As I walk down the long hallway of the palace I look out a window looking at my father's kingdom and its people.

Thinking to myself.

Someday this will all be mine and I will have the privilege of watching over such a peaceful and beautiful place.

I turn around to walk to the throne room to talk to my father when a thundering boom rang behind me.

“BOOOMMM!!!!!!”

I turn back to the window and a white light blinds me I fall rubbing my eyes.

When I finally manage to stand the light was gone, but what I saw was much worse...

There was a huge hole in the middle of the city, but before I could see how big it was, a guard snatched me up fleeing towards the throne room.

I was panicking I started flailing and yelling "What are you doing put me down this instant!"

However the guard did not obey, only saying "I am sorry my Prince but the kingdom is under attack, we must get you and your family to safety.”

As we enter the throne room the guard finally puts me down.

I turn to my father who has several guards around him.

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Looking around, I do not see my mother and my two little brothers, I start to freak out.

I ask my dad, "Where is Mother, Arec and Alec. "

A guard answers, " The Queen and the twins will be here soon, my Prince."

I yelled back at him, "How soon, something bad could happen at any second.

Besides why are we running we must stand and fight.”

The guard responded, "We will stand and fight but the royal family must get out of here alive"

"Not without the rest of my family!"

I begin to run towards the door it, but it swings open.

First two guards walk in then my mother and brothers with three more guards behind them.

I run to my mom hugging her crying and saying "Mom I am so glad you are all right."

She says back with a soft warm voice "I am glad to see you are safe too my son."

I hug my brothers and turn around.

I see the guards standing by a stone passage I had never seen before, my father already halfway in the passage, he gestures us to follow them.

Entering the passage way, I look at the guards behind us, as they stay behind.

I ask Father, “Why aren’t they following us father?”

Father answers his tone serious, “They will stay behind to buy us time, their sacrifice is an honorable one.

Do not forget them, Taveon.”

I frown replying, “Yes, father.”

My mother bends down next to me, placing her hand on my shoulder.

Mother tells me, “Listen to your Father, Taveon.

He knows best.”

Turning my head forward I watch father’s back. Hearing the sound of swords clashing I turn my head back to the entrance, as it closes stone crumbling from its edges and sealing with a resounding thud.

I hold my brothers Arec and Alec’s hands as we walk further down the hallway, mother ushering us forward.

“Clang!”

Hearing the sound of metal against metal I turn my head up to see one of the guard’s with his sword in the gut of the other. Before I can shout, the guard has already pulled out his sword from his fellow guard’s gut and beheaded my father.

Mother screams, the guard walks toward us, his blade dripping with blood, my brothers begins to cry, as as emotions well up like a storm inside my chest.

Anger, regret, sadness, pain all fill my chest like a storm of emotions and… Pain.

It hurts.

The ground shakes.

It hurts.

Mists of strange energy flicker off my body, as my hand tightly grips my shirt, over my heart.

Why does it hurt so much!!!

The shaking grows stronger.

“WHY!!!!”

The strange mist shines flaring up.

I look up at the knight.

“Kill!”

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I black out.