"Okay it is…" I checked my watch; I forgot I had one, "eleven fifty nine"

I took a deep breath as a clock struck midnight in the giant meeting room I was in earlier.

Dong

Dong

Dong

Dong

Dong

A whooshing noise came from above, followed by laughter. I looked up all the stars shined down at me brightly.

Dong

Dong

Dong

Dong

Dong

Dong

Then the clock just stopped and silence fell. I looked around and checked my watch. Twelve o'clock exactly. And the minute hand had stopped.

"What the …" I tapped the top.

"It won't work your majesty" A voice came from behind me. I turned around to see Arcas, in his Greek toga thing that I will never get used to, holding onto a silver staff decorated with small amethysts. "Welcome to the Hour of the Stars"

"Hour of the Stars?" I asked and he walked forward silently, "What does that mean?"

"This is the hour where stars, like myself, get free reign of the world" He gently took my hand and guided me through the arch way I just came in through. "We can go into the world we were in before and explore"

We stepped out into the grassy area and I gasped. The entire area was full of people; they looked solid and talked to one another.

"All these people are here to meet you your majesty" He looked over at me and handed me his staff. It glowed brightly when it touched my hand and then dimed, "This is yours"

"Arcas…"I whispered shaking my head, "I'm not a queen"

"Yes you are" an older voice came from a few feet away. A man with salt-and-pepper hair came over.

"Your Majesty this is General Draco, head of our Armies" Arcas nodded to the man.

"Hello" He came up and smiled, "You must be our new young Queen, Astra"

"How did you…" I shook my head again and swayed slightly, "This is confusing"

"It is fine" Draco smiled again, "We are here to guide you."

"Yes and we will be here if you need us" Arcas nodded

"You know to start out with I think she needs to know how to travel" Draco chuckled, "You can't hold her hand the entire time, Arcas, no matter how much you want to"

"Quite Right" He said quickly and turned to me. "Come"

"Oh and stay away from him" Draco pointed to an elderly man at the edge of the crowd. "He likes girls a little too much"

"Thanks General" I giggled as the man went into the crowd. I followed Arcas to the edge of the grassy plain to a drop off about three thousand feet into the ocean below.

"Oh gods" I gulped and grabbed my staff, closing my eyes. I'm not really afraid of heights but three thousand feet straight done into water is scary.

"This is where you will learn to Star travel" Arcas looked down and shrugged, "A little smaller a drop then I hoped"

"Smaller" I gasped and looked at him like he was crazy.

"Your eyes are green" He squinted at me

"Yeah that means I'm scared" I bit my lip. Arcas took my hand.

"This is how it is done" He stood at the edge of the cliff, "Watch"

Then he fell backwards. With a shout I looked over the edge, I watched his figure fall several hundred feet before he became a flash of light and the light zoomed up and crashed into the ground next to me. Arcas was standing next to me completely unharmed.

"You need to concentrate on where you want to be very clearly, or think about it hard." Arcas blinked then took my hand again and pulled me to the edge of the cliff.

"What are you doing?" I asked dropping my staff on the ground.

"You are going to feel what it is like first" He looked down at me, he was a good five or six inches taller, "Hold on tight"

I wrapped my arms around his torso. He tensed then jumped.

Falling is not a fun sensation. Your stomach drops, your eyes tear and your heart races. We were about half way down when Arcas' eyes glowed a bright blue and we Star traveled to the top.

For those of you who don't know what Star traveling felt like. It's like being surrounded by sparklers that have been lit. That's the light part. It feels like you're going up really fast on an elevator that only holds one person. But before you know it you're standing on solid ground again.

"Wow" I blinked and turned to Arcas who had quickly detached himself and took a step away, "that was fun"

"Now you try" He grabbed both on my hands and we stood on the edge of the cliff again, "Concentrate really hard on this spot," He kicked the grass, "If we get too close I'll get us back up"

"Okay" I took a deep breath and jumped. I thought of the cliff the top of the cliff the piece of grass Arcas kicked. Then there was a jolt of energy that zapped through me and I gasped. Arcas looked over and white light surrounded us. Then we at the top of the cliff again.

"Great, nicely done your majesty" Arcas stepped back but I still held his hands.

"Let's try it again" He nodded and jumped off. I did the same thing as last time but before we traveled I got detached from Arcas.

"Arcas!" I shouted as the cliffs raced by. Then I splashed into the sea.

Bubbles. That's what I saw. Lot and lots of bubbles. Thrashing around I tried to get to the surface. Lungs screaming I swam towards the cliff. A wave crashed over my head forcing me under. Then I swallowed water and another wave crashed. I blacked out.