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WIP Wednesday: I'm Not Alone, and Neither Are You

The original idea for 'Name', but it has more of a focus on Leon and the fourth 'prince's' scenes together.

Regular warnings: raw writing, not edited, more like glorified notes than anything. It had been a while since I had done Leon's route, so some things I'm sure I got wrong, but this is an AU where the original prince has a different gender than was in canon, so I think I have some leeway in making shit up.

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"Prince Leon," a snide voice called to the figure on the bed, startling them as a young boy with black hair and golden eyes was thrown onto the floor.

"Meet… Prince Leon."

The boy on the floor, covered in scratches and bruises, gritted his teeth and looked up at the figure on the bed, seeing the same black hair and golden eyes staring back at him, widened with fright.

Slowly, the child on the bed swallowed their fright, hand on their chest.

"Please be kinder to him," the voice was gentle despite the fright running through them.

"Only what is required of me, little brat." The snide man chuckled, "I'll leave you two to become better acquainted. You'll be spending quite a lot of time together, after all."

With a laugh and a loud slamming door, the man left, leaving the two children that looked like perfect mirrors of each other.

"Umm," the child on the bed said, "I… I'm sorry for all of this. I-I'm sure that Mother has compensated your family for this but I-"

"I don't have a family." the boy said bluntly, making the child on the bed recede further away.

"Oh. Oh, I'm so sorry I-"

"That man picked me up from the quarry for a copper penny. I didn't have a family to begin with. Don't know my parents. No mama or papa to speak of. Nothing but work since I was born."

"So, a slave boy then… I'm sorr-"

"Stop apologizing."

The child stopped, biting their lip and clenching their hands in the white sheets.

"Why are you in bed?" The boy questioned, "it's the middle of the day."

The child touched their chest once again.

"My heart acts funny when I get too excited. It's… it's why you were brought here."

"I dunno how to fix funny hearts."

"Not to fix me. The palace physiker has already tried. You're here… to be me, Leon Dompteur."

"Be Leon Dompteur?"

"You're…. You're going to be my replacement. I'm not supposed to live much longer, because my heart acts funny sometimes. So you were bought to become me."

"Sounds stupid."

"It is." the child sighed, breathing slowly and careful. "But Mother doesn't want the secret getting out about me dying. Or… about my other secret."

"Other secret?"

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[Later, on more friendly terms]

"When we are alone, I would prefer it if you would call me Leona."

"Leona?"

"Yes," she smiled sadly, "Since… well, it won't be my name for much longer, I would like to be called something I feel suits me better. And, Leon is going to be your name from now on, after all."

"You still have some attachment to your old name though. You could go all out and choose a more fantastical as your name."

"I think I like Leona best, since I was called Leon for so long. Something completely different might not register."

"Heh, whatever, Princess Leona."

She smiled.

"What was your name before?"

"Before?" He quirked an eyebrow, "don't know. No one ever gave me a name."

"Then, I'm giving you my name."

"A princess's hand-me-downs. How gracious of you."

"Is there another name you would like to be called then?"

"Not really. I kinda like Leon. Like a lion."

Leona smiled,

"You are very fierce and brave. It suits you."

"Your brother's the one the start the fight. I just had to defend myself."

"He tends to be like that, the few times I've met with him."

"Do you think it's because he's suspicious of me?"

"Chevalier is rather perceptive, it can be frightening sometimes."

"He was fun to fight though. Didn't hold anything back."

"Please be nice to my brothers, Leon. They'll soon be your brothers too, you know."

"You're far too nice when it comes to them. They're you're half-brothers."

"I know," the girl sighed, sipping tea, "I wish I knew all of them better, to not have to hide myself away from them."

Leon frowned.

"Do they know you're actually a girl?"

She shook her head.

"No, they only know of me as the fourth prince. It would not surprise me if Chevalier knew, however."

"Yeah, that guy is scary smart." Leon scratched his head. "Crazy good with a sword too."

#krys's adventure's in fanfiction #wip wednesday #ikemen prince #leon dompteur #devon's headcanons about Leon being a trans ally have lived rent free in my head for a while #thus what lead to the original idea for this fic #fourth prince can be interpreted as either #I think #kinda wish there was more about the transition period of the fourth prince 'transferring' himself into Leon #and how if at all anyone noticed the change between the two #had it in my head at the time that Chevalier noticed #because chev is gonna chev #and attempts to fight Leon #but then there's also a part of me that says Chev wouldn't care about the real fourth prince because he was so sickly that he couldn't do-#much #basically calling him useless #as chev tends to do #but he accepts our Leon slightly more because he fights back #and is not a sickly child #if that makes sense #much as I wanna make Chev play nice #chev does not play nice #ever #lol

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