Vol. 15
Chapter 59
Selina Chase-Moon
Birth: June 30th
Age: 18
Colour(s): White
Metal: Silver
God/dess: Diana
Hermione Driscoll-Mercury
Birth: September 10th
Age: 18
Colour(s): Royal Blue/Yellow
Metal: Quicksilver
God/dess: Mercury
Marcella Guerra-Mars
Birth: April 17th
Age: 18
Colour(s): Red
Metal: Iron
God/dess: Mars
Jovana Meallan-Jupiter
Birth: December 5th
Age: 18
Colour(s): Orchid Purple
Metal: Tin
God/dess: Jupiter
In the dead of the night, at the St. Mark's Church, on the entrance steps appears to be a sleeping dirty bum. Not to far, Father Atilio was praying and enjoying the sight of the Moon. "Oh, what a pretty view of the Moon. It's the perfect night to enjoy watching the Moon while resting and praying to God of taking care of my wife." Atilio look up above him as he felt something off around him. He saw a cluster of petals swirling around together and a woman appeared in armor. "Who's there?" Admete didn't say anything but instead took out the Sunstone and activated.
"Samos!" The stone shower it's rays onto the priest.
"I feel an evil presence." Atilio was in pain.
"So this old man is one of the Great Seven Spirits." Said Admete amusing herself. Atilio was in great pain as the indigo colour gem appeared inside if him. "I'll remove the Iris Gem from your body in a moment." She continues with a laugh.
"You devil!" He yelled out as he still manages not to surrender.
"Now return to us, Hermit Mentor!" She commanded. With all his might and strength, Atilio raised his hands and did some protection spell that was strong enough to push Admete away with force. She was surprised of what just happened. "You bastard!" Atilio was holding on to his chest while he recover from the attack. "I underestimated him as a soft religious man. But he is very strong. Samos!" Admete threw at him one of her force attacks that caused Atilio to fly across the church's field and landed at the church's door. At that moment the brother dogs started to bark and ran to where the commotion was happening. The two dogs saw Admete and attacked with nothing but rage in their eyes. "Hey! Stop! I'm not a bone or your food!" Admete punches the dogs away from her the best she could. Marcella ran out of the church seeing her so called father on the ground motionless and groaning in pain. "Atilio!" Admete disappeared not wanting to deal with the dogs anymore. "Fear, Terror!" She called out the dogs as the came to her as quickly as possible. She helped Atilio to get up slowly hoping not to cause him anymore harm. "Are you okay? What happened?" She asked desperately. Before he could say anything, the bum woke up by making a noisy yawn which can cause a scene.
"What's going on? You're noisy for a church."
"Who's there?" She demanded. The bum turned and saw Marcella wearing nothing but a black tank top, red cotton shorts and a red robe appearing to be her sleepwear. The bum didn't look like a bum at all. The young guy had a curtain style hair in a hazelnut colour and attractive dark brown eyes. He blushed at the sight of her. He ran to the two to take a closer look.
"I'm...I'm Caron Anteros. Please will you make me your disciple?" He bends down on his knees and prayed to the two. Marcella and Atilio was confused about the man.
In the dark cool cave, Admete activated the Sunstone and study it's projection of the priest. "The Iris Gem resides within this obnoxious priest. Soon I will remove it from him." Admete laughed about as if she had already won the match.
"What, Father Atilio has gone nuts?" Replied Selina as Marcella told of her father's condition to her colleagues outside of the church.
"That's right." Confirmed Marcella. Meanwhile, Atilio demonstrates the art of mix martial arts to his new student. He was more of showing off than anything else.
"Caron, do what I just did?" He said.
"Why do we have to do this?" Caron wasn't sure if this is the way to priesthood. Or he just doesn't want to break his bones while performing martial art moves that he never attempted before.
"It's part of your training!" He yelled out at him.
"Got it!" Caron boosted his confidence by forgetting all the negatives that he thought of before. Caron tried every move that Atilio 'taught' him and ended up injuring his whole body. "Am I wasting my days of youth here?" Caron felt like he was going to die. Marcella and the whole gang saw the whole thing as they entered through the gates. Atilio carried with him two buckets of ice water and poured one over Caron's head.
"Hey, wake up." Atilio commanded like a sergeant.
"Atilio, what's going on?" Marcella asked as she walked up to him with Selina beside her.
"Father, you look very energize in that track suit." Selina pointed out. Atilio picked up the other.
"Knock it off!" Marcella demanded to her father. Atilio dumped the water without a care on Caron's head. Caron was still sore.
"You're dull, useless and slow as molasses! You're not worthy of studying in this church!" Yelled Atilio to Caron.
"Who is he?" Hermione asked not recognizing the man who is also in a track suit.
"Caron Anteros. He's become Atilio's disciple." Marcella explained. Selina gave an awe. Marcella bent down beside Caron and checked his condition. "Caron, are you okay?" She asked. Caron turned to her side and smiled at her.
"Marcella! You look great in a school uniform, too." He commented.
"Did you hit your head? This is too cruel, Atilio."
"Silence! I don't want to hear it! It's a hard road to become a priest. He can't slack off! It requires guts!" Atilio then began to water his eyes. The rest of the girls couldn't understand the waves of emotions the priest is going through.
"What the..." Said Selina. Atilio went to Marcella and hugged and held her tightly. Marcella wasn't sure why he's doing this and feeling uncomfortable.
"What should I do? You're the only one who's qualified to succeed to the church. I'm so lonely!" Atilio began to cry. Marcella turned to her friends while still in her father's arms.
"See? He's been so unstable. He's so weird." She said. Caron got up with a surge of energy going through his body.
"It's not weird at all! The training has to be tough." He went over to the statue of Saint Mark and prayed. "I'll do it! I'll endure any sort of training. Amen." Atilio went into his pocket and pressed a button and released a bucket of ice water dumping all over Caron for the third time.
"Gotcha! He stepped right into it!" Atilio laughed off.
"Atilio!" Marcella called out trying to get his attention. Selina started to laugh also.
"Selina!" Warned Hermione. Atilio walked over to Selina.
"Isn't it funny?" He asked with a smile.
"I love jokes like that." She admitted.
"Selina, you're the only one who understands my jokes." The both laughed together. Marcella stepped in between the two.
"Atilio, stop it."
"Uhh...If it's about me..." Said Caron feeling guilty of the situation.
"You stay quiet." Responded Marcella.
"But..."
"Shut Up!" She yelled at him.
"Yes, Ma'am!" Caron does not want to mess with her.
"If you keep this up, you'll ruin the reputation of the church." Reasoned Marcella.
"Now, now. Don't be so hard on him. You should be willing to have fun." Selina intervene.
"Really! Totally agreed!" Atilio added. Marcella went up to Selina's personal space.
"Selina, this is my family's business. You stay out of it." Marcella put a finger on Selina's shoulder and pushed her. Selina did not like her tone.
"Well someone is being mean!" Said Selina.
"Selina, don't bother for such little reason." Mentioned Jovana.
"I just want to knock some sense out of her."
"But it's Marcella's fault, too. There was no need to be so pushy." Hermione joined in.
"Like I care!" Said Marcella.
"Marcella! Honestly." Hermione yelled at her. She then groan. "If I'm going to waste my time like this, I'd rather go into business meetings. Goodbye to you all." Hermione turned and started walking away with a disgust written all over her face.
"Me, too. I'll go fix up a few programs on some hard drive." Jovana also walked away.
"What? Can't they even give me advice? Fine then, have it your way." Marcella retaliated.
"Uh, Marcella..." Caron began to speak.
"SHUT UP!" Marcella end it for him.
"Right!" He responded. Later on, Marcella started to feel bad of how she reacted to the guy and change her state of mind. "What do you have to say?" She asked Caron as she raked the autumn leaves.
"About the mentor..."
"Come on, Atilio is not your teacher."
"The weather changes suddenly in the autumn." He said. Marcella wasn't expecting a quote from him. "The biorhythms of the body and mind often go out of sync."
"What's your point?" She asked, getting a little impatient.
"So once the weather settles down, I'm sure he'll calm down as well. You should be patient with him." He continue. Marcella giggled. "What is it?"
"Thank you. You're more serious and reliable than you look." She complimented. Marcella rest her rake against a tree and she sat on a bench relaxing her mind. "Girls are so unreliable. Sure, we say we're friends, but the moment I need them they all turn cold." In the distance, hiding behind a tree, Selina and Luna were spying Marcella and Caron.
"Geez, Marcy is getting into a better mood. I know. I'll play Cupid for them." Selina suggested. Luna gave her a stern look.
"Selina, if you get nosy, she'll get mad at you again." Said Luna.
"But on the other hand, this could be my chance to make up with Marcy." Selina gave a sly of a smile. Luna looked worried.
"I hope she's not wrong again." Luna saw Selina popping out the Silver pocket mirror. Luna freaked out. "Selina, you can't use the pocket mirror for this!" Selina didn't listen.
"Moon Mirage, turn me into a fortune-teller!" Selina was wearing a gypsy dress and a sheer scarf covering her head and carrying a little purse that contains tarot cards. "Yeah, this ought to do it." Selina waked casually to the two and Luna prayed nothing horrible goes on.
"Oh Diana, I beg you...Damn that girl, she's hopeless." She said.
' cough ' Selina coughed for attention. In a foreign accent, Selina took out the cards and started to shuffle. "I'm one hundred percent accurate. I'm a fortune teller of a foreign land." The two looked at her oddly. "Allow me to read your future." Selina began to shuffle the deck vigorously and hummed in meditation. Luna watched in embarrassment.
"I can't watch." Selina fanned out the cards and picked out a card. She then revealed them The Lovers card.
"If you kiss her right now, your love will be secure." Selina blabbed out. Luna began to walk away from the madness.
"Kiss!? wo...WOW!" Caron was red as a maple.
"That's stupid! Let's go." Marcella got up and pushed Caron away from Selina. Selina was confused of what went wrong.
"I blew it." She admitted. Marcella walked back to Selina looking real mad. Selina stood tall like nothing happened.
"What do you think you're doing, Selina?"
"Oh? You knew?"
"I've got Eddie and you're trying these silly games! I never want to talk to you again!" Marcella gave Selina a verbal bitch slap.
"Ne...Never?" Selina was crushed.
"See, I told you so." Yelled Luna from afar. Marcella walked away with strut. Selina sat on the bench and felt like, let's see whats the word I'm looking for...right! She felt like shit! Selina and Luna went home and reflect on today's events. Selina was moody in her bed.
"Marcy is mad at me again."
"Cheer up. Marcella gets mad quickly, but she forgets quickly, too. She'll talk to you by tomorrow." Said Luna as she was going through agenda.
"But she said never!"
"Selina, she was just mad at what you did." Luna took a bite at her homemade chocolate chip muffin. "Say, these muffins are pretty good."
"I don't want any right now." Selina wasn't in the mood to splurge. Luna stuffed her face in muffin and coffee.
"Really, it's mmm-mmm, good, mmm..." Luna continue to tease. Selina turned to Luna and watched her gorged the sweetness. Selina got out of bed and walked slowly to Luna. Selina grabbed a muffin with not much energy and took a bite with not much expectation.
"WOW! It really is good!" Selina finished the rest of the muffin in seconds. "I know! I'll take some to Marcy. I'll make up to Marcy with these muffins. Oh, I'm a genius."
"Do you really think it's a good idea? Don't get her mad again." Luna warned her. Selina took out a basket and placed a few muffins in it.
"It's okay, don't worry." Selina smiled on as she gets ready to go back to the church.
"You really shouldn't do it." Selina left without responding to Luna's advice. "An out-of-tune trumpet is sounding in her brain." Luna said to herself.