Catherine, Fornoire
"Your majesty!" screamed a messanger
"What is the matter?" questioned the King "Speak of it, please"
"Someone in the palace gates wants to talk to you!"
"Who is this person? Please, tell me"
"He says it is important. I do not know, m'lord"
Who could it be? Sure, the King had his gates open for visitors to speak to him, concerned about the people, but it was a Sunday. The palace was closed to His Majesty's Q&A.
Willihiam wondered. Being in favour of transparency and for his people, he let this stranger in, albeit with security surrounding him.
"Let this person in. It might be an urgent matter of my purview. Escort him, however"
"Yes, your Majesty!"
In came the person who requested a small audience with the King himself.
There was something familiar with him. "Have I seen this man before?"
"Hello" said the man "You know who I am"
"What? What is this? I do not recall this person"
Intrigued, Willihiam listened attentively.
"I am the true heir to the throne"
"What?! Ludicrous! Why is he even insinuaiting this?! Is he mocking my persona?!"
Willihiam's temper flared a bit, but still, he awaited what this claimant to the throne had to say.
"Clarify your statement" demanded Willihiam.
"It is me. Do you not remember your own older brother? Crown Prince, and now King Alexaneder?"
Willihiam went into a rage. How dare this commoner say such words, when Alexaneder had died in a plane crash 5 years ago?!
"HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME!" screamed the King, throwing the glass of water he had been drinking to the floor, shattering it into pieces "ARE YOU MAKING A FOOL OF ME, OF THE TRAGEDY 5 YEARS AGO?!"
"No" the man who claimed the purple said "Want a DNA Analysis? Or want me to say the only secret you have shared only with me when we were young?"
Willihiam was stunned. Was this man so confident as to claim these things?
"...Explain your statement. Tell me what was exactly the secret I told you" dared the King "The DNA Analysis will confirm your existence, but that will have to wait. Explain yourself before I throw you off of this palace"
"Fine. You broke an antique vase and hid it in the West Garden, right beside the third patch of red roses our Mother used to cultivate"
And, with this, His Majesty fell to his knees.
He decided to give him the power of, but not the crown, in secret. To test this man until the DNA Analysis came back. Willihiam would do whatever this man wished. Or so Willihiam claimed.
He was certain that it was his brother. But he would not let an authoritarian King rule once again. So, if Alexaneder ordered Willihiam to re-take absolute power, he would have to...
To...disappear. For good. For the greater good.
"........."
"See? I am your brother. Give my ancestral rights to their rightful owner"
Standing up, he began his plan.
"...The DNA Analysis will tell the truth. And, until it is confirmed, I will do whatever you wish as King of Fornoire"
"I see. Seems reasonable"
"We shall speak of your new orders later" said the King of the shadows.
The King in the shadows. Of the shadows.
Was he? Will he? And will he ever emerge out of the shadows?
This tale will tell us all about it.