Capella
To say life was great would be an understatement; life was grand. Every night was a new adventure waiting to be taken in full stride for those of us who didn't have to guard the road, and I was one of the lucky few. I could do what I pleased, slack off when I wanted, and had no one to answer to.
But sometimes I was lonely.
So here I sat: disheveled and angry on the footsteps of the royal dais. Only two of the seats were occupied, the missing one belonging to the King. His wife, Cassiopeia and daughter, Andromeda, eyed me carefully.
"I get tired of seeing you here so often for the wrong reasons, Capella." The queen spoke first, stern and full of reproach. She sighed, rose, and descended the steps. "Sit, Capella."
I threw myself on the gilded steps, not caring too much for my presentation or lack of dignity. Without a word, Cassiopeia joined me and began combing the strands back from my face.
"It wasn't my fault," I muttered under my breath. It hardly ever was. I just managed to be the spark that lit the fire... that I sometimes created.
"That's what you said the last time," Andromeda positioned herself on the other side of me and took one of my hands in her own. "Why can't you be like Sirius or Cora?"
"What-- you mean become boring and waste my time all day?" I drew my hand back from Andromeda's tightening grip, shoving it deep into one of the folds in my dress. I hated wearing these things, it made us look ridiculous.
"No. What she meant was growing up and accepting responsibility, Capella. Sometimes I really wonder if anything I say to you ever gets through your thick head." Lady Cassiopeia's tone was getting edgy and she pulled a strand tightly into place. A little bit too tightly.
"Well, I can tell you I felt that." I shook my head and watched my hair fall out of the braids the queen had done. All that work gone to waste... kind of like my time that I've spent here.
All that time. Four hundred, five hundred years? There's no such thing as time up here. Only rules and grumpy people.
And then this.
It first felt like an itch I couldn't scratch. Then my arms began to tingle and I felt like I had just passed through my first day as a new star. Suddenly I knew that she was out there. Past the gate. Past the Sun Children. Past the other Stars and Sentinels.
Jade. That was her name. Jade.
Without hesitation, I got to my feet and turned to catch Lady Cassiopeia's eye. In that moment, she looked the oldest I had ever seen her. She smiled knowingly and nodded in the direction of Apus' gate.
I took the chance and left to find my adventure: a trident in one hand and a clenched fist in the other.
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Well this took a ridiculously long time to write (most of which I spent forgetting what I was talking about and then going back to youtube) but I'm done. I apologize Kurumi-Chan, but this was a awful post. I'll try to do one where they're heading on a real mission and doing cool stuff, but I'm suffering with a cold right now so I'll try to write it in between classes tomorrow.
