LANDON'S POV:-
FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO:-
I was lying on my bed. A warm light of the candle that was set on a table beside my bed. It was keeping the dark away from me. I was just a kid at that time. I was not even seven. After my mom left the room when she was done with three bedtime stories. I was alone, staring at the ceiling as if I could see the shining stars in the silk black sky. The night looked darker than usual. It was the moonless night. And I always found it difficult to fall asleep in the moonless nights.
Let me introduce myself first like a gentleman. My name is Prince Landon Vulcan. Son of the King Joseph Vulcan. And I lived in the huge castle of our kingdom. You might think of an ordinary kingdom. But actually, no. I belong to a magical kingdom. Our lands were bigger than Europe. But no human had ever seen our kingdom. It was forbidden for any human to even hear the name of our kingdom. It was the mighty land where the first dragon was released from the heavens. Since then, we have lived in that land and my ancestors have been ruling the kingdom ever since.
The other supernatural beings and the creatures of night, they could be born anywhere in this world, but the dragons were only born in our kingdom. Our kingdom was surrounded by the chain of huge mountains. They were all covered with the thick white snow. With every rising sun, snow falls again on those mountains. It happens every single day. Whether it's summer or winter, the snow falls every single day. My dad told me that it was a gift from God. To keep the dragons protected. That was the reason why our kingdom was called Mountainia.
I sighed as I looked at the dark sky again. I knew I had to fall asleep soon. Or I would be lazy on the battlefield. Not that we get to fight on the real battlefield. But we need to be trained. Every single kid in our kingdom knew how to fight in wars. Not that we needed anything like that. Our kingdom was mighty and well protected. But it was one of the strict rules for everyone to learn to fight. Whether it was a war in a battlefield or it was a war inside us. We were trained to fight both.
I closed my eyes and started counting the scales on the dragon's body. I never liked to count sheeps. As the sheep was my favorite food. I always felt hungry whenever I counted sheeps. So my dad told me to count scales on the dragon's body instead. It was reliable and very helpful. And my stomach never growled again while counting so I could have a goodnight sleep.
Just as I was counting the scales, suddenly I heard something unusual. Something I was not expecting to hear as I knew that I was a young prince. I quickly opened my eyes as I thought I mistakenly got connected. I gulped hard in fear. But then I was consumed by curiosity. I could not control myself anymore. I closed my eyes again to see what was going on.
I suddenly found myself standing in front of the source of the power all the dragons possessed. It was the mighty heart of the first dragon. The first of our kind. It was abnormal that the mighty heart was trying to connect with me. I went closer to it and it started glowing brightly. It made me frown even more as it only happened when the king is near to the mighty heart.
I raised my hand and slowly walked towards the mighty heart. It felt as if the mighty heart was calling me. It's beauty and it's powers hypnotized me. I was no longer in control. My brain was as if it was shut down. And the mighty heart was controlling my actions. I was about three feet away from the mighty heart. That was when I heard as if someone was coming into the forbidden room. I quickly hid under the table as if I knew someone was about to see me.
Just then, two men stepped into the forbidden room. I was not able to see their faces. "Wait. I need to touch it before you will take it away. From now on, it will be yours to have. But I need to touch it so I can be the new King of the Mountainia kingdom." I heard a very familiar voice but as I was very scared, I did not recognize it.
The man opened the safe and the mighty heart started beating wildly. It felt as if someone was beating a big drum widely. I covered both of my ears as the man went closer. He touched the mighty heart and screamed loudly in pain. The mighty heart had burned his hand. He fell on the ground and started thrashing as if he was a fish out of water. Without looking at them at all, I crawled out of the room. I opened the door and crawled out. Someone screamed to catch me. I stood up and started running. It all felt so real. I did not know but I felt the heat of the mighty heart inside me.
Someone shook my body aggressively and I opened my eyes. I gulped hard and looked around. It was the loyal minister of my father. He was more like a brother to him. "We need to go, Prince Landon. It is an order from the king. We don't have time to get your things packed up." He told me and I nodded my head. He picked me up in his arms and took me towards the window. He jumped out of the window and ran as fast as he could. After about an hour, we reached the safer distance from the palace. He set me down on the ground and turned into his dragon form. He helped me up on his back and flew away.
"Raymond, wait! I did not get to say goodbye to my parents. Where are they? Are they not coming with us?" I asked him but he did not reply. I did not ask him another question as my father had always told me. He said Raymond was like a brother to my father and I was told to respect him equally as I respected my father. I held his neck tightly as he flew away. At least I knew that my parents were fine. I knew Raymond would never leave them alone without being sure about their security. Or it was what I had thought.
LANDON'S POV:-THREE HUNDRED YEARS LATER:-I opened my eyes and sat up on the bed abruptly. I was all sweaty again. My heart was beating wildly inside my rib cage and my breaths were short as pants. I grabbed the towel that was on my bedside table and wiped the sweat off of my body and my face. I ran my fingers through my hair and looked at the clock that was set in my bedroom. I filled a glass with cold water then downed it's content in one go."Always at the same time." I thought to myself and laid back down on the bed. I was having those nightmares ever since we left Mountainia. Raymond brought me to Vienna. Turned out that my father had been saving a lot of money. He had some friends in Austria. He had bought a huge company that built ships in Austria. All I did was to learn to fight and studied hard.After we came to Vienna, R
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