Chapter 36: "Reunited"

"Prince of the Central Kingdom? asked the Guard, "I heard rumors of a Prince who defeated the Luitenents of the East Kingdom," whispered that Guard to the Guard that was there," maybe this is him but he is just a kid," said the Guard, "what are they whispering about?" asked Evan, "beats me," said Zeph, "are we going to see the King or not?" asked William.

"The King isn't here, his Son, Prince Aidan rules in his absence, and he is at the tournament, "well he should know something about our arrival," said William, "send word to the Prince, let him know Prince William is here," said the Guard to the next Guard, " this place is heavily guarded," said Zeph.

Not long after the Guard returned, "come with me, the Prince has been expecting you, I will escort you to the tournament, the cheers of excitement got louder as they made their way closer to the arena," this place is huge!" said Evan, "look at all these people," said Rose.

"This way," said the Guard, "My Prince, I present to you Prince William and company of the Central Kingdom, "I have been expecting you when I didn't see you turn up I thought maybe you had chickened out," said Aidan.

" We just had some minor delays that's all, where is my sister and the people your dad took from my Kingdom?" asked William, "straight to business I see, they are here, Guard bring the Princess, let's enjoy the tournament until they arrive," said Prince Aidan, "I'm not here for that I just need to get my sister and our people and leave.

Suddenly the crowd started to cheer louder for the fighters in the ring as the battle was heating up, the guard then returned with the Princess, " that's the Princess, I remember her somewhat," said Evan, William took a few steps towards her, "Deana?" said William,

She saw an image of him when he was a baby in her mind, "William it's you! I thought you had died in the invasion, I heard there was a young boy claiming to be the son of King Cresswell, I thought it was just someone making trouble, the last time I saw you, you were drooling and babbling, I see you bare father's ring as well," said Deana.

William went closer to her and hugged her as she was talking, she stopped and smile, with tears in his eyes William said.

"Joy saved me with help from our mother and father, that's how I escaped, I thought I was all alone until I learned that you were alive I had to come here, you are the only one I have close to mom and dad, you can tell me what they were really like, share your memories with me," asked William.

"Joy, I remember her and her son, I will my brother," said Deana with tears running down her cheeks," so that's Princess Deana, she is really beautiful, I'm happy for William," said Rose to Evan and Zeph.

"These are my friends Rose, Zeph, and Evan, I wouldn't have gotten here without their help, Evan is Joy's son, you might remember him, we grew up like brothers," "Hi Princess," said Rose, "Hi," said Zeph, "I remember you, it's nice to meet you, Princess," said Evan, "what a lovely family reunion," said Prince Aidan mockingly.

"Shut up Aidan why do you have to be such a jerk sometimes," said Princess Arada, "who is that?" asked Evan, "how should I know," said Zeph, "my apologies, I am Princess Adara of the West Kingdom, I'm the eldest one even though we are twins," said Adara.

"They all greeted her, "you must be William, you're a cutie, we have heard about you," said Adara, "When I first got here she was really nice to me, we eventually became friends," said Deana, "that's good to know that you weren't alone, where is everyone that came here, are they still around?" asked William, Deana's facial expression then changed, "no," she said, "what happened?

"When word came to us that you had defeated a lieutenant from the East, a few of the men got excited and a small rebellion broke out, they were beaten and lockup, a few days ago when the tournament started they were placed in it to fight against men that were more powerful than them so they were killed," said Deana.

"What! who gave such an order?" asked William, "isn't it obvious? it was I the future King of the West, I had to make an example of them so I can keep my own people in line if they ever think about a rebellion," said Aidan.

William clenched his fist and said, "how could you do that to them, they were happy to hear that there was still hope and now they will never get the chance to see it," said William.

"Maybe if you had arrived a bit earlier you would have been able to save them," said Aidan, "these men were from my Kingdom, what is wrong with you?" asked William, "I have to be a strong Prince so I can become a strong King, my father will be proud when he returns and see how I have been managing the Kingdom, now pipe down I want to see this match," said Aidan.

By this time William was furious," I'm sorry that happen to those men I wasn't here when the incident took place if I was around I would have been able to save them, I can't even forgive my brother for what he did," said Adara, the people in the area started to cheer as the fight was reaching its climax, both fighters were about to land their final blow.

Both fighters were K.Oed by each other's attack, "this is a first," said the commentator, "so who won?" asked Aidan, "you," said the commentator.

"And I didn't get a chance to fight again!" shouted Aidan, "all you care about is your stupid tournament, the men who you killed, I can see their lives mean nothing to you," said William.

"Are you still on about that, wait I have an idea," said Aidan, he called on one of his guards and whispered in his ear, that he was sending a message to the commentator.

"The Prince would like to welcome Prince William of the Central Kingdom, the cheers were scanty around the arena.

"Prince Aidan wants to challenge Prince William for the grand prize and to test his strength in the Tournament of Strenght," said the commentator, "what?" asked Deana, "what is wrong with you Aidan?" asked Arada.

" Father left me in charge so I can do whatever I choose and if William doesn't accept the challenge no one is leaving here with him," said Aidan, that wasn't the agreement father made," said Arada.

" Deana?" said William, "yes?" replied Deana, "Tell everyone to get their stuff together we will be leaving soon, I accept your challenge Aidan, for the lives you took, for what your father did to my home, you will pay," said William," finally I get to fight again, I hope you don't die on me too quickly," said Aidan.

" He accepts!" said the commentator and the arena erupts in cheers.