The Dark Queen Falls: Early Draft #1

The brisk fall air had been rolling in across the valleys for at least three weeks before I noticed the frost building on my window. This time of year only meant one thing for me and my fellow soldiers. War was coming upon us, and if we survived the queen we could survive anything.

                For the time being I only wished to separate from the groups of creatures. There were many of them that had families or fellow specie-mates  by their sides. I was alone, not even my own mother was the same as me. You see, in my world you become what your spirit represents. There are people that become devils and wolves, lions and gods, bears and goddesses. They are monsters of all shapes and sizes. Yet there was no creature like myself.

                If I were to describe myself you might not understand completely, but I look similar to a human. This was rare in Fantaisie. The most well-known fighters and soldiers appeared to look like me, but there are so many secrets that I don’t know about who I am or where I am from. All of this will come later on in the story, but I felt you needed to know that I was lonely and with all the stress that is to come you may feel sympathy and agree with my decision to leave my home land.

                As I have said before the Dark Queen of Akwaydi was an evil and heartless woman, a combination of hatred and disaster. If you lived in the gates of her kingdom then you always wanted to revolt but never had the courage.

                She had the power to go to far away land and take children for her own amusement. She could not bare any of her own offspring, so this was the only proper way to have a family in her mind. She felt the need to have someone to follow in her footsteps and the evil empress, so most of the children were small girls with beautiful looks, but so far they all lacked the skills.

                On a trip to the farthest reaches I was abducted for this reason alone. That is all in the past and I have moved on from it. I still wonder what my life would be like if I knew where I came from or who I really was. All I know is that now I am a prince and royalty is my life. I am a soldier, but did I fight for the right reasons?

                The queen always knew that I would revolt if I found out this dark secret. The day that it happened I did not know how to react. I just sat with a blank stare and a wandering mind. What could I do, it had been so long. The odds of me finding my parents were increasingly small.