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Chapter 5: By Chance
The day of the meeting in the Eeveelution kingdom had arrived, the Alpha's were on their way for the royal meeting along with a security detail to guarantee their safety during the proceedings. The Umbreon Alpha's King Rawk and Queen Ava were close to arriving and would be the one of the first groups to arrive.
They were accompanied by 10 Umbreon who were Royal guards along with their general as well to oversee the safety. The King had invited Thomas and his offspring along as they were good childhood friends and the King was aware Thomas wanted to take his kids to visit the Eeveelution territory.
They were now within the territory and were close to arriving in the Main town. Thomas who was walking alongside King Rawk were having a friendly discussion together while Carly was walking with little Eevee. Joey was tired from the walking a long distance. He tiredly said "big sis….I am tired". Carly saw him and leant down "Climb on Joey". Joey happily obliged and jumped on and got himself in a comfortable position on the shiny Umbreon. She then continued her walk.
Queen Ava who was observing the two young Umbreon stepped over and said to the Adolescent Umbreon "Who old is the little one". Carly was amazed that the Queen was speaking to her said "He is nearly 10". Queen Ava smiled at this "Such a lovely little one he is Carly, your close to being an adult if your father has told me correct". Carly nodded to the queen "Yes your majesty, I still have a while yet before I do become one".
Ava made a big smile to this and said "No need Carly, you can call me Ava, so Carly, where do you see yourself in life". Carly tilted her head to this saying "I have no idea now, when I was a little girl, I always dreamt of being a Princess who become a great Queen. But that is just a dream from my childhood". Ava made a chuckle before saying "It could happen Carly". Carly shrugged down a little "I highly doubt it your majesty".
Ava let out another chuckle before saying "Let me tell you something Carly. I am sure you know about my mate, King Rawk being royal before becoming King". Carly nodded to her as Ava continued "Well, I am sure you know I was not of royalty. I was like you at your age, preparing to be an adult but I fell in love with Rawk when he was a prince, when we were great childhood friends. I may not be royal but here I am".
Carly couldn't argue with Queen Ava's logic there and as Ava finished "The same could happen to you one day Carly, it could happen to anyone, a lot of Alpha's are made from falling in love when they are not royalty to begin with. Just keep that in mind". Carly took in those, the current Queen of the Umbreon Clan claimed that becoming an Alpha could happen to anyone. Even her, it was a bit of a shock hearing that but she thought to herself "The odds of me becoming a Queen is... well it would never happen".
Meanwhile close by…
The Espeon Alpha's were beginning to arrive in the main town as it was within their sight and were only moments from the entry way. Like the other Alpha's they were escorted by at least 10 of the strongest in the Royal guards and their General overseeing the safety: Trek was also with them. Asra, Pearl and Cortez were all coming along as well. Cortez has been to the Kingdom with Lyra and Dalis while this was Pearl and Asra's first time.
Asra was walking with his dad who pointed out "There you see it son, there is the main town for the Eeveelution Clan". Asra was excited finally being able to see this clan at last which was claimed to be one of great co-operation with all evolved species of Eevee. He said to his dad "I have always wanted to come here, what is it like". Cortez spoke out behind them "must be pretty weak, as they depend on all Eevelutions for it".
Dalis glared towards Cortez "Cortez pack it in now". Cortez bowed back a little and mumbled "Yes Father". Dalis returned to Asra and begun "Well the Alpha's of this clan are King Ventus, A Jolteon and Queen Pearl a Glaceon if you recall. They are quite young for Alphas". Asra was curious to this and said "How old are they". Dalis now recalled to his memory "Well Ventus is 26 and Pearl is 25. They came into power when Ventus was 19. The Eeveelution territory was only established 20 years ago, where Ventus's parents reigned for 13 years until the throne passed to Ventus. He had met Queen Pearl when she was a Glaceon at 16 years of age. Pearl was 18 when she became Queen".
Asra was intrigued by this and asked his dad "So she became a Queen just as she became an adult". Dalis nodded and said to the adolescent Espeon "Yes, the law states and this is agreed with every tribe. If a Royal or someone selected is due for the throne they must be of the age 18 before they can officially become King or Queen, If you are lower of the age, you must have someone to assist you in ruling first before you become 18, So for example If me and your mother finally decided to retire and pass on the throne to your brother, tomorrow, but he wanted someone below 18 to be his queen, then she would have to be officially a princess and require to be assisted until she turns 18".
Asra now more understanding of this said "I guess it makes sense to be honest, help prepare you for when become an adult". Dalis nodded to him and they finally arrived at the town. They walked through the entry way and arrived in the town. Asra was immediately mesmerised by this. He could see some many different forms of evolved Eevee working together and living peacefully. He saw a Leafeon and Jolteon walking together having a conversation.
He even saw an Umbreon and an Espeon talking to outside a house. Seeing this reminded him of his encounter with the shiny Umbreon: Carly two days ago. He hadn't forgotten about her and was curious about her still. Suddenly a Flareon stepped towards them with two Vaporeon behind him "Welcome, Alpha's of the Espeon tribe, Glad to see you finally arrived".
Dalis nodded to him "Thank you". The Flareon continued "My name is Drake, one of the Royal guards here and we have been tasked by king Ventus to escort you to the meeting location. If you will please, follow us". Drake and the Vaporeon immediately turned away and begun leading the group of Espeon into the city. Asra was amazed as he was walking at the front behind Drake. He walked forward curious "Excuse me Drake". The Flareon looked to him and said "Ah, your one of the princes I assume". Asra could tell this Flareon was young around his age but he was a royal guard. "Yes I am Asra".
Drake smiled saying "Nice to meet you, this is your first time here isn't it". Asra nodded to him saying "Yes, I heard great stories about this place". The Flareon happily replied to his comment "Yeah I was born here, I and only 17". Asra was surprised by this "Your age is the same as mine, isn't that young for a royal guard". Drake shook his head "No, I have been training to be a guard ever since I evolved at 10, it is in my family's blood, my father is the general of the King here, I have only been given the ceremony to be a royal guard a few weeks ago, My dad sees me as his successor as the next General".
Asra smiled and kindly said "Sounds like you and your dad are close". Drake happily smiled to him on the matter "My dad is the reason I am here now. I always wanted to be a protector of a king and queen and now I am". Drake turned to him and said "Well, I could give you a tour later if you wish". Asra kindly declined the offer "No thank you, I will probably be in the meeting then I probably will look around myself".
After a few minutes of walking they arrived at the entrance and saw 4 guards along with a Jolteon waiting near them. Drake then announced "We have arrived now". Dalis happily walked forward when he saw the Jolteon "Ventus, it is so good to see you again". The now identified King Ventus stepped forward saying "You too, Dalis, it has been such a long time". Lyra walked up and said "A pleasure to see you again, glad you're doing well". Ventus happily announced "Yeah, I am doing fine".
Dalis then kindly asked "How is Queen Pearl, Ventus". Ventus replied to the Espeon king "She is very well, in fact I am happy to say, she is expecting in a few months". Dalis and Lyra were struck by this news and Dalis spoke up "Really, Congratulations Ventus, Glad to hear you and her are finally settling down". Ventus shook up a bit "Yep, even being a king, new experiences will happen".
Dalis nodded and Ventus noticed Cortez "Good to see you again Prince Cortez". Cortez nodded to him but said nothing. Ventus then noticed Asra and said "Ah, you must be prince Asra". The young prince nodded to him "I am sir". Ventus walked up to him and politely said "Your mother and Father have spoken highly when they last visited, pleased to finally meet you". Asra bowed a saying "You as well your majesty". While flattered, he politely said "Please Asra, just call me Ventus, there is no need for all of that".
As they were chatting walking down the street were a trio. Thomas, Carly and Joey still on her back were walking down. The Alpha's had gone on ahead and were already inside the meeting building. They had gone to see the sights now. Thomas looked on and said "Oh look, there is King Ventus Carly". Carly looked to see King Ventus, one of the Alpha's of the Eeveelution Kingdom.
She saw the guards of different species close to him "This place is amazing". She suddenly spotted the large group of Espeon in front of them and said "Who are all the Espeon?" Thomas stopped and spotted them and said "Well I assume they are the Alpha's of the Espeon Clan and the guards too".
Carly looked to see them as Thomas pointed to two of the Espeon "If King Rawk's description was correct then that one there is King Dalis and the blue Espeon is Queen Lyra of the Espeon's". Carly noted how Lyra looked different, a sort of shiny form like she was "And those two must be the offspring, Prince Cortez and Princess Pearl. I hear all this from the king and queen".
Carly looked to see another blue coloured Espeon like Queen Lyra and the bigger male. Thomas was a little confused "Now I believed if memory served correct that they had three children two boys and one girl". Carly was curious to this "What are their names". Thomas now thought back to his memory again "I believe it was Cortez, the eldest, Pearl the youngest and the middle one was called Asra".
Upon hearing that name, she became shocked. The same name as the Espeon who had saved her from the Toxicroak and the same one who she got know a little bit. Carly then thought to herself "It couldn't be the same Asra, could it". Thomas then said pointed his foreleg "Ah there we are, there he is talking to King Ventus". Carly looked to see the Espeon in front of the Ventus. And when he moved round to look to Dalis, She could see his face and went extremely shocked.
"The Asra, I met, was actually a Prince of the Espeon tribe and he saved me". She was now in a state of shock of this, but fortunately she had not been noticed by Asra yet. Thomas who noticed his daughter expression quickly said "Hey dear, are you're okay". The shiny Umbreon snapped out of the trance and said "Yeah, I am just amazed to see all of the Espeon like this".
Thomas agreed with her saying "Yeah seeing the leaders of a tribe considered enemies to our people is quite the occasion isn't it". Carly nodded and narrowed her eyes a little and she watched Asra. King Ventus then said "So shall we head inside now everyone". They all nodded and one by one prepared to follow. Asra smiled a looked around once more to see the sights of the place.
However his eyes stopped when he noticed something. An Umbreon was staring at him and once noticed the features of the Umbreon, he too went into a state of shock but he was managing to hide it. Dalis looked back to the young prince asking him "Are you coming son". Asra looked to him and nodded "Yeah, in a minute, I just want to have a quick look around and I will join you in a moment". Dalis nodded to him saying "Okay Asra, don't be long okay".
Dalis returned to following all the others as Carly watched and said to her dad "Hey dad, why don't you go on ahead, I want to have a quick look around here first". Thomas nodded to her "Okay, I'll take Joey, I will be over there in the market place, meet me there in a few minutes okay". Carly nodded to him saying "Okay dad". Thomas took Joey off of Carly's back and placed him on his and he begun to walk down the street towards the marketplace.
Asra watched Carly who nodded to him and he made a slow nod back. She then tilted her head to her right indicating Asra to follow her as she walked of and went down a close alley way. Asra slowly followed but to make sure no noticed he went slowly to look as if he was taking a casual walk. He looked to see no one was noticing him and walked down the alley to find Carly waiting for him.
Carly was stood there and said to him "Hello Asra". The prince immediately got to the point "Why are you here Carly". Carly narrowed her eyes a little "Is that the way you say Hello to someone". Asra realising this calmed down and said "I'm sorry". Carly nodded to him and proceeded "I am here with my dad and brother on a little break from, we came with the Alpha's of the Umbreon tribe".
Asra now understanding nodded while Carly continued the conversation "So, the Espeon who save my life, turns out to be one of the Princes to the Espeon tribe, care to explain that". Asra lowered his ears and said "Look, Carly can we talk later and somewhere we can meet". Carly thought about it saying "Yes, meet me behind the meeting building, there was a yard there that is unoccupied right now. So we can talk there".
Asra nodded understanding her and turned around "Okay, when I finish with them we can talk okay". Carly calmly said to him "Oh I will be waiting Asra". Asra tensed up a little upon hearing that and walked off to go re-join his family. Carly sat their wanting to know a question "Why would a Prince to the Espeon tribe leave Espeon territory like that and why would he save the life of a potential enemy. It makes no sense at all. I need to know why".
Okay that part is done, some of you may think I am rushing the plot, but oh no, this is exactly the pace I am going at, you will all understand next chapter. See you then and please review, it helps me out a lot, thanks everyone.