Chapter 1: Present Day Life

I've been in danger almost all my life, well I guess that's what happens when your a prince. Yes,I did say I was a prince, Prince Arias of Altamous to be exact. My sister is princess Ammerissa, but I call her Amm. Our kingdom has been the wealthiest and most pleasant of all of them. Many years ago, we had no enemies at all, but that changed about 20 years ago when my father banished one of his high-clas warriors, Tashme.

Normally, we can defend ourselves if anyone does attack us, but this time we needed to call upon the kingdom next to ours for assistance, the kingdom of Kinasha. Kinasha is home to my good friend Prince Arese, whom I train with every day now.

I am 140, which probably count as only 14 in some worlds. Amm is 200 and so is Arias. My father is 870 and my mother is 780. It is said that people only live to be 1000, since we only count every ten years of age, my parents don't have long.

When I said I train, I really meant it. Everyday Arias and I train really hard.Sometimes we even train too hard, we'd finish with scrapes, scratches, cuts, and even muscle aches. When we train,we go against captured demons from battles. We use our hands, weapons(mostly swords), and occasionally magic. When we use our hands,we fight in a style called Kuneim(Koo-nay-him). Kuneim is a mix of Karate, Tai Kwun Doe, and all the others. We also train with weapons. We usually train with swords but occasionally we use bows(to be quite honest, neither me nor Arese are very skilled at archery). And we do train with magic, but you get your full powers when your 200. So I have not gotten my full powers yet, but I'm getting there.

Arese was saying even though he likes having powerful magical abilities, that he wishes to become a great swordsman. Me on the other hand, I'm hoping that by the time I'm 200 I'll have all the skills I need in swordsmanship so that I can train to be a great Mage like my cousin, Lucas, who is 430.

I didn't used to train, most start at the age of 150. But after my father banished Toshme,things changed. I started training at the age of 120 1/2 to help defend my kingdom. At first I thought it'd be great to get a head start. That way, I'd be able to learn my swordsmanship skills by the time I was 200. Boy was I wrong. Now, everyday I train really hard for hours on end. By the end of the day,I'm so worn out I can barley make it to the medical center to have them seal up my wounds. Sometimes I even wish I had been able to wait until I was 150.