Okay, first off, I want to say thanks for sending in the OC's and that they ARE still accepted. I have a lot of characters that are cold and quiet, which is okay, but I need some variety too and I need more NOVICES and LESS Masters. So, this first chapter is short and really reflects how the Queen feels about her daughters and such. Soren, Eeva, Oxton, and some of the OC's appear in the next chapter so make sure to look out for that.

The Paintings

A dark figure entered the Royal Gallery of the palace and suddenly a bright violet flash of light illuminated the area revealing an Espeon with a small diamond crown on top of her head and a matching diamond gem on her forehead, instead of the red gem that was common among the rest of her species. There were nine enormous paintings with three on the east wall, three on the west wall, and three on the center wall. Slowly walking down the Royal Gallery, the Espeon stopped at the first painting.

The Espeon looked at the painting of her first daughter, Princess Leafea, with indifference. Leafea was surrounded by a green forest in the background, and even though it was merely a painting, the queen could sense the jealously and hatred emanating from the expression on the Princess's face. She remembered how Leafea had always been jealous of the other children despite being powerful, she felt as if she could never measure up to the Queen's high standards and to the queen, she was absolutely right...

The Queen slowly moved to the next painting. This one was the painting of her second daughter, Princess Joltea. Gazing, at the painting, the Queen smiled a bit. Joltea was sitting on a golden throne surrounded by gold, silver, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and pearls. Joltea was a powerful being in her own right, but the only problem that the Queen saw was Joltea's addiction to treasure. She felt as she spent more time hunting treasure than training to hone her skills...

Moving to the next painting, the Queen immediately frowned. It was the painting of her third daughter, Princess Vaporea. She was lying in a pool of water with a tiresome expression on her face. The Queen sighed knowing that out of all her daughters Vaporea would never accomplish anything due to her slothful nature. Leafea and Joltea at least trained when they had time, but Vaporea was just an extra mouth to feed, when she wasn't too lazy to eat...

The Queen suddenly turned and walked across the gallery. It was the painting of her fourth daughter, Princess Umbrea. She was surrounded by various berries and meats and her plumped belly was prominent. The Queen shook her head in disgust. Umbrea was a capable fighter, but she consumed so much food, that it was almost impossible for the Queen to feed her other children...

The next painting put a wicked smile on the Queen's face. It was the painting of her fifth and second favorite daughter, Princess Flarea. She was surrounded by a red sky and red lightning. The Princess had her head tilted up and was breathing fire. The Queen remembered how Flarea did not cry when she was born. Instead, it was a loud scream of anger and frustration. The Queen admired Flarea's power, but she quickly realized that she was becoming extremely uncontrollable and had to cast a spell that prevented Flarea from killing her sisters...

The next painting put a moderate smile on the Queen's face. It was the painting of her sixth daughter, Princess Glacea. She was surrounded by beautiful snowflakes in the background and had a very seductive smile on her face. The Queen could easily tell that Glacea was the most beautiful of her daughters, a trait that the Queen believed came from her, but she also knew that Glacea being around caused a lot of havoc from both her sisters and the male Pokemon of Superbia...

The center wall had three paintings on them. The three were much larger than the other six and the Queen would admire them all day if she could. The one in the middle was a painting of none other than herself, Queen Espea. She was surrounded by a beautiful purple hue. Queen Espea smiled at her painting. Her beauty outmatched all of her daughters, including Glacea, and the expression on her face, vaguely reminded her of her own deceased mother, Queen Vanity the Espeon. Of course Queen Espea knew that she was more beautiful than her mother ever was and a better ruler of Superbia...

The painting on the right made the Queen smile. It was not a wicked smile, but instead a genuine bright smile. The painting was of her youngest and favorite daughter, Princess Eeva. The young Eevee had a smile on her face that not only reminded the Queen of herself, but of Glacea and Flarea as well. In the background was an image of Queen Espea overlooking her daughter. The Queen started to look at the final painting before suddenly moving back to Eeva's painting. She studied the smile on her face once more and concluded that it reminded her of yet another...

The final portrait to the left put a brief expression of sadness and grief on the Queen's face. The expression quickly shifted to a look of seduction and passion. The painting showed a Houndoom surrounded by flames. However, unlike most Houndoom, the horns on his head pointed out almost like demon horns. Gazing at the grin on the deceased King's face, the Queen's eyes immediately shifted back to Princess Eeva's painting. She thought of how all seven of her daughters had traits of their father and how even she had personality traits of her deceased lover. Queen Espea remembered how handsome and evil he was, how she fell in love with him the first time she laid eyes on him, and how he was killed by that barbarian Luxray, Rathius, shortly after Eeva was born all those years ago.

"My love," she told the painting. "It pains me that we have been apart from all these years, but our youngest daughter, Princess Eeva, will be next in line for the throne and she, her sisters, as well as myself will destroy the last of the Resistance and exact our revenge on those barbarians..."