The Lunar Void (Book 2 to Moon Series)

Chapter 2- In Front of The Council

Amelia stormed into her dorm room, which she shared with James and Jerry. She huffed herself in the   room and saw that Neston and James laughing hysterically; James even wiped a tear away from his eye. Her rage for The Admiral disappeared as she noticed that Jerry was in the side bathroom, pacing back and forth, muttering something about three guys. She became confused and knew not to talk to Jerry when he paced around. 

"What's up with Jerry?" Amelia stepped closer and used her thumb to point at the freaking out Jerry. 

"Ya-you're not going to-" was all James was able to mutter before he began laughing again.  Neston never stopped, he held his side and fell to his knees. Amelia felt like laughing with them, but didn't know why.

"What's going on?!" She shouted, excited to know what was happening. 

Before either of the two laughing/crying guys said anything, Jerry poked his head out of the bathroom and shouted, "I WILL END YOUR LIVES IF YOU SAY ANYTHING!!!!!!" Jerry's high-pitched scream startled Amelia to look. His face was as red as his eyes; so, something embarrassing happened to him. "I need a fucking shower!!" Jerry shut the bathroom door as hard as possible. 

"What-in-the-hell is going on?!" Amelia shouted in the air, hoping for a reply. 

Neston recovered from his laughing just enough to stand up, using one of the coffin-like beds for a support. He was holding his side with a bright red face; which must have been pretty impressive considering his fur was auburn. "These three guys," Neston panted for air while retelling what happened. "They thought Jerry was a girl. And started harassing him." He began to laugh again.

"They were rubbing his hips, biting his neck, and kissing his face!" James fell to the floor and rolled a little. Amelia joined in the laughing, but also sympathized with Jerry, considering The Admiral thought she could be a male, and Jerry was just harassed by three guys, thinking he was a girl. 

From the shower, everyone heard Jerry shout at them to shut the hell up. 

~~~~Two days later~~~~

The Admiral stood in the center of a illuminated circle. The walls were dark, as was the faces of The Council members. His arms were held in an "X" position behind his back, as the common sigh as respect. Mij, the petite Bernese mountain dog, was standing off center, aiding The Admiral in his presentation for the judging audience. As The Admiral continually spoke of his proposal for Amelia's immediate departure to the Ausa Academy, Mij was skilled enough to know how the information should be presented and when to change the image of information on the holograms.

During the entire presentation, The Council remained silent, barely moving their positions; to effectively hide their emotions of the proposal. Near the end of the display, holograms of Amelia appeared, showing her nearly naked, and her bones and all the major blood vessels. Mij, then compared Amelia's body structure with Jame's body. The major point with this hologram was to provide evidence that Amelia could be successfully disguised as a male. 

Seeming satisfied with the holograms, The Council wanted to see the she/he human first hand. Mij was sent out of the room to get Amelia. During her absence, The Council continued to ask The Admiral questions.

"Besides Earth, the entire galaxy knows of her exist, her face, her entire being. If we do agree to send her back to your desired time, what guarantee is there that she won't crumble under pressure and reveal herself, just to relieve herself of such a burden?" Someone to his left asked.

"My previous self will be there," The Admiral replied, turning his head slightly, "If anything is troubling her that much, either myself, or her instructor will confront her immediately. We will make sure she won't pose any threat of exposure."

"In the last few months, she has already revealed herself to her population, without a second thought. What will prevent her from revealing herself there?" 

"I will." The Admiral said with great determination. "My younger self is more than qualified to handle her; she wouldn't dare or revealing herself in a different world."

"What proof do you have of that?!" An elderly voice called out from a corner. "You expect us to believe that you're former self is able to control her, when you, right now, have trouble getting to her about keeping her disguise on in her own world?! What's stopping her from having no remorse for the events occurring in that time?"

"She feels that her world should know of her presence, OUR existence on this world. If she's on Ausa, at that point in time, when we first began to come to Earth, she would be fearful of exposing herself as a female to a male superior race. She'll have no choice but to remain as her alternate male self until she passes the examinations at the end of the training year, and returns to Earth."

At that moment, Mij appeared at the door way, with Amelia. Mij remained quiet and stood at her prior spot. Amelia stood on the other side of The Admiral, hands behind her back in the "X" position. Her black hair was cut slightly shorter than before, yet her bangs were just long enough to cover part of her blue eyes. The cloths that she wore hid her small curves, her thin lips already gave the impress of being a male. Amelia kept her head held up, trying to make her face more manly; she kept her feet further apart to attempt to stand like a male. Instead of having her signature smirk on her face, Amelia held an almost disgusted look. She gave The Council a more than acceptable male disguise. They are slight problems; her feet were a size 8, no where looking like they belong to a male; and it took a bit of effort to bond her breasts, which made it hard to breath, however made sure she wouldn't slouch while standing or sitting.

The Council exchanges glances, but say nothing. Amelia hid her emotions as best she could, which was also good enough to pass The Council's hidden tests. 

"She certainly looks like a male," one member said. "Does she speak like one?"

"I've been told by my peers, as well as my superiors, that my voice sounds that of a man." Amelia stated, unsure if she was supposed to speak or not.

Again, they all glanced at one another. "What about her understanding of our nature language? Can she speak and read our beloved tongue?"

The Admiral answered this one, "My associate, Urik, has been studying the human body with the help of Amelia's younger brother, Brandon. He has created a few devices that will allow Amelia to read and speak our tongue. More devices will be presented," Mij lit up the hologram again, showing the piercings that would act as communication devices, "to allow Amelia to hear in her own language to comprehend her future fellow cadets."

"And what about the atmosphere and time shift from Earth of Ausa? What if her body can't handle that added on pressure, and her body can't adapt?"

"The device implanted in my neck already chances the oxygen I breath now, why shouldn't it change the air I breath on Ausa, to aid my body?" Amelia said, still unsure if she should have spoken up.

"However good a theory like that is, we cannot risk the Moon Childe's life just on an assumption."

"We will test the device in her neck immediately, pending your approval." The Admiral said, giving Amelia a silent sigh of keeping her mouth shut.

The Council looked at each other, slowly and surely, as if communicating with their minds. Amelia was slightly amused at this, because she knew that she was the only person in the room that could read minds. The room was silent for a few moments and then they finally turned their attention to Amelia again.

"Are you sure you will be able to control yourself around this high-risk environment?"

"As sure as I am The Moon Childe," Amelia glared at the one right in front of her, as if reassuring him. 

"Then present your registration name for the academy; only a first name will be needed."

"Emilio" Amelia said, confident in her name choice. 

"Then from this day forward, upon your return to Earth, you shall be Emilio, male, human."