Your Heart is My Kingdom

Princess Katty's Life

In the underground Kingdom Heart of Night, many Pokemon were working busily among themselves. Not all of them were though.

A Poochyena, Purrloin, and Zorua scurried down the tunnel that leaded to the castle of the Heart of Night Kingdom. They were whispering among themselves.

"Will she be there this time, Hyena?" the female Purrloin whispered to the male Poochyena.

"Who knows, Spider" Hyena replied. "Why are you so quiet, Reynard?"

"I dunno." Reynard gave a shrug.

"Are you nervous?" Spider meowed, "All we're going to do is get a glimpse of the Tinkerbell Kingdom."

"They'll think we're spying!" Reynard protested. "They'll kill us on the spot!"

"Not if they don't find us." Hyena replied casually. "Here we are."

They stopped at the entrance to the Heart of Night castle and hided behind the bushes. Eventually a Sneasel appeared from the castle. Hyena, Spider, and Reynard leaped out of hiding and greeted her.

"Hey guys!" the Sneasel purred. "We ready?"

"Of course, Princess Katty." Spider replied.

"I told you to just call me Katty, Spider." Princess Katty said in a low growl. "Which one of us will distract the guards at the exiting tunnel?"

"I'll do it." Reynard replied, "I'm supposed to be watching the Hatchery anyways, the guard will notice and try to send me back while you guys can exit the tunnel."

"Sounds good to me...chicken." Hyena muttered the last word under his breath as Princess Katty leaded them to the higher tunnels. A Mightyena was guarding the exit tunnel.

"Making sure no one goes in or out." Princess Katty growled to herself, her parents hated it when she tried to go out on her own, she was surprised Servant Panthera, another Liepard, hadn't come looking for her yet.

Or maybe she was.

Reynard took a tunnel that leaded to behind the guard, he poked the guard's tail and he turned around to speak to Reynard.

"What do you want?"

That was it. Princess Katty waved the signal and the three adolescent Pokemon jumped up the exiting tunnel and made it out to the swamp.

They were welcomed by warm water and sticky air. Spider shook a piece of cattail off her paw while Hyena stepped into the water, mud and reeds collected on his pelt, he turned around to face the others.

"You guys coming?" Hyena asked.

Princess Katty nodded and stepped into the water, Spider followed.

The three of them continued till they got onto solid ground and continued, Spider sniffed the air.

"Yep, we're on Tinkerbell territory now." Spider meowed. Hyena nodded and Princess Katty felt her fur stand on end.

What do we do now, then?

"Look, Hyena." Spider purred. "Fresh meat."

Princess Katty froze as she noticed who they were looking at, two Spritzee playing in the fields of their territory.

Oh no! They're the King's and Queen's children, Prince Eagle and Princess Rose!

"King Truffle will be livid if he knows you harmed his-"

"I never said I was going to do that." Spider growled over Princess Katty's protest. "Maybe we'll just hold them in our tunnels somewhere in exchange for something..."

"We are not holding them hostage!" Princess Katty snapped.

"Not with you sent back to the castle you're not."

Princess Katty froze, she recognized her father's voice, King Eclipse.

She gulped and faced her parents. It was not King Eclipse she was afraid of facing, it was Queen Ivy, her mother.

"You" Queen Ivy snarled, she plunged towards her daughter and used Night Slash on her cheek.

Princess Katty yelped and held her scratched cheek tenderly while Queen Ivy backed away and glared at her daughter. King Eclipse pushed Princess Katty and her two friends behind him as a Slurpuff and two Sylveon approached them.

"Duke Sloth of the Glitter Unit." King Eclipse meowed, "I apologize sincerely for our children straying into the Tinkerbell territory."

"We don't take intruding lightly, Eclipse." Duke Sloth the Slurpuff growled. "They won't be so lucky next time."

"I heard them, Duke Sloth." one of the Sylveon whispered. "They were talking about kidnapping King Truffle's Prince Eagle and Princess Rose!"

Duke Sloth's eyes flashed and he turned to King Eclipse.

Duke Sloth used Play Rough on King Eclipse, sending the cat Pokemon staggering. King Eclipse moaned with pain. Hyena and Spider ran to their King and were ready to attack Duke Sloth when Queen Ivy lunged on top of him and used Metal Claw.

Duke Sloth cried in sharp pain, the two Sylveon with him leaped on Queen Ivy to defend their Duke. Katty covered her face in her paws.

This is all my fault!

Princess Katty lunged at the Sylveon, but she felt teeth grasp her scruff and pull her back, she looked up to see her wounded father pulling her back.

"No." King Eclipse said sternly. "You cannot risk your life when you are the only heir of your Kingdom."

Princess Katty hissed in protest and tried to wriggle out of his grip when she saw her friends attacking the Sylveon.

Duke Sloth got up in a dizzy motion and signaled the two Sylveon to stop fighting.

"Let's go back." Duke Sloth then turned to King Eclipse. "This isn't the end, your Kingdom will pay for threatening ours."

They left and the King and Queen leaded the three Pokemon back into the underground tunnels.

"Are you crazy?!" Queen Ivy snarled to her daughter. "That Kingdom will be in war with us now!"

"You two go to Duchess Bellatrix and tell her what happened." King Eclipse growled to Hyena and Spider. "You will be punished later."

Princess Katty flinched, Duchess Bellatrix was a very fierce and firm Absol that was Duchess of the Moonlit Unit, and that's the unit Hyena and Spider were born in.

Princess Katty hung her head in shame as her parents walked with her back to the castle where she was shoved in her burrow.

They left her, and Princess Katty looked up to see Servant Panthera looking at her with a slightly ticked look.

"I am very disappointed in you, Princess Katty." Servant Panthera growled. "You were supposed to learn multitasking skills from Teacher Maroon, and instead you were planning with citizens below you, to kidnap the heirs of our neighboring Kingdom!"

Servant Panthera left and Princess Katty slumped her head on the patch of moss another Servant left her, she had a depressed expression on her face.

I just wanted to go out, I didn't do anything wrong...