Chapter Two

Her Mama hadn't let anything hurt her during their journey from Pluto to Arkka. She'd even kept Lady Pluto, whom her Mama had told her to call Lady Ini (which she secretly thought was a funny name for such a scary woman), away from her. She knew that Lady Ini didn't like her. She was a disappointment and she knew that training with the Senshi would not be enjoyable.

Her Mama had taken a vow to be her Mama and from what she had been told, it was a sacred vow. She was now her Mama's daughter, whether or not they were related by blood.

She hadn't gotten to see any of Arkka, the moment the airship was docked she was rushed off to the Healers. Her Mama had stayed with her almost the whole time she was in the sick room. The few times that she left, she assumed it was to see her other daughter.

She didn't know what to think about having a sister. She didn't know much about the girl. She knew her name was Saria and that she was seven, a year older than she was. She was sure that Saria would be pretty though. What she wanted to know was how Saria felt about having a new sister, especially one who was very much not an infant.

"Good morning!" Hotaru raced into the kitchen and pounced onto her Haruka-papa. Haruka-papa laughed and scooped her up and then placed her onto her lap.

"Whatcha want for breakfast kiddo?"

"Pancakes!" Hotaru grinned. Michiru-mama smiled at them and then proceeded to pull out the pancake batter. Hotaru waited a minute. Then another. "Where's Setsuna-mama?"

Haruka-papa frowned. "She's still upstairs." Four days later and they were still mad at Setsuna-mama. It wasn't right. It wasn't something that they needed to know.

She just didn't like everyone being mad at her Setsuna-mama.

The Healers baffled her. Then again, magic in general was confusing. It made no sense to her how it could heal her wounds or move an airship through space. It made even less sense that people were saying that she had used magic. She had done no such thing. Her Mama told her that she had lots of potential though and that made her happy.

Names were important here. She'd learned that fairly quickly. Everyone and everything had a name and she was the only thing that didn't have one. Names hadn't mattered at the camp because the children hadn't been worth it. Her Mama told her that she deserved a name, so her Mama gave her one.

Tevi.

She wasn't sure how long she'd spent in the sick room. She felt better though, and the grown-ups seemed to agree that she would live, though Lady Ini didn't look too happy about it.

She loved her Mama and Lady Zana was so nice. She couldn't wait to finally get out of bed. Everyone had been piling food into her and her body seemed to be getting fat, though she knew that that was only because she had never been anything but on the brink of starvation. She knew that compared to other children, she was still too skinny and far too small. It didn't matter much to her though. Her Faldra were getting stronger as well. That made her happy. They'd been so soft before. It was a little strange to see people with out them though. How could they function without the extra set of 'ribs' she didn't know. She didn't understand how a person could only have 'ribs' on the inside of their body.-

She was very excited. She was going to be able to meet Saria at long last. She'd been looking forward to it ever since she'd learned about the older girl's existence. She had declared to the maids that she wanted to look her best for her new sister.

A knock on the door interrupted her from her thoughts. She raced to answer it. Standing there was her Mama and a little girl who she assumed to be Saria.