Ashton was sitting on an old chair, his body illuminated by the sunlight that came from a hole on the ceiling. His expression was serious and empty, bad thtoughts filling his mind. He grew up since that day - he has way more muscles and now is 20 years old. His dirty-blond curls were messy and his hazel green eyes were a darker colour.

Everyone had gathered on a small room on that day just to watch Ashton leave for the mission he had been trained for all his life. His mother got in the room, looking at everyone and smirking while she walked to her son, laughing weakly.

"Very well." she said, walking around her son "Your training is complete Ashton. You have the same perverted mind that gave Hayden his brilliant ideas and plans. What do you have to do?"

"I have to revenge Hayden's death." Ashton said on a raspy tone of voice "And take my place as a king in the Pride Lands, just like I was chosen to do."

"Very well. What have I taught you?"

"Luke is the key," Ashton started "by getting closer to him I can get closer to Andrew. Andrew is the enemy."

Caroline smiled and stopped in front of her son, smiling wickedly at the manipulated monster she had created "And what must you do to do?"

Ashton locked eyes with his mother, narrowing his eyebrows.

"I must kill him."

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"Ew this place is even more disgusting since Majorie caught all the rats." Harry said, walking across the piles of trash lying around "I wonder if she kept some."

"Shut up you idiot." Lauren says and grabs the lighter, putting it in her pocket "Let's go, quit looking for expensive clothes you know you'll just find rags."

"If you weren't so negative about everything I would find some." Harry said, walking behind his sister.

The plan was that they started a fire to where Luke was going. As they walked to a hill they saw the prince walking not too far from them. Lauren smirked and lit up the lighter, burning a page of the notebook she was carrying. She threw some in the dry grass and on a tree, watching ad Harry did the same. Her twin seemed to be having much more fun than she did, probably because he was rather fascinated by fire.

Harry grabbed the gasoline and made a line on the floor, throwing the lighter to it. He watched as the flames grew, fascinated by the heat that was coming out of him. It was hotter than summer but he somehow liked it. Lauren groaned and grabbed his arm, taking him away from there and walking away until she stood on a good spot to see Luke.

Luke started smelling something burning but couldn't make out what it was. He heard heavy steps and saw basically all the animals coming from the hill, watching as the sky turned a dark grey and the flames were violently closer. He started running to the opposite side and got stuck on a forest that was lit up by flames.

A tree fell in front of him and he could see his death near. He started feeling dizzy, coughing because of the smoke infecting his lungs and the hot air going around. Luke fell on the floor, shutting his eyes slowly as he started to lose his scences as the minutes passed.

Ashton and his mother were watching the whole thing from nearby. Ashton was standing straight, his chest raised as he looked at the blond falling on the floor. He had to wait for his mother's signal so nothing would go wrong with the plan. His mother chuckled, crossing her arms and looking at Luke as he fell on the floor.

Ashton kind of felt bad for him but he soon pushed those feelings away and focused on his goal.

"Go." Caroline said and Ashton ran to Luke.

He avoided the burning trees as he walked to the smaller boy. When he got closer to him he touched his face, touching his neck so he could check for a pulse. Ashton smirked when he felt the puls and grabbed the boy bride style. Luke opened his eyes slowly and looked at Ashton, letting out a small whine and closing them again.

Ashton ran through the lands and avoided the burning areas, still carrying Luke like his life depended on it. It kind of did, he doesn't want to imagine what his mother would do to him if everything they had planned for years failed in a matter of seconds or days. Ashton stopped suddenly when they reached a small hill, in the end of it there was a lake. The curly-haired boy looked behind and saw the flames getting closer. He breathed in and jumped, still holding Luke.

He lost Luke in the water but soon got him again. He grabbed the boy by the chest and took him to the lands, smiling when they saw they were already in the Pride Lands. He didn't smile only because he was alive but also because the plan was going well. He can't imagine what would happen if everything failed, he would probably be disowned (they didn't have much so it would be the same as losing nothing).

Ashton walked to where Luke's body was and took the wet hair out of the boy's forehead. He cheked for a pulse again and sighed happily when Luke's heart was stil beating. He admired Luke's features and noticed the boy grew up to be bautiful, even if he was a little bit dirty he still managed to look beautiful.

He just hoped nothing would go wrong.

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i am kind of losing my motivation for this sigh i just feel like no one cares about it

any opinions?

-ana rita (moony)