Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ He's a Bastard ❯ Darenvy vs. Sonnet ( Chapter 3 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: Yuurimaoh 
I held back a sigh, my thoughts drifting. I felt more like a babysitter than a bodyguard. I didn't understand how having the King and Queen inside or outside the castle made a difference in the prince and princess's safety. "What exactly are we protecting them from?"
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I held back a sigh, my thoughts drifting. I felt more like a babysitter than a bodyguard. I didn't understand how having the King and Queen inside or outside the castle made a difference in the prince and princess's safety. "What exactly are we protecting them from?"
Miscellaneous: Original Stories Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Fantasy | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 01.27.2013 | Updated On: 02.12.2013 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.4K | Visits: 214 | Status: Work In Progress
He's A Bastard
Yuurimaoh (Dragon Dung)
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Chapter 03- Darenvy vs. Sonnet
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Static. That was what walking through the Arch-Passage felt like. Walking through static.
The only person that took humor at my expense was Revelin, who didn't bother to disguise his chuckling. I immediately put a hand to the top of my head and felt that my hair was spiking out in all directions. I glared at Revelin. "So, what will we be doing here?"
"Here we shall be bodyguards to the Prince and Princess of Darenvy," Revelin answered. "Come on, I have to introduce you to King Dale and Queen Deidre. Everyone in the castle needs to be aware of the fact that you are my new assistant and that you are to be granted access to anywhere and everywhere."
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"It has been a while since Revelin has had an assistant," Princess Dandelion commented, snapping me out of my usual mental ranting.
"Gee, I wonder why," I muttered sarcastically. I was eating cookies and drinking hot cocoa with the princess. Revelin had taken it upon himself to guard the prince. The princess had been kind enough to let me indulge in my sweet tooth.
"You genuinely seem to not like Revelin very much," The princess mused. "That is such a rare thing."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you must know about Revelin's...ways by now," The princess stated. When I nodded, she continued. "Every single available male in this castle has ended up in Revelin's bed chambers at least once-"
The back of my throat burned as I choked on the hot cocoa. Through the teary eyes that resulted from the pain of my near suffocation, I managed to motion for her to go on.
"Every male that he has come across so far has wanted Revelin in one form or another," The princess declared. "Every single one."
"Talk about an ego," I snorted.
"No exaggeration," The princess said in a serious voice. She paused for a moment to take a sip from her own cup of cocoa. "They are facts."
Before I could even begin to make sense of what she was going on about, we both heard the door open and turned our heads in that direction. Prince Damien walked in followed by Revelin. Speak of the devil.
"I want to set something straight with you," I told him. "Don't touch me. Ever."
Revelin narrowed his eyes as he looked at Princess Dandelion. "What have you been telling him?"
"Nothing that he would not have found out for himself," The princess responded.
"Oh. I suppose I should thank you then," Revelin decided.
"That will not be necessary," The princess replied.
I held back a sigh, my thoughts drifting. I felt more like a babysitter than a bodyguard. I didn't understand how having the King and Queen inside or outside of the castle made a difference in the prince and princess's safety. "What, exactly, are we protecting them from?"
"The prince and princess?" Revelin asked. At that very moment, something blurry shot through the princess's window. Revelin caught it as it zoomed in. "From strange occurrences such as this."
What they all had mistaken to be a brown sparrow was in fact a strange hummingbird. I recognized it as such as soon as I saw it's long beak.
"Unhand me!" The hummingbird demanded. Talking animals were usually magicians in disguise, so I didn't even raise so much as a brow when I heard it talk.
"Duncan! Oh, do let him go," Princess Dandelion began before looking towards the hummingbird. "I am so sorry, I forgot to tell Revelin about you."
My mentor let go of the bird. After a couple of shakes, the bird transformed into a tall boy with spiky brown hair and dark green eyes. "Prince Saul sends Princess Dandelion this bouquet of flowers," Duncan announced as the bouquet materialized in his hands. "As well as his pledge of eternal love."
"I'm surprised he didn't send a sonnet," Prince Damien snickered.
"I beg your pardon!" Duncan exclaimed.
"How...sweet of him," The princess replied slowly while Revelin snatched the flowers from Duncan's hands to examine them. Before Duncan had a chance to object, she told him, "Oh, it's alright! He's our bodyguard."
Duncan looked like he was torn between bowing an apology to the princess and ripping the flowers back from my mentor's hands. He dusted himself off instead, lifting his gaze to take in the room and the rest of the people in it. His eyes fell on me just as I had selfishly stuffed a cookie in my mouth. "Who is this?"
The princess's mind raced for a moment. "He's...our new food taster!"
I was more than a little lost with the sudden change of job title. However, I figured that the princess said it for a reason. I swallowed the rest of the cookie before nodding. "Right. Cy the food taster. Nice to meet you." I cringed when I realized that I had just used the new nickname Revelin had forced upon me. I could almost feel the smug glance he sent my way.
According to my mentor, the Darenvy and Sonnets had been trying to agree on a peace treaty for years. It seemed like Prince Saul of the Sonnets and Princess Dandelion of the Darenvy were taking the situation into their own hands. However, one couldn't be too careful. The princess knew that very well. That was why she must have kept the fact that Revelin and himself were Wanderers hidden from the Sonnet's Magician Messenger. At least, that's the conclusion my mind arrived at.
"What bravery! To risk being poisoned in place of your princess!" Duncan declared in an admiring tone of voice. "We share the honor of serving our royal family at the risk of our lives." I gaped at him when he knelt and took both of my hands in his own. "Tell me, are you married?"
As soon as my face turned pink, my mentor made his way over to Duncan and hauled up the Magician Messenger to his feet via the back of his shirt. "I think that's enough interaction with the 'food taster'."
"Aren't' you supposed to be guarding the prince and princess?" Duncan questioned. "What good is it to guard the food taster?"
In spite of myself, I was rather curious to hear Revelin's answer.
"If he dies, then the princess would have to starve until they found her a replacement," he replied through clenched teeth. "Haven't you overstayed your welcome?"
Yes...the man was still a bastard. I didn't know why I even bothered to think otherwise.
"Please, Duncan. Send my thanks to Prince Saul," Princess Dandelion answered.
Duncan bowed. "Then, I shall take my leave."
I warily watched as he kissed the back of my hand before transforming into a hummingbird once more and leaving the same way he arrived.
"Dandelion Sonnet?" Prince Damien teased with a snicker.
"Saul Sonnet is a sweetheart," The princess argued. "Besides, I do not see you doing anything to help keep the peace."
Revelin put a hand on both their shoulders. "I think I just heard your parents arrive from their deliberating."
Prince Damien and Princess Dandelion stopped arguing to listen. Sure enough, they must have heard the sound of horns heralding their parents' arrival. "So it seems."
"That's our cue to get out of here," my mentor whispered to me. The two of us made our way back to the Arch-Passage and passed through it to the other side.
I was pleased to note that, once the static had run its course, my hair no longer stood up on all ends.
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Yuurimaoh (Dragon Dung)
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Chapter 03- Darenvy vs. Sonnet
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Static. That was what walking through the Arch-Passage felt like. Walking through static.
The only person that took humor at my expense was Revelin, who didn't bother to disguise his chuckling. I immediately put a hand to the top of my head and felt that my hair was spiking out in all directions. I glared at Revelin. "So, what will we be doing here?"
"Here we shall be bodyguards to the Prince and Princess of Darenvy," Revelin answered. "Come on, I have to introduce you to King Dale and Queen Deidre. Everyone in the castle needs to be aware of the fact that you are my new assistant and that you are to be granted access to anywhere and everywhere."
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"It has been a while since Revelin has had an assistant," Princess Dandelion commented, snapping me out of my usual mental ranting.
"Gee, I wonder why," I muttered sarcastically. I was eating cookies and drinking hot cocoa with the princess. Revelin had taken it upon himself to guard the prince. The princess had been kind enough to let me indulge in my sweet tooth.
"You genuinely seem to not like Revelin very much," The princess mused. "That is such a rare thing."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you must know about Revelin's...ways by now," The princess stated. When I nodded, she continued. "Every single available male in this castle has ended up in Revelin's bed chambers at least once-"
The back of my throat burned as I choked on the hot cocoa. Through the teary eyes that resulted from the pain of my near suffocation, I managed to motion for her to go on.
"Every male that he has come across so far has wanted Revelin in one form or another," The princess declared. "Every single one."
"Talk about an ego," I snorted.
"No exaggeration," The princess said in a serious voice. She paused for a moment to take a sip from her own cup of cocoa. "They are facts."
Before I could even begin to make sense of what she was going on about, we both heard the door open and turned our heads in that direction. Prince Damien walked in followed by Revelin. Speak of the devil.
"I want to set something straight with you," I told him. "Don't touch me. Ever."
Revelin narrowed his eyes as he looked at Princess Dandelion. "What have you been telling him?"
"Nothing that he would not have found out for himself," The princess responded.
"Oh. I suppose I should thank you then," Revelin decided.
"That will not be necessary," The princess replied.
I held back a sigh, my thoughts drifting. I felt more like a babysitter than a bodyguard. I didn't understand how having the King and Queen inside or outside of the castle made a difference in the prince and princess's safety. "What, exactly, are we protecting them from?"
"The prince and princess?" Revelin asked. At that very moment, something blurry shot through the princess's window. Revelin caught it as it zoomed in. "From strange occurrences such as this."
What they all had mistaken to be a brown sparrow was in fact a strange hummingbird. I recognized it as such as soon as I saw it's long beak.
"Unhand me!" The hummingbird demanded. Talking animals were usually magicians in disguise, so I didn't even raise so much as a brow when I heard it talk.
"Duncan! Oh, do let him go," Princess Dandelion began before looking towards the hummingbird. "I am so sorry, I forgot to tell Revelin about you."
My mentor let go of the bird. After a couple of shakes, the bird transformed into a tall boy with spiky brown hair and dark green eyes. "Prince Saul sends Princess Dandelion this bouquet of flowers," Duncan announced as the bouquet materialized in his hands. "As well as his pledge of eternal love."
"I'm surprised he didn't send a sonnet," Prince Damien snickered.
"I beg your pardon!" Duncan exclaimed.
"How...sweet of him," The princess replied slowly while Revelin snatched the flowers from Duncan's hands to examine them. Before Duncan had a chance to object, she told him, "Oh, it's alright! He's our bodyguard."
Duncan looked like he was torn between bowing an apology to the princess and ripping the flowers back from my mentor's hands. He dusted himself off instead, lifting his gaze to take in the room and the rest of the people in it. His eyes fell on me just as I had selfishly stuffed a cookie in my mouth. "Who is this?"
The princess's mind raced for a moment. "He's...our new food taster!"
I was more than a little lost with the sudden change of job title. However, I figured that the princess said it for a reason. I swallowed the rest of the cookie before nodding. "Right. Cy the food taster. Nice to meet you." I cringed when I realized that I had just used the new nickname Revelin had forced upon me. I could almost feel the smug glance he sent my way.
According to my mentor, the Darenvy and Sonnets had been trying to agree on a peace treaty for years. It seemed like Prince Saul of the Sonnets and Princess Dandelion of the Darenvy were taking the situation into their own hands. However, one couldn't be too careful. The princess knew that very well. That was why she must have kept the fact that Revelin and himself were Wanderers hidden from the Sonnet's Magician Messenger. At least, that's the conclusion my mind arrived at.
"What bravery! To risk being poisoned in place of your princess!" Duncan declared in an admiring tone of voice. "We share the honor of serving our royal family at the risk of our lives." I gaped at him when he knelt and took both of my hands in his own. "Tell me, are you married?"
As soon as my face turned pink, my mentor made his way over to Duncan and hauled up the Magician Messenger to his feet via the back of his shirt. "I think that's enough interaction with the 'food taster'."
"Aren't' you supposed to be guarding the prince and princess?" Duncan questioned. "What good is it to guard the food taster?"
In spite of myself, I was rather curious to hear Revelin's answer.
"If he dies, then the princess would have to starve until they found her a replacement," he replied through clenched teeth. "Haven't you overstayed your welcome?"
Yes...the man was still a bastard. I didn't know why I even bothered to think otherwise.
"Please, Duncan. Send my thanks to Prince Saul," Princess Dandelion answered.
Duncan bowed. "Then, I shall take my leave."
I warily watched as he kissed the back of my hand before transforming into a hummingbird once more and leaving the same way he arrived.
"Dandelion Sonnet?" Prince Damien teased with a snicker.
"Saul Sonnet is a sweetheart," The princess argued. "Besides, I do not see you doing anything to help keep the peace."
Revelin put a hand on both their shoulders. "I think I just heard your parents arrive from their deliberating."
Prince Damien and Princess Dandelion stopped arguing to listen. Sure enough, they must have heard the sound of horns heralding their parents' arrival. "So it seems."
"That's our cue to get out of here," my mentor whispered to me. The two of us made our way back to the Arch-Passage and passed through it to the other side.
I was pleased to note that, once the static had run its course, my hair no longer stood up on all ends.
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