the prince of the past

prouloge

Our story starts sometime in the past right after our utopia was made, so Ill start there first. since america was colonized and began to grow we went from presients to kings and we are all so happy with it. our home is called the society, our rulers run through one family the first to come to rule, we wear solid colors but never black our homes built all alike except for the nobles and royal manisons we all learn the same thing and share our peace with one another, this goes throught the land except for a few neighboring kingdoms and what we call The outsiders, the rebels the people who didnt make the cut through our utopia people who didn't want to change for the better they were banished yet none of us were to know where they had lived except the historians and the people who had lost family memebers to the outsiders. death wasnt allowed in the society guns were only for protection against the outsiders, but yet they never have attacked not in thousands of years noone has seen any of the outsiders since the last war. it is lead to be beleived that they never have existed. But now we will focus on a small society family a pregnant mother a loving faithful husband and the grandparents of the woman marie, the old couple were taking their last breaths and saying good bye the old woman had gone before her husband and by the time she did marie screamed in pain. "a contraction " her husband assured their grandfather and a he went maries water broke and was forced into labor. the thing that marie didnt except was how many or what she was having for a child. 48 hours later a child had begun to cry, marie an her husband johhan held a bright haired little girl in their arms yet the doctor seemed concerend, marie sat up to question the man when she hollared and pushed again what the doctor thought was just a plasenta was actualy a little boy. yet the child didn't cry like his sister he didnt look anything like her, their little baby boy and baby girl wouldnt grow up a normal life. Marie and Johhan raised their children little Deyonna and troublesome Atlas. Deyonna grew with long blonde hair and pretty blue eyes upon fair freckledskin , unlike atals he grew with curley natural red hair and dashing violet eyes upon dark olive freckled skin. once the twins reached seven years of age the neighborhood notied the diffrence between them and soon after they were called to a councle meeting. the family showed up in dark robes their son perfectly hidden from sight as thet stood in the middle of the court looking up at each noble family meber and the king with his little boy next to him. "present your case" he spoke loud causing marie to jump , she took Atlas's cloak off of him preenting his bright hair and eyes " he was born this way sire " she stuttered and the king nodded looking at him as whispers arose form the rest of the court. " Since he can't change it he shall leave on the bus with the rest of the new recurutes of the outsiders, whats his age?" the king grumbled he was as young as johhan but with a long dark beard and short hair with dark bruding eyes that striked fear in the hearts of his enemeys. johhan sighed " hes-" he as cut off by his wife marie " please dont do this not yet hes to young" she cried the king glanced at her and sighed " ma'am remember this is our way if he is seven he must go on the bus im sorry I understand how hard it is to loose a child" he said in a calm voice marie sobbed " no you dont your family is our society they belong you never lost one because of their looks or how they acted" she yelled her eyes shot wide open " im sorry i di-" the king glared at her and pointed to the sicurity gaurd " get her out of here" she cried as she was drug away. as the adults were talking Atlas had wondered off with his sister and found the young prince to play with. ryker was a perfect image in everyones eyes but he had a seceret and he was willing to tell atlas he moved his finger into his eye and moved a contact he had a bright emerald green eye and a brown one yet he had to keep it hidden from everyone else" dont tell nobody i showed you" he mummbled to him atlas nodded as he hadnt spoke much for a boy his age. Deyonna ran into her brother while not paying attention " run guard!" she mummbled to them both Ryker and atlas laughed and ran off with her as they played for a moment the adults spoke to johhan " your son had three days to say his good byes then the bus leaves he must be on the bus or you all will seek banishment" the king said as he watched ryker and deyonna run passed he smiled then watched atlas run pass his smile faded " ryker sit down stop play with him " he said with a glare ryker did as told with a frown and deyonna sat next to him confused about what was going on . " johhan is it. is that your daughter" he asked johhan nodded " yes sire she is as well they are twins sire" he spoke softly but loud enough for his highness to hear " I believe your daughter is right for my son ryker there , for marriage when they reach eightteen years of age " he said johhan grew a slight smile " are you sure sire " the king nodded and stood " council adjurned! he yelled picking his son up and leaving out a seceret door ryker waved good bye to them all and looked at his father " has he got togo father?" he said softly with what seemed to be a scottish accent that he didnt ave while speaking to atlas. his father grumbled " yes he does and if you were not the son of a king you would be too " he said and continued to walk to the chariot that awaited.
As the days passed johhan and marie were getting young Atlas ready to leave their home and head to the outsiders land, an outsider elder would be driving a bus there and back to get more outsiders but it isnt permitted they enter the country limits. marie cried every night for loosing her boy johhan could only comfort her and reassure his son that he will be okay he would just have to find someone any one to become close to and keep himself out of troubel. Atlas was packed he felt big and strong for his new jeourny yet he didnt know that he wasnt allowed back. the day came marie and johhan borught their son to the bus and wept as they said their good byes " dont forget to write my dear!" marie yelled as she watched her son being loaded on the bus like luggage she saw a few other children a bit older than him she smiled a little knowing her son would be safe. The bus door closed behind them all and a older thuglike man stood infront of the bus "ALL OF YOU SIT DOWN IN A SEAT WE WILL BE MOVING SOON" everyone sat down all except atlas who was trying to find where to put his bag the older man watched him and sighed moving atlas to the front and putting his bag up above him he sat next to atlas and the bus moved along it took a while for it to get dark and quiet on the ride. the man looked around for any stowaways or anyone who was doing what they should not. after he was finished he sat down next to atlas who was straring out the window a closed book on his lap yet the boy never spoke the man looked atlast up and down" my child how old are you " he spoke softly to atlas who looked at him and tapped seven times on the book yet never spoke a word the man seemed confused " well my name eilijah but most people call me captin or scar whats your name" he asked trying to be poliet but atlas didnt speak he held up his book opened it the front had his names in cursive was there in gold writing. "atlas" elijah said and smiled " thats a great name young hero you best be wondering where we are going arent ya" he said atlas smiled and nodded " well us outsiders, we live in cities youll never see on screens or in any fancy book" he said and pointed to the book that the young boy had. atlas smiled and stood as the bus came to the a stop and the doors opened elijah looked shocked noone said a word to anyone about arriving the child had amazing qualities " EVERYONE OFF WE ARE HERE GO TO THE GREAT HALL ITS THE BIG ONE IN THE MIDDLE" elijah yelled and everyone did as told, the older gentalmen helped atlas with his bags and stuff showing atlas around the boy sighed and pulled out his book he seemed to be looking for something the words " not very pretty" he had his finger on and tugged on elijahs jeans he looked down and read the words that appeared on the page he laughed " true it isnt very pretty but we know how to run things around here young atlas and you will too " he said and smiled. atlas smiled and decided to stick close to elijah no matter what had happened.
Five days after atlases arravial a meeting adjurned of the outsider elders elijah was one of them as the meeting was only for the elders ears atlas nor anyone else was allowed in, except that didnt stop atlas from being close to his companion. Atlas crept to the back of the building, the archatect was grand for only usinging found resources yet poor for what atlas has grown up with. Atlas snuck in through a window and scaled the lining of the wall to the ceiling and threw himself ontop of a beam which caused the whole structure to shake atlas stood and balanced himself and walked to the middle of the room being careful not to make a sound. as atlas got closer he could hear the council talk a old gruff voice spoke loud clear with the words " elijah your the society kings brother what are your plans for this war he has waged apon us." all eyes were on the bronzed skined man who stared down at the map of the corrosponding land " my brother was never the type to leave a soldier behind yet won't show himself till the end he is a coward but knows his way around a military he will go for the supprise aproach mostly at dawn or dusk when our troops least excpect it or when we are the weakest. we have a month to prepare for this war and not enough warriors to fight and not enough time to train new men we may not loose every battle but we will loose this war" elijah stood straight and put his pencil down and stepped back as the rest of the council muttered and crowded amongst the table elijah sighed and rubbed the back of his neck as he looked up to notice a small shadowy figure retreat from the beams to the shadows elijah smiled and left the building and went home for the night.
The day fter the meeting atlas played outside in the dirt or at least thats what it looked like he was doing yet he drew with a stick as elijah passed he noticed it was the map of yesterdays meeting he double backed and crouched next to atlas and watched silently. Atlas acknolawged elijahs presents by nodding and giving him a stick. "atlas did you go to the meeting yesterday ?" elijah asked with a smile impressed with the map as it was accurate. the young boys cheeky grin gave elijah his response the man nodded and patted the childs head then was shocked with what atlas had drew next. For a seven year old boy who hasnt been in war he knew a stratagey to defeat most of the battalion. "Atlas howd you do that ?! How do you know that " his remark made the small child jump in shock elijah laughed and picked the boy up "would you like to meet my daughter hireath, I am sure you both would be great friends " he walked to the outter part of town with atlas on his back to a little cottage beutifully managed yet a little girl sat by the garden she looked oridinary to atlas like his twin sister did yet this girl had long brown hair amber eyes and pale fair skin she didnt belong here atlas thought. elijah called to the young girl who had come running " yes pa?!" she hallored in excitment as she got closer she saw atlas and slowed down " pa whos that?" her question was written all over her face as she looked from her father to atlas waiting for a response. elijah laughed " hiraeth this is atlas he came here six days ago hes seven just like you but he is mute so he doesnt speak and I am afraid he doesnt know sign yet, I was hoping youd be friends and take care of one another. i dont want you to be lonley sweetie since momma died youve sat by the garden all day" he knelt down and patted the childs head. Hiraeth stared at Atlas and nodded " fine pa he can stay but he cant touch my stuff, deal kid?" she put her hand out for atlas to shake it. Atlas nodded and took her hand his were rough and a bit bigger than Hiraeths. The kids walked ahead of elijah while he fallowed he was still thinking of how Atlas was able to come up with a battle stratagey at such a young age. they sat in the garden staring at the sky she turned to see her father smiling at them both as he nodded and began " the name delos comes from an ancient Island where the god apollo and goddess artemis were born to the nymph leto  who was fleeing the goddess hera's wrath as hera's husband zeus was the father of the twin cities. The island was a beautiful place that no mortal could get to as it was a floating island it is the sacred island of apollo that is the reason your mother named her garden as reminder to the island and the gods of old."  his gaze went from the ground to the children who were wide eyed. The rest of that day and the whole night they stared at the starry sky.

   It's been two weeks since the meeting atlas had taken up training with the soldiers or at least he tried elijah kept him from doing so as their training was dangerous and Atlas's mind would have been better as their strategist, or thats what elijah has said but atlas kept training every night behind elijah's back knowing the truth would hurt him so he never spoke to hiraeth about it.  The night  atlas went to sneak out he had forgotten to check if everyone was asleep and was spooked by a clattering noise of metal hitting the floor as atlas turned to swing  he was shocked to find hiraeth to be the one blocking his swing "too slow atlas"she giggled and stared at him "where you goin?" She ignored his questioning gaze and smiled. Atlas stared in confusion and shook his head to signify nowhere as he pointed at her. She smiled " I'm going' to the garden that's all " she said and skipped away leaving Atlas alone in the dark .  as atlas exited the house it started to snow  atlas smiled and ran up to hiraeth who was staring at the sky " atlas...its spring" she said and looked to him " why is it snowing " she seemed genuinely concerned  as atlas looked at her with a smile he shrugged as a warm glow hit hireaths and yet she looked terrified. All of a sudden a gruff voice was heard from afar " hey kids get over here we aren't gonna hurt you "  they turned to see an older gentleman in a light grey uniform they've never seen before in their little town of misfits. hiraeth looked to atlas '' go get my dad" she whispered to him as the older man yelled at them yet again to come with him as he came closer atlas could tell he was holding something  and urged hiraeth to come with him but she shook her head " go get my dad atlas now i'll stall '' she said and shoved atlas towards the house atlas ran as hiraeth stayed behind, he didn't look back as he ran towards the house bursting through the front door making a lot of ruckus to awaken elijah. hiraeth was putting up a fight and yelling which could be heard from inside  which put a little more adrenaline in atlas blood as he ran into elijah's room crying he jumped onto the bronzed man who yelped and jolted upward as he awoken '' jesus atlas the hell has gotten into you " he look down at the small boy concerned and upset that he was woken up. he was still half asleep while  he looked at the panicked atlas not realizing the bigger picture until there was aloud gun shot followed by silence.