Long ago...

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It wasn't always like this...

The kingdoms used to be peaceful...

Both of them...

But... the king... wished to share the kingdoms with his brother...

That was a mistake...

He was a power hungry man with no regard for his people.

Everyone hated him. He would take everything from the people so he could live in luxury.

He would take children from their homes and make them into merciless killing machines.

Many lives have been broken because of this...

This war that has gone on for 17 years...

The king had given his brother many chances to back down but he just laughs from his throne of gold and sends his strongest fighters to decline for him.

They always left a few days later but not without blood on their swords.

The peaceful kingdom would always fear the day that their mages might lose their powers and the kingdoms defense will fall.

So that's why... the prince decided to try and train to be a mage...

Although he works better in potion making... he's better at that.

Though recently... both kingdoms seem to be falling...

The spies tell them that the king of the other kingdom's reign is coming to an end.

So the king did something they never thought he'd do...

He sent for his most trusted knight and gave him permission to go and kill his brother.

The knight and prince both looked at him shocked, but they saw regret in his eyes... so they felt it too.

It was an entire week before he returned, but for us the blue kingdom it was good news.

He returned with news that the evil king was dead.

Both kingdoms rejoiced.

Many people came so they could have healing potions... some people gave them for free... others wanted you to pay an unfair amount.

So when the potions were out from the fair people... the few who didn't get any were forced to go to the money makers.

So the prince took it upon himself to help. He gives potions to the people and steal from the unfair people...

Basically he Robin Hood's it!

One day though He saw a riot in the middle of the street.

His immediate instinct was to run back to the castle, but something told him to look.

So he went up and saw people in chains... they were being treated as criminals.

One boy was wearing what looked to be a white bandanna. He had black hair and tanish skin. You could tell he was trying to keep his cool but was failing miserably.

His friend though seemed... different. He held his head high, but his face was hidden by his mask. But the prince could see his hands shake... he was afraid.

He watched him and only him. Tho the masked boy must've felt eyes on him because he turned towards the prince. They stared for a minute before he was pushed forward by a guard.

The prince let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. The prince looked at him still. And again he realized that the boy knew he was caught because the boy paused and glanced back again... but it was just for a moment.

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