The Celestial Sleepover
A day had passed since Demon Lord Drake had left while King Bradley had returned to his duties, as Aldra had still been watching over Rory as her cold had persisted into the night while Silas left to check up on one of his many creations in the hope of not repeating the hoard incident, leaving only Noel, Selphie, Iris and the young prince Octavius to prepare for the Celestial Debut party two days from now, In the early morning the young prince awoke to Iris cuddling him, he had woken up several hours earlier than usual, so he soon returned to sleep while embracing the cuddling given to him by Iris, several hours had already passed as Noel and Selphie entered the room they saw that the young prince and Iris were embracing each other in their sleep so they were reluctant to wake them as they had soon began whispering,
"Noel I can't find it in my heart to wake them", Selphie said in a quiet tone, "me neither..", Noel said in a defeated tone, as the two debated whether or not to wake them Aldra had seen them in the doorway and remembered that the young prince would be having some company while she took care of Rory and wondered why they simply stood in the doorway, "Noel, Selphie, what are you two staring at?", Aldra asked in a curious tone before soon being shushed by Selphie, "Shush", Selphie said in a quiet tone, Aldra became even more curious and looked over Noel's shoulder, what she saw warmed her heart,
"Aldra we can't find it in our hearts to wake them", Selphie said in a defeated tone, "I see your predicament do you require my help?", Aldra asked in a motherly tone, "you are his mother after all.. but", Selphie said in a disappointed tone while Noel soon continued for her, "they look so comfortable together, we can't just ruin it for them", Noel said in a disappointed tone of her own, "I see but we can't just let them sleep in the whole day", Aldra said with a gentle smile before quietly entering the room, the young prince woke up to soft whispering in his ear, "good morning my young prince",
As he slowly opened his eyes he saw the face of his mother, to him she was the most beautiful women in the world, he wasn't incorrect in this assumption as Aldra was in fact beauty personified, her white silky hair with her warm yet gentle white eyes made her irresistible to most men, she appeared as the definition of youth as she looked as if she had stopped ageing after the age of nineteen, when she had became queen her grace and her nobility soared to new heights making the queens before her underwhelming, her offspring would be no different, as the prince had taken the most after his mother as he to was beauty personified,
As he grows up he'll have more or less of the same effect, as the young prince noticed he wasn't in fact dreaming he smiled at his mother, she then preceded to caress his face softy before kissing him on the cheek before repeating herself, "good morning my young prince", he slowly got up and rubbed his eyes, Iris started to wake up and did much of the same before looking to Aldra, "good morning little one you must be Iris", Aldra said in a gentle yet welcoming tone catching Iris by surprise before soon continuing, "you two should get up soon and have some breakfast", Aldra said with a loving smile,
Iris and the young prince couldn't speak so they both preceded to nod, before Aldra left the room she held the young prince in a tight embrace, "I'm sorry if I haven't been around as of late, your older sister is suffering from an enduring cold so I haven't been able to leave her side", Aldra said in a concerned tone before continuing, "I'll make sure to make even more time for you when your farther is free to watch Rory", she said with a loving smile before kissing him on the forehead, "I need to return to your older sister, my young prince please remember to eat breakfast", Aldra said in a concerned tone before leaving the room in a graceful manner,
As she did both Noel and Selphie couldn't help but smile as Aldra was an expert in her field, "what should we do after breakfast?", Noel asked with a curious tone while poking Iris's sleepy cheeks, Selphie then preceded to hop on the bed while soon getting behind of Octavius before she soon began using him as a teddy bear as she had done before, "much better!", Selphie said in a comfortable tone, "actually.. we could just stay like this", Selphie said in casual tone before then continuing, "we could just order breakfast or lunch when we wake up", The young prince soon looked to Iris, she nodded and his nod soon followed resulting in what happened next,
The young prince preceded to fall back to sleep in Selphie's arms, Iris soon followed by cuddling both Selphie and the young prince, Noel soon hopped into her infamous bandwagon and cuddled up to Iris, they all preceded to fall asleep one after the other, almost immediately after falling asleep the young prince was sent into a nightmare, he awakened to find himself alone in his bed, "did everyone leave me?", he asked himself before soon leaving his room, but something was off his door took some force to open, as he finally managed to push it open he noticed blood on the floor as he looked out into the hallway he noticed the heavy object that previously blocked the door,
It was a member of the kings guard in a pool of his own blood, he began to shake as he was confused as of why a member of his father's guard laid dead in front of his door, he then slowly preceded to walk around his body and continued down the hall where he noticed more bodies, he couldn't stop shaking as he started to recognize one by one, he suddenly had the urge to run to the throne room to look for his farther, as soon as he had entered he saw his farther laying dead next to his mother and older sister, he began to shake uncontrollably as tears ran down his face, but what he first thought was tears was in fact blood,
His eyes had turned into a deep crimson as he noticed a little girl in black standing behind him, "sorry my young prince it appears someone's playing tricks on you", she said in a concerned tone before continuing, "something evil is buried in your friend, Iris I believe", she said in a calm tone before approaching the young prince as she did so she wrapped her hands around him and held him before proceeding, "when you wake up tell Selphie that she should purify that child", "purify?", he asked shyly, "don't worry she won't be harmed", she said with a calming smile, "what's the evil?", the young prince asked in a curious tone,
"It's something that hid itself in her bloodline.. it appears it was the last of it's kind as the rest had been exterminated by.. you needn't worry as you may already know him!", she said with warm smile, "just know everything's ok, this is just a bad dream", she said while holding him tighter, "what is your name?", the young prince asked in a curiously shy tone, "you can call me Syvis!", she said with an excited smile before continuing, "Selphie is trying to wake you up now, you shouldn't keep her waiting and if you want to try to purify your friend yourself kiss her on cheek and that'll do it!", Syvis said with a gentle smile before kissing the young prince on his cheek bringing him back to reality,
"Octavius please wake up!", Selphie said in a concerned tone, as he looked up he immediately saw Selphie with a worried look, he soon noticed his face was wet with blood and his eyes had yet to revert to their normal white as he was soon interrupted by a teary eyed Selphie, "please tell me what's wrong?!", she asked in a concerned tone, the young prince looked to Iris and soon pulled her closer surprising her and Selphie as they didn't know how to react, they were surprised once more when he decided to kiss Iris's cheek, soon a small ball of white light entered her body confusing everyone who knew what that meant while Iris couldn't help but blush,
"Octavius..", Selphie said in a surprised tone, he then looked to Selphie for a moment before preceding to resume his position as he had done so before, soon enough his eyes reverted, Noel had ran to get wet towels and had just returned, "Octavius are you ok now?", Selphie asked in a concerned tone, he nodded as he wiped his face with the help of Noel, afterwards he Immediately hugged Selphie tightly before falling asleep once more like he had done before Iris did much of the same as only a hour had past while Selphie held to him tightly, "Noel please bring Bradley, he needs to know what just happened", she said in a concerned tone, as they were doing that the young prince returned to his normal dreams until he had met Syvis once again,
"You did it I knew you could!", Syvis said in an excited tone before continuing, "I hate to bother you especially after what just happened.. but", before she could continue he rushed to her and began to hug her tightly surprising her for a moment before returning the hug, "thank you Syvis", the young prince said with a thankful tone before kissing her on the cheek causing her to blush before thinking, 'when he does grow up in nine or ten years he'll definably be a lady killer.. it'll be worth the wait until then', she thought before then continuing, "again? I'm sorry Octavius but we're going to have to cut this short your needed again",
Syvis said in a disappointed tone before kissing his cheek bringing him back to reality once again, this time he felt a hand on his forehead it was Bradley, "I hope I didn't wake you, I heard what happened.. is everything alright Octavius?", he asked in a worried yet quiet tone as he didn't want to wake Iris, "Iris had something in her..", the young prince said in a shy tone, Bradley then looked to Selphie, "It appears Octavius had purified whatever it was inside of Iris as it had unfortunately targeted a higher being without knowing", Selphie said in a concerned yet relieved tone before then continuing,
"But what concerned me the most was that it all started in his sleep so whatever it was must have infiltrated his dreams..", Selphie said in a worried tone as she then looked to the young prince, "Octavius did you have a nightmare?", Bradley asked in a concerned tone, the young prince preceded to nod and shake as he had remembered what he saw before being saved by Syvis, "everything will be ok Octavius it was just a bad dream, I needn't ask if it has this effect on you", Bradley said in a gentle tone, "It took everyone..", the young prince said in a upsetting tone,
Bradley, Selphie, and Noel all became worried as the young prince was usually shy and reserved yet whatever he had seen had erased the shyness in his voice even if it was just for a moment,
What made it even worse was that he had felt such extreme emotions that his eyes had become deep crimson and began bleeding, his eyes were now white again but the toll of it was still visible on the young prince, "Octavius we're still here so you needn't worry about us leaving anytime soon", Bradley said with a gentle smile as he then ruffled the young prince's hair, "we should get some lunch!", Noel said with a warm smile, "don't tell me you few haven't eaten yet?", Bradley asked in a concerned tone before then looking to Selphie, "It's not my fault! Octavius and Iris wanted to sleep in", Selphie said in a childish tone before continuing herself,
"Besides.. I couldn't find it in my heart to tear those two away from each other", she said in a gentle yet defeated tone as Iris was still hugging the young prince's arm she began rubbing her eyes as she woke up, "I see", Bradley said in a gentle yet proud tone before continuing, "even that being the case you few should eat something.. should I ask the chefs to make something?", he asked in a curious tone, "If anything we need a bath then we should eat", Selphie said as she looked to the young prince as he still had some dried blood on his face, "that would be a good idea.. but unfortunately Octavius hates to bath alone",
Bradley said with a weary tone before then continuing, "he usually baths with Rory and Elisabet..", Bradley said in a worried tone, Selphie and Noel soon caught on, "he can just bath with us!", they both said in an excited tone, Iris stared confused at everyone as she continued to rub her eyes, "how do you feel about bathing with Octavius?", Selphie asked with a curious tone, Iris didn't know how to respond to this so she simply nodded with a uncontrollable blush, "I must be going, it's my time to watch Rory so Aldra will be stopping by the baths to check up on you few", Bradley said with a warm yet proud smile as he left, as soon as he had left room Selphie and Noel both looked to Iris,
"Iris.. have you ever bathed with a boy?", Noel asked in a curious yet excited tone, Iris preceded to shake her head, both Noel and Selphie then looked to each other with excitement in their eyes as it'll be her first time bathing with a boy as then they preceded to look to the young prince who was still being used as Selphie's teddy bear, he immediately went back to sleep in her arms as Bradley left, both Noel and Selphie frowned as Iris soon joined in resuming her position of hugging his arm as she slept, Selphie didn't mind as she had more time with the young celestial teddy bear while Noel began to pout as she wanted to skip ahead to the bath to observe the two before falling asleep herself,
As Selphie was the last of the few awake she stared down at the now sleeping young prince before kissing his head, "sleep well Octavius", she said before falling asleep herself, "Octavius! your back!", Syvis said with an excited smile before then hugging him tightly, "Syvis..", the young prince said in a disappointed tone, "what's wrong?", she asked in a concerned tone, "are you real?", he asked in a curious tone, she took a moment to respond, "yes.. I am indeed real", she said in a concerned tone, "can I see you when I wake up?", he asked in a curious tone, "no.. at least not now", she said in a weary tone before then continuing,
"Your just not ready yet", she said in a gentle yet reassuring tone, the young prince was disappointed as he had hoped to see her in person, "did you miss me that much?", she asked in an excited tone, "yes..", the young prince said said in a shy tone, "awe!", Syvis then preceded to hug him even more tightly but this time she didn't let go, "Octavius..", she asked in a curious yet gentle tone, "yes Syvis?", the young prince asked in a worried yet shy tone, "If you want to be ready that bad I can train you.. if you want", Syvis said in a nervous yet shy tone, "train me", the young prince said in a shy tone, Syvis then began to smile excitedly,
"Let's start now before they wake you up again!", Syvis said in a excited tone, Octavius then stared to Syvis with a curious look for a moment as she soon noticed, "sorry.. I watch you sometimes", Syvis said in an embarrassed tone, the young prince immediately returned the hug, "then I'm never alone", he said with a warm smile, soon enough what appeared to be hours of training were in fact an hour in the real world, "It's time for your bath Octavius.. see you soon!", Syvis said in an excited tone before kissing him on the cheek, "Octavius am I really that comfortable?", Selphie asked in a curious tone as the young prince rubbed his eyes once more before nodding,
"Good!", Selphie said in a proud tone, Iris soon woke up and began rubbing her eyes in sync with his, "bath time!", Noel said in a excited tone, "ready for your first bath.. with a boy?", Selphie asked with a mischievous smile, Iris then immediately blushed before turning to the young prince who did much of the same, soon enough they were already outside of the royal celestial baths when Aldra had arrived, she immediately rushed over to the young prince and preceded to then hug him tightly, "I heard what happened.. how are you feeling?", Aldra asked in a worried tone, "I'm ok", the young prince said in a shy tone before returning the hug,
"Will you be joining us big sis?", Noel asked in an excited tone, "I will!", Aldra said in an excited tone, "this is Iris's first time bathing with a boy!", Noel said in an excited tone, "is it now? I wouldn't worry to much.. Octavius has only bathed with girls", Aldra said with a warm smile, Iris nodded as she began to blush once more, after the bath they ate and decided to visit the Celestial garden, the young prince had then decided to run off to prepare something, "I wonder where he's running off to?", Selphie asked with a curious tone, "he loves to garden.. he probably went to check up on the plants he had recently planted", Aldra said with a proud tone before then continuing,
"He does have his own secret garden within the celestial garden itself after all", Aldra said with a proud smile, "he does?! should we follow him?", Noel asked in a curious yet excited tone, "I wouldn't let's just wait and see", Selphie said in a gentle tone, soon enough he had returned after making his preparations, he immediately hugged Iris and grabbed her hand causing her to blush before then looking to everyone else. "follow me!", he said in an excited yet shy tone before leading them to an Isolated part of the Celestial garden he had personally taken care of, it was unlike anything in the rest of the garden as it was the personification of nature's beauty,
It shocked everyone especially Selphie as many of the plants and flowers weren't something a mortal or even a low ranking god or goddess could cultivate, the only deity that could even be able to reproduce these effects was Celestia the goddess of the dryads and even then she was a high ranking goddess, 'could Silas have something to do with?', she thought before then being interrupted, as everyone had focused on the young prince's secret garden, they failed to notice him gathering flower like roses, he soon returned and gathered everyone's attention as he held the bundle of Silas tier celestial flowers behind him,
"Everyone please close your eyes and open your hands", the young prince said in a shy yet nervous tone, before placing a unique flower in each hand the last one being for Iris, "you can open your eyes now", the young prince said in a shy tone, as they did so they were shocked to see that each flower was in fact more different and unique from the other, they each radiated celestial energy as they weren't just any celestial flowers, they were ones created by the young prince himself! such a feat should have been impossible especially with his limiter being still active, "Octavius how did you..",
Before Selphie could finish her question the young prince had hugged her almost immediately before saying the word Silas had always been so fond of, "Impossible", he said with a warm smile, 'I knew it! Silas what have you been teaching him?!', she thought before soon returning the hug, the young prince did much of the same for everyone else until he finally approached Iris, she couldn't help but blush as she stared at her flower, it was a deep violet matching her eyes with a shade of crimson, she failed to notice the young prince as she then finally looked up to see him smiling nervously, she then decided to shock him herself as he had done this to her several now,
She immediately began to hug the young prince tightly, she then preceded to kiss his cheek twice causing him to blush uncontrollably, the tables had turned, Selphie couldn't help but be proud of Iris as she herself did much of the same to Silas while Aldra and Noel were still in shock as the roles had reversed.. the adorable young prince was now being wooed by the young girl he had attempted to impress, after the garden incident they soon ate dinner and preceded to bed resuming the same positions they had been in before, Aldra soon returned to Rory after dropping off the celestial flower meant for Elisabet who couldn't help but smile uncontrollably at her gift,
Rory acted in a similar manner but unfortunately she was still disappointed that her brother wasn't able to give it to her himself as she missed him greatly, as the young prince slept he soon met with Syvis once again, "such a charmer! and the way she turned it around on you was perfect!", Syvis said with a playful smile before then being hugged herself she was soon kissed on the cheek twice immediately after as it was only fair as she herself began to blush uncontrollable, it seems that it had the same effect as it did on him, "what did you do that for?", Syvis asked with a blushing smile, the young prince then preceded to hand her a celestial flower,
It was platinum pink matching her pony tails and ribbons, she had dressed in the same manner as Amelia with slight differences yet much of it can still be seen as the same especially when it came to her deep crimson eyes, she wore knee high boots, very long sleeves, with a black dress revealing her shoulders and neck area, if Amelia had a platinum pink haired twin with a slightly different fashion sense that would be Syvis, Syvis immediately returned the hug with one of her own, "thank you my young prince", she said as she soon became teary eyed before preceding to hug the young prince even longer ever so tightly with a sincere smile.