The Dragon Kingdom - Chapter 3: The Dream
- The Dream -
Saint thrashes and turns in his bed, his dreams plagued by images of death and destruction. Then he wakes, sitting up in his bed, soaked with sweat. He gets up and heads to the bathroom. After a shower and some food he sits down and looks out the window. He starts to read a book that is sitting by the window. After some time he yawns and heads back to bed, still a little scared of his dreams. A few hours later he gets up and stretches, then he gets ready for gurd duty. He heads out and to the throne room. When he arrives he sees the young king sitting reading the book he got from the magic shop. He smiles as he walks up to the king, " Hello your majesty, did you sleep well? " The king looks up and nods as he smiles " Yes thank you for asking. Now I need you to go in to town and get some supplies. Heres a list of what I need. " The king hands Saint a list of odd ingredients and Saint nods. " As you wish your majesty. " He bows and heads out.
He wounders around Ring Well looking for the items on the list. " Ok, got the squid ink, and the eye of newt. Ok, next is the wooden statue, ah heres a picture. " He looks at it and then walks in to the craft store and looks around but finds noting like it, so he heads out to the other stores. He eventually finds him self back in the magic shop from yesterday. He looks around and the owner looks up, " Hey, i remember you, weren't you in here yesterday with the guy in the cloak? " He asks smiles at Saint. Saint looks up and nods " Yes, i was, can you help me with something? " Saint says walking up to the counter, " Sure, what can i do for you? " Saint holds out the list with the picture on it. " Do you have something like this? " The owner looks and nods. " Yep, got one left, let me go get it. " He rushes off in to the back as Saint waits by the counter. Then the owner comes back with the statue, " Here you go, that'll be 50 gold please. " Sanit nods and goes to get the gold fromm his bag, The owner watches him " So you getting it as a gift? " Saint looks at the owner. " You could say that, i'm buying them for a friend. " The owner smile. " Who? Is it the cloaked guy from yesterday? " Saint nods and counts out the gold. " You know i can wrap it for you if you want? " Saintlooks up after counting out 27 gold, he shakes his head. " No thanks, but thanks for asking. " He resumes counting and the owner nods. " So was that your girl friend yesterday? " Saint looks up and blushes behind his helmet. " N-no, I just work for him, and its a he. " The shop owner smiles softly. " Still, is he your boyfriend? " Saint blushes even more, " N-no, i just work for him. " The shop owner nods. " Ok then, do you have the gold? " Saint nods and hands the shop owner 50 gold and takes the statue. " Thank you for letting me buy this. " The shop owner looks. " No thank you. " He puts the gold away and sits down as Saint returns to the palace.
When he arrives he finds the king studying in the library. He smiles and walks over, placing the items down. " Here you are your majesty. " The king looks up and smiles upat Sanit. " Thank you Saint, this will help my studies greatly. " Saint smiles and nods, " Anything else i can help with? " The king thinks and shakes his head " No but thanks. " The king smiles and goes back to studying as Saint nods and goes to find a book. He sits down and begins to read. He stays near by the kinng, keeping an eye on him. Then the teachers come and begin their teachings. Saint smiles and watches as the king nods and writes things down. Later when the teachers finishes their teachings they head out and the king smiles soflty and gets up, Saint following behind him. " Howd it go sire? " The king looks back at Saint and smiles. " Good, in about 2 or three years i'll be full king. " Saint smiles and nods " Thats great sire. " He escorts the king to his room and opens the door smiling. The king looks at Saint and smiles as he walks in his room, " Thank you for getting the stuff i asked for, i'm really greatful to you. So um if theres anything you ever need just let me know, ok? " Saint nods and smiles, " Thanks sire. " Saint nods and turns and starts to walk off but the king reaches out and take his paw. " Please don't leave, i need some help, with this work please? " Saint turns back blushing deeply behind his helmet and nods, " As you wish sire. " He walks in and sits down by a desk in the kings room. The king looks at Saint and turns to him, walking over with a small bag of books and notes.
The king sits down next to Saint and opens the bag, taking out a few books and a note pad. " I need you to read chapters 7- 10 from this book while i write down notes, K? " The king hands Saint a large book as he gets a pen and Saint looks at the book, " As you wish sire, " He opens the book and flips to the chapter the king asked and he begins to read. The king taking notes as Saint reads, The a few hours later, the king yawns and Saint looks up from the book. " Sire, you need rest. " The king looks at him and shakes his head, " No, I can't. I have to learn this for a test tomorrow, I... " The king yawns again and Saint sets the book down and stands up walking over and picking up the king, blushing behind his helmet as he carries the king to bed. " S-saint.. I... can walk you know. " The king blushing lightly as Saint lays him on his bed, " I know sire, but I felt like carring you. " He blushes deeply behind his helmet as the king blush grows deeper and he looks up at Saint, " Y-you felt like carrying me? " Saint nods and turns to leave, " Yes sire, I did, you just rest now, ok? " The king looks down and then nods as Saint heads to the door but the king speaks up, " Wait.. I want to know. What happend the day my dad died.. " Saint stops and turns back to the king, " Sire.... that day... he was killed by pirates who attacked the Sky Flagship, The Deleato, they overwhelmed the guards and we were forced to abandon ship.. I... I'm sorry... I wasn't able to protect his majesty... I... " The king sits up and looks at Saint " Shhh, it's not your fault, you did your best to protect him, and I thank you for doing the best you could. " He nods and Saint turns to the door, " Thank you sire. " He heads out the door closing it behind him and heading to his room. When he gets there he walks in and shuts the door, taking off his armour off. After a shower he heads to bed, laying there thinking about eveything. The day of the kings death, when he delivered the bad news to the council, and the day they decided to make the prince the king. He closes his eyes and falls asleep a few minutes later, falling in to a deep deep sleep.