The Rebirth and the Reuniting
Chapter 1
Papillon in the Downpour
Papillon, the pouring rain plastering her purple bangs to her forehead, wandered through the forest. She had woken up in there, not knowing where she was or who she was. Shivering, she embraced herself and walked on. Her bare feet sinking in the mud, she finally gave up her journey and collapsed on a nearby stone. A woman approached her. Her vision clouded by the rain and mist, Papillon could not tell who the woman was. The woman kneeled down beside Papillon. "Do not worry, young one. I shall take care of you." She told Papillon. Papillon's vision blacked out.
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Papillon opened her eyes, blinked, and then examined her surroundings. She was in a white room with bare walls and a single closet and a wardrobe. Papillon shakily got to her feet and opened the closet. Two outfits. One was a very slutty looking purple outfit, and the other was a more dignified outfit made up of a blue leatard, a purple skirt, purple thigh-length boots and blue gloves. Papillon shut the closet and headed over to a vanity table. She saw a pink tiara with an up-side-down heart and several swirls designed on it. Leaning her head back, she closed her eyes and sighed. This tiara seemed somehow familiar to her.
Papillon moved towards the door with the purple crystal knob. She grasped the knob in her hand and turned it, pushed open the door and entered a long stretch of hallway. She shut the door behind her, then turned and looked at the door she had just entered through. "Papillon", it read in purple text. The door across from her read, in red text;"Crow". Wandering over to the room at the end of the hall, Papillon emerges in a large Foyer. A woman with red hair trailing on the floor behind her turns to see Papillon. "Oh! Papillon-chan! Yorokobashi! Ohayo!" The woman greets her. Papillon is silent. "You do not understand me?" The woman asks. "Welcome, young one. Good morning." She repeats in a different language. Papillon smiles and bows before the woman. "Good morning, Madame. Where am I?" It seems that Papillon has not spoken in a long time, the woman thinks, noticing Papillon's slight stutter. "You are in the Ginga Kyujo, my home and the place where I bring all of the young ones with special powers." The woman explained, bowing to Papillon. "I am Megamiginga. All of the young ones here refer to me as Ginga-sama, or Madame Ginga." Papillon smiles. "Ginga-sama....." She murmurs.
"You mentioned children with special powers?" Papillon asks. Ginga nods. "Yes. The children here are descendants of legendary 'magicians' and have special powers." She explains. Then, the sound of footsteps is heard down the hall where Papillon came from. A young girl with brown hair up in two buns comes skipping out. She hugs Ginga's legg. "Ohayo, Ginga-sama!" She giggles. "Ohayo, Mouse." Ginga replies, trying to pry the young mouse-looking girl off of her legg. "Ohayo!" The three of them turn to see two teenage girls, one wearing a blue dress and the other wearing a red vest, a white shirt and red pants. The girl in blue trips and goes flying forward, but the girl in red catches her. The two of them laugh. "Ohayo, Fish, Crow." Ginga greets the two girls. "Is Kitten still locked up in her room?" Fish, the girl in blue, nods. "She's so eerie, the way she stays in there from 8:00 to Noon. And you KNOW she's not sleeping. I hear her in there chanting." She shivers.
"Ohayo!" Four more teenagers come running out, two with pink hair and two with blond hair. "Ohayo! Styx! Memory! Tein! Hana!" Ginga greets the four girls. She beckons for them all to line up infront of her, facing Papillon. The clacking of high-heels is heard from the hallway. A girl of about 16 walks out of her room wearing a bitter expression. "Ohayo, Keroko!" Ginga greets her. "Ohayo." Keroko grumbles bitterly as she passes by. Ginga smiles at Papillon. "She's like this every morning." She explains. "Ohayooooooooooo!" Everyone turns to see a girl wearing pink and gray come running out of the room from the other end of the hallway. "Ohayo, Fox!" Ginga greets her. "The rest of the girls will be out in a minute." She assures Papillon. Then, several 'ohayo's' are heard as a large mass of teenagers come racing out of their rooms. "Ohayo, Blood, Flower, Hokyo, Thae, Kitten." Ginga greets all of them. "Keroko! Get over here, please!" Keroko comes trudging out of the kitchen and stands infront of Ginga, facing Papillon.
"Now that everyone is here, I will introduce you." Ginga informs Papillon, smiling. "This is Keroko, she's a little ill-tempered and bossy at times and doesn't speak unless she has to." She places her hand on Keroko's shoulder. Then her hand moves to Crow, the girl in red. "This is Crow. She and Fish hardly ever part." She smiles at Fish. "I'm sure that you can guess that this is Fish." Papillon nodded. Ginga continued, placing her hand on the should of a blond girl with red clothes. "This is Tein. She's a little troublesome. And this is her sister, Hana." Ginga placed her hand on the shoulder of Phi, the girl with blond hair and green clothes. Ginga moved over to three girls. "These are the triplets. Blood, the one in red, Thae, the one in yellow and Flower, the one in green." She placed her hand on the head of the girl wearing pink and gray. "This is Fox, and next to her, the girl with brown hair wearing gray, is Mouse." She patted Mouse and the head and moved over to a teenager of about 17 wearing black and red. "This is Hokyo. She's the oldest." She smiles at Hokyo and walks over to the two girls with pink hair. "This, thie girl in green, is Styx. This is her sister, in pink, Memory. Next to memory, the girl in black with cat ears is the last of my large family besides you........" Ginga walks out from behind the girls and walks infront of the solemn girl wearing all black with a bell necklace. ".....is Kitten." Ginga becomes quite solemn. Kitten doesn't look up at the sound of her name. Ginga recovers from her sadness.
She walks behind Papillon and places her hand on her shoulder. "Watashi no ko, wa ojo koko de wa Papillon-chan. Wa ojo wa atarashii koko de. Onegai shimasu imasu yasashii ni kanojo no." Ginga says in Japanese. Papillon looks up at Ginga curiously. "What?" She inquires. "I told them who you are and to be nice to you. They will be calling you Papillon and treat you like a sister. You are now one of the Sisters of Space." Ginga explains, smiling brightly. Papillon wonders what a papillon is, and she figures it must be some sort of flower. It sounded like it. "Now! It's time for breakfast!" Ginga smiled brightly and lead the large group of girls into a huge dining room with a long table. There were fifteen chairs for the fifteen people. Ginga walked over to a closet, opened it and pulled out a chair and placed it in the only empty space. All the girls took their seats. Ginga headed into the kitchen to prepare some food. Papillon glances over at Kitten. Kitten, seeming to sense Papillon looking at her, shot an angry glance at the purple-haired girl.
Ginga came back into the dining room holding two plates of pancakes. She places them down infront of Styx and Memory. It took quite a while before all of the places were set. There was something strange about Ginga's eyes. Her expression was strange and she never glanced up once at Papillon. Papillon once again glanced over at Kitten, who was only picking at her food. "Kitten, eat." Was the onyl thing Ginga said during the entire meal.
Chapter 1
Papillon in the Downpour
Papillon, the pouring rain plastering her purple bangs to her forehead, wandered through the forest. She had woken up in there, not knowing where she was or who she was. Shivering, she embraced herself and walked on. Her bare feet sinking in the mud, she finally gave up her journey and collapsed on a nearby stone. A woman approached her. Her vision clouded by the rain and mist, Papillon could not tell who the woman was. The woman kneeled down beside Papillon. "Do not worry, young one. I shall take care of you." She told Papillon. Papillon's vision blacked out.
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Papillon opened her eyes, blinked, and then examined her surroundings. She was in a white room with bare walls and a single closet and a wardrobe. Papillon shakily got to her feet and opened the closet. Two outfits. One was a very slutty looking purple outfit, and the other was a more dignified outfit made up of a blue leatard, a purple skirt, purple thigh-length boots and blue gloves. Papillon shut the closet and headed over to a vanity table. She saw a pink tiara with an up-side-down heart and several swirls designed on it. Leaning her head back, she closed her eyes and sighed. This tiara seemed somehow familiar to her.
Papillon moved towards the door with the purple crystal knob. She grasped the knob in her hand and turned it, pushed open the door and entered a long stretch of hallway. She shut the door behind her, then turned and looked at the door she had just entered through. "Papillon", it read in purple text. The door across from her read, in red text;"Crow". Wandering over to the room at the end of the hall, Papillon emerges in a large Foyer. A woman with red hair trailing on the floor behind her turns to see Papillon. "Oh! Papillon-chan! Yorokobashi! Ohayo!" The woman greets her. Papillon is silent. "You do not understand me?" The woman asks. "Welcome, young one. Good morning." She repeats in a different language. Papillon smiles and bows before the woman. "Good morning, Madame. Where am I?" It seems that Papillon has not spoken in a long time, the woman thinks, noticing Papillon's slight stutter. "You are in the Ginga Kyujo, my home and the place where I bring all of the young ones with special powers." The woman explained, bowing to Papillon. "I am Megamiginga. All of the young ones here refer to me as Ginga-sama, or Madame Ginga." Papillon smiles. "Ginga-sama....." She murmurs.
"You mentioned children with special powers?" Papillon asks. Ginga nods. "Yes. The children here are descendants of legendary 'magicians' and have special powers." She explains. Then, the sound of footsteps is heard down the hall where Papillon came from. A young girl with brown hair up in two buns comes skipping out. She hugs Ginga's legg. "Ohayo, Ginga-sama!" She giggles. "Ohayo, Mouse." Ginga replies, trying to pry the young mouse-looking girl off of her legg. "Ohayo!" The three of them turn to see two teenage girls, one wearing a blue dress and the other wearing a red vest, a white shirt and red pants. The girl in blue trips and goes flying forward, but the girl in red catches her. The two of them laugh. "Ohayo, Fish, Crow." Ginga greets the two girls. "Is Kitten still locked up in her room?" Fish, the girl in blue, nods. "She's so eerie, the way she stays in there from 8:00 to Noon. And you KNOW she's not sleeping. I hear her in there chanting." She shivers.
"Ohayo!" Four more teenagers come running out, two with pink hair and two with blond hair. "Ohayo! Styx! Memory! Tein! Hana!" Ginga greets the four girls. She beckons for them all to line up infront of her, facing Papillon. The clacking of high-heels is heard from the hallway. A girl of about 16 walks out of her room wearing a bitter expression. "Ohayo, Keroko!" Ginga greets her. "Ohayo." Keroko grumbles bitterly as she passes by. Ginga smiles at Papillon. "She's like this every morning." She explains. "Ohayooooooooooo!" Everyone turns to see a girl wearing pink and gray come running out of the room from the other end of the hallway. "Ohayo, Fox!" Ginga greets her. "The rest of the girls will be out in a minute." She assures Papillon. Then, several 'ohayo's' are heard as a large mass of teenagers come racing out of their rooms. "Ohayo, Blood, Flower, Hokyo, Thae, Kitten." Ginga greets all of them. "Keroko! Get over here, please!" Keroko comes trudging out of the kitchen and stands infront of Ginga, facing Papillon.
"Now that everyone is here, I will introduce you." Ginga informs Papillon, smiling. "This is Keroko, she's a little ill-tempered and bossy at times and doesn't speak unless she has to." She places her hand on Keroko's shoulder. Then her hand moves to Crow, the girl in red. "This is Crow. She and Fish hardly ever part." She smiles at Fish. "I'm sure that you can guess that this is Fish." Papillon nodded. Ginga continued, placing her hand on the should of a blond girl with red clothes. "This is Tein. She's a little troublesome. And this is her sister, Hana." Ginga placed her hand on the shoulder of Phi, the girl with blond hair and green clothes. Ginga moved over to three girls. "These are the triplets. Blood, the one in red, Thae, the one in yellow and Flower, the one in green." She placed her hand on the head of the girl wearing pink and gray. "This is Fox, and next to her, the girl with brown hair wearing gray, is Mouse." She patted Mouse and the head and moved over to a teenager of about 17 wearing black and red. "This is Hokyo. She's the oldest." She smiles at Hokyo and walks over to the two girls with pink hair. "This, thie girl in green, is Styx. This is her sister, in pink, Memory. Next to memory, the girl in black with cat ears is the last of my large family besides you........" Ginga walks out from behind the girls and walks infront of the solemn girl wearing all black with a bell necklace. ".....is Kitten." Ginga becomes quite solemn. Kitten doesn't look up at the sound of her name. Ginga recovers from her sadness.
She walks behind Papillon and places her hand on her shoulder. "Watashi no ko, wa ojo koko de wa Papillon-chan. Wa ojo wa atarashii koko de. Onegai shimasu imasu yasashii ni kanojo no." Ginga says in Japanese. Papillon looks up at Ginga curiously. "What?" She inquires. "I told them who you are and to be nice to you. They will be calling you Papillon and treat you like a sister. You are now one of the Sisters of Space." Ginga explains, smiling brightly. Papillon wonders what a papillon is, and she figures it must be some sort of flower. It sounded like it. "Now! It's time for breakfast!" Ginga smiled brightly and lead the large group of girls into a huge dining room with a long table. There were fifteen chairs for the fifteen people. Ginga walked over to a closet, opened it and pulled out a chair and placed it in the only empty space. All the girls took their seats. Ginga headed into the kitchen to prepare some food. Papillon glances over at Kitten. Kitten, seeming to sense Papillon looking at her, shot an angry glance at the purple-haired girl.
Ginga came back into the dining room holding two plates of pancakes. She places them down infront of Styx and Memory. It took quite a while before all of the places were set. There was something strange about Ginga's eyes. Her expression was strange and she never glanced up once at Papillon. Papillon once again glanced over at Kitten, who was only picking at her food. "Kitten, eat." Was the onyl thing Ginga said during the entire meal.