Who would imagine that a detective would die without even knowing the reason why she died? Ironic, isn't it?

I was a detective, and now I am a detainee. A detainee of a place I didn't even know that existed! How is this possible?

"Shame on you, Empress Lucia. You've had everything but you still wanted more! Look what did your greediness lead you, you will rot forever in the dungeon." A lady said with a smirk on her face.

Lucia? This is seriously getting unbelievable! The poor empress on the novel that I've read? I am her? How is this possible? This is beyond science, I don't understand this logic at all!

A foreign mage befriends a Prince, but just as things begin to settle down a neighboring kingdom declares war. Plot-twists, romance and drama. Stick around to see the past of the Mage and Prince revealed.

This is a novel borrowed from a friend which I loved very much...
So I thought why don't I share it with others...

it is written by Patricia C. Wrede
[Book 1]

The moment the drums struck, everyone became silent and looked intently at the five beautiful women on the altars. The men who stood beside the altars gave the torches to them.

The sound of the drums stopped and everyone was silent as they watched what the women were doing. Everyone on the left wondered how they would lit the torches without fire.

Kaida closed her eyes and started to give off a high temperature heat. The ruby necklace started to glow. When She opened her eyes she saw that she was standing in the middle of the cave where the dragons were.

When she looked around, she saw that the rest of the women were also in the cave and standing in front of their dragons

She looked up and looked straight into the eyes of Long "are you ready my old friend?"

Long stood up and spewed fire. The rest of the dragons also spewed fire until the torches were well lit. The moment they were lit, the women opened their eyes.

Everyone on the grounds clapped when they saw that the torches were lit. Haya, however, had a sour face and was sweating a bit, she was wondering if she had made a mistake and the dragons would actually appear.

Kaida gave the burning torch to Huli. He took it and he noticed that the temperature and shape of the fire was different from normal fire. Was this real dragon fire?

When all the women had given the burning torches, the men lit the wood and the dried leaves simultaneously. Large flames of fire flew up within seconds.

Everyone was shocked when the women's long kimona caught fire and the left side of the terrain almost panicked. When they realized that it didn't hurt the women and that it was part of the dragon ceremony, they became quiet again.

The moment the women's kimomas were on fire, the drums were hit again and the women started to dance.

When the women lifted their left arm to the beat of the drums with a graceful movement  sparks flew from the sleeves. The moment their left arm gracefully came down, they moved their right arm gracefully with the rhythm of the drums.

They raised both arms gracefully to the beat of the drums and held their arms above their heads. They made graceful circular movements with their hands, while they gracefully moved their hips.

They lowered their arms again while they continued to make graceful circular movements with their hands. They spread their arms and then turned their bodies in circles. While dancing, the sparks flew off their kimona.

All people looked at them carefully and were silent. The women looked breathtaking while they danced in their kimona that was on fire. The dance was so beautiful that some people had tears in their eyes while they watched it.

When the dance was finished, everyone looked at each other and wondered what would happen next. A few minutes passed, but no dragon came.

Haya sat smiling in her chair and looked satisfied at Kaida. She knew it, no dragons are coming. It feels so wonderful to be right!

Suddenly the drums were beaten again and this time it was Kaida who did the dance alone. Again the people were hypnotized by the dance and how beautiful Kaida looked. But when she finished dancing, nothing happened again.

Huli looked thoughtfully at Kaida and could not help feeling sorry for her

The people became restless and started to believe less and less that the dragons would appear. When the drums struck again this time the other four women were dancing, many had already given up hope and some wanted to leave the grounds.

In the middle of the dances it suddenly started to thunder while the sky was clear. The earth began to shake as if there was an earthquake. Many people could not find their balance and fell down. Panic arose and everyone but the left side of the ground tried to seek cover.

Haya looked around with difficulty, and it struck her that despite a severe earthquake, the buildings did not collapse. It seemed rather that the people themselves were shaking than the earth.

It's been five years after the war between all tribe's and peace has been restored. 

During the war, the crown princess of the dragon tribe made a promise to the current King of the fox tribe and it is now time for her to adhere to it

She leaves the safe south On the way north, to rebuild her life there

Kaida

Why did i make that promise? was it because of the war? now i'm on my way to marry the crown prince of the fox tribe. They say he is a cold blooded prince and very strong. 

Huli

Why did my father make this promise? and with a woman of the dragon tribe! she wasn't even strong engouh to keep the dragons. i dont want to marry a weak woman!

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King's landing 

Ser Barristan pov 

Barristan sat with prince Aegon as they both watched lady Arya and lady Sansa take water dancing lessons from master Syrio 

It's only been a two moons but both girls have made great progress,even though they are learning the same style but their approach is completely different,lady Sansa's sword is gentle and graceful like a stream of water,slow and steady but never-ending,and Lady Arya's sword is like a torrent of water gushing out in every direction,it's violent,strong and swift but lacks stability 

Water dancing is good style which provides someone like Master Syrio a lot more flexibility in combat than Barristan but combining water and sword makes Syrio's sword lack the sharpness of a real swordmaster 

That's not to say that water dancing is weak,the sea dragon that Syrio made is strong as a scorpion bolt in short distances, but Barristan feels that after one point water dancing feels like water bending but with waving a sword around for better control and speed,it lacks the strength and sharpness of a real sword style 

But water dancing is a good style to start with for the girls,especially for lady Sansa,and every sword style has weaknesses,and he is sure that a master like Syrio has learned other sword styles to compensate for this 

As they were watching Ser Davos came to them,"your grace somethings came for you at the dock,Princess Rhaenys is already there and waiting for you"the onion knight quickly said 

Prince Aegon said goodbye to his cousin before they started making their way to the royal docks 

As they reached there lord Aurane was already waiting to greet the prince,his ship is docked right behind him 

The prince entered the ship after saying a few words to lord Aurane,as Barristan got on the ship he noticed that the ship is heavily guarded by the Velaryon men,he even recognized some of them,these men are personal men of lord Aurane, Barristan has seen shipments of Dracarys wine and gold less guarded than this,whatever is inside the ship must be really important to the prince 

Aurane led the prince into a room,the room is filled with some old books and tomes, princess Rhaenys is sitting there reading a thick black book,but from the look on the her face she is not making much progress,and at the corner a middle aged man is sitting in chains,as Barristan got a good look,the man is bald with thick beard covering his face,and has a Maester's chain hanging by his neck 

The prince went directly to the books as soon as he entered,he glanced through their names and picked up one,"How did you get these here in just two moons,I would think that the vault in the citadel would be properly guarded"the prince asked 

"I have people in the citadel,and after you gave me the name of the ArchMaester it was easy,my people found the key to the vaults on his person after they killed him,after that they went into the vault and stole every book that has to do with Valyrians and dragons,and they even found the legendary 'Death of the Dragons' that you are holding,I read it, it's not much just Maesters going on and on about how the dragons are an abomination and if the conclave of Maesters can't control such power then dragons are just evil beasts,then it goes on to how the maesters tried to poison the dragon eggs but that didn't work so after the dance they poisoned the hatchlings as soon they were hatched,as the poisons doesn't work on dragons after the hatchlings are just three moons old"the princess casually explained 

Barristan just stood there shell shocked,he didn't know what was happening,if what the Princess said is true than the maester were plotting against the crown and House Targaryen for hundreds of years,he looked to Davos and saw that he too was shocked just like him,but the prince just nodded at what the Princess said like it was nothing 

"Still moving all of this soo quickly, exactly how many people do you in the citadel?"the prince asked breaking Barristan out of his stupor 

"I lost count,I would say more than hundred men,more than half are just Acolytes but I also have two Arch Maesters,and I payed these men well for their services,but that's not important,my men found the book we were looking for"the Princess said waving the thick black book she is holding,"it's has the records of all the achievements or crimes of the secret conclave depending how you look at it,it even have the names of all their secret members,but these old rats knew the danger if this book got out so they have written it in some code,see the words are made up of letters from three different languages and even if you know all three of these languages it still doesn't make sense"the princess said showing prince the book 

"if it is written in a code then how do you know that this book has the names of all their members?" The prince asked as he looked into the book 

"The first few pages are dedicated to the names of the members,since their secret order was formed three hundred years ago just after the conquest, suffice to say most of those pages are still empty as their secret order never have that many members,but while the names of the members are written in code but their rank is in comman tongue,see, Maester, Maester, acolyte,Arch Maesters etc"the princess answered while showing the pages 

"So now we just have to get the code then we can destory their entire order with root and stem"the prince realized 

The princess nodded,"and lucky for us and unlucky for this grey rat when my men went into the vault,this rat was writing in the book,so he knows the key to reading this code,but he tells me that the key in never written down only kept in one's mind and only passed from one member to another,and he won't tell us no matter what"the Princess said pointing to the maester in the corner 

The prince went to the maester grabbed the maester's face,the maester has a black eye,bloodly lips and Barristan is sure that his is missing a few teeth 

"Did you beat him up ?" The prince asked looking at the man's face 

"No!,I am not a savage to beat a man in chains,the maester had the great idea to escape so my men had to teach him a lesson on the way,but enough of this,do your thing with the eyes and get the key from his head so I won't have to deal with this grey rat anymore"the princess replied 

Then the prince placed his hand on the maester's bald head as his eyes turned blood red,for a while nothing happened but suddenly the maester's eyes lost focus and he kept staring head like a simpleton 

The prince took his hand off the maester,"kill him,he was hiding the key very deep in his mind,I had to completely break it to get the key,kill him now before he even forgets how to breathe in a few hours" 

The princess took out her dagger and slashed his throat open,even as the maester bleed out he stayed still and didn't even struggle 

Game of thrones with bending 

Rhaegar Targaryen won the rebellion with his fire bending and became the king of the seven kingdoms after the mad king's death 

But winter is coming and with it comes the long night, now it is up to Aegon Targaryen the crown prince, son of Rhaegar and Lyanna stark,the song of Ice and Fire,the prince who was promised to prepare the seven kingdoms for the long night and bring dawn 

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"Welcome everyone. Today, we have gathered together to celebrate the opening of the perfect palace where 4 of the princes from our neighboring kingdoms and our very own princess will live and study."

The audience clapped as the announcer waited for the audience to settle before continuing.

"But before anything else, let me present to you our guests. All the way from the kingdom of Polo, King Midas, Queen Arthal and their son, Prince Marcos."

The audience applauded every time a kingdom was introduced.

"From the kingdom of Crest King Solomon, Queen Silia and their son, Prince Klaus."

"From the kingdom of Merci Queen Ynna and Prince Casper. Unfortunately, King Travis was busy for their up coming festival but the Queen has granted us the honor of her presence to this occassion."

"And last but not the least, from the kingdom of the Dragons, King Arthur and his son, Prince Christopher."

The audience murmured that made Reo curious why they had a different approach from everybody else. When she looked closely from the crowd, she noticed the king was familiar.

Heck. It's the guy that slapped me.

King Arthur noticed her stare and gave her a smile. She awkwardly smiled back. The announcer continued and explained the rules of the perfect palace that seemed so blurred out to Reo because she was so focused on the stranger she met on the woods.

She only came back to reality because of the audience's clapping. 

"And now, a dance offered by our very own palace orchestra."

The music started and everyone started to dance.

Prince Casper stepped forward and asked for Reo's hand. She looked at her father who was observing very keenly. She rolled her eyes and accepted Casper's hand.

They started to sway to the music when Reo felt a step on her foot.

"S-sorry! I-I didn't mean to. I'm really bad at dancing." Casper said embarrassed about what happened.

Reo giggled at how adorable this young prince is.

"We'll take it slow, okay?" she smiled that brought Casper to blush so much.

They started to dance again and Reo endured every step that landed on her foot just so Casper wouldn't be embarrassed. Casper noticed this that made him blush a bit.

When the music changed, another prince came forward to ask for a dance. Casper gave Reo's hand to Marcos who gave her a smile so wide it reached his eyes. 

They started to dance to the mood of the music. They were silent for a while when Marcos started to talk.

"So, what sport do you like?" Marcos asked.

"I play soccer a lot. It just makes my veins rush so much whenever I'm in the field." Marcos continued. Knowing this, Reo became excited making her smile brightly that she held both Marcos' hand in excitement.

"I play soccer, too! Boy! I have always felt like it's so looked down on by everyone! But now look at you!"

"No way! We should play sometimes! I can teach you a bunch of tricks!" Marcos replied.

"Not if I teach you something first!" 

They both giggled and continued dancing and talking about the sport they both love.

"I believe it's my turn to dance, Princess." Klaus interrupted the both of them.

Marcos and Reo stopped dancing and bowed to each other when Marcos smiled and winked at Reo which made her laugh. Klaus held Reo's hand as they started dancing.

They were both silent for a long time that Reo didn't notice she was staring at Klaus so much already. Klaus smiled at her that made her stop looking. 

"Princess, you're really something." something about those words took Reo back to 3 years ago when she was still outside the palace.

"Do I know you? From before?" Reo asked that made Klaus smile.

The music stopped making them stop dancing.

"I'm sure we'll be more acquainted for the next days." Klaus said as he returned to the crowd.

Christopher stepped forward and asked for Reo's hand. They both started dancing without uttering a single word. Reo felt bad from before since she found out she yelled at his dad.

"Sorry. About before. I didn't really expect he was your dad. Or that you were a Prince.. o-or that h-he was a king."

"Don't sweat it."

Reo thought about what Christopher said in the woods. How he, too, was running away from this and was also forced to participate in a nonsense game.

"How's your bruises?"

Christopher sneered at Reo.

"Please don't act like you actually care. It's already bothersome that I'm participating in this crap and your pathetic act of pity annoys me."

Reo pulled her hands from him that made them stop dancing. She walked away from him without anyone making a big deal about it.

She didn't wanna deal with the bullshit of an attitude Christopher had.

The ball ended as the kings and queens of each kingdom headed back to their homes to tend to more important matters leaving their sons in the kingdom of Strauss.

--

I can't sleep. 

Reo sighed as she stood up from her bed. Her thoughts wandered about how to handle the situation.

This system is so crappy. I mean, females can be leaders, too. They might even be better leaders than guys.

She thought to herself. She decided to walk around the kingdom and noticed that every edge and exit of the palace was heavily guarded. It must be because of the time when she escaped. She gave a deep sigh and continued walking.

If I was a guy, I could have just inherited the throne. It would never have turned out like this.

After a while of walking she ended up at the botanic garden of the palace. The moonlight could be seen clearly as it illuminated the flowers. She looked around when she turned her head she noticed a shadow just by the corner.

"Elizabeth." 

Reo moved closer to see who it is. When she was close enough, she found Christopher sitting on the edge of a bench where it was darker than the other side. Looking at the ground with sorrowful eyes. She felt pity and guilty. 

Elizabeth must be someone special to him.

Christopher noticed Reo as she awkwardly waved her hand. Shocked by seeing her, Christopher stood up from the bench.

"It's okay! I won't tell anyone."

Sort of relieved, Christopher sat back on the bench. Reo approached him and sat beside him.

"She was a childhood friend of mine. One of the daughter of a maid in the palace. I was gonna propose to her on the day of your announcement. But before I could do that, my father wanted me come here and compete as one of your groom." 

He paused as he leaned on his back. 

"I wanted to run away with her. So, at that night, I sneaked into her chamber and asked her to run away with me. She didn't wanna come. She was too afraid of my father. Or was she afraid of my curse." 

A curse?

"Do you mind if I ask what curse you have?" Reo asked with her curiosity leaked.

Christopher smirked. "So, you don't know?"

Reo sat clueless of what he meant. 

"Our kingdom used to be a place for dragons. We used to live peacefully with them. We served them, in exchange, they let our lands prosper. But one night when the moon was full, much like tonight, a man betrayed the dragons and beheaded one of them." Christopher stood up from the bench.

"From then on, the dragons cursed the man and the next of his generation that on a full moon" Christopher stepped into the moonlight infront of Reo.

"They will grow a tail longer than an isle, feet as large as a giant's head, and a face transcending into half a dragon."

Reo widden her eyes shocked of what she saw infront of her. Christopher leaned to her face showing how hideous of a monster the curse has made him.

"Still wanna marry me now, Princess?"

After 6 years of being sent away from her kingdom, Reo was finally asked to come back to Strauss. But it wasn't because her father wanted her there, it was because she was asked to choose a groom by living with them!

Will she be able to cope with the pressure and at the same time, maintain her sanity as she finds out the deeper secrets of Strauss and herself?

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