The Broken Prince - Chapter 138

“Dear, do not run too fast. You’re still not used to your legs yet!” Queen Athena exclaimed worrying that little Alexander might trip and scratch his knee. Today was the day that Alexander had his pair of legs. The boy was beyond thrilled about it and immediately want to go to the land and try them. He always wanted to run along the shores and play under the morning star.

Queen Athena held King Zeus’s arm, both looking at their son with adoration. Both were happy and content with the life that they both have as long as they are together as a family. Although, Queen Athena and King Zeus were not romantically connected at first as they were arranged by their parents. Queen Athena that coming from the richest family in the Kingdom of Archea and King Zeus being only the heir.

Queen Athena knew about King Zeus and King Hade and how their fall out broke the both of them and so she tried to lift King Zeus to his feet seeing how dead he was being tore away from who he truly loved. The now Queen knew that she was never going to be more than how King Zeus felt for Hade.

She bled all over in attempt to help the broken prince to rise up back to his throne.. Doing such did took most of what she had and she did it not thinking of anything in return. She just wanted to help out a friend. But life slipped in the back door and made a person who she will soon come to love.

But now that she looks at everything that she has done, she is happy that she made that decision to help someone who she thought that would never give something back in return as now, she is married to him and they both have a bundle of joy that they were happy to raise.

“I was like that once I got my pair of legs and my parents were like us.” King Archemidius spoke as he kept looking at his solo heir with a smile with a beaming joy in his eyes. Queen Athena smiled and continued to look at her son that was now chasing birds on the shore.

Young Alexander ran along where the boarder of the land sea were. The sea water kissing his feet and the birds flying away when he runs towards them, making him giggle. The young boy was so joyful and was not minding anything in life, he was just content with what he had. The morning star was high up in the sky but the moon was vaguely seen, silently raising the tide of the sea that seemed like it was chasing its prince towards the land.

Alexander continued to run on the shore until he was quite far from his parents, He did not notice up until he bumped into someone. He looked up to see a person that was cloaked and was facing back. Young prince mustered his apologies to the stranger. The cloaked person turned around and faced the young prince. The person looked very kind and had a calm aura that put the latter at ease. The person smiled and spoke at the prince.

“Your majesty, want to know how your future will come to be?” Young Alexander nodded eagerly making the person smile warmly. When the person held Alexander’s hand, his brows furrowed as he could not see anything as everything was foggy but then he saw flash of a memory that made him look at the smiling prince in terror.

“You are not a kid are you?”

Young Alexander looked at the person, confused by the statement. He then just smiled and looked at the person whose eyes were filled with fear. Alexander could not speak clearly yet and he was aware of that so he simply just walked away from the person and started walking to where his parents were.

The cloaked person then yelled at him lowly with the words which he will not remember in his early years but will surely be recalled in his struggles and in the time where all has been said and done.

“I wish you in finding him back my lord. Things will be tough but once you are lost, you will be broken on the crown but you will be found!” The man exclaimed and he thought the boy would not understand but his breath was taken away when he turned around and his figure bedazzled the cloaked person.

“I shall wait for you my lord, when you need me, I will be there.” He mustered before he vanished into thin air and to be no longer seen until the time of how he saw how things will come to be, engulfed not in water and flames but blood and dead bodies.

“Darling, who was that person you talked with back there?” King Zeus spoke as he knelt to the sand so that he would be on the same height at the boy who he held so close to his heart and would do anything to make him happy.

“Dada, he’s the cloaked man and he was nice, Alexander guesses so.” The boy spoke not looking at his father but is picking up seashells on the shore. King Archemidius only hummed and stood back up before he looked at his nearby men to go and look for that person as he doubt that it was someone questionable that being of just wearing a cloak which gives away the idea that he is not from their kingdom.

The Star Guards immediately went to the spot to go on and search for the premises and nearby hiding spots of the area but failed to find the person that Alexander was talking about. King Zeus was still unsure and wanted the star guards to search further and on a wider area this time but Queen Athena stopped him with a warm smile.

“Do not be that frazzled dear. Alexander sometimes say things that he sometimes makes up. Maybe this person he was talking about is an imaginary friend of his.” King Zeus immediately saw the point that was presented by his beloved wife so he chose to follow the real ruler of the kingdom.

Alexander and his parents the spent the rest of the day on the shore and the King and Queen even permitted their people to come to the shore and bring their kids for Alexander to play. Word immediately spread and most merpeople were on the shore having picnics. A bunch of little ones kept surrounding the young prince who was glad to play with so many of his age.

All was well and the morning star had stared to set and retreat under the ocean and the people that was present then slowly started to retreat under the sea where their abode was. They paid respect to the royal family first before they swam deep into the ocean leaving only the royal family and Star Guards on duty.

“Darling? Time for us to go home as well. We don’t want to have a talk with abyss mages right?” Queen Athena spoke. The mere mention of the creature made the young prince scurry out of the waters and into his mothers embrace. He then shook his head before he hugged his mother and placed his head on Queen Athena’s shoulder.

King Zeus then took Alexander into his arms as he did not want his wife to carry such weight. The younger boy fell asleep on their walk back to the palace and the three were just enjoying peace and quality time under the stars and the sound of the waves crashing on the shore. Everything was right and was at peace. No problems of rivalries from other kingdom for them to worry about, the people of the kingdom were happy with how King Zeus was managing and running the kingdom, a bunch and huge numbers of guards were on the look out and the hunt for the abyss mages left and the sea was almost as clean as a clear glass of water but King Zeus somehow still felt very troubled about something he could not point his finger at.

“Dear? You worry about something?” Queen Athena spoke. King Zeus looked at his wife and then smiled before speaking;

“It’s just me being King love. Everything is at peace and order that it somehow puts me unease because I fee that something is brewing but that’s just me being the over thinker.” KIng Zeus and then looked up straight.

“Everything will happen for a reason dear. In case anything bad happens, then we know that we are ready and we could always try and win but for now, let us ease down and treasure this moment. A King does not always need to be so troubled when there is nothing to be troubled to. At ease, our soldier.” Queen Athena spoke and smiled. Gulping down the blood that she wanted to puke so bad and restricted herself to not cry in agony as her stomach felt like getting stabbed a thousand times.

“All will be fine.” She spoke and smiled the pain that she was feeling away.