Dear Theodoric,
I know you never wanted to hear from us again, but I have such sad news. Lucius is dying, and it's become tough to see him like this, and family is not what he needs. He needs you; things went sideways for this curse, and you are the only king who knows the truth. My husband needs his friend, and you are the only one who will be able to make him happy before his death. He won't be here next year; this curse has been killing him; those are the consequences we have to deal with. We tried to break it; we thought we had failed with the birth, but as it is shown, it hasn't.
Octavius may be able to break it; he is much more robust, especially with Faustina. They will have the perfect family and will be stronger than this. Please visit us when you can. We would love to see you.
As Theodoric reads this letter, Domitia starts to remember the past of their friendships. As he began to tear up, he realized he needed to see her and decided to go over there for the day just to let him see how he was doing. As he began to get ready, he yelled to Fautina to get ready; we are going to the kingdom, and her face blew bright. Theodoric had arrived at the castle a few days later. When Lucius showed up, Domitia walked out.” How dare you step up into our castle as if you didn't just destroy us after we trusted you with everything.” Domitia Yelled. “ What do you mean you sent me the letter of Lucuis dying and said he needed me. I don't want my best friend not to die thinking I hated him”. Theodoric said. As Domitia looked at him, he knew he was serious, so she let him in but didn't know how to tell Lucuis what would happen.
“ Honey, we have a guest who would love to see you; just stay in bed when you see him,” Domitia says. As Theodoric walked in, Lucius began to tear “ Omg, Theodoric, I thought I would never see you again. You hate me”. Lucius began. AS Theodoric walked up and saw Lucius, he knew this death was happening way longer than it seemed and wished he had been there sooner. “ I am so sorry, my friend. I shouldn't have left you. I wish I could go back and be there for when I found the curse instead of just turning my back to you; now look at you. I miss you so much, and now I won't get any more memories because of my shamelessness”. Theodoric had begun saying with tears in his eyes. Still, he realized His best friend was dying much sooner, and he wanted to make the old memories just happy ones now.
As Theodoric was across the room, he saw Lucius just sitting there alone. He decided to walk up to him and realized he was crying. Lucius was at the funeral of his father; he sadly died in a car accident, and Lucius became King much sooner than he wanted. As Lucius was training for King, he saw Theodoric a lot for the past weeks, so they became closer than ever. Theodoric loved Lucius, and as Theodoric lost his father a few years later and became king, they planned to have their firstborn marry each other to keep the kingdom intact. When Lucius realized the curse, he knew he needed to tell Theodoric what would happen. Still, before he could, Theodoric had lashed out about letting him sign his daughter away to a cursed family where nothing good was left to come. As they reunited in a moment, they realized how much the silly curse had cost them.
As Theodoric knew he was dying, he told Lucius all their good memories. “ Do u remember when we had run away with each other and just kept running until we couldn't breathe and hid inside the hut we made inside the forest” Theodoric recalled, which made Lucius smile more than he had in the past years. Domitia knew this was precisely what Lucius needed, and they began to tell each other a story.
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“I remember that one time my mother got mad at us and began screaming for us, leaving without permission and without safety, but all we could do was laugh, which turned her face like a tomato red, and we laughed even harder.” Lucius began laughing with Theodoric.
“Oh, my, do u remember when my mother almost lost everything because we had hidden in the closet and she couldn't find us for 3 hours, and when we finally popped out, she screamed and almost cried”. Theodoric had begun to say, but Lucius had laughed so much that he started coughing up blood. It had ruined the mood, but Thodoric knew it could've happened, so he had a few more memoirs, including a picture and a story with Domitia.
“ Here, do u remember the first time you met Domitia, and you know what you told me. You said she was the prettiest girl you had ever since and was glad to be the one marrying her. You had gotten so happy even if it was arranged and you didn't fall in love; you told that you would fall in love and that this wife was gonna be the one you would happily die with as your kids sat on your deathbed” Theodoric brought in sad, but happy memory for those two as he realized Lucius never told Domitia. She had begun to tear up hearing this story.
“Oh my Domitia, hand me my box please; remember all the letters we sent Theodoric. I kept them all inside this little box. I have them all from you; let's read some of them”.
Dear Lucius,
I'm glad I heard from you again; trying to stay on task with my new learning to be the new king has been brutal. I always love to hear from you; it always has something to lighten the mood, but this letter was kinda sad, and I'm sorry to hear that. And hopefully, this letter will improve the mood. I just had a memory visit from when we had given your mother a heart attack. We were dying laughing as your mother took her eyes off us to check on your sister, and we ran off. Straight into the woods, we made a little cabin outside to keep us from the wind. We had even tried to make a small fire, but the wind kept blowing it out, which sucked; we had gotten so mad we screamed so loud. That's when we heard the knight running, and we booked it straight just because it was to cause chaos. As the knights caught us, they said,” You two are the chaos duo; we swear you're gonna kill your mother, Lucius.” We began to laugh, and there became our name, the chaos double.
Your other half of chaos double Theodoric
“Oh my, the chaos double, I forgot about that; oh my, let's read another one, “ Theodoric mentioned.
Dear Lucius, my other half of the chaos,
I'm getting married soon, and I have no clue who this woman will be, but I know I will love her as my wife. I know once I see her, everything will change. Anyway, what we did a week ago was the most fun, seeing our mother's face once they found out. We just took off into the woods, hiding out in our cabin. I never realized how good it was hidden till that day when the knights looked twice with nothing to return to, and then our mothers came out after the knights failed. Our mothers were so angry when we popped out of the cabin, which made our mother scream so loud that knights started to chase us, thinking we were citizens. When they finally caught us, it was just the beginning of the endless chaos we had started that week. Om my, the looks on the knight's face when our mother came after them screaming it was their children. They grounded me until next week. I haven't seen your mother yell at you in so long, and my mother finally screaming at me. I was scared for both of us. Ultimately, it was a perfect time to remember and even tell our first kids about it. Speaking of kids, I have a little information I wanted to share with you. Hopefully, your mother isn't stopping our letter.