to the remembrance of two things. Minhyuk is the prophet. He is coming to find me.
Minhyuk
'They agreed?' I questioned Taehyung's message from my father, we talk more these days then we used to, but to Hyungwon, Taehyung can still be used to pass on a message to me. His lack of trust frustrates me. Calm down, he is busy and he told you all he knows, probably.
'They sent three representatives to attend the treaty signing, I only know one name out of the three' Taehyung explained. 'How long will our guests be staying, we are busy after all.'
'This is very important Minhyuk, they will be here in one hour, your father has requested you take them hunting while we prepare the court, they will be brought to their chambers after and prepared for the court in the morning.' Taehyung looked at me, silently asking permission to continue, I nodded.
'the ceremony will not last too long but once it is completed they must stay for a minimum of 24 hours before returning safely to their kingdom', the lift of my eyebrows was all the surprise I allowed Taehyung to witness. 'And why is that my friend', 'do you not know what happens in the ceremony Minhyuk', Taehyung looked confused.
You're stupid. You don't even know what happens during the ceremony to unite your kingdom with another, and it's happening tomorrow. Breath. That doesn't matter now, Taehyung will explain, don't get worked up you are busy and you forgot a minor, major, detail. 'No Taehyung my father has not yet explained what takes place in this ceremony. Please, enlighten me.' Taehyung clearly noticed my inner turmoil, I mentally scold myself, he's supposed to be protecting you from death and you are distracting him, selfish.
Taehyung cleared his throat before explaining, 'this may take a while.' 'I'm all ears, for now.' 'Ok then.'
'Only two of them will actually participate in the signing, Elena, who you know, and Kihyun, another shifter.' Do I know him? Why does it feel like I've heard his name? Damn my curiosity it doesn't matter Hyungwon probably mentioned him at some point. 'The girl, umm, Aelin, is coming for protection to the ceremony. Our dressers will prepare them for the signing much like they prepare Hyungwon for the pledging ceremony. Then they will be led to the middle of the court where you, as the loyal descendant to the throne, will cut down one of their arms to remove the blood closest to their bone.'
The purest blood lies in the arm they cut those down with, closest to the bone allowing them to do so. I remember Hyungwon explaining it during a rare meeting I was expected to attend.
'Next is the weird bit, you will take the blood on the knife and lick it.'
'WHAT'
I whisper shouted, 'I told you you should've read about it before agreeing to take your father's place in the ceremony', Taehyung retorted 'Well, why didn't you tell me', Taehyung sat back before saying 'I protect you from being cut, I care if people lick your blood, but you could drink anyone's blood by the bottle and its none of my business.' 'Well, thanks for putting that into perspective for me, does this guest even know that I'm going to cut them open and lick their blood in front of everyone.'
Taehyung smirked, which doesn't happen often, before saying 'they agreed to it after being fully informed of the rituals' he gently patted me on the back 'should I finish explaining the ceremony' he asked, genuinely concerned, wow Minhyuk just man up and drink the god damn blood.
'Continue please, as you said this ceremony must go smoothly for our kingdom and fae people's safety.' And we are back to being calm, and therefore stable, just don't think during the ceremony, it is just a random shifter, they'll be gone in a few days and its tradition anyway.
Taehyung continued 'After you, you know, lick their blood, they, umm, return the favor I guess.' He shrugged at my glare, it's for the kingdom, your uncomfortableness doesn't matter idiot. 'Taehyung please continue,' 'sure, once all the blood has been licked you both sign the paper, as the, umm, representatives of each kingdom, you both swear some vows, then the other shifter must sign as the witness, and finally you walk each of them to their bedchambers and lock them in there for the night, to show our ancestors that they proceeded with the ceremony willingly.'
'Got it' Taehyung questioned, I began to get up and stood at the door to say 'I'm competent enough to tuck some shifters into bed don't you think?'
If I'm not ready for this how will I be ready to command the kingdom?
As I walked towards the entrance to the court, where I will meet the guests before taking them hunting, I thought to myself, just don't let the wall crack, keep the emotions locked up, keep the powers locked up, if you slip up tomorrow you may be dead, literally.
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The Prophet - Kihyuk
FanfictionMinhyuk, prince of the Fae Kingdom has battled with untold secrets his whole life, managing to keep them at bay, until one day the biggest secret of them all is let loose, one he never even knew he kept. Kihyun, a cat shifter from the Kingdom of Al...