《Lord General Throtand》 Chapter 1: Death Chapter 1 This story will be told in third person and maybe a mix of first person. ---------- A long time ago on a distant world not too different from earth a great general was born; he was mighty able to lift boulders at the age of 3, sprint with the speed of a Night Saber at the age of 5, wrestle a Earthshaker at the age of 10. The general''s beginnings and end start with his dream, to be a strong and reliable soldier of his nation, and protect his family. Throtand started as lowly footman, and worked his way up 10 years old hard work, effort and endless battles against the enemy nations and magical beasts; honing his body and skills to the highest degree. 10 Long years and he achieved his dream; he was a general a pillar to his people, a legend amongst men. His children looked up to him; they trained to be just like their dad a warrior of renown. His son Nazar, and his daughter Lily were both talented in different fields however. Lazar was a born mage, and Lily was a muscle headed girl not fit to lead, but to fight. The mighty general Throtand was called into another war leading an army of ten thousand; he fought another 5 years gaining many victories further honing his skills. Then the unthinkable happened the enemy ambushed them. A traitor a fellow general by the name of Nazaru, told the enemy forces the location of his hidden camp. Throtand cared for his blood brothers who fought with him in the war with an iron heart, but he also cared for his family in this country of theirs. Resolution in his eyes he turns toward his men and gave them his final order. Throtand: ¡°I don¡¯t want to see any of you die in this desolate place my friends, so here is my final order go warn the others, protect our families.¡± Throtand was confident how, could he call himself a father, if he couldn''t even hold off cowards and a traitorous general for a mere 3 hours. Soldiers with tears in their eyes gave a final salute and ran with all their might to warn the Emperor!. Throtand knowing his death will come soon let''s out a toothy grin tilts his head and draws his blade. The blade was a heavy great sword, gold trimmings in the center that are made so that they seem as if golden blood dripping down slowly, The guard and hilt were made of dragon bone the pommel shaped in a dragons skull and the guard shaped in dragon wings. The blade was made of the strongest metal available to the empire. The pride and joy of Throtand he spent everything gathering the matierals to craft this weapon. Holding his blade in front of him staring at his reflection in the black blade, time seemed to slow down as he gazed it almost seemed as if hours went by, finally tearing his gaze away from the blade he looked at the enemy, the last battle of General Throtand. A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. General Throtand charged straight into the center of the enemy forces swinging wildly blood flying, smearing the gorge walls in crimson blood. Seeing the display the enemy troops were bewildered but started attacking madly he was just one man! Sacrificing himself and his own defense to kill as many as possible to buy time for his men he swung wildly no thought into his strikes, but they were skillful and disciplined. Nazaru was deathly afraid, he knew these were the last glorious moments of General Throtand, and he knew that in these last moments the general would be dead set on seeing the traitor fall by his hand. Throtand locked his eyes on Nazarus pale face and grinned evily, he felt a surge of power and charged straight towards the traitor in a last moment of glory and pride he decapitated the traitor, and roared with victory before dying to his wounds. Dying is a strange thing sometimes death is just the beginning or it is the end for Throtand it is the journey to a new life and another glorious victory. In the abyss what felt like ages Throtand finally saw a light. ------------------- So what does everyone think? I decided to take this very seriously >Sad I read Ein gard and the first chapter spoke to me and I decided I want to reincarnate a general from a magic world into medieval earth!. Of course I will only write more chapters if people enjoyed this setup and the begining. I am currently writing another chapter of Re:monkey in my spare time and another story I got a sudden urge to write. So technically I am writing 3 stories whenever I feel like it. So it may be sloooooow. I really liked the idea of Lord General throtand and I hope everyone else does to. Oh boy had no idea it''d be posted this quickly usually it takes a day or 2. I hope people like this I really wanna write the story of General Throtand dude seems cool from my perspective but that''s because I can clearly imagine him. I didn''t bother describing his looks because he will get new looks anyways. Chapter 2:Reborn Word of warning I''m actually a bit afraid, but I''m basically going to be creating my own history. So think of this like an alternate reality medieval earth. Also I want to announce, I have thought up a way to make this story a continuous type of story until I run out of juice. I will have this MC reincarnate in multiple words and building his own history on each and every world as a general. So think of it kinda like lord general Throtand here, reincarnating into multiple worlds some with magic, some with ki, some with none. Also some may not like this but I won''t use any historical figures or names. This is my world that I am creating and here I am the god of this fictional world and I tell the story of my people :). ------------- In a castle, a baby was being born to the king. Screaming could be heard throughout the castle''s interior, to the balcony''s, to the hallways all the way to the throne room. The King is pacing back and force, worrying about his heir. Sure he may somewhat love his Queen but in this day and age love is like an appetizer. King: If anything happens to my heir I''ll feed you all to the pigs!. Servant: Don''t worry your highness, the child will be born safely. King:He better! or else you know what happens. The servant get''s pale and redoubles her effort into making sure it is a safe delivery. The screaming dies down suddenly a babies cry is heard, the king charges into the room and finds his Queen and child safe. Queen: He''s going to grow up to be very handsome look at the fierce look he has in his eyes. King :Haha he takes after me true king material my prince is going to be strong!. As the king and queen were celebrating the birth of their fierce prince, the baby was shocked by the events. (Baby: Why am I here, where is this?, this is not the battlefield or the gorge, why did I hear a baby screaming. Why can''t I see, I feel like I am being held up, why do I feel so weak and tired) As you may have guesses this baby is Throtand General of the last world!. As Throtand was falling asleep the King and Queen gave him his old name Throtand! it decreed by fate. Queen: He''s asleep what should we name him my king. King: I''m in a good mood haha, let''s name him Throtand it sounds like a strong name!. Queen: I like it, it is gods will that he has this name. The King and Queen were happy, this is their child, someone who would grow strong and powerful and lead the Kingdom to many great victories. (Throtand: Why do I feel uncomfortable I''m hungry, no ones coming guess I gotta get it myself. *struggles* It''s no good I can''t move guess I gotta yell for help.) A baby cry''s loudly causing the Queen to wake up and run over to take care of her child. Queen: Are you hungry? here you go drink up. (Throtand: Not how I expected to be fed but...wait why did I sound like a baby when I was yelling. Wait I definitely died in that gorge after killing that traitor so....I sound like a baby but I died...I''m being breastfed but I died...I was reborn!) As Throtand was experiencing a shocking revelation, he was unconsciously drinking when he finished he burped and fell asleep. Waking up Throtand started to pay extra attention to the world around him. It looked somewhat like his old world but he cannot feel mana. Is he a cripple?, no can''t be according to what little he could understand he was a prince, royals cannot have faulty bloodlines. Accepting his reality Throtand learned the language at a moderate pace, he also saw what his mother and father looked like. His mother had dark brown hair, that looked almost black and droopy hazel eyes. She always has a gentle expression. Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. His Father the king had fiery crimson hair and a trimmed beard, his face was sharp and his expression fierce, his eyes a dark navy blue. He always looks ready for a battle he has a muscular body, and many scars. (Author:Redheads exist so this hair color isn''t taking liberties.) He also learned while passing a mirror that he has droopy hazels eyes and crimson red hair almost the color of blood. He inherited the best of both worlds the droopy gentle expression of his mother and the fierce haircolor of his father. Days went by with the same routine, while flailing around trying to crawl he finally succeeded at the age of seven months. When he learned to crawl he would go everywhere vanishing from sight, his mother would constantly worry for him. (I don''t actually know when a baby starts to crawl so I''ll just say 7 months.) One day they found him looking at the books in the royal library, the queen thought he wanted to be told stories so she read to him every night. (Throtand: This is bliss, gentle mom, a father to be proud of and being read to every night. Being a baby is wonderful if you don''t consider the less savory aspects.) Queen: Throtand grow up to be kind and strong, never let this world corrupt you. Throtand was very moved by these words, so moved that he decided to base his entire new life off these words. To be kind yet strong, to never let the world or his surroundings corrupt his virtues!. As Throtand aged he had more to think about on his mind, he wanted to practice his sword sooner. When he could walk at the tender age of one and a half years old he started to toddle around daily, trying to build up strength. Everyone else thought he was just strong, eventually he decided to say his first word. Throtand: Mama. Queen: *Kya!* did anyone else hear that his first word was mama! I''m in love all over again I will spoil him rotten!. (Throtand: Sorry mom, but I won''t let the world corrupt me like you said.) Nothing exciting happened in the following days he said more words, practiced and aged, it was a very fullfilling lifestyle for Throtand who loved his new life and his new parents. Days went by and Prince Throtand grew now 3 years old, he runs around the castle daily playing with swords and messing with the noble courtiers. He grew to love his new mother, and to an extent his new father though he doesn''t like him as much. ------------------ Ok that is it for now. This is the setting this is where throtand is born and raised, medieval earth my version no magic or anything though no worries and I won''t go making up nations all will be real but also very um made up? in a way. I''ll try and research medieval earth and make it as normal as I can but I''m waaaay too lazy to try hard on that aspect. I just hope you all enjoy this and it put a smile on your face. Sucks to be you guys but this grammar thing takes alot out of me so I only do it for the story. My words before and after the chapter have no grammar MWAHAHAHAH!.
I hope this was an improvement over last chapter. I used considerably more periods!.
English class was something I never focused in I always said to myself I can speak English why do I need to learn it still!. Kids are dumb like that XD so I gotta self study this junk. Chapter 3: Kingdoms History Frack omg that is the 2nd time my power went out and I lost all that progress!. Ok let''s get this over with I''m going to write continuously for hours until this damn thing is OUT. blah blah not really medieval earth I decided that was a bad idea but still no magic or ki in this world it''s just not earth but still similar. ---------------- On the castle walls sitting at the edge, is a boy with short crimson hair and a droopy gentle expression on his face with hazel eyes. This is Throtand currently thinking about his life and what he is going to do. (Throtand: It''s been three years, in this young body it feels like it''s been a long time, but in reality my life hasn''t even truly started until I hit six. I haven''t hit the royal library yet to learn the history. It''d be weird if a 2 year old started reading even if he was a "genius") Deciding on what to do for the time being climbed down the wall, and started running to his mom''s office. (Author:Guys he''s 3 now about the time I would imagine a kid starting to read...at least that was when I did when i got into WoW.) Knocking on the door he heard his mom tell him to enter. Queen: What is it Throtand?.(Author: I should clear this up before anyone starts thinking she doesn''t love him...I don''t really think parents say dear or honey honestly to their kids. I expect more along the lines of my dad calling me booger XD.) Throtand: Mom can you teach me to read!. Throtand smiling wide with squinted eyes stared at his mom, He decided in his new life he will love his family like his own. He will never disregard the ones that love him. The Queen smiles and agrees grabbing a book she sits him on her lap, and starts reading to him the history of the kingdom. Queen: The Gravitas Kingdom began as refugees fleeing from the war stricken Draconis Kingdom, which was destroyed under the combined might of three other kingdoms. The leader our founder was Julias Gravitas, who true to his name was a man of dignity and seriousness. Becoming a ruler at a young age he guided the people to prosperity.(Author: I know the meaning of Gravitas which is why I chose it, as the name of the royal family to symbolize their manner.) The Queen continues telling the story of the kingdoms founding in a soothing tone. Queen: It became a village first, harvesting the crops every season slowly growing into a small settlement. Years went by as Julias grew old, he had children Bardus Gravitas and his Daughter Nina Gravitas. Teaching them all aspects of rulership they grew into fine rulers, Nina married a strong guard Captain and Bardus married a tavern waitress. The humble beginnings of this kingdom are the reason why we royalty are not mocked if we love commoners keep that in mind if you love someone. His mom says as she winks at him playfully and he blushes, she laughs at his silly expression and continues reading. Queen: Soon the small village grew into a town, Julias was old and frail at this point and thus gave his children the torch at the age of 60. Truthfully the beginnings of our great kingdom are so humble that some people actually don''t believe it. Well I tell you Throtand Gravitas that all of it is true! 2000 years of history has a way of building up, never bring shame to the Gravitas name. Always hold yourself with the dignity your position as prince demands and do not let it go to your head, Uphold the family honor. Throtand takes her words to heart he holds a great name from an ancient family that has survived the test of time, his name has meaning and he must prove he is worthy of it. A trace of determination crosses his eyes, which the queen sees. Queen: I''m glad you take my words to heart little Throtand, let''s continue. Queen: Bardus rule with an ironfist never letting his grip over the Kingdom falter. He had to protect what his father had built!, he started becoming more military oriented training the populace into militaristic civilians. Expanding the town he began having the town carpenters start building new homes outside the walls. Many people expressed their fear that bandits could attack them without the protection, Bardus in his wisdom built another wall around the new homes. It may seem like common sense now Throtand, but back then no one else thought to make layered walls. Throtand was absorbed in the story, so The abrupt stop to explain that little tidbit was annoying, but he kept listening. seeing the annoyed expression his mom chuckles and keeps going. Queen: His sister Nina was different she was far more outgoing, she didn''t have the mindset needed to rule the town. Though she wanted to help still she did something she thought would be good, she made the first crafters guild. Instead of separate craftsmen working against each other, she built a place where they could all work together and ply their trade to benefit the whole town. This was the origin of the first crafters guild of many to come. Queen: By the time Bardus turned 30, the Kingdom grew larger. He now had 3 different towns to manage each with 100s of people children, couples, families of 10s and more. So many people he had a responsibility to protect, the stress was unbearable. The people sad at their King''s declining health did something that would change everything. They made a council of 10 for each town to share the burden with the King, starting the kingdoms tradition of having commoners and nobles working together for the benefit of all. Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. Queen: Bardus being the wise ruler he is, saw the benefits to this and accepted it. Going from town to town yearly, discussing town issues and ways to improve the peoples lives with the council the kingdom grew even larger now 5 towns. Each with double layer walls while the Capital had 5 layers. The Kingdom prospered commoners safe from bandits and looters, farmers protected by guardsmen and the military training they received by the kings decree. Queen: Over the years it kept growing, the people happy, the coffers filled and the armies strong. All was well, but nothing ever stays peaceful for the kingdom of Gravitas the land was fertile and rich the mines had large veins of gold and iron. The Kingdom of Kirk decided the land looked ripe enough to harvest, and started marching on the Kingdom of Gravitas for it was still small you see. Queen: By this time rulership was passed to bardus''s descendants. King Sebastian was not as ruler oriented as Bardus, but instead had a warriors heart and a wise mind. The spy''s returning in haste told king sebastian of the imminent invasion. Seeing where they were headed he made a plan to fight their overwhelming numbers. Leading them into the forest of Virtus, he hid many traps and had bowmen shrouded in the trees foilage to ambush Kirks army. As the screams started the bowmen fired, and King Sebastian lead his troops into the battle wielding his thick greatsword that was more like a slab of iron than a sword. Queen: Sebastian''s warrior heart wouldn''t let him sit on the sidelines. He charged from the foxholes they made to hide in and attacked the Kirk army from all sides. It was a brutal battle and many lives were lost, but thanks to careful planning and a good strategy King Sebastian came out the victor with a few more scars. His greatblade is contained in the royal vault, any royal family member with the warriors heart is given the sword. (Author: Think the dragonslayer blade from berserk) Queen: This battle was called the Great battle of Virtus. Since this battle all Generals have been given the title of Virtus General after they have fought in a war to commend their valor in the defense of the Gravitas Kingdom. Since the battle concluded many battles have been fought with Kirk in defense of the people. Thankfully Bardus in his wisdom back then, inducted the entire nation into a militaristic training regime and that tradition had kept going even in King Sebastian''s reign, so there was no shortage of able men and women to battle for their children and their children''s children. Throtand: Bardus the Wise, Sebastian the Valiant, Nina the Craft leader. So many people in our history do you think I can live up to their legends mom!. Queen: Of course, but stop interrupting me I gotta conclude this soon and get back to work. Queen: The war continued for 30 more years before it ended with the defender as the victor. King Sebastian reaching the age of 55 with his heir, prince Aeden led the kingdom into another golden age of prosperity. It now resembled any other Kingdom many counties and duchies the royal Capital reaching a total of 10 layer walls, the 10th wall is the trading zone, the 9th the guild zone, the 8th the tavern and dinning zone, 7th-5th layer the living zone, 4th-3rd layer the nobles zone, 2nd layer the royal army zone, 1st layer the royal palace. Each layer had it''s own purpose and each wall was massive easily dwarfing the nobles own housing. It took impossible resources to build this all, and every town had layered walls. Queen: That is basically it little Throtand, repeat history a few times and add in a couple wars over our 2000 year history and you got the Great Kingdom of Gravitas!. Throtand soaking in the glory of his ancestors looks up at his mother with fire in his eyes. In his heart he has already decided to take the people of Gravitas to even greater heights!. ------------------------ Aw my fingers hurt I wrote all this in one sitting because I kept procrastinating and when I did write something a power outage happens!. This is all in impromptu history and I just used a few roman words that I like the meaning of such as gravitas and virtus!. Sorry if my grammar is bad or if it is hard to read, I really did take that run on sentence comment to heart and decided to use periods whenever a sentence looked too long. I appreciate anyone pointing out and providing examples of what I should be doing with my grammar as this is a learning experience for me. I tried pretty hard and making this history lesson on the Kingdom of Gravitas enjoyable I certainly had fun writing it.
That hours thing was a lie...well I was but I sudden;y got really lazy.
I write this for my own reading purposes I actually have all these ideas in my mind kept locked up simply because I''m too self conscious this is as much for my own enjoyment as well as my own good!.
I don''t think I lack a good imagination for this writing thing or the creativity. I like to think my characters feel real but I''m just narcissistic.
I''ll keep writing even if yall don''t leave comments it''s not like I enjoy talking to people!. Chapter 4: Growing. Aw it breaks my heart no one comments. I may be a soft hearted dude who can''t take criticism but I still enjoy reading the comments of my readers :( Another thing, this will not be a harem I hate those when done horribly and I most definitely cannot do it right. He will have 1 wife and he will have kids rest assured in every new life he will have heirs and teach them all he knows before his death...and he will be a dad and not one of those characters that ignores their kids to run off on an adventure and only come back in like a year just to say oops a giant devil monster demon hellbeast is attacking a random nation I GOTTA SAVE THEM!. So after a very long thinking process I figured I can''t realistically shove 5 years of the MCs life till he''s 10 into this one chapter so I only put 2 in this chapter. I really tried hard to make this an enjoyable read so I appreciate any and all comments. -------------- The days went by as the fire in Throtand''s heart never diminished, thinking back his mom really did cut the history short but in the end he can fill in the blanks using his imagination. It''s pretty obvious how history went after the 30 year war. No great apocalypse happens no destruction mega doomgod appeared just the days gone by of a little nation. He was now 5 years old. Not much happend in the days growing up, he listened to stories read to him by his mom while learning how to read the language of his people. Being 5 Throtand thought he should be ready for some sword practice, so he asked his father for a teacher for greatswords. when he was asked why greatswords he responded "Because our ancestor King Sebastian with the warriors heart used one!" hearing this his father smiled. King: Ok we shall get you the greatest warrior in the entire Kingdom to teach you, nothing is beyond you if you aspire to become the best. (Author:boohoo just like me, I aspire to have people love my story. I''m rooting for you THROTAND!) Throtand: Yes father! I will become the greatest warrior in the royal families history!. (I like using (!) because it feels like an energetic kid yelling his ambitions and his joy from the bottom of his heart.) Throtand ran to the library spending his days reading he learned much of his world. The mercenary groups, the kingdoms at war, the military strategies, The entire realms of the Gravitas Kingdom. He memorized everything he could to govern this land to live up to his father and mothers expectations. (Author: Just think of it like medieval earth I really don''t need to work hard...let my creative mind powers rest for the day he reincarnates into a world with magic or ki.) Though he may have been a powerful warrior in his past life, but in all lives he will live he will always be a child at heart. A little fun mixed with seriousness never did him wrong in his past life. Growing up in the castle sheltered is not eventful but the Kingdoms commoners love the Royal family and the nobles respect it. This Kingdom was built by the people and it''s King and that is the soul of the commonfolk. This is something that has been drilled into his head in all his lessons, whether in fighting or in learning he has to be respectful to his opponents and just when dealing with the people. For they the commoners are the true rulers of Gravitas and the King is simply the centerpiece. Though he has met some nasty personalities while in the royal court meeting with nobles of other nations. The Kingdom of Gravitas has nobles of high caliber they are taught from a young age all the virtues of the people, not all are as honorable however and there are some noble family heirs and leaders who do not respect the traditions. Throtand is himself, he is a strong willed warrior with the a childlike personality full of curiosity and energy!, but when he needs to his heart can change to the warriors heart in a moment. Having to keep up appearances infront of foreign guests takes a lot out of Throtand, but he keeps on going and never loses sight of who he truly is. A couple months go by and finally Throtand meets his new instructor. A bulky man with the muscles of a bull, he has dirty blonde hair and a scarred face, his eyes are a gentle green contrasting with his vicious persona. He looks down at young Throtand and smirks. Instructor: I like the kid''s eyes, he may seem too gentle for the sword at a glance but looking deep into his eyes is the burning heart of a warrior, I would be glad to instruct the young prince. King: Haha I know, some nobles worry for their gentle prince but it is I who worry for his enemies, the warriors heart has been in our bloodline since the days of King Sebastian!. *sigh* Though I say that, his gentle expression I feel isn''t a lie he is a kind boy so protect him. Instructor: The fierce look in his eyes makes your statement seem false but there is a hidden emotion in his eyes that invokes you to believe he will protect the people under him. A great leader in the making. King: Glad you see it to *bout of loud jovial laughter* ok see to it he is taught everything you know master Gordan. Gordan: Yes your majesty. ------------ Instructor Gordan went right to conditioning the young prince, various exercise and swinging the sword 100 times and the next day 120 times the next day 150 times, and so on. It can be said he is already a master of the sword, but he didn''t think a 5 year old already being a swordmaster would be believable and instead decided to learn this worlds style of fighting. Days turned to weeks and weeks to months, each day was filled with grueling training. Breaking his limits every day, he felt raw power coursing through his veins. It could be said his training is even harsher than the royal guards training program, but the he never complained he only grit his teeth and kept training. Every mistake was rewarded with a bruise on him, every time he accomplished his goal for the day the next goal was even larger!. This is how the year went by, and by the time he turned 6 you could already see the beginnings of muscles appearing on him. One day he decided to sneak out of the castle and visit the commons and pretend to be a commoner. This of course did not go unnoticed, but the King and Queen only asked Gordan to shadow him. their words were "If he wants to know his people without revealing himself let him". Throtand of course noticed the presence but decided to ignore it, since it appeared they only shadowed him and did not openly declare he''s the prince. Walking through the streets smiling he noticed a small girl who looked scared and lost, naturally he went up and asked if she needed help. She was worried but seeing he was the same age why would she be suspicious about him. Small girl: Um I''m Anna, I lost my mom in the crowd and I''m lost *sniffles* you are?. Throtand: Aw where are my manners my name is Throtand!. Come on let''s look for your mom! I bet she is super worried. (Author: If anyone asks I will not bother describing the girls looks for god sake people she is a child you expect me to say "she had pale ivory skin and supple butterfly lips that make you naturally attracted oh the wavy hair *shivers with pleasure*. No I will not write that she is a cute little girl with brown hair and blue eyes end of story!.) Anna: You''ll help me!?, thank you Throtand! come on let''s go find my mom!. Throtand: Hah, ok let''s go. He was smiling watching Anna, happy to get help. They spent the next hour looking all over for Anna''s mom,looking all over they found her crying because she lost her daughter. Throtand taking Anna''s hand walked over to the mom. Throtand: Miss you lost your daughter?, Anna is right here I found her in the middle of the street looking scared. Anna''s Mom: Anna! get over here *hugs Anna* I''m never letting you out of my sight again!!! and who''s this handsome lad you have with you?. Anna: Aw this is Throtand he helped me find you, I was really scared. Anna''s Mom takes a look at Throtand then at Anna suddenly a thought crosses her head and she smirks. Anna''s Mom: Anna such a kind man and who is already handsome helped you, you two should be friends *smirk turns into a wide grin*. Hello little Throtand what do you think about being Anna''s friend she is a lonely girl. This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Throtand: Well Miss, I don''t have many friends so I would gladly accept a friend!, but I have sword practice and it takes up all my time. Throtand makes a bitter smile, he is very sad that all his time is taken up by the training that he can''t spend time with little Anna. But a loud laugh erupts and instructor Gordan appears. Gordan: Haha if you''re worried about that "Prince Throtand" she could always join in the training though not as rough as yours. Anna''s Mom: Did you say he''s the pri-prin-PRINCE! ANNA THANK HIM FOR HIS KINDNESS. Anna: Th-Thank you prince for helping me. Throtand speaks in a soothing voice "It is ok, I didn''t come out of the castle to garner respect. Anna would you like to come to the castle every day and train with me? we could also play. Anna: Really! I would love to but *glances at mom* mom please!. Anna''s Mom: I don''t mind, it''s good for Anna and you are the prince *smirks* if little Anna can rope you my Prince she would be the happiest woman in the kingdom. Gordan: Then it''s decided. Little Anna you will come to the castle every day at 6am to start your training, I will inform her highness the Queen that the prince now has a friend she will be elated!. -------------- From that day onward little Anna had started to train with Throtand, Gordan went easier on her slowly increasing the difficulty of her training. The Queen who loved to watch them, was thrilled her boy had a friend. Days went by, and turned into weeks endless training and spending time with Anna. He would walk with Anna through the streets and view stalls appraising items, trying to find something to gift to his dear friend Anna. Throtand loved seeing people smile, it is one of the few pleasures in life to know you can make someone else happy. Throtand being who he is, learned to be a competent cook in his previous life to cook for his own troops to see their happiness and in his heart hoping they live through the next battle. So he would always make something for Anna, he favored baking pastries in his spare time. It was by no means something special in his mind but others considered his cooking good but he always would say, "how is my cooking good if I can''t match the royal chefs?". Those words made guards wives cry, it was basically saying any cooking inferior to the royal chefs is bad!, though many knew the prince didn''t mean it in this manner. Baking to see smiles, training to protect, he would sometimes appear in the commons carrying a basket of bread and take it to the orphanage in the commons district. Everyone knew who the kind prince was and seeing him lower himself to the level of them, the commoners to feed orphans brought a tear to everyone''s eye making them feel good about their Kingdoms royal family. The next year was approaching and Throtand was starting to bulk up a little more in muscle, he was not bulky with bulging arms but they had clear power in them and were not thin or soft. (Author: Again I am borrowing from berserk. Think of Guts''s build from berserk. Lifting a sword larger than himself he swung it everyday under the gaze of Gordan and the Queen.Anna was becoming more limber to, she had a lean warriors build and she trained in the spear, allowing for flexible movements and fast attacks. (Author: Balsa from Moribito love that character) While the two were becoming strong warriors at a steady pace. Like this another year went by and Throtand is now 7 and Anna turned 8. Throtand started to think of Anna as a sister, while Anna being a kid was confused by her feelings, it would take many years before she learns how she truly feels. (Author: Sorry I have been writing this very slowly and I wanted it to be long, but I have a really good excuse!. I was watching movies with my sister, understand? I rarely get the chance to spend time with her since shes gone for like weeks or months at a time.) A clashing sound of dulled metal could be heard in the distance, two youths under the age of 10 were sparring. This is precisely Throtand and Anna. Swinging his sword in a wide arc, she dodges under the blade only to receive a knee kick to the stomach. Rebounding from the strike she get''s pushed back and coughs slightly. Throtand: Anna you''re still a little too slow to get past my defense. Anna: No! you''re just a monster who can move as fast as you with a giant sword like that!?. Throtand: It''s my warriors heart, it enables me great feats of strength!. Anna: Like the old Warrior kings of Gravitas you have the warriors heart I get it ok!. Throtand: Haha ok Anna let''s resume. Charging forward Throtand smashes the tip of his blade into the ground launching himself into the air, he brings the blade over his head and does a downward swing. Anna rolls to the side barely avoiding the dull blade, he noticing she dodged quickly used the blade as a shield as he noticed her thrusting her spear at him. Lifting the blade over his shoulder he smirks, he brings it forward with his full weight behind it and thrusts forward only to aim towards the ground and lift some dirt throwing it into Anna''s eyes. Anna, temporarily blinded gets elbowed in the gut as Throtand hits her side with the pommel knocking her to the ground. Throtand: Good fight Anna but you still need a lot more practice if you are going to give me a fight. Anna: We''re still young I bet I can fight evenly with you when we''re both adults!. Throtand laughs loudly and says "I see, I look forward to it Anna". They keep sparring for hours in the same manner, while Anna is exhausted and bruised Throtand is just exhausted clearly showing who won the sparring matchs. Retiring for the day Anna heads home, while Throtand goes to visit his mom. Throtand seeing his moms expanding belly let''s off a happy expression. Throtand: It''s been what 6 months already? I can''t wait to have my little sibling!. Queen: Yes, yes I am sure your little sister will love her brother. Throtand: How do you know it''s a sister?. Queen: Mothers intuition!. (Author: I personally do not believe in woman''s intuition, if it existed my sister would not have gotten into a bad crowd growing up >_>.) ------------- (In Annas household) Anna''s Mom: Oh little Anna look at all these bruises, that prince sure is making sure you train hard!. Anna: Oh it''s ok mom, Throtand is so strong!, but he does care about me and would never hurt me beyond a little bruising...I think he holds back actually. Anna''s Mom: I don''t doubt he cares about you, but I just wish he''d be a little gentler. Anna sighs as her mom is overly worried, the prince has never gone too far in the spars she had with him. A small punch to the gut or a pommel strike, he absolutely won''t allow the dull blade to ever hit her and he always uses less strength in his attacks. He makes up for holding back strength by not holding back skill!. Getting into bed Anna can only think about throtand before getting a strange warm feeling in her chest before falling asleep with a smile. ------------ Aw the labor of slowly writing a chapter, be noted I took lot''s of time mainly because I am a lazy person by nature. I can''t say I didn''t enjoy writing this, but god damn sweet jesus almighty my brain was thoroughly juiced trying to condense even 2 years of his life into 1 chapter. I don''t want to do like a sudden 15 year timeskip, actually I am doing timeskips but I''m adding parts of that year of his life into it before every skip. Once he is 20 there will be a long time without time skips. Cheers and thanks for reading :). Note I tried really hard to find a video of Gaius and Arthur fighting from the tears to tiara anime and I couldn''t find it :(. I thought the fight was cool and would stimulate your imagination. Poll I want you all to know I have never actually forgotten any of my fictions, I mean how could I? I am on this site every single day, but allow me to explain myself for my consistent dropping...it''s because I get very nervous I am an extremely shy person. I keep thinking people hate my story, and I keep looking at my grammar, feeling ashamed to call myself an american. This is not an excuse, let me repeat my low confidence is not a proper excuse to anyone all 2 of you who enjoyed my stories or at least the concept/idea behind them. Over time as I have been ignoring this fiction I have gotten various inspirations, and have written down 1/2 chapters or barely half a chapter per idea just so I can keep the ideas alive in my head. I wanted to make this poll to offer people the option to influence me at all that is anyone who bothered liking my crappy stories...I want to list the stories I''ve thought of, and the idea behind them, and with this I want everyone to decide whether I truly drop my current stuff or focus on them and rewrite them with better grammar. #1 Creative mind, the idea behind this story in my head is a girl who saw the beauty in all things, she would draw each thing and capture the beauty she saw in every drawing. This is a modern setting story, I got this sudden burst of inspiration on april 4th when I saw a new story on RRL called Painter. I felt like writing this because the painter story wanted to go to a fantasy setting, I wasn''t all to happy about that choice, and thus decided to try it myself. #2 Dying Wish, also a modern day setting, but with in my opinion a great concept. The idea behind this story is that Every Newly born soul their first life they live affects Every single future life, how they live their life, how they die, how talented they are etc. The MC in his first life did the impossible starting as an orphan, and over the years of his first life turning into what would be the most interesting man in the world. A genius, a martial arts master, a badass etc, so he gets a dying wish. Surrounded by the families of his friends on his deathbed, the MC laments that he never had a family, and so his dying wish is to have a family in his next life. You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. FYI no keeping memories, all the first life does is affect every single future life in basic sense, like talent etc it does not tell them what they do or what jobs they take. It only gives them a very basic outline, and they may alter their fates based on different choices in each life. However the talent and the skills will always stay in every future life aswell as the personality. #3 House cat, a story about someone reincarnated as a deity cat who chooses to be someones housepet, honestly this one I never considered too deeply as it is mainly something I thought of on the spot when i saw a story on RRL called Nyanlord. #4 A lord of the rings fanfic, I thought of doing this very recently, I got the hobbit book and the silmarillion AND the LOTR books. I consider myself fully prepared to make a fanfic of lotr, but it may take a few weeks to get started since I gotta finish the books before I start on this as it is only fair to the source. FYI it will be about a D¨²nedain ranger. and finally one I just thought of tonight while Re-reading Knights and Magic, it is about a monk who sees enlightenment differently from other monks and also loves mecha. Not too fleshed out, but I''m working on it. ___________ None of these stories are truly fleshed out, but I just got so many ideas...so I am leaving it up to all of you 3 people who actually like my stories to DECIDE what I do.