Ask The Espeon and her Family

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[ Previously .. ]

Rue shot a glance towards the Zoroark. ‘Jake, Jem’s brother, our uncle?’ Samuel shuffled a bit awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. ‘Listen... uhm...’ ‘I am listening. You have a lot of explaining to do. Don’t think you can get past me with ‘it was a mistake, i meant blah blah blah’.’

‘... Okay.. fine..’ He said a few moments after the awkward silence that had fallen between them. ‘So... uhm. I ran into our uncle a while back .. back uhm... back.... back when I was a ‘full-time’ member of Lord Darkrai’s army you know ... uh... but that's a long story...!’

‘We’ve got time..’

For the moment being, Samuel’s gaze shot to the floor. ‘Okay.. Well.. Jake .... He was a member of the clan way before I was born. You know ... well.. uhm.. I basically grew up with him around, until I was about .. uh... maybe ... six months old. He got kicked out of the clan.. I was told that if I ever saw him, I would have to kill him. It was the way of the code we have. We don’t want traitors and he was a traitor so .. uh yeah.’

Rue raised a brow, ‘Do you know why he was called a traitor?’

‘No... sadly. I was to young to remember why, and ... actually... I do remember ... The exaltation of Jake was .... really without word. I couldn’t see him off because I was too ‘young’ at the time. I never really knew him too well at the time, till well ... I found out later that he was the sister of a particular eeveelution that was outside the clan.’ He took a moment and glanced towards Jem who was still comforting Lucielle near Jade. ‘They told me that he was outcasted because of that. He did something that was against the code, and for that he was banished. Along with the fact that since he was the son of a traitor, if he was seen, he was to be killed with out question. I hadn’t seen him since, till well ... not to long ago. We started talking, and then I started talking to you ... and he ... he.. uhm. Lets not talk about that. Anyway, long story short, we have been ... uh kind of chilling and then we got a visit from Jade tonight, because he wanted me to come visit you all for christmas, even though I barely know what the concept is myself, and uh .. jade was attacked, and uhm, Jake went off to find who hurt her, and I brought Jade here ... and then you know the rest...’

Rue nodded slowly, trying to understand what her brother had said. ‘Okay. So, You knew Jake from your clan, you met him here, and you and him were attacked?’