"Even in the future, the story begins with once upon a time..." -Marissa Meyer
Once upon a time, there were five beautiful girls born to the most famous people in the Universe.
The oldest was Raelyn Maha Kesley-Benoit, the daughter of Ze'ev Kesley and Scarlet Benoit. She had the fiery spirit of Scarlet with the dark look of Ze'ev. She had a sister, Janica Michelle Kesley-Benoit, just the opposite, but this story won't focus on her, her story is yet to come.
Next was Princess Linh-Blackburn Aekine Giyana of the Eastern Commonwealth. Daughter of, you guessed it, Emperor Kaito and Ambassador/Empress Consort Selene Lihn-Blackburn. Those titles are a mouthful… Aekine was the exact replica of Selene, not exceptionally beautiful, not until you bothered to look. The heir to her father's throne. The first Empress of the Eastern Commonwealth.
Third, was the first twin born to Carswell and Cress Thorne. Genesis Thorne was a notorious flirt and quite tall, like her father, with beautiful blonde hair and tiny freckles across her cheeks.
Fourth, only separated by minutes was Gemini Thorne. Gorgeous, more like Carswell than Cress, unlike Genesis. A technological genius, like her mother. She'd inherited glamour from Cress's side as well, but she was also resistant to manipulation. A strange combination, made popular by the cyborg technologies in Empress Selene.
And finally, Elvira Solstice Hayle. Elvira only bore her mother's last name, because Winter and Jacin Clay wanted an everlasting memory of Solstice in their daughter, and an everlasting memory of Evret in their son, Ajax Hayle, three years younger than Elvira.
The story of these five girls, only separated, at the max, by two years comes on one big Rampion Crew and Families vacation, as always sponsored by Kai and Selene. Every year these families meetup and visit a destination. It started off with weddings, baby showers, anniversaries, birthday parties, all quite unofficial things. But after a while it became an event. This year the families are travelling, for the first time to an island resort in the American Republic.