Author's Notes:

Hello,

This is my first (and likely, only) foray into this fandom, and it's a bit of uncharted territory for me. The intended demographic for this movie is a bit younger - understatement! - than myself, but I couldn't help but find it a charming little story. Despite the 'teen' trappings of the movie, I've always loved different explorations of the 'Nature vs. Nurture' theme, and Descendants touches on that in a cute, innocent way. That being said, I wanted to explore that theme and the characters in a more mature and older light, and so I thought I'd take a quick break from my other stuff to get this little story out.

This is plotted to be a short 5-chapter (6, if you count the tiny little prologue below) novella. As I'm thinking some of the readers who find this will be younger than I usually write for, I'll try and keep it 'cleaner' (and use a new pen name while I'm at it). Also, please accept my early apologies for the brevity of this story, and any awkward pacing you may find. It's a bit un-betaed, since I just wanted to get it out of my system quickly, and didn't want to spend too much time with editing.

And of course, in the way of disclaimer, these characters do not belong to me. I'm just playing with them briefly, and do not profit from anything here.

Other than that, please enjoy Birthright.

Happy reading!

Cheers,
Kaye

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Birthright
Prologue

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He woke.

Darkness. Dampness. Cold.

He shifted. The movement caused an echo of hollow rumblings from the surrounding rocks.

He blinked the sleep from his eyes as he stood, languid motions stiffened by centuries of slumber. Life began to rush into muscles that had been dormant for far too long.

Restlessness. Need. Hunger.

The fire ignited in his belly.

He heard life. In the distance, small, human voices chimed through the deep caverns around him.

They would do. What meager relief they provided would be enough to appease him for now.

After that...

He paused.

After that, he was onto bigger and better things.