Hey all! This is Shortly along with my co-author Arian This is our first attempt at a story so I hope you like it!

Oh and if anyone's interested…Vestal Virgins were once real. They lived in Rome when they still had emperors and whatnot. Google it sometime…it's pretty cool! Girl power rocks!

Disclaimers. WE DO NOT OWN INUYASHA AND CO!!!

Epilogue

Yep, we're the beautiful Vestal Virgins…pretty cool, huh? Well, sorta…

See there's 6 of us girls. First there's my 4 best friends, Kagome, Aeriana, Sango, and Aurora. Kagome has mid-back, wavy black hair and brown eyes and is really sweet; always looking out for the rest of us. Aeriana or Ae, as she likes to be called, is a very quiet person and is always optimistic, and really loved to learn. She has long, long, blue hair, unnatural, right? She also has the strangest eyes on record; blue with green and silver specks. Ae is just all around amazing though, she even has strange powers, cool huh? No one has ever seen them though, but she does emit some strange energy. Then there's Sango, who I'd have to say is probably the most rational one out of all of us. She has long, straight black hair and brown eyes. And last is Aurora, or Rory, if you prefer. Rory's something else let me tell ya; she has strong opinions and stands up for what she believes. She loves just being herself even if it means being the biggest fool in the world. Rory has waist long, straight black hair and big, emerald green eyes. And last there's me, Anabella, but just call me Ana. I'm the one that comes up with the brilliant ideas that get us in trouble all the time, you can imagine that Sango and I argue a lot about those ideas, seeing as Sango's a little more realistic then I am. I have waist long, straight silver hair and crystal blue eyes. One thing you should know about me is that I'm really into medical stuff.

To complete the Vestal Virgins, there is one more girl: Cassandra. Kagome, Aurora, Sango, Aeriana, and I don't really get along with her too well, she thinks she's better then us and always seems to have her head stuck up her ass. She as long, curly blonde hair and dark blue eyes.

Oh! Did I mention that we were all 17?

So anyway, there are many cool privileges us Virgins get. For example, we are allowed to handle our own property, engage in legal contracts, vote, and no senator would likely ignore your opinions in matters. Unlike most women we have many advantages and privileges.

We travel around most the time in a carriage type thing, called a carpentum, which has two wheels and is covered. The carpentum is pulled by a roman servants called lictors. If one should pass under it or touch it, he/she would be put to death.

In various public games, we have special seats in the front, where, in contrast, women are normally neglected to the back seats. We also get to give the thumbs up or down the gladiators! Cool or what? But what's really cool is if we cross a criminal's path on his way to be executed, he/she will be automatically pardoned. In addition we can free slaves on sight. We also get invited to a lot of dinner parties with higher ranked people and are required to attended a lot of public appearances.

And why do we get such special treatments you ask? Because we are the Vestal Virgins: sacred and divine priestesses of the Roman religious system.

And of course if there are great privileges, there are equal downsides, or punishments too, unfortunately… and the number one rule? Absolutely NO boys. None. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Nada. When we entered the Vestals, we swore that we would lead a life of chastity and purity for we would be taking care and watching over the goddess Vesta's house, therefore we must stay clean. Defying this would mean death. But if any man insult or seduce us, then they would be sentence to death, so I guess you can say it's both ways; all guys in general are off limits to us, and the 6 of us are out of bounds for men as well. But that little obstacle there still doesn't stop some people from doing it…but I'll get to that later.

Since we are considered sacred and divine-like, the only way we can be killed from breaking the rule without shedding our 'holy' blood and angering the gods is death by burial alive in the 'Evil Fields'. First, the guilty Virgin is tied up, covered, and gagged so that no one can hear her, then put in the back of a wagon and taken through town to the underground chapter prepared for her in the fields. The chamber is a small underground room, 12 feet below, with a small cot and an oil lamp. A ladder is constructed for access. She is untied at the chamber, led down into the cell, and the ladder is removed. A roof is placed over the chamber, and the hole refilled so that it resembles the surrounding area. Nothing is left on the surface to indicate her position or her presence. After a week or so, she would have starved to death. After taking care of the impure Vestal Virgin, her lover is whipped to death. I think the whole things just cruel, and the others agree with me, but what can we do? It's who they've always done it, way before or time even.

One of duty of ours is to perform rituals like presenting offerings to the Goddess in her temple and purifying the shrine each morning with water. We also are put in charge of guarding important state documents, wills, and testaments of important people. In addition we guard sacred objects too. But a very important role we have is to maintain the scared fire inside Vesta's temple, for it symbolized the goddess herself and the Roman state, letting it go out is considered a great offense. The punishment is to be beaten by the Prontifex Maximus, who is our keeper and guardian. This scourging is usually done with the offender's clothes off and with a curtain drawn between them and onlookers.

But don't look at us….we didn't ask to be Vestal Virgins, to lead a life like this -- I mean who would want to lead a boring life without guys? Well this is how it went: The Prontifex Maximus chooses six young girl candidates between the ages of 6 and 10...us girls were all 10 years old at the time. All of us had to be perfect and have impeccable bodies and minds, and two living parents. Such choosing was considered a top honor for the family to receive. The Prontifex Maximus said these words to us: 'I seize you, beloved,' and thus we were taken from out homes to start our lives as Vestal Virgins.

We were taken to live in the House of Vestal Virgins and were set under the care of our Prontifex Maximus. We were also, then and still are, under the protection of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. We serve 25 years total: 5 years as novices, training with the old Virgins, then 15 years as actual Vestal Virgins. And finally, 5 years as supervisors, responsible for training novices. After 25 years of service, we are released and can either return to a normal life and have the right to marry, or to remain a Virgin and keep all the special privileges and the punishments as well.

So you see, we never really chose this, but what women does? It was out destiny and we knew it would be tough but we promised to help each other through it.

And we were right on target: it was tough. It all started with Aurora. The second she laid eyes on Alfonso, we knew she was doomed.

And we were right.

This is our story…

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