First off, I am so sorry for not updating sooner, I wrote the chapters out of order so it was a matter of getting to a place where it would kind of make sense. This is more of a filler chapter, background information and all of that nice stuff. Let's get started shall we, I don't own anything.

Mount Justice

I looked into the mirror if the room I was given on the mountain. I played with the end of my hair.

"It's easier to have shorter hair, especially when you're in battle." I laughed, knowing that she was right.

"But I like it long, I'll take care of it Te-Osh, I promise." I looked into the eyes of the super officer who was currently attempting to convince me to cut my hair, for tactical purposes.

"This would be so much easier if you didn't struggle." I grimaced, I had never cut my hair. And being 10, it was about to the length of my hips. I bit my lip.

"Quizneck, Why not." I regretted my words already, but she took no time delay.

My hair was grabbed and brought back and a knife was brought to it. "Last chance to say no." I winced.

"Just do it." With that, the blade was pulled through my hair and the new strands fell to the level of my cheekbone. I smiled knowing that she was right, now I wouldn't have to worry about it being in my face in combat.

I laughed at my self-remembering when she made me do that. Before I could help it through a ball of sadness formed in my chest and was starting to make it's way up to me throte. I wasn't sure If I could ever go back there, to know that they were alive. or even if the war had ended. A tear started to make it's way down my cheek. I brushed it away. A soldier never cries.

I looked at the barrel of a gun my father was holding. He had said that we were doing a new training simulation. But I had no clue what it was going to be, and frankly, I had no interest in finding out.

"You are the second born child to a royal family, so you will never wear a crown or sit on a thrown. You will be a Warrior, that fate was given to you before you could walk." I wasn't confused at the words that he had been saying, but rather the way he had my saying them.

"Father?" I questioned what he was telling me.

"And in order to do that, you must learn one valuable lesson." He paused like he was thinking something over. Whale my seven-year-old brain was still trying to comprehend what was going on. "You flench, we start again." A with that he aimed the gun at my leg.

I fell onto my bed, pushing memories away was they tried to flood their way into my mind. I turned over to my side telling my self that I was safe now, that I would more nee have to learn that lesson again because I had learned it already.

In a split second decision, I pushed all of the feelings that I had just exercised and stepped out of my room. I activated my ring and was mentally ingulfed in its green light. I held my breath as it happened. I had no idea why, but it just felt right. I made my way out of the cave and to the sky. Again I had no clue what I was doing, I was just flying. That I heard the sound of my comm in my ear.

"Lantern, are you ok? Usually, you sign out whatever you have green stuff you need to do." I was confused for a moment before I realized what they were talking about.

"I'm good, and this isn't green stuff, I guest need to get out and think." The other side of the link was quiet for a second.

"You want company." At that moment I realized the other person on the comm was Megan.

"Nah, I'll pass." The last thing I needed was to have her read my mind.

"Ok, be back for dinner please." I smiled to myself, she was really like the team mom.

"Sure thing." With that, the comm line shut off and I continued flying, but this time with a destination.

About 15 minutes later I had gotten to were I wanted to go, the Garrison trach yard. A field littered with wrecked spaceships from different testings. I made my way down to the one that I saw was intact and lifted the door off of it. I hopped in and smiled at the familiar feeling of close quarters and controllers surrounding me.

I watch my arms as I allowed my birth markings to come to the surface my being, ignoring the walls I had set up years ago. I found an old helmet laying on the dashboard in front of me. I reached out to grab it and placed it on my head. It was a little different from what I used to wear on missions. I closed my eyes, and for the first time, truly allowed my self to remember the day Altea blew up.

I was on battlecruiser, I was supposed to stay there for 2 weeks in order to learn what it took to fly one. I still wasn't quite sure why an eight-year-old would have to learn these things but I tried my best not to ask questions. I had only been on her for two days but I never wanted to leave. I was the only member of my family here so I never got yelled at, it was perfection.

I walked onto the bridge and found it in chaos. People were running from console platform the controller Mondiale. Lights were flashing and I had no clue what was going on.

I stood there, glued in place as the possibility of what was happening ran through my mind. Finally, someone noticed me, the captain and supervising officer.

"Princess." I looked down, he had just used my official title, so this was going to be bad. "There was an explosion." I looked around, I wonder where it had originated but the whole crew was looking at me not. I asked where and the captain got down on a knee in order for him to be at level with me. "Altea."

I was in shock. Nothing on my body moved, for a minute I didn't even breath. "And I am forever sorry for this, but it's guest orders." A magnetic machine activated next to my ears and the world went blank.

For the rest of the time I was there so many memories played in my head, the year I spent in the Galra prison. The six years I fought as a freedom fighter, the friends I had made and the ones I had lost. For the first time in a long time, I allowed tears to stream down my face, uncontrollable sobs escaped my mouth as I let remembered my life so far.

"Astra, dinners ready, you said you would be back in time." My comm like power to life in my ear and tried to stop crying long enough to answer. It took a long time but it finally happened.

"Yeah Megen sorry I was late, I'll be there in a couple of minutes." I knew the family that I had lost, but I had a new one now. And I needed to live with them and not the past.

Sorry, not sorry that the ending was kind of sappy.

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