《Alland》 Chapter 1:Prologue A red color appeared on the horizon indicating the sunset when Craigor and his hunting master are still venturing into the great forest in search of buffalo. The young Craigor was from a noble family who occupied the village of Hazel-Darg from the kingdom of Porea, he was thin and had long clear looped hair that falls in front of his blue eyes he wore his bow on his shoulder and his sword in its sheath and a small bag. His hunting master was a big and tall man he had short hair and a hard face but every time he talks to the young Lord a little small smile appears on his face erasing the usual wrinkle on his brow. They were both standing in front of a lifeless body of a young gray wolf that has just been killed. -It Was a breeze. Craigor said, wiping his sword with the back of his sleeves that became all red -Do not underestimate the wolves, young man. advised him his hunting master while patting him on the back with his usual smile -And after all you''re in luck, wolves usually move in packs The teacher began his knees to examine the corpse of the little gray wolf and after a moment he spoke -He might be lost, his pack should not be far away. Craigor seemed determined he looked at his master with his piercing blue eyes and clear his weapon -We''ll look for the rest! The hunt master looked at him for a moment then said kindly ''No sir, it could be dangerous for you, and the night will soon fall we''d better go back to Hazel-Darg -Don''t Tell me you''re scared, you''re scared of wolves? The teacher seemed embarrassed of what the young Lord has said. He looked at him and his smile hardly appeared this time -Not at all. -So we''ll look the other wolves, my father will be proud of me if I get back with the heads of a wolf pack. Craigor said with a firm tone advancing through the woods This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.The hunt master followed him in spite of himself, they passed a while searching the pack but the wolves are not found. The night fell and the forest became dark and the chances of getting the wolves are less and less, The hunting master broke a tree branch and took some tools from his bag and began to make fire -If a misfortune happens to you your parents will cut my head off. Launched the hunt master to Craigor who pretended not to listen Hey look, there is smoked down there. Said the young targeting some dark smoke barely visible because of the moonlight. While both rushed toward the source of the smoke current, when they arrived they found four burned bodies of large wolves, the master approaches to examine them closely, he noticed that the Four wolf heads of the burned corpses were torn off and near them there were large pair traces of a fawn. The teacher looked at Craigor with an expression of fear on his face -We Will return immediately! He said, taking the arm of the young nobleman and running in the opposite direction While the two ran through the forest in the dark they heard a very acute noise, the sound was so loud that he made Craigor fell on the ground, his hunting master helped him to stand when suddenly a huge shadow crossed the light the moon above them with a great noise of flapping wings, the teacher looked up to spot the object of the shadow but he found nothing in the sky -Master ... Craigor said, pointing his finger at him, with an almost inaudible voice weakened by fear The master turned his head and a ball of fire gushed on his face... Chapter 2: Kingdom of Porea "If We do not act quickly it will turn into a civil war, all this anarchy ... All these events ..." Said the Felin a long, thin man with a light chestnut hair and a square jaw, wiping his aquiline bleeding nose "What happened to you Charles?" asked Victor the king of Porea, an old man with long gray hair, a long wrinkled face and blue eyes he was wearing a golden crown on his head and a long red cape in wool with white borders The Felin rushes to the large windows of the room and removes the red and blue curtains. The king rises from his chair to advance to the window: A scene of total chaos, thousands of people were present in front of the castle manifesting loudly, trying violently to cross the wall of men that encircled the castle to protected it "Close the curtain, I''ve seen enough". Said the king, walking slowly to his chair "We have no more time, and the quest of Abreal is only slowing us, we must announce the war there''s no other alternative". said Felin "If we announce the war now we will lose everything, we have to fix all that without resorting to war" "The Roof will collapse on your head and you say we must not resort to war"? said Felin with an angry tone and got out of the room slamming the door behind him strongly The reigning queen Maria a long, thin woman with long black hair that fell down to her back, a white face, smooth skin and black eyes, was chocked after what his son has just told his father "Victor Why do you have so much confidence in the quest of Abreal"? give up on them!. "Abreal will never let us down they will help us I''m sure" "And if they don''t". Said Maria with concern "If It''s not the case I''m afraid that it will be a war without mercy, but for now let''s put all of our faith on Abreal" "I Never thought that Shia will fool us with their stupid rules, what a band of lower class, and saying that we sheltered them when they made war" "We must never forget that everything they do is legal and if your son have read before signing the contract our kingdom would be in peace" "if they look for us, they''ll find us, we have the most strong army in the world we will crush them in a day" "You Have to think about the people of Porea no innocent will die because of the imprudence of your son". Said the king Victor pointing his finger along his wife Maria "Hate and grief are the worst motivation to accomplish anything if we do not have answers in three days a civil war will break out in the kingdom and we could not blame anyone". Continues the king, looking at his wife. "if Felin has followed me on the throne I wish he changes his attitude, people must love their king" "And who told you that your people loves you Victor?" Said Maria then she stood up "I''ll see if Narial needs something." She said . While leaving Maria sees Lussien The Pig, servant of the castle in front of the door he was preparing to enter in the room, she blasted him with the look in her eyes then leaved sweeping the floor with her long dark blue dress Lussien The Pig knocked the door twice then entered slowly lowering his head "Lussien The Pig, what takes you here?" Asks the king without disturbing his concentration on the papers he has in his hands "My lord, it is said that the son of the Sir of Hazel-Darg has not returned home since yesterday, he went hunting with his hunting master earlier in the day and since they did not returned .." Said The Pig with his hissing voice "And?" Asks the kings without disturbing his concentration "And the sir of Hazel-Darg asks to advance the order of the next patrol to find his son." Says the pig, lowering his head "Who he think he is to give me orders? the next patrol will only take place on the night of the next full moon, if he is so worried about his son he go find him himself." Victor shouted, throwing the scrolls he had in his hands around the big table in front of him The Pig took a few steps back, keeping his head down. "You can go." Said king Victor with a stern voice Lussien drops his head and disappears out of the room without making any noise. The next day Charles The Felin was being driven to his new sword of black steel in the back garden of the castle his nose had stopped bleeding "It Is a prince''s sword. Christopher said", approaching the Felin "Uncle Christopher!" Said Charles who quickly put his sword down to shake his uncle''s hand "You''re Growing faster day by day" Said Christopher, passing his hand over the little light beard of Charles "This Sword belonged to my father, and my father took it from his father and so on". Said Christopher holding the sword in his hands, he passes his thumb on the handle of gold and continues "This sword beheaded the last man of the clan Valdowein during the Great Northern War". He hands the weapon back to Charles "but Its owner threw it after killing the last man of the clan Valdowein with pretext that he will not have to used his sword anymore" Charles continues recovering his weapon "something is preparing Charles, I want you to be careful, I feel that a war will burst here." Christopher said, holding the head of Charles with his hands "Don''t worry, I will defend myself." The Felin said watching his uncle in the eye with a piercing look Christopher pat him on the back and said If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. "In my way to here I heard that the son of the Sir of Hazel-Darg is lost since yesterday and They suspect the Collins but it''s strange because our relation with The Collins is quite stable how they could believe such a rumor surely made up by the people of Shia?" "its shabby, they occupy the territories of our borders and they put their noses in our business, I hate them." Said The Felin with a furious tone "I hate them too, they are like a disease for our kingdom I will be glad to get rid of this disease if only your father could make such an order." "My father is wrong." "A King is never wrong." Said Christopher away from Charles a few steps and then adds "A prince either." Narial was spirited humming the currency of the Kingdom of Porea "Long live the wind of Porea, long live the snow-castle" When her mother enters her room with a metal bowl filled with hot boiling water to wash her hair "My Beautiful princess, what a pretty princess you are!" said Maria to her daughter while putting the hot bowl on the floor waiting for it to cool down "When I grow up I''d be the prettiest princess in the world!" Said the little Narial "You Already are my daughter, there is no more beautiful girl than you." Said Maria discarding the blonde fringe of her daughter and then continues "You''re from the Merdeth family, you must be beautiful, you have no choice and you know our beauty have been transmitted to us by the angels of heaven since the beginning of time, it is thanks of that that our family is reigning after all, it''s because we are beautiful and pure." Said the queen Maria playing with the blonde hair of her daughter Narial Mom, if I am the most beautiful then I''d be the Queen? Asked Narial her mother. Maria turned her head as if she was looking for something and answered her daughter "so you think you are more beautiful than me? said Maria with a serious voice to her daughter" "Yes !" said Narial pleasantly with a silly smile "YOU SHUT IT!" screamed Maria and with a quick movement Maria takes the metal bowl and spills the hot water over on her daughter''s face Narial begins to scream and her face began to burn, strands of her blond hair falling to the ground, her pretty white complexion was spirited to melt allowing blood to escape from her chair, she tries to wipe his face with his hands but the oil is still burning. Maria takes a tissue on the nightstand and essuit the face of his daughter crying. "Help, a help!" Shouted his majesty trying calmed her daughter crying because burns The woman landed in current room Oh my lord! Said the wife of rooms looking at Narial "What are you waiting for? Bring me water and bring me Victor." Shouted Maria at the servant "All Is well my daughter, all is well my angel, it was an accident, all is well." Said Maria to her daughter to calm her After a while the servant returned with a fresh bucket of water "Take My majesty, my lord the king is not in the royal hall according to The Pig, a messenger of Abreal is at the door of the castle and my lord went to meet him in person" "I Do not care about the messenger and Abreal, oh my lord my little girl." Shouted Maria while refreshing the burnt face of her daughter with cool water while dripping fake tears. "What a terrible accident." Said the servant while helping Maria. "My lord, my lord." Said the Pig breathless while entering the royal hall "What is going on?" Said the King by standing. The Pig dropped his head and then continued "It''s terrible, The messenger of the Eagles have arrived, he is at the door of the castle" King Victor crosses the room strides towards the front door of the castle "But my lord ..." Said Lussien while running after him "Lussien Shut up." Said the king in a loud voice After crossing the great hall the king stops outside in front of the door of the castle and was a sign that the guards to open the large wooden door The door was wide opened, in front of the door stands a big black horse that carries the messenger of Abreal dead on his back, a large arrow piercing his stomach. The king approached the horse, everyone was silent, the colors of Abreal: Yellow and black worn by the messenger were spotted with blood, with a hand King Victor removed the arrow of the man''s belly and discovered a note that was attached to the arrowhead he pulled it and read: Prepare for the war Victor, People of Porea surrender or your fate will be as miserable as this messenger . From your worst nightmare Shia. Victor threw the parchment on the ground and crushes it with his foot and shouted "Enough is enough, prepare the army we sadly have a war to win" Chapter 3: Kingdom Of Shia "You are perfect my highnesses." Said Gloria the maid with her usual smile to the four princesses who were preparing for the Winters Prom as she sweeps the floor "Thank you, you''re an angel." Said Celesta one of the sisters while brushing her hair "I Heard that the Lords of Portrall will be with us tonight." Said Elizabeth with a big smile "I can''t wait to be there." Said Sophia the youngest sister with a weak voice All four looked at her "She Think that she have a chance!" Exclaimed Elizabeth and exploded with laughter Sophia''s face turned red, she made out a small smile and said, "Who knows maybe I''ll meet my Prince Charming" "Oh that''s cute she believes in the prince charming!" said Celesta sarcastically and then everyone bursts out laughing "Shut up" Carnell cried the elder sister who has been busy wearing her earring and then approached Sophia and said, "Sophia come here, do not listen to them." Celesta rolled her eyes and asked Elizabeth to hold her long golden hair so she could wear her diamond necklace "Do Not listen to them Sophia they are jealous of you." Said Carnell to her sister to reassure her The door of the room opens and Margoret enters she is the grand-mother of the princesses, King Brau''s (the king of the kingdom of Shia) mother, an old long thin elderly woman with a gray hair wearing a black dress she always keeps her head high and her eyes are always half-open, when she entered the room everyone became silent. "What''s with all the noise I hear from the lobby?" She said severely The four sisters silently froze "Sorry Grandmother, Sophia told us a joke we could not hold the laugh." Said Celesta with the head down after a while Sophia looked angry, she stepped forward, her face was all red, she pointed her sister and screamed "That''s not true!" "This Is not the time to argue or laugh, this evening we welcome the noble family of Portrall and I refuse you behaved like a disordered lower class of peasants!" Said Margoret with sternly glaring Sophia glance -"Carnell and Gloria come with me!" Said Margoret Carnelle looked furiously at Celesta and then got out of the room with. After that the door closes Celesta wait a bit then turned to Sophia "How You dare say to grandma that I lied?" "You Do not have a heart you always want the bad for us." Said Elizabeth, Sophia could not utter any word " What happens? The Rebel has lost her tongue?" Said Celesta turning around Sophia "What are we going to do with you now" Said Elizabeth with a black smile Then Celesta and Elizabeth exchanged glance smirking "You know what ? we are going to enjoy the evening and you, you will enjoy yours." Said Celesta, then she pushed her sister on the bed while Elizabeth took the room key quickly "Here Alone." She said running out of the room with Elizabeth after closing the door with the key Margoret was walking along the corridor that leads to the royal room with Gloria and Carnell when she notices the Mad-Snake in the middle of the road, he was murmuring "Spare me the pain master, I will never let you fall bearer of the fire, and they want me to believe that snakes spit fire! Oh what a scandal oh my lord .." He was big and bold with big ears and funny dirty teeth wearing dirty ripped clothes. "I Have already ordered you to leave castle dirty beast." Yelled Margoret over him "The Mad- Snake goes, he is good he don''t want bad things to happen!." He whispered while rushing to the exit "Gloria take the Mad-Snake out of the castle and made sure he will not come back until the next day I don''t want him to spoil the evening of the great Winter Prom and go to the big hall the guests will come soon, oh and remove that ridiculous scarf we are not in Abreal !. ordered Margoret "Your orders my majesty." Said Gloria away Margoret was watching her grand-daughter Carnell by the corner of her eyes she stimulated a smile and started "So, How are you darling?" Carnell watched her grandmother with wide eyes wide and replayed "Yes.. I mean everything is fine." "Very well then, very well" Said Margorette while joining both hands and both remain silent until they arrive at the door of the royal hall "You''re Ready for the prom?" Asked Margoret clumsily has her little girl who do not realize that her severe grandmother Margorette asking her whether she is ready for the ball or not "Yes I think!" Replied Carnell awkwardly Margoret turns her head right and left like a falconer, then suddenly became serious she putted her hands on Carnels shoulders and said "Carnel Listen to me, well you know your father is always looking to expand his relations with the various regions next to our kingdom and from our guest this evening there is a young man named Simuss he is the son of the lord of Portrall, and you know very well that Portrall is known for the quality of their weapons that they produce, anyways during the Bal he will be your cavalier, I want you to spend time with him in order to improve your relations, and who knows maybe he will be a good husband." "Grand Mother I don''t want to get married. Said Carnelle that seemed embarrassed Margoret waits a moment and then her gaze turned black and her true face reappeared "You think you have the choice? it is me who commands you, you forgot who I am? descend on earth it''s this way things happens around here." Cried the grandmother Carnelle drop her head and murmured "I don''t want to marry a simple lords son, I want to marry a prince" "What Prince? neither I nor your father let you mix your blood with a prince from the south" "Why not the North prince then?" Margoret looked extremely furious and slapped her grand-daughter "Who? the Felin? he who will not miss the opportunity to destroy Shia entirely" asked Margoret with disappointment "He loves me." Said Carnell hesitantly her eyes were full of tears "How dare you speak to me about the Prince of Porea after everything that happened?" you are a traitor, your father will never tolerate this, I told you a million times to not talk about this story." Yelled Margoret taking her head in her long hands "Out of my sight!" She cried over Carnell which lowered her head and ran all along the corridor The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. At the other part of the kingdom, General Cliffton had met the three elite of the army of Shia Metfield, Spencer and shock in the small wooden house to discuss the current events, all four had sat on wooden stools around a round wooden table, two candlesticks dimly lit the room "Our King have signed the offer of Abreal, we will have our new weapons by the new full moon." Began the general Cliffton "So In return our people must leave the occupied territories at the border of the kingdom of Porea., but why king Victor have made such an offer? I mean he literally asked Abreal to provide us high quality weapons, he is not afraid that we''ll use them against him? " Asked Spencer "What Kind of king will supply his enemy with weapons of that power? I feel that something is not turning round" asked Spencer "The Kind of king who has stronger weapons than the ones that Abreal gave us." Said General Cliffton "I am not sure." Spencer replied "A Messenger will be sent tomorrow to Porea to tell them the news." Stated General Cliffton "So Porea will have no reason to go to war, and the snakes who live in their borders will be back to Shia." Added Metfield who was sitting next to Spencer. "Bullshit..The lions will not miss the war." Shock spoke with his usual low voice he was sitting in front of the others "Victor Is too prudent to embark on a war in such circumstances." Said the general, lighting his pipe "The Felin is not." Spencer added "They will not fight us we signed a peace agreement with the lions that he signed it himself and then Porea is in a very delicate situation, I do not think his imprudence will lead to a war in a moment like this in whole cases we should never lower our guard, we must be always ready if we are attacked". Said general Cliffton "You can go now it will soon be dark, I don''t want to go late at the Winter Prom. Ends general, smiling to the elite of the army. Everyone was present all of the Gliburton royal family was around a large square table except Sophia who was imprisoned in the room were the princesses were preparing for the prom, The noble family and the lord of Portrall Kevic was sitting in the left of the king Brau, the old Margoret stood near him with his short white hair she wore a dark purple dress and the three princesses were sitting side by side near their grandmother Celesta was dressed in a long yellow dress, Elizabeth was dressed all black which highlighted her green eyes and black hair and Carnell was in dark green. The great curtains of the room wore the emblem of the kingdom: A green snake that spits fire in a dark purple background Carnell spotted Simusse smiling at her from the other end of the table, She looked at him then her eyes met the gaze of Margoret she stood still for a moment and then dropped her head. At the other end of the hall musicians were present playing as the first song the anthem of Shia. Noble families of the Kingdom was also present humming the hymn of Shia At the end of the music the Lord of Portrall rises a glass of wine in his hand and said, ''I would like to have a toast to my friend and my lord and my customer king Brau and I would like to say so "Watch out for the dragon-snake," long live the King" Everyone rehearsing in chorus after him, "Long live the King" And after the gentlemen begin to invite the ladies, bowing before them and kissing the back of their hands and begin to dance A young well-dressed man with light brown hair wearing well approximates Elizabeth takes her hand and bowed before her, kissing the back of her hand, a broad smile on his lips, rising to dance with him "Where is your sister?" Asked Margoret with a low voice to Celesta "She said she will not be present at the ball." lied Celesta "Go get her right away!" orders Margoret Celesta rolled her eyes then gets up to get her sister, who is still trapped in the room. Kevic Brau approached the king and starts smiling "What a beautiful night" " Indeed a beautiful night." Said the king, drinking his red wine "I Heard that a civil war will soon break out in Porea because of the snakes that are occupying the lands of their borders. "Well Done for them this shitty family, Victor with his fucking wife I''d kill them myself I would slit her throat myself" "What she did to your wife my lord is unforgivable" "I Would never forgive them, but tell me ,at Abreal, i heard they have new weapons, a sword that can cut a mountain, it is not your work?" "Of Course not my lord, I have no contact with Abreal but I heard that a man they call the Dragon Blacksmith is capable of performing such work and in addition he builds his weapons in a small workshop near the desert of Abreal, and since Victor and Abraham the king of Abreal are old friends I doubt that he supplied him with those new weapons" "no matter Lions or eagles they don''t scare me I piss on the whole Alland". Said the king Brau visibly drank after emptying his glass of wine The wife of the lord Kevic was sitting next to Margoret "You have Pretty young men." Margoret begins with a smile "Thanks, and you have pretty young ladies." Said Mona Kevics wife blinking to Margoret, then both laughed at the same time "What do you mean Mona never one of my daughters will marry one of your lovely boys." Said Margoret jokingly and then all the two laughed together another time Carnell stood up when suddenly the Simuss holds her hands "Would You give me a dance miss Carnell. Said the young man politely Carnell looked around her and then crossed once again her grandmothers look and responded to Simuss stimulating a smile "With joy." Celesta arrived at the door of the room and opened the lock "Sophia, It''s time to go .." Celesta stopped in the middle of the sentence after noticing that Sophia was not in the room, she looked for her in all corners but no Sophia in sight, and then she noticed the window that is opened her heart pounded, an expression of fear and anxiety appeared on her face and then she comes running to the ballroom "Dad..Sophia ... She''s lost." Said Celesta the bad news and everyone stoped talking the music stops "Oh my lord." said Margoret "Guards!" Cried the king Brau, five guards erupt in the room "Search in every corner of the kingdom even search the sea if necessary, find my daughter" Said the king anxiously...