Royalty AU
May 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Huh? What was wrong with the forest? The way it trembled and shuddered…
He drops the wood, black feathered wings unfurling and he darted through the trees. A wince as one clips his wing. Not easy for skykin but not like he has a lot of choice.
Kingsmen? On horses? But they’re all windkin…
Hm?
To the west?
Never a good idea to disobey the forest.
Within a few ticks, he arrives where it leads him. A white horse and white-haired girl? What the—
Those wings.
That silvery blue sheen.
What is one of the windkin king’s daughters doing out here?
He kneels next to her, a hand on her forehead. No response, no fever. At least his home isn’t too far away.
The forest guides him to avoid the kingsmen. Stupid skykin will never find this place. Never listening to the forest like they should… Damn high and mighty skykin, thinking they were better than everyone just because they heard the sky.
He lays her on his bed, a cold washcloth over her forehead.
Sometime later, she awakes, sitting bolt upright, eyes wide as she looks around. He holds his hands up.“Relax. I found you in the forest with the kingsmen after you. What’s one of the princesses doing out here?”
She looks down, silent. Yeah definitely a bad question to ask.“…Why?”
He shrugs.“Skykin irk me.”
“Are you human?”
He hesitates. His wings are folded in his shirt, next to impossible to see unless unfurled. Humans hold nothing but ill toward fae but nightkin…especially Stormwinds…“Nah, I’m fae.”
She nods, knees drawn to her chest.“Okay. When will you return me?”
“As long as they don’t find this place, never.” It’s no secret how the skykin king treats his subjects. Why would his family be any different?
Of course, she looks up, eyes wide.“Are you sure…? I don’t really know much of the world… And you’d be put to death if he found out…”
“Yeah, I’m sure. No one deserves to be locked up like that. Although…why a horse?”
She looks away again, wings drooping as they twitched a little.“I can’t fly. He never let me learn.”
Ah.
Sounds about right.
“How about we fix that once things calm down? And I can teach you to hear the forest.”
Her eyes widen and he just smiles.
“Yeah, I’m sure about it. Can’t teach you much about hearing the sky, but any fae can learn to listen to the voice of the forest. Might take a while since you haven’t been exposed to it before, but it’s possible.”
“Thank you.”
“It’s no problem.”
