(Please pardon my over usage of old english, I am kinda obbessed. A word of advice, keep your google tab open. And the word " Horatio" is pronounced as huh-ray-shee-oh.)

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 After a rejection from Felix (+ a punch) and two uncomfortable hours later. The two princes were at the gardyn. gardyn was impressive and brilliant. One could admire it for hours on end. Bugleweeds had curtailed the fragile brik wall, working it's way to the another side, into the unknown abyss. Its purple blossom grew onto it in peculiar sides, its musky smell prominent as the memorable night. Many trees were planten along the edges of the garden, giving it a oddly satisfying look. Blossoms of every colour were busting at many lanes, yet, still their hearts were colourless. 

The pastri made of the finest walnut brownie, hazelnut chunks encased in a silky whipped ganache and decorated with swirls of milk and dark chocolate ganache  rested on a cocoa shortbread decorated with caramelised cocoa nibs and chocolate thins . It's rich flavour of the chocolate and fluffy cake underneath it, could make anyone melt. It was half eaten, as both were starting of into space, thriving new agendas to ignore this sin. 

"It is quite claming, isn't it?"

" Yes, freak."

Werig of the ball happening inside, both the Princes cinched to enter one of the thousand balustrades. The balustrades made of white marble, felt cold to the touch of Alex hands. Yet, his heart felt warm and murky of a odd and new feeling. A feeling he could not explain quite well, after all these years of scholarly and preparation. Deep down he knew, but he rather push them away than admit it. He was trapped, yet, not trapped at the same time. Then again, it was not the first time, such a hendirous situation had happened. 

This was nothing new. 

"So, freak, how does it feel being a crown prince?"- F

"It is fine, I persume. May I ask a question?"- A

" Go on."

" Do you really love Clarrisa?"

" I...guess? I mean, she is good."

" Good?"

" I-"

" Your majesty!"

A maid steps in.

" Your mother requests your presence!"

"Ah shit!" 

" I am sorry, I have to go."

" It is fine. Go ahead."

Adien sighs, create a small flames, as he twirls it onto his index and middle finger. His heart aches in pain, he can't stand it. Felix's marriage. 

A flame illuminates the darkness in the balustrades and his heart. Fire is such a peculiar element, one could use it to survive in the cold winters of Arcticflame Ridge of Frostharbor Kingdom or destroy large masses of land in seconds. Alas, Adien would never do that, he prefered non-violence. Additionaly, he was not a heartless beast to do such a morally repugnant thing. He has his morals. Goddness Alina would despise him, if he ever does such a mostorous thing. 

Goddness Alina the goddness of fire. The one who ensures fire is not used for malicious activities. Yet, many go unwatched as she can't look out to everyone who is iniquitous. Therefore, she has given him the dunamis (power) to control and create fire. 

" 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔢, 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔫 𝔣'𝔯 𝔞 𝔪𝔬𝔰𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶.

     𝔣'𝔯 𝔦 𝔞𝔪 𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔬 '𝔯𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔶.

     𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔢 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔯𝔡 𝔢𝔶𝔢, 𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔟𝔦𝔯𝔱𝔥 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱

𝔅𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡, 𝔡𝔯𝔬𝔭𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔰𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔴 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔪𝔞𝔶 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥 𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢,

𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔱𝔥 𝔪𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔣'𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢.

𝔑𝔬𝔱 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔶𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔢𝔰, 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔢𝔳'𝔯𝔶𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯-𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔰. 

𝔒𝔥! 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔱𝔥 𝔣𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔥 𝔫𝔬𝔱, 𝔦 𝔞𝔪 𝔞𝔱 𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔪𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔟𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔢.

ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔥'𝔯 𝔯𝔞𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔬𝔭𝔢, 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔴'𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰."

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Her angelic voice whispered these words onto Adein's ear. He was ten and it was his coming of age day, he was startled to hear her but excited nontheless. 

He knew, things could go down hill pretty fast, he has to be on high alert. As dunamis such as these came with troubles as well. 

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"Congratulations Felix! You are now, gonna get married to Elrod Oppenheimer of the Oppenheimer clan"

" What?! But mum!"

" Ah! Ah! Now, now, don't be shy Lexy! I know you love her! It is about time, you got married and have ten kids!", Felix's Mother, Catherine Leigh Barlowe says with a cheeky smile. She is wearing a majestic gown, with many many sheets of lining underneath, it was of teal colour symbolizing the kingdom's national colour. He face was having a few wrinkles due to smiling so much, her cows's foot was quite prominent. She was wearing a pair of girandoles (earring) with purple amethyst stones embedded in them. She was wearing a golden choker as well. Paired with a simple yet elegant crown. But all this richness was out matched by her aura and heart. She was a amazing ruler along with her husband Viktor Barlowe the III. 

" But-"

" Scout, don't embarrass us, infront of the guests! And besides, the kingdom needs an heir.", Catherine, Felix's mother's husband Viktor says in his raspy voice, which was due to dehydration. As he has been giving speeches for hours. He is wearing his royal attire. As they ball is still going on. But this 'chat' is quite necessary as both must be aware of it, as this would be announced by the end of the ball. 

Felix sighs in frustration, knowing he had no other option. 

" Fine....I-I will marry her."

He says, ignoring the growing pain in his heart.

" A future King does not stutter nor does waver! Say that confidently, my love!"

" I mean, I will marry, Miss Clarrisa."

He says a bit more sternly. He clenches his fist, livid at himself for not taking his stance. 

" Marvelous! Now, your wedding will be in the next five months but before that you are not allowed to meet nor talk to her. As she must remain pure, before..." 

She trails off, embarrassed to continue.

" I understand, mum."

" I shall be off, goodbye sweetie!"

" Goodnight, mum!"

And they walk off. 

(🚨A gender neutral character or non-binary character is being introduced. Don't mind the usage of pronouns like "they/them"🚨. )

" If you are gonna spy on me, atleast do it well"

He says was as a figure steps out of the window. 

They bow, as a greeting and as a sign of respect. 

They are wearing a T-shirt of 'Frankie Says Relax' in big bold black letters, paired with a dusty old royal mantel of a unknown dynasty. It symbol was of a the double-headed eagle...which was quite odd to Felix.  They were wearing a retrofuturistic clothing which were black warcores.

They had a pair of translucent, colourless windows parched in their nose. It had odd looking.... purple temples going along his ears as well. A square black box on was seen on their wrist. It's screen lit up showing numbers and colourful images. They swipes it in a few directions and a odd...bleep sound is emmited. 

A peculiar watch fob was seen hanging out from their black warcores. It was golden in colour and always showed the exact same time.

3:00. 

Which was the time they always came. 

 Furthermore, the time shown in the watch fob never changed, it just seemed to be stuck in time. 

Or was not just working, and belonged in the dump.

They had a Faux hawk hair cut, which was something Felix had never seen before, they had a red tam-o'-shanter on their head. They had a grin on their face, and their eyes were cold and seemed stern. 

But apart from all these peculiar and odd aesthetic, it was the colour of their skin which caught Felix's attention...most of the times. 

It was blue. 

Felix was used to the odd-looking person as this was not the first time.

" What do you want now?"

The person, then took a black card out of thin air and gave to Felix. It had a few lines written a peculiar handwriting.  It said...

𝕭𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖐 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕴 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖐 𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊. 

𝖀𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖓, 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖇𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖋𝖚𝖑 𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖘.

-𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓵𝔂

(𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕠𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕠)

They come near Felix, holds his hand and gradually Felix's left hand...turns wrinkly and old. 

His hand now looks similar to his Grandmother. 

As it gains many wrinkles and seems to just lose its life slowly.

They stop holding his hand, and take a step back. 

" Fine, I know I deserve this, you can take your leave."

Felix's clenches his right hand (which is normal), in anger. 

They do a mock bow and melt onto the ground as ashes and blow away with the wind. 

Felix then reads the card once again. He sighs knowing he can't reverse this, he takes out his gloves and puts its back again.  As he sees a reminder his  mistake in the past. 

" I must tell him."

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" What is time?

Is it something that costs a dime? 

Is it something invisible? 

Or something invincible?

No one knows.

But he can stop the flow.

With a little click and clank, 

his life shrank.

And once again, 

he is in a different terrain."

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Hello everyone! Hope you enjoyed the chapter! I apologise if this chapter was not entertaining. Hope you like the upcoming chapters!