Welcome to Gaia! ::

The Captain smiled and haughtily greeted the man. " Well you certainly have a new glow to you, lad! Thanks for reporting in! " he patted the man's shoulder and pointed to the stable's, "get on a horse.. I need you to keep guard in the kingdom while I escort Prince Joseph back home. He went to visit his fiancé and is on the way back here. " he stated.

"The word is that they're only attacking nobles and wealthy country men. The royal family is a good target but it seems too much for them. So just be sure to keep a look out.... Oh! And the Queen and Lady Rosa have a request for you. " he sputtered, shaking his large bristly mustache. " They said, uhh ' If you see Manureva, tell her to come home..'. Evidently the Princess has run away and has disappeared... not quite too sure why though... But after you're patrol you'll tell her majesty and be free to do as you wish for today.." he mumbled and then with a hard pat on the back and a salute, the Captain, along with three other knights set off into the direction where to meet Joseph.

The day went on and Nathaniel was contently reading in his room when he noticed a man outside his window. The man held firmly, two black, iron bars and began binding them to the pane. Nathaniel watched the man leave as now.. he did feel a bird in a cage.

Nathaniel smiled at the little bird. It pecked and pestered at the glass. "You don't like them either, I imagine... At least you could still fly outside if you wanted to.." the Prince sighed and opened the window for the little bird. Now Nathan could not fit out of his previous escape route, but the holes were still big enough for a little bird like Reynard to fit through. Nathaniel reached out and attempted to gently pet the black bird. "If you could have anything, what would you want most little one?" he asked sweetly.

After hours should pass, be it if Garrat finished his patrol or not. The Captain had returned suddenly... bloodied..

The captain coughed and collapsed off of his horse. He clung to Garrat and lay down in a hay bail in the stables, blood dripped to the ground as another greenhorn ran off to get the local healer. Another knight, that was with the Captain at the time, ran off to give deliver news to the Queen. The Captain spat and gasped for breath!

".. We... Never saw it coming.. One creature... No thief .... Didn't take nothin..." Tears began to fall out of the man's sad and pained eyes. "The Prince... Garrat, he's --!" He was about to deliver the harsh news when the Queen's terrible shriek rang through out the kingdom. Even Nathan heard it from his room and he frowned... What could have happened?

The captain eventually stood up, hacking a bit, but waved Garrat off to go tend to the Queen. For now , in her palm was Prince Jospeh's royal ring. The news spread quickly through out the castle. The King wailed as he cried in his wife's lap.

Nathaniel was doing things he wasn't supposed to again and took a needle and the end of his paint brush and somehow managed to pick his lock. Opening the door, he dashed down the hall and found his father and mother, dramatically sobbing sorrowful tears on the gathering room's floor. Nathan saw the ring and Hamish began to weep as well, leaning down and cried too on his father's shoulder.

Although Nathaniel frowned and was deeply saddened at the loss of his brother, the tears didn't fall. Joseph was the eldest and therefore, the most distant from Nathan. He spent most of his life becoming a fine ruler of a kingdom and ended up even, falling in love with a beautiful girl with long brunette locks, Princess of Blackern. But he only spent the most time with Hamish and the King. By the time Nathaniel was born, Joseph was 11 and already learning as much as he could about ordinances and government orders.So despite losing family, Nathan couldn't find the tears to shed.

The young prince knelt down and didn't notice Garrat coming in. When he knelt down and reached to hold his mother, she slapped him. Her nails scratched his cheek and Nathaniel jumped back and landed on his rear end, looking at his mother in contempt and pain. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT OF YOUR ROOM!?" she screamed. She was hysterical and before the King or Hamish could say or do anything, she ran off into her chambers and now the tears fell from eyes as he touched his stinging cheek.

Nathan looked at his knight and accepted the help to get up and walked with meek stance back to his room. Back inside he immediately scooped up little the kitten and cuddled him. His cheek burned and hissed at the pain.