Medals the Pony

Due to the sheer popularity of "pony books" on the Internet and TV, and his younger daughter's wild obsession with those "ponies", "horses", and their "caring girl owners", the author would like to have a go in his attempt to create a "pony book", spiced with chunks of humor ... 

TOTA - P2 - The Hero Sir Juste

Once upon a time, in a not-so-far kingdom, there lived a king. Upon discovering an old book that mentioned prophecies regarding his "lost" family in certain manorial farming villages, he then ordered some troops and physicians into these selected villages to encourage the locals to sign up for a royal blood test.

But only one of these villages had its reward. The Hero's father and his neighbors passed the test, and they and their families were forced to move to the Palace to live as princes and nobles. Their village was turned into a "free city", bringing in the dreaded wave of merchants and guildsmen to settle somewhere away from the manor, enough to be an annoyance for the locals.

The Hero, Juste, who was raised by the sneering Crown Prince Dukebox, forgot his father's heritage. Raised to believe that he will become an effective commander loved by the commoners (something most Princes were indoctrinated into before engaging military service or royal tenure), he became very arrogant and foolish.