Hello again everybody, this is quite an achievement, only been 5 days since I released this story and I am already at Chapter 10. I have surprised myself quite a bit. Now here is the next chapter for you.
Chapter 10: Birthday
Today was the birthday of a royal within the Espeon kingdom. People were joyous of the occasion as another Royal has now reached the age of maturity to the adults. Today was Prince Asra's birthday. Many people had already through the day been wishing him well as he now became an adult.
Asra did feel a little awe-inspired by this. Finally becoming an adult is something that happens every day. He was currently in the house in the main room downstairs with his family, his friends and his friend's family were also around. The parents were mainly talking to each other with the Alpha's as they were all good friends. Asra was stood with his friends: Tiago, Cheryl and Mace. They were all happily chatting.
Tiago placed a paw on Asra's back saying "So how is it feeling now to be an adult". Asra was trying to find words on how he would describe it "Well it is new, I need more time to accurately describe it to you". Mace then made a quick comment "Well don't take too long, you may be the oldest of the group, but we aren't too far behind". Asra smirked towards Mace's comment "You only just turned 17 about a month ago, you still have ages yet".
Mace looked down a little agreeing with his friend "Yeah, it does feel downing to be the youngest of our group a little". Cheryl who was stood next to them said "Well Mace, now you know to respect your elders now as Asra is an adult now". Tiago agreeing with his friend said "Yeah, come one Mace where is the respect boy". Mace lowered his ears as the comments were said "Hey, I only need to for 11 months until I become an adult".
Asra deciding to joke made a comment "Well I better take full advantage then from the time I have then before Mace turns 18 then he will think we are equal in age again". Tiago also joined in "And in one month after that you will become 19 and be ahead again". Mace shook his head in disappointment "Alright guys you can simmer it down now, I can hear you know".
Asra and Tiago went laughing together. Mace rolled his eyes and begun to speak back to them. On the far side of the room Cortez was sat with Pearl watching the group. Cortez then annoyingly said "Why does it matter if he becomes 18, he is still far younger than me". Pearl then said a little annoyed "You got to celebrate the day, big brother and now it is his turn". Cortez glared towards Pearl a little bit before he begun saying "What's special about him though, he doesn't need a party".
Pearl curious as to why her brother was thinking this asked him "Why is that?" Cortez made another glare "He isn't even next in line for the throne, what could be special about a second rate prince like him". Pearl shocked at the harshness for his words said "There is no need for that, he is still our brother. That is rude".
Cortez leaned against a table "So what if he is my brother it is still true, he is a second rate prince, what could he possibly offer to the clan if he was a king". Pearl narrowed her eyes a little and walked away from him and towards her parents to find better company.
Cortez watched his sister leave him and move to see his parents who were all chatting. They had been a couple of hour and it wouldn't be too far away from coming to sunset beginning. Tiago then asked Asra a serious question "So Asra why don't you tell about the first you're going to do tomorrow as a full-fledged Adult". Asra now was given a question he was going to think hard about.
He did feel like abusing it tomorrow just for the sake of it "Well I have decided tomorrow I am going to stay asleep never to wake up". Mace decided to commend his friend on that "What a great choice but won't your parents try to counter that". Asra looked towards the Alpha's where Dalis was laughing towards a joke". Asra looked down and said towards him "You are correct there, Arceus, I thought I would be able to get away with it, no way with them two".
Cheryl who was stood next to Tiago said to him "I know go outside and then find somewhere private and then sleep there, that way you wouldn't be interrupted there". That gave Asra a though towards this and made a smile "You know Cheryl that sound like a good idea, but that will involve you not seeing me tomorrow though". Mace then slyly said to keep it going "Unless we find you while asleep". The bright eyed Espeon chuckled and said "I know just the place where you will never find me".
Mace was curious to this and asked "How do you know it is Asra?" Asra was about to answer him but Tiago got to it before him "Well this is the Prince you are talking to I am sure he has been learning about the territory of our Kingdom". Asra made a nod towards his friends comment as Mace sulked a little bit "I guess I didn't take that into account did I". Cheryl made a sigh and asked a question to Asra "Is it always your intention Asra to make his life a misery".
Mace held his ears back before saying "I don't intend to make it a misery, just maybe I would make it more interesting". Cheryl upon hearing this rolled her eyes towards this "Wow Mace, you sure do amaze me". The bright eyed Prince deciding now would be the perfect time to slip off "Alright guys, well I am going to go tend to a few things for my birthday, got a must do for your birthday list from my friends in one of the villages and I promised I would go see them".
While they were a bit disappointed, they did understand as he shouldn't be cooped up inside for his entire party and they all bid him farewells. He was quick to make his way to the entrance, let my mum and Dad know I will be back later today, so they can continue to pester me on my birthday". Tiago nodded to him and said "Will o Asra, go enjoy your must do list".
Asra's ears dropped down to this "I will try to". Asra then exited the room closing the doors behind him. He then made a thought to himself on the matter "Now to go see how Carly is going, I did promise I would see her on my birthday". He began walking off from the home and out of the main yard before he moved off. He was heading past the streets towards the exit as quick as possible as he was excited to see Carly again.
He arrived near the entrance in minutes later of walking. He stood there preparing to go out. Before he did he heard a voice "Hi Asra" The bright eyed Espeon closed his eyes and leaned down a little knowing who it is "Not this now". He looked to see his stalker was behind him "How is your birthday Asra". Asra tried to keep it short but needed to get rid of her as she would observe him leaving the town.
He turned to her saying "Yes I am enjoying it, is there something you need because I have something important to do". Katy nodded quickly to him "Yes I want to say sorry to you" Asra's ear's perked up in surprise over this "Really, what for". Katy looked down for a moment and answered his question "Well, I think I may have been acting inappropriate in front of you and I have been making you feel uncomfortable, and I am sorry for doing that to you, Asra".
Asra was left astonished by this, he thought she was going to try and seduce him or something but this was unexpected "Can you accept my apology Asra?" While the Bright eyed Espeon was suspicious a little he was in a very good mood today and nodded "Yes Katy and thanks for understanding my position". Katy nodded to him and said "So to make it up to you, I got you a gift". Asra made a smile to this thinking she had given up her ways "Really, thanks". Katy then kindly said "Okay, I want to surprise you though with it so can you close your eyes".
He was trying to understand what she was getting at but decided to humour her and he did close my eyes "Okay, you can move the gift in front of me" Katy slyly smiled to this and winked an eye at him. Suddenly energy forming pink hearts came out and went straight at Asra. Asra unaware kept his eyes closed as the hearts begun to spin around him.
Katy satisfied with this said "Okay you can open your eyes". Asra smiled and open his eyes he saw the hearts about to interact with him and he fearfully said "Oh no, not this". The hearts made contact and his eyes flickered red a little. Asra was losing control and moved back a little. His eyes weren't revealed to be fully covered and only the outlying parts of his eyes were enveloped in red energy.
He shook his head and begun focusing trying to repel the attract effect. Asra gritted his teeth and felt the presence and was fighting it "What how are resisting it". Katy was confused by how Asra was put under the effect of Attract. Asra shook his head again and grunted angrily. The red colour coming onto his eyes quickly disappeared and Asra breathed heavily when he felt the presence was gone. Katy was horrified "How can this by, you should be mine now Asra. Attract only fails if you are in love with someone but you don't so how". She quickly turned away and ran fearing Asra's reaction.
Asra fell down onto his legs for a second feeling weak from the effects. His senses had dulled for a moment. Eventually though he recovered and his eyes returned to their normal sense. He shook his head and sighed for a second "What happened". He looked up to see Katy was gone. He glared to this "What does she think she is, the future Queen? How dare she do that"?
Asra remembered what happened and thought "But how come Attract failed, it only has a chance of failing if the victim is already in love and the chance is at 50-50 then but I am not in love with anyone". Asra looked over and he thought about all of this "Well it doesn't matter, if I ever become King, I am going to make it law that it is a criminal offence for Katy to come within the vicinity of me".
He was still sieving in anger but knowing what he was supposed to be doing right now, and that it was his birthday. He decided it was not worth staying too angry over and he turned around to the exit to the city. He saw that it was only an hour from sunset seeing the position of the sun. He decided he needed to hurry himself and begun walking off heading outside of the Main town.
It took him at least almost an hour to reach the edge of the territory due to the main town being not too far but it if it was from the far village on the other side, it would take a couple of hours for him to reach his destination. At least of walking anyway, but eventually he did arrive at his usual meeting place just outside of the forest. Asra and Carly first me just over a month now and they are becoming very close friends.
He looked around wondering if she was present in the area. "Carly". He looked around and there wasn't any answer. He looked around and he could still see nothing "Carly are you here?" He was a little suspicious but he had a thought "Did I arrive too late, Have I missed the time today". He was so wrapped up in his thoughts he failed to sense the activity around him. Suddenly something approached from behind and tapped his side. He looked and immediately came face to face with the Umbreon "Boo".
The shiny Umbreon shouted it and sent the Bright blue eyed Espeon into a fright he fell onto his back when he pulled back so fast. Carly upon seeing this couldn't help but laugh at him. Asra immediately narrowed his eyes a little "Was that necessary, Carly". As Asra was getting back on his legs to stand up Carly said "Sorry, Asra. But I just couldn't resist". Asra gave her a teasing face and said "hahaha that was so funny". Carly nodded to him on it "Yeah it was Asra".
Asra sat up and Carly sat in front of him "Anyway this is for Asra happy birthday". Carly took something from behind her which was revealed to be a little box which was wrapped a little with two lines going across it. Asra was surprised by this and said "Wow, you remembered". Carly nodded proudly to this "Yeah, your 18 now an adult. It will be my birthday in a few weeks and I become 17". Asra nodded to that "I will need to remember that".
Carly pushed the box in front of him and he looked to it and Carly said "Well don't sit there, open it already". Asra then sighed before saying "It is wrapped so nicely though" Carly smiled to the compliment as Asra opened the box. He saw a round item of blue colour the shape and size of a band that goes on someone. Asra grabbed it gently and it felt as soft as it was so small in size as well.
He held it and smiled "Wow this is great Carly thank you, where did you get this". Carly smiled happily that her friend liked it, one of my dad's friends makes them so I asked him for a blue one and he said that was the rarest but he had one left and I was able to get it". Asra then went and put it on his right paw's wrist. He looked at him and said "I like it Carly, thanks for it. It is one of the best gifts I have had". Carly was flattered by that and said "Surely you have had better things". Asra titled his head before he kindly said "To me in a gift, it is the thought that counts. Not what it is?" Carly was surprised by that. She smiled happily to that "Your welcome then Asra".
Asra saw that sunset was coming close and said "Alright let's go Carly, there is something I want to show you. It is really close by". Asra turned around and begun leading the way over towards his territory a little. Carly was a little curious at exactly what the Espeon wanted to show her. They walked past some big rocks and arrived at the area nearby and Asra stepped around some rocks. He then face Carly and showed her "Here we are Carly".
Carly looked to see it was a lake and they were facing the sun. Carly smiled as she said "Oh okay, this place looks nice". Asra walked over towards the side of the Lake and sat himself down on his legs and looked to the lake. Carly came and sat herself down right beside him. They were laying down facing the sun.
As sunset was on the verge of taking place Asra said "When sunset occurs, look at the lake, you will be mesmerised by it". Carly was curious but decided to be patient as she looked to Asra "So how has your birthday been". Asra now went to recall all of his events today "Well I got up late which I wished for and later I had my friends all invited round where we had laughs and a good time together. We also did some activites together".
Asra took a breath before he continued "Anyway after that it was time for me to come and meet you. So I left and something bad happened on the way". Carly now was wondering what he had to say "My stalker Katy, had come to me claiming she was sorry that she was awkward around him and apologised to me. Originally I accepted it and she said she got a gift for me to show she was sorry".
Carly could tell this was going somewhere and listened "So she tells me to close my eyes and she uses attract and it strikes me". Carly was shocked at this and said "But how are you not under the effect now". Asra shook his head "That is the thing when I had opened my eyes, it made contact with me and I felt the influence of the effect, but for some strange reason, It failed and I was able to repel it. Katy then retreated away".
Carly although she was curious as to why the Attract failed was more focused on the fact Katy tried to take control of Asra's feelings "Why that is so cruel and selfish. If I ever saw her, I would put her into her place, No one does that and gets away with it". While Asra did appreciate her loyalty and care to Asra, she was curious as to why though. Asra then spoke "However I decided not to be that angry over it and I then came here. While I was still angry I decided to drop it for now".
Carly felt a little sorry for Asra but she decided to drop it too. Even though they only met a month ago, she had felt a great care towards the Espeon. "But anyway, enough of that now. I then came here and we met up again now". Carly even though trying to drop what she was told smirked "Yeah I already know that part". Asra grinned and he looked to the lake and smiled "Here Carly this is it". Carly looked to the lake and saw it was sunset now. The sky being illuminated in beautiful colours was making the lake sparkle in beauty.
Carly was instantly taken in by this and she made a gasp in amazement "Asra this is so pretty, I is illuminating in wonders". Asra nodded and was completely unaware of anything but the moment "Yeah, I love this place, I always come here to chill out and relax". The shiny Umbreon smiled happily "Thank you for bringing me here Asra, It is so beautiful" Asra nodded very happily knowing his friend was enjoying herself and then said "Yeah it is beautiful". He continued his speech "Just like you are." Both of them were immediately shocked by that. Asra immediately went red and looked away a little to try to hide the embarrassment of what he just accidently said.
Carly too formed a blush herself from this and she too looked away. She realised now that no one had ever called her beautiful before, it was a bit flattering and making her a little nervous about the situation and she was more surprised that it was Asra that was first to call her that. Asra was too embarrassed as he didn't realise he said that in the moment but what crossed him was, was he saying the truth.
They both looked to each other a little and were relieved they were both blushing otherwise it would have been awkward around each other. In a few minutes of having red cheeks, they managed to work it off and they both looked back to the lake still wondering how to speak next. Asra was thinking very hard of what to say now. He eventually said "So the Lake…erm…Is this the first time you have been here". Carly now being able to speak again said "Yeah, I have never seen it before, I am glad you showed it to me, now I have a great memory too of spending it with a great friend".
Asra smiled happily to this, he now remembered something he had brought. A gift from one of the Espeon he was given. He grabbed it as he had it concealed the entire time. He took hold of it with his right paw and showed it to her "Here Carly, I got this for you, I thought you might like it". Carly saw it which was revealed to be a beautiful flower of red and blue colouring.
The petals were red while the stem somehow was coloured Blue. She then kindly said "Asra that is so sweet of you, Thank you". She moved and gave him a little nuzzle which made Asra blush again. She looked at it and said "I have never seen a flower like this before". Asra smiled to this and said "They aren't originally made like that, They are grown only in the Espeon lands, and some of the Espeon do something to it which make it appear like that. I don't know what they do though to them"
Carly held the flower and said "It is so pretty Asra, I wish flower like this existed in our land". Asra then looked back to the lake while Carly put the flower down right next to her and turned to the bright eyed Espeon "Asra, you are a great friend. For the month I have got to know you". Asra looked into her eyes. The blue eyes which he immediately got mesmerised by "You have been a great friend to me as well. Someone to talk to when I need someone".
They both looked into each other's eyes and were captivated by each other. With tallness, Asra was slightly bigger most likely due to age but only by an inch or so. They stared into each other's eyes for a moment. Suddenly they started to lean towards each other slowly. Their eyes begun to close slowly. They faces reached each other and they lips begun to move towards each other as they eyes closed.
Their lips were just an inch from joining and forming a kiss. Suddenly however they heard a noise and they went wide eyed and pulled away. They saw a Mantyke leap out of the water and splash back down. Some of the water splashed did send tiny drips onto Asra and Carly. Realising what was potentially about to happen between them they both blushed outrageously. They remained like this for a few moments, not sure of how they were going to be able to react to each other. They remained in the state for a few moments, with a bit of an awkward silence. Carly could see the sunset was close to ending in a while and she stood up "Well Asra, I better head back now".
Asra agreed with her and stood up to this and nodded to her "Shall we meet up normal time tomorrow then". Carly nodded and kindly said "I would like that Asra". Carly then turned way and said "Well I will see you tomorrow then. Goodbye Asra". Asra agreed and nodded to her and said "See you tomorrow Carly".
Carly walked away and Asra did the same. They both however looked back to each other for the majority of the time. When they were about to fade, Carly looked away in shock saying to herself "Did I nearly kiss him?" Carly was in absolute shock as she felt the warm feeling emanating in her again "Am I feeling towards him?"
Unknown to her though Asra was thinking the exact same thing as well "Did we nearly kiss". Asra was in complete shock and could not think straight "I don't understand though, why did we nearly kiss". Asra now thought "So was that why the Attract failed". Asra looked back behind him one more time saying "Because of Carly".
Well there you go people, we are starting to get somewhere now, now once again I inform that I am not rushing anything. Now hoped you enjoyed this chapter and let me know what you think. See you next Chapter.