Author's Note:

Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. There's been a lot going on and I've just had tons of things to think about I guess. Teenage drama? Haha. Anyway thanks for sticking with me so far and opinions and reviews would be fantastic and much appreciated!

~Chapter 7~

I was in that cavern again, my body glowing a golden color. Apollo was in front of me and smiled.

"Let's meet again in 12,000 years." He said.

"Don't go!" I exclaimed. Apollo drifted away from me, he was getting further and further away from my reach. Too soon he re-entered Solar Wing and joined with Toma and my brother Sirius.

"Celeste, wake up!" a voice called. I opened my eyes and turned my head to see Apollon sitting next to the bed I was on.

"So you're him." I stated sitting up. "You're Apollo's reincarnation."

"Yeah, sorry I didn't say anything sooner. But it's not like you told me that you were Silvia's reincarnation." He replied.

"True." I look over Apollon's face and see the resemblance to Apollo. The shaggy red hair, the golden eyes, and even that stupid scar on his right cheek. Apollo was definitely present within Apollon. It was pretty stupid of me to not realize it until this moment when Apollon was so close. "I guess you kept your promise from so long ago."

"Promise?" he asked.

"The last thing you said to me was to meet again in 12,000 years. Now look at us, its 12,000 years later and we meet once again. Oh and the other promise as well, I took care of Chibiko and the others like I promised. Every night when the stars were out, we looked up at the sky and saw you with my big brother. But it just wasn't the same. Going on and living without you was difficult. Everything reminded me of you." I replied. My eyes had started to water and I quickly turned away and wiped my eyes before any tears began to escape.

"Hey, look at me." He said reaching over. He touched my face and turned my head to look at him. "I did what I had to, if I didn't we all would have died. I'm sorry for leaving you alone for so long, but I didn't have a choice. I'm here now that's what counts. There's no way I'm leaving you again."

"You've changed. To think that the hot tempered and stubborn Apollo, would be reborn into a sensitive guy. But that's not going to change anything." I move and begin to get out of the bed. "I'm happy that you're back, but that doesn't mean that we can just pick up where we left off 12,000 years ago. I'm not just going to drop everything in this new life to be with you. We're strangers in this life. I know next to nothing about you Apollon and you know nothing about me. We know each other's past lives, but that's it."

"Celeste…"

"I'm sorry, it's not that I have anything against you, but I just need some time to be alone and to think things over." I walk out of the infirmary and slide the door shut behind me. Tears began to roll down my face and not wanting anyone to see me like this I go to the only place where I could be alone, the roof of the academy.

I sat on the roof watching the sun set over the horizon. The red from the sun filled the sky reaching out in every direction. My eyes had dried out from crying and felt puffy. I wish that I could stop time at this moment of peacefulness. At this point right now there was no fighting, no bickering, no disturbances. It was just me the birds and the sunset. I pulled in my legs to my chest and rested my cheek on my knees. The wind blew my hair all around me, but I couldn't care less. I heard the soft click of the door to the roof opening, but didn't bother looking up to see who it was.

"Looks like I finally found you." A soft voice says. The voce belonged to my new teammate, Take.

"You were the last person I expected to come and find me." I say with my head still down.

"Apollon told me what happened when he came back to the dorms. Figured you could have a shoulder to cry on." He replied.

"Your timing sucks." I laughed. I lifted my head to look at him. "My tears have gone dry already. Could've used that shoulder an hour ago, loser."

"At least I came so stop complaining." Take says sitting down next to me. He stretches out his legs in front of him and looks at the sunset.

"From what Apollon told you, do you think I acted like a spoiled brat?" I asked.

"When don't you?" he laughed. I glared at Take and shoved him. "Kidding! No you didn't. If I were in your situation I probably would've acted the same way. Look I don't know what its like to go through the whole reincarnation thing and I bet it's pretty complicated, but I think that you had a logical reason for behaving like that. Even just waiting for weeks or months sucks, but you were forced to wait for thousands of years."

"When did you get so smart?" I ask.

"I've always been this smart. I'm ranked fourth in the school, right after you and the twins." He replies.

"Can I ask a favor?"

"Sure."

"Will you stay with me until I calm down a little more? I still feel kind of unstable." I say.

"Why not? It's not like I have anything planned for the night."

"Thanks."