The Tale Of The Celestial Baby Steps

Five years have passed since the birth of The Kingdom of The Celestial Vale's first prince, in the following months the temporary alliance had been disbanded while many nations did indeed leave happy while several others thought that disbanding after such a conflict would leave them at a disadvantage as they had done most of the fighting and dying while the others who held back their armies would soon take advantage, several smaller nations who fought since the beginning of the conflict were left crippled, Bradley thought the same as he had soon proposed a pact known as the Celestial pact, the main members being The Kingdom of The Celestial Vale, The Kingdom of The Elves, and finally The Void Continuum,

Some questioned king Bradley's sanity after hearing the third member as it was recently revealed that they were behind the hoard yet they had never in fact seen anyone from the Continuum as many of who they had actually faced turned to ash, that was because those who were indeed slain weren't in fact dark elves rather then ancient constructs created by long since forgotten ancient magic, what surprised everyone was that the hoard they had faced were simply a expeditionary force while the main army never left the Continuum, Queen Amelia wanted no part in this expedition as they had annoyed her to no end for her to allow them to proceed with this expedition of theirs,

She hadn't expected for it be to turned into such a conflict resulting in her showing no interest and ending the matter quickly especially after being introduced to Silas and Selphie for the first time which she first thought to be a curse, she eventually became thankful for that chance encounter, King Bradley quickly explained the perks, such perks being they'd be officially recognized as allies, shocking everyone especially the demon lord, Bradley soon continued his honied words, he explained that if they were to become allies the big three would assist in matters of defense and reconstruction as well as stable trade with less of those trifling trade fees if they were to accept,

Which shocked them to no end, the demon lord couldn't help but smile and be among the first to accept as he had witnessed the birth of his child four years earlier and managed to change a little for the best while remaining everyone's favorite scary demon lord, among the five others were the three of the demi human kingdoms who were among the first to raise their flags in support to fight alongside Bradley at the start of the war, and additionally one human kingdom and a republic made up of both demi humans and humans,

Both of which followed suit much like the demi human kingdoms did, among the first to reinforce their armies was the demon lord which was now moderately respected by everyone in the room, all six applicants signed onboard bringing the total of nine, the Celestial pact was now a success, later when all had finished up Bradley soon approached the demon lord, "Lord Drake do you have a moment?", Bradley asked with a gentle smile, "what is it Bradley?", Drake asked with a curious tone, "I heard you brought little Iris with you?", Bradley asked with an excited smile, "I did indeed! she doesn't get the chance to visit new places often", Drake said in a grateful tone as they both soon began to look at one another for a moment before saying in sync,

"Playdate??", they were both shocked yet glad that they had caught on quickly especially for a chance like this, while they were formulating a plan both Rory and Elisabet unfortunately had a cold this day leaving the poor little prince all alone with Selphie and Silas as they had stopped by seeing as the bored prince became restless as Aldra had been taking care of Rory at this point, Selphie decided to make the next move, "Octavius!", she said in a excited tone causing the young prince to rush to her and hug her, "Selphie!", he said in an excited yet adorable tone while hugging her tightly,

"Your so cute!", she said in a excited tone before soon being interrupted by Silas who couldn't bare to stand on the sidelines much longer, "are you sure he isn't just a cute little elf girl in boy's clothing?", he asked with a playful smile, "Silas don't bully him!", she said with her infamous pout face resulting in the little prince producing one of his own after seeing this Silas was in shock, "she got you too?!", he asked in an overly dramatic tone before soon being consumed by

laughter, "Huh?", Selphie asked before noticing it herself and gasping in excitement before then hugging him tightly, "I love you!", Selphie said in loveable tone, "It doesn't surprise me he looks like a little elf girl himself", Silas said with a playful smile causing Selphie to glare at him,

"Don't bully him I know how much you like to bully little elf girls but just because he looks like one doesn't mean I'll let you!", Selphie said in a serious yet childish tone causing Silas to laugh softly, "he'll be mistaken as a little elf girl one day and when that happens I'll be there!", Silas said proudly while anticipating such a glorious moment, before he could continue even further a knock could be heard on the door, Silas immediately went to the door and preceded to open it, he soon discovered it was no other than Bradley and Demon Lord Drake with a small child, Silas looked to both Bradley and Drake and proceeded to nod as he had caught on quickly as he soon began to smile excitedly before calling Selphie over,

"Selphie can you come here for a moment?", Silas asked with a curious smile as she soon preceded to come over leaving the little prince upset, when she had reached the door she quickly caught on and smiled before poking little Iris's cheeks while also turning to the little prince as he was still upset that Selphie had stopped playing with him, then they began to enter the room, the little prince stared curiously at the new face before noticing little Iris, he was shocked to see how pretty she was before being interrupted, "Is he truly in fact a boy?", Drake asked in a concerned tone,

"He is indeed", Silas said in a excited tone before soon being glared at by Selphie, after noticing this both men gave Silas a moment of silence as he had finally been shut down himself, as they began to pray for him in their thoughts they failed to notice the little prince standing before them staring at little Iris curiously, noticing his presence Drake sat Iris on the floor as everyone took a step back and watched in anticipation, as they were doing so little Iris got up and began walking towards the little prince causing him to take a step back, noticing this she stopped, her dark violet eyes widening as she had a closer look at him,

"Sister?", Iris asked in a curious tone causing Silas to laugh uncontrollably, Drake and Bradley soon followed suit while Selphie began to glare at the three with killing intent stopping them in their tracks before soon being interrupted by the young prince, "I'm a boy..", the young prince said in a shy tone, "you are?!", Iris asked in a surprised tone, causing him to pout, she then preceded to hug him surprising him and everyone else in the room as they simply stared in awe until finally being interrupted, "I'm sorry, I never thought a boy could be pretty", Iris said in an upset tone causing Drake to become shocked as he had never seen his daughter act in this manner,

She had never opened up to anyone and usually glared at those who tried to get her to do so, so to him this was a welcomed change as he began to smile warmly before being interrupted himself, "your prettier", the young prince said in a shy tone before returning the hug, "their so cute!", Selphie said with a warm yet excited smile, "they are indeed! It appears that this play date was a success!", Bradley said in excited tone, "Indeed!", Drake said with a excited smile of his own before being soon interrupted,

"Bradley isn't your kingdom having a debut party in several days?", Selphie asked with a curious smile, Bradley soon caught on before turning to Drake, "we are indeed! every member of the Celestial pact is welcome", Bradley said while giving Drake a nudge, "we'd be glad to come!", Drake said with a smile, "the young prince should wear a dress, it's only appropriate!", Silas said in a near laughing tone, "Silas stop being such a bully!", immediately as she said those words Noel decided to walk in, "Big Brother Silas!", Noel said with an excited tone, "Noel!", Silas said while nearly laughing at the sheer coincidence until Noel finally noticed Selphie glaring at him,

"Big Brother Silas stop being a bully!", Noel said as she began to show her new and improved pouting face, Selphie felt proud in that moment before she found herself rushing to Noel, "I'm so proud of you!", she said as they soon began to giggle until finally they decided to regroup as they both began to glare at Silas, "ok! I'll stop bullying the princess.. I mean the young prince!", Silas said in a playful tone, "Silas!", they both said before soon being interrupted, "It appears our cover has been blown", as he pointed out the two children who had stopped playing and began staring curiously, Noel rushed to the two and quickly gave them a hug, "you two are so cute together!", causing the two children to blush as Bradley and Drake soon looked to each other for a moment before then being interrupted by Silas,

"Ah young love!", Silas said in a playful tone, "Brother Silas their far to young!", Bradley said in a laughing tone, "I'd have to agree but I'd love to see how this plays out", Drake said in a laughing tone of his own, while they continued to debate on the subject Selphie had Octavius in her lap while using him as a teddy bear while Noel did much of the same with young Iris, "It's time to introduce each other properly this time!", Selphie said with a warm smile, "this is Prince Octavius Kethryllia Vale Of Celestial Vale!", Selphie said with a warm smile, "Prince Octavius?", Iris said with a curious tone while the young prince couldn't help but blush at the sudden attention,

"Now it's your turn Iris!". Noel said in a excited tone, "I am Iris the first daughter of daddy", Iris said in a shy but cutesy tone, "your to cute iris!", Noel said before soon hugging her tightly, "are you two ready for the debut party in several days?", Noel asked with a curious smile, both Iris and Octavius then looked to one another confused then they began to blush and looked away from each other, "I take that as a no?", Selphie said in a disappointed tone before soon looking to Bradley and Silas, "Did you two not tell poor Octavius about the debut party?", she asked with a curious tone, "Unfortunately not..", Bradley said with a concerned tone,

"Then I'll try my best to explain it!", Silas said as he the approached those four before continuing, "a debut party is to show off one's children be it nobility or royalty", he said in a slow tone before continuing with a gentle smile, "this time it's on a larger scale as members of the Celestial pact and their nobles will be sending their young children as well", Silas said in a slow tone once more before soon continuing, "to put it plainly it's a big playdate for you two!", Silas said with a warm smile before noticing both Octavius and Iris looking to each other nervously, "I'd imagine they haven't been around many children their age?", Silas asked in a curious tone before looking to both Bradley and Drake, "unfortunately Iris isn't very social..", Drake said in a disappointed tone,

"Octavius has only been around girls his age", Bradley said in a proud yet disappointed tone, Silas then began to look to Octavius and Iris, "hmm what shall we do with you to two?", he asked in a playful tone before soon looking towards Bradley, "does Octavius usually sleep alone?", he asked with a curious tone, "unfortunately not.. until now that is as Rory and Elisabet both have a cold", Bradley said in a worried tone, "let's fix that!", Silas said in an excited tone before continuing, "how about a sleep over for the next few days until the debut part?", Silas asked with a curious smile, "unfortunately I must leave soon, I'll return a day after the Debut party and I'd hate to leave Iris here alone", Drake said in a worried tone,

"She won't be alone!", Silas said with a warm smile before then continuing, "let's solve these two problems at once!", Bradley and Drake soon caught on before looking to both Octavius and Iris, "Iris would you be ok if daddy left you with Octavius's family until I return", Drake asked in a worried tone, Iris preceded to nod, "that's a yes for one! what about you Octavius?", Silas asked, "you won't be sleeping alone and you'll be sharing your bath time as well", Bradley said in a worried tone, both Iris and Octavius blushed until he finally broke the Silence with a nod easing their worries, "they won't be alone! me and Noel will check on and play with them every chance we get", Selphie said with a gentle smile, both Bradley and Drake then looked to each other before preceding to nod.