I know this FFF is rather late....but oh well. ^.^ At least I wrote one. Its been a while, I know.
The Prince Warrior
by: Carole Rae
Once
upon a time ago I was a prince who was a nobody. I was a sap. I was
weak. That all changed when the bandits stole my precious jewel. My
light. My love...my dear future wife. I was not able to save her,
because I was not a man. Yes, I knew the basic ways on how to use a
weapons, but I was so spoiled and I stuck my nose up at such tasks.
“Who needs to bother with this, when one has bodyguards?” I would
say. None would argue for me, because I was the Golden Son.
Though
I was the younger son and my chances of sitting in the throne was
slim for there was three brothers ahead of me. My parents loved my
brothers, but they loved me more. I was their Golden Son. I took
after my mother and was slim while my brothers had my father's
stately and broad stature. I was beloved, but when my mother died, my
father Emperor sat me upon a Golden pedestal and trimmed me to the
weak man I was for I reminded him of my mother.
It
was a nice life and I loved being treated like a fragile vase for I
drank, ate, gambled, slept til the Sun was high in the sky, and slept
with the whores at court. A grand and carefree life.
She
then happened.
My
jewel came into my life...the bride my father chose for me to marry.
Our betrothal was made when we could barely hold our heads up. Her
father was my Emperor Father's top General and since we were born on
the same night, it was deemed “fate” and I agreed once I laid my
eyes on her. My heart fluttered and pounded like the waves upon the
beach. Her dark black eyes attached to my soul and I gave up my
carefree life. Her sweet smile opened my heart to love. However...she
is gone, now because I was no man and could not save her.
I
will find her.
I
will kill the men who dared take her from me that frightful evening.
I
am now a man.
I
realized I was meant to wield this sword.
This
sword will taste blood.
~*~
“What
a lovely jewel.” The man crackled and dragged a finger down her
pale cheek, “She will look even lovelier in my Boss' bed. Right
lads?” The bandits laughed.
I
pulled and tried to remove myself from the strong hands of the smelly
bandits, “Let her go! I will give you any amount of money you
want.”
The
top bandit, I assume, tsked at me, “You really don't know the worth
of whores of late, do you? It will take many beds but she will earn
more then you can give us. However, the Boss wants to taste
this...pearl first before he lets her go and make us money. Maybe if
she's good enough, she'll be the Boss' new toy for a while.”
Her
eyes shone pure fear. She tried to pull away, but every time she
attempted the bandit squeezed his grip and pulled her closer to his
body. The rage inside me grew.
“LET...HER
GO!” I yelled.
The
bandit studied me for a while and said not a word for what seemed an
eon. Finally he replied, “No....let's go lads. You know what to
do.” He began dragging Hōseki
toward the horses.
I
struggled and kicked and screamed her name.
“Suizei!”
Hoskei's bright voice cried.
“Hoskei!”
I somehow managed to pull away from the bandits. I ran towards my
jewel, but one of the bandits tackled me to the ground. He straddled
my back grabbed my knot. He slammed my face into the mud over and
over. With every slam Hoseki cried out for me to save her.....
~*~
I
awake with a start and as naturally as breathing my sword had slipped
into my hand.
Breathing
hard, I tried to get my mind to realize it was just a memory and
dream. Finally, I managed to calm my breathing and my eyes adjusted
to the present. The rain was pouring down heavy. I stepped out of my
tent and stood in the pouring rain. I swung my sword and sliced the
raindrops, still trying to slow my heart rate and bubble down my
anger that the memory arose.
I
will save her....I will.
4 comments:
Awesome Carole!
*blushes* awwwwe thanks!
You're a good writer on the spot. Enjoyed this very much!
Why thank you Randi Lee.
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