-Break-
Annoyed at the words my brother said I pick up Katk, and I take a walk through a nearby forest. “Stupid, who does he think he is talking to me like I am so idiot? I know lots of things as well I am no child!”
Katk jumping off my arm beings to fly around me as I say, “Just because he rubs shoulders with those dirty scum he now thinks he is better than me, unlike him I at least know how the value of my life. He just goes around lower himself to the level of those ingrates, what a fool he is, isn’t that right Katk.”
Katk lets out a chirp in agreement with me. “Good girl Katk, at least you can understand what I am saying.”
As Katk continues to chirp I follow her, as she flies around. She is moving rather far away, “Katk, come back girl.”
She continues to fly away so I chase after her and say, “Katk don’t leave me. I promise if I did anything to upset you, I will apologize.”
As Katk continues to fly away I stretch out my arm and say, “Katk please don’t abandon me, without you I will be all alone!”
Losing my footing a noticed that a ran off the edge of the path I was following. I tumble which causes me to get cuts and marks all across my body, “Owwwwwww!”
When I stop tumbling, I hold my head and say, “Who placed a ledge over there how awful!”
“Are you alright?”
Looking up I see a young girl and boy, that looks about my age maybe a little bit younger. They just saw me in such an embarrassed state, I need to fix this immediately.
Standing up, I say, “Hello feeble existences, my name is Ahmed Abrahams the second prince of Jedidiah. Now bow your heads!”
Excited, the girl says, “Oh wow, you must be rather important then, my beautiful prince.”
Cheerfully, I say, “Finally someone who speaks my language, all the people around here speech some nonsense which I cannot make out.”
“I speak with lots of different people, so I can speak all the songs to a certain extent.”
Staring at the young boy, I see he is wearing a covering over his head, which also covers one of his eyes, it is red with blood. “Hey you, where is your introduction? This girl over here was capable of greeting someone such as me so you go ahead as well?”
The boy starts to behave shyly so I bring my face closer and shout, “DID I STUTTER, WHERE IS MY INTRODUCTION!?”
The boy shrieks, and then the girl says, “My little brother isn’t used to people, so please forgive him for not talking.”
“The foolishness of you lesser beings never fails to amaze me. I will let this pass since I shouldn’t have expected a swine to be able to communicate with someone such a myself.”
Bowing repeatedly, she says, “Thank you for your kindness!”
“Now I would like something to eat.”
“Oh, our house is just over there.”
Looking in the distance I see a rather small hut in the distance, and after a little bit of walking, I enter inside. The hut is just as disappointing as I expected, “You people really never cease to amaze me with how low you are.”
“Sorry, our home isn’t comfortable for you.”
“I have come to learn that disgusting places like this can have some delicious food. So, give me something to salvage this disgusting sight in front of me.”
Saluting, she says, “Right.”
Putting my feet up on the table, I say, “Now little brother give me a back rub.”
Confused for a moment the girl whispers something into his ear then moments later he starts to give me a back rub.
Aww, I have missed this, putting up with all the garbage from my brother has made me forget who I really am.
As the girl scrambles to get me the food she asks, “What is a prince like you doing here?”
“I am looking for an army.”
“Why?”
“Because some swine dared to take my kingdom from me, so I am going to use all the money I brought with me to buy an army and devastate them all.”
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“Well, you can’t do that on an empty stomach, so here you go,” The girl says as she places some weird food in front of me.
“What is this?”
“Oh, those are just some rations we managed to scrape together, that was going to be our dinner for the next two days, but if a prince wants somehow can I refuse.”
I take a bite out of the weird porridge they put in front of me, then immediately I spit it on the floor and knock the plate away. “What the hell is this? Did you just feed me shit on a plate?”
The girl looks shocked, then her expression saddens as she says, “I am sorry for that, I really thought you would like it.”
On my shoulders, I feel a tightness, and then I hear the girl say something I cannot understand to her brother behind me, but one thing I do here her say is his name, Adi.
Standing up I say, “My mood has soured I will take my leave now.”
As I leave the girl starts to freak out and says, “I am sorry for that please don’t leave.”
“Now why should I listen to you?”
“Tomorrow, I will bring you some better food!”
“With your discernment, I doubt it will be better, it won’t work the walk back here.”
“Then let me bring it directly to you, my great and handsome prince.”
“Great, and handsome? You really do understand the man who stands before you. Ok then, I will allow you to bring me some food, the place I am staying is the cave beside the waterfall. My brother leaves around midday so come something after that time, ok?”
“I promise!”
-Break-
Sitting down in the cave where me and my brother stay, I sigh as I say, “Where are you Katk, please come back home?”
Hearing footsteps, I say, “Looks like the two of those peasants are here.” Getting up I walk to the entrance of the cave and say, “Took you two long enough!”
In front of me, I don’t see the two kids but a group of ruff looking adults. Surprised I freeze for a moment, but then I am kicked as one of them says, “Grab all you can.”
On the floor, I start to spit up as the people rummage through my things. Looking up I see the two kids in front of me, so I say, “What is the meaning of this!?”
I am punched in the face by the girl who says, “Shut up, you stuck-up prince.”
With pain searing through my cheek and my stomach, I stare at all the people taking all of my valuables. “Why is this happening to me?”
One of the people; a man squats in front of me and then says, “Considering your age and where your from I doubt you would understand what is going on, so let this peasant enlighten you, my wonderful prince.
You see the west coast of Terrafide is where people who run from the continent Molstoria tend to end up, because it is either that, Fimbulwinter, or sailing across the world to Enotita. And these people tend to be either rich or people who are hiding from something. All people who you can get money from extorting, robbing, and selling.”
Opening my eyes, I stare at the two children and say, “You two tricked me.”
The man gets up and walks over to the two kids, then he places his arms hanging off both of their shoulders and says, “They sure did and you never suspected it. You see I have asked almost all the villagers and people in the west coast to rat out anyone who comes around here, and then I reward them generously for their information. Using this tactic, I was able to even bag two dragons a few years ago.”
The girl staring directly at me says, “You shouldn’t trust people so easily prince.”
Φ Moving away from me, the boss says, “How does it look?”
“It’s ridiculous boss, we will be eating good for some time to come.”
“Let’s not blow through this like we did with the dragon money.”
Walking up to the man, I say, “If the haul is big this time I expect a higher payout.”
“Of course, you will get your money, especially since your help is always appreciated.”
“So where is it?”
“But let’s talk first.”
“About what?”
“You are just so helpful, no one ever distrusts such a little and bright girl, especially when it looks like she is caring for her sick brother. This causes you to be one of our best when it comes to tricking people. Your value to us is immense, something that I would never throw away. Unless I somehow found a way to get more value out of the two of you.”
“Then why don’t I have my money yet?”
Walking over to my younger brother, he says, “The reason you were that covering like that is because, you sustained an injury to your head and eye, and you don’t want to scare people away with its ugliness.”
Adi shakes his head up and down. “What is the point of these questions?”
“I am getting to it. One of my men while down at the lake swore, he saw the two of you bathing, and while staring at your bodies he says he saw something.”
I try to run and grab my brother, but I am held down by some of the boss's people, as he rips the covering of my brother's head. “Two eyes colours, two hair colours, a legacy. You placed dead animal flesh and blood within the covering to keep up the illusion.”
With the back of his hand, he knocks my brother out, so I scream, “ADI!”
“Don’t shout like that, a young girl's cries aren’t something I like hearing.”
“I know my brother is a legacy but the value we will bring you over time is worth a hundred times what you will get for selling him!”
He chuckles a bit, then says, “We both know that isn’t true. Boys get everything we need to move.”
Φ Staring at me the boss says, “Take the little prince as well.”
“Selling a prince isn’t something we get to do every day!”
“No, you idiot, we were told he is from Jedidiah the country that is constantly in a sandstorm, he has to have and someway to enter and leave, and that information will fill our bellies, so take him back.”
As one of them tries to pick me up I fight back and say, “Let go of me you filthy swine.”
The man in front of me angers, then strikes me on my face repeatedly knocking me out.
-Break-
Waking up in a cell I see the man they called boss in front of me and he says, “Hey little prince.”
“How dare you imprison me like livest-.”
“Ok, shut up, I don’t care for your nonsense, so I am going to make this real simple. Until you tell me what I want to know, you will stay in this damp, dirty cell. Little food, no clothes, nothing at all. If you want to drink, take the trickles of water that sweep into your cell.”
“You can’t do that to me!”
Standing up, he says, “Turns out I can. The quicker you tell the faster we can cell you to some rich fucker, but the market isn’t really hot right now. So, you might miss your chance if you don’t hurry up and talk. Bye now.”
As he walks away, I say, “Wait, come back!!!”
All alone in my cell, I look around the dirty thing, where I see bugs and rats running around. With my arms wrapped around my legs, I say, “They can’t be serious, this must be some kind of joke, yeah my brother is behind this I know he will come and tell me he planned this any moment now since a person like me doesn’t belong here.”