Akia was hidden by a maid dress and a head scarf covering her face. she almost found herself giggling as she passed by unsuspecting guards.

She ran to the back of the queen's chambers where Julius her new guard stood waiting for her.

He takes her hand before flashing her a smile.

"Where are we going?" Akia asked and Julius pretends to think about it.

"Why don't we just let the earth lead us?" He asked before turning and dragging Akia with him in an unknown direction.

Akia didn't mind not knowing where she was going, as long as it was far from the palace it would suffice.

She follows behind him eagerly.

"What's your name?" She finds herself asking.

"Julius, Julius maegn"

"Which land did you come from?" Akia asked as they start to enter into a patch of trees.

"Dowlord, have you heard of it?"

"No, is it beautiful there?" She asked and the guard shrugs.

"Sure I suppose, it's a land of painters and dancers."

"Really?, are there lots of play Wrights and pageants there too?" Akia asked pushing a tree branch out of the way.

"Is that the sort of thing you like my lady?" Julius asked turning to see Akia's nod and smiling face.

"I expected someone of your status to wonder about jewelry and dresses."

"Oh I wonder about those as well" Akia said and Julius laughed, encouraging her to speak up some more.

"I love plays, especially those about romance and war. It always seemed like both of those things were too complicated and too far away."

"and now they are right in front of you?" julius asked and Akia shook her head.

"when i leave the palace I'm going to travel the land looking for the best play writers and I'm going to get them all to write a wonderful play.. oh with singers as well. especially those trout singers from the east."

"leave the palace?" julius asked and Akia froze.

"when I'm much older and my son has descend upon the throne, he'll permit me the freedom to go where ever I please."

"i thought you just meant you'd escape, but you really are in it for the long game huh?" julius said before breaking apart a border of branches.

Akia could hear the distant waves of the ocean, her chest bubbled in anticipation to witness such a sight.

once julius opened the pathway before he could pass through himself the small girl rushed passed him. she finds herself on sand. her toes anxious to curl into the waxy element.

"lets take off our shoes." she said to julius who was already pulling off his leathery boots.

she takes off her fancy close toed shoes and flings them in whatever which direction. then she starts running, letting her dress flow in the wind carelessly. she feels free, as if the palace shackles and the royal baby in her stomach were no longer holding her back.

she felt tears roll down her eyes as she sees a crab walk around. a laugh leaves her mouth and she runs into the water, lifting up her dress to splash around freely.

julius watches from afar as the girl dances in the water. he sits feeling serenity over come him.

He shuts his eyes and lays his head to rest shadow of the scorching sun.

He opens his eyes to see Akia looking down at him.

"We should dance." She said and he raises a brow.

"To what music?"

"You don't hear that?" Akia said placing a hand above her ears in a cupping motion.

"What am I supposed to be hearing?" The guard said and Akia spins around.

"The song of the whale" Akia said before jumping around and twirling on the sandy land.

"I should've known they've kept you in that small room for so long your pure young mind has plead insanity." Julius said but he's still raised from the ground by Akia's hands.

-

the carriage April was riding to the wall had about 5 guards with long sharp swords and 2 other prisoners all covered in rags. they had been on the road since sun rise and it was almost sundown now.

April looked out of the small crack on the wooden walls, knowing she might never again return home. soldiers were allowed to retire by 35 but prisoner solders weren't allowed to retire unless permission was given by the general after 50.. of course that if the survive the hardships of a constantly on going wall against beings possessing strength beyond imagination.

women were almost never given such punishments because the death penalty was just much less costly and humane.

The king had done this to prove a point to April.

He'd done this to break her, to show her that regardless of what she knew and how she came based it. He was the ruler of their nation and nothing and no one would disrespect that and not offer greatly. April snickered, she wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of seeing her corpse laid out on the battle field.

-

Akia forces Julius to dance childishly to the sound of waves and whales. she had then forced Julius to turn around and shut his eyes while she stripped herself bare and entered the water.

she relaxes in the embrace of the water.

around a rock a young boy watches. his blue eyes lighten up watching as Akia swarm around throwing her feet up in the air.

"My prince what are you-AVERT YOUR EYES YOUR MAJESTY." a mermaid servant said wrapping her finned hands around the young prince's eyes.

"are all the earth's women this lewd?" he asked and she gasped before dragging him into the water. leaving only his golden tail in view for a second.

julius still turned around starts to speak.

"we must return before the sun sets, my lady."

"I don't want to be locked in that room anymore Julius, i feel like rotting cabbage in there." akia said coming out of the water and heading towards her dress and undergarments.

"I'll take you out as often as the earth permits me." Julius said and Akia screams in pain.

"the stupid crab snipped me!" she said jumping around in a circle, holding her foot while her dress hangs off her shoulders. Julius turns to look at her before closing his eyes again at her half exposed breast.

"stupid crab!" she says watching as blood from her wounded toe.

julius opens his eyes avoiding looking directly at her. he holds on to her foot, blowing on the wound as it continued to bleed. he rips the underlying silk of her dress and ties it around the suffering toe after washing the blood off.

"i hope we have crab for dinner." Akia said with a glare on her face as she watched the murderous crab enter the water.

"i'm going to die, the minute the king sees you limping i will lose my life."

"don't worry, I can withstand more pain than you think." Akia said as julius went to get her shoes. he quietly puts them on her feet.

"hey" she says putting her hand in his sweaty and oily hair.

"it's alright." she said before attempting to walk without a limp and failing.

every step she took she winced and took her foot off the ground.

"I'm going to die." julius cries before kneeling opposite of where Akia was facing.

"I'll carry you on my back, it's the last warmth I'll feel from another human before my throat is slit." julius said and akia gets on his back.

"I'm too thankful towards you to let you die."

-

The sun begins sets and a cold night follows, the young hungry looking boy besides April had settled himself on her shoulder.

she looks down at his blonde hair before nudging him off with her arm. the ties of her hands restricting most of her movements.

the boy leans on his on for a moment before his head falls right back on her shoulder.

the carriage starts to shake, the horses neighing loudly. the carriage jerks backwards and the sleeping guards fall on the criminals. one even managing to stab another guard with the spike metal in his uniform.

"WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING UP THERE?!" one of the guards said.

the howls of wolves was all that was heard back.

AUTHORS NOTE: I don't know if you guys think the plot is moving slowly or not but there's so much that needs to be established and so many more pages to come. this going to be the size of a harry potter book.