Alabaster stood outside the palace awaiting the prince. They had both come from the throne room where he had been given the honor to accompany the prince to their neighboring kingdom to the south. In order to get there, they would go through the vast forest where a lot of dangers lurked around every corner. He was suppose to protect the prince from all of them. He felt excited that he was chosen out of all of the guard, but there was that pit feeling in his gut that he was going to fail. He took a few deep breaths in order to keep himself calm.
It was strange that he got picked out of everyone since he wasn't normal compared to the other guards. Curled, white horns on the side of his head, bronze wings folded into his back and a tail matching the same color made him stand out to say the least. He did wonder why was he chosen, but he wouldn't dare question the king's decision. He turned to the door seeing the prince walk out. "Your majesty"
