Ship: RomanxVirgil (Prinxiety) ft. LoganxPatton (Logicality)
AU: Fairy tale AU
Warnings: Homophobia
Requested by: No one
Plot: A year of sneaking around seems to go to waste when Virgil gets cornered and attacked after a night with his best friend and their lovers.

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Most people would probably say he didn't know better. Most people would say he didn't know the other boy was a rival prince. Most people would dismiss it as rebellious teenager syndrome. Most people were wrong.

He knew what he was doing. He knew that he was essentially betraying his kingdom. He knew the other boy was the prince of the rival kingdom. He knew exactly what he was doing. The thing was, he didn't care. He didn't care how angry his parents would get. He didn't care how many problems it could cause if anyone found out. He didn't care that it could possibly start a war that would only end with massive death. He figured no one would know anyway. It was a close guarded secret that only one person knew, his best friend, and he knew wouldn't breath a word because he was in the same situation.

Prince Virgil and his best friend Patton and fallen for the enemy. The four were all close friends, and the only ones who knew. The two would sneak out of the castle late at night to meet with Prince Roman and Prince Logan in a tree house they had found in the forest and would spend most of the night there. That night was no different.

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Virgil met Patton at the door to his friends room, perks of being the kings ward. Neither boy said anything when Patton walked out, slipping on the black velvet cloak. They didn't greet each other with more than a smile as they started on their way to the 'back door' to the castle that lead to the forest. It wasn't until they were a good ways away from the castle that any words were exchanged between them.

"I've got a bad feeling Virge." Patton stated matter of factly, adjusting the hood on his head so the edge sat just off his forehead. "I don't know what about, but I do."

Virgil shrugged, "I don't know either Pat. We can leave earlier tonight if you would like."

The brunette shook his head slowly, "no, it'll be fine. There's just something telling me to keep my guard up." The darker haired boy nodded and they continued to chat casually as they walked to the tree. When they arrived, they heard the familiar voices of Roman and Logan. They shared a devious look and Patton quietly climbed up and snuck into a branch off to the side, near a window, but out of the site of the other boys. Virgil climbed the ladder to the chatting boys in the house.

"Hello!" Virgil smiled at them as he crawled over to sit next to his lover, to lazy to fully stand.

"Hello, love, where is Patton?" Roman asked after pressing a quick kiss to his lips.

Virgil noticed the immediate concern in Logan's eyes and smiled. "Is he okay? Is he not feeling well? Did he get sick? Is he dying?!"

"Why would you assume I'm dead?" Patton asked, sticking his head in through the window. The other two screamed in startlement as they laughed, Patton climbing in the window to hug Logan. Logan clung to Patton tightly for a moment before pressing a long, lingering kiss to his lips, making Patton giggle and smile at Logan when they pulled away. "Love you too, Logy."

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And that way how they spent their night, chatting, laughing, and lots of random kisses shared between the two couples. Eventually, they began to get tired, and knew they had to return to their respective kingdoms to sleep before they had to wake up the next day. As Roman and Logan headed home to the Alaliron kingdom, Virgil and Patton walked to their own home. The whole night, Virgil couldn't get what Patton said about something seeming off, off his mind. It was something even Patton himself had been attempting to ignore.

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When they reached Virgil's room, they said they goodbye and Patton left for his own room. It was the same as every other night, a repeat of their routine, until Virgil noticed them, the villain lurking in the shadows of his room, the sorcerer waiting to strike like a cobra. Virgil closed his door, and turned around, leaning back on it and sighing deeply, eyes closed. To say he was exhausted was an understatement.

It was when he opened his mocha eyes, did he notice the figure in the darkness. "Hello?" He called, "I can see you." The figure chuckled darkly, stepping into the moon light that streamed in from the open window.

The figure was taller than Virgil, who stood 5' 11" himself, and wore a maroon colored cloak, hood covering their face. Their outfit, underneath the cloak, was all black, from the shirt to the shoes. The way the figure stood, shoulders squared back confidently, back straight, hands resting calmly at their sides, told Virgil the figure was in fact a man. He was proven right when he removed his hood to reveal his face, hair a greasy ginger color, eyes almost as black as the night, and rough skin marked with tens of scars. The man continued to chuckle deeply, in a mocking manner.

"You look afraid, dear prince. Good, you should be." The man stepped closer slowly, by only a few steps. Still, Virgil backed himself as much as he could into the door behind him.

"Wh-who are you?" Virgil tried to demand, but his voice came out meeker than he would have liked, having to force out the words.

The man smiled, wide and crooked, "you don't know me, but I know you. I know a lot about you, like your secret boyfriend, the prince of Alaliron." Virgil's eyes widened impossibly so, the mocha color swimming with surprise and fear. "You know, I thought, maybe I could stand you betraying Dwarelia, but I thought it was with a princess. Then I found out, you were seeing the oldest prince, and the ward the younger brother. Now, how you two met the other two doesn't concern me in the slightest, but the fact that you see them nightly, and not on just friendly terms."

Virgil reached out a hand, trying to find the door handle in an attempt at escape. "Wh-what are you go-gonna do about it?" Suddenly, his hand froze in place, he was unable to move it. Then he realized, his whole body was flooded with this cold feeling of unmoving. His eyes flicked from his own still hand to the man, whose hand was glowing with a blue light, indicating his use of magic.

The man smirked widely, "that is what I'm going to do." He turned his hand towards Virgil, fingers pointed at him, and made a flicking motion, like flicking water off your hand, except it was magic. "See, I can ignore your ward, he doesn't affect me as much, but you? You're supposed to rule the kingdom one day, you are supposed to be our king, marry a princess who shall be our queen. And you decide to be this... abomination? No, that's not something I will stand for, I will not let our king be a man who would rather detest God's will and lay with another man rather than a woman, enjoy another man's company more than a woman's." As he spoke, the man paced carefully in front of Virgil, spitting his words out harshly. "As the only person who knows of your lover, I am the only person capable of stopping you from becoming our king."

"So, what? You're going to kill me?"

"Oh, no, that would be merciful. Killing you is too easy, to predictable. No, this is a much more fitting punishment, in my opinion. Because only true love can wake you from a sleeping curse, and people like you could never possibly find true love. There is no true love for disgusting monsters like you, for such horrible cretins who dare defy god, those who are doomed to burn in the fires of hell."

The spell let go for a second, only a second, but it was just enough time for Virgil to open his door just a smidge. "Patton!" He screamed, hoping his close friend hadn't gotten too far and had heard him. Then another spell over took him. It had his eyes feeling like hundred pound weights were dragging his eyes shut, his limbs felt like jelly, causing him to slump against the door, shutting it, and sliding to the floor. He couldn't fight the sleep that overwhelmed him, and in seconds, the dark abyss of sleep won.

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Patton wasn't sure why he had this feeling the entire night that something was wrong, but it only got worse after he left Virgil in his room. He had been halfway to his own room when he decided to turn back, the feeling now unbearable. He walked along the corridors, ones he could walk down blind folded, he'd walked them so many times.

It wasn't until he had turned down Virgil's hallway that he began running. As he turned down the corridor, Virgil's voice echoed down the hall, "Patton!" Suddenly, his feet were slamming on the hard floor as he ran as fast as he could.

He reached Virgil's door, and for a second, he struggled to open it. Once it was open enough for him to slip in, he did just that. He took a second to glance around the room to see a man standing on the window sill. "Who are you?! What did you do to Virgil?!"

The man laughed, "only true love can save him now!" He called before ducking his head out the window and fall backwards. Patton ran to the window and looked down, but he had completely disappeared, he was gone.

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