As the night continued Syvis soon discovered what caused the young prince to be in such a state, he feared being all alone, he feared losing everyone he cared for and those who cared for him, the nightmare he had was still very much alive, it may be gone now but it's effects weren't and still lingered in the young prince, the trauma the young prince endured was left untreated leaving the young prince in a similar state, the young prince had soon calmed down resulting in his eyes reverting as the young prince was now under the same celestial tree being cuddled, 'you can never be too cautious..', Syvis thought comfortably,
"Syvis?", the young prince asked in a gentle yet curious tone, "what is it?", Syvis asked with a curious smile, "thank you..", the young prince said in a grateful yet soft tone as he preceded to kiss her gently on her cheek followed by a gentle smile, 'I swear he's doing this on purpose..', Syvis thought with a playful smile, hours had eventually passed as they decided to remain in that position until finally Syvis noticed that she was late in waking the young prince as she soon began to pout at the idea, "my young prince it's time to wake!", Syvis said with gentle tone before then kissing him on the cheek before he had a chance to respond,
The young prince immediately woke up and began to pout himself, 'bully..', the young prince thought in a disappointed tone as he soon began to rub his eyes, "good morning my celestial teddy bear", Selphie said in a gentle tone before continuing after noticing the young prince's confused look, "everyone else left for breakfast it's only me, you and Iris!", Selphie said with a gentle smile before then proceeding to hug the young prince tightly as Iris soon woke up and did much of the same, they were interrupted by a sudden knock on the door as Aldra soon walked in immediately after,
"You three should really eat breakfast..", Aldra said with a motherly smile as both the young prince and Iris began to look to each other with nervous looks as Aldra soon took notice, "It's ok to be nervous", Aldra said with a gentle smile, "those two are fairly shy themselves", Silas said in a worried tone before preceding to sit next to Selphie and ruffling the young prince's hair as he continued, "allot of royal and noble children will be attending this playdate, I'm just worried they might be a tad overwhelmed", Silas said in a concerned tone shocking both Selphie and Aldra by his sudden maturity,
"So many boys might mistake our young prince as a princess and try to woo him..", as Silas continued in his worried tone negating any maturity points gained by his previous statements, the young prince preceded to pout at the idea as did Iris who soon followed suit surprising everyone in the process, "don't be a.. bully", Iris said in a soft yet gentle tone with a pouting face to match before then continuing even further, "meanie..", Iris said in a soft pouting tone while driving the last nail in Silas's coffin, both Iris and the young prince were immediately hugged afterwards by an incredibly proud Selphie,
"You showed him!", Selphie said in a proud tone as Aldra soon began to laugh softly under her voice, Silas was still surprised by this sudden development but unfortunately this war had been unwinnable from the start, "I admit defeat!", Silas said in a playful yet defeated tone, "that being the case I will be joining you at this debut party to ensure your not bothered by all the young men who might still mistake you as a princess!", Silas said in a courageous tone, "unfortunately for you your not a child Silas, you'll be with us", Aldra said with a almost laughing tone, then suddenly a flash of light enveloped the room,
After the light had decimated seconds later a young boy suddenly appeared, he looked exactly like a child version of Silas surprising everyone including Selphie as the young Silas appeared to look a year older then how she appeared, "you were saying.. big sis Aldra?", Silas said with a mischievous smile, Aldra broke at that moment as Silas could now officially say those words making it even more unfortunate for Aldra as this time it'll actually seem believable, Silas soon began hugging Selphie's available arm, "what do you think?", the young Silas asked with a curious yet playful tone, Selphie then kissed him on the cheek,
"I love it!", Selphie said in an excited tone as Aldra soon returned to her senses, "that.. can work", Aldra said in a weary tone, the young Silas immediately got up and hugged Aldra, "thanks big sis!", the young Silas said in a playful tone breaking Aldra even more in the process, soon Noel returned while Rory and Elisabet stayed with Bradley and Bromley, Immediately as Noel entered the room an excited smile could be seen on the young Silas's face as he knew at that moment he was going to have even more fun teasing Aldra, "who's this?", Noel asked in an excited tone, "It's Silas..", Aldra said in a defeated tone as Noel looked to this mysterious young boy In front of her,
"Lil sis!", the young Silas said in excited tone as for some reason Noel immediately recognized the young Silas after a few moments and rushed for a hug, "Big brother your so small!", Noel said in an overly excited tone, "don't be a bully big sis Noel", the young Silas said in a pouting tone as he soon unleashed the ultimate pouting face as a result of him experiencing it himself for so long, Noel stood surprised for a moment before then hugging the young Silas once more, "don't be a bully big brother…", Noel said in a pouting tone of her own surprising the young Silas as his plan had already fallen apart so soon and by his adorable little sister no less,
"Sorry big sis..", the young Silas said in a defeated tone before then being hugged once more, hours had eventually passed as the young Silas, Selphie, Aldra and Noel made plans for the debut party as both Selphie and the young Silas will be attending now while Rory and Bradley were still in the dark, as for Iris and the young prince they simply followed along to the best of their abilities, soon enough several hours had already passed leading up to the Celestial debut party's afternoon phase as most of the children of royals and nobles from the pact nations had already arrived, many of the children had arrived with a parent or older sibling as it was solely for the young children,
While a smaller event was organized for the adults and older siblings in the royal hall similar to a banquet while the children met in the royal garden and ate at the royal garden's great hall, the young Silas, Selphie, Iris and the young prince were lead to the royal garden's great hall by Aldra as Rory and Elisabet had a head start, Aldra would be supervising the debut party for the children while Bradley entertained the adults and siblings, as they were entering the great hall a detachment of the queen's guard formed a formation to escort the queen and royal family as they too were responsibility for the celestial debut,
While their counterparts the king's guard did much of the same on Bradley's end, the young prince was usually kept away from the queen's and king's guard with the exception of Theodore as he commanded the royal guard detachment responsible for the young prince's safety, the young prince hadn't had the chance to inspect the queen's guard armor yet so he finally had a chance to do so unfortunately they had their hands full, as they entered the great hall the queen's guard's formation soon changed and they as they began relieving the royal guard as they had spent most of the night preparing and making sure nothing was out of place,
As the queen's guard took their positions the queen soon entered with the young prince, Iris, Selphie, and the young Silas following in the rear, when queen Aldra entered the children who had just arrived were amazed of her graceful presence, "welcome to the royal celestial garden!", Aldra said in a motherly tone before then continuing, "as you all may have already found out the debut party is indeed a playdate, your welcome to explore the garden, mingle, and make new companions, please do remember to enjoy yourselves!", Aldra said in a warm yet motherly tone as the young prince and everyone who wore their party attires stood behind her,
Rory and Elisabet soon joined the rear, the great hall and the celestial garden soon became lively shortly after Aldra's announcement, the noble and royal children had separated and formed two sides one section was made up of royals while the other was made up of the nobles, they had grown accustomed to the separation but unlike their home lands such separation was unwarranted so while they preceded to do their own thing the royals and nobles of the kingdom of the celestial vale, the elven kingdom and the void continuum all diversified and mingled among each other while the others stared curiously as they eventually began doing the same,
Eventually the royal and noble sections both disbanded and began mingling with one and another, as everyone began mingling many began to stare at the young prince and his companions while they soon broke off into smaller groups to mingle themselves, the first of which would be the young prince and the now young Silas while the second was Selphie and Iris, while the third was Rory and Noel along with Elisabet, both the young prince and the young Rory had gained the most attention as the kingdom of the celestial vale was the creator and leader of the celestial pact not to mention the host of the current debut party,
Many of their parents had expressed the importance of acting their best especially in front of the vale royal family, as the young prince and the young Silas were the first to leave the group they were soon approached by a group of three girls, the first of which was a little elven girl with a black and white color schemed dress wearing a black hair bow making her look the most unique as it complimented and countered her white hair and eyes, the second was a little dark elf girl who wore a black dress that complimented her white hair and deep crimson eyes, the third and last girl looked even more unique as she had white fox ears and tail with an endless amount of fluff,
Catching the young prince's attention almost immediately, she had such a wonderous tail of fluff while the young Silas held in the urge to tease the other two as they soon appeared in front of them, the little dark elf looked confusedly at the young Silas and the insignias on the young prince's collar as did the little eleven girl, "Hello what's your name!", the little fox girl asked as she looked to the young prince, "I'm Prince Octavius of the Celestial Vale", the young prince said in a gentle yet shy tone, "It's nice to meet you Prince Octavius! I'm Princess Shiro Inari of the Kingdom of Inari", Shiro said in an excited tone,
The young prince couldn't help but stare at that glorious tail of endless fluff as Shiro soon took noticed, "what is it?", Shiro asked in a curious tone yet cheerful tone, "the fluff..", the young prince said in a captivated tone causing Shiro to blush, "what about it?", Shiro asked with a curious smile, "it's lovely..", the young prince said in a gentle yet shy tone, "you can touch it.. if you want", Shiro said in a shy tone with a hint of a blush, "are you sure?..", the young prince asked in a worried yet shy tone, "of course!", Shiro said in an excited tone as she soon began to hold out her tail of fluff, the young prince soon began to gently run his fingers through her incredibly soft fluff,
"It's so soft", the young prince said in gentle yet excited tone before then continuing further, "thank you Princess Shiro", the young prince said with a gentle smile, "your welcome! It's my turn now", Shiro said with an excited smile before pulling the young prince into a hug surprising him for a moment as he soon returned the hug, "this is a fair trade isn't it?", Shiro asked in a curious tone, "it is thank you Princess Shiro", the young prince said in a grateful tone, "just call me Shiro and I'll just call you Octavius", Shiro said with a warm smile before letting the young prince go, "Shiro that's not fair..", the little elf girl said in a pouting tone followed by the little dark elf girl,
"Sorry I couldn't help myself", Shiro said in a playful tone, "I doubt Prince Octavius would mind if you two did the same", the young Silas said with a playful smile as the two elves soon looked to each other before nodding, "It's an honor to meet you Prince Octavius! I'm lady Ava of the void continuum", Ava said in an excited tone before soon pulling the young prince into a tight embrace much like Shiro soon enough it was the little elf girl's turn, "I heard allot about you Prince Octavius! I'm Lady Naomi of the kingdom of the elves!", Naomi said in an excited tone before pulling the young prince into a tight hug herself,
While taking it a step further by kissing his cheek with a playful smile surprising the group and the young prince while the young Silas couldn't help but show his approval through a playful smile of his own as he knew deep down this little elf girl might become the young prince's equivalent of his Selphie but unfortunately this time it may appear the young prince might be something to be shared in the future making the young Silas even more proud at that moment for two reason one being the young prince would be known throughout the kingdoms as a shy yet kind and gentle young prince who captivates all ladies making him and the men of the royal vale family proud,
The second reason being it would drive the dearest queen Aldra crazy as she would be concerned of the thoughts the young Silas and others may put in her innocent prince's head, of course the young Silas wouldn't do such a thing but the thought of it is all he really needed to make it appear he would do so, "I never thought the celestial prince was so pretty!", a little girl wearing a platinum pink dress complimenting her soft pink eyes and hair said in an excited tone, "Claire that's the celestial prince your talking about", a little girl wearing a red dress complimenting her platinum purple hair and soft yet faded red eyes said in a worried tone,
"You worry to much Lily!", Claire said in playful tone before grapping Lily's hand and dragging her off to see the celestial prince as she was doing so a king's guard approached Aldra, "I'm sorry to disturb you my queen, King Bradley asked if he could borrow young prince Octavius", Theodore said in a worried tone, "how long would Bradley need him?", Aldra asked in a curious tone before then continuing further, "I'd hate to tear him away from the other children", Aldra said in a worried tone, "I was told it wouldn't take too long, he should be returned to the celestial debut soon after", Theodore said with a worried smile,
"I'll need to change my plans then..", Aldra said in a disappointed tone before then looking to a young female queen's guard, "Lilith please fetch my young prince and the ladies with him.. and Silas of course", Aldra said in a gentle tone, "It will be done my queen!", Lilith said in a dutiful tone, soon enough Claire and Lily were in front of the young prince and the others, "It's nice to meet you all! I'm Lady Claire and this is Lady Lily! we're nobles of the Celestial vale!", Claire said in an excited yet formal tone, "it's nice to meet you two! would you like to join us?", the young Silas asked with a curious yet warm smile before soon being interrupted by the queen's guard,
"My prince your mother would like to request an audience with you and your group", Lilith said in a gentle tone, the young prince preceded to nod as him and his group with two additions preceded to Aldra, as they approached Aldra they soon noticed Selphie, Iris, Rory, and Noel had done the same with an addition of their own that addition being Elisabet of course,
"my young prince your farther would like to see you for a moment", Aldra said in a gentle tone before hugging the young prince, soon enough the young prince had left for the main hall with Theodore and the young Silas,
As he now wanted to tag along as well in the hopes of surprising Bradley with his child like form, as they soon entered the great hall the young prince had immediately caught everyone's eye as they were soon greeted by Bradley, "Octavius!", Bradley said in an excited tone surprising some of the onlookers in the banquet as no one had really seen the young celestial prince before while only a select few had that honor and now that they could finally meet him many were surprised that Bradley could have hid such an adorable prince, the young prince was a mystery to many of them the previous gossip no longer applied as it went beyond that now,
The young prince was in fact beauty personified while his fashion sense complimented it even further, his short well groomed whiter then white hair along with his perfect pale white complexion complimenting his soft white eyes even more as many stared in awe, "who's your friend Octavius?", Bradley asked with a curious smile, "you don't recognize me brother Bradley?", the young Silas said in a playful yet curious tone before then continuing further, "I'm disappointed Aldra and Selphie recognized me right away", the young Silas said in a disappointed yet pouting tone as he began to shake his head in disappointment,
"Silas? how.. actually it's better if I didn't ask", Bradley said with a confused smile before then looking back to the young prince, "how's the debut party going Octavius?", Bradley asked with a curious smile before then being interrupted once more, "he enjoyed the company of five cuties.. at least until you ripped him away from them!", the young Silas said in a almost laughing tone before then continuing even further, "how could a farther do that to his own son?", the young Silas said in a now laughing tone as Theodore who stood waiting began to laugh himself as the young prince began to blush uncontrollably after hearing such things,
"Silas your to much", Bradley said in a laughing tone himself as many of the onlookers began to stare confusedly at the sight of a king's guard and the king himself laughing uncontrollably before they were all soon interrupted by none other then Queen Kethryllia, "your embarrassing yourselves..", Kethryllia said in a disappointed tone as she was suddenly being hugged by the young prince, "I missed you..", the young prince said in a shy yet gentle tone surprising Kethryllia by the sudden hug as the young prince had usually been to shy to do either, "I missed you to little one", Kethryllia said in a warm yet gentle tone before then returning the hug surprising Bradley in return,
As Kethryllia usually avoided showing such affection in front of others the exceptions being Aldra, Noel, and now the young prince, "I blame Bradley!", the young Silas said in a playful tone, "who's child is this?", Kethryllia asked with a curious tone, "It's.. Silas", Bradley said in a defeated tone as Kethryllia soon began to give him a confused look before soon noticing the resemblance, "I see..", Kethryllia said in a worried tone before redirecting her attention to the young prince, "did you make any new friends little one?", Kethryllia asked in a curious tone as the young prince then preceded to nod with a warm smile before hugging Kethryllia once more causing her to smile,
"That's good to hear little one", Kethryllia said with a with a warm yet gentle tone before then looking to Bradley, "moments like these are rare..", Kethryllia said in a worried tone before then continuing further, "with that being said.. I to shall show off young Octavius", Kethryllia said with a warm smile, soon after showing off the young to every noble and royal alike many of which felt honored as the young prince had been hidden away from most of the social junctions while many of the female siblings and queens couldn't help hugging the young prince after said introductions as they intended to take advantage of such a cute little prince,
Afterwards the young prince soon returned to the debut party after receiving an amble supply of hugs, with him the young Silas and Theodore with an unexpected addition that addition being Queen Kethryllia herself as she hated the thought of not being able to come sooner, as they entered the hall they were greeted by a surprised Aldra, "mother?", Aldra asked in a curious yet surprised tone as Aldra hadn't expected the young prince and Silas to return with her mother, "don't be so surprised my daughter", Kethryllia said in a gentle tone before then continuing as the young prince hugged her arm,
"How are the children fairing?", Kethryllia asked in a curious yet gentle tone, "their faring well mother", Aldra said in a gentle yet proud tone before then looking to the young prince, "everyone's waiting for you in the garden", Aldra said with a warm smile before then suddenly being hugged by the young prince as Aldra soon returned the hug as the young prince began to whisper something in her ear shyly causing Aldra to smile even more, "that sounds like an amazing plan, I'll get the others immediately!", Aldra said in an excited tone, "what plan?", Kethryllia asked in a curious tone, "you'll see mother!",
Aldra said in an excited tone causing Kethryllia to be even more curious, "Ah! I see your going to take them to your infamous gar…", the young Silas tried to say in an excited tone before then being cut off by Selphie's hand that now over his mouth as both her and Iris had returned earlier, "Silas don't be such a bully and ruin it!", Selphie said in a pouting tone as the young Silas soon turned around and immediately pulled Selphie into a tight embrace surprising her for a moment, "whatever you say Selphie", the young Silas said in a loving tone causing Selphie to blush for a moment as Selphie thought for a moment with a playful smile before then returning the hug,
Aldra couldn't help but smile before interrupting the two, "everyone's waiting in the garden let's not keep them waiting you two", Aldra said with a warm smile, the young prince failed to notice Iris until he felt her holding his arm resulting in him immediately pulling her into a hug, "I missed you", the young prince said in a gentle yet warm tone, "I missed you too", Iris said in a shy tone before returning the hug causing them both to blush, "oh gods their so cute!", Selphie said in an excited tone, "theirs so much to teach him..", the young Silas said in a playful tone before suddenly being elbowed,
"We should get going!", Selphie said in an excited tone, soon enough Aldra had already gotten everyone together and they were off preceding to the young prince's secret garden as everyone began taking turns hugging the young prince on the way, the young Silas was curious as he had heard of the garden through Selphie but she insisted that it would be better if he saw it himself making the young Silas even more curious as was Kethryllia and the others as they soon approached the entrance to the garden, they soon noticed something at the entrance where small figure stood,
It was a little elf girl but something about her bothered the young Silas and Selphie as she may appear to be a little elf girl but she was different somehow, she had whiter then white hair that could only be a result of a blessing yet her beauty was also personified putting her in the same league as the young prince as she wore a white dress with white knee high boots both of which had a golden trim, she was currently trying her best to reach for a piece of fruit until she finally noticed the group surprising the young Silas, Selphie, Aldra and Kethryllia as her eyes were neither crimson or white or any known mutation for that matter as they were celestial like golden,
The young prince suddenly began walking to her surprising everyone, "Octavi..", Aldra began saying before being interrupted by Selphie, "just watch", Selphie said with a reassuring smile before being interrupted herself, "this shouldn't be possible for him yet.. unless", the young Silas said in a worried tone before then looking to Selphie who Immediately began to hug his arm, "look!", Selphie said in an excited tone as the young prince and the little elf girl finally closed the distance, they both stared at each other for a moment before the little elf girl suddenly pulled the young prince into a tight embrace,
"Lord Octavius your back!", she said in an excited tone surprising everyone in the process, "Lord Octavius?", Noel asked in a curious tone as Iris began hugging Selphie's available, "I doubt she means one of your lords rather then..", the young Silas said before being elbowed once more by Selphie, "Silas!", Selphie said in a pouting tone as he was about to reveal the young prince's little secret in front of all of the already confused children, "Oops..", the young Silas said in a playful tone before kissing Selphie's cheek causing her to blush for a moment, "Silas..", Selphie said in a shy tone as Aldra and Kethryllia soon looked to the young Silas,
"Silas.. theirs something about her", Aldra said in worried tone, "I wouldn't worry to much about it if anything I'm proud of our celestial teddy bear!", Selphie said in an excited yet proud tone putting both Aldra and Kethryllia at ease as Silas soon approached the two, "young Octavius how did you manage this", the young Silas said in an excited yet proud tone causing the young prince to smile before hugging the young Silas surprising him for a moment before saying something that surprised him even more, "light elves!", the young prince said in an excited yet proud tone with a hint of his usual shyness as Selphie soon looked to the group,
"Aldra go ahead of us we'll follow you in a bit!", Selphie said in an excited yet reassuring tone as Aldra soon nodded with a gentle smile before soon leading the others into the young prince's garden leaving only the young Silas , Selphie with the young prince and the little elven girl, Selphie soon pulled the young prince into a tight embrace, "I'm so proud of you my little celestial teddy bear!", Selphie said in an excited tone before soon turning to and hugging the little elf girl, "your so cute! what should we call you?", Selphie asked in an excited yet curious tone, "I'm Stella of the light elves!", Stella said in an excited tone before returning the hug,
"It appears we now have an additional eleven race.. I approve!", the young Silas said in a playful yet proud tone, "I to approve!", Selphie said in an excited yet proud tone of her own, "how should we go about creating a domain for the young prince and light elves?", the young Silas asked with a curious yet playful tone before turning to Selphie, "hmm you'd know more than me at this point", Selphie said in a curious tone as she was still stuck In her thought, "we should really put some thought into this later", the young Silas said with a curious tone, "Selphie..", the young prince asked in a worried tone,
He then looked to Stella who had a curious look herself as Selphie soon caught on, "Stella will definitely be staying with you from now on my celestial teddy bea..!", Selphie said with an excited tone the young prince then immediately hugged Selphie cutting her off and surprising her for a moment before then returning the hug as she soon paused for a moment before looking to Silas, "Silas can you go ahead with Stella? I need to speak to my celestial teddy bear for a moment", Selphie asked with a gentle tone as the young Silas soon noticed before nodding as both him and Stella soon left for the young prince's garden,
"Octavius what's wrong?", Selphie asked in a worried tone as she had felt the young prince's tears almost immediately after returning the hug, the young prince soon looked to Selphie revealing his deep crimson eyes as he soon began to tremble, "Selphie..", the young prince said with a near broken tone causing Selphie to get even more worried, "what is it Octavius?", Selphie asked in worried tone, "I..", the young prince said before then collapsing throwing Selphie into a panic almost immediately, the young prince had fallen unconscious as he soon met with Syvis, "Octavius what's wrong?",
Syvis asked in a worried tone as the young prince soon collapsed on the ground once more while blood soon replaced the tears as a black figure suddenly appeared in front of him surprising Syvis, "who are you?!", Syvis asked in a serious yet angry tone, "I'm the remnant of that vile curse..", the black figure said in an annoyed tone as it soon turned into a little girl, she had short neon green hair with bright red eyes, she wore a white dress with a purple belt and a matching pair of purple boots with black knee high socks, she soon looked to the young prince with a curious look, "what is he..?",
She asked with a curious tone, "you first! who are you and what are you doing here?!", Syvis asked in an curious yet angry tone, the little girl soon looked to Syvis, "I'm a demon", she said with a playful smile.
Finally updated! so many delays and accidents involving my laptop.. it almost made me believe that updating this chapter would be near impossible with my luck.. ignoring that of course! I can finally finish up the long awaited chapter ten!