22.-Heart
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AN: sorry for the delay! Half of my proggres was erased and I suffered :â) but here it is!
Tw: being called it/that, humiliation, heartbreak.
Prince and the pauper au
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Patton couldn't stop looking at his ring, he had seem some thousands of times, but never thought he'll be able to use one, much less one as fancy as this.
Since the proposal, Patton started to act a little more like himself while he was around Logan, his heart kept speaking louder than his head and he fell in love with the prince more everyday.
He lowered his hand as he thought about Roman, he had been on his head less and less, but he still remembered he was the one Logan loved.
The borrower was also worried about Thomas, he hadn't appeared since the day he arrived here, Patton managed to keep going with the lie by himself, but he was still worried.
Someone knocked in the door âCome inâ the door was opened and a maid peeked her head into the room âPrince Roman, your presence is required in the throne roomâ
âIâll be there in a moment, thank youâ The maid got out of the room and closed the door behind her, Patton took a deep breath as he prepared to get into his role again, he stood up and got out of the room.
He walked to the throne room and got inside closing the door behind him, in there, King Emile and Remy, Dee and Logan could be seen.
âOh look, here he isâ Dee said gesturing to Patton âThe impostorâ
The borrower got speechless, there was no way for him to know the truth right? âWhat?â He asked.
Emile sighed âDarling, Dee is saying that youâre not the real Romanâ
âWhich of courseâ interrupted Logan âis not remotely possibleâ
De smirked âyour highnessâ he said turning to Emile âI suppose youâre aware of my interest in magicâ
âI amâ The king rubbed his forehead âyou asked for supplies and a place to practice a few years agoâ
âWell, there are a lot of types of magic, one of which can make a person look and sound like another one, and it can be easily undone by thisâ he reached into his cape and got a bottle full of a white sparkly liquid âthis potion can erase the effects of any kind of curse or spell on someone if they drink itâ
Logan groaned âthis is ridiculousâ
The advisor walked to Patton âPrince Roman, or whatever your name is, would you mind to prove your honesty to us?â
âThereâs nothing to prove here!â Logan walked to his fiancĂ©âs side and took his arm âyou donât have to do thisâ
âHeâs right, you donât have to do it, but Iâll tell you what, is you drink it and nothing happens, you can fire me, I myself will walk out of the castle and youâll never see me again, you donât have nothing to fear if thereâs nothing to hideâ
The prince rolled his eyes âfine, if that is going to end this madnessâ
Patton gulped looking at the potion, he knew that everything would be ruined if he drank it, he would shrink back to his normal size and who knows what are they going to do to him afterwards.
King Emile will be devastated knowing his sonâs still missing, king Remy will be so mad that heâll cancel the wedding and the alliance definitely, Dee will be so proud he was right that heâll have enough courage to proceed with whatever evil plan he had, and Logan... god Logan will hate him, theyâve been trough a lot in the last days and he kept lying to him, even if his love was real.
He took a deep breath and grabbed the bottle, glancing one last time at everyone in the room, stopping when he got to Logan, he looked at his ring for a moment before returning his sight to him and muttering âIâm sorryâ before drinking the potion.
Loganâs expression changed from an annoyed one to a worried one, he tried to stop Patton but it was too late, he was only able to grab the bottle before the other one let go of it.
A gasp was made by most of the people in the room as Patton shrank, he had his eyes closed, but he could feel the wig and his ring werenât shrinking with him, when he opened his eyes, he was under the wig and everything was dark, itâs cover was lifted and he could see Deeâs gigantic face in front of him.
âWow, this is not what I was expectingâ he reached and grabbed Patton from the back of his shirt âBut it worksâ he whispered to the borrower âGentlemen, it seems Iâve made a mistake, this was not costume magic, but a size changing oneâ he lifted Patton close to his face âthis right here, is a borrower, an almost unknown magical creatureâ Dee huffed trying to hold back a laugh âI wouldnât say magical actually, the only thing that makes their existence so unbelievable, is their minuscule size, as why does he look like the prince, no idea, but he clearly did all of this to take the throneâ he got closer to the king as he spoke âyour highnessâ he handed Patton to Emile.
âN-No! That wasnât why I did itâ he looked up at the king âI-I swear I was just trying to help Roman! Protect the prince from him!â Patton turned to Dee and pointed at them.
âFor the love of god!â King Remy walked to Emile âIt doesnât matter what he was trying to do, weâve been fooled! You were just playing with us and you know what? We are out of this alliance! And this is over!â He screamed walking away.
âRemy waitâ Emile stood up with the borrower still on his hand and grabbed Remy's arm with the other one âI had no idea I promise, Roman ran away and then he used it to take his place and I-â
The king got his arm out of Emile's grasp âAnd you weren't going to tell us that either?! What else are you hiding from us?!â He took a deep breath before continuing âI just can't trust you anymore Emileâ he turned and continued his way to the door âGo get your stuff hun, we're going back homeâ he said to Logan before walking out.
The prince glanced at Patton briefly, he picked up his ring and followed his father.
Emile breathed sadly as he managed to hold back his tears âDee, take this liar to the guards, make sure they find a cage for it and leave it in the dungeonâ he said handing Patton back to his advisor.
Dee smirked and took the borrower âWith pleasureâ he walked out of the room and to the dungeon âI don't know how you discovered me, but staying in a cage will keep you out of the wayâ he whispered to Patton, they got to the dungeon and Dee gave him to one of the guards âKeep him locked, direct orders from the kingâ the guard nodded and walked away with the borrower in hand.
King Remy closed the door of the carriage âCan you believe it? You almost married that?â
Logan couldn't stop looking at the ring he had given to the borrower, everything was connecting in his head, he knew Roman acted different that usual, and he was being honest when he proposed, he liked that attitude âUnbelievable fatherâ he answered.
The carriage started to move, and Logan felt like he left behind part of his heart.
To be continued...
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