AC; Here's another short story. A little more depth and serious this time.

Short story 6: The wild Aval'par

Aval'par sighted when he looked at Remi. He was annoyed when he told him he saw a flash of life when he was a teenager. He knew that it wasn't voluntary since he explained the trigger. Gal'Drad was present and he looked at the other Chieftain.

"You can tell us. We promise we won't tell anyone." Gal'Drad said.

"It's not that. I just want to put this behind me." Aval'par replied. "I was stupid and I made mistake, I prank him of all M'arrillians."

"I was surprised. You are so much serious now. What make you change your personality so much?" Remi asked.

"Not that much serious. I can laugh to your joke and humiliation compare to Gal'Drad," Aval'par replied. "I'll explain why, but do not pester about it again when I finish. I put this behind me."

"Alright." Remi and Gal'Drad said.

"It's was 50 solans ago, a time where only Bahrakatan house was above the water and the track to the palace of the Oligarch. I was one of the best pranksters of the tribe. At that time, you were already training, but I wasn't interested in military. We were friends, but we ended contact. So I did was I was program for, pranking anyone. I wasn't that smaller, but so much dumber."

*50 solans ago*

Aval'par looked at the mark he let on the wall.

Aval'par rules

He laughed at it when his two Coral comrades were with him. The coral friends were two of the future Coral soldiers, they were the same as the adult, but smaller.

"That way, no one will forget me." Aval'par grinned.

"That is true boss. What should we do now?" His first comrade asked.

"What brilliant idea do you have boss?" His second comrade asked.

"Prepare the guts comrades. We will cover a creature with it." Aval'par ordered.

"Yes boss!" they replied walking away.

"What are you doing here?" a voice asked.

Aval'par turned around and he saw Vitar'zu.

He was like any Kha'rall. He had one hand and one pincer, the right was a hand; the other a pincer. He walked on his four legs. His exoskeleton of coral looked like a black and yellow armor with spike rather than usual exoskeleton. He's tall and muscular. Aval'par could only see the orange of his eye behind the helmet.

"I'm leaving my mark you big idiot." Aval'par mocked.

"Now that I'm an adult, I'm an idiot. One day, you'll get caught. Grow up already," Vitar'zu replied.

He turned around and was about to walk away.

"You traitor. You quit me. We were the quarto, but you just decide that prank was stupid and leave us as a trio."

"Aval'par. It is you who's immature. You're a Chieftain. You have to grow up. You cannot continue to prank everyone. You should also learn our name! I'm Vitar'zu and don't forget it this time!"

Vitar'zu walked away.

Aval'par gave a few insults with his tentacles and he swum to the surface and waited for his comrades for the prank. They were at the surface and near the Shell palace where the Oligarch was living. They prepared the seaweeds, the fish guts and also a few other disgusting and smelly things. His comrades were ready and were snickering.

"Who will we get today boss?" his first comrade asked.

"Maybe it will be Bahrakatan the grumpy. He is so calling for it." His second comrade hoped.

"I know." Aval'par said. "I heard he was coming to the palace. This will be so fun."

They waited for a while and watched who will come. After a while, someone came.

They made one mistake. They were too much impatient when they let all fall without checking who it was. Their victim was covered with disgusting things and they appeared and laughed at him. They just laughed half a second when they realised they didn't get Bahrakatan. It was the untouchable one.

The Oligarch Aa'une was their victim.

He was much taller than any M'arrillians. He had blue skin covering all of his body. He had white eyes showing his fury. Just under his eyes was some yellow color. The top of his body was a humanising muscular body. He had short tentacles below his jaw and act like a strange beard. His arms were long and end with claws for his hand. He had some tentacles over his head. The lower part of his body, where legs should be was tentacles only. He wore golden bracelet around his wrist and a part of his arms. He had a strange green clothe with green eyes on his upper chest and a loincloth of the same color.

"You dear do this to your leader!" Aa'une shouted.

"RUN!" Aval'par ordered.

They all spread out.

Aa'une decided to catch the leader; Aval'par. He caught up Aval'par without trouble in his hands. He lifted him in front of his eyes.

"You owe me an apology to the minimum. Be lucky I'm not extremely angry." Aa'une said.

Aval'par just turned his head. Aa'une squeezed the teenager chieftain in his grasp. Aval'par grunted in pain, he wasn't squeezed too much, but the Oligarch showed he was serious.

"I'm waiting for the apology. If you think your parent's punishment is bad, you haven't seen mine."

"Listen." Aval'par said looking sorry. "I'm- Acid Wash!"

He splashed acid on the face of the Oligarch and he was unfazed. Aval'par then giggled at him.

"You little bastard!" Aa'une shouted infuriate. "You dear do that again to me! Where do you live?"

"My parents won't ever do anything against me." Aval'par replied in a mocking time.

"Alright. You end up in my personal prison." Aa'une said.

That made Aval'par shivered in fear.

"Don't do this to a youngster please!" Aval'par said.

"Too late. I gave you a chance to get out of this mess with an apology. You made your choice." Aa'une said.

He took Aval'par into the palace and he moved in the prison.

"Before I imprison you, I'll do something your parents should have."

He dropped the part of the armor around his waist and exposed his butt. He then spanked him with one finger two times and stopped. That made Aval'par whined in pain. He was then put in a cell.

"Think about your actions while you are there." Aa'une said. "I have to visit Bahrakatan for now."

He moved outside the palace and left him there, his butt in pain. Aval'par never felt this humiliated before, he was lucky the spanking was in private and not in the middle of the town.

*Present*

"That's how my prankster time ended." Aval'par said. He twitched his butt when he thought about the spanking. "About my two friends, we are still in contact. Wherever I go, those two are always with me. They are hard to spot with all the Coral soldiers, but I always recognise those two."

"How long did he let you in a cell?" Remi asked.

"One hour. He then let me out. He warned me that if I prank again the town will report to him and he'll do the same thing. I tried one and he holds his words; another double spank on my butt and a visit in a cell for an hour."

"That's not that bad." Gal'Drad commented.

"It was so embarrassing." Aval'par said. "In the end, I owed him. I grow up and I become who I was. I hated Aa'une for a while, but I realised 30 solans later that he did what my parents never did, discipline. He made me something to be proud off. When I became a general, Aa'une was there and gave a smile to me, proud of whom I become. He never had a child, so in a way, I was his own. I'll never know. I never ask." Aval'par sobbed for a second. He then recomposed himself. "Creatures and Chaotic player will say he was a tyrant, but I will forever say, he was an Oligarch who never broke his words. He did what he said no matter what."

They gave a short silence in respect for their fallen Oligarch. Remi said nothing in their silence.

"A dream died with him, but I'll make us move forward." Gal'Drad said. "For the tribe he loved."

"Count me in." Remi said.

"Me too my friend." Aval'par added.

"I know." Gal'Drad concluded.

AC: This is the end of the short story. Not as funny as the others, but a little deep about the Oligarch.