A Prophecy for the Hopless Romantic

Prince Aven’s POV

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“Well, Arlin I want your advice”.

“What advice my lord?”

“Would impregnating her be the smartest thing I’ve done in my whole life?”

“I am not allowed to tell you your future, my lord”.

“Yes, I know, I just needed your input since I'm still quite young”.

“My Lord, your father, and your father’s father have had sons at the same age you are now, you should be fine”.

“Very well then”.

“My prince may you tell the council the dreams you’ve had so we may differentiate them from the prophecy”.

I nodded.

“I had braced myself for this, the dream I've had yesterday was the final dream of the prophecy sequence”. 

I paused watching the Royal Magick Council (RMC) stare at me while my Father and other royal advisors were there. I continued “It was vivid so I remember every last detail. First it was a… sexual dream. I was chasing her through the market, since she had stolen my amulet. 

“A street rat..”, I heard some nobles whisper.

I continued “I followed her into the alley where she was running, she wore my amulet on her neck and suddenly we were transported into my chambers. She had taken off the brown hood she was wearing to reveal her pure cotton white hair and her bright honey colored eyes, she had shown her body to me. She had slowly approached me naked with only my amulet on, “I know how lonely you are”, she whispered.

She looked into my eyes and I had felt a deep sadness in my chest and I had watched her cry for me. I kissed her, and  fondled her, she felt amazing. Shortly after I finished I took my gaze off her, and when I looked back she had disappeared. I blinked and suddenly I was on this huge pedestal then out of nowhere a different woman… a goddess rose from the ground, she was gigantic, and she spoke as her words echoed.”

“I am the goddess Aphrodite and I shall grant you woman by the name of Letharia, if she shall be willing to love if so, I shall grant you love and libido along with children. The goddess Aphrodite had started to shrink and changed back to that beautiful woman, Letharia, but her feet no longer touched the ground. She closed her eyes and fell from the sky, naked. I looked down from the pedestal and lost my balance. As I fell, I looked at Letharia, her eyes were wide open, and so beautiful to look at. She had sprouted the wings of an angel, but one wing was white while the other appeared black. She had caught be and dropped me back at the pedestal before she left she whispered “If you match my state of life, my state of loneliness then you will come find me”, she had kissed me while putting one hand on her cheek letting her single tear stop at her fingertips. I closed my eyes and when I opened them she turned into dust, I had woke up in tears in my eyes, that is all Arlin.”

Arlin bowed “You were right your majesty that indeed, is the girl whom you will marry, this dream has perhaps found your future queen.. Our future Queen of Xoria as the goddess had told you. But the worst case scenario may be… this may take months or maybe years, and during this search we will hide this from the public. 

I stood up from the thorne and watched my Father sigh. “Months… maybe years… do not dare to lie to me Arlin!”

I slapped him. “I suggest if you do not want to be decapitated you will find her, I’ll give you three months!”

I headed towards the door and looked back at the council “Whoever called her a street rat, feed them to the hungry prisoners, understood?”

“Yes your majesty!”They had spoken in unison as I walked away thinking of the woman named Letharia. 

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My Father had followed after me “Next time, I want you to think about what authority you have as a prince”.

My father was almost like a walking mirror of me, I scoffed. “Leave me in peace so that I can prepare for the execution”.