Three years later...
My(POV)
I awoke at midnight, and the moon was a full blood moon; my throat was so dry that I could barely breath. I smelled blood and decided to follow it. I went downstairs and went to the to the training room, still following the blood scent. When I got there, I saw Clay and Glacier sparing; that's when I realized that the blood smell was coming from Clay. He had a deep slash in his shoulder from Glacier's chosen weapon, which was a spear. Not only was Clay injured but so was Glacier. Glacier had a deep gash near his ribs and blood was oozing out of his armor. I realized then that there had to be some bad-blood between them. I couldn't come up with a reason for why they would start fighting to the death like this, so I got up from my seat, that I had taken when I walked in, and ran in between them.
Me(putting my arms out in a T-pose): I order y'all to stop this instant.
They both came screeching to a halt.
Me(looking them both up and down): Now tell me why exactly you two were fighting so hard with eachother.
Glacier: What? Hmhm Hahaha. Oh ha... we were only sparing. It's not my fault that Head General Dingus took it too seriously.
Clay: There you go, calling me names again. I promise the next time we "spar" will be your last.
Me: Really, Clay? You're gonna get so riled up by a silly little name calling? Grow up; you are a Head General after all; and Glacier, You are a Grand Master/Supreme Comander. You both need to grow the fuck up, act your age, and know your place. You two might technically be the same rank, but I thought that y'all had a plan, that depending on who was gone on a mission the other would take his place. Am I wrong?
Glacier: No my Prince. You are not incorrect.
Me: Now, since I'm the only other person in here, besides you two injured people, I have to heal your wounds. Ugh, this is such a drag.
I take off their armor, and put pressure on their wounds. As I'm doing this...
Me(thinking to myself): I should get a little payment for my intervention in their brawl. I'll start with Clay and finish with Glacier.
I take off Clay's bloody shirt and lick his shoulder wound. His blood is tantalizing, though, it smells slightly of some kind of radiation. Before I know it, my fangs have grown longer and sharper than they were before. I let them pierce his flesh and using my lips as a suction around the wound, I drink in the delectably sweet blood. It tastes like a chocolate raspberry sorbet. I continue drinking until he has just enough blood left to survive. I lick the wound again healing it instantly. I wasn't full yet so I moved on to Glacier. I took off his shirt and licked his side wound. My fangs were still long and sharp from my feeding right before, so it was easy to pierce his skin. Again I used my lips as a suction and drank his blood as well. His blood was even more tantalizing than Clay's. It was sweet yet tangy, but also thick, not in the fatty sense, but rather, like hot fudge that is dripping down a chocolate fountain. I indulged in his chocolate syrup like blood. His and Clay's blood mixed together would taste like a raspberry fudge sorbet sun-day. I drank and drank and almost couldn't stop. I didn't stop until someone ran in and somehow pulled me off of him.
???(POV)
As I was doing my night shift of cleaning, I came across the training room. I heard some noises in there, so I decided to poke my head in and see what was going on. I saw the prince hunched over my little brother. I knew the prince was a vampire so I immediatly knew what was happening. I ran into the training room, and with great effort, I tore the prince off of my brother. The prince spun around and faced me. He had glowing blood-red eyes. a deep, gutteral, growl escape his lips, and then he lunged at me.
Him: Why did you rip me away from my food?!
His fingernails then elongated into sharp claws. He grabbed my shoulders and yanked me closer to him.
Him: If I can't feed on him then I will feed on you instead!
Me(with tears brimming in my eyes): He's my little brother. He's only 20! He can't die now.
Him: When I was done feeding I was going to heal his would. You should have let me continue feeding. I wasn't going to drink all his blood. (pouting)Now, because of your untimely intervention he is bleeding out, (gasps and widens his eyes) and you will be the one responsible for killing him. (smiling sinisterly)You don't want that now, do you?
Me: Then, I guess, continue feeding; as long as you heal his wound...
My(POV)
I sauntered back over to the body, and dropped to my knees. I got back to drinking his chocolate syrup blood; savoring every drop, until he had just enough blood to survive. I licked the wound again and it healed immediately.
Me: You see? I told you I would eventually heal him and I did. You, young ingrate, need to have more faith in your soon-to-be King.
Her(pointing her finger right in my face): I'm 25, and you look the same age as me. I know you were only changed earlier this year, so don't go all elder mode on me.
Me: Ooo... a fiesty one(touching my index finger to my chin, and tilting my head in thought)You will make a nice queen for me.(moving my head back to an upright position)because I admire your courage; I will help you clean up this mess.
Her: So you're not taking responsibility for it being your mess?
Me(telling a half truth, looking at my nails, and brushing them against my shirt): Oh, no, they were like this when I got here. I assumed they had a bad fight and I took advantage of the situation. I was quite thirsty after all.
Her: Wow... just wow. (shaking her head in disappointment) I can't believe our future king is such a blame deflector.
Me: And how would you know anything otherwise? You didn't even arrive on he scene until I was almost finished with my second drink.
Her: You see? You are eluding to the fact that you were here before they ended up lying on the ground.
Me: You can't prove anything.
Her: Even with that sentence,you are still eluding to the actual truth. If not even more than before.
Me: Okay, enough arguing. Let's just get these guys to the infermary, so they can rest off the knock out.
She puts her brother on her back, while I pick up Clay bridal style. We then walk to the infermary. When we get there I lay Clay on a bed, take Glacier from his older sister, and lay him on a bed as well.
Me(turning to the young woman): I never got your name...
Her: It's Ava-lanche Snow.
Now that I was calm again, I could see her clearly. She is very dark skinned, but she has vitiligo like me. She has piercing, ice blue, eyes, full of courage, and the strength only an oldest sibling can have. I knew that fierce look of determination, to protect your younger sibling at all costs, all too well. I saw it every time I looked in a mirror.
Me(in my head): She reminds me of me so much... I know my younger brother is alive, I can feel it. He's out there, somewhere, surviving. There are no words I can speak of how much I miss him.
As I was thinking about my little brother, the sun started peeking over the horizon sparkling on the lake and glittering through the tree leaves. I hear the sound of someone stirring awake. I turn and realize it is Clay and Glacier. They take in their surroundings and once they realize they are in the infermary they look over to me and Ava, who had fallen asleep against my shoulder.
Glacier(snickering): Well, well, well, aren't you two the cutest couple in the kingdom.
Clay(looking a little down for some reason): Y'all look good together...
Glacier: Is someone jealous?
Clay(now red in the face): NO!
Glacier: Come on man... it's ok to admit it if you're jealous.
Clay: I'm not jealous! He is a guy, and I'm NOT gay... Oh... not that I'm against gay people, just that I'm not gay.
Glacier: You're cool dude.(touches Clay hair and let's a little of his snow powers out to coat Clay's hair in snow) Chill... pfft! You know looking at you now, you look good with white hair.
Clay(shaking the snow out of his hair and tackles Glacier to the ground): I dare you to repeat what you just said to me.
Glacier(looks at Clay daringly): You look good with white hair. Gosh you can't take a simple compliment.
Clay(red in the face): I can take a compliment just fine, you just annoy me when you compliment me.
Me: If y'all are going to tussle then go back to the training room.
Ava(waking up): Are the two Tsunderés pining for eachother again?
Me: Yes they are spreading their sexual tension musk everywhere in the infermary. like I said, Y'all need to go back to the training room.
Clay(as he is walking to the training room with Glacier): I'm NOT gay!!
Me: Hey Ava, your brother never denied being gay. Is he gay?
Ava: Yes, actually, he has been out of the closet since he was fourteen.
Me: Oh, well good for him. I've been out as a trans masc since I was ten. I started taking T about two years ago, but once I got my vampire powers I was able to just completely transform into a guy version of myself, which made the whole process quicker and easier.
Ava: Oh, good for you.
Me: Yeah, I can finally be my true self. Let's go to the dining room. The other servants have probably already made breakfast by now. I think it's busciuts and gravy this time.
Ava: Sure, Let's go.
We walk down the hall to the dining room. When we get there I make myself a cup of hot chai tea, and of course put four bisciuts on my plate and smother them all with gravy. Ava makes herself a cup of hot chai tea as well, though she only gets two biscuits on her plate, and puts some strawberry jelly on both of them.
As soon as we sit down to eat, I grab my fork and start eating. I'm eating two biscuits for every one of Ava's biscuits. We finished eating at the same time.
I stacked her's and my plate onto each other and went to put them in the sink, but Ava stopped me.
Ava: I will do our dishes. I am one of the servants after all.
Me: Nonsense, I'll not have my future queen doing chores.
Ava blushes at that. As she is blushing, the castle doors burst open...
To be continued