4. The Verdict

"Hoo Ah-moe. Your last chance. Before the panel of judges, what do you have to say for yourself?"

"Nothing er. I'm clever and I like these names er. Humph!!!"

"Then we have nothing else to say. Hoo Ah-moe. After not much consideration by the panel, you and your family have been sentenced to exile from Pluto. You are hereby thrown out of the Royal Hoo Family, and will no longer be accepted as Plutonians. You and your family are permanently banished. It means you'll be completely forgotten. Removed from the history of Pluto. As if you've never been born."

He paused and turned to another figure in the court room.

"Hoo Ah-me. You shall henceforth be known as Crown Prince Hoo Ah-moe." He proclaimed to the court, as the Plutonians saw the well-loved Ah-me, brother of Ah-moe, come forward to accept the verdict. Cheers and claps exploded around the solemn court room, as the newly-proclaimed prince waved in appreciation.

Ah-mooe, visibly happy, allowed the noise to die down without interfering.

Turning back to Ah-moe, he banged the gravel and announced, "Strangers, we have prepared a rocket for your immediate removal. Go wherever you want, just never come back." President Ah-mooe said in relief, without any tinge of remorse, even though he was sending one of his two sons off to exile.

"Guards! Bring them to the launch pad. And prepare for lift-off immediately."

And so they were.