-Break-
A the words my brother said I pick up Katk, and I take a walk through a nearby forest. “Stupid, who does he think he is talking to me like I am so idiot? I know lots of things as well I am no child!”
Katk jumping off my arm beings to fly around me as I say, “Just because he rubs shoulders with those dirty scum he now thinks he is better than me, unlike him I at least know how the value of my life. He just goes around lower himself to the level of those ingrates, what a fool he is, isn’t that right Katk.”
Katk lets out a chirp in agreement with me. “Good girl Katk, at least you uand what I am saying.”
As Katk tio chirp I follow her, as she flies around. She is moving rather far away, “Katk, e back girl.”
She tio fly away so I chase after her and say, “Katk don’t leave me. I promise if I did anything to upset you, I will apologize.”
As Katk tio fly away I strety arm and say, “Katk please don’t abandon me, without you I will be all alone!”
Losing my footing a noticed that a ran off the edge of the path I was following. I tumble which causes me to get cuts and marks all ay body, “O!”
When I stop tumbling, I hold my head and say, “Who pced a ledge over there how awful!”
“Are you alright?”
Looking up I see a young girl and boy, that looks about my age maybe a little bit youhey just saw me in su embarrassed state, I o fix this immediately.
Standing up, I say, “Hello feeble existences, my name is Ahmed Abrahams the sed prince of Jedidiah. Now bow your heads!”
Excited, the girl says, “Oh wow, you must be rather important then, my beautiful prince.”
Cheerfully, I say, “Finally someone who speaks my nguage, all the people around here speee nonsense which I ake out.”
“I speak with lots of different people, so I speak all the songs to a certaient.”
Staring at the young boy, I see he is wearing a c over his head, which also covers one of his eyes, it is red with blood. “Hey you, where is your introdu? This girl over here was capable of greeting someone such as me so you go ahead as well?”
The boy starts to behave shyly so I bring my face closer and shout, “DID I STUTTER, WHERE IS MY INTRODU!?”
The boy shrieks, and then the girl says, “My little brother isn’t used to people, so please five him for not talking.”
“The foolishness of you lesser beings never fails to amaze me. I will let this pass since I shouldn’t have expected a swio be able to unicate with someone such a myself.”
Bowiedly, she says, “Thank you for your kindness!”
“Now I would like something to eat.”
“Oh, our house is just over there.”
Looking in the distance I see a rather small hut in the distance, and after a little bit of walking, I enter ihe hut is just as disappointing as I expected, “You people really never cease to amaze me with how low you are.”
“Sorry, our home isn’t fortable for you.”
“I have e to learn that disgusting pces like this have some delicious food. So, give me something to salvage this disgusting sight in front of me.”
Saluting, she says, “Right.”
Putting my feet up oable, I say, “Now little brive me a back rub.”
fused for a moment the girl whispers something into his ear then moments ter he starts to give me a back rub.
Aww, I have missed this, putting up with all the garbage from my brother has made me fet who I really am.
As the girl scrambles to get me the food she asks, “What is a prince like you doing here?”
“I am looking for an army.”
“Why?”
“Because some swine dared to take my kingdom from me, so I am going to use all the money I brought with me to buy an army aate them all.”
“Well, you ’t do that on ay stomach, so here you go,” The girl says as she pces some weird food in front of me.
“What is this?”
“Oh, those are just some rations we mao scrape together, that was going to be our dinner for the wo days, but if a prince wants somehow I refuse.”
I take a bite out of the weird pe they put in front of me, then immediately I spit it on the floor and knock the pte away. “What the hell is this? Did you just feed me shit on a pte?”
The girl looks shocked, then her expression saddens as she says, “I am sorry for that, I really thought you would like it.”
On my shoulders, I feel a tightness, and then I hear the girl say something I ot uand to her brother behind me, but ohing I do here her say is his name, Adi.
Standing up I say, “My mood has soured I will take my leave now.”
As I leave the girl starts to freak out and says, “I am sorry for that please don’t leave.”
“Now why should I listen to you?”
“Tomorrow, I will bring you some better food!”
“With your disment, I doubt it will be better, it won’t work the walk back here.”
“The me bring it directly to you, my great and handsome prince.”
“Great, and handsome? You really do uand the man who stands before you. Ok then, I will allow you t me some food, the pce I am staying is the cave beside the waterfall. My brother leaves around midday so e something after that time, ok?”
“I promise!”
-Break-
Sitting down in the cave where me and my brother stay, I sigh as I say, “Where are you Katk, please e bae?”
Hearing footsteps, I say, “Looks like the two of those peasants are here.” Getting up I walk to the entrance of the cave and say, “Took you two long enough!”
In front of me, I don’t see the two kids but a group of ruff looking adults. Surprised I freeze for a moment, but then I am kicked as one of them says, “Grab all you .”
On the floor, I start to spit up as the people rummage through my things. Looking up I see the two kids in front of me, so I say, “What is the meaning of this!?”I am punched in the face by the girl who says, “Shut up, you stuck-up prince.”
With pain searing through my cheek and my stomach, I stare at all the people taking all of my valuables. “Why is this happening to me?”
One of the people; a man squats in front of me and then says, “sidering ye and where your from I doubt you would uand what is going on, so let this peasant enlighten you, my wonderful prince.
You see the west coast of Terrafide is where people who run from the ti Molstoria tend to end up, because it is either that, Fimbulwinter, or sailing across the world to Enotita. And these people tend to be either rich or people who are hiding from something. All people who you get money from ext, robbing, and selling.”
Opening my eyes, I stare at the two children and say, “You two tricked me.”
The mas up and walks over to the two kids, then he pces his arms hanging off both of their shoulders and says, “They sure did and you never suspected it. You see I have asked almost all the vilgers and people in the west coast to rat out anyone who es around here, and then I reward them generously for their information. Using this tactic, I was able to even bag twons a few years ago.”
The girl staring directly at me says, “You shouldn’t trust people so easily prince.”
Φ Moving away from me, the boss says, “How does it look?”
“It’s ridiculous boss, we will be eating good for some time to e.”
“Let’s not blow through this like we did with the dragon money.”
Walking up to the man, I say, “If the haul is big this time I expect a higher payout.”
“Of course, you will get your money, especially since your help is always appreciated.”
“So where is it?”
“But let’s talk first.”
“About what?”
“You are just so helpful, no one ever distrusts such a little and bright girl, especially when it looks like she is g for her sick brother. This causes you to be one of our best when it es to trig people. Your value to us is immense, something that I would hrow away. Unless I somehow found a way to get more value out of the two of you.”
“Then why don’t I have my money yet?”
Walking over to my younger brother, he says, “The reason you were that c like that is because, you sustained an injury to your head and eye, and you don’t want to scare people away with its ugliness.”
Adi shakes his head up and down. “What is the point of these questions?”
“I am getting to it. One of my men while down at the ke swore, he saw the two of you bathing, and while staring at your bodies he says he saw something.”
I try to run and grab my brother, but I am held down by some of the boss's people, as he rips the c of my brother's head. “Two eyes colours, two hair colours, a legacy. You pced dead animal flesh and blood within the c to keep up the illusion.”
With the back of his hand, he knocks my brother out, so I scream, “ADI!”
“Don’t shout like that, a young girl's cries aren’t something I like hearing.”
“I know my brother is a legacy but the value we will bring you over time is worth a huimes what you will get for selling him!”
He chuckles a bit, then says, “We both know that isn’t true. Boys get everything we o move.”
Φ Staring at me the boss says, “Take the little prince as well.”
“Selling a prince isn’t somethi to do every day!”
“No, you idiot, we were told he is from Jedidiah the try that is stantly in a sandstorm, he has to have and someway to enter and leave, and that information will fill our bellies, so take him back.”
As one of them tries to pick me up I fight bad say, “Let go of me you filthy swine.”
The man in front of me angers, then strikes me on my face repeatedly knog me out.
-Break-
Waking up in a cell I see the man they called boss in front of me and he says, “Hey little prince.”
“How dare you imprison me like livest-.”
“Ok, shut up, I don’t care for your nonsense, so I am going to make this real simple. Until you tell me what I want to know, you will stay in this damp, dirty cell. Little food, no clothes, nothing at all. If you want to drink, take the trickles of water that sweep into your cell.”
“You ’t do that to me!”
Standing up, he says, “Turns out I . The quicker you tell the faster we cell you to some rich fucker, but the market isn’t really hht now. So, you might miss your ce if you don’t hurry up and talk. Bye now.”
As he walks away, I say, “Wait, e back!!!”
All alone in my cell, I look around the dirty thing, where I see bugs and rats running around. With my arms ed around my legs, I say, “They ’t be serious, this must be some kind of joke, yeah my brother is behind this I know he will e and tell me he phis any moment now since a person like me doesn’t belong here.”
