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 Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 9:31 pm
Pisces had never left Neptune before. Then again, she hadn't seen a funeral, either. She had no idea that she would have both happen in the span of a week.
Then, there would be a wedding. A funeral, and then a wedding. Pisces hadn't expected her life to go in that order. It almost sounded like bad poetry.
Pisces, back when she was known by another name, had tried to hide anything that would link her to her identity. She put bandages on her forehead to hide the symbol if it decided to make its appearance, and did her best to keep her mind clear of crazy visions. It was the hardest to hide the illusions. Everything from fairies to flying shrimp cocktails had been appearing around the girl.
She was discovered when the image of a flying Pomeranian appeared near some officials. The bandages were ripped from her forehead, and preparations for the funeral were made. Her name was stricken from all official records, replaced with ♓. Pisces.
At the funeral, Pisces wore a long, black veil and shroud that hid even her bright red hair from view. A weighted casket with the symbol of Pisces was lowered into the sea to join the many Soldier Pisces that came before.
Later that night, Pisces returned to the sea and flung her poetry journal into the cold waters. She didn't know if it would reach the caskets, but the chains wrapped around it guaranteed that it would at least reach the seafloor. According to the romantic girl, that is where her body really lay: with her poetry.
Despite the solemnity of her funeral, when Pisces was dressed to arrive at the Zodiac Castle she looked like a child bride. Blue sea-flowers from her native Neptune were weaved into her hair, and white layers of virginal lace fell to the floor. The veil that was hung over her face this time was sheer instead of the constricting shroud of the dead.
A knight from Neptune took Pisces' hand as she walked towards the throne room, but he was sent away as soon as someone spotted him. Zodiacs were to be left alone. Zodiacs were alone.
Pisces was alone as the throne room doors were open, and the nine year-old had to walk in alone.
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Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 6:26 am
Chronos did not know what the funerals were like.
She had heard of them, of course, from her study sessions and as Zue explained to her everything about the Zodiacs she would need to know. It was rather sad, she thought, having a funeral on your home planet when you were not actually dead, although you would probably die fighting as a Zodiac. It was hard, being a Zodiac, and despite being their Princess, she didn't go through the same thing as she did. She felt sorry though, sometimes imagining what it would be like if she lived on another planet and had to have a funeral and leave everyone you knew, but it was hard, because the life she had only known was her life here in the Zodiac Castle.
Despite this, she was rather excited to meet them, as it was told that formal introductions in the throne room would soon be held. After the formal introductions, the Zodiacs would be gathered together for the wedding ceremony, and outside, the servants were bustling about already.
In the throne room though, everything ranging from the ornaments to the floor, the thrones, all had been polished, and new carpets were spread on the floor all the way to the thrones where the Queen sat, and next to her was the Princess, all prim and proper in a pure white dress, her legs crossed and hands folded on her lap as Pisces arrived.
"Introducing Pisces, of Neptune to the Royal Family of the Zodiacs." The herald announced, and the Princess found herself blinking at the red-haired Soldier Pisces to be, offering her a gentle smile.
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