Shattered Into Ash

Shattered In The World

Ames:

Now that my older brother Azun has risen to be the new favorite, I have decided to make him my next project. I want to kill my brother, maybe then everybody can see what I am really made of. I have decided to make him close with me, real close, best friends close. I always say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer, kill them with kindness.

"Azun." I walk into my brothers room, unannounced. "Now that you are going to be our new General, I have decided to help you."

"I am not going to be General." Azun rolls his eyes at me. "And you don't have to do that."

"I know I don't have to." I lay down on my brothers bed. "But I will because I am just that nice of a person."

"Well you won't have to teach me much." Azun takes out a suitcase from hinder his bed. "Because I am leaving."

"Where could you possibly be going?"

"The Colonies."

"Those stupid planets?" I cock my voice, taking his clothes out from his suitcase. "They have seriously been so cocky ever since they beat us in war back in the seventeenth century, I think they just got lucky."

"Well I am going there to test a theory." Azun put the clothes back into the case.

"Well they have never lost a war." I state. "But that does not make them better then Malison."

"I am not going because I think they are better. I am going to develope my power, Malison doesn't really have a not if dirt to work with, the colonies are all rather new planets and I hear the inhabitants are quite open to immigrants."

"Because they have like a million factories they need cheap labor." I threw his shoes across the room.

Azun rolled his eyes as he went to get them. I grabbed the rest of his clothes and dumped them onto the floor. If he can't pack, he can't leave.

"Ames!" Azun stoped his foot. "Get out of here!"

"You won't be living very well over there." I tell him. "They have these cheap housing where half the planet and their dog lives in a space smaller then your bed."

"I am staying with a friend." He tells me, throwing his toothbrush into the pack, I take t out.

"What planet is that on again?"

"Providence of Pensilvania." Azun puts the toothpaste back into the bag with the toothbrush.

I snort.

"What?" He demands.

"Why?" I laugh. "Why would you want to stay there? That planet is crap and so are the rest of them."

"Then why have they haven't they lost a war?"

"Umm." I stammer. "I don't know."

"They defeated us, Alberich, Norsett, Altima, should I go on?"

"They didn't defeat Karda." I pointed out.

"No one has ever fought with Karda." Azun threw his clothes back into his case. "They are seriously the most peaceful planet ever."

"Stupid Karda." I huff. "They always stay out of it."

"They are smart." Azun zips up his case, I hadn't notice that he had finished.

"Wait!" I grab his bag, trying to wrestle it from him. "I haven't given you any advice yet!"

"You have given me quite enough." Azun tiger the case out of my dainty little hands.

"Wait!" I grab his coat, pulling him to stop. "Can I just like do your hair or something?"

"My hair?" Azun gave me a weird look. "You want to comb my hair."

"Yes." I did not realize what I had said earlier until this point of time. "Yes, I very much do."

"Ok." Azun stoped his case and sat down in a chair, he handed me a comb from his pocket. "You can't take more then five minutes, I must leave."

"Ok!" I start to comb his hair. "Seriously, whenever I see anyone will horrible hair I seriously have to comb it."

At this moment I swear I have no filter and random words are just pouring from my mouth like that one time I ate expired pudding.

"Anyone?" Azun wasn't interested in talking to me.

"Yes anyone, the rich the poor, anyone." I laugh, continuing to comb. "I just take over and start combing their hair. Just like I did with you. If you said no I would of probably tacked you to the ground."

"Ok." Azun grumbled. "Any other random advice you are so desperate to give me before I go?"

"Everybody always loves it when the popular come to visit planets, so don't get mugged."

"Popular?"

"Yeah, you are a Zodiac after all. Basically royalty."

"I have never gotten pampered before."

"Never?"

"Nope."

"Hmm." I stammered. "Do the people know you?"

"No, in the guy with the lane powers that nobody remembers."

"I can show you!" I grab his shoulders. "How to become popular and famous across the stars, because I am-I would be a great teacher."

"You have three minutes."

"What would you want to know?" I quickly ask. "Do you know how to fix your poise when talking to girl? Or would you want to know what shoes you wear to different events or what ties they go with-you are always wearing that silver tie-switch it up a little."

"What?" Azun wasn't keeping up with the conversation.

"Don't take any offense when I say that you have a boring personality." I tell him. "But you must put on a better face when your in front of the press. You also need to put a little powder on your face so you don't get drown out by the lights. It feels funny at first but soon you will get really good and you won't notice the power there."

"Alrighty." Azun stood up. "Thanks for the advice but I have to go."

"When are you coming back?" I beg.

"Don't worry." Azun picked up his bag and snatched the comb from my hands. "It will be less then a week and I shall be back in planets if time to plan Dustan's wedding."

"Oh yeah." I had forgotten about our lost brother.

"I have to go." Azun says as he walks out the door.

If he is smart and takes my advice he will be popular enough to want to become general, where I can get a shot at him. An actual shot. It will look like an accident, at least that's how I will make it look. He will be popular-enough-for the people to morn, but he won't be quite as famous or popular as I am.