The Window of the Fey

Jayden's day had begun like any other day. He woke up and went about his day as he usually would . But when he got back home from school, the world everything he believed in would be questioned . Because right at this moment, he was staring into the lifeless eyes of his mother who lay bleeding on his bedroom floor. A man wearing a hooded robe stood over his mother's body and appeared to be searching the room for something .

When the killer sensed Jayden's presence, he made a run for the window that had been painted on his bedroom wall and disappeared into it. Jayden could do nothing but stare in shock. When he came to , he took a glance at his mother , held back his tears and charged headfirst into the painted window. He was too blinded by rage to even question his actions at that moment. he braced for the impact of the wall but it never came . Instead, he rolled down what seemed to be a hill. He quickly got up and was greeted by a strange winged man. He was still in quite a bit of shock as he took in his surroundings.

The winged man who looked about his age, appeared to be harmless and seemed like he had been waiting for him. Jayden asked him ,"Where am I? What is this place? And who are you?". All the questions came flooding out together. The strange man replied," I am Ariann, the protector of the fey prince and you, your highness, are in the homeland of the fey The Moonlight City right now. I am sure you are quite confused by everything that has happened to you today but first things first. You are the Prince of the fey ,Prince Ashekeil . You were taken from this land when you were a child by mother. She kept you from you true destiny which is ruling over all fey. And now your father has brought you back where you truly belong."

Before Jayden could say anything and wrap his mind around what he just heard , something slammed into him and the world went black.

When he came to he was lying on a huge bed with some really soft sheets. Suddenly he remembered everything that had happened. He got up quickly and only then did he notice a middle aged man sitting on a chair across from the bed watching him. The man stared intently at him with a wistful look on his face. Jayden stared back. The man introduced himself, "Ash,I am the fey king ,Mikhael I am your father."

Needless to say, Jayden was taken aback . But that reminded him of something . If this man was his father , that meant that he had his mother killed. He grabbed a lamp on the nightstand next to him and ran with tears streaming down his cheeks,towards the man with murderous intent.He kept hitting his "father" who just took his blows with a resigned look on his face, showing no intention of defending himself. Only when he couldn't stand anymore did he stop and said ,"If you really are my father, where have you been all these years?".

The king looked at him with those wistful eyes once more and said "Your mother took you away from here when you were all but five days old. Certain events that i wish not not to speak of drove your mother away from this world. From me. Your mother , Elene was a human. And for what it's worth, i truly did love her . I truly apologize for my hand in causing her death today but i had my reasons. The most important one being that I need a successor. The Moonlight City needs a successor. I know that it is wrong of me to ask you this after the torment I have put you through, but know that I had no other choice."

Jayden listened to the man and though he wanted nothing more than to tear his head off, something about his demeanor kept him from doing so. And he also suspected that nothing he did could seriously injure him.

The king continued,"I have brought you here to take your place as the Prince of this land. I should also mention that that window you came throught only goes one-way.So dont bother trying to go back . The Moonlight City is your home now. Ariann will stay with you at all times. He is the one you met when you first came through." With that the KIng walked out.

Jayden was still trying to process everything he heard. The most important thing was that he was trapped in this world and that he needed to find a way out . If that mean going along with whatever that man said , then so be it. As we was thinking all this through , Ariann came into his room.He said,"Hey there little Prince, now that we're all acquainted I'm assuming that i can be informal with you . Its such a pain to be all formal since i'll be spending a lot of time with you. Now if you'll follow me , we've got some important matters to tend to. "

Jayden observed Ariann. He seemed to be about his age and didnt seem like a terrible person at first glance. So he decided to follow him out.

Ariann said gleefully, "First things first, we need to get you some better clothes and get you out of those rags. And also you smell. When was the last time Prince Ash took a bath?".

At this Jayden looked down at his clothes and sure enough his hoodie and jeans had been through a lot , covered in blood and grime . He followed Ariann into a room full of clothes. "Well this must be the closet.", he thought to himself. He got cleaned up and changed into a clean set of clothes. The clothes looked strange but then again everything about his life strange now. Ariann looked quite proud of giving the prince a makeover and promptly announced ,"You will now be presented before the Fey Royal Court, where you will officially take your title as the prince . Now don't get scared. I know that all of this is new to you but you'll get the hang of it soon."

Ariann led him toward a grand staircase at the end of which was a ornate door. Ariann said ,"Through those doors is the courtroom. All you have to do is walk all the way to the front , kneel and just repeat after His Highness. I'll be right behind you. Now, go on." He nudged Jayden forward. Jayden straightened his backs and stepped through those doors, thus beginning his life as Prince Ashekiel, the Moonlight Prince.