Zodiac Ships and Stories

Warning. Ghosts

As the name says, warning this story contains death. 

"For eleven years that old house has been abandoned" Libra said as she tucked in her daughter Imogen into bed "But why momma?" he daughter asked and Libra sighed. "It's not a nice story darling" Libra said and her Imogen pouted. "Your daddy doesn't let me tell that story" she said and the little girl called out for her father. Aries popped his head in through the doorway "Yes princess?" he said as he sat down on the bed next to his wife. "Why is the house on the road no one goes on abandoned?" Imogen asked and Aries's face fell. "Sweetheart that's where your uncle and aunt died" he said and Imogen's eyes widened. "How?" she asked but Aries shushed her and kissed her goodnight. Libra said goodnight and shut the door to her daughters room and then went to her room to get ready to go to bed herself. "Do you want to know how I died?" a voice asked from the corner of the room and Imogen sat up to hug her aunt Sagittarius. "Hi aunty, is uncle Scorpy here?" she asked and Scorpio appeared next to Sagittarius "Yes I'm here love, now quiet down before your parents hear" he said and Imogen lay back down in her bed. "Will you tell me the story?" she asked and Sagittarius nodded while Scorpio looked a bit hesitant. "It's not a nice story love, people die in it" he said and Sagittarius shushed him. "She want's to know so we'll tell her, its how we died after all it should be our story to tell" Sagittarius said and Imogen prepared to hear her aunts story. "Eleven years ago me and your uncle were alive and we lived in a house with your mommy and daddy and all your other uncles and aunts" Sagittarius started and Scorpio continued "Me and your dad were brothers and your dad had a best friend called Taurus" Imogen listened intently but soon fell asleep in Sagittarius's arms. "Good, now we don't have to tell her the full story" Scorpio said as he stood up from the bed  but Sagittarius quickly called him back. "Can you tell me the story?" she asked and gave him puppy eyes. "It's how you died you know the story" Scorpio said and Sagittarius pouted much like a child would. Scorpio sighed and continued the story. "Taurus and Aries were very close and did everything together, until Aries got a girlfriend, Libra, then Aries spent all of his time with her and Taurus began growing jealous of their love and he wanted to ruin it" he said as he sat back down on the bed next to Sagittarius. He looked at her and then continued "Taurus planned to win Aries back by being friends with Libra which backfired when he began falling for her, knowing he couldn't do that to his best friend he began trying to break them up by staging everything Aries did so Libra got upset, the other zodiacs saw what Taurus was trying to do and began to intervene but this angered Taurus who in a fit of rage threw Leo off a building which hospitalized him, knowing that the strongest zodiac was in hospital he decided to carry out a plan he had been working on" Scorpio paused in the story as he re-lived the memories of that day, he could still hears Aquarius's screams and Virgo's crying. Sagittarius reached out and held his hand, Scorpio looked at her and forced a smile. "Sorry" he muttered and Sagittarius hugged him "I know it hurts to say, you can stop" she said and Scorpio looked at her and then continued the story. "Taurus kidnapped Aries and Libra and began threatening Libra with Aries's life, luckily for Aries he wasn't smart enough to take them far away so Libra's screams could be heard from the house, we all ran over to the barn where we found Libra and Aries tied up, I stupidly ran at Taurus and tried to tackle him down while you went to free Aries, Taurus raised the gun and shot you seven times in the back as you tried to free him, the he threw me off him and into the barn wall, he locked the other zodiacs outside and then ran out the other exit and set the barn on fire, which he must have put gasoline on because the fire spread very fast. Aries and Libra were still tied up in the burning barn and I struggled to free Aries after my injuries from being thrown into a wall, Aries freed Libra and threw her out of the barn and then came back for me but a beam fell from the roof and crushed me, Aries tried to free me but was forced out of the fire by Aquarius, leaving me to burn to my death. The end" he finished and Imogen and Sagittarius stared back with tears in their eyes. "You got fired?" Imogen asked and Scorpio raised an eyebrow "I suppose you could call it that." "That story is so sad, I'll never get to hug Leo and Capricorn again" Sagittarius said as she wiped her eyes. "Hey you have me and Imogen, that's better than nothing right?" Scorpio said as he hugged her, Imogen also hugged the crying Sagittarius who nodded and then looked at Imogen. "When you see your uncles and aunts again Imogen, can you say that me and Scorpio said hi and that we miss them?" Sagittarius asked the child who nodded. The ghosts then tucked the girl back into bed and left her to sleep. "Is Imogen talking to herself again?" Aries asked and Libra just shrugged. 

Imogen ran up and hugged her uncle Leo and whispered in his ear "Your wife says hi" and then she ran off to hug all her other aunts and uncles. Leo stood shocked and turned to Libra "Do you know what your child just said to me?" he asked and Libra looked confused and shook her head. "She said my wife said hi, my wife being Sagittarius who was long dead before she was even born" Leo said and Libra looked very confused. Imogen was now sitting in her fathers lap and talking to him when suddenly she remembered to give her father a message. "Uncle Scorpy said he misses you" she said and then jumped off his lap to go do drawing with her aunt, Aries sat shocked and then looked at his wife. Scorpio and Sagittarius watched the zodiacs as they met up with each other again. "I miss being able to hug them" Sagittarius said and Scorpio nodded. "But at least we can still see them" he said and Sagittarius smiled as she watched her old husband play with Imogen. The ghosts looked at each other and then walked over to the other zodiacs and whispered to Imogen "Thank you" Imogen looked up at them and said very loudly "Your the best Uncle Scorpy and Auntie Saggitari" Leo spat out his water and Aries chocked on his food when they heard the child yell that out, but they decided to ignore it and call it her imagination. Scorpio decided to pay a little visit to the last zodiac, Taurus looked up at him with a shocked look. "I don't forgive you, but hello" Scorpio said as he sat down next to Taurus who seemed relived to have company. Even after the death and horror the zodiacs stayed together.