Noah, The Weak Prince

“And that is why, The High Realm Conference is important to attend no matter what status you have in the royal family,” said the royal tutor as he points at the map on the board, showing the different realms.

Judging by the map, there were a total of six realms. The realm above all that holds all of the gods and goddesses, the High Realm. Those who are about to ascend to the High Realm or are descendants of them are placed in the Upper Realm. The Middle Realm is filled with all supernatural and fantasy creatures alike, dividing them from the human realm which is the Lower Realm. And, beneath the Lower realm, hosting those who take care of the afterlife is the Under Realm. There is another realm after the Under Realm, but that realm is disconnected from the rest of the realms because of the danger they hold. This realm is called the Beyond Realm.

The royal tutor turns around to face his student, “Is that understood, Prince Noah?”

Not a sight of the prince was to be found. His pet, a small canary bird flaps its wings at the royal tutor while tilting its head. The royal tutor snaps his pointing stick in half and yells out with rage, “Why that little brat! He did it again!”

A young man in his teens rams across the plain field. His lion ear flicks against the wind as his amburn eyes burn the scenario inside of them. His wavy Metallic Gold hair flutters behind him. He jumps past building after building until he reached the staple where the horses were stationed. He looks around secretly to make sure no one was around before walking towards a particular horse. This was a unique akhal-teke horse breed. It didn’t take on the normal look of an akhal-teke horse. It’s body took on the color of white with hints of pink shade and it’s eyes were navy blue. 

When the horse took notice of the young man, it made a small neigh sound at him. The young man places a finger against his lip to quiet the horse. It did as it was told. He smiles at the horse and opens the gate to the horse’s stable. He patted the horse and leaned his head against it.

“Did you miss me, Moon?” said the young man as he snuggled against Moon’s neck.

Moon snuggles back as a reply that she missed him. He pulls away and smiles at her, “Ready for a ride?”

The young peeks out of Moon’s stable to make sure no one was nearby. When the coast was clear, he slowly walked out of the horse stable with Moon. Soon, they reached the outside of the horse stable. The young man gets on top of Moon, “Alright, let’s see how fast you can go today…!”

He whips on the rien as a signal to Moon. Moon instantly galloped at his command. The moment the people inside of the stable heard a horse galloping outside, they quickly went to check it out. Sure enough, Moon was gone with the wind, nowhere to be seen. One of the stable people saw that Moon was out of her stable. He sighs, “Prince Noah is at it again.”

“Prince Noah?” asked the aid beside the stable man.

“The 8th prince of the Emerald Kingdom,” the stable man answered, “Everytime the royal tutor teaches him, he always finds a way to get out and ride on Moon to leave this place.”

“But, isn’t Moon the King’s horse?” the aid asked.

“Was,” said the stable man, “After Moon threw off King Paul during an assassination attempt, because of that, Moon was about to be sent off to be killed for throwing off the King. However, Prince Noah saved the horse and has kept her since then.”

“Wow,” the aid was surprised and impressed by Noah’s action, “I’ve always heard that the 8th prince was useless and doesn’t do much, but to think he saved a horse’s life.”

“Careful with your words,” the stable man warned, “There’s ears every here, and if they heard you speaking ill of a royal member, you’ll lose your head.”

The aid quickly covers her mouth. The stableman sighs at her and resumes his work as though it was a natural thing. 

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Moon gallops towards a small cliff and jumps off. Noah lets go of the reins and throws both of his arms to the side. He closes his eyes to fully enjoy the wind brushing against his skin and the adrenaline rush coursing through his veins. Moon lands safely onto the other side of the cliff. She walks in a circle to catch her breath. Even Noah was a little bit out of breath. 

“Shall we look for a rest place?” Noah asked Moon.

She neighs at him and walks down the dirt road. It led up to a river. Noah gets down and pat Moon on the side, “Go enjoy yourself.”

She snorts at him and heads towards the river for a drink and a bath. Noah found a place to sit. He sat down and took out a snack. The sun was rising up high in the sky. The cool breeze felt nice. He watches Moon enjoying herself in the river. Ever since that incident, Moon wasn’t allowed to be out anymore. Unless he left his lesson, and took her out for a run, Moon was going to be stuck in the horse stable forever. Seeing her enjoying herself made him feel happy. 

“What’s this?” said a chilling voice behind Noah, “Isn’t that the horse that was supposed to be killed? What’s it doing here?”

Noah looked behind him. The 3rd prince Brick, and 5th princess Amanda were riding on their horses behind Noah. They were out on a hunt and were on their way back. Noah quickly gets up and greets them to divert their attention.

“Greeting brother, sister,” said Noah.

Brick and Amanda look at Noah with disdain. Their horse trots over to him. They stop right in front of Noah just a few feet away.

“Did you let that thing out?” Brick asked.

Noah nods. The moment he did, Brick kicked him in the face causing a cut on Noah’s lip. Amanda glares at him, “Why would you bring out such a dangerous beast out here? Are you out of your mind?”

“...I couldn’t bear seeing her stuck in the stable so I took her out,” Noah answered back.

“It’s a crime to take out the King’s personal belonging without his permission,” said Amanda with a harsh tone, “Do you want to die or something?”

“Father had gifted her to me,” said Noah.

“We don’t give a f*** if father gave her to you,” said Brick as he kicks Noah in the face again, “That sh*t ran for it’s life, leaving father behind. It should be killed for being disloyal and a coward!”

Brick whips out his bow and arrow. He aimed it at Moon who was still bathing in the river. Noah stands in front of him, “Please spare her brother!”

“F*ck off!” Brick kicks Noah again, but harder this time.

The ruckus caught Moon’s attention. She turns around and sees her master being mistreated by his siblings. Angered, she quickly gets out of the river and runs over to Noah’s side. Brick had gotten off his horse to give Noah a beating. Noah was on the ground curled up trying to protect his head and face. Since little, Brick always loved kicking Noah in the face, but since Noah was covering his face, he aimed for his stomach. Amanda just sat on her horse watching with a smirk. A fast sound caught her attention. She looks up with wide eyes and yells at Brick, “Get out of the way!”

Brick lifted up his head and was kicked right in the chest. Before the kick landed, Brick was able to move a little bit back so he didn’t suffer from the brute force, but it was still strong enough to make him fly and was coughing out blood when he landed. Noah uncurled and saw Moon above him. She snorts and neigh at Amanda and Brick as a warning. Brick’s aid rushes over to his side to help him up. He continues to cough out blood. With his weakened state, he points at Moon, “Kill that horse!”

“Brother…!” Noah yelled back in fear.

He gets up with much trouble and gives Moon a small push, “Leave…!”

Amanda knocks an arrow to her bow and aims it at Moon. Noah sees this and pushes Moon again, “Go!”

Moon stood her ground, refusing to leave. Amanda smirks at the horse and loses her arrow. The arrow was too fast for a horse to dodge. Noah gave Moon another push but this time a little bit stronger. He was able to make her move away just in time before the arrow reached her. It slips past Moon’s neck and slams into a tree behind her. Amanda was about to knock another arrow, but her horse made a sound alarming her. Moon was rushing towards her with another kick. 

Amanda whips her horse, causing her to turn around and run. Moon’s kick misses. Instead, she was met with a bunch of sharp weapons stabbing and slashing at her. It was Brick’s aids attacking Moon. 

“No…!” battered and injured, Noah whips out his claws and swings at them.

They quickly moved away since they couldn’t hurt a royal member. Moon whiny’s weakly behind Noah. Her body was covered in injuries. Noah was filled with horror. He turns around keeping his ground, “She’s just a harmless horse! Must you go this far!”

“Harmless horse…!’ Brick chokes out, “She harmed a royal member, me! That horse needs to die!”

“Brother please!”

“Enough!” Brick screamed out, “Get rid of it now!”

The aid walks towards Moon, but Noah stands in front of her. Brick growls at him, “If he continues to get in the way, get rid of him as well!”

“But your highness-”

“Do it!”

They couldn’t refuse his order. They walk closer towards Noah and Moon. There was no way to negotiate out of this. Noah’s hand shook as he tried to come up with a way to get out here. Before his thoughts could collect themselves, he was suddenly lifted off from the ground by Moon. His eyes widen in shock. She gallops away in her injured state.

“Follow them!” Amanda yelled out.

The Aids did as they were ordered. Moon was fast, but not as fast as she should be. Her wounds were making her slow. She was losing a lot of blood. Noah cried out to her to stop and leave him behind, but she was a stubborn horse. Even if she couldn’t speak their language, she knew what was going on. When she threw the King from her back during the assassination attempt, she did it because of the arrow shot to her butt.The shock and the pain made her forget that there was a person on her back.

When she regained her calm, he realized what she had done. Moon had no choice but to accept her fate, until a little small creature came to her rescue. She recognized that creature as the weak offspring of the king. There was a time she played with that small weak offspring but it was only one time. She never thought that, that one time of playing with the small weak offspring would save her life. That’s why she was thankful to him. Thankful to Noah for extending her life this long. Allowing her to live more freely, and even let her roam as much as he could let her. 

“Moon! Stop! At this rate you’ll bleed to death!” Noah cried out.

He was a small, weak master, but a kind one. So kind, she loved him dearly. She wasn’t going to abandon her master twice. This time, she was going to save him. 

“Moon…” Noah cried out in a small voice.

Moon quickly stops galloping as she ends up at the edge of the cliff. Below her was a deep drop into the river leading up to the ocean. Their pursuer soon caught up to them. Amanda was in the lead. She knocks her arrow onto her bow. She aims, “Get off that horse now, or I won’t spare you.”

“Never…!” Noah thought that since he was a prince, his prince status should protect Moon as long as he was riding on her back.

However, he was wrong. Amanda could care less about his life. Taking the life of another royal member was a heavy crime, but she could always tell their father that it was just an accident. At most, she would only be under house arrest. Since no one really cared about Noah, her sentencing wouldn’t be heavy at all. She smirks at him sending chills down his spine.

“Moon, run!” Noah screamed.

Before Moon could make a move, Amanda had already released her arrow. The arrow punctured Moon on the throat causing her to trout backward, and slip on the edge of the cliff. Before she falls, Moon grabs Noah's shoulder with her neck and yanks her off his back. Noah watches in horror as she falls to her death. 

“MOON!”

Unable to handle her death, Noah falls down after her. Amanda’s eyes widen in shock. She didn’t think that Noah was stupid enough to fall after the horse. She was impressed by the horse’s loyalty but for Noah to fall after the horse? That was just pure stupidity. Amanda turns around, “Let’s go.”

“But… What about his highness?”

“He voluntarily jumped,” said Amanda, “It’s got nothing to do with us.”

The aid looks at each with concern but nods. He fell, and Noah forced himself to fall even fast to reach Moon. When he reached her, he realized that she had already passed on. Tears fill Noah’s eyes as he hugs her. She was the only individual that had ever shown him kindness. The only individual that made his life happy. He hugs her tightly as they fall into the water together.

To Be Continue

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