Years have passed and Zarkon, Sendak, and Elara were the best of friends. They were always inseparable. They were close friends with Alfor of Altea, Gyrgan of Rygnerath, Trigel of The Dalterion Belt, and Blaytz of Nalquod, all of them being the heir to the thrones of their home planets. Zaedak never married or had children, Sendak and Elara were the closest thing he had to children. By now, Zarkon was 19 and the twins were 17. Right now Zarkon and Sendak were doing their thing, training outside while Elara was bombarded with the classic lady talk with her mother and Athena.

"Elara you know you'll need a good mate eventually when your father allows it." Helgara said seriously.

"Mother I am 17, why are we talking about this?" Elara asked.

"Because there's a certain somebody who has an eye on you." Athena said.

"Alright? Is it somebody I know?" Elara asked.

"Maybe..." Helgara said.

"Yeah this conversation is over. I'm going to make sure Sendak and Zarkon didn't kill each other." Elara said, getting up to leave the room. As she left she could hear her mother and Athena laughing together. As she made her way through the halls she caught a glance of the most annoying palace guard, Razor, he'd always try to flirt with her but it would never work.

"Well hey there princess gorgeous are you fre-"

"Piss off." She snapped.

Razor didn't notice Zaedak, Vorak, and Buloc standing there until they laughed at his rejection.

"That's my girl." Vorak said, high-fiving his daughter as she passed by.

She finally got outside and inhaled the fresh air only to hear her brother and Zarkon screeching at each other.

"I CANT BELIEVE YOU ZARKON! OF ALL PEOPLE IT'S HER!? REALLY?!"

"BE QUIET SENDAK! THE WHOLE PLANET CAN HEAR YOU!"

She approached them with an amused smile.

"Am I interrupting something by any chance?" She asked.

"What? No, of course. We were just talking and Sendak got a little heated about something. No need to worry." Zarkon said. She felt somewhat relieved.

"Oh alri-"

"NO IT'S NOT ALRIGHT! THIS SCALY REPTILE HAS A CRUSH ON YOU!" Sendak screamed.

"DAMN YOU SENDAK!" Zarkon roared.

"I already knew." Elara said calmly, shutting both of them up.

"W-What?" Zarkon stuttered, internally screaming like a banshee.

"Your mother doesn't really drop very subtle hints." Elara said with an amused smile.

"Oh my gods, I'm going to go bury myself now." Zarkon said.

"Don't." Elara said.

"And why not?" Zarkon sassed and his went face and his face pale when she gave him a brief kiss on the cheek.

And down he went, he fainted, and Sendak collapsed into a fit of laughter. Elara stared at Zarkon in disbelief.

"I think I broke him..."