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Shaking his head as he thought of what he has said into the stone. The young prince shook his head and tossed the stone into the air before catching it. "That was not called for Kael" the young prince muttered to himself. "Aurum is trying her best atleast. It's not something that comes over night. Knowing how to act as a princess soon to be queen." Tossing the stone back to his table he groaned. It seemed as of late, he had less of a patience for Aurum's actions then before. Even to his horror on many times under stress he had snapped at his wife. A rage at times welling up inside of him during times when the couple had come to verbal blows over anything. "I do hope she wasn't listening in to the stone at the time" he groaned turning back to roll up the last bits of paper on his desk.

The answer to his question came quicker then he had expected as the door behind him opened. It was soft at first, to his thoughts being one of the maids again losing control over their children. "Have you lost the children again then head maid?" Kaelthas called turning around as the door closed to see Aurum. Who as soon as the door closed began to lay into the prince. She yelled at him with a fire that was alike much of the past few months had started to become. As Aurum yelled and boiled at him at first Kaelthas could do nothing but stand their. His eyes wide and mouth agap.

Shaking his head as the last of Aurum's protest given the prince cocked his head. "Every time? Of what, I ask you to be around from time to time to atleast show the essence of a princess. Some time to show face here, your presence at a party there. The loving affection of a mother shown more often then not." Pushing the chair he had been leaning against back Kael took a step towards her. "I haven't asked as much as should be. A princess of a kingdom soon to become a queen, allowed to come and go for the most part as she wishes. What kind of luxury do you think you have from that? I stay to run this country, continue to push towards a long overdue unity. I even find the time to act as a father to Aveli and Kahfka. And yet what little I ask of you is to much to ask of you? That instead I should let go such freedoms I make sure you have by taking more on myself? Please Aurum, tell me how that is a fair trade in a relationship? I am not asking to cage you but you need to understand since the marriage that you are now a part of something more. More then a small horde of gold, or flight over plains of the middle kingdom. You are part of the next face of the entire kingdom of man. You are the mother of two beautiful children, and the wife of someone who tries to give his queen the space she wants. All I ask is you hold to both your promises and vows"

At the last of his words Kael struck the desk behind him. His words impassioned to say the least. There was almost no anger in his voice as he yelled towards Aurum. He understood her not wanting caging. Giving a loud huff he looked back at Aurum. "I only bring this up as you have a habit of skipping out of things you see as useless or boring. This isn't something that I need you to do this with. Of all the times I need you to act like a princess. You are escorting the King to the middle kingdom if you remembered or even cared for what I said a week ago about this. I am not asking you to do anything with this, only follow with him. I am even bringing the children with me so they will be out of your hair for a time." Taking another step towards Aurum Kaelthas crossed his arms as he looked firmly at her. He was doing his best to not get angry this early in the morning, but it was already starting to show on his face.

When Kaelthas was again pushed away from Aurum he stood near his desk clenching his teeth. Aurum continued to yell at him, about her own short comings, about his insentience on her. She even went as far as saying she felt she was an unfit mother and that he spoke ill of her to the children. Everyone one of Aurum's complaints fell on deaf ears as the prince stood there letting her vent. His teeth held clenched as the room seemed to heat up around the two of them. It was something that was becoming far to common between them. This kind of arguing. Loud, verbal, and scathing arguing that two loved ones should not be doing.

"Enough!!!!" Kaelthas yelled slamming his hand down on the desk again. A sudden pulse of dark energy seemed to flow from his fist cracking the desk and throwing papers about. The aura in the room seemed to darken as the prince inhaled sharp. "I would not be so low to talk ill of the mother of my children in a bad light. Do you think me some sort of commoner with naught better to do? During your absences, I have little knowledge of where you have gone to, so I tell the children to my best guess. Their mother has gone on an errand of their grandfather. " Lifting his hand out of the now fist sized crater in his desk Kaelthas shook his hand a tinge of pain flowing thru it.

"Tell me if this life is so much to your disliking, why is it you stay? Why is it you continue to suffer day by day in such agony as having to put on a pleasant face towards me and the children? Are we all so unimportant that you are unable to take some time guarding a horde of gold in a cave somewhere? You have a home here, and a family that loves you and wants to see the best for you. Instead, you gallivant around. You shirk at any help that anyone within the country tries to give to help you adjust. You seem to think my father holds anything less of the love of a daughter for you. Worst yet, you refuse to spend much time with our children. The reason they look at you like that is you are almost a stranger to them. The head maid has spent more time with them over their lives then their own mother. Tell me in what world that is something that should be? Of all of this the only one to blame for the reactions of anything is you. You need to grow up Aurum. It's time to realize that a horde in a cave isn't the only thing in life that matters." Biting his tongue Kael took a step away from his desk as he walked towards the nearby windows, crossing his arms. He knew he had said to much but his anger was fuming. It was taking everything in him to keep his voice from raising as he continued with her.

As the tears began to stream from Aurum's face, the anger Kaelthas was feeling ebbed. His anger lately had overwhelmed him again like many times before when they had argued. It was coming more often lately then before. This angered prince wasn't who he wanted to be and wasn't him. Calming some Kaelthas reached out for Aurum, who took a step away from him. Instead she moved towards the doorway at the other side of his study. Her tears flowing moreso then before.


' I don't leave because I didn't think that was a choice, Kael. Don't wait for me to return with your father'


These words were all that Aurum left with before disappearing out of the door. Kaelthas was able to say nothing in response as he instead stood there. A look of shock as his hand extended towards the now empty doorway. The anger that had subsided in the prince welled up again as stood there. The dark aura from before wafting off of him. "Why can't you understand" he growled clenching his fist. "I only want was is best for YOU" he yelled as he spun and slammed his fist into the desk. The desk underneath his fist crumpled. The force of the blow echoing thru the desk, shattering it from the middle as the force continued into the floor. Around him the papers he had been going over fluttered into the air around him. The papers caught in a slight cross wind that had blown in thru the nearby window. Huffing, Kaelthas stood there as the remnants of his anger fluttered down around him.


After some time when the room had finally become silent. During the princes anger, the staff had stayed well away from the room. Finally tho with the sun set skewed in the sky a single figure approached the room and knocked. After no answer rendered, a member of Kaelthas's traveling party entered the room. Inside the room had looked ransacked. The table in the center of the room lay shattered. The chair's and tables of the room lay thrown about. Papers lay scattered on the floor, and deep cracked imprints covered the wall. In the side of the room, hunched against the wall lay prince Kaelthas. Dried blood caked his hands and he looked disheveled to say the least. "Your Highness" the traveling partner called to him registering his presence. This inticed an acknowledgement from the man. "The time for travel is soon upon us. The horses and traveling items packed and ready. They await only your presence. Lady Aurum has departed already." Looking back over his shoulder the man gave a nod to the two maids who huddled behind him. "Make sure the prince is ready for depature soon." Turning from the room the man headed back towards the cart as the maids moved into the room.

Several more hours passed the sun now hanging low in the sky. A soft clopping of horses echoed from the path. Within the interior, two small children's heads hung out of a window. Their expressions wide eyed as they traveled towards the destination. The prince had composed himself and cleaned up before setting off. Aurum and his anger weighed heavy on his mind as the almost melodic clopping filled the air. The air smelled of mid spring with the scent of summer intertwining. It would be several days before the prince would arrive at the kingdom of Amular to speak with one of the Yarls. In that time the prince would try to return to his normal self

"Hey Driver!" One of the men who was working to try to work on the fallen tree yelled standing up and pointing towards him. "Grab that axe and bring the lantern, it should make getting rid of this easier" he called as the driver nodded. Walking to the back to inform the king and princess another soldier gave a small apologetic bow. "It's going to take some time to get this finished. Once we get it done we will continue our travel your lord and lady. " Giving another bow the man headed back up to the log as the driver followed in tow with the axe and a light source in tow


The area that they were stuck in was a difficult to view from around the area. The oncoming of night had not let the moon shine yet overhead. The light from the lantern by the tree now the only light illuminating the area. A dim glow all that was reaching the horses and front of the carriage. The sound of the axe striking the log filled the air. That tho was the only sound that seemed to permeate the night air around them. From the trees, no birds chirped or insects seemed to call. The sound of the axe and the men shouting likely the reason for the silence but making the area all the more eerie. "Not like that. Haven't you ever swung an axe before?" One of the men called grabbing the axe from one of the soldiers and moving him aside. "You have to make sure to put your back and legs into it or all your doing is wasting your strength. " A few more thwacks from the axe rung out. "You see if you do-" Before the man could finish his sentence an arrow flew from the darkness. It's tip embedding itself thru his now breastplate less chest. Removed to make working on the log easier, and now making the metal pierce flesh with little problem.

A look of shock seemed to hit the men around the one man that fell. An arrow protruding from his chest . "AMBUSH one of the guards yelled as more arrows began to come flowing from the surrounding woods. The arrows now not as focused of an aim as they struck around the carriage in no sort of order. The soldiers at the front running for cover as one rushed around the back to the king and princess. "Your lords and lady, quick return to the ca-" he started out as an arrow flew by the man's head embedding in the ground next to Aurum.

As the splash of flames illuminated the area to the south of the carriage, it was more evident who exactly it was. The group that attacked them wore the armor of the kingdom of Thoromere. One of the allies of the king that was currently under attack. "NORTH FLANK OPEN FIRE!!!!" A scream came from the now illuminated south side of the carriage. As that scream issued another barrage of arrows rained from the opposite side. In the time that the carriage had stopped. Both sides of the forest had filled with men for an ambush. It was rather obvious now that their path had been known from the start.

In the sortie that was happening, all but two had shot. The driver who had jumped into the carriage and the soldier who had almost died earlier. "Lady Aurum" the soldier called as she began to throw balls of fire towards the forest. A smirk seemed to crawl across his face as she seemed focused on attacking the forces infront of her. In the sounds of arrows littering the opposite side of the cart the guard behind her had withdrew his blade. His lunge towards her intent to strike the princess in the back of the neck with his word.

Having spent most of the day traveling, Kaelthas and the children came to salvation. After some time of travel. The Prince arrived at the neighboring kingdom. "It seems we have finally arrived here children" Kaelthas called. The carriage was soon pulling thru the gates with two children hanging almost out of it's side. In the time of travel the soon to be King had taken time to think about things. His and Aurum's relationship had become rocky at best in the past months. From what he could best come up with, a small break from one another might be for the best. He would need to see if he could speak with her soon to see if she would be okay with his idea. As he leaned back in his chair, he could feel the carriage coming to a complete stop. It was clear that they had finally arrived at their destination.

"Ahh the soon to be king has finally arrived at our doorstep" a voice called. "How has the prince of man faired in his travel to us?" A voice called out from outside. Poking his head out, Kalethas was now looking at one of the few people he disliked in the world. A friend of his fathers and one of the greatest down talkers to his plans to unite the kingdoms. "Mathais Krane" Kalethas called as the doors to his carriage was open. True blow hards, could not hold a candle to the man that lay before the prince and family. "How have you been of late friend" Kalethas called as he walked up and hugged him. The smell of liquor and cigar smoke weighed heavy on the mans clothes. The color's of the kingdom, Purple and brown. Colors that looked more like a bruise in the kingdoms side to the prince. "Come, how long has it been since I have seen you? It was not to long after the birth of my children. They have grown so much in the past few years. They take so after their mother and father." With a smile Kalethas beckoned his children over who sauntered slowly and gave a small bow.

]"It has been some time has it now. They have grown quite like weeds in the garden" the man quipped. The jab meant to be a jest but stabbing into Kalethas's side like the thorn the man was. Mathais, a man so self centered he knew little of those around him that hated his guts. "How has Varyian been of late? How has the news of you being able to get a wife held with him?" The man, seeming to hold a wafting of alcohol on his breath chuckled. Leaning over he gave a light pat to the heads of both of the children, each of which darted behind their father. "Where are my manners tho, I am sure you trip has been long, and you are weary. Lets get you inside and we can have you rest before the proceedings of the marrow." Without another word, the man spun on his heels beckoning the family as he walked towards the front. Soon in tow Kalethas and the children would soon follow.


Laying in the now wreckage of his carriage. Deep wounds and gashes covered King Varyians body. His breath ragged as he tried to push pieces of lumber off himself. Before him a dragon that had once been his son's wife, was rampaging. The hunch that something was not quite human about her, finally shone truth. A dragon, Kaelthas had bedded and married a dragon. He wondered if his son even knew what his wife was, an image of his son's reaction to this filled his mind. A coughing laugh brought a spatter of blood. A chunk of the carriage had pierced the man's lung, and blood was starting to fill it. As he focused back on the dragon that rampaged in front of him. Several of the soldiers that had not died in the arrow barrage rushed to him. Their yells and cries muffled and distorted. He had lost quite a bit of blood already, and there was no stop in sight.

As Aurum turned back, and seemed to have finally seen her handywork. A dragon that was currently in a place to become queen. Trying to say something another cough of blood was all that came out as several of the soldiers moved him. He was places in a sitting position as they began to try to stop the bleeding as best they could. A dragon, with the power to destroy a carriage with a single flick of her tail. With the power to destroy an entire forest and all the would be usurpers who attacked from their covers. This was the woman that his son had taken the hand of. A realization of the reason she was naught around as much as a human mother. His hunches starting to make sense as flash backs to times during the war of his younger years. The strength and restlessness both a strength and a weakness in them.

As he lay there, Aurum rushed over to his side. The king coughed a few more times as his eyes, slow in their sockets, moved to look at her. Gone was the fierce dragon that had stood before the group moments before. Now, a child who realized they had done something terrible remained. Her pale skin now showing thru the the light given off by near by torches, no longer the glimmer darkening it. Tears streaked down the girls face as she pushed her way to his side. Her actions broken, erratic, and scared. The girl hadn't meant to do what she had done during the ambush. It was evident from what the king could see in her actions. As Aurum started to mutter something a slight burning seemed to encompass his chest. It was a healing spell, he had felt many an effect of it in the past during the war. He better then anyone else around him knew it wouldn't be enough as the girl was set on by the guards.

Feeble and shaking, Varian lifted a hand up as he made a beckoning motion to remove the guards from Aurum's path. They already had come to despise the girl in the last few moments. Her actions, meant to help them all, ended in a different way then envisioned. His wounds were an accident, that much even he himself knew as he struggled to call for Aurum over to him. His body was heavy and his eyes tired. "Aurum" Varian coughed out as he mustered up the strength to put himself to a sitting position. His body screamed at him as he tried to move again beckoning the guards to let her thru as the did begrudgingly. "I am sorry child." Varian chocked out. Her healing earlier,while not being able to save him, allowed him some extra time atleast to stave off death.

Having settled in some after his trip. Kaelthas wandered the chambers now, looking for the children. Both had been in his quarters until he had stopped long enough to look at one of the treaties he had brought. Within moments of that, they had vanished. " Aveli, Kahfka " Kaelthas called out as he wandered towards the doorway to poke his head out. "Aveli, Kahfka!" he called again into the empty hallway. "Will you do me a favor and go find the young" Kaelthas questioned to one of the two guards that stood outside of his room. As the man gave a nod and started down the hallway a muffled noise came from his room.

Turning to find the noise he started to look around. His thoughts had turned to it being either his son or daughter playing a game of hiding. "Come now children, I know you haven't been able to play in some time but Papa needs to work." Kneeling down Kaelthas looked under his bed and around the area with no luck. As he started to stand tho, the sound this time was much clearer.

'Kael, need'

It was still muffled but even so it was a voice he knew. It was Aurum's voice, from the stone he had given her. It seemed she did know how to use it when she wanted to. "Maybe she has cooled down a little bit since we parted ways yesterday" Kaelthas muttered. Going to his pack, he started to dig around in it for a few moments before finally finding the stone. A shock hitting his hand as he did tho making him real in surprise. "That was......strange, it shouldn't do that." Testing the stone again this time there was no shock from it. Gripping it he brought it closer. "I am sorry Aurum. I wasn't in the room earlier to hear you, Aveli, Kahfka have taken off into the castle. What is it you needed?" he asked the stone.

'Take him home'

Aurum's voice was once again muffled and distorted. There was something wrong with the stones connection. "Take who home? Kahfka? He isn't able to be brought home currently Aurum. You know I am atleast a day or so ride from home. Look, in a few days once this is all over you can come see both of them. Just make sure to come home with my father. I know you say that he hates you. You haven't given him a chance. Sit down at talk with him while you are heading to the middle kingdom. I am sure that you will come to realize he is the same as me. He only wants what could be best for you, even if you don't think so." Looking around the room, Kaelthas sat on the corner of the bed as he held his stone. He wanted Aurum to return with his father and not take the route she had hinted to when she left. They hadn't grown so far apart that he felt their marriage was not yet unsaveable.
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