Side Story

¡Warning!: The following chapter will include abuse! You have been warnedddd!!!

I bought the book and went somewhere quiet. *The park should be fine. I don't want to be in that stuffy room all day*

I flipped through the pages. *It's not that long. I should finish in a few hours*

The story started out when Sebastian's parents first met. It had been an arranged marriage. *Oh no. Those are never good*

Sebastian's mother was born from a wealthy family. At the time, the king had spent every last one of the kingdom's last coins. He searched for a solution and found Sebastian's mother, Julia.

They wed the day after they had met. After two years of being together, they had Sebastian.

*Hold up! He's a prince?!* I was shocked. I kept reading

But in those two years, the king had been with several other women. Julia knew about every single one of them but never said anything until the day when he started obsessing over one of them. Julia knew he only wanted her money but she never cared about that.

"Who cares if he kicks me out? So what, if he takes all my money? I don't care" she thought

But when she had Sebastian she started to worry.

"What if he kicks me out? What if he takes all of my money? What will happen to Sebastian?" She wondered

She couldn't risk her newborn so she did the only thing she could think of. She killed the other woman.

The king was furious. He wanted to take her life. "A life for a life" he would say

No matter how much he wanted it, he couldn't. She was still the queen. Instead, he would send many assassins.

Julia loved Sebastian and cared for him.

"I love you very much" she would often say

Julia was very careful of the assassins but one day, she let her guard down and was killed.

Sebastion, at four years old, was confused.

"Where is mommy?" He asked the king

He smiled and patted his head "she's gone"

"For how long?"

"Forever"

A few years pass by.

*God. The rest of this is awful* I thought

The king would smack Sebastian around and yell "It's because I hate you!"

"This is...hate?" Sebastian asked one day

"Yep. That's hate...it just hurts" he said

He put his hand on his heart "What was that warm feeling when mom was here?"

I king looked mad "That, was love"

"Love?" Sebastian asked

"Yes. She made you feel that way. But, when she left, how did that feel?" He said

"It...hurt" Sebastian said

The king nodded "She did that because she loved you. In hate, you can see the pain on your flesh. But love is trickier. You feel it inside you. You can't see the wound nor heal it"

The boy looked down "I don't want to be loved. I would rather be hated"

Years passed, and the beatings had gotten worse. First, the king would smack the boy around. Then starved the boy. Then the lashing. He would bring Sebastian close to death every single time but always stopped just in time.

*No wonder Sebastian became how he was today. This is so messed up* I thought but kept reading

A few pages later and I finally get to the part when Sebastian finds Hero.

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I had been training with the other guards when a group came in. They were dragging the corpse of a woman.

"Gross. Why would they bring that here?" Someone whispered

Another hushed him "That's their captain. I heard that one of the guards and her were real close"

"Really? Man, that sucks"

"Nah! It doesn't even look like he cares" another pointed to a man with wavy black hair and blue eyes

The man turned towards the man who carried the corps and said "Why did you bring that here?"

The other man looked frightened but said "I thought you would want to…"

"What? Say my goodbyes?" He laughed and walked away

*It's him!* I though *I want to be near him. I have to!*

Years pass by and I get as close to him as I could. But it wasn't enough.

"Yeah, I like her but she doesn't like me" Ezekiel said sadly

"How about I help you out?" I said

"You can? How?"

"Ever heard of magic?" I said