Disgrace of a King
When an Ex-King lost what he that was impossible to lose..
Author's Notes
Please bear in mind that any characters mentioned outside of Fjord and Alter Ego are only 'mentioned' as information about them is kept to a minimum.
This is also a major part of Fjord's life that changes him majorly. (Following after this Literature, Fjord's look will change.)
Please play this in the background on Loop; https://youtu.be/j6jxyQvynUI
๐ผ๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ, ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐โ๐ก ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก โ๐๐ฃ๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก;
The ice Scarfox was struck hard in the chin with a rising kick that caused him to cry out in pain and send him flying backwards and through the air before he winced and stuck his landing, he rubbed his chin from the kick he received from his mother but didnโt remain on the thought for too long and just barely blocked the strike to his head from his brother as he skidded away once more.
๐ผ๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐๐ฆ. ๐ด ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐;
Fjord wanted to strike back, but his body-- His body disobeyed his own damned orders! He took a gauntlet cladded punch right to his stomach which winded Fjord before having another gauntlet cladded strike smash into his face, sending Fjord flying to the ground. Rolling for a bit before he stopped himself and โrestedโ on all fours looking towards his family. No, what was once his family-- But, no more was it his family.
They were strangersโฆ
๐โ๐ฆ? ๐โ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ข๐โ ๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐;
โYOU are no longer my son..!?โ Shouted a female Scarfox, once what was Fjordโs mother.. โNow stop fighting back against us and DIE!โ She shouted before a round was fired off and his gauntlets forcefully summoned into his hands to block the poison addled round. Why was his body moving and acting all on his own..?
๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐, ๐คโ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐ค ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐โฆ ๐ผ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ข๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ผโ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก;
He then heard the air heave to his right as he saw that large, crimson colored axe swing up and reel back to strike, his eye widening in fear and just only had enough time to duck his head and feel the axe slice through his long, black hair with ease, shortening it to a jagged cut. He suddenly used his ice magic to force back his Scarfox ex-sister and rise to his feet before he quickly grabbed the red bandanna that once tied his obsidian black hair together and then quickly turned and started to flee, his ex-sister wanted to give chance but was stopped by her mother before they all turned their backs to the fleeing male to torch what was hisโฆ
Panting loudly, blood finally drooling out of his maw as the crimson liquid vividly contrasted and stood out against his blue colored fur as he felt tears of ruin start to streak his cheeks.
๐โ๐ฆ? ๐โ๐ฆ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ผ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐-- ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐๐? ๐ด๐๐ ๐คโ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ฆ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐.. ๐ท๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ฆโฆ ๐ท๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ โ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐..?;
So many thoughts and words wildly swarmed and assaulted Fjordโs mind as more and more tears flowed from his covered and uncovered eyes as he just continued to blindly and frantically dash and rush through the green lit forest that soon started to grey out and darken due to the rapidly crawling white-grey clouds in the sky that then slowly, started to cry out a volley of soft, white, sparkling snowflakes that quickly started to cling and coat over the area he ran through like glue.
Where was he going? Did he know where to run to? Whoโd take him in? Is there anyone else he could trust? What kind of people could he rely on? Jasper? Athena? Mama? Duo? Cynwrig? Finnigan? Sylvester? Komodo? So many names just kept flowing through his mind and they all were quickly being devoured and poisoned by the evil that was crawling rapidly through his mind with no way for him to stop itโฆ
๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ . ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ . ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ . ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก. ๐โ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐.
Fjord just kept running, and running, and running, his fur becoming more and more of a mess as heโd trip, stumble, fall, and bash into all kinds of things that dirties his figure and form as he felt the world around him crumbling and falling apart like weakly built twig bridge that was on fire. But, one thought remained to be burned alive by the all hungering darkness that enveloped his mind.
Mama. The Cathedral. Skugge.
But, where was the Cathedral? How could he reach such a sanctimonious place that housed the resting place of the one woman he held to the highest standard along the sides of his daughter Athena and his partner Jasper. Could he even show his face off to such a place? Surely, heโd be attacked again, driven off this time instead of persisting to flee somewhere else and truly be left alone for the rest of his life. ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐. That word itself struck devastating fear throughout Fjordโs heart and mind. Panic grappled his mentally destroyed mind like a chain grapple, choking him out and furthering his distraught and damaged soul to deeper suffering.
He knew he was running right towards the direction of the Cathedral and without thinking, sharply turned left to start running down a direction away from everything. Lore Castle. Harbor Village. The Cathedral. What was once his home. And everyone else. He sobbed helplessly and weakly, like a child who had just had his favorite toy stolen by a bully in school, too weak to fight back for it, too weak to get it back in any way , and too scared to seek for any kind of assistance or help to retrieve it. He just ran. The fire within him just burned hotter and angrier the further Fjord ran without really knowing the repercussions thatโd come to his disappearance, as the Forgemaster would be hunted after ruthlessly by every living soul that was bound to him.
Searching for him with panic-filled hearts and tear streaked faces as theyโd want to know what happened to the man who once stood so valiantly next to so many others without a fleeting bit of fear clouding his gaze.
Eventually, Fjord was slammed into a nearby tree by some force which caused him to cry out and lean against it, sniffling and sobbing like a child before the force manifested itself with its red furred Scarfox hand pinning his blue head right against the tree. Alter Ego.
The side of Fjord that only came out at times of pure rage and not ONLY of Fjordโs rage either, but it can also surface from its own rage.
"๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ?" Spoke up Alter, his voice filled with vile and venom towards his host, grinding and rubbing his face into the bark of the mighty Pine Tree he was pinned against as his trembling hands grabbed at Alter Egoโs as he tried to pull it off, failing horribly. โLโฆ Let me goโฆโ So little energy.
Alter Ego pulled Fjord off and away from the tree before forcing him to the side of the small opening before summing the black, onyx colored blade into his left hand and a purple, cleaver-like blade in his right hand and slinging it onto his shoulder as he glared. Fjord staggered to his feet as he stood before himself, essentially, until his gauntlets were summoned right into his own hands. โ๐โ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐โฆโ Without warning, Alter Ego blinked right up to Fjord and struck at the Scarfox with the flat side of that onyx colored blade which the blue fox barely was able to stop with his gauntlets that felt like two tonne steel balls stuck to his hands, flying to the side and crashing through a tree that fell to the ground with a mighty shake.
Pushing himself off the ground and panting tiredly as he rose onto his feet. โW.. WHY. WHY DO YOU SIDE WITH THE DARKNESSโฆ DO YOU HATE ME AS WELL LIKE THE OTHERS?!โ Screamed out the broken male whilst the fire fox glared angrily. โ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ? ๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐.โ Flames coated his blades. โ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐โ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐. ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ/๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ง ๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .โ Slowly, he approached the flinching and backward stepping ice fox as he watched the snowfall around Alter Ego melt with ease and the green grass sway happily at the feeling of warm and snow dew coating its green leaves.
โThโฆ THERE IS NO HOPE FOR ME.. I LOST ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. I know I do not want to be seen or needed by anyone anymoreโฆ I am best off vanishing forever.โ He stammered and screamed out as pain coursed through his voice like a damaged violin would before falling onto his knees and suddenly having Alter Ego right atop of him and slamming his flaming blades against Fjordโs Gauntlets as he reached out to grab and shakily hold back those two-handed blades the fire fox effortlessly swung about like simple, one-handed swords. โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?โ Alter shouted, his voice echoing through the forest and scaring birds away. โI. AM. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. THROWN TO THE SIDE AND PERMANENTLY FORGOTTEN BY THE WORLD! WHO WOULD WANT SOMETHING AS BROKEN AS ME ANYMOREโฆ EVEN MAMA--โ
โ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐..โ The fire fox glared with wild hatred. โEven Mama wouldnโt ever accept me nor want me around anymore once she sees the damaged state Iโve entered because of this lossโฆ Not Jasper. Not Mama. Not even Athena.โ Replied Fjord before his hands were swatted away and speared upon the flaming black blade of Alter Ego as he screamed out loudly in pain. โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐? ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-- ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐?!โ Screamed Alter Ego. Fjord sobbed hard with pain and felt his crimson blood slowly drool down the upper half of the flaming, black blade before reaching the melting snow and revealing grass as it was slowly covered red.
โI.. ITโD BE BETTER TO NOT GIVE HER THAT HOPE OF HAVING A FUTURE AND WATCHING IT BE DESTROYED THE MOMENT SHE WOKE UP!? I CANโT GO BACK TO MAMA, IF I DID, SHE WOULD NEVER WELCOME ME BACK. SHE WOULD DESERT ME TOO.โ
The red fox quickly lifted Fjord up and swung his blade to throw the blue fox flying into a tree, slamming into it and sliding down its brown, barked form to slump against the snow. Red coating the brown wood and slowly the snow at his body as he trembled and sobbed. โ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ, ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฆ๐. ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซโฆ ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ.โ
Fjord just quivered against the ground as he continued to cry.. Cry hopelessly that his life, was over. Over before he got the chance to see the ending to his dream.. A dream with Mama, Jasper, and Athena, he sat there. Bleeding. Crying. And Breaking Down as he watched that beautiful dream of seeing Mamaโs proud smile holding Athena and Ichor whilst Jasper hugged them and Fjord watched with a proud grin.
Slowly, it was being burned and eaten away from his mind by that darkness before Alter Ego snapped him out of it as he stood over Fjordโs form. โ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญโฆโ He felt the pain of that memory being tarnished by this loss and he hated seeing it vanish. He had to fight for its survival. โ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉโฆ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฆ๐, ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐โฆโ Neither of them wanted to see that memory lost.
Slowly, the red fox vanished in a plume of fire before returning within Fjord as he felt his stomach and saw that the wound Alter Ego felt, vanished, quickly his body was coated in ice before it shattered and cleaned him off whilst he still cried. Fjord would rise to his feet before turning towards the Cathedral and running towards it, his last bit of hope-- That last bit of hope relied all on Mamaโฆ
The Disgrace of an Ex-King dug deep into his existence, but he persisted just enough with the help of his own self to find hope. Hope he thought would never exist because of a dream.. A dream he wanted to see end in some way...