Chapter 31: first encounter and a Time skip
"Good morning my prince" Thorn from the top of the castle wall at the flower garden greeting prince Arin
Arin: Good morning to you Thorn, so whats todays adventure?( He looks at him with a smile)
Thorn: That assistant of yours is back, i guess today we wont go on adventure, but i saw him returning with two kids early in the morning
Arin: Ooh yeah , I saw them ...The boy is abit taller than the average kid.
Thorn: Lets go play with them.
Arin : I dont know ( he looks at Thorn with a bit of concern)
Thorn: Come on , It wont be bad if we entertain them a bit.
Arin: you just want to see them clearly dont make excuses.
Thorn: Agreed , lets go.(He jumps off the wall and into the garden.)
Arin: Wait !!
Thorn runs into the castle" wait Thorn , We are not allowed to go near them."
Thorn: We?... your not allowd but i was not given any rule soooo im going( he loughes)
Thorn enters the castle" Oooh ... i just realised something "
Arin: What have you realised?
Thorn: I dont know where im going, Im lost
Arin: How about we exit the castle and check on Thane .
Thorn: Thane can look after himself, Hes probably training now.
Arin: Well im not gonna take you there.
Thorn: If you do this for me i promise I'll take you on daily adventures.
Arin: Mmmm oky lets go
They both sneak pass the guards and finally get in the room were the two kids were there.
Thorn open the door " Wow the room is hugeee!!!"
Arin: every castle room is like this so its a normal room and ...
When Arin was just about to finish he gets attacked from above , but Arin swiftly dodges and countered with a kick , sending the attacker flying.
The attacker tries attack again " Hold on wait !!! " says Thorn , the attacker continues his rush to attack then Thorn trips him and mobilizes him .
" i said stop we are not your enemy "
" Yes stop It Oark." A gantle voice comes far from the room. Thorn and looks at the bed side and see a girl sitting there " Sorry sister , I thought it was intruders." Says the attacker. The girl was sitted on the bed side reading a book , she flipped a page and the book cover was revealed its name was A THIEF AND A BALLERINA PRINCESS. " Ooh we forgot to introduce ourselves. " she closes the book and stands on her feet and approaches them" My name is Rose Verdani and your fellow attacker there is Oarkborn Verdani and we are siblings and you too are?.."
Arin: Im Prince Arin and this is Thorn Hosi hes my friend...Hey Thorn say hi.
Thorn: ( For some reason he looks shocked) hey ...hey there hmmm Rose
Arin: Are you oky bro?....aaaah wait a second Rose
He grabs Thorn by the hand and walk him to the corner of the room. " bro whats up ? You look shocked and your embarrassing me... Pull yourself together. "
Thorn: Im sorry bro, i guess i got caught up in the moment.
Arin: hhhhmmmm, lets go back.
They go back to them" I guess you guys are done talking, so what do you want from us prince Arin?" Rose ask Arin.
Arin: We are just checking out the new kids in the castle if I may say.
Thorn: One kid , Look at Oarkguy his huge( he points at him)
Oarkborn: My name is not Oarkguy.
Arin : yeah his about the same height as my dad . Even if we wanted to sneak him and play with him outside we wont make it pass the guards
Thorn: lets just not go anywhere.
Thorn and Arin agree on staying with them for the day . In that very same day they all became friends
A few months after they all became friends Thorn would watch them train early in the morning everyday, prince Arin was especially strong in swordsmanship. And he had a messive tallent for flame control. Thorn saw this everyday before he meet up with him in the flower garden. So Thorn decided on that day that if his to be a good friend to the future king he must become strong , As strong as him.
So every morning instead watching Arin train he would use train himself the same way he saw prince Arin train.( Sword slashes , Fitness training , meditating .) But he didn't have an instructors to sometimes battle with him , He would go to Thane and challenge him to a duel. Even though he had no talent for Elemental abilities Thorn quickly improved due to his endless effort
5 years later... at the this time Thorn is 15 years old , 13 prince Arin ( Oarkborn is 14 years , Blackwood Thane is 15 and Rose is 12)
Time has quickly passed and many memories are were made and the adventure continued, Oarkborn, Arin , Thane and Thorn were a crew now they gotten closer as they gotten stronger with age, Rose was only interested in reading and medicines in the castle.
One afternoonin the training grounds all four of them lying down after they all have trained hard , then Thorn ask Thane a question " Hey , Thane i always wondered why are you a flame user ? I thought Blackwood clan uses Lightning style."
Thane: I dont know , when i was young i saw a solder from the capital use flames so i thought they were cool them i learned how to use them.
Arin : Really? ... The flame thing is not so strange...whats strange is that you can make your flames blue and once you do that you quickly run of energy.
Thane: yeah I dont know how does that work.
Thorn: i have an Idea.
Arin: What is it
Thorn: Let me duel with Thane and this time we dont hold back on each other, plus I got new techniques to try.
Oarkborn: (sigh) I'll call Rose to heal you guys , but this time she will be so angry.
Thane : oky lets have some fun.
Both Thane and Thorn take centre stage and ready themselves for the duel." We go all out from the start no holding back " says Thorn.
Thane: Oky , in that case ...
He draws out a sword and suddenly the sword is filled with blue flames .
The Thorn holds his sword tight " Total concetration, Balance " a huge steam comes out from Thorn body and cover him like Aura
Arin : This is new
Oarkborn:Never seen Thorn this strong, i guess his years of training payed off .
Thorn : Are you ready ?
Thane : Yeah i am ready to take you out ...
Thorn and Thane charge on with an incredible speed at each other and equally clash with a power struggle. So who will win this battle duel ?
To be continued...