CHAPTER 22: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

The brewing chaos continued to push through, as royal guards continuously barged inside rooms in search of Caleb Danis. Inside room 401, Tristan was in panic. He constantly blamed himself, thrashing the room practically breaking down. "It's all my fault! I should've not left him."

"Oh why must I be so reckless! I failed, I failed as a friend" Tristan sobbed punching the wall of rage. Prince Quentin encouraged Tristan to take a breather to no avail. His words were met with a cold shoulder. "Please let's calm down…"

"Don't tell me to calm down!" Tristan furiously responds, as he continues to walk stressfully back and forth.

"You don't know how I feel, Gosh I wish I could tell you but you won't bloody understand!" Tristan shouts, falling to the floor. Tristan looks at his arms which proceeded to ooze red and smog. "No! No! Not again!" Tristan shouts as he rushes out of the room.

Gabriel and Prince Quentin continued to worry for Tristan's health. They knew something mysterious must be happening between Caleb and Tristan. Stress continued to flood in as traces of Caleb or Drew were nowhere to be found.

Out of nowhere Lady May, Nicollette and Beverly rushed in the room, Nicollette practically shouting "Caleb! What happened to him?"

"Drew happened… His back to get us." Gabriel said. "Everything has gotten more and more stressful, Tristan even rushed out desperately."

Nicollette felt the atmosphere, everything was collapsing. The group decided to look for Tristan. They needed to regroup and assess what to do once and for all. Luckily they found him right by the stern… all alone, sobbing by the rails of the ship

"I'm useless… I should've never left his side. I failed Dad… I failed." Tristan said sobbing. His eyes turned red from all the tears washing up. Nicollette sat with his friend and grasped his hands.

Nicollette whispered. "I want to tell you something… It might come to you as a shocker." She then invited Tristan to get along once more and to look at the problems optimistically. Nicollette added smiling warmly "You have gone further than anyone has. You are the eldest, you might act tough and all, but everyone needs help sometimes." An uneasy jolt was felt by Tristan, he locked up his tears away and began to regroup himself." He sighed heavily "Ugh…"

He looked over at Nicollette who had this pretentious smile, glistening through her face. Tristan knew that she saw something inside him that he didn't know about. Nicollette opened her arms and joyfully said "Don't leave me hanging…" Tristan couldn't resist and embraced Nicollette as she intended. The group were overwhelmed with joy and smiled as they watch the two recuperate their differences.

Tristan felt better and was ready once more to face the challenges life brought. "I'm ready to listen… I'm ready to find Caleb." Tristan said to himself, eager to grace Caleb's face once more. "Tristan… Prince Quentin… there's something you desperately need to know." Nicollette uttered. Nicollette grinned at Lady May, Lady May returned the favor by nodding her head.

"Prince Quentin… is Caleb's long lost brother." Nicollette said panting and sweating profusely. Prince Quentin felt confused about what Nicollette actually meant by what she said. Lady May grabbed Prince Quentin's shoulder, she uttered "That necklace… Is the same as Caleb… It must be, you are nothing like the Queen or King, you weren't born in the palace either."

The Prince, still confused, Nicollette reached out her palm showing the pendant. "Director Mikaela found you two on the steps of the orphanage one fateful night, and named both of you, You being the eldest and Caleb being the youngest."

"You're not Quentin!" Nicollette shouted "You're Joshua…" Prince Quentin saw the pendant glowing continuously he said to himself "Why does this look so familiar… Why is it calling me?"

"Who am I?" The Prince touched the pendant and a flood of memories behold him.

"It all makes sense now" "All these years I've been feeling like something is different about me… All these years." Prince Quentin fell into his own thoughts lost in a deep spiral amidst his head. "She was never my mother, nor has she acted like one… But why would she keep this a secret…" "The connection I felt with you Caleb was long, always true and always will be…" Soon Quentin regained control, now understanding what Nicollette meant.

"Quentin! Quentin!" The group called out. "Prince Quentin, are you there?"

Slowly he rose up, and leaned back with one deep breath he uttered "No longer will you call me Prince Quentin… He is now gone."

"Rather you will now call me by who I am… What defines me is my name. "Joshua… Danis" That is what you'll call me." Joshua said overcoming his past identity. Still confused about the last name, he proceeded to adapt the last name of Caleb as well.

The group gasped and were astounded by what they heard. Joyfully they embraced him. Finally regaining what it means to be a true brother. Lady May couldn't be more happy for her man. "No matter who you are, I promise to love you."

The reconciliation was successful, the group successfully traversed the waters of discovery, now fully knowing who Prince Quentin was, the group now needed to find Caleb.

It was nearing 3am the call time on which Drew had asked for. With that in mind the group retreated to their room and devised a plan to take Caleb back and defeat Drew once and for all.

The envelope Drew left had tough conditions, minimizing the scheme of actions the group could do. But upon the right timing and action, the group was on board with the master plan.