Later that day Cain was lazying in podrock, resting on some of the coarse stones that formed the place, however his rest was soon disturbed by his nephew.
"hey uncle Cain!" Storm asked leaping playfully on him
"You little- I mean, what is it?" he asked without letting his rage get out of fin
"Mom today took me to explore the kingdom! and i'll rule it whole when i'll become an adult like her " he explained smiling
"wonderful" Cain answered faking a smile
"i can't wait to be king! hey by the way, when i'll be king, what will you be uncle?" Storm asked him
"A jellyfish's uncle" Cain answered making Storm brust in laughs
"ahahahahha you are so weird" Storm said between his laughs
"By any chance did your mother show you that shadowy reef at the border of our land?"
"meh, she told me i shouldn't go there, since it's filled with dangerous creatures..." Storm answered sighing a little
"She's right, only the bravest orcas go there" he answered with a very serious and also slightly worried tone.
"the bravest orcas? Wow!" Storm answered amazed
"Oh yes, it takes a very brave orca to venture amongst the whale bones of Shadow Reef"
"i'm a brave orca!" Storm said immediately
"oh my I shouldn't have said that! Oh please Storm, promise me you'll never go to that horrible place" Cain told him with a vaguely worried behavior
"mmmmh fine, i won't go..." Storm answered
"That's a good calf. Swim along now" he dismissed him, just to start smiling to himself evily as the young calf was out of sight.
"okay i know exactly where to go..." Storm said swimming towards a group of orcas with their calves
As he arrived a friend of his quickly greeted him.
"Hi there Storm!" Harmony the calf said swimming towards him
"hi Harmony! how are you doing?" he asked her
"I'm ok! What are you doing here?"
" i wanted to ask if you wanted to come with me, i heard of an incredible place to explore" he went ahead
"Really? Where would that be " Serena asked
"hem...it's the cove!" Storm answered promptly
"The cove? There's nothing interesting there" Harmony complained
"trust me, it will be exiting, come on mom, can we go? Please?" the young calf asked with wide eyes
"Yes mother can I go with Storm?" she asked respectively to her mom
"alright Storm" Serena answered
"you can, just be safe Harmony don't let anything bad happen to you" Harmony's mom answered
"Oh, and Pochi will accompany you" Serena said in the end
"oh no...not Pochi" Storm said between his snot...
And so after the royal majordomo was with them the 3 went in the direction of the cove...
"come on youngers the sooner we get to the cove the sooner we can get back" The porpoise said hovering about the two.
"so where are we really going?" Harmony asked
"2 words, the "shadow reef"" Storm answered to her causing her to gasp in surprise.
"shhhh!" he answered pointing to Pochi
"how do we get rid of him?" Harmony asked
"don't worry, i already have a plan" Storm answered winking
"ah so young and you already have private talks, how fast the time goes" Pochi said swimming nearby them
"What?" she asked confused
"oh just how your friendship seems already about to bloom in a beautiful romance" Pochi answered elated
"Romance? Bleh!" she answered disgusted
"ah don't be so shy, it's wrote in the stars i say, one day you'll become mates..."
"Mates? We're friends, we don't want to be mates!" Storm protested
"ah you'll see, when you'll become king you'll have to choose your queen, these are the rules" Pochi went ahead
"Not when I'm king!" Storm answered
"oh yes, and in any case you aren't the king yet" Pochi objected
"he will be one day" Harmony answered
"so that means my word is law" Storm said triumphantly!
However as Storm said that a blue whale hovered over them.
Storm and Harmony escaped quickly, but Pochi remained trapped under him as he rested on the ocean floor.
"Hello? Hello? Can someone get me out of here?" Pochi asked from underneath the whale, while Storm and Harmony headed to the Shadow Reef