A young light blue hedgehog named Jules Maurice Hedgehog, the younger brother of his older brother Sir Charles Maurice, Jules has no rank and has to clean the poop deck everyday until everything soon changed that one day which would lead to changing...
Once outside, Jules reached into his pocket and returned Juan to Aleena. "I'll be staying with Jules for a couple of days. I want to know more about the surface world with Jules." Aleena said to Juan. "I'll be sure to let your father know this after you two return me safely to the ocean." said Juan. "Luckily for you, Juan. Is that the shore is nearby and you'll be able to return back safely." Aleena said as she was holding Juan The Crab in her hands.
Jules and Aleena were about to make their way to the ocean shore when... "JULES! ALEENA!" a voice called to them. The couple looked to see Charles making his way over to them."Oh No..." Jules groaned as Juan started getting scared after recalling what Jules said about Charles. "I'm doomed..." Juan said to himself. Aleena quickly hid Juan behind her before he crawled into her hair. Charles approached them and greeted. "Good morning Jules and Aleena. I was wondering what was keeping you both." Charles said to both Jules and Aleena.
"We were out shopping. I wanted to get Aleena a new dress. I thinks she looks magnificent!" said Jules. "You don't wanna know about what happened earlier..." Aleena said while blushing. "Listen, whatever happened between you and my brother or what you both choose to do together in private is your business. I don't need to know the details. But in any case, I was hoping the three of us could have some breakfast together and talk for a bit." said Charles. "I actually wanted to show you both something that I found at home before I went to the surface earlier in this morning, it was a gift that my father gave my mother years ago on their anniversary before she died..." Aleena said as she pulled out what appears to be a music box. "What is that exactly?" asked Jules. "Ever heard of a music box?" asked Aleena. "We have, but we've never seen anything like that before." said Charles. "Listen to it." Aleena said as she opened the music box and not only did it start play a musical tune, it was singing with Athena's voice.
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"Wait that voice... is that Queen Athena's voice singing from the music box?" Jules asked Aleena. "It is, and she always had a love for music and singing, even as a young merhog growing up." Aleena said to Jules. "We've seen mechanical music boxes before, but never one that has perfectly recorded vocal singing! And that from a previous queen! Your father is an amazing engineer to have built such a magnificent device!" Charles said to Aleena as he was fascinated by the fact that King Leonardo was an amazing engineer. "I'll be sure to tell him you said that." Aleena said with a smile on her face. "My mother Queen Athena was a kind loving woman to everyone In Atlantica and my father loved her dearly but her death affected father severely. I told this to Jules but my mother was captured by Blackbeard and was soon sold to a rich town before she was killed...." Aleena said to Charles.
Charles listened to the story of what led to Blackbeard's and his entire crew's demise, along with what happened to that entire town and all of its people that vanished into bottom of the ocean. "Don't incur your future father-in-law's wrath dear brother, for of our sakes." Charles said to his younger brother. "I knew not to get him mad when Aleena explained to me and he's not only Aleena's father but also the ruler of Atlantica." Jules told Charles. "Did you father use military force against Black Beard?" asked Charles. "My father's troops were mako sharks and they were there to make sure that none of them escaped his vengeance. The same thing happened with the townspeople who killed my mother. They were all devoured." Aleena said to Charles. "That's really brutal...thank god that I didn't mess with you when I met your dad. I would've been dead by now." Jules said. "Trust me, if you were such a person, you wouldn't have met my father, let alone be welcomed into my father's kingdom as my pendant wouldn't have chosen you to become part of my royal family. My father would have never trusted you with my life." Aleena explained to Jules. "Point taken." said Jules.
"I suppose you don't mind if I could take it for time being. I want to study what your father used to create that music box for your mother." said Charles as Aleena soon gives Charles the music box."Alright, Charles. But be careful with it. it's special to my family and I have to seriously warn you Not to attempt to disassemble or tamper with its construction in any way. My father deeply treasures that music box as one of the memories he has of my mother. I'd never be able to forgive myself if anything happens to that music box." Aleena explained to Charles. "Don't worry, you have it in the right hands, Aleena." said Charles. "Thank you, Charles." Aleena said to Charles. "You're welcome, Aleena." said Charles. "I feel like people are forgetting about me right now." Juan said while he was still in Aleena's hair. "Why don't we try that new restaurant by the shore. I'm sure they have some breakfast in order." said Jules. "I could use a nice hot plate fresh roasted crabs and shrimps right now. said Charles as Jules and Aleena gave a nervous smile as Juan gulped in fear. "Is something the matter?" Charles asked the couple.
"My worst nightmare is about to come true..." Juan said in fear while he was still in Aleena's hair. "Charles, remember what happened last time?" Jules asked Charles. "That incident happened only once and we were much younger then. I was really hungry that day and the crew barely fed us." said Charles. "The pirates were forced to pay the 2,000 ring fee as the captain wasn't planning on paying them a thing." Jules told Charles. "It was still worth it." said Charles. "I didn't eat anything before I came up here this morning." Aleena told the two hedgehog brothers. Jules lifted and carried Aleena in his arms. He turned to Charles and challenged "Think you can keep up?" Jules said with a smirk on his face. "Bro, I taught everything you know about speed." said Charles. With that, the two brothers race at blurring speed to their next destination. Juan nearly fell out of Aleena's hair and is holding on for dear life. "WHY DO THEY HAVE TO GO THAT FAST?!" shouted Juan. "It's because they're both the fastest things alive." Aleena said with a smile on her face while being carried by Jules.
