Dear Diary,
It's been two months since the incident with Meghan
and nothing out of the ordinary has happened since. That is, except
for the fact that Max asked me out on a date the week after he saved
Meghan. I was flattered and said yes immediately. I phoned Liz right
away and told her the exciting news. She was so excited for me, even
though I knew she had a slight crush on Max. But I know she's going
to get over it. She's human. Max and I are destiny. After that
first date, we went out about twice every week and when we didn't
go out, we went to each other's house on those other days. Mom says
we spend too much time together, but we can't help it. We know
we're going to marry each other, so we spend as much time together
as possible. If it weren't for the fact that we're 15 years old,
we'd be married already and on our way back to where ever we came
from. I know we're going to find our way home one-day. If only we
could read that book that Max found in the pod chamber.
Tess
I set down my diary, which I haven't written in for months, and get up from my bed. I walk over to the mirror to see what I look like. Ugh! I look hideous! That's easy to fix. I just slide my hand over my face and all my make up is perfectly in place. I hear the door bell ring and Michael answers it.
"Hey Tess! Max is here!" Michael yells up the stairs. I come running down the stairs to greet Max. He smiles at me and gives me a light kiss. We don't like showing our full affection in front of Michael, for fear he might put up some protective big-brother fit. Then again, he has to be careful with Isabel around Max too. I put my shoes on and we walk out the door. Tonight we've decided to go to the Crashdown.
When we enter the restaurant, we walk over to our regular booth. Liz comes over to take our order.
"Hey guys. What can I get you tonight?" She asks.
"Hey Liz. Um, I think I'll have some Asteroid Pie and a Cherry Coke." Max responds. Liz looks at me.
"I'll have the same. Thanks." I say and she leaves. Now I turn to Max and give him my full attention. "So how was school today?"
"Eh, not great. Kinda sucked actually. Why weren't you there today?" Max asks me.
"Oh. I'm sorry I didn't call you before hand, but I didn't have time. Kevin got sick this morning and Mom was at work. So I had to drive him to the hospital myself. I had to do all the paper work for my mom and then I had to stay with Kevin to wait for the doctor to check him out. Meanwhile, I had to phone my Aunt Lisa to take Meghan to school. So that took up the morning and a bit into the afternoon." I explain.
"Is your brother okay?" Max asked in concern.
"He'll be fine. He has a very mild case of pneumonia and he has to stay in the hospital for probably a week or two. It's not life threatening, so I'm not worried." I say and Max sighs with relief. I find it so sweet that he cares so much for my family. Liz walks up to us with two asteroid pies and two cherry cokes.
"Here you go." She says and goes to serve another table. We start digging into our pies. I look up towards the door and see this man who looks vaguely familiar. He looks at me with a cold stare. I quickly turn my eyes to Max. He sees me blush and asks me what's wrong.
"Oh nothing." I say, not knowing what to tell him. The man comes over to our table. "Hi. Can we help you?" I say politely.
"As a matter of fact, you can. Come with me." He talks with a stone cold voice. Max and I look at each other in doubt and decide to follow him. We get up and follow him outside and into the alley.
"Who are you?" Max asks.
"My name is Nasedo. I was supposed to meet you when you came out of your pods, but you were gone already." The man said.
"How do you know us?" I ask, sort of freaked out by this guy.
"I was your father in your previous life, on Antar. When you, your husband King Zan, his sister Princess Vilandra, and her husband General Rath were sent to earth to be re-created, I was sent with you to protect you. I've been following you ever since you emerged from the pods." The man says to me.
"You're my father?" I ask in disbelief. This man may be our only way home.
"Yes, Ava. Through out your whole life on earth, I've wanted to tell you who I was, but I couldn't. I had to let you live a normal life on earth. But now you're all old enough to know the truth about yourselves." My father tells me. I hesitate to hug him, but push myself forward. He welcomes me with a warm embrace. After a few seconds I pull back.
"My name is Ava?" I ask.
"Yes. You were a Queen on Antar and Max was our King. His name was Zan then." My father tells me and then turns to Max.
"Max, you have such a large responsibility waiting for you on Antar. A man called Kivar took over Antar and has turned it into a slave race. Antar is a disgrace to the Five Planets Alliance and they're considering breaking their alliance with Antar. If that would happen, then Antar would be completely vulnerable to all those who attack it." Father tells Max, who is trying as hard as he can to take all this in.
"I can't believe this. How can I be a king? I'm only 15." Max says in disbelief.
"Here, take my hands." Father tells the both of us and we obey. Suddenly, I'm transferred into a dark universe. I'm traveling fast and fly past a beautiful galaxy. Soon, I enter this planet and am taken to this palace. I see a woman who looks kind of like me. She must be my former self. She's crying beside a body that looks like Max. Next to the body lies another body who looks like Michael. I swear I see Isabel crying by his side. But it's not her, it's too old to be her. Then an old man approaches 'Isabel' and puts his hand on her forehead. She starts screaming and then collapses. The woman who looks like me runs over to the old man and starts throwing all these fire and ice balls at him. But it's no use, he has a force shield up. She uses up all her strength and then falls to the ground crying. He old man puts down his shield and then does the same to her as he did to 'Isabel'. She falls down to the ground. I'm horrified at the sight. I can feel her pain and her sorrow as her husband was killed. It's as if it all happened to me. I turn around to my father and see him crying. "That was how you died. Kivar killed you all and then took over Antar. You tried everything you could to stop him, but he was too strong for you."
"If he killed us then, why can't he kill us again. We're no different than we were back then." Max says.
"No, you're different. You're younger, which means your powers are stronger and fresher. Kivar has grown old, so he is weaker. He was already old when he killed you and now he's on the brink of death. I've come to tell you that you can go back. You just have to make sure that when he dies, no one else takes the place of the King. You are rightfully King, you'll get your throne right away." Father says.
"How are we supposed to get there? And what about our families? I can't leave my family." I say. I've become so close to my parents and siblings. I don't want to leave them now.
"Ava, they aren't your real parents. I'm your real father. Rath is your real brother. The rest of your family is on Antar. This family on earth is only your host. They've provided you with wonderful hospitality, but now it's time to leave. That's the same with you, Zan. Your mother is waiting for you on Antar. You'll always have Lonnie." It's still hard for us to take in. Max and I take a few minutes to think it over by ourselves. Then Max tells Nasedo…
"Okay. We'll do it." Max says with confidence. "It's going to be okay, Tess. We're going to be together the whole time. There's nothing to worry about." Max tries to assure me that this is the right decision. Now we just have to tell Isabel and Michael.
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"What! How can that be possible!" Isabel exclaimed after hearing the news from Max. "Well it just is. You're a princess. Personally, I'm not that surprised. I mean, you act like one here already so it won't be that hard to adjust." Max said as a matter of factly. Isabel smiled knowing what he said was true. "How are we going to tell mom and dad?" Isabel asked.
"I'm not quite sure yet. I was thinking that we shouldn't tell them."
"What? No. We have to tell them. What else can we say?"
"I don't know. I just think that they'll freak out. How would you react if your children told you that they're part of a royal family on a far away planet and they have to go back to save their people and you'll probably never see them again? I think you'd have a nervous break down."
"You do have a point. But we have to tell them something."
"Maybe we don't."
"What are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking that maybe we can fake an accident. A fatal accident."
"You mean…so they think we're dead?"
"Yeah." Max lay back on the bed thinking hard. "Hmmm…now how are we going to die?"
"Max! Don't talk like that! I don't like talking about how we're going to 'kill' ourselves."
"Sorry, but we do have to think of a way to fake our deaths."
"Why don't we get murdered… No, that would be too traumatizing for mom and dad. How bout we…nope, that wouldn't work either. Oh I know! A car accident! That'll work, right?" Isabel suggested.
"I don't know. It's kind of unoriginal." Max shrugged.
"It doesn't need to be original. A car accident is the simplest kind of death there is…I think." Isabel said.
"I guess we could get Michael to blow up the car with 'us' in it. We'll just create dummies that look exactly like us."
"Can we do that?"
"Yeah. I know how."
"And when did you learn how to do this?"
"I don't know. A long time ago. Who cares, Isabel? Let's go talk to Michael and Tess." They both walked out the door.