"Oh?" I say, as I hear a cry from Eric's house.
It's probably nothing. He's a tough boy, and he can take whatever comes.
"I hope so, Crown," I say aloud, "otherwise Mother and Father won't be too happy."
Nonsense. They plan to arrange a marriage sooner or later, but I doubt Eric's the groom.
"Crown!" I hiss, "You really think I care for Eric?"
I don't see why not. He's a man after your own heart, after all...
I flop onto my bed and say, "That doesn't mean anything, Crown, and you know it."
Maybe, maybe not...
"And what was that about arranging a marriage?" I ask.
Nothing, really. The two you call your 'parents' were merely discussing it. After all, wasn't it a custom to get married at mid-teens in royal families?
"But the Crown family isn't a royal one," I say.
Your mother married your father at about seventeen, so I can understand why they're so concerned about finding you a suitor...
"Shut up!" I say, "I won't get married unless it's when I'm ready, and even then a person of my own choosing will be the groom!"
I hear Crown chuckling inside my head.
"You can be a pain sometimes," I say with a sigh, "but I accepted this when we became Crown Lily."
Yes, indeed you have. It looks as though the Star Force and the Ooparts are the least of our worries.
"Primal Forme," I say, remembering the beast who tried to devour Lyra Melody. For some reason, I felt- and still feel- a shred of pity for the poor girl.
Yes. Ophiuca wasn't too happy about the development, but you two had to escape before Layla and Omega-Xis devoured you both.
"I agree on that, Crown," I say, "but there are still questions I need answered, such as why didn't Omega-Xis go Primal with the Stelar boy? Why with Layla?"
I know nothing about those issues, Delilah, but my memories should help you with some things.
I close my eyes and listen.
"A long, long time ago, there was a planet filled with humans. Us FM-ians called it '40-Incognito', the 40th planet which circled around a small star. The planet was filled with humans, one of the few planets with humans in the universe," a male voice says.
"What happened?" a female voice, that of Ophiuca's, asks.
"A squad was sent out," the male voice says, "to investigate the planet. Among them was the FM-ian Saggitarius, a foolish but tricky FM-ian. While exploring, the stories say that he crashed into a human by mistake...and ended up being the first EM wave human."
"Where does the awesome Primal Forme come in?" a gruff male voice asks, Omega-Xis' or Taurus'.
"I'm getting there," the first voice says, who sounds a little like Aquarius, "Anyway, soon he and the human became quite close, and we were planning to conquer 40-Igcognito...but one other FM-ian decided to try his own plan."
"Was the FM-ian Drago?" a voice says, Wolf's.
"Yes, Wolf, it was Drago," the storyteller says, "Drago was jealous of Saggitarius' fame as the first EM wave human, and so he decided to get even. Drago took Saggitarius' human 'other' and attacked Saggitarius. Saggitarius was angry at Drago for using a human, and the human was quite mad at Drago for using his 'significant other'...that's when it happened. The EM wave human, Saggitarius Warrior, roared a mighty roar and soon transformed into what we now call 'Primal Forme'."
"What happened next?" the gruff voice says.
"A great battle was fought," the storyteller says, "and soon Drago's human was killed. That should've been enough to stop the Primal Forme's rage, but it soon turned on the humans. The entire planet was ravaged; nothing was safe. Blood soon filled the rivers, and the skies turned crimson. It was only because of one FM-ian that we have Saggitarius Warrior asleep for future use...Libra, please stand up."
Murmurs fill the place.
"All right, Pisces," Libra's voice says, "Can I sit back down now?"
"No, no, Libra," the storyteller says, "You see, everyone, Libra was just a mere newbie in FM- a 'just-born'- when he found the herb on the human planet that could put the Primal Forme to sleep. He was clever then, and he's still quite clever. Everyone who has hands, give it up for Libra."
A few polite claps ring through.
"Saggitarius was put to sleep," Pisces says, "and was placed somewhere in FM. Of course, Libra couldn't put the thing to sleep, the old FM King at the time did. But the point is, Primal Forme is dangerous, and Aquarius will take his apprentice to teach him alone. Everyone can go with their mentors, and the others can stay here."
I open my eyes and say, "Okay. Why was Pisces teaching about that?"
Many of us never knew the worst of Primal Forme. Libra was the only one who'd seen Saggitarius, and he never liked to talk about it. That's why I'm suspicious about his socializing with Aries and Taurus...
"I understand," I say, "and why doesn't he like to talk about it?"
No clue, Delilah, and we can't simply ask him about it.
"Guess we wait," I say, "and tomorrow I'll ask Eric about that scream."
--------------------------------------------------
Looks like another piece of FM-ian history is revealed, with the first EM wave human's downfall...or is it?