Chapter 1: Alkalaz
#1 of Alkalaz- Love and Trials
Is this a dream? Is this reality? I don't even know anymore. But as long as I am with you. I am the happiest guy in the world.
_Because I love you. Will you accept my feelings? Will you look at me with disgust? _
There are so many uncertainties. I can only hope that one day you will say to me the three words I want to hear from you.
"Dad Rum! Dad Harry! Where are you?" an eight year old human yelling around the hallway, looking for his dads. He has black spiky hair towards the front and a pair of brown eyes.
"Rend!" and there was another human standing at the end of the hallway. "Have you seen Dad Rum and Harry?" Rend is around the same age as the boy. He has short red hair with a few splotches of black and he has a pair of red eyes.
"I had no luck either. Why is this house so big!" as Rend lies down on the floor. "Well we have been here for years."
"And I did not hear you complaining about the house I inherited from my real parents." as the other boy sighs.
"Gero. You know very well that those memories may be real but we never experienced them." and Rend stood up.
"Wait. I think I know where they might be!" "Lead the way, Rend!"
Meanwhile in a small hotel.
"One room for three, please!" a young goat-man requested to the counter. "Surely!" a towering hare-man replied. The goat-man blinked in disbelief at who he saw. "Do I know you?" asked the goat. "Umm. I believe not sir."
"Hmm. I was sure I know you because you have a missing part of your ear." the goat pointed at the hare's right ear."Oh this?" as the hare moves his right ear up and down. "Just an accident when I was younger." "Oh, ok."
The hare led the goat and his friends a boar and a lioness to their room. "Have a nice stay." as the hare grins. "Thanks!" and the boar closed the door afterwards. "Whew! I am glad that they did not find out." and the hare left the hall.
*Sigh* as the hare went towards the dining hall. "Did someone pop-up again?" "Gah! RUM!!! YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE SNEAKING UP ON ME!!" and he turns to his right where he saw a bear.
The bear is mostly brown and he is bulkier than Harry when it comes to body build and has a gut on him. "You know. I'm here if you need someone to talk to." as the bear hugs his partner. "I know." and the other returns the hug.
"Better get back to work you silly lug!" as the hare kissed the burly bear at the cheek. "Aww. Don't tease me like that." And the hare hopped back to his counter humming. "Oh well." And Rum gets back to the hall.
"Ah. This is the life." As the hare leans on his chair. "A home that is peaceful, two wonderful sons and a loving (and adorable) husband. This life would not have been possible thanks to these two." And the door rang as it opened.
"Oh! Gero, Rend. What brings you here?" as he looks at his two sons. "We were looking for you!" the black haired stared hard at his adoptive father. "Sorry. And Rum is in the hall playing the fiddle again." And the hare points towards the hall. "Thanks" as they hugged for a while and left.
Music can be heard from the hall. "They must have been going at it." Rend looks exited. "Yup. Just like the time in that world. Now that I think about it, we might have more guest tonight." As Gero opened the door to be greeted with a crowd of people and beastmen dancing in a circle, clapping and stomping.
"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey." The crowd shouted as they dance and clap. After a few moments the music ended. There were cheers and claps as the musicians bow their head. The fiddler was looking at the two and waved. The two children waved back.
"Hi dad!" as the pair rushed to their other father to give him a hug. "What are you doin' here you two?" as the bear lifted the two, one in each arm. "We were looking forward to your story tonight!" and the bear laughed. "Ohhh. Very curious I see." "You promised you'll tell us back then!" And then they saw a smiling hare approaching them.
"Let's go to the roof. I got everything ready there." And the group went to the roof of the small building. The air is cool, the sky is clear and the half moon is in the horizon. "Wow that smells good, Dad Harry!" as Rend points at the table. "Sure is!" Rum replied.
"Well let's get seated." And then Harry clears his throat. "Alrighty. Let's get started."
"It started when we were children. Back then we did not meet until one day..." Rum started.
Flashback
There was once a world that has dragons, knights and kingdoms. That land was called Falnure. It is where me and Harry came from. Falnure is a world in a special place called "DreamScape" a collection of realities conceived by multiple people in their dreams. Falnure also had creatures called "Nightmares". They are the manifestations of everything negative.
Thankfully we can actually control where they can appear. With magic, mages protect the cities and kingdoms from harm. But that is not the same for the others that live outside those borders. The villages usually have walls surrounding their towns in order protect them.
But never did anybody know that one day. An entire race was almost eradicated. The race is called the Ursan.
"Da, da, rum, da." As a small beast child that resembles a bear walks around the forest with a basket in hand. "Hmmm. These look good." As the bear examines a few mushrooms on the ground. "Yay! We can have stew for dinner!" and he ran towards his village.
The village mainly has wood cabins and cottages all around and a large fire place at the center. "Mom! Da! I'm back!" as the small bear entered a cottage. "Oh Aurum, thank you for getting these for me." A female wearing a modest dress came to hug her son. "I'll gladly do anything for you and Da." As Aurum hugs his mother back. He saw a towering figure approaching them.
"Da!" as Aurum releases his mother and went towards his father. His father was wearing his usual clothing but is seen holding a box at his right hand. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY AURUM!" as his father lifts his child up with ease. "Awww! Da! There is no need to buy me something!" as his father places him down.
"Nonsense! Of course I'll buy something for my son. Because I love you." And Aurum's father gave him the wooden box. "This is just the first one. Here is the second one!" as Aurum's mother gave him a pair of gauntlets.
Aurum's eyes widen as he saw his gift. "The Earthbreakers!? Why are you giving them to me mom?" as he attempts to lift the giant gauntlets. "I can't even wear one of these!" as his mother approaches Aurum. "These are our family's heirloom for generations. My father gave them to me and I give them to you." And Aurum nods. "And they gave them to me at your age that's why."
Aurum opens the wooden box. He was on the verge of crying when he saw the contents. "I-I don't know what to say." And the cub sniffles and took out the contents of the box. "A fiddle." And he looks back when his deceased grandfather played him a lullaby until he falls asleep.
"Thank you." And the family hugged for a while before they separated. "I better cook dinner." And the female ursan went to the kitchen. "I'll be in my room." As the cub drags the gauntlets to his room. "Finally!" the ursan cub placed the gauntlets by the entrance of his door's room. "I can't wait to use this!" as he took out his fiddle.
Aurum's POV
I am playing the first song my grandfather taught me. I feel happy that I can play songs that my grandpa used to play when he was still around. He said that he would love me no matter where we go. And this alone is enough to make me smile.
Suddenly...
*BOOM!
"Aurum!" as my father slams the door open. "What was that!?!" and he grabbed me and the gauntlets. "We are under attack!" And I looked out the window and I see a hoard of Nightmares outside. Some look like wolves with spikey armor and some are giant birds with blades for wings.
"Aurum." As me and my parents talk face to face. "Promise me that you will stay here. No matter what happens." As my parents hug me. I can't even speak, I am afraid, and most of all. Weak. All I could do is nod as they carried me to our basement. They closed the door.
I am alone in this dark place. I am sitting here doing nothing. I can only ask this question "WHY!?"
Why is this happening? Why does it have to be me? Why everybody is out there getting slaughtered by these monsters while I stay here doing nothing?
I cry silently as I started to hear screaming. My eyesight fades as I continue to hear my fellow ursans die. One by one. And I felt once more the most painful emotion I have ever experienced. Despair. There was only one time that I felt this.
My sorrow made me lie down to the ground. And I covered my ears as the slaughter continues. I hear roars and screams. I eventually lost consciousness after a while.
A few hours later.
"Rum." a voice called me. "Aurum..." it called me again. "Wake up." I quickly rose up. Taking a deep breath. "Is it over?" and I slowly opened the door. "Hello?" I heard a voice. "Hello! Anybody here?" The voice sounds like a boy's voice. I believe he is around my age.
"Over here!" I yelled out only to be greeted by a Lepian. "Oh! Thank goodness you're ok!" as the brown hare-man approached me. "My father told me to look around for any survivors." He took his hand out. "I am Harazamn Dalsert Garcels. If that is too long for you call me Harry!" as he smiles.
"I-I'm Aurum Barazan. My friends call me Aurum." As I took his hand. Now that I finally got a better look at him he is dressed like some noble. His fur is brown and he has a part of his muzzle that is white. "Well I better call dad." And he took out a gold whistle and blew it. In fact I barely heard any sound.
I went back inside to get my things. As I was going to grab the gauntlets, there suddenly was a flash of light. "Oww!" I covered my eyes as the light faded. "What was that?" and I was surprised what happened. "I-I can carry them now." As I lift these oversized weapons easily. 'I guess that was why they glowed' and I went outside to be met with a bunch of soldiers and two Lepians. One of them looks like an older version of Harry.
"Aurum! Come over here." As Harry who was beside the lepian that I assume that was his father motioned me to his side and I obeyed. "Sorry for what you have to witness young one." As the lepian looked me in the eye. "I am sorry. But..." as he breathes deeply. "...you are the last of the ursan."
Time slowed down as I heard the last phrase that he said. I knelt to the ground, started to cry looking at the ground. As I continue to express my sorrow someone hugged me. It was Harry, a person I just met and yet he... "Aurum. If you need a shoulder to cry on. Here's mine." And I continued to cry at my friend's shoulder.
"Dad?" Harry asks his dad. "You want us to take care of him don't you?" and Harry nods. "Ok. Son." And Harry stood up. I stood up along with him. "Come on Rum. Let's go home." And Harry looks at me with a smile.
Rum huh? It has a nice ring to it.
And little did I know that I started to have feelings for this hare. It was just a day and I got a small crush.
"Alkalaz, my dear is what will happen to you. You will have trials for your love. I pray you will succeed, young cub."
I heard that voice again. Oh well.
Hi! It's Ban. Thanks for reading. This will be a story series about how the prince Harry would have ended up with a relationship with Rum in a game I am currently conceptualizing. If you have any trouble reading I recommend using the fixed width option for my stories.
Be seein' ya!
Bango