<span style="font-style: italic">"....and you, my son, shall wed the third princess of the Northern Kingdom of Azcar, Princess Natalie...," </span>as soon as Prince Sebastian of the Southern Haven Country heard his father, King William the Fifth utter those words he stormed out of the throne room leaving both his father and the his court bewildered at the usually clam prince's actions. While the King just let out a sigh of frustration and a frown of disappointment.<br/><br/>Sebastian had run off towards his deceased mother's personal garden. He stopped still at the large statue of the earth goddess, Lady Gaia. He kneeled in front of the statue, bowing his head he prayed for strength to get though this and marry the girl. He did not love her, he did love his country--but he loved another girl more. A simple shy girl. He smiled at the thought of his beloved and felt the wind pick up and whip his hair around him, the fragrance of lilies and roses (the flowers that dominated his mother's garden and his favorites). He opened his eyes to look up at Lady Gaia and saw her normal glossy marble eyes had taken a new lively bluish sheen to them. He saw this as a sign.