Zodiac Children

Prologue

The ground began to rumble as the planets started to align themselves. "Hurry honey there isn't much time left!" A woman cried. "Well then I'll stop time!" A hoarse voiced declared. "Oh Chronos you know that's not allowed during the alignment of the planets!" It fell silent. All that could be heard was the crying of infant, no more than 8 months old. "We must carry on then. We have to save young Titania." The man bellowed. The man and woman stared into each other's eyes. Their eyes glazed over with tears. A crashing pillar knocked them out of their hypnotic stare to each other. "It's time Celeste, it's time for us to let go of our own baby daughter." The man croaked in between sobs. His tears rolling down his cheek into bush of white hair hanging from his chin. "Goodbye Titania, mommy and daddy love you. We will always love you." The baby stared up at her parents with wide confused eyes. She was then lifted from her bed and out into a crystal chair. "One more thing, so she can remember where she came from." Slowly the man reached around his neck, and took off a chain. On the chain was a pocket watch with their home planet engraved on the back. He placed the chain around his daughters neck. "Goodbye, Titania, we will see you soon." He kissed her cheek, and she cooed. The mother held tight to her husband as she too leaned in to kiss her child. With the wave of his hand, the crystal enclosed itself. The baby instantly fell asleep. "Do not forget where you came from young one. You need to remember if you are to ever to return home." The ground rumbled one last and the whole palace collapsed. "It's time, Chronos." With one last look at the child, the man commanded the crystal. Quickly it rose off the ground. It emitted a bright light. The baby was still fast asleep. The crystal zipped through the remaining doors of the palace. A loud thunder came from the sky, and the rest of the palace began to crumble. The crystal zipped through the blackness of space, and like that, she was gone. Little Titania would not awake for another 100,ooo years.