Once Upon A Time- Chapter 1

Once Upon A Time

Song of the Chapter:  A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjIssqHQJ6o

I'm sorry for the singalong... idk I just thought everyone could enjoy themselves?



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Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a prince. Now this prince was unlike any his age. While other princes of the age of sixteen summers, rode out around the villages, sweeping up dames, he tended to his ill mother, watched over his younger siblings, and ascended the throne abandoned by his father.  But tragedy soon struck again, and his mother, unable to bear the shock of his father's desertion, passed into the void of a broken heart. It was then that the prince decided that love was a whimsical thing, bringing nothing but pain to all those involved; it was then, at the tender age of sixteen, that His Royal Highness King Arnav Singh Raizada, put his boyish dreams of adventure and romance behind him and started his stone cold rise to power. 

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a girl. Now this girl was unlike any her age. While other girls of ten summers ran around and dreamed of their weddings, she tended to her father's farms, sewed the patches in her mothers clothes, and made dolls to bring money into the household. But tragedy soon struck, and the girl's parents passed into the void of an overturned wagon. It was then that the girl decided that love had to be expressed, at any opportunity, for one never knew when their loved ones would disappear; the girl was adopted by her aunt and uncle, high standard noblemen unlike her own parents. It was then, at the tender age of ten, that Khushi Kumari Gupta, put her past of sadness behind her and started her quest to attain true love. 

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"Ssh!!! It's dawn, he should be leaving  for his morning training soon, and he dislikes noise of all kinds." The servant hissed at the younger, new addition to the Shantivan palace staff. 

"Who?" The younger girl asked naively, and the older lady looked horrified as the sound of footsteps sounded down the corridor. 

"Naina." The older woman quivered at the sound of the deep, slightly husky, voice and gasped in fright, hastening to respond. 

"Yes, your highness?" she hurried over to the man who had recently entered the new maid's view, his back to her. Oh, but what a back it was. Lean, and muscular, with the muscles flexing as he pulled on an overcoat over his snug tunic. 

"Educate your apprentice. Make sure there is never again a time where she knows not of her King." his voice was cold now, and the girl gasped as she realized with a pang that this must be the ruler of the empire she now inhabited. 

"Yes, your majesty. I apologize for her ignorance. Your steed awaits you, your grace!" Naina bowed low, and stepped aside to make way for the King who fixed the younger maid with a cold stare before she finally averted her eyes, terrified at the  rage that permeated his dark gaze. 

"Are you crazy girl!? Looking the King in the eye!? Arnav Singh Raizada would eat you for his breakfast. Let that be a mistake you wont forget!"

But Naina was right. She never would forget. With his aristocratic features, high and elegant, perfectly symmetrical, and light dusting of stubble on his chiselled jaw, His Royal Highness Arnav Singh Raizada's face was not one she'd forget.
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Arnav rode long and hard, tiring his stallion, before he finally came to a large clearing, littered with flowers and lush grass, where he let the horse be. 

He got off and dropped to the floor, immediately disposing of his overcoat and tunic and starting his exercises. Sweat dripped over his body, travelling down his long neck, broad shoulders, chiselled chest and defined abdominals before disappearing into the waistband of his leggings. He stood and stretched his lean limbs before stroking his black stallion's long neck. 

"Recently, I've come to feel restless Aman. As though something is missing. This has never happened before, so why now?" He asked, growling and kicking at a stone. 

His horse snorted and tossed his large head, stomping his hooves anxiously.  Arnav cursed and sat against a large boulder, combing his long fingers through his hair. 

 As of recent, his heart pounded, and his mind wandered, and at times he sat and reflected on his empty life. He cared for his family, disposed of the casual whore when he had need of her, and ruled his empire with an iron fist. That was it. He needed no fantastical whims of romance and children. So, why, for the first time in ten years, was he thinking of his heart's desire for a companion?!

What the devil was happening to him?!
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Well of course Khushi knew exactly what was going on. She was a calm, and level headed woman, a newly made woman of twenty years, she reflected proudly, but a woman at that. 

The chickens had simply gotten... flustered. That was all. And now they were in a horrific state of disarray, leaving trails of feathers and feed everywhere. Oh Khushi was dead. Her...mother would murder her for sure, and Buaji... Buaji would feed her to that blasted King's evil horse, who was rumoured to eat maidens for breakfast! 

She yelped at the thought, and scurried around, desperately attempting to gather the chickens and feed and stuff them back into the cooped barn. She knew she looked quite the sight, what with feed littered over her hand me down garb, and feathers stuck in her long, dark hair. 

Did she really deserve this!? She was kind,  never wishing harm upon anyone. The worst thing she had done was disobey her aunt-mother- and teach herself to read and write with Payal's old books. Oh lord, she was being punished for that wasn't she!? BUT SHE HADN'T EVEN MEANT TO OFFEND ANYONE?!

'Devi Maiya, please forgive me, I simply thought I was giving myself the basic right of education! I'm so sorry if I offended you by lying to au-mother!!!' 

The sound of a door opening behind her alerted her to her Buaji's approach, the footsteps extremely heavy.

"OH MY GOD. SANKA DEVI. YOU WRETCHED GIRL." She roared, storming over to Khushi and whipping her around. Khushi winced as she took in the rage on her expression. Ignoring, Khushi's spluttered apologies and explanations Buaji lifted her heavy hand and brought it crashing down on Khushi's fair face.

*SMACK*
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