Chapter 1
Xavier
"But your Highness you can't just wipe out a nation because of a mistake made by a mere child!"
"General Marcellus I am the Crowned Prince of this kingdom, therefore I shall do as I please!" I hissed at the scum before me. He has been trying to tell me what to do for the past two hours. A prince does not follow orders from someone below him and I'd be damned if I let General Marcellus be the first to accomplish such.
"But Your Highness-"
"General Marcellus, I will not stand here going over this with you for another two hours. You are beginning to tread on a thin line because you are testing my patience." I sighed. "Now if you will excuse me-"
"What's going on here brother?" General Marcellus and I swiftly turned to our left to see my younger brother boring holes into our figures, eyebrows arched asking us the same question his mouth had previously spoken.
"Nothing to worry about Orson." I curtly replied as he attempted to spot the truth without the depths of our souls. For those who don't know, my younger brother is a soul reader, one of his many abilities.
"So you're not going to destroy the Ozimore Kingdom because a child ran into you earlier, getting dirt on your clothes?" Orson's sarcastic question effortlessly escaped their confinement.
In times like this I wished I'd never had a soul reading younger sibling. Rolling my eyes as usual I left the room without answering. There is no point when Orson is around because he already knows. Call me whatever pleases you, the Ozimore Kingdom will feel my wrath very soon. I thought to myself as I briskly walked to the throne room to meet my father.
"Ah Xavier my son how are you!" My father greeted cheerfully with a grin what quickly turned into a frown upon seeing my scowling one. "Is something troubling you boy?"
"The Ozimore Kingdom needs to be destroyed." I simply stated throwing myself onto my throne to the left of my father.
"Why must a peaceful kingdom such as the Ozimore Kingdom need to be destroyed?" Now he was clearly confused, his face told it all. "Wait son, don't tell me this is about the little encounter with that child now is it?"
"Of course it is father! That little wretch has to pay for her crimes and her kingdom will pay it with her!" To say I was fuming would be an understatement. Nobody understands how important this is to me, and I can't destroy the kingdom without my father's permission.
"Now look son I know that these things may upset you but destroying a kingdom for such little things is outrageous and stupid. You are too smart to actually go through with. Right now the kingdom you should be worrying about destroying is the Aizasha Kingdom. I hope you haven't forgotten about the war between our kingdom and theirs." His wise words entered my ear and refused to evacuate. As I thought about it though, he truly made sense. Of course it made sense you idiot, he's the king. My mind insulted.
The Aizasha Kingdom, our worse rival ever. A rivalry that's been alive since centuries ago. It all started when the males of the Aizasha Kingdom started abducting the women of our kingdom, raping and forcing them into marriages. Any female within the ages of thirteen to thirty five just gone, vanishing into the night. The men of our Kingdom had finally gotten tired of the Aizasha Kingdom's tactics only a few years ago as my father took reign. Being the great king he is our people worked hard to protect the females. I could care less as all women do is seduce men and when trouble comes for their thirsty, gold digging asses they're all innocent. However, I am a prince therefore I need to hear the calling of my people and fight for their sake.
My father and I relocated to the strategy room with the company of several generals in our army. Listening into the various ideas of our men on how to best terminate our enemy and commenting when necessary.
"I say we send a few scouts so they can find their weaknesses and report back to us. Then we can use that information to attack them." One suggestion.
Another followed, "No we attack them as they are right now. Sending scouts will just waste time and we've wasted enough already."
"That is a brilliant idea General Leighton."
"No it's not think about how many lives will be lost if we attacked head on!"
This was already starting to bore me for they kept shooting the same phrases at each other. Sending scouts isn't a bad idea but too much time will be lost because finding weaknesses can be rather difficult for professionals and novices. However attacking straight away can lead to a bloodbath, depleting our army's resources. BOOM! What in the world was that? I questioned myself, immediately rising to my feet, sending my chair to hug the wall behind me. Before our minds can register what the sound was, our kingdom's emergency sirens blared continuously. We're under attack, just great!
"THE KINGDOM IS UNDER ATTACK! THE AIZASHA KINGDOM IS ATTACKING!" was the last thing we heard before everyone scrambled into action. Death may befall on us but we shall refuse to be put to rest without a fight.
