Chapter 3: Forbidden

A few weeks later, Andros thought it would be time to talk to his parents. Speaking that he and Ashley weren't quite ready to tell his parents they were engaged until now. Andros walked down the hall towards the throne room. He reached up to knock on the door. "Come in, Andros," Caspar informed. Andros took a deep breath as he walked into the throne room.

Caspar and Andraya looked up when Andros came into the room. "Mom, dad, I would like to talk to you about Ashley," he informed.

"That's funny, because we have to talk to you about Ashley too," Andraya put in.

"But let him go first," Caspar instructed.

"Of course, of course."

Andros put his arms behind his back as he looked at his parents. "Mom, dad, Ashley and I have been together for almost three years now. I can't imagine spending another minute without her. So, we're engaged," Andros informed. His parents looked at their son in complete shock.

"How could you do this?" Andraya demanded out of the blue.

"Wasn't really the reaction that I was hoping for," Andros commented.

"You are not marrying that earth girl," Caspar snapped.

Andros looked at his parents in disbelief. "What is going on you two? You guys seemed to have liked Ashley when I first brought her here," he commented.

"Son, it's called acting," Caspar put in.

"You are not marrying Ashley," Andraya objected.

Ashley was walking down the hall towards the throne room to see how his parents were taking the engagement when she came in on the conversation. "I am marrying her, mom. I love her," Andros insisted.

"That girl's put a spell on you somehow. If you marry that girl without our permission and she gets pregnant, the pregnancy will be aborted willingly or by force," Andraya hissed.

Ashley's eyes widened in shock at what she was hearing. "You wouldn't dare," Andros snapped.

"We don't want earth blood tainting our bloodline," Caspar answered.

"Karone is with an earth person and you two seem to be fine with it."

"That's because Karone isn't our heir."

"You two are unbelievable!"

Ashley bit her lip as she was listening to Andros argue with his parents. She was shaking slightly with fear. She quickly turned and hurried down the hall towards her room.

She opened the door to her room and grabbed her bag. She packed all her things and looked at her engagement ring. She felt a tear fall down her face as she picked up her bag and went into Andros's room.

When Ashley entered Andros's room, she removed her engagement ring and placed it on Andros's pillow. Tears fell down her face as she quickly left the palace and went to go back to Earth.

Andros glared at his parents. "I will marry Ashley and we will have children even if we have to go to Earth to do so," he snapped. Caspar grabbed Andros by the front of his shirt and nearly lifted his son up from the ground.

"We will send our army after you to bring you back here if you do any such thing," he threatened.

Andros pried his father's grip off his shirt and glared at them. He then left the throne room.

He walked into Ashley's room to talk to her when he saw that it was empty. "Strange," he murmured. He came out into the hall and stopped one of the servants. "Caethes, have you see Ashley?" He asked.

"Oh yes, milord, she had left just a few minutes ago. She looked pretty upset," she replied.

Andros's eyes widened in shock. "Are you sure she's gone?" He asked.

"I'm afraid so, milord, I found this sitting on your bed," she replied.

She placed the engagement ring into his hand and Andros felt every piece of his shatter. "Oh, no," he whispered.

"She did the right thing," Andraya sneered.

Andros just stared at the ring in disbelief before looking at his parents. "She knew that she had no chance," Caspar put in. Andros pushed by his parents and went into his room. He closed and locked the door behind him. The heartbroken young man sat down on his bed still holding the ring in his hand. He felt so weak, unsure of what to do now that he didn't have the one woman who made him happy in his life anymore.

"Ashley never used to run away, she usually stood and fought. What was so different this time?" He pondered.

(Megaship)

Ashley was halfway to earth when DECA's alarms went off. "Incoming transmission, audio only," DECA informed.

"Send it through," Ashley answered.

Andraya's voice could be heard over the system. "You made a wise decision, Ashley. You couldn't possibly think that you would become my son's wife? Did you really think you could win?" She asked. Ashley didn't answer.

"You won, Queen Andraya. I'm not with Andros anymore. I'm going back to earth just like you want me to," she answered.

"Good and never come back to KO-35."

The transmission was cut and Ashley bit her lip as the tears started to fall down her face. She put the ship on autopilot and she placed a hand on her stomach. "I couldn't let them kill you. I couldn't let them," she whispered. She was on her way to the throne room for another reason. Ashley was going to go into the throne room to be with Andros after he told his parents they were engaged, but she was on her way there to announce that she just found out that she was pregnant. There was no way she was going to allow Andraya and Caspar to destroy her and Andros's child not by a long shot. "I'll take care of you and I promise that one day your daddy and I will be able to be as happy as we once were three years ago," she murmured. Ashley looked up when they came to Earth and let out a sigh. "For now, this is home," she added.