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Moon.

  "He's my new puppet. "

"No, honey.  People aren't for games and definitely not toys, we respect them." The queen scolded her son and was about to take the boy's hand when he shook it and went behind her son holding tight his gown with his small fists .

"See, he also want to be with me." The little prince remarked while rolling his eyes.
"Honey !!" the queen said to her husband pleading him with her eyes to solve this problem.
"I was about to take these boys with us to the castle but my son beated me to it. Okay everyone, let's move." the king said .

No one questioned his decision and the men with him lead the boys to another carriage when the prince took the boy's hand and took him to his own carriage.

His parents and the people with them just looked at them and said nothing.

David got in first with the help of a servant and when the latter extended his hand to the other boy he interrupted taking his hand and helping him in.

The boy was wearing a black pants and a long white shirt. It was March but you can still feel the cold of winter so David took his furry gown and wrap it around the boy earning a look from those big doe eyes that remained him of the sky when it snows for the first time .

The queen tries to speak to the boy but silence was all she was met with until her son told her that she's making the boy uncomfortable.

The two were really surprised with their son's new personality.  They never saw their son show kindness towards someone before, even to them and standing up for someone like he did now and earlier to the man in the field.

The king and the queen were about to refuse what their kid was doing and were going to let the boy joins the others to be a part of the king's court but they saw how different those two interact so the king decided that they will be play mates .

The boy can stay at the castle near his child for now and see if his interest will die down after time.

Again and as they were getting down from the carriage , David helped the boy to get down and that didn't go unnoticed by the queen as the boy refused to make contact with anyone but felt at ease with her son.

The two boys made their way to the prince's chamber and David saw that he was still holding the boy's hand who still didn't know his name.

"Lunch will be served in 15 minutes. " a maid informed the prince and went by.

"What's your name?"David asked the boy when he saw the maid leave.

The boy just looked at his hands and scratched his palm with his tiny fingers.

"I'm talking to you."David added when he got no answer back.

"I-I- I'm thirsty. " the boy said and David could swear he heard an angel's voice like the choir boys his mother make him listen to every Sunday in the church .

"Yes, of course."
David went to a table in his room that has a tray on top with a bottle of water and a glass. He poured the liquid and handed it over to the boy who drunk the water fast handing it again to the prince and asking for a second which David was glad to comply.

"Moon." the prince heard a whisper but he heard it clear .

"What? . It's day time now and you can't see the moon till night. " David explained.

"No, my name. My name is Moon." Moon explained back.

"Ah, hhh. Yeah, wow, Moon. Beautiful and unique name." David said a little embarrassed .

Moon just smiled at him .

He told the boy to take a shower and get dressed.

His mother came this time and said that they should go have lunch but he stopped her by saying "Please mother. May you make an exception today and send the meals to have in my room for me and Moon."

"Who's Moon?"

"My puppet. " David declared with a cheesy smile plastered on his face.

"Emm, ok. Just this time."

"Yes, mother."

The two had lunch and were now lying on the ground .
The prince just followed the boy and he seemed to forget his status and everything with him.

They talked and got to know more about each other.

He knew that Moon was an orphan and he was twelve years old, three years younger than him.
He also knew that he was the first person to talk to since the death of his parents 5 years ago.

He felt special .

He just can't stop looking at those big icy eyes. He felt drown to him for some reason. It's the first time he felt like this so he just said to himself that it's what a friendship- like feeling.

Time went by and Moon became a known person to the whole castle .
He was a fresh breeze that hit the kingdom.
Everybody loves him and wants to protect him.
He didn't talk . No one heard his voice and they were okay with that.
Some believed he was mute and others thought he was too shy to form a sentence and so they saw that the puppet title the prince gave him was just right.

Moon spoke only to David and when they were alone.
He liked the prince and trusted him which was a first.

Today was the yearly meeting that the king organised with the witches and fortune tellers .
Even though he was told many times that the prince's life will be good and he will achieve many things in life, he got afraid one time when a witch told him that what they can see could be seen by enemies too and they will try to change his destiny.
So now, each year, the king takes his son to them to see if anything changed and if anyone is plotting something against them.

David refused to go without Moon. He told his father that those people scare him and the only one that can put him at ease is no one other than Moon and so the three made their way to where the meeting will take place.

After an hour, the trio made it to their destination. There was about 20 witches/fortune tellers and their assistants waiting for them at the door.
They all greeted their king and prince but when their eyes were on Moon, they just watched him suspiciously and the king taught that it was because it was the first time they didn't come alone. Even the queen never came with them.

"Hello, everyone.  I see we got more people today. " the king said.

"Yes, your majesty. We would like to give you the clearest and best reading and vision ever."an old man answered.

"Of course. Now, let's get started. "

It's been two hours and the king was getting annoyed and impatient.
He saw that Moon didn't let his son's hand even for a split second.
The two were in their own world and his son's eyes never left the boy. He can't deny that Moon is a cute boy but didn't want to admit to himself that his son is looking at the boy with heart shaped eyes. He was going to talk to his son later about this matter.

"Your majesty. "

The king was pulled from his thoughts by none than the elderly man calling for him.

"Yes."

"There is something." the man informed.

"What?!!"

"We can't read or see your son's future."

The king jumped from his place and went closer to the man and said confused "What do you mean you can't see his future? Does my son have no future? Does that mean he's going to die?"
The king showered the man with many questions with his voice rising higher with each word.

"Calm down your majesty.  It would be the case if we only didn't see his future but we saw nothing. You're boy was like a blank piece of paper with nothing on it."

"And..." the king asked getting lost.

So the man added "We didn't see his past or present. Everything we saw the past fourteen years was erased and I think I know why."

The king was getting impatient again but didn't want do disrespect the elderly man.
"Well!!?"

"It's that boy's doing. " he said pointing at Moon.