#dagonaut

10 years before the Eviellan victory

Silent and patient. That’s the rule I had to follow my entire life. Not even once in my life was I allowed to complain. That’s the price I had to pay for being part of the closest family to the king of Unauwen. And I was grateful for life given to me, great parents, siblings, grandfather but unfortunately there had to be a rotten one in the family. That one is my grandmother, obsessed with protocol, strict and maybe even heartless. But again, I can’t complain. 

But there are bright sides to it, my twin brother, my rock. He and I were inseparable our entire lives and no one could change that. 

“Why do we have to go back to Unawen? The Dagonaut court is as good as the Unawen one...” Said my older sister Katherina while sighing and looking to the curtains of the carriage. 

We were four siblings, two pairs of twins, the eldest ones, Katherina and Lyanna and us Landar and me, Arianna. Well, there was also the youngest one, Nyra, but she was only 5, so we actually haven’t met her yet considering the fact that we left a few months before her birth. All of us, heirs to one of the most powerful family in the kingdom. 

“Because dear sister, we haven’t seen our family in 5 years and furthermore look at Lyanna’s face, she can’t wait to see a certain prince again.” Answered my brother with a smirk while Lyanna looked at him with wide eyes and a red face. 

“What are talking about?! I am happy to see mother and father after all this time! That is all” She said trying to hide her blushing cheeks with her hair but in vain, she was already caught. 

“Oh please! We all know here that two of us will become royalty while two of us will stay in the shadow. Not that I’m complaining, wouldn’t bear the idea of being scrutinized every second of my life” He said closing his eyes and pushing himself back into the seat. 

“What are you implying here, little brother?” Asked Katherine, while watching him closely as in trying to read him. 

My brother opened one eye and calmly answered. “All I’m saying here is that our dear Lyanna shall marry Iridian and our little Arianna here shall marry Viridian.” The moment he finished his sentence, every guard outside the carriage could hear two high-pitched screams and if you listened carefully you could hear the sentences “What?!” or “Landar!” being shouted. “Don’t look at me like that! Lyanna is here fifteen and Lyanna 19. You are both of age to marry, and we all know how close you are. I’m sure they are already begging their father for permission to court you. Meaning that while you will be with the two princes, Katherine will certainly be married to a high Lord, me well Eviellan war is certainly waiting for me and Nyra she is too young but again, married off to another high lord. I’m sure grandmother will be the one choosing your husbands, and if she will they’ll be rich, noble and certainly as annoying as her.” 

“Where did that come from? If I am correct grandfather said that we’ll choose our own husbands and moreover what if I don’t want to marry anyone.” I asked calmly, putting down the book that I’ve trying to read during our journey. Everyone, except for my brother, looked at me with wide eyes. Right, I forgot that a woman’s only duty was to marry, who is the idiot who actually said that. 

And before anyone else could say a word, our carriage stopped and a guard opened the door, which meant only one thing, we were back home. 

Can’t believe we are home again. It’s been five years since we’ve been here. It’s been 5 years since I’ve seen my family. 

And most importantly, last time I saw my closest friend of childhood, we were only children while now we are considered as adults. 

5 years since I’ve seen Prince Viridian. 

I wonder how much has he changed. 

“My ladies, my lord. Welcome back home.” Said the guard opening the door of our carriage. Leaving one by one, we each saw who we wanted to see, Lyanna saw Iridian, Katherine saw our mother, Landar saw our father and I saw him. 

Well, he certainly has changed physically. 

A few days after prince Viridian conquered the lands of Eviellan, 10 years later

Entering the throne room, Aryanna could see the king sitting on his throne with her father, his advisor, by his side. 

Why did I have to stay, why couldn’t I go to Dagonaut with Lyanna and Nyra or to our house with Katherine and mother? No, I had to stay in the castle with father and grandfather. 

“Ah! Aryanna dear! What a beautiful woman you’ve become!” Said the king, he wanted something, I could it in his eyes. 

“My King, you asked to see me.” I said calmly, years of training with my grandmother did help in these situations. 

“Yes! I’m sure you have heard that my son ended the war. Something that no man was able to do in generations. As much as this joys me I’m afraid that now, my youngest son won’t bad as happy as he used to be to see Iridian on the throne. This is why I want you to go to his camp and send him a message of congratulations from me. And at the same time, you could see if nothing might be a danger to the throne.” 

“Are you asking me to spy on your own son?” I said sceptically. The moment the king heard my words he stood up from his throne and came close to me as in trying to keep my voice down. 

“Of course not! I only wish to congratulate him and I know that you two have always been close! Moreover, your brother is there too! It would be a great way for you to see him!” He said smiling hoping that I would agree. 

I looked at my father and saw that he was begging me to agree with his eyes. I knew that if I agreed to it, that would put us on an even better place alongside the king. 

“Very well my king. When do you want me to leave?” I asked and I could see an even wider smile on both the king’s and my father’s faces. 

“As soon as possible! Tonight would be even better! Get ready as fast as you can!” 

Great. Here I am on a journey that will certainly end up badly. 

So! This is the prologue for my The Letter for the King story. I’ll post the first chapter soon! Hope you’ll like it! 

By the way, the story is a Viridian x oc story but there will hints for an Iridian x oc plot.