Written In the Stars

Written by Chibikan

Disclaimer: I do not own Care Bears or Dark Heart, nor do I own any references to Aida.

Summary: The Prequel to Our Beginning, Written in the Stars tells the ill-fated love story of an immortal priestess and a young immortal man. See just what made Dark Heart the villain we love from Care Bears 2. Meet the Great Star before he creates the Care Bear Family, and see the Kingdom of Caring as it had once been, the land of Etherea. Inspired by the music from the Broadway Tony Winner Aida, Written in the Stars is not a fic to be missed.

AN: I do plan on finishing the original Our Beginning, but I find myself, as usual, blocked. I am using this fic as a method of getting my brain working again for it.

Prologue:

The sun set on a small summer camp in Canada. Children were getting packed up and ready to leave in the morning and would soon be home with their parents. They had come to that camp as little kids simply looking for a good time, they would be going home much more mature and ready for a long year at school and it would be a long time before they took their families and homes for granted again, as all kids do. Much had happened, and as a result, many had been changed. Especially a quartet of preteens. One with long brown hair, two twins with yellow hair, and the fourth, a boy clad in red from head to toe.

The latter mentioned was feeling the end of summer much more strongly than the others. For the latter, was more than just a mere boy of twelve. Hell, he wasn't even twelve. He had been twelve, oh five thousand years ago, but not now. Immortality bites, he had since then decided. He couldn't even calculate how old he really was thanks to it. And when all his new friends grew old and eventually left him, he would still be here on Earth. All alone. Even til the end of time…

"Hey…" came a call as the young brunette, Christy, came onto the pier where the boy stood hunched over the railing. "Hey, what's up?" She asked him, coming to stand beside him.

The boy looked over at her, standing upright. "Not much……just thinking…." He knew however that she wouldn't take that answer. He had grown to know her this last summer, enough to know how stubborn she could be and she always knew when something was bothering him.

As expected she shook her head. "Haven't you learned yet? Tell me the truth. What's wrong?"

The boy grew quiet. "Honest, I really was just thinking….about the past. I've done, so many horrible things…..how can you just forgive me, I nearly killed you. How do you just put that aside?" He asked her.

"Because I knew you didn't really mean it. Or you did but you were sorry in the end. And you only were doing what you felt was right…..even though, I guess I do wonder who made you think that. But the point is, you changed, and like I said before. Good or bad, you're still a person."

"Am I?" He asked, before letting the next many moments pass in silence.

Christy opened her mouth, and shut it many times, as if wondering what to say, or if she should ask the question present most in her mind. "Ummm…..if I could….ask…."

He looked up at her. "Go ahead, ask….."

She nodded. "Right……what did make you that….why did you do the things you did…..you don't have to answer if it's too personal, it's just….I'd like to know…."

The boy/man/person lowered his head. It wasn't a story he wasn't looking forward to telling….but she deserved to know. "Sit down, this is gonna take awhile…." They sat on the pier, letting the bare feet rest in the cool water. "I want to remember…..every story…..tale…..memoir whatever this could be called. Whether it be spanned crossed years, centuries, millenia…..or a simple 30 minute read. Whether it be bright, with a happy ending, or a morose, melancholy theme. Whether it have a cast of thousands, or just be a simple monologue. Every story is a tale of human failing, all are tales of love…..at heart…….."

AN: Yes I know that last passage sounds a lot like the opener to Aida, which it should because it was inspired by that song. But it seemed right for this opening chapter, this prologue, this teaser, I guess you could say. I hope you all enjoyed it. I hope to have the first full chapter out really soon.