The Necromancer Queen

It's Queen, Not Princess

"It's actually Queen Ashllyn, not Princess Ashllyn, for your information." Honestly, we are in a stare-down, and I just needed to correct the fact that they called me a princess. Eh, whatever, it's already done and out of my mouth.

"Q-queen? Wait, you were already crowned? When?" Ooooh, that was Prince Axel. I guess he really didn't know that I am the Queen. How foolish of him, he should know that one inherites the throne right after the the ruler dies. Or is that just for necromancers?

"So, Queen Ashllyn, why did you stop and help me, especially at this broken down old castle?" Prince Erialic's cold voice broke into my thoughts, slightly startling me.

"In order. Yes, I am the Necromancer Queen. Tecnically, the necromancer kingdom has no crown. I was crowned on my birthday, which was a few days ago, I guess. I helped you because You where injured, and I wanted to. This 'broken down old castle' is actually the true castle of the necromancer's. It was attacked and stormed by townsfolk who were scared of my ancestors. Is that all?" I tried to say this all in a bored voice, hoping that they understood thhat I was not their enemy. At least not Prince Erialic's.

"Forgive me, Queen Ashllyn, I did not know you where the Queen." Prince Axel said this as he sank down onto his knee is a bow, one only done for kings and queens. Um, what do I do? While I floundered in my ever so slightly panicked thoughts, Prince Erialic seemed to realise that he should probably bow down too, and he sank reluctantly down on his knee.

Panicked I blurted out, "No, no, please stand up. Even though I am Queen you don't need to do that. It's fine, stand up please."

Silence.

Then Prince Erialic started laughing, a deep sound that seemed to echo around the room, banishing the silence. Prince Axel stared at me for a second, then looked at Prince Erialic, back to me, and then his laughter joined the other boys laugh. I was blushing, I could feel it.

"H-hey! Stop laughing, it's not funny!" I cried out, hiding my now entirely red face behind my hands. Damn these Princes's please. somebody, just....please somehow shut them up.

They continued to keep laughing as I stood there, staring at them between fingers. I felt a giggle bubbling up, and I released it. Then another. And another. Until I too, was laughing hard, clutching my stomach like it was going to fall out.

"Heh...Ouch....heh" Prince Erialic was the first to stop laughing, holding his stomach tighter than either Prince Axel and I, then I relized that even though I had healed him, his wound wasn't properly healed and back to normal yet.

"Prince Erialic, are you okay?" Prince Axel asked the question I was about to, concerned for his fellow prince I suppose.

"I....heh...ow...was injured a little while ago...heh...and Ashllyn, excuse me, Queen Ashllyn healed me,....but it still hurts....heh....a little" Prince Erialic hhuffed out the sentence's between laughs and breathing.

Sighing, I walked up to Prince Erialic and grabbed his wrist, even though I saw him tense when I was walking towards him, and started dragging him behind me. "Sit.", I commanded, pushing him down to rest on the bed, then walking towards the chair that he must of dragged in here when I was sleeping, and sat down myself.

"So, my fiancee, is searching for me you say?" I turned to Prince Axel, "But why would they send someone so high ranked to search fror me, in peseant cloths?" I questioned him, still not exactly sure if I trusted him that much yet.

"You have a fiancee?" Prince Eialic supplied instead of Prince Axel answering my question.

"yes, but I have never met him. He is the prince of vampires." I answered with a sigh.

I truly did not know this man that was to be my husband, nor had I heard many rumors, but then again, living in a small cabin in the middle of nowhere, I can't exactly hear the gossip.

I heard Prince Axel sigh, and I look back over to him.

"The prince is not your friend," he paused, "He is geedy and only wants your crown, for vampires are immortal, and there is no way he will be able to kill the vampire who is king right now. He hides his true self in front of the kings, but I and everyone else of the royal court know he is evil, but the vampire king, or my father, would not believe us if we told them. I came to warn you to not come to the castle, and to try to break off your engagment."

I thought for a second, pondering over what he had said, as the two boys stared at me.

"To break off our engagment could cause a war betwwen our three races, for I know the werewolves with side with the vampires, and we have less people, so that might just lead my people, the necromancers, into a slaughter house, because you know, we have had no set home, except for this now ruined castle, we are wanderers, nor are we fighters." I broke off, turning to stare out the window.

If what Prince Axel said was true, that my fiancee was not going to help me, nor was he on my side exactly, then the only war to not let him steal my crown was to break off my engagment, or to kill him, but I favored the first. Standing up, I walked to the window I had been staring out of, I put my hands down on the rail and sighed.

This was going to a wild ride.