Chapter 9: The Princess

Location: Sprit World, Temple of the Soul Guardians

"No no, listen I'll tell you the rest when I come back in an hour, okay." David announced the crowd as Ollrack escorted him back to his room. David reluctantly entered his room.

"I'll be back in an hour to send you through the gauntlet again." Ollrack joked. David collapsed on his bed.

"Gee, thanks." was his only remark. Ollrack left to oversee Aileta's introduction.

"These guys… all hands… never quit…" he breathed. "… but… it's worth it… for love."


Tiffany guided Aileta down the hallway towards the main hall. Aileta was nervous… no doubt… but Tiffany's words earlier struck a chord with her.

Yes, she was nervous… but she was also brave. They stopped at the door; behind it was the crowd of people that was waiting anxiously for her.

Electrifying recited his introduction for Aileta. She sucked up her courage as Electrifying called her in. "Good luck," Tiffany said as she opened the door. Aileta walked through the thresh hold. She opened her eyes to see the crowd cheering for her. Aileta smiled and stepped forward into the sea of people.

'This isn't so bad,' she thought as everyone she passed patted her on the back and gave her congratulation. No one singled her out and tried to make conversation though. But she had just begun, and she was optimistic.

"Aileta, over here!" a very familiar voice called. Ambre stepped from the crowd in front of her.

"Ambre! What are you doing here?"

"You know I wouldn't miss this." she replied. They exchanged a hug.

"So this is where you went all this time, why didn't you tell me?" Aileta hesitated at the question.

Obviously, no one on Second Earth remembered what happened years before. Aileta recalled that Sicron came in several months previous and destroyed the planet. She didn't want to tell her best friend that she was technically dead… so she tried her best to get out of it.

"Um, I was kinda yanked into this, didn't have time to tell anyone." Ambre gave Aileta a look, but knew the day where Aileta was yet to come, so she accepted it.

"Well it's been great seeing you again. You think we can get together again like this sometime?" she asked.

"Absolutely, now I need to try and find my other friends." Ambre nodded and Aileta walked away. She scanned the room carefully, until she found what she was looking for. She snuck up behind a blonde haired boy. He spun around quickly when she tapped him on the shoulder. "Hello Jeremy." His eyes lit up at the sight of her. They quickly embraced each other in a hug.

"Oh Aileta, it's so good to see you again!"

"Same here Jeremy, I really missed you."


The day continued like that. David and Aileta met up with old friends and caught up, however, the worst part of the day was not being able to share it with each other, but that was about to change, as the day closed the hour drew near where they would be together forever.

(A/N: Don't tell me, it's short. I know, I know, but I was kinda at a loss of material for this chapter. But don't worry, like all my stories, next chapter comes tomorrow)