The Beginning
It was the night of the planetary alignment; Saturn and the constellation Gemini were aligned. It was also the night when two little twin bears, both girls, were born. Their mother, named Auburn for her fur color, decided to name the brown bear with the white circle on her wrist Saturn. The other bear with the same auburn fur as her mother got the name of Gemini, to represent the two aligned planets. The father, Jorden, and Auburn had wanted the twins to grow up exactly the same, but something horrible happened soon after both little girls were born. The hospital was bombed.
People ran screaming, scratched and shaken from the falling ceiling beams. The less fortunate people were trampled underneath the feet of fleeing patients and doctors. It was a horrible night. Luckily, one of the doctors managed to grab Gemini and Saturn before their room collapsed, but their parents disappeared underneath the burning rubble. However, when they turned eight, they ended up in an orphanage, called The Happy Campers orphanage.
The Happy Campers orphanage was not the friendliest place in the world, but if you had friends there you would survive. Luckily, Saturn and Gemini were in the same age group, the seven to nine group, since they were born only two minutes apart. So, the two little eight-year-olds got two beds next to each other. They also made two new friends, Cerulia Terula and Bernard Cooper. Cerulia was the youngest, a seven-year-old kitten, with shining green eyes and beautiful black, glistening fur. She also had fire-red hair. Bernard was the oldest. He was a nine-year-old gray raccoon with almost glowing yellow eyes, and he was very sneaky. He had short, gray-ish hair, the same color as his fur.
The four of them were very close, and yet they all seemed to rely on Saturn the most. She was, in essence, perfect. She had beautiful brown fur, shining raven black hair, and perfect white teeth. But she was not snobby. She was very affectionate, unlike Gemini. Gemini tended to keep to herself. She was very shy, and never really talked to anyone but her friends. Unfortunately, rumors began to spread about her, but no one dared to say anything to her face; she would pulverize them if they messed with her or her friends. One day, one of the big-top bullies decided to say something to her face.
Butch was one of the children that even the adults tended to shy away from. He was a pale, sand-colored rhinoceros, and was very, very cruel. As one the oldest in the orphanage, he liked to think of himself as the "boss". All the children did what he said, and if they didn't? Well…you don't want to know. Finally, he and his gang of baddies decided to pick on the younger groups. Dorothy Xala (Yellow lion), Sam Faely (Blue dart frog), Alex Eurand (White dalmation), and Sylvia(Brown owl) were all part of the gang. Sylvia had no last name when she came, and remained last name-less. No one argued with them and got away with it.
It was a hot summer day, and Cerulia, Saturn, Bernard, and Gemini all went outside to eat lunch. They ate, and then walked over to play on the swing set. The baddies were there waiting for them. "Well, who do we have here?" sneered Butch. He reached over and knocked Cerulia down with a flick of his claws. She got up, hissing and flustered.
"Knock it off, Butch!" said Gemini, sounding rather hostile.
"Or what?" Butch decided this was his new target.
"Or I'll beat you up."
"Aww, is the wittle baby gonna put the smack-down on me?"
"No, but the Gemini is gonna crush you like the vermin you are," Gemini challenged.
"Oooooohhhhhh!" Butch's gang all replied in unison. But Gemini was not kidding. Out of nowhere she produced a thick tree branch, and repeatedly whacked him in the head. When he was totally knocked out, she threw the stick on him and walked away. Butch's gang just stood there in shock, mouths hanging open at the power of this little eight-year- old. They looked at each other and silently decided that this little girl would be their new leader.
Cerulia and Bernard looked at each other and sighed. But out of nowhere came Sylvia's large, yellow eyes and rather frightening face, glaring at them with her "Get off of our property" look. They (rather quickly) caught up with Saturn and Gemini . It had been a rather eventful day, and they were all looking forward to their beds. But, the end was yet to come. They ate their dinner (meatloaf) and then headed up to their beds.