• The Unintentional Crime~Chapter 1: Law is Everything

    The vast courtroom had a stiff and impatient atmosphere, James nervously stood there looking awkwardly at the frowning judge. What did I do to deserve this? All I remember was being grabbed from behind and thrown into a car. Why am I here? The courtroom is filled with unfamiliar faces, looking at him like a lab rat. Voices can be heard from the jury whispering amongst themselves. "What should we do with this, this...CRIMINAL?", "Oh my, he's staring at us, hurry up with the verdict!", suddenly, a man boldly asks the judge, "What is the verdict Judge Mayers?" James looks around puzzled but his gut instinct tells him that he has done something to enrage the powerful law.

    James had never once in his life broken the rule, no one has dared to since the new government was established. AAeros was a country that was completely dominated by the government ever since King Hubert was slain. His succesor, Prince Jonas, was a foolish little brat that had no mind to rule a government so he left his duties to his right hand man, Cratos.

    Cratos believed that everything had a rule to it, he tricked Prince Jonas to letting him run the country's government and now AAreos is slowly falling towards destruction. People who shunned or disobeyed the laws were punished more than they should have been or sentenced to death.

    Knowing all this, James shudders of the thought of being punished...or worse, KILLED. He was a simple boy of 16 years old living in the town of Wertle and always tried to keep his family from poverty. Now he worries what might have happened to his family.
    "Hrrm!", Judge Mayers gruffly clears his throat. The audience silences quickly, the silence could have killed James but he held his ground.
    "As to accordance of rule #1,345 mentioning of intentional murder, James Kyle Hellsinger is sentence to death within 2 days at the execution grounds! He is to stay in the local prison until his time is up.", Judge Mayers gravely speaks the words.
    "WHAT!? I HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG! WHO HAVE I MURDERED YOUR HONOR?!", enraged at the words of the judge.

    "You have murdered the royal princess of AAeros, Princess Yuuki, born of pure blood to the late King Hubert!", a jury member shouts.
    No...NO! I didn't do that! Why won't anyone believe me!? Anyone....? Just then, he is socked roughly in the gut by a guard. He coughs up blood and staggers onto the floor, rendered defenseless and injured. He passes out from the punch and the shocking events he has witnessed....

    Groggily, He opens his eyes and immediately inspect his surroundings: a dirty cell with a tiny window squeezing in a beam of moonlight. Just great. So this isn't a dream after all, I'm worried about my family. What has happened to them? Why am I in this situation? Why me? He sits there, feeling greatly depressed and hopeless at the turn of events. Suddenly, he notices hot streams of tears falling down his cheeks and realizes that he was in a dangerous spot. He cries himself to sleep, waiting for his execution day.

    "WAKE UP! GET READY YOU SINFUL FOOL! TIME TO PAY FOR YOUR UNHOLY DEEDS BY SACRIFICING YOUR LIFE FOR THE PRINCESS!!", a guard hollers, breaking the tension in the air.
    James moodily wakes up. He lifelessly follows the guard making no attempts to try his hand at ever escaping. He was doomed. Now he is at standing in front of the crowd, with his head in a rope used for hanging.
    I'm so stupid. What was I thinking? Maybe I did do it...Maybe I should be dead...
    "Let the execution of James Kyle Hellsinger begin!", roared the executioner.
    No...No...NOO!! I don't want to die!! Someone, anyone, please save me!! I don't want to die, I don't want to DIE!!!, James closes his eyes bracing for the pain.
    Waiting, waiting...huh?

    The crowd is silent, looking at the mysterious figure.
    "STOP!", a young girl near Jame's age boldly commands. She takes the rope off jame's head. Taking a closer look at his savior, she was quite beautiful yet fierce. She had lush raven black hair, extending near her waist. Her eyes were fierce and emerald green, her graceful movements stopped the crowd. She walks to him and whispers to James.

    Getting the message, she shouts for him to run. He escapes the prison's walls and etches her message in his mind. "I am Princess Yuuki, my family is out to kill me and I need your help. I will let you escape but you will promise your allegiance to me. There is not enough time now but let us meet again, James Hellsinger.

    He gallops across the plains never stopping until he gets to the forest of Myrr near his hometown. Exhausted in both mind and body, he collapses under the trees. He falls into a deep slumber, unaware of what awaits him through his promise with the princess.

    The Unintenional Crime~Chapter: 1 Law is Everything [END]