☾︎𝙵𝚕𝚞𝚏𝚏;𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝;𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜;𝚁𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚢𝙰𝚄☽︎

Alex was looking out of his bedroom window.

"Your Highness,it's time...."
He sighed at the call of the guard. Obviously. His parents had nothing else but to call him for something like that.

"I arrive..."
He left his room to go to the throne room,passing through the various decorated corridors and the various guards present.

When he found himself in front of the door to the hall, he sighed,before opening it. He never did.

"Alex,darling,come here"
His mother called him back with a wave of her hand,pointing to the throne beside hir. He did as requested,already fed up with all that. And it hadn't started yet.

"darling,as you know,the time has come to choose a wife,here are all the girls of our kingdom and those close to you,selected. You just have to choose one"
His mother reminded him. He snorted.

"Mom,I already told you. I'm gay,I don't need girls. And then I already have someone in mind..."
He turned his gaze to some of the guards inside the room:Karl and Sapnap. It had only been a couple of months that they had known each other,but it was done now. His heart belonged to them. And the nocturnal activities they had also testified to it.

"nonsense is just a phase,choose a girl and you will see that everything will pass"
His father took him back.
Alex snorted for the second time in a minute.

The various girls,under orders from his mother,began to show up,but none of them caught his attention. In fact,during the meetings,his gaze was chained to the figures of the 2 boys not far from him.

"The next,thank you"
His father commanded. A pink-haired girl appeared in front of them.

The color caught the eye of Alex,who smiled at her. How not to recognize Niki,one of his closest friends.
Which,however,was misunderstood by his mother,who already began to think about the girl.
As the presentation progressed,both of his parents became convinced of their thoughts:she was the girl who was made for their son.

"Niki,dear,we are sure you will get a good answer"
Niki looked confused at the queen.

"Your Highness...I'm a lesbian. I accepted to be able to do this audition just to be able to spend time with Alex,since we haven't seen each other for a long time. We are just close friends"
She explained to the queen. Getting indecipherable stares from Alex's parents,and a laugh from Alex.
"That's why you are my best friend!"
Alex smiled at her.

"Okay you can go...God we can't go on like this,you need a wife"
"I'm ga–"
"YOU AREN'T!"
His father yelled at him. Which scared him a little.

"The last one,please..."
At their sight, a dark-haired,green-eyed girl appeared. From the way she was dressed,one could tell her intentions.
The girl bowed before the royals.

"Your Majesty..."
The gesture was well appreciated by the royal couple. Alex glared at her. What a bitch.

"My name is Yumeko. I am honored to be here in your presence. I come from a family of very powerful marquises,belonging to the neighboring kingdom"
And with these words Alex understood the girl's true intentions.
Slut

As it turned out,the king and queen decided to accept it. After all,this union would bring good economic profits and power. That girl knew how to play her cards.

"Mom,please,I said that's I'm fucking gay! And,I don't like her"
Alex tried to protest. But his father's gaze put it back in his place.

"Alex,we already talked about it,it's just a phase,it will pass soon....you can't be like that"
Alex looked at the 2 guards.
The 2 boys looked at him mortified. They couldn't do something...for the moment. But they already had a plan. Hoping that the smallest would follow them.

"Yumeko,I'm sure you and my son will form a beautiful union. We are sure you will get a positive answer. Isn't that right,Alex?"
His father looked at him. Alex swallowed some saliva.
Ever since he claimed he was gay,his father had grown colder and harder towards him. He scared him. He nodded slightly,now resigned.

"Good. You can go Yumeko"
"Goodbye your heights. I'm sure we'll meet again soon..."
The girl bowed again and left.

"Can't wait for the wedding! Alex,you can go to your room,we'll call you for dinner"
The queen waved her hand to him to leave. Which he accepted very gladly.
He left the room,feeling Karl and Sapnap's eyes on him.

As soon as he arrived in the room,he threw himself on the bed.

"There's no way I'm going to marry someone like that...I have to come up with something to get out of this situation. It's not with someone like that that I want to spend the rest of my life"
But what could he do? He was a prince against the king and queen. Sure he could count on some allies: Wilbur,George,Niki and Charlie,along with their troops. But it was still too little.

"I have to find a way to ruin the marriage..."
But how? He had no idea. If anyone tried to oppose him they would kill him,and he couldn't refuse even since he would be lynched alive by his father.

"I just can't escape...do I have to accept it?And it all ends like this?"
A fate already prescribed,what a shitty final.
Furthermore,knowing his parents,they would have brought the date much earlier. Thus reducing his time to a few days.

From the window there were noises of pebbles being thrown. He walked over and opened it,already being able to imagine who was.

"Niki,what are you doing? You can enter the palace,no one will tell you anything"
"I know! But I have to tell sometimes very important and private!"
She screamed from the garden. Alex quickly went down the stairs to get to the garden.

"come,I have to show you a...little thing"
She took his hand to quickly lead him to their isolated half. It wasn't very far from the castle,but it could not be seen,because it was camouflaged among the rose bushes of his mother.

"What do you have to tell me?"
"Wait up. Other people have to come too."
"Ok?"
Five minutes later,Sapnap and Karl also arrived in that small covered space.

"Nick! Karl!"
Alex jumped on them and was caught in their arms.

"Hi love"
"Hi ducky"
They greeted him by sharing a kiss.
"You guys are so cutee..."
Niki watched the scene. They were so fucking cute.

"Why are you here? What's happening?"
Alex asked,still in their arms.
"I'm helping you guys to escape!"
Niki exclaimed.
"What?-"
Alex looked at them in confusion.

"Let's explain from the beginning. After you left the room,we were abandoned,and on our way back to our rooms we met Niki"
Sapnap pointed to the girl in front of them.

"We talked a bit and told her about our bond with you. She later decided to help us escape from here"
Karl ended the sentence.

"Ohhh...Niki,how did you find this place?"
"Do you remember the time we started playing hide and seek? When did you not find me? I was hiding here. I remembered it because I remember camouflaging it myself. It took me a long time. And I even hurt myself with the bushes to do it"
Niki admitted.

"So...."
"Yes,I will bring horses here secretly at 7 pm,be ready,they lift the bridge at 7:20 pm,you must be fast"
The three boys nodded

"Anything to prevent you from getting married to someone other than us"
Karl and Sapnap reassured him. This thing could work.

At the appointed time,the couple were waiting for Niki so they could put their plan into action.

"Guys! Here!"
Niki caught their attention,taking 3 different colored horses with her,in addition to the one she was on.

"Just in time"
Alex walked over to one of them and jumped on his back. Nick and Karl did the same with the other 2.

"We have little time,let's hurry"
Niki had had a mishap,she had arrived 10 minutes late due to the slow pace of the horses. This meant they only had 10 minutes to escape.
And to get to the main door,which gave access to the perimeter of the castle,it took at least 7.

The 4 friends found themselves in a race against time,in order to arrive on time.
They managed to get to the door without any problems. But that was where the difficult part began. They had to go out without being seen by the guards.

"How do we do it?"
"I'll take care of it,keep Alex away,they don't have to recognize him"
Sapnap and Karl nodded and stood in front of the raven,acting as a shield.

Luck has it that Niki was not inexperienced in fighting skills. For the past few months,Technoblade,a crown prince from another kingdom,had been training her. And he was aware of many....distracting techniques. She also got suggestions from other knowledgeable people,like Dream,another crown prince. And even Wilbur.

She got off the horse and took some items from the magic bag he had received as a gift. She pulled some things out of there....compromising.

Seconds later,black three-headed angels with skeletal skeletal bodies were seen flying into the sky.

"What a fuck?!"
Karl's bewilderment was enormous. Since when did Niki carry deadly weapons like it was nothing? It was rare to find materials to make Whiter then. Where did she get them?

"That's my fucking bast friend! Let's go before they notice us!"
Alex screamed and all 3 started running between the various Whiter and soldiers present there. Niki was already out.

"Isn't that the Prince?!"
Bad luck for them, that a guard noticed Alex's presence. We were so close...

The various soldiers stood in front of the prince to prevent some explosion from damaging him. This imprisoned him in a cage.

"Alex keep going!"
Sapnap cheered on him as he jumped into the circle with his horse and tried to get rid of as many people as possible.

Alex nodded and ran on through the open gap,followed by Sapnap. Karl was a few meters ahead of them,while he kept the archers from slowing them down.

"Guys! They are closing the door! Hurry up!"
Niki's voice was barely audible due to the explosions.

It is shortly,let's go....

They began to lower the door,to prevent their escape,which was useless,however,since an explosion pushed them out just in time.
There were distinct screams,and orders to reopen the door,after that,more explosions. They decided to take advantage of it and run as far as possible.

"Niki you are a psychopath!"
"That's why we're best friends "
They burst out laughing at those sentences.

Alex was finally free. He no longer had to marry anyone against his will and he could be with the people he loved without hiding.
This moment was the turning point of their life.