This is a story about the zodiacs. This is a story of an unquestioned empire. This is a world where there are 12 clans, Scorpio♏️ the ruler over them all. This is how it has been for thousands of years. The Scorpios owing everything, everyone. That...
The night came of the meeting at the pink lagoon. Everyone prepared themselves and set of. Non of them brought any plus ones this time as the thought it best to just be the leaders. They all turned up around the same time, as all of them were too excited to wait. Arla was last to arrive, she and River emerged from the same tunnel.
"Who's he?" Ajax had asked.
"Everyone, meet River." Arla smiles.
"Leader of the cancers." Everyone jumps from their seats and stands around him, shaking his hand and patting his back. Terran roles his eyes as Arla gazes on him with pride and awe.
"We all thought you'd turned." Says Rhea.
"Really, I thought we all thought he was dead." Says Calida, everyone pauses to look at her.
"Come on you were all thinking it." She brushes of the silence and shakes his hand.
They all sit in a circle and begin planning.
"What's the plan boss." Says Anya too Charlotte.
"Oh please, I don't think 'boos would be the right term." Charlotte says awkwardly.
"How about darling?" Ajax says, a smirk on his face.
"You, shut up." Charlotte points at him before looking back to everyone else.
"The plan is, that we bring all strongest people, to fight alongside us after we have gained our powers. They shall wait in the trees at the edge of our realms until we give them the signal. Some of them should remain in our homes as healers and to take care of the children." She pauses to look around at everyone's faces.
"The Scorpios will attack once they know what we have planned, and they will know. I want you to protect each other at all costs, let no one be left behind. If you see anyone and blade point, you help them, if you see anyone who's injured, you help them and if you see any slave, prisoner you, help, them. Tomorrow is the start of a new era, and that new era, begins with us." She reaches her hand into the middle and everyone does the same.
"For Zodia."
"For Zodia."
"And try not to die." Says Alvaro.
"Noted." Says Arla.
Everyone gets up to leave but River shouts....
"Wait, I never learnt your names." Says River looking around at the people.
"Alvaro,leader of the Leo's." He smiles nodding his head.
"Calida, but you can call me Cali, I'm the leader of Sagittarius." She winks and sits back.
"Anya, he's my twin."
"Ajax, I'm the leader of the Geminis." Anya elbows him.
"We are." He adds.
"Rhea, I'm the leader of Earth signs, and Capricorn." Terran and Charlotte shrug and roll their eyes.
"Sam, I'm the leader of Aquarius."
"I'm Charlotte, leader of the Virgos, it's an honour to finally meet you." River looks around committing their names to memory.
"I have a question." Says Alvaro.
Everyone looks at him awaiting his question.
"At the end of all this, what happens?" He looks around, waiting for someone to say something. There is a long space of silence before Sam speaks up.
"The world will be balanced, and I assume, one of us will rule. And I'm dam glad it will be one of you." They say, everyone smiles and looks around.
"And maybe we can help so,e of the Scorpios who are on our side." They suggest.
"I doubt any of them are on our side..." Begins Anya.
"But it's worth a try." She finishes. In all honesty, no one believed that any of the Scorpios would be on their side, but deep down they all hoped.
"Good luck everyone, and see you tomorrow." Charlotte smiles and they all walk back to their tunnels waving goodbye.
"I will protect you always darling." Says Ajax to Charlotte winking.
"I make no promises mi querido." She giggle before walking off.
From behind her she hears Anya say.
"Better luck next time brother." Anya laughs.
She turns to look at Cali who was prepping her hoarse for the journey home. She takes a deep breath and walks over to her.
"Hey Cali." Anya says nervously.
"Hey Anya, you ok, you look like your gonna throw up." Laughs Calida.
"You make me wanna throw up." Mumbles Anya.
"Huh?"
"What?"
Cali raises her eyebrows and laughs awkwardly.
"Oh uh, I didn't mean like you make me physically sick, I uh, I meant you make me nervous which make me need to be sick, it's not you, we'll it's kind of you, but not entirely." She rambles on quickly and Calida rolls her eyes, she places her hand on Anya's hot cheek and kisses her, shutting her up for a split second.
"I-"
"Good luck Anya, and I like you to." She winks and clambers onto her horse before galloping away.
