3rd person P.O.V

(Flashback) 

An eleven-year old boy was sobbing as he hugs his knees and hides his face. A hand is placed on his back which belonged to the Royal Adviser Derek Yvonne (A/N: I don't know Serena's father's actual name as it had never been mentioned so lets just call him Derek)

"I-I don't w-wanna kill those p-people..." The raven-haired boy wept. "W-why does f-father make m-me -" He was enveloped into a gentle embrace as Derek's arms held him. 

He cries harder into the fabric of his clothing. 

"I know Ash.. It must be horrible for such a young man like you... Please hold on just a little longer.. I will try to do something for you.." Derek sighs. He called the young prince by his name as he had always raised and taken care of him but not as much as Lysandre; yet Ash commanded him to call him by his first name but not Lysandre. Ash looked up to Derek Yvonne as a godfather or a best friend. 

 "I wanna change..." Ash sniffs. Derek sighs again as he takes in the sight of the young boy; clothes covered in patches of blood along with tints of red in the locks of his hair. His eyes were dull and empty as all life had been taken out of them.

"I'll come back with clothes just stay here... and you might want to grab your coat little man" Derek smiles. "Let's take a stroll outside in the heart of Kalos.."

The younger boy's eyes widen. "B-but father will kill me if I step outside the castle walls!"

"Let it be our little secret that stays between us only okay?" Derek laughs. "I promise you will feel better Ash.."

Ash has an uneasy look on his face as Derek walks out of the room.

"Being with you is good enough..." Ash says slowly. He had always kept his word so fully trusts Derek.

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Once they are fully dressed and ready Ash takes in a deep breath and enter the world he never thought he would ever see in his lifetime. The sun was shining brilliantly in the city of lumiose, there was a warm and welcoming bustle of noises coming from houses and market areas, and the air smells like freshly baked baguettes and cakes, and also little kids running around with a kite in their hand which blew far up into the crystal clear sky, a hue of blue. 

All this was the complete opposite of what it was behind the castle walls. Darkness, screams of agony and his father's booming laughter and dominance filled the air and instead of a kite which soared up high in the air Ash felt like a puppet, controlled by his father and making him kill. Tears well up in the young boy's eyes as he remembers the face of the innocent people he was forced to kill, just for his 'training' to become the next king.  

"Don't cry poppet... Here.. I'll take you to my house.. if you don't mind?" Derek wipes a tear. You have to meet my daughter, she is also about the same age as you and also-"

"Is it the girl in the straw hat? She was always in the garden but I could never really talk to her...Let's go then" Ash smiled. "I want to do everything for the first and the last time. My last taste of freedom. But I'm glad it's with you.." 

Derek smiles as he leads the young prince to his household. "Serena! Dad is here to see you! And he's bought a veerry special guest too!" Derek yells through the door as he knocks on the door. 

The door opened to reveal a young girl, long honey blonde hair, and eyes as blue as the sky above and and an adorable smile as she looks at her father and jumps for an embrace. 

Ash stared at here in amusement. 

"Haha, there there..." Derek hugs her back. Serena realized who was next to him quickly jumps back down "Y-your Majesty..." She avoids eye contact. 

Ash smiles. "Hello Serena, your father has been such an amazing person to me and I wanted to pay you a visit too... You should talk to me more often okay?" 

Serena's eyes widened. "R-really? You came to see.. me?" 

"Yes, and I hope it isn't the last time I do.." Ash sighs. "And call me Ash okay? No formality here"

Serena giggled as she says "Okay Ash. It's so nice to meet you.."

"Serena, why don't you take him around Ambrette town? You could teach him fishing there" Derek says. 

"What about you..? Aren't you coming with us? Ash asks with a pout. 

"I'm sorry I wish I could...I have some affairs to tend to back at the castle... your father has requested my presence at noon exactly... your -um..- 'training practice' is at dawn so.. I'll pick you up by then.." Derek says. 

Ash sighs. He wanted to do everything one last time before dedicating himself to the life he was meant to live. 

Little did he know that the honey haired girl girl completely changed his life. 

(End of flashback)

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Ash's P.O.V

"It was her?!" Gary gasps. 

I sigh. "hey, I'm not completely sure okay...? The last time I saw her was 15 bloody years ago... I never saw her again... if it is really her then she has to know her father was the royal Councillor, Derek"

"Oh yeah... what a nice person he was.. Too bad he died..." Gary said with a sad smile. He was the reason you were sane back then, yeah?"

I close my eyes and the image of Derek visits me, back when he was alive, his smile brighter than anything.

"Yeah" he whispers. 

"GARY!!" A shout is heard from outside the room. 

"COMING !" Gary yelled back. "Take some rest okay Ash?" he pats his shoulders and runs off to attend his affairs.

I decided to take a little stroll around the hallways but a room at the end catches my attention. When did this even exist? I enter inside and before me are a pile of old documents. The walls were clean white,  and in the front hung a beautiful painting of a daffodil. Everything was somehow where it should be.

It seemed to perfect to be a room... I wonder who worked here? 

But curiosity does tug at me to take a peek at  some of them so I follow my instincts and choose a random one.

Name: Derek Yvone

Age: 34

Cause of death: Stabbed by Roc///////*smuged*ead////r*

...

What...?

Derek was.. MURDERED?