Rise of an Empire
Chapter One: Introduction
Hello there, my name is William. Right now, the Trog Empire is at a fierce war right now. But I'll explain later. I am the son of Emperor Stitch. All 625 experiments rallied with Stitch in an effort to get the sub-advanced species called the Humans to acknowledge their presence as aliens. After about a year of discussion between the world leaders, they have decided to let them live free. However, Stitch had other plans. Under Jumba's help, they have founded the Trog Empire, with Stitch as Emperor, and Angel as his wife. Lilo was named Royal Advisor to Stitch about a decade after the founding.
The Galactic Federation has offered an embassy to the growing empire, and the emperor agreed. Now, in Human time, it is October 25th, 2032. We offered the humans some technology as gratitude for letting us go without quarrel, and in return, they offered an alliance, which we accepted. Let me start this, about 3 years ago…
March 17th, 2029
The palace was silent as usual. The robot servants buzzed around, doing various jobs they were programmed to do. I was reading a biography about a person named Andrew Johnson, Chapter XI: Assistance to the Trogs. It says here, that around the age of 10, he moved to Lilo's hometown. While moving, he had to convince his parents that everything is safe, all the meanwhile helping Lilo out with reforming us.
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Andrew had a major problem: he had to convince his parents that this town is safe while helping Lilo Pelekai. That, and Sparky, AKA 221, strayed into his home, and he had to figure out how to make him stay since his parents discovered his powers. It took a few days, but Andrew finally managed to convince his parents that as long as he keeps an eye on Sparky, he can stay. Andrew and Sparky bonded very well after that day. Andrew was seen playing catch, tag and various other games with Sparky, while helping Lilo in secret.
I find Andrew very interesting. When the Empire was founded, he created the law that protected the certain rights of the people. A few years later, he created what everybody calls, Andrew's Law. The law states, that every Duke of a planet has a right to implement laws on their planet without affecting the other planet, or authorization of the government. However, it had to be checked by The Greater Council, much like a Supreme Court of the United States, so it doesn't alienate, and or destroy the people's rights.
I closed the book to take a break, and looked out of the window. This planet is called Second Earth because it's shocking similarity to the original Earth. Then, a robo-butler approached.
"Sire, you are requested at The Greater Council to discuss a law affecting Dulibarij" he informed me.
"I'll be there as soon as I can" I told him.
"Yes my lord" he bowed, and walked away. The robots were humanoid, with a visor for a face. They usually wear clothes that represent their job.
I walked over to my dresser, yes it is my room if I forgot to mention that, and put on my blue and black robe with gold linings. I exited my room, and walked down the white hallway, with a perfectly waxed linoleum floor.
When I exited the palace a few minutes later, and entered the landing-pad for my ship, another robo-butler came up to me.
"The ship is fueled and destination is set for Kurij" he said.
"Excellent" I said. The door opened vertically, and I stepped inside. The inside was decorated lavishly. The seats were leather, the floor was a furry carpet, and there were paintings of Andrew, me and my family.
"We will take off in just a second sire" the pilot said. I sat down in a seat and buckled myself. Taking out a book I brought with me, I laid my legs down on the leg rest in front of me, and started reading it. It was a cheap romance book, something that my brother, Dorian gave me.
Dorian is my brother, who is the Duke of Zervyla, an industrial planet. He is a strong believer in Industrialism, and he usually checks the industrial levels of the empire. I'm the Duke of Second Earth, if you haven't learned yet. It is a very agricultural planet, rated the highest in the charts. I have supreme knowledge in agriculture, which boosted farming levels by 25 when I arrived.
I was…..un-interested in this book, but Dorian insisted, so I'm reading it just to be a good brother. I mean, a muscular man coming through the window and carrying a woman on a stallion? You can't tell me that is cheap. I looked out the window. We have already left the atmosphere, and now flying through space.
"Engaging warp-drive in t-minus 10 seconds" the pilot informed. I set the book in a safe place, and gripped the arm rests.
"Engaging warp-drive" the pilot said. I felt like I was being pulled apart by an invisible force, then a jolt sent me crashing against my seat.
"We have arrived at Kurij, landing in 2 minutes" the pilot said calmly.
I'll never get used to that… I thought. Again, I looked out the window. Kurij had a dirt-brown atmosphere from space, but had a blue-sky from the ground. Apparently, from what I hear, an extinct species carried dust in the sky, giving its color from space, yet retain the blue color from the ground. Artifacts tell us that it was a winged bird of some kind. The flight was smooth and calm through the transition past the atmosphere, I barely felt a thing.
The city, Ghujakiba, its capital, was now in view. The sky was dark, the clock above me switched to its time zone, which is 1:30 AM. The city lit up the ground
in a bright light. So far, I was wondering what the law is and why it was chosen to become implemented.
I will find out soon enough…
15 minutes later…
"Little Willie!" Dorian called out, arms spread.
"Hey Dorian" I said, a little irked by the nickname. You guessed it, he's my older brother. And he isn't my only sibling. I got 3 sisters: Alex, Xarcia, and Jennifer.
Here's the list from oldest to youngest: Dorian, Alex, Xarcia, Myself and Jennifer.
Alex is the Duchess of Rubanjiar, Xarcia of Hyglokia, and Jennifer of Ganluysko. Rubanjiar is considered "The City of Dreams", primarily because it is the home of the biggest labels. Ruban records, music stores, anything you need to start a showbiz or music career.
Hyglokia is "Sin City" last I heard. Drug use, gambling and other stuff is rampant, even tolerated in that city.
Ganluysko is primarily a city where there are a lot of shopping places, restaurants, hotels and other stuff.
"How was the trip?" Dorian asked. Dorian is pretty similar to my dad, except he has purple fur, with magenta on his abdomen and around his eyes, which were the usual black. He has an excellent physique level. He was even voted Sexiest Man Alive!
"The usual" I shrugged. Unlike him, I was a bit different. I have black fur, much to the confusion of the doctors, with a grey tone on my abdomen, dark blue eyes, and an average physique level. He is at average height, while I'm a few inches taller, a little short below my dad, who grew tall over the years.
"So, why are we summoned to the council?" I asked.
"Beats me, some governor is doing that" he shrugged.
"Wait, I thought Andrew's Law only affects Dukes?" I said, puzzled.
"You really haven't been going out much, have you?" he chuckled. "Andrew came back after touring his planet from his music career, and decided to revise the law so it can affect governors also"
"Huh, is he here right now?" I wondered.
"Yeah, he's going googly-eyes on his fiancée" he joked. I got excited. To tell you the truth, he's kind of my idol. No, not because he's a famous musician, but because he helped shape the empire today. He is a very strong believer in Equality and Individual Rights. He even voted for harsh punishments for Racial Profiling and Discrimination.
"C'mon, let's go" he motioned for me. We got off the landing pad, and entered inside the Spaceport. It was….loud. There were many people in here, some whose immigrating to Earth, the capital of The Sol Federation, others immigrating here. The building was a bright grey and massive windows gives on-goers a view of Ghujakiba and the environment. The Emperor's palace was in the dead-center, and the biggest building of all of them.
If you lived on Earth, and went here, you would say that the palace looks very similar to the White House. True, but it was darker, had a statue of Zekylma, the god of peace, on the top; and it had massive towers circling it.
We arrived at the main entrance/exit to where we met a street. It was much like the ones at Los Angeles: it had 8 lanes, or so. Hover-cars zipped by in a blur, with a neon-green glow at the bottom. Our car, of course, was a limo. Using the windows, it had 4 of them in between. Our driver came out and opened the door to let us in. He was a human, American if I am correct, and he had a trimmed beard.
"Hello sire, where shall we head to tonight?" he asked politely after a bow.
"The council" I said.
"Right away sire" he bowed. Me and Dorian entered the car, and we took off.
To be honest, there were times where I wanted to live here. I mean, there's so much excitement around here, nightclubs, bars, restaurants, everything.
"Hey Dorian, you never answered my question about Andrew" I said.
"Uhh, yeah I did" he replied.
"No, just what he is doing, where is he?" I corrected.
"Oh…well, I think he's hanging around the assembly room of the council hall" he said. I smirked in excitement.
"What, you got a crush or something?" he grinned.
"No! He's just…awesome in my view" I replied quickly. If you're wondering, I haven't gotten a fiancée yet.
He laughed, then said "right"
I groaned. Sometimes, he's just so…annoying.
"We're almost there sire, about 3 minutes if I am correct" our driver said.
"So I hear this is about a governor's decision for a law?" I asked.
"Yeah, and it so happens I know what it is" he said.
"So it's?"
"Apparently, the governor, Tim Sheekal, was pretty paranoid about a rise in crime for the right to bear arms law, made by Andrew himself of course" he explained. "So he thinks that guns should only be allowed in times of emergency"
"It won't get passed" I said, leaning back.
"Agreed" he nodded.
Still, I always wonder what would happen. I mean, people say that the future always holds surprises…