Notey Notes:
This story tackles the Star Guardians adjusting to life as normal people. It's intended to be slice-of-life style writing, with the focus mainly on the daily happenings of the Star Guardians, with some combat segments, akin to Gakuen Alice or Cardcaptor Sakura. The first few chapters happen about the same time the The Call teaser depicts, and will take some time to build a foundation for the rest of the story to take a less serious tone. The story is planned to explore the everyday lives of each Star Guardian as they adjust to their normal lives (as is the case for the four), and Lux's endeavors in helping them assume these; this tackles the Translating Worlds chapter of the Star Guardians' story. WIP
As is the case, I don't own any of these characters. All belong to Riot Games. I am simply a huge fan! Thanks for reading~
Edit: Fixed a minor error that made Lux worry about History class on her free day. Heh.
10:45 PM, Saturday Evening - Perfect Star Academy Football Field
A girl stands in the middle of the field, exhausted. As she catches her breath, the creatures lying in the field start to dissipate into glowing purple dust. Starting with their crab like legs, to their multiple eyes, they fade away, almost like stardust, but with an oppressive, evil sense to them. The girl picks up her baton, designed with two large stars at the ends, with wings either side. She brushes the dirt off of her bright pink outfit and sighs to herself.
"They've been coming around a lot more lately…" she thinks aloud to herself. She takes a moment to pause and reflect. This is the fourth time in the last two weeks that she'd seen voidlings roaming school grounds. With a heavy breath, she paces away from the field. "It's probably nothing." she declares hopefully, trudging slowly off of school grounds.
Lux takes the usual route home as she does, stopping at the nearby shrine for a moment. Inspecting the shrine, she wonders what the First Star intends for her. Being a Star Guardian is an enormous task, asking much of her. She imagines what it'd be like if she weren't chosen to be a Guardian; if she'd had a normal life. A brief moment later, she catches herself and shakes her head.
"No, this is what I want." she proclaims to herself. Turning around towards the exit of the shrine, Lux cracks a little smile. No matter how heavy the responsibility is, she pushes through. "It's time to head home." That was enough pondering tonight, she needed to rest after a long day; History today took a lot out of her. "I'll just cut through the park, it'll be faster." she nodded to herself and set off.
10:58 PM, Saturday Evening - King Penguin Park
King Penguin Park was completely deserted, understandably, at this time. There was a tranquility and peace to it, despite having a certain unnerving atmosphere. An empty playground is often a creepy sight at night, but Lux didn't mind. It was faster this way, and if she gets caught sneaking into the house after 10 again, her brother would be on her case. As she marched hurriedly through the park, a glimpse of light in the sky caught her attention. She stopped in her tracks to inspect the glimmering in the sky. What she saw made her gaze in awe, her heart racing and her mind spinning.
"Is that…" she spoke to herself. "…what I think that is?" She couldn't believe it. There were four streaks in the sky. Falling ahead of the other lights was a brilliant blue streak. Following after, in order, were a purple, a green, and a red light. They were falling through the sky at an incredible speed. The red one fell the slowest, but burned the brightest. "Those are…" Lux whispered under her breath as the streaks started to head towards her. At an alarming speed, the figures changed course and were speeding right towards Lux. Remaining steadfast, Lux awaited the arrival of the lights. As they approached, a sense of excitement filled her, but with it was anxiety. This has never happened before; what had changed? Before she could think it through, the lights had arrived in front of her. Slowing down their descent, they stopped to hover in front of the Guardian just off of the ground. Lux stepped forward, and the from the lights, figures emerged.
Out of the blue light, a short but imposing figure floated down towards the ground. The figure had large ears and blue hair. She grasped a hammer larger than herself, with engravings of stars; her short fangs gave her a menacing look. As she opened her eyes, she looked at Lux and gave her a serious look, before observing the other figures appearing from the lights.
From the green purple light was a tall, slender figure. She didn't descend from the light, so much as let the light dissipate around her. She remained hovering slightly above the ground, an air of calmness to her. She hand long purple hair, floating upwards, and long pointed ears. In her hand a long scepter, and suddenly emerging from behind her, a purple figure, almost cat like, floated around her. It looked as though it was prancing in the air. She opened her eyes slowly and gave Lux a quick glance. Turning towards the blue figure, she nodded and awaited the other lights.
The green light was peculiar, as two entities emerged. One about as small as the blue one, yet one even smaller than that. It was a short girl, with large ears like the other, and long green hair. Wielding a green staff, with stars and wings at the end. With her was a white figure creature, seemingly curled up around a golden orb about the size of its own body. It had short wings, and fluttered happily around the green girl. Unlike the other two, this one opened her eyes and reacted with delight as her eyes met Lux's. She gasped loudly, and seemed ready to head towards Lux, before the blue one stepped in front of her and gave her a stern look. The green-haired girl seemed disappointed, but stepped back to where the light had been, before smiling back at Lux, and looking over to the purple one to wave hello.
The three turned to the red light. While the small green one seemed excited, the other two looked more concerned. Almost as if they weren't sure what would emerge from it. Lux remained standing a ways away, simply observing in awe. Suddenly the red light began to dissipate, and a figure was visible.
As the light faded, the figure became clearer. It was slender, like the purple one, but not quite as tall. Her twin tails were long and red, with two balls attached to the ends. Her outfit was similar to Lux's, but red, and she moved sluggishly for a moment. She glided down from where the light was, and Lux could see that she was… Stretching…?
"Finally!" a loud, annoyed voice exclaimed. "That took way too long." she yawned as she stretched out her hands, as if she had just awoken from a nap. Rubbing her eyes as she stepped forward from where the light was, she turned to look at everyone. The blue figure in particular seemed notably irritated. The red girl looked at her in confusion, asking "What?"
"That is not how a Star Guardian presents herself." she huffed at the girl. The girl simply shrugged and turned towards Lux.
"Jeez, Poppy. You don't have to take it so seriously." Her smirk was sarcastic and almost taunting towards the blue-haired girl, evidently named Poppy. She then grabbed the two balls at the end of her hair, one white and one black, each with a single wing on one side of their body. She shook them vigorously. "Shiro! Kuro! Rise and shine! We gotta introduce ourselves to our new leader." The two creatures reacted with confused squeaking, before seeing Lux and floating up behind the red girl and trying very hard to look serious.
"Leader…?" Lux thought to herself. Surely they weren't referring to her. First Star never told her she'd be meeting other Star Guardians here, much less be their leader. As she took a look at the four girls, they all turned towards her with conviction. Standing tall, the blue one, Poppy, spoke.
"Lux, Star Guardians reporting in." Poppy declared. Her eyes were filled with determination and spirit; this inspired Lux, despite her confusion. "Star Guardian Poppy." Her voice was strong.
"Star Guardians?" Lux questioned. "I thought I was the only one in this world." She'd been appointed by First Star to protect this world, and she knew there weren't others, at least, not here.
"First Star sent us." The purple one spoke softly. "Star Guardian Janna." she introduced herself with a light bow. "She didn't tell us everything, but we're here to do our duty either way."
"Yeah!" An enthusiastic voice surprised Lux. The small green one jumped up in excitement with her white companion. "I'm Star Guardian Lulu!" Her short arm waved towards Lux. "And this is Pix!" Her companion creature shook in delight, sprinkling some glittering dust around it. Lulu stepped toward Lux with a smile. "Nice to meet you!"
"N-nice to meet you too…" Lux tried to reply, but with hesitation and confusion. She wasn't sure what was happening, or why; she'd hoped some of her questions would be answered soon. She turned to the red one again, who seemed to have lost interest in what was happening. The other three Star Guardians also turned to look at her, and when she noticed out the corner of her eye, rolled her eyes and turned to Lux.
"Is it my turn already? Took you long enough." She glared at the other three, of whom Poppy seemed the most annoyed. "Star Guardian Jinx." She said flatly. "Look, I know you're supposed to be our 'leader' or something," she made air quotes with her fingers. "but I'm not gonna take orders from some sparkly peppy girl like you." Her tone was mocking and she sneered towards Lux, who was taken aback.
"I-uh." Before Lux could even respond.
"Oh, and this is Kuro," she pointed at the black floating creature, "and Shiro." She pointed at the white floating creature. They both responded with friendly squeaks.
Poppy seemed to grow angrier with each word Jinx had said. Stepping towards Jinx, she chastised her.
"This is not how a Star Guardian treats other Guardians." Her voice was boisterous as she stepped closer and closer towards Jinx. "I still don't know why First Star chose you, but-" Her lecture was cut off by Janna placing a hand on her shoulder, gesturing her to back down.
"There's no need for this. What matters is that we're here." Things quieted down as Janna calmed Poppy. "Now, I'm sure you have a lot of questions for us, Lux." Floating towards Lux, she gestured towards her own wrist, tapping it. "But it's getting awfully late. We can discuss this in the morning."
Lux looked at her wrist, then lightly slapped her forehead with her palm; she wasn't wearing a watch. She reached into her school bag to get her phone. The screen lit up, and it displayed '11:17.' Lux panicked, remembering her brother would be furious.
"I gotta get home!" Worried, she turns around. Then turns back towards the girls. "But what about you guys?" She had so many questions, but didn't have the time. She needed to know when and where to meet them again.
"We'll see you here again tomorrow, when all the children have gone home." Janna spoke. "Don't worry about us for tonight, you have to get home." She beckoned for Lux to hurry along.
"We apologize for Jinx's attitude." Poppy spoke, giving Jinx a glance before turning towards Lux.
"Alright. I'll see you guys tomorrow then." Lux nodded, waved them goodbye, and booked it towards her home. Behind her the four Guardians watched her disappear into the streets.
"Goodbye!" Lulu was jumping up and waving at Lux, Pix fluttering around her merrily. "She's really pretty!" Lulu turned to the others. "And she seems nice!" A big smile formed on her face, filled with excitement and curiosity.
"Yeah, whatever." Jinx shrugged her off like she has most everything this evening. "Anyway, what now?" With her arms behind her head, Jinx looked up at the night sky, glistening with the brilliance of the galaxy. Slowly she turned to the others.
"Tomorrow we'll talk with her." Janna spoke. "Then we can assume our mission."
"But for now!" Lulu approached Jinx with a kind smile. "We rest!" Pix took a seat on her head as they both wandered off out of the park.
"Where are we going?" questioned Jinx; the other three simply ignored her and continued walking along. Huffing to herself, she begrudgingly followed along. "C'mon Shiro, Kuro. Guess it's time to be normal." She rolled her eyes as the four made their way through the streets.
11:25 PM, Saturday Evening - Crownguard Residence
Lux slowly pushed the front door open, being very careful not to make any noise. The lights were all out inside the living room, and she stepped in quietly. Taking off her shoes, she snuck up the stairs and headed straight for her bedroom. The hallway was dark, and her brother's door was closed. She couldn't see the light from under his door, so she let out a light sigh of relief and entered her own room. Her brother was probably already asleep, though he'll probably give her an earful tomorrow morning over dinner. Satisfied with getting home quietly, she set down her things in her room.
It was a quaint room. The walls were a clean white with light pink accents. Her bed was in the corner, next to her wooden night stand. On top of the surface was a Poro lamp, a popular creature found in the polar regions of this planet. Next to it was a book she had been reading The Wandering Caretaker: Folk Tales and Myths, as well as a small charm that she had bought for a boy she'd liked, but never had the courage to tell. Her desk was opposite of the bed; school books were lined up on the back of the desk, as well as her notebooks for class. A cup full of pencils of different colours sat next to a small reading lamp. Against the wall were a framed painting of a scene with butterflies, and above her bed, a poster of Sona, a popular musician that recently toured in the city next to Lux's. Against the wall between her bed and desk was a large window, giving a scenic view of the night sky. Her curtains were a dusty pink with purple ribbons to tie them to the sides of the window. A small nook was built into the window to allow a space for Lux to relax, perhaps read a book or watch the galaxy. She loved the stars, appropriately for her circumstance. Her carpet was soft with a simple round pattern branching outwards towards her walls.
She set her school bag on the back of her desk chair and dropped her keys on her nightstand. With a quiet sigh, she sat on her bed and took a moment to collect herself after a long night.
"More Star Guardians…" She was puzzled and wondered to herself what this meant. Despite her efforts, she was far too exhausted to spend any more time awake. "Ah, I'm sure they'll explain it to me tomorrow." She shook her head and got up to change. After a quick change to her pyjamas, she fell into her bed, clutching Cling, her Meep stuffed toy, and quickly drifted into a deep sleep.
It was a tiring night for the Star Guardian. Much had happened, and she didn't understand why. Four new Star Guardians found themselves in her world. Their arrival only served to baffle Lux, and she anticipated the reasons why. Alas, she could do naught but wait until the next day to understand what this all meant, not just for her, but for her world. Tomorrow held much for the Guardian, much more than she anticipated.