Cursed Prince (DNF)

1: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆

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𝑪𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅.
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏
𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅'𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒏. 
𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅.
𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅.
𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅,
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌,
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆.

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         The words repeated in Prince George's mind over and over with no end in sight. Since birth, those words had been engrained in his brain as if it was his own name. Why wouldn't they be? Since as long as he could remember he knew he was going to die young. Everyone else knew too. Eventually, he had learned to live with the worried stares and disapointed looks that haunted him everywhere he went. Especially when he was around his parents. 

         George's parents were the king and queen of the kingdom and frankly, they weren't the best company. They reined over the kingdom mercilessly, with such a strong iron fist that they would punish a child for looking at them too long. They'd punished their own child for existing. And they did. They were the reason the prince had a curse in the first place. 

         Before George was even born, the citizens of their kingdom had tried to stage a revolution and fight back against his parents' tyrany to no avail. The soldiers overpowered them and destroyed the revolution before they reached the castle walls, taking countless civillian lives with them. The revolution's leader however was the son of a powerful witch who sought revenge on his parents for their cruelty and when Prince George was born she found the perfect opportunity. So she snuck into the castle and laid a curse on the baby.

"𝑪𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅,

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅."

         Sometimes George thought she was right to curse him. Maybe he did deserve to pay for what his parents had done. Growing up, he had seen countless examples of their less-than-kind deeds. They taxed people in poverty, excecuted people who opposed them, and forced coutless civilians into what was basically slavery. The same witch who cursed him was excecuted the very same night via burning at the stake.

"𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏

𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅'𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒏."