Star Bright
Review Responses:
CrAzYhOrSeGiRl88: Well, I'm giving away part of the answer… but only part. *grins* Mixed up? Actually, I'm the same way… XD Thanks for reviewing again!
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Fire Mage6: Like I said, you'll find out part of what the cat remembers… but not all.
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NOTE: Star Bright may seem like a big OC and maybe even partly Mary-sueish in this chapter, but she's not. The next chapter I'll tell you her whole story… big twist.
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//talk// Daine or animal talking
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Star Bright walked into a corner of the room once Daine and Numair left. Shocked at what she remembered, she realized that she wasn't just a cat. She was a cat with another ability. Star closed her eyes, and her body shifted. Fur thinned, toes on the front legs became long and claws shortened. She stood up on her hind feet. When she was finally done, she had transformed into a young girl (like 7 years old) with black hair that crowned her face and went down to her chin, and two white bangs (one on each side of her head) also curved in, but these went down to her shoulders. She wore a black dress (if anyone knows what I'm saying: think anime neko girl) with short black gloves. Faintly on her forehead the white diamond was still visible. The only token that proved she was a cat in the shape of a human was the fact she couldn't get rid of her ears, tail, or cat eyes.. "That's better." She said, smiling to herself. "Must go find Numair now. Tell him story." In her voice a slight trace of a cat's meow could still be heard. "Whole story. No knowledge, just story." The girl skipped off to find Numair in a childish way. Instead of finding Numair first, though, she bumped right into Alanna. "Ouch! Oops, sorry miss. Must find Numair." She said quickly. She tried to rush past Alanna, but instead Alanna stopped her.
"Who are you?" Alanna asked. Star Bright looked up at her with big green eyes.
"If you come with me, you will know. I need to find Numair." She had shed her childish act, and now her voice was serious, and more mature.
"I'll take you to him. Just don't try anything funny on us, now." Alanna warned her. Star nodded.
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Daine walked out to the stables to groom Cloud. //Hello, Cloud!// she greeted her.
//Hi.// Cloud replied, but she sounded somewhat stiff, uneasy with Daine.
//Cloud, what's the matter?// Daine asked.
//You…//
//Huh? Me?// Daine was startled at first, but then calmed down. //Oh, I'm sorry I have been paying more attention to Star Bright then you. It's just that Star is hiding something from me and I don't know what it is.// she said.
//I know that. I talked with Star Bright.// Cloud said.
//You… you did?// Daine asked. Most of her was just fine with this odd conversation, but there was a bit of her that was afraid of this… a part that was angry… a part that took control. //Shut up Cloud.// Daine said, with an anger she never had talked to Cloud with before.
//You know what it is Daine. I don't. Tell me. Everything. I need to know… I just want to help you.// Cloud said. Daine froze for a moment, and the anger went away. She broke down in tears.
//Cloud… I can't tell Numair or anyone else what happened there… they won't understand. They just won't…//
//So tell me. Everything.// Daine looked up at Cloud, and took a deep breath to regain control.
//Ok, the story is…//
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In the library, Star Bright, Numair, and Alanna all sat down in chairs. Star Bright swung her legs back and forth uneasily, not knowing where to start, what and what not to tell them. Luckily for her, Numair started. "Who are you?" he asked.
"I'm Star Bright." She said calmly.
"The cat?" Alanna asked. Star Bright nodded.
"Well, luckily for you, you have the mark on your forehead that Star Bright had. Go on." Numair replied.
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The shadow played with gooey red strands in Marcus's room. "What's next?" it asked, in a voice that sounded more like a hoarse whisper.
"We take another one. Tomorrow." He said. The shadow smiled, but no one could see that.
"She is fun to toy with." It said.
"Daine is not being toyed with. She is toying you." Marcus said. The shadow got frustrated.
"Let me do it all tomorrow. Let us not wait." It said.
"No… you must wait. Waiting is the key here. Waiting will win us Tortall. We will use Daine to get us there… remember the goal."
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"I know what happened to Daine when she was gone. I'll tell you what I saw, no knowledge behind it. That is too much knowledge that you must not have." Everyone nodded as a sign as they partly understood. Star Bright was not telling them only for their safety. "Daine was attacked- by darkness. A shadow. She tried running, but she tripped. She transformed into an animal, but the shadow caught up with her. The shadow some how forced her back into her human form. Its hand glowed a bright gold, and it stuck it into her, and pulled out a silver strand and threw it aside. It then took a red one and put that in her, to replace the silver. She then screamed and stuff for the next 5 days, then regained control and came back. I know what the strands are, but there is an enemy under this roof now. Do not try to guess who it is, he will kill you before he plans to. I'll tell you everything when the time is right… when it is vital you know what happened. I forgot who I was also due to the shadow, but that will also not be told now. Not now… when destinies will change. When people change. You will know. You must, though, see a difference in Daine." Star Bright added. Alanna and Numair looked confused.
"She looks and acts the same to me." Alanna said. Star Bright sighed.
"It is as I feared. Only the People see it. The change is masked to two-leggers." She said. Star Bright stood up. "Don't tell Daine anything. Don't let Daine shape shift." She said, and then went back to her cat form leaving Alanna and Numair with millions of questions running around in their head only to be left un answered so they must ponder it themselves without being able to tell anyone. Somehow, they didn't think Star Bright wanted anyone else to be told. Somehow, they knew that it was best if Daine and them were the only ones who knew.
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Does Star Bright's story sound familiar? Sorry if I left you all confused… next chapter will explain it! I promise!! Also, if you want to see what Star Bright's human form looks like I'm putting it up on my website sometime soon today.