Things We Lost

Things We Did

Nathaniel:

I flew across the town, around the buildings and through the parks. The buildings on my home planet were of all sorts of colors. Most structures on Malison have gold, copper and silver, the most common elements on our planet. Occasionally, one could chance to see rubies and diamonds decorating the exterior of the skyscrapers. After the mountains, these buildings were the tallest things on our planet.

The people below me looked like tiny ants. I could see for miles, my vision was as sharp as an eagle's. I saw an old woman feeding the pigeons, a woman eating a hot dog. Across the town, my sister Larkin was feeding a wild bird. I spotted a small child running out on to the road, with a car coming from the opposite way. My wings spun me into action, twisting me to the child. My first real mission as a leader! I could finally be a Zodiac like all my brothers before me! It was so intense!

"Link!" I heard his mother yell. She would never reach him in time. The car was gaining speed and couldn't see the child running into the road.

I flew lower and lower, and held my arms out and grabbed the child, right before the car would have hit him. I wrapped my wings around him, keeping him safe. He was panting, his eyes still closed.

"My baby!" The mother ran over to me. I unwrapped my wings from around the boy, handing him to his mother.

"Thank you for saving my little boy!" She cried.

"Anything to help." I smiled. "That's what a Zodiac does."

My first rescue. This was what I always dreamed about, now I could finally do it for real! I grew up watching my brothers on TV saving people or helping the needy. I wanted so much to be like them, now I finally was.

"What is your name?" Another woman ran up to me.

"I haven't decided that yet." I replied. "Sagittarius is my title."

"You're my hero." The mother told me.

"No, there is not need for you to call me a hero." I tried to say. "Just doing my job."

"You are a hero to all of us." Another woman said in amazement.

I felt very overwhelmed. I had never received positive feedback from anything. I didn't know what to do or say, I kind of just froze. Azun never prepared me for this kind of attention, I was an introvert and I didn't feel comfortable in this situation.

"Ok." I smiled, backing away from the crowd all dashing to get a look. "I gotta go now."

"Wait come back!" Another women cried.

I leapt into the air and flew away as fast as I could. I don't know if I can ever stand to have that much attention in the future. I might faint! I flew on and on all the way back to my home.

I thought of my brothers, Vestry and Dustan. They were also part of the rebel alliance in our family. Dustan left on his stupid adventure to find his inner self, leaving us three all alone. I only get letters from him now. He last wrote me about how my powers might affect how people treat me, they could take advantage of me. Dustan told me I had to be careful. I don't know what to be careful for, but I keep my eyes peeled for anything.

My house looked like a business hotel. Each floor had two rooms, one for each one of the twelve children and dad. The building itself was a masterpiece of the designing world, which considered to be the best work of art in the galaxy. Diamonds, rubies, topaz and emeralds were placed around the house, shining in the moonlight. There was one balcony per floor, carved out of fine marble. The house itself was made of redwood, thousands of trees' worth of redwood. It was the very best, for the best.