for the flames

TW for this chapter : blood! mentions of death n stuff!

sapnap was laying in bed, peacefully unaware of what's to come. he was curled in his blankets when he heard the explosions. everything shook.

he got off his bed as some maids of the badlands ran in. the guards his father stationed having opened the door and given the girls a way in. some butlers followed soon after, the oldest maid of them all brought sapnap to the farthest corner.

"w-whats going on?"

"shh. be quiet. we need to find a way-"

she was cut off by yelling. they needed to find a way to get the prince out of there and soon. or else the prince could be taken as a prisoner of war. they couldn't let that happen. they felt their undying loyalty as the younger maids started looking for a way to get the prince out of the room. sapnap had all but forgotten the rope of blankets shoved in the closet.

the more fit butlers started to lower it. the sounds of armor started echoing the hall. the blankets were tied together and torn to be long enough to reach the earth so far down below. sapnap was helped to the window.

"what about you guys?!"

"don't worry about us sire! its you they are after!"

Sapnap was ussured out onto the balcony so he could start to climb down. he heard the doors being slammed open. they were looking. sapnap soon heard the sound of sword fighting was heard throughout the room, sapnap kept being pushed until he relented and started climbing down. 

he could feel himself getting more and more panicked. he could feel the flames bubbling as he climbed down. he didn't want to leave the maids and butlers so that the invading soldiers could do who knows what to them! but, if he is caught than that means if his parents are caught and killed... who knows what would happen to him.

sapnap swallowed his nerves and kept climbing down. after a while of climbing down he made it. where would he go? he didn't really know. sapnap decided just to run in a random direction and hope for the best. he ran to the back of the castle. to the forest that bordered the back of their kingdom.

sapnap had just stepped into the wooded area.. and immediately was thrown back. when he sat up. a familiar duck man walked out. barrier magic!

"oh princely, I did say it was dangerous to let your guard down didnt I?"

Sapnaps eyes looked up just in time for everything to go black.

skeppy was rushing as fast as they could. the villiagers were running around, guards trying to find off the enemies. skeppy couldn't hold back no more, jumping out of the carriage and running to the castle. it was a run, but thankfully, he had ran it many times. he maid it through the front doors. if he thought the village was bad, this place was ransacked. but he didn't care at the moment. he ran up the stairs and down the halls until he made it to the housing wing, running to sapnaps door.

the blood Infront of the door made skeppys heart fall. he ran inside and what it could only be described as a blood bath was Infront of him. The floor is slick with crimson, bodies of the loyal staff lying motionless amidst upturned furniture and shattered glass. The air is thick with the metallic tang of blood and the echoes of violence. Skeppy stands frozen, his mind racing with dread at the prince's fate.

skeppy cant believe this had happened. he saw the makeshift rope and ran to the balcony. the rope went down to the earth.. but there was no sign of sapnap.

skeppy felt the tears burn. he needed to tell bad but how could he break the news to his lover that their only son.. was just taken and was being held against them? skeppy back from the balcony slowly. a funeral must be arranged for those who died without reason.they may have been protecting his son, but there was no reason for the essempi to envade them!

skeppy had passed the grief. he was angry now. first they threaten them by saying they will take their heir! now they actually did it and massacred a bunch of their people.

skeppy walked out of the room. going back down to the throne room.he was a angry father. and if anyone has ever dealt with those, they know it was not a fun thing to get in the way of.