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Chapter 15: Plotting
The Espeon Prince was on his way to the care centre Katy was taken to. He wanted some information on what exactly was transpiring and how she was caught up with Tyrant the Drapion. Already word is spreading to the people about the apparent attack by the Umbreon's and a message from the Espeon Alpha's has already been dispatched to the Alpha's of the Umbreon and was expected to arrive soon.
According to Queen Lyra it was written as "To the Alpha's King Rawk and Queen Ava of the Umbreon Kingdom. We have received information that some of your people have stormed into our peaceful territory and violently attacked some Pokémon and one of our own within our territory. We demand an explanation to this at once as we have sufficient evidence concerning the injuries on the victims to indeed be based off dark type specifically the Umbreon. We want to know why the Umbreon would commit acts of violence towards us and we will respond appropriately as this will not be tolerated. From King Dalis and Queen Lyra of the Espeon Kingdom".
They were going to be expecting a swift and quick response to their letter expecting an apology or something else but if the Umbreon provoke it further then to the Alpha's it was an act of war. Asra knew this could go wrong but he wanted to be sure first before he begins trying to stop this. He had grown fond of the Umbreon especially his good friend Carly who he has great feelings towards her. He was beginning to understand the feelings and control them. He believed the friendship was strong.
He wanted to protect his people from the potential danger that would follow, but he also wanted to protect his friend: Carly and her people too. And to do that he needs to be sure of the facts first. He eventually arrived at the Major care centre where injured or if Espeon would be cared for if it was serious enough. He entered and found one of the Espeon staff who was walking down a hall.
He approached her and she quickly recognised him "Prince Asra, what's brings you here". The blue eyed Espeon was quick to get to the point "I need to see Katy, it is important". The Espeon bowed her head "Yes, my prince, right this way". The Espeon nurse immediately begun heading off down the hallway and Asra was quick to follow". As they walked down he saw in one room that one Espeon was unconscious, and in the room after that there was another who was moaning in pain clearly poisoned.
It was a little disturbing towards the Prince but he ignored it all and pressed on. In a minute they arrived at the destination and the Espeon pointed with her front right leg, she is in there. She is still recovering from the wounds but she is conscious". Asra nodded to the nurse "Thank you". Asra then walked into the room where Katy was sitting in a bed. She noticed him and smiled "Well hello Asra".
Asra shook this off and she said "Finally going to admit your feelings". Asra glared a little bit before saying "I am here because I want to know what happened. Now before I begin, I want you to make sure, that I expect the truth from the questions I ask, is that clear". Katy was confused but nodded and Asra begun "Okay, so what exactly caused those injuries". Katy was curious as to what the blue eyed Espeon was getting at but answered him "Well I was going for a walk towards one of our villages to see a friend. Then I run into this Drapion and his pack of Skorupi who ask for directions and I answer him. But After that we were attacked by a group of Umbreon. Hence my injuries".
Asra was however not buying into it and shook his head "Okay, now tell me what really happened?" Katy was slightly confused by this "What are you talking?" Asra glared at her and said "We both know there was no Umbreon, it was the Drapion wasn't it". Katy was a little shocked "No the Drapion saved my life".
Asra shook his head quickly "Wrong, he did this to you, I know those wounds were caused by him because I have been against that same Drapion where it almost cost my life, I know those wounds as I saw them on a Swellow bird". Katy narrowed her eyes a little "And where was this where you faced Tyrant".
Asra didn't want to say "That doesn't matter right now, why are you lying. You realise that my mom and Dad are considering reacting to this by attacking the Umbreon". Katy shook her head "Why do I care, those Umbreon are evil and have always caused problems for us from day 1 when our species was born on this land, they deserve to be punished".
Asra got very angry and shouted "You stupid Espeon, don't you realise that innocent Espeon and Innocent Umbreon are going to get hurt, or even possibly killed if a war breaks out. Tell the truth". Katy nodded to this comment "I have. Why are you defending the Umbreon, they deserve punishment for what they did to us".
The blue eyed Espeon was quick to argue back "I am protecting our people and the innocent Umbreon too because I don't want anyone hurt. This could impact the entire continent with this war. Why are you backing that Drapion when he attacked you and merely used you to get our two clan to fight"? Katy looked to him as she lied down "Well he did have a score to settle he said to me before we got attacked".
Asra was about to explode in fury until he held himself back "Okay, I already know the truth just by speaking to you. I am going to stop this now. I don't know why you hate the Umbreon but they are innocent". As Asra prepared to leave Katy turned over and said "Well maybe you have been getting a little close with the enemy". Asra immediately stopped and looked back to her thinking "What does she mean by that?"
An Espeon Doctor approached and said "Excuse me Prince Asra, I going to have to close this off as I need to examine Katy's injuries now. I would suggest coming back later". Asra exited the room and said to himself "Don't worry I won't be coming back in here". Asra immediately walked away. He made his way out of the care centre after he heard everything he needed to be convinced that they were all lying.
However that last sentence he made got him thinking "What did she mean by that statement, does she mean how I want to stop the fighting". Asra then got worried towards another thought "Is it possible she knows about Carly" Asra was quick to bury the thought and he walked off "She couldn't, no one knows about our secret friendship well except for King Ventus and Queen Pearl up in the Eeveelution kingdom". Asra begun to head to a place to think to himself for a while he figures it out.
A couple of hours later getting further into the day…
The Prince was making his way to the home. He was still going through it all, why Katy would be defending the Drapion who attacked her and why does she have such a problem with the Umbreon where she is casting them into suspicion like the Drapion did. Unfortunately for him though as soon as he arrived home through the front door he found his parents, his brother and General Trek. Queen Lyra was staring in pure anger towards the piece of paper and Dalis said "Assemble the guard forces".
Trek nodded and immediately went away and ran past Asra as he stepped inside. Cortez then said "This is a complete outrage, the nerve of them Umbreon". Asra stepped forward and asked "What is it". Lyra looked to him and said in rage "The Umbreon have sent a letter back and how insulting". Asra was amazed at how fast the Umbreon were able to respond to them. The Prince then asked "So what does it say".
Dalis took the paper and held it "This is what is says 'To the King and Queen of the Espeon Tribe. I don't know where you have got this information from or what insinuated it but we can say with confidence that no Umbreon have stepped foot near or even in your territory. Not ever since the Great War. And we find it an insult that you would even accuse us of such acts".
"Accusing us of these actions is very childish and irresponsible of you. We expect a full apology for these accusation immediately. We understand why you would think it was us that caused whatever problems on your land, still holding us responsible for the Great War when it was you. We have tried to work with you up in the Eeveelution territory but this is crossing the line. You need to watch your manners and act like proper Alphas. Continue these accusations and we may have a problem. From King Rawk and Queen Ava of the Umbreon".
Asra now understood why his mother was angry as while the message was insulting a little, he did genuinely believe the Alpha's of the Umbreon were speaking the truth. Lyra then said in anger "How dare they insult us and our people after attacking one of our own, do they show now compassion for anyone at all". Dalis shook his head to that "Well this is not going unpunished, they will answer for this".
Cortez who was stood next to them was quick to speak "So what are we going to do". Dalis looked to his son with a glare "We are going to teach the Umbreon not to mess with us, they attack our people and visitors and expect us to just turn a blind eye. No we will return the favour to them in full". Asra stepped forward quickly and said "What are you going to do". The blue coloured Espeon queen looked to her second son and said "We are going to launch a surprise attack on them and make them pay for attacking one of our people".
The Blue eyed Espeon was shocked by this revelation and said "I don't think it was the Umbreon if I am honest". They all looked to him stunned as Cortez spoke "What". The blue eyed Espeon found his words before continuing "When I looked at the injuries on Katy, they did look Dark type but I could tell it was the Drapion who caused them by the way they were shaped". Dalis stepped forward to this "Asra, how could you possibly know that". Asra looked down to find his answer "Because I fought against that same Drapion a few weeks ago when I was exploring around near a village, he attacked me but I managed to send him off a cliff".
Cortez made a laugh to this "You beating a Drapion, this is priceless. As If you could manage something like that". The blue eyed Espeon glared to him on this as Lyra spoke "Asra, now is not the time for speculation". Asra realised they were not believing him and he said "But we can't go to war, lots of our people will be hurt or killed. A lot of innocent people on both sides could be hurt and killed".
Cortez narrowed his eyes to this "Asra, now is not the time to be weak little brother, we need to defend ourselves here. Dalis stepped forward and made a smile "Asra, your heart is in the right place, it is good that you care about your people but we have no choice, if we don't act then the Umbreon could see this as a sign of weakness and more attacks could follow". Asra was going to speak until he saw them begin to move to the door as Lyra spoke "Now we will show those Umbreon what we are capable of and what a mistake they made in attacking us".
Asra tried to reason with them but they were not listening and eventually they all left the room to prepare an attack. Asra was horrified by this "No, they can't attack, why won't they listen to me". Asra pondered his thoughts until he realised something "Carly is in danger and the Umbreon". He stepped forward "I have to warn her now. I can't stand by while innocent suffer, even if it is an act of treason, the Umbreon haven't done this, I have to find a way to stop this".
He ran outside after he finished his thoughts and left the building. He ran out the gates as quick as he could and begun making his way down the streets and after a while of running he was looking to exit the city "At least, it is the time when we meet up. But how can I possibly stop the fighting". Asra looked down as he thought to himself while running. He suddenly had a brain wave "That's it".
Meanwhile at the lake outside the territory's…
A Shiny Umbreon was swimming around in the lake fancying a short swim while she was waiting for her friend. She had learnt to swim well over the years and she had the right technique as she used her back legs mainly for making strokes through but did use her front legs a little as well but mainly for turning. She dived under water to look around underwater and see the Pokémon and surroundings.
Umbreon and Espeon had the best eye sight among the Eeveelutions as well as their sensory abilities. She looked to see a couple of Mantyke along with a Mantine leading them across the water. Carly smiled to this until she felt a big of a strain begin to occur after a minute and she swam back up.
She surfaced and got her breath back and looked around. Still no sign of Asra yet and she was wondering "Where is he, he is usually the second to arrive here but he is being late now". She decided to swim back to the edge and lifted herself out of the water. Carly then shook his self and jiggled about to dry herself up. Once she was a lot more dry she then sat and thought "It's not like him to be late to meet up, is he having a problem or has he been delayed". She lied herself down and thought "I'll give him a bit longer and if he still doesn't show I call it quits for today then".
She spent the next while relaxing for a little but she looked up as she heard a familiar voice shouting "CARLY". She smiled and looked up to see him running at a fast pace. She stood up and teasingly said "You sure know how to keep a girl waiting don't you". When she saw how anxious he was she stopped smiling and she asked "Asra, are you okay". Asra quickly came to a stop in front of her after he was running for almost an hour and he caught his breath a little before speaking "It is really bad Carly".
Carly grew concerned until Asra spoke "Do you remember that Drapion we thought a few weeks back". The shiny Umbreon was quick to nod to this "Well he came into my territory and spoke to my parents, he talked about him and his Skorupi apparently being attacked by Umbreon within the Espeon territory".
Carly was a little shocked by this "And to make it worse, they hurt an Espeon, my stalker Katy and gave her some injuries of Dark type moves just to make it convincing. So he claimed Umbreon's attacked her and the Drapion and said all this to my parents which sent them angry".
Carly was at a loss of words as she spoke "Why are they saying Umbreon did it". Asra looked down in worry "Because he wants to get back at us for what we did, and Katy is actually agreeing with him and accusing the Umbreon. But she said she wanted to punish the Umbreon. I think she may know about us possibly".
Upon hearing that the Umbreon said "How can she". Asra looked down again "She said, I have been getting close with the enemy, I have that feeling she might know but hasn't told anyone". Carly was worried as this could be a problem "So after this, my parents sent the Umbreon Alpha's a letter demanding an explanation to these accusations. And naturally they denied it but then they insulted and made a threat to my parents about the accusations".
"And now, my mom and Dad have gone into complete anger over this situation that they are get the guard and a force together and make a surprise attack on the Umbreon in response". Upon hearing that Carly froze solid "An attack on my people". Asra shook his head seeing her reaction "I tried to talk sense to them, but they wouldn't listen, like reason had abandoned them in their rage".
Carly looked down in fright and said "They are going to attack us". The blue eyed Espeon was quick to nod "Yes they are assembling the force as we speak, they may be on the march in a couple of hours as it is still early in the day, only just afternoon". Carly didn't know what to think as Asra spoke "You got to warn your people of this, I know the Umbreon didn't do it". Carly was quick to nod "But how can we stop this, I don't think they will listen".
The blue eyed Espeon formed a bit of a smile "I have an idea, I am going to head up to the Eeveelution Kingdom and enlist the help of King Ventus, and he could help us". Carly however wasn't following and said "How could he help". Asra was quick to answer "He believes in peace and co-operation. He is also a personal friend to me and my parents as well as your Alpha's, I know he will come and help, with his help we might be able to talk the Alpha's into stopping this".
Carly now understanding spoke "I will come with you". However the blue eyed Espeon shook his head "No, you must warn your people and make sure they can defend while I get King Ventus. I don't know if I can arrive back in time but I will try. I can't stop my parents alone now and my brother is with them".
Carly looked down knowing he was correct "Well you have a lot of ground to cover so if you ever hope to make it in time, you better move quick". The blue eyed Espeon nodded as Carly smiled to him "Thank you Asra, for telling me and willing to tell us, even if it means making you perform a traitorous act". Asra shook his head "It isn't I am trying to stop the fighting because both sides are innocent".
Carly stepped up to him and then planted a kiss on his cheek and despite the situation Asra couldn't help but make a blush to this. Carly then stepped back and said "Thank you Asra, good luck and I will do my part too. Hopefully we can prevent this from happening". Asra nodded as the blush wore off "Now go Carly. I will need to go now". Carly nodded and begun running away heading towards the forest to return to the Umbreon territory. Asra watched her go before he turned to face the north direction.
He made a thought to himself "I will take me a while but if I am quick I will reach the kingdom in at least two hours if I run all the way. But I must be quick in order to stop this". Asra immediately faced the direction but looked back in the direction Carly went and thought "I hope you don't get hurt Carly, Not until I make it back with King Ventus and some help". Asra then begun to run north as he started his journey to gather some help to stop the inevitable conflict. He just hoped it would all work out.
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