The Prince
Chapter 1
by 
PCCViking
The sun shone through my bedroom window, waking me up. I yawned and stretched. I sat up in my bed when someone knocked on the door outside.
"Come in," I commanded.
"Your highness...the worst has come..." the guard said, bowing.
I had an idea. "Is it my mother?" I asked.
"Yes. The Queen, your mother, has passed away," the guard replied.
I grimaced. My mother wasn't exactly old, but she had been ill for the past few weeks. The plan was for me to wait another 5 years and then have me married, so that I could have a wife and choose the next kingdom.
The twist of this realm was that only the queen would rule. Her husband, or a lord, would act as regent if there was no queen. The only power I had was right now: choosing the next queen.
"What are your orders, your highness?" the guard asked.