CHAPTER Six: Wolf Kingdom Part Three

　　Kiara, at age nine

　　Kiara POV:

　　Uh-oh! I was supposed to bow first and then introduce myself; I messed up.

　　"I'm sorry, Prince Rex; I shook your hand before I bowed. It was a mistake." I said, sad.

　　I hardly made mistakes, and I can't believe the very few I made were in front of the prince. What if he doesn't want to be friends with me anymore? For some reason, I wanted to be friends with him. I got this happy feeling when I was with my brothers; it was the feeling I was getting from him. I heard the prince laugh, pulling me by the hand and engulfing me in a hug.

　　Huh? Wasn't he supposed to be mad?

　　"Your funny, Kiki. Wanna be friends?" He said

　　I was shocked; I let go of him and smiled and nodded my head with the biggest smile on my face.

　　"But I thought I was your friend." I heard JJ huff from behind me. I turned around and saw his arms crossed over his chest. Huffing like the big bad wolf in little red riding hood. I giggled.

　　"We can all be friends," I said

　　Taking JJ's hand, I brought him closer and made him stand in front of Prince Rex.

　　"Prince Rex, this is my best friend Jacob, but I call him JJ sometimes. We can all be friends if that's okay with you?" I asked, silently hoping he would say yes. As much as it would be nice to be friends with a prince, I didn't want to leave JJ out; he was my best friend. We did everything together.

　　Prince Rex smiled, let out his hand for Jacob to shake, and introduced himself to JJ.

　　''Just call me Rex! We're all friends now anyway." Prince Rex, oops, I mean Rex said.

　　I giggled and nodded. JJ seemed excited too. Ha! I knew he liked princes and princesses too; he was too much of a boy to admit to it though! All three of us were broken out of our conversation when we heard multiple chuckles around us. Looking up, I blushed; I had totally forgotten I skipped the King and queen and went straight to Rex. What if they were mad and didn't let Rex be friends with me. I gasped. I quickly went in front of the King and queen and bowed.

　　"Hello, your highnesses. I'm sorry I didn't say hello to you first and went to Rex." I quickly said.

　　I wanted Rex to be my friend and still wanted to explore the castle, and I couldn't do that if the King and queen were mad at me!

　　"Rise, child; you don't need to bow so deep." I heard the King's amused voice.

　　He sounded amused; that was a good thing, right?

　　Skeptical, I stood up straight again and looked at them; they had amused grins on their faces.

　　"Your pretty one, aren't you. What's your name, sweetheart." The queen asked.

　　Yes! They weren't mad! That meant I could ask to explore their castle and even be friends with Rex. I grinned.

　　"Kiara, your majesty. But, my friends and family call me Kiki." I said.

　　The queen smiled.

　　"That's a beautiful name, just like you, sweetheart. I'm happy Rex finally made a friend; he's been so cooped up in his room. It's hard getting him out. Maybe you can infect him with that amazing energy you have." The queen said.

　　I smiled and nodded, making everyone laugh.

　　"This one is a ball of energy, Alpha Albert." Said the alpha king, Rowco. I think that was his name.

　　"You have no idea, your majesty." My dad said.

　　Huh? What was that supposed to mean? When they saw my offended expression, they all chuckled! I was distracted when Rex patted my shoulder.

　　"Do you and Jacob wanna come out back with me? I have a personal playground there?" Said Rex.

　　Personal playground? Goddess, yes! I loved playgrounds but hardly got time to play with all my training and classes. I looked up to my parents, silently asking if I could go. They both smiled and nodded.

　　"Yayy!" I yelled.

　　Rex grabbed my hand was tugged me in the other direction.

　　"Be careful, Rex." I heard the luna queen yell. Rex just yelled an okay and dragged me along with him with Jacob right behind us.

　　This was going to be fun. Maybe I can ask Rex to show me the castle. He would know all the secret passages as well. I grinned! Maybe it wasn't so bad they had all princes. I wonder where the other two princes were. Would they be as nice as Rex?

　　"Hey, Rex. Don't you have two older brothers?" I asked.

　　"Yeah Kayden and Jayden. They're supposed to be crowned Alpha king tomorrow. You're here for their coronation, right?" Said Rex.

　　I giggled at the rhyming names.

　　"Their names rhyme! and yeah, that's why we're here." I said.

　　Rex laughed.

　　"Yeah! I call them Kay and Jay. I'll introduce you to them! They're really nice!" Said Rex.

　　"By the way, what pack are you guys from, and how old are you and Jacob." Asked Rex.

　　Rex made them sound really nice! You could tell he really loved his brothers, just like I loved Kelix, Phoenix and Helix. I was excited to meet the new kings now; maybe they had a princess they would be marrying! The thought made me smile; I might see an actual princess after all.

　　"We're from Crescent Haven Pack. I'm ten, and Kiki is nine." Said Jacob.

　　Oops! I completely forgot to answer Rex when he asked me the question.

　　"Crescent Haven, nice! My brothers told me your pack is the second strongest pack in the kingdom. That's awesome. Oh, and I'm ten as well. You're the baby amongst us, Kiki." Said Rex, smirking at me.

　　Hump! I wasn't a baby!

　　"I'm not a baby! Plus, your both only a year older than me," I said, stomping my feet on the ground.

　　"Still a baby." Said Jacob, shrugging his shoulders and smirking alongside Rex at me.

　　"No, I'm not," I said; I was mad at this point.

　　"Yes, you are, Kiki. Just admit it!" Said Rex.

　　They were getting me really mad.

　　"If you don't stop calling me a baby, I will, I will...ah, yes, I will run into the forest, and when you won't be able to find me, then the King and queen plus our parents will get mad at you both," I said, triumphantly!

　　Both Rex and Jacob laughed. Huh? What? They weren't supposed to be laughing.

　　"Your too much of a baby to go in the forest alone." Said Rex.

　　"Yeah, Kiki, aren't you scared." Said Jacob.

　　Baby? Scared? No, I was an alpha's daughter! I wasn't scared of anything. I crossed my arms over my chest and looked at my annoying two friends.

　　"I'm not scared, and I'm not a baby." I huffed out.

　　"Prove it, then. Go into the forest and stay there for five minutes. If you do, Jacob and I will stop calling you a baby." Said Rex.

　　"Fine! But if I win. You, Rex, have to give me tour of the castle, showing me EVERYTHING, and you, JJ, have to accompany us." I said.

　　I was proud of myself for coming up with the idea, giving myself a mental pat on the back! I looked at them to accept my conditions. JJ grumbled under his breath but nodded in agreement, and so did Rex.

　　YES!

　　"Fine, see you in a few minutes," I said.

　　Turning around and walked into the forest that wasn't too far from where all three of us were standing. You can do this, Kiara, be strong like anna when she went to Elsa and strong like Belle when she went to save the beast. Straightening my shoulders, I walked in. I can do this!