What Fate Shall Bring.
"Miss Hotaru?" Quatra asked as he knocked softly on the door.
"Come in Q." Hotaru called. The blonde entered with a tray. "Oh wow."
"You've been working so hard today, so I thought you might like something to eat." He set the tray down by Hotaru on the floor then smiled sweetly. "May I ask what you're doing?"
"Uh huh. I'm making a spell to send me to see the Fates. I need to talk to them about this." Hotaru reached for the chopsticks and took a big mouthful of noodles. "Good!"
"The Fates?" Quatra asked.
"They guard past, present, and future events."
"I know the mythology. I didn't know they were real."
"Hai." Hotaru smiled. "Very." She took a sip of the tea.
"You're very different Miss Hotaru." Quatra chuckled as he patted her head then walked from the room. "Very different."
Hotaru sighed then went back to work on her spell.
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"Guys!" Hotaru yelled as she bounced out of her room. All four pilots came running out of various rooms in the house to see what was the matter. Hotaru grinned, "I finished my spell." They all started at her for a moment.
"Do you have a fever?" Wufei asked.
"No. But I have a favor. I'm going to be in a deep sleep for a while while I talk with the Fates. Please don't disturb or try to wake me no matter what happens." She smiled. "Okay?"
"I don't know what craziness this is," Wufei smirked. "But sure." The others also agreed and Hotaru ran back into her room.
'Wait, my room?' Hotaru thought. 'This isn't really my room.' She sighed then grabbed her spell from the floor.
"By the powers of circle, day and night By the allience of old, dark and light Behest that I may go On a journey of ancient and old By those that tell And do foretold Bring me to the path That my destiny Shall I behold!"
Light filled the room and Hotaru dropped limply to the bed.
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Mist was everywhere, making it impossible to see. But Hotaru didn't need to see to know what to do. She ran with her instincts and let her heart lead her to the footsteps of a giant castle.
"Ho there! Who behest thy?" A woman called from the top of one of the tours.
"I am Hotaru, crowned princess of Saturn. Let me pass!"
"Saturn, daughter of Death and Time. Why be you here?"
"You've played an awful trick on my Ceres! You know why I'm here!"
The mist cleared to reveal the woman, now standing at the top of the steps. "Have I child?"
"Yes."
"Well what do you want of me now?"
"Change me back."
"I cannot."
"Why?" Hotaru cried. "You did this in the first place, didn't you?"
"Yes."
"You were getting to comfortable." Another voice chimed in. "You had no guard up at all. You should always be a bit cautious. You weren't. That's why this threw you off so much." The man's eyes sparkled.
"So this was like a test?" Hotaru asked.
"Yes."
"A cruel one, Orbit."
"I know."
Hotaru's eyes narrow, "Tell me how to reverse it."
"I don't see why."
"You seem to be happy with you're new life." Ceres pointed out.
"Sure I like the guys and everything. But.. I'm a girl damnit!"
"Aw. So you wouldn't mind the life you were still in your own body and mind?" Orbit asked.
"No, I wouldn't."
"Alright then. I'll tell you. You must find Duo, the one who lies in you're body, and meet face to face. You new friends must not know. And the thing is, you cannot search. It has to just happen. Do you understand?"
"Yes." Hotaru sighed. "I wish I didn't though. Is it the only way?"
"Yes." Orbit said.
"Fine." Hotaru nodded, turned, and started running back down the path.
"Farewell Saturn. Safe journey and fare winds."
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"Ah!" Hotaru shot up out of bed; her eyes wide and wild.
"Welcome back." A voice said quietly. Hotaru turned and found Heero sitting at the foot of the bed. "Did you learn anything?"
"Yes. But I can't tell you." Hotaru sighed. "I wish I could though." Heero nodded and stood. But Hotaru's arm reached out and grabbed his. He stopped and turned back to her. "Thank you Heero. For watching me."
"In a way, you're a lot like Duo. But somehow, I think you're just enough opposites that you'd get along." He smiled slightly then left the room.
Hotaru smiled and decided she ought to get some real rest.
"Miss Hotaru?" Quatra asked as he knocked softly on the door.
"Come in Q." Hotaru called. The blonde entered with a tray. "Oh wow."
"You've been working so hard today, so I thought you might like something to eat." He set the tray down by Hotaru on the floor then smiled sweetly. "May I ask what you're doing?"
"Uh huh. I'm making a spell to send me to see the Fates. I need to talk to them about this." Hotaru reached for the chopsticks and took a big mouthful of noodles. "Good!"
"The Fates?" Quatra asked.
"They guard past, present, and future events."
"I know the mythology. I didn't know they were real."
"Hai." Hotaru smiled. "Very." She took a sip of the tea.
"You're very different Miss Hotaru." Quatra chuckled as he patted her head then walked from the room. "Very different."
Hotaru sighed then went back to work on her spell.
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"Guys!" Hotaru yelled as she bounced out of her room. All four pilots came running out of various rooms in the house to see what was the matter. Hotaru grinned, "I finished my spell." They all started at her for a moment.
"Do you have a fever?" Wufei asked.
"No. But I have a favor. I'm going to be in a deep sleep for a while while I talk with the Fates. Please don't disturb or try to wake me no matter what happens." She smiled. "Okay?"
"I don't know what craziness this is," Wufei smirked. "But sure." The others also agreed and Hotaru ran back into her room.
'Wait, my room?' Hotaru thought. 'This isn't really my room.' She sighed then grabbed her spell from the floor.
"By the powers of circle, day and night By the allience of old, dark and light Behest that I may go On a journey of ancient and old By those that tell And do foretold Bring me to the path That my destiny Shall I behold!"
Light filled the room and Hotaru dropped limply to the bed.
**************************************************************************** ****
Mist was everywhere, making it impossible to see. But Hotaru didn't need to see to know what to do. She ran with her instincts and let her heart lead her to the footsteps of a giant castle.
"Ho there! Who behest thy?" A woman called from the top of one of the tours.
"I am Hotaru, crowned princess of Saturn. Let me pass!"
"Saturn, daughter of Death and Time. Why be you here?"
"You've played an awful trick on my Ceres! You know why I'm here!"
The mist cleared to reveal the woman, now standing at the top of the steps. "Have I child?"
"Yes."
"Well what do you want of me now?"
"Change me back."
"I cannot."
"Why?" Hotaru cried. "You did this in the first place, didn't you?"
"Yes."
"You were getting to comfortable." Another voice chimed in. "You had no guard up at all. You should always be a bit cautious. You weren't. That's why this threw you off so much." The man's eyes sparkled.
"So this was like a test?" Hotaru asked.
"Yes."
"A cruel one, Orbit."
"I know."
Hotaru's eyes narrow, "Tell me how to reverse it."
"I don't see why."
"You seem to be happy with you're new life." Ceres pointed out.
"Sure I like the guys and everything. But.. I'm a girl damnit!"
"Aw. So you wouldn't mind the life you were still in your own body and mind?" Orbit asked.
"No, I wouldn't."
"Alright then. I'll tell you. You must find Duo, the one who lies in you're body, and meet face to face. You new friends must not know. And the thing is, you cannot search. It has to just happen. Do you understand?"
"Yes." Hotaru sighed. "I wish I didn't though. Is it the only way?"
"Yes." Orbit said.
"Fine." Hotaru nodded, turned, and started running back down the path.
"Farewell Saturn. Safe journey and fare winds."
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"Ah!" Hotaru shot up out of bed; her eyes wide and wild.
"Welcome back." A voice said quietly. Hotaru turned and found Heero sitting at the foot of the bed. "Did you learn anything?"
"Yes. But I can't tell you." Hotaru sighed. "I wish I could though." Heero nodded and stood. But Hotaru's arm reached out and grabbed his. He stopped and turned back to her. "Thank you Heero. For watching me."
"In a way, you're a lot like Duo. But somehow, I think you're just enough opposites that you'd get along." He smiled slightly then left the room.
Hotaru smiled and decided she ought to get some real rest.