The door opens, and his three year old little brother, came out, dressed smugly and handsomely. But the sleeve is a bit too large for him, but then it comes out as cute rather than unfitting. Ruka smiled at his little brother and hugged him. His little brother was fidgeting, trying to get out, but Ruka doesn't let go. Tears welled up in Ruka's eyes as he sees his little brother getting his rune initiation. In signifies that this boy wil be Prince and also that this boy is ready enough to handle and learn magic, much like Ruka, who got the Rage rune, 8 years ago.

"Ruka, let go off your little brother, honey, he has to go for the initiation now," the Queen exclaimed to Ruka with a kind and loving smile, knowing how much Ruka cared for his little brother, "But you were a good boy to be waiting for your little brother get ready so patiently."

Ruka smiled at her and gestured for her to bend down to him. She did just that and Ruka gave a little kiss to her on the cheek and said, "And I was also waiting for you, mommy." Then he gave out a smile that was so kind and gentle, that his mother cried.

Dagan looked at his mother and bapped Ruka on the shoulder, "What did you do? Why did you make mother cry?"

"I didn't mean to! I was saying nice things to her," Ruka explained while rubbing his shoulder that got bapped.

"No, no, oh my little darlings, I'm crying out of happiness," their mother said and smiled, which made the boys then hugged her, "I'm so happy to have such nice sons who care for me so much."

Then she got up and straighten out her dress, "Well, come on Dagan, we need to get you to the big Hall." And then she took Dagan's hand and walk while Ruka followed behind them.

They went into the big hall. Ruka was trying to find their father but it seems he had to be away again. The damn war. Just the Dagan was asked to step up to the altar. Dagan tries to hide, but Ruka said that it's gonna be okay and then said that he'll escort Dagan up the altar. Dagan was relieved to hear this and turned back to face the altar. Ruka then stood beside him and gets himself ready. Good thing he dressed up for this occassion. They both then walked up the altar, with the crowds murmuring at this event. Their mother stopped everyone from making more noise by shushing them and then looked at the two close and loving brothers and smiled.

"Don't worry. Even if it breaks tradition, this will HAVE to be let through."

The priest on the altar was then sweating. There was a thing about escorting the initiator up on the altar. It was said to bring bad luck. But then, the queen insisted on it, so nothing can be done to deny this.

As they get up to the altar, the Priest said a few words of encouragement and initiating the start of the event. Then a Runemaster walked up from behind the priest and held out a Water Rune. Then he started waving the Rune around the top of Dagan's head and started chanting. In a brief moment, the symbol of the water rune appeared above Dagan and it's shape changed. It still looked like a water rune symbol, but with a slight difference to show that this is the rune of the Highland Prince. Then the rune went into Dagan's hand. Dagan staggered a bit seeing the rune going into his flesh and tried to avoid it but Ruka held him back and said that it's okay. The rune went in Dagan safely and Dagan gave a sigh of relief.

The priest then raised up his hand and was about to give out a hallelujay or something to that extent, but at that same moment, arrows start flying in from the open window of the hallway and struck the Priest right at the heart. The priest clutched his bloody chest before he slumped to the ground and then everyone started to panic. People were running all around the place, falling down and screaming.

But through all this, Ruka just stood in his place and had Dagan around his arms. Shielding Dagan from anything. They looked around trying to find their mother. Dagan started to sniff and would later on start bawling. Just then Ruka saw their mother knocked off by a panicky man. The Queen fell onto the ground, butt first and that made Ruka run out to her with Dagan following suit.

"MOTHER!" Dagan and Ruka shouted.

Their mother slowly tries to get up but was too hurt on her backside until Ruka reached out to her hand and helped her get up. He smiled after seeing that his mother was kinda, sorta well. And his mother smiled looking at her son being beside with her, but her expression changed as she realised that it's only one son that is here with her. She looked around and saw no sign of Dagan but she was sure she saw both of them running to her. At that instant, Ruka started to look around as well.

"Dagan?" He started to ask the room that is full of people running around.

"DAGAN?!? DAGAN?!? DAGAN!!!" he starts to panic himself, going all around the room, from left to right to left again, trying to find his little brother.

20 minutes past, the room is empty. The queen was sent to the Medical Room to check if the baby suffered anything, but Ruka just sat in the middle of the hall crying.

"Dagan.... *sniff* where are you, little brother? Dagan? Dagan?" he still asks the empty, hollow room. He sniffled and cried.

A man came up behind him and crouched down to him. The middle-aged man put his arm around him and shakes Ruka a bit. Ruka looked at the man beside him. It was Lord Grayton. He then hugged Grayton and started to bawl. Grayton hugged Ruka back and tried to hold back the tears that is now streaming down his cheek.

"WAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! DAGAN!!! THEY TOOK DAGAN!!!" Ruka bawled into Grayton's chest.

"I'm sorry" Grayton apologised.