Paladins

○ Getting Lost ○

"There's no time to be bored in a world as beautiful as this."

~ Cecily Leila Ashton ~

Being abruptly yanked from the world of blissful dreams at 02.38am by your over excited wolf is certainly one way to wake up. Luckily, I'm a morning person.

My name is Cecily, princess of the Gemini Kingdom, the weilders of Earth.. though we live on the moon. I live with my twin brother, prince Cyril, and my dad the King. Oh and the wolves.

My wolf, Fudge, is male and 4 years old. His fur is deep brown but shines a light golden bronze colour in the sun. He has amber eyes and a white stripe down his belly and a white splodge on the tip of his nose. Cyril's wolf, named Ghost, is snow white with icy blue eyes. Also male and 4.

At the moment, Fudge is bouncing around my room as though he's consumed a litre of pure caffiene.

I sit up in time for Ghost to silently enter my room followed by who I presume to be Cyril. The only light came from the candle in their hand.

"Good morning?" I ask unsure of what else to say.

"Good morning," he manages a tired smile, "get ready, we are heading to Earth."

I light up like a Christmas tree, excitement overpowering the drowsiness of barely 3 hours sleep, and begin to pack an old, beaten, orange and blue rucksack with random things I feel are important for the trip such as: my little star light, a bouncy ball, biscuits, a jar of air, some pyjamas and my favourite book.

"When do we leave?" My voice barely hiding my joy at going to the place where everyone else lives. Only our Kingdom of Gemini lives on the moon. Don't ask why, I don't know. I've wanted to visit the world beyond the sky for forever! I went once when I was much younger to formally introduce myself to our allied Kingdoms as the princess of Gemini. I made lots of friends, I think. Maybe someone will remember me though I don't remember much about the trip.

Cyril grins. "Right now! Lets go."

Of course it never occurs to me until 4 hours later when me, Cyril, Fudge and Ghost are in a meteor pod on our way to Earth, that nobody knows we've left. Cyril must have gotten permission, he wouldn't of left otherwise. At least, I hope he has permission.

"So where are we landing?" I ask as I gaze out the window, excitement bubbles up as we grow closer to the world below us. Or was it above us?

"Landing?" He says slowly as if confused by the word and the meaning it held.

"Yes.. we have to land, you know?" I giggle thinking he was just messing about, it is still pretty early and Cyril is definitely not a morning person, thats for sure. In fact when super tired he acts childish and finds fun in everything. Like his whole personality flips.

"Now Cecily don't be alarmed but," oh dear, "I forgot about the landing. I have no idea where we are heading." He even smiles after saying this! Panick has seeped its way into my mind as I look back out the window at the mass of land and water that could potentially kill us on impact.

What if we land on a city? What if we explode? Oh no!

An automated voice breaks me from my thoughts, "please take your seat and place the safety harness securely around you. We are about to enter Earths atmosphere. Hold on tight. Thankyou for riding with us!"

I am strapped up in seconds and praying to every God I know of that we will make it safely. Suddenly the ship, pod, meteor thing? starts shaking violently.

"Oh shit! Cecily hold on!" Cyril yells over the sound of death thats ringing in my ears. Seems like he's awake now though. Joy. He can be fully conscious to witness the end caused by his own stupidity.