The Ruby Prince

The Child Is Born

The townsfolk painted the night with sounds of joyful cheer for the Prince has been born on this day in the second week of the seventh month.

Scents of pastries and fresh breads filled the night air as the royal cooks prepared a massive feast for the entire kingdom of Mocalice (Moh Calis) , everyone from the high priests and lords to the peasants were allowed into the royal ballroom on this day of great joyance.
Men dancing with their maiden, children running through the halls of the great kings keep. Everyone was having the time of their lives and as the king began his speech a loud dinging noise came from the head of the table to gather the attention of the townsfolk towards the king.

"I would like to thank each and every one of you for coming into my house and home with such peace as not to rampart and destroy the beautiful tapestries and--" the King was interrupted by the loud crying of a baby in fact this baby was the Prince.

As the child was calmed he shown brightly his deep blue eyes, the king smiled greatly at his son, the baby giggled and burped loudly..
The king looked bug eyed at the child and let out a deep belly laugh.
"That! My friends is the way you do it!"
The room is filled with laughter.

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Months and years pass by in what seems like days and the son now proudly named Aize is the young age of eight, Old enough to begin training in swordsmanship.

Not even daybreak and Aize is already out of his chambers and bolting down the hallway to his parent's.

"Ma'! Ma'! Da'! Da'! Up with ya'!"
Aize shouts at the top of his lungs.

"Eh? Its not even sunrise lad'!"
King Arielle says jolting up blinking and shaking his head.

"Up! Up!"
Aize shouts again.

"Aye aye I'm up!" The king says swinging his fat legs over the side of the bed.

Sebastian the family's dog came skipping into the kings chambers and onto the bed yipping and licking the Queens face.

"Down Sebastian Down! I ought to 'ave you hung you foolish rat!"
Arielle said as he swatted for the dog to get down.

Sebastian runs past Aize and down the hall, Aize runs after him with a smile from ear to ear.

King Arielle stands and faces where Aize was, shakes his head and laughs. Then proceeds to grab a baby blue shirt and put both arms trough their sleeves and swings on his velvety red robe with a golden trim lacing all the way down to the floor and walks out into the hall.

Arielle finds Aize and Sebastian in the courtyard at the front of the kings keep Aize is running after Sebastion with a stick, Aize spots his Father in the corner of his eye and darts towards him.

"Today son you will begin your training in the art of the sword" Arielle says with a stern tone.

"Ah uhm da' who will be training me?" Aize asks with a confused expression.

"Aye it'll be me to teach ya'"
A deep voice comes around the corner.

"Ah Jamison, good morning! surprised youre awake!"
Arielle greets the man walking in.

"Oh yes, how could I not be? Its the young prince's birthday!"
Jamison says as he reaches for a rather large box on the table to his right.

"Here you are" Jamison says handing the box to Aize.

Aize opens the box to see a beautiful steel short sword with a golden hilt and a ruby encrusted into the middle of the handguard.

"Wow... Its beautiful, Thank you!" Aize looks at Jamison in astonishment.

"We begin training at noon"
Jamison says smiling at the young boy's amazement

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The brisk cold air cuts at Aize's face as he runs at Jamison sword in hand and tears welling up in his eyes.

"Why!? Why would you do this Jamison? Why!!?" Aize cries as he cuts upwards with his blade.

Jamison blocks the strike without hesitation and forces his sword straight at Aize and just barely dodges the blow and swings his blade into Jamison's side.

Jamison jumps back and grabs his newfound wound
"Damn you! I taught you too well."
He coughs up blood and drops his sword.

"Why did you kill them?" Aize runs to Jamison and grabs him by the neck.
"Tell me!" Hes unable to hold back his tears.

A loud knocking noise breaks the silence.
"Aize!"
The knocking comes again.
"Aize!"
Aize jolts up from his comfortable position at side of his bed.

"So it was a nightmare.." Aize whispers to himself... "A lot of those recently"

Arielle walks into the room.
"Aize! You need to learn to wake up sooner we could've been under siege for Sarius' (Sah ree us) sake."

"Well i'm up da' , now can you get out?" Aize responds with a quavering voice.

Arielle leaves and slowly closes the door behind him

Aize grips his head in his hands
"Damn my head is throbbing."

He thinks to himself and proceeds to get dressed in his uniform and red scarf his mother gifted him on his tenth birthday also being the year she was killed.

"I should've killed them when I had the chance!" Tears begin to well up but he shakes them away, he raps the scarf around his neck and walks out of his chambers into the hall with his sister.

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Continued