chapter 2

My sweet sweet sleep was ended way too early by the shouting that went trough my whole house. Why had I made it so that I could still hear him went beyond me. “Mind keeping it down a little?” I asked annoyed as I walked into the living room, noticing that he had completely wrecked the inside of his cage. “What is this? Where am I? You psycho let me out right this instant or I will get you executed as soon as I get out you bitch.” He shouted at me which made me smirk.

“How are you gonna do that little prince? The law does not include execution as punishment.” I teased him a little which only angered him even more. “I will change that when I get out of here.” His face flushed red as he shouted. “If you ever get out of here that is.” I enjoyed the look of shock on his face.

“What are you going to do to me?” He was still very angry but anxiety seemed to seep in a little as he realised the dire situation he was in. “Nothing. You are just not fit to be king.” I told him bluntly. “You whore! I am more than fit.” I shut him up by taking his voice away from him. “I wouldn’t use that kind of language around me prince. I’m in change here. Not you.” I stared him down as he tried saying a whole bunch of things but nothing came out. “I’ll give it back eventually. If I feel up for dealing with your annoying voice that is.” I added as I went into the kitchen, preparing some breakfast for myself going into the living room again, turning on the TV in an effort to ignore the man in my living room.

He hit the bars with his hands to get my attention which I complied to after ignoring it for a few minutes. “What is it you need.” My voice monotonous as I looked at him coldly. He pointed at the bowl in my hand. I understood that he wanted food but I was not giving in to him so fast. “What is it you want?” I repeated, this time a humorous undertone in my voice as he pointed at the bowl again, clutching his stomach as it growled.

“Ow you’re hungry? You should have told me so.” I teased which enraged him as I walked towards the kitchen, taking a box of cereal out of one of the cupboards. No way I would be cooking him something. He doesn’t deserve that.

I made a box sized hole in the cel which I used to pass the box trough, laughing when he tried pushing his arm outside. “You must really think that I’m stupid hm. You seriously think I wouldn’t take precautions? No human can leave the cage unless I allow them to.” I watched him sink to the floor as I left the insides of his cage a mess. If he liked it that way then that would be what he got.

I busied myself with everything I needed to finish as there was no sound from the cage which I took as him probably plotting my death in silence which I was okay with.

The news of the prince disappearing seemed to be spreading around the kingdom like wildfire, making me wonder how long it would take for the guard to be at my dorm but to my surprise they never came. Either they lack a few braincells or the king agrees with me that his son is in no way capable of becoming king, being the way he is now.

Whatever the reason may be the day was reasonably uneventful as I ignored the prince who would bang on the cell from time to time to try and get out but that fight seemed to fade quite quickly. He really doesn’t know how to work on something for more than a few minutes doesn’t he?

I had fed him during the day, not knowing quite how much he normally ate so I supplied him with enough, not wanting to kill him either. “Have fun sleeping on that.” I bid him goodnight after the long day, nodding towards the mattress he has wrecked. I could see just how uncomfortable he was as he wanted to verbally fight me but he couldn’t thanks to my spell. I sent him a teasing smile as I walked into my bedroom.

I wasn’t woken up incredibly early in the morning this time which made me smile happily as I enjoyed the quiet for a bit longer before I would probably have to give him his voice back. “Morning sunshine.” I beamed at him as I could see that his demeanour had changed a lot over the night. He seemed a bit calmer now.

“Let’s try this.” I said as I moved my hand over the cage, giving him his voice back. “I’ll just take it away again if you annoy me so think careful about what you want to say.” I egged him on a little on purpose as he opened his mouth to retaliate but it seemed like he had learned his lesson. “Why are you doing this? I can give you everything you want just let me out please.” His voice was a bit rough from not being used for a while as I prepared my breakfast.

“Easy you would have made a terrible excuse of a king had I not stepped in. The whole kingdom should thank me. Had I let you ascend you would have ruined the whole kingdom within the first two weeks. So yes you are quite a crappy person and I don’t want nothing but to keep the kingdom safe. No money or anything else could buy me out if that idea sorry little prince.” I sneered. I had expected him to react to what I had said as reactive as he had yesterday but his response never came.

I didn’t mind it at all to be honest, the less I hear of him the better. “I’m going out, I might fix your stuff if you are good.” I said, leaving immediately after breakfast to hang out with a friend who would most likely love to hear my new story.

“So what is this new project you were talking about?” She asked me as we were doing our weekly hike. “I kidnapped the prince.” I said happy which made her stop in her tracks. “You are being serious?” I loved the flabbergast look on her face as she analysed me. “You didn’t think that I would let him become king would you? The people hate him so it’s for the better.” I shrugged, feeling good about what I’m doing.

“I agree with you on that but what are you going to do with him now? I mean like you can’t keep him forever can you?” She was always one with a very realistic view on the world so I had expected her to say this. “Well I have my magic remember? I’ll get him to be a better person and king by the end of it and I’ll release him after erasing all memories he has of me.” She accepted my answer, allowing herself to feel happy now that she knew I was not going to get in trouble for what I am doing.

The hike was filled with us talking about what I was planning to do with him which I was still unsure of right now. We kept talking for a long time in her home after, by the time we got back it was already quite late, having missed both lunch and dinner time in the house. The first thing I heard when I got inside was the loud stomach noice, making me raise my eyebrow as I looked at him sitting on the floor.

“Why didn’t you come back? Are you planning on letting me starve?” He was obviously stressed as he jumped upright, marching towards the bars off the cell, wrapping his hands around the bars. “Don’t worry I have no such intentions.” I shrugged as I threw a look in the cell, noticing that he had not wrecked anything. With a snap of my fingers everything was fixed again and a fridge was placed in the corner.

“I’m sorry for leaving you without food. That fridge is enhanced so that it will never run out of food so this will never happen again.” I said, looking at him as he immediately walked over towards it. “It better not.” He sassed back which made me scoff. “You’re welcome.” I bit which got his attention. “Why would I thank you for anything? You are nothing, a piece of dirt under my shoe.” I smirked as I took his voice away again. “Have fun with the sign language.” he looked alarmed as he tried to speak but nothing came out again.

I shrugged my shoulders as he looked at me accusingly but in comparison to yesterday he dealt with it quite quickly, focussing on the food instead. He really seemed ravenous as he just took whatever he could get his hands on. I would have expected a little more poise from him but then again he was just a piece of shit so I shouldn’t have too high expectations.

I took this time to analyse him a little as he was too busy stuffing his face to notice what I was doing. His face was very handsome and his body very well sculpted, a real price if you ignored absolutely everything else about him. Quite a pity actually that he was so annoying, his sharp jawline and high cheekbones would get a lot of attraction from the woman in the kingdom had they not been repulsed from him.

The next few days weren’t very eventful. I had had enough of his voice to not give it back yet, I don’t know when I would either. I sometimes had to silence the cage entirely as the crying was really starting to piss me off but that luckily stopped after two days and seemed to have been replaced by stress eating as I had to refill the fridge almost every day.

“Alright your stench is becoming too much.” I said one day, I think it had been 8 days since I had kidnapped him. He had not bathed or changed cloths in all the while so the smell that hung around him was quite bad. I stepped into his cell, right trough the bars as they did not affect me. “Let’s freshen you up shall we?” I had expected him to lunge at me so when he did it was not really that surprising.

What was surprising for him was that he could not reach me, I had conjured a forcefield around myself to ward off any attacks from him. “You sure are predictable little prince.” I laughed as I decided to give him his voice back for now, wanting to hear what he has to say for once.

“You can’t touch me if you want to attack. My magic recognises your intentions and will stop you if you do.” I smiled coyly as I walked towards him. “What is it? Lost your tongue?” I was amused by his unwillingness to speak. “I’m sorry.” He finally forced out which made me lift an eyebrow. “What for?” This really is a change from how he was a few days back. “For attacking you.” I could sense that he was forcing himself to apologise, making it not a very heartfelt apology but I rolled with him. “You’re forgiven. Now lets alleviate this stench cause it’s starting to get too much.” I let him be encircled with fog, cleaning him and his cloths with it.

“That’s a whole lot better.” I was quite happy with my work as I looked him over, noticing that his pants fit a bit more snug over his thighs which made me smirk. It was to be expected from all the stress eating. “Thank you.” He amazed me again, which made me get an idea. I might as well make him a better person if I train him like pavlov, rewarding him for wanted behaviour and taking away his voice when he was pissing me off. “I’ll try to find you some other cloths for you.”

He seemed surprised too at my willingness to make his stay here a bit more comfortable. “I might have to size it up though as these are starting to become a little snug aren’t they little prince. Are you losing your abs already?” I teased which made a scowl appear on his face but he refrained from snapping at me as he knew that would only get him in more trouble.

“I don’t need bigger cloths.” He ended up grumbling which was fine by me. If he wants to live in denial then so be it. “Floats my boat”, with a snap of my fingers a simple outfit appeared on his bed, I made sure not to include elastic cloths so he could feel the consequences of his own choice.

I wasn’t surprised when I saw him working out in his cage the next morning. Finally he had noticed that I was right about this as he did sit ups. He had taken his shirt off so that they would not start smelling too soon, making me able to see the slightest bit of chub on his abdomen. I wouldn’t have even noticed if he would not have made such a big deal about wanting to wear the same size cloths but now I did notice and it amused me.

Binging for 8 days seemed to catch up surprisingly fast on a human’s body together with little to no exercise. “Awe is the prince finally moving again. I was wondering when you’d start moving again.” I teased him which earned me a nasty look which I just ignored. I was okay with the nasty looks, he doesn’t need to like me as I despise him with everything in me.
“Someone has gotten out at the wrong side of the bed.” I said mostly to myself but it seemed to piss him off even more. I wondered if I’d end up having to take his voice away by th end of the day as I got to work.

“What are you even doing?” About an hour into my work he interrupted me “Working. I’m sure you‘re not blind.” I snapped at him as he had broken my concentration. “Work with me here. What are you working on?” He pushed a bit snappy in response to my attitude.

“Do you want to know?” I smirked, coming up with a little plan in a few seconds. “I’m not so sure anymore.” He was clearly taken aback by the grin on my face which amused me even more. “No need to be so cautious. I haven’t done anything to you did I?” I liked playing these mind games with him. It kept it interesting for the both of us.

“Okay.” It took him some time but he finally answered. “Alright eat this.” I told him as I made a brownie appear in his cage. It was just a normal brownie but he didn’t know that and that was what kept it fun. “What is this going to do?”

“Wouldn’t you like to know little prince. Only one way to know.” I motioned for him to put it to his mouth which he did, eating the sweet treat. “I don’t feel anything.” He mumbled a few seconds after he had eaten it which made me have to stifle a laugh. “I’d hope so. I would be worried if a brownie made you feel things.” I smirked as the pieces came together in his head. “This is just a normal brownie?” He asked stunned by the revelation that I had tricked him.

“It is now shut up. My magic does not concern you.” I made my statement as I turned my back on him again, hearing him open the fridge again. I guess that treat made him forget about the diet of his already.