Soulmates are a confusing prospect. Nobody is quite sure the science of it, in fact it is more commonly studied in physiology. When a child reaches the age of fourteen, they are gifted by a soul mark that can be placed anywhere on the body. This seems straight forward, you find the person that matches the soul mark perfectly and you live happily ever after, in some cases this does occur, although in other cases this is far from true. Sometimes your soul mark can give you the feelings of your soulmate. Sometimes it gives you a sense of tugging towards them. And sometimes you can hear jumbled thoughts coming from your soulmate. It all depends on the soulmates. It is a misconception had by most that people with multiple soul marks are devil spawn, they are not. They just happen to have more than one soul that melds perfectly with theirs, if your spouse is to die it is not a sin to remarry, so why is having two soulmates? Another misconception about those with multiple soulmates is their numbers. The number of people with two soulmates are about one in 50,000, the number of people with three is about 100,000, people with more than three soulmates have never been documented although I am sure they are out there.
- Excerpt from History of Soulmates Author unknown
Lightning strikes, screams of pain erupt through the night, three babies cry out in unison as they are first introduced to the world. Three mothers look down lovingly at their baby girls before gasping in pain, doctors swarm the three rooms. They are too late. Lightning strikes, illuminating faces of three newly orphaned girls. The doctors swaddle the three children. What were they to do with the babies.
Fourteen Years Later:
Scarlet's head pops up excitedly, today was their fourteenth birthday! She jumps up quickly and scurries to the bed beside her, Violet's. She hops onto the bed and feels a strong hand shove her off the bed with a startled, quiet scream. "Scarlet! What makes you think you can just go around scaring people awake?!" She hisses before crawling off the bed and helping her friend to her feet. Scarlet scurries up and grins at the other girl, Violet wasn't a tall girl though she was short either at about 5'5'', she had deep blue eyes, long blonde hair, and an almost permanent playful smirk. Violet rolls her eyes before adopting her trademark smirk and walking across the room to wake up their third friend, Diana. She shakes the girl awake gently, the girl yawns deeply before getting up slowly to meet her friends, she was a short girl at about 5', had hazel eyes, jet black hair that ran halfway down her back and seemed almost out of place with her pale features, and a careful demeanor that transferred to all walks of life. The three of them were born on the same night fourteen years ago, their mothers had died in childbirth, their fathers unknown, and were sent to the same orphanage the day they were born. Today was their fourteenth birthday, the day they got to see their soul mark that would help them identify their soulmate. They had vowed that on their birthday they would all stay in their room all day waiting to see their soul tattoos. Violet pulled out snacks from under her mattress she had been saving up for a month, Scarlet pulled out several different card games they had saved up money to buy over the past month (Uno, a regular deck, and more of the sort), and Diana pulled out several different refreshments to go along with the snacks.
About three hours later, Scarlet cries in pain as a bright light appears on her wrist; when the lights finally dim the three girls crowd around her to find a small- "Shoe?!" She asks with slight disdain. "It's beautiful." Diana says, hidden envy ringing in her voice. "Of course it is! Scarlet, I know you and that shoe are going to have wonderful children." Violet jokes. Scarlet punches her in the arm.
About two hours later, Diana convulses in agony, falling against Violet who caught her easily, soon after two bright lights appear in front of them, so bright that they blinded the three girls. Slowly two tattoos appear; a large green... thing on her right elbow and a star on her left. The three girls gasp and Scarlet takes a small, unconscious step backwards. The redhead catches herself and runs up to Diana, "I'm so happy for you!" She cries, wrapping her arms around Diana's small form who looked terrified. Violet took a deep breath and walked up to her friend, "Don't worry." She whispers, Diana feels tears well in her eyes before hugging her friends tightly. She didn't have to worry about Violet and Scarlet.
As the time nears midnight, Violet flinches nervously, what if she didn't have a soulmate? What if she was destined to be alone? She takes a deep breath and reminds herself that she would always have her friends. Even if they had soulmates to spare and she had none. She takes a calming breath as the clock strikes midnight. As the final stroke sounds, blindingly bright lights appear. Violet doesn't notice, unable to see them through her closed eyelids. When the lights dissipate they are left with seven soul marks. The three girls look at each other and realize something crucial to their lives. They were a tad bit different.
Violet throws her head on her pillow and growls lowly as the mark on her right wrist transfers worry through the bond. What was she going to do about seven soulmates?! She took a deep breath, she wasn't going to do anything about it. In that moment she knew she would never let her soulmates know they had an abomination as their fated match. They could marry someone else and live happy lives, blissfully unaware of her. Although, Scarlet had other plans for her best friend.
Platonic soulmates are an odd topic of discussion. Soul marks do not appear for these platonic mates, but rather some internal device or sign that is used by the two, or in some cases three, of them. Platonic soulmates are very rare as well, only about one in 200,000 receive one. It is not well documented what the effects could be, there are cases of meeting in each other's dreams, songs stuck in one's head are stuck in another (this is why this isn't in a science textbook), and more that are not fully understood.
-Excerpt from History of Soulmates Author unknown
Two Years Later-
Violet feels a shooting pain in her back and falls onto her bed. The other two girls rush to her side and watch in amazement as her shirt is ripped apart by two- "WINGS!?" Scarlet cries, Violet jumps, trying to get a good look at the large objects protruding from her back. She stresses for a few minutes before taking a deep breath. She had to confront the problem now, she could stress later. Violet slips a hoodie on and pulls her wings close to her back and makes her way to the department store with her friends. When she gets home she starts tinkering on the bed, making a holster for her wings, when she finishes she latches it onto her back and holds her wings in place. Now she was allowed to freak out. She starts running her hand through her hair. "Violet, calm down. We'll get through this." Diana cautions, putting a hand on her shoulder. Violet growls and slams a fist onto the table, shattering it. Looks like it wasn't just wings.
About two months later, Violet feels a shooting pain in head. She falls onto her bed and looks to her friends who were also clutching their heads in agony. When the pain subsided Violet and felt an odd feeling in her head... almost like a device. She mentally reached out to touch it, and felt it wait for something. She poked it and thought, I wonder if you two feel this thing. As soon as she thought it she felt it kind of... teleport. The other two girls were nodding at her. She froze. What. The. Hell.
Diana did some reading in a large, dusty book they found in the library. They wished there was a more detailed book about soulmates. Turns out they were 'platonic soulmates'. Whatever the hell that meant.
Two Years Later-
Violet laughs giddily, it was their birthday! They were officially eighteen, old enough to get out of the hell hole they called an orphanage. She was out getting a cake for her friends. She inhaled sharply as suddenly five of her soul marks radiated fear, yet determination. Overheard she saw the sky split apart. The sky is falling was her first thought. She stood, agape as aliens spilled out towards the metropolis. She sees one collide with the building in front of her and shrapnel flew at a stunned citizen. She curses quietly before sprinting forward, her super legs propelling her faster. She finally reaches her, putting herself between the woman and the piece of the building. "I got you." She whispers before shoving a hand out and caught it one handed. The young woman looked up at her, "You're one of them!" She says in awe. She wilts slightly under her gaze before nodding slightly and turning to the screams. She growls lowly before throwing her hoodie to the ground and stretching her wings out and flying into the fray.