To Rule the World | A Zodiac Story

A Kingdom Falls

Leo put her sword up to Libra's neck. Capricorn did the same to Corona. Sagittarius did the same to Taurus.

"Your choice, your majesty," Leo said, with a sick grin. "Who first?"

"You want me to help choose which of my family dies first? How dare you? This is treason!"  Cepheus cried. 

His eyes had fixated on Taurus. Every limb in Libra's body screamed. She needed to move. If Cepheus has to choose anyone, it would be Taurus. A strangled sound came out of her throat as she tried to reach Taurus. She stuck out her hand. Taurus stuck out here and grabbed it.

Sagittarius was silently crying. Tears slipped from his eyes naturally. He had a sword up to his soon-to-be girlfriend's throat. The girl he loved. He couldn't kill her, could he? If it were to end a war.

"C'mon, Cepheus. You know your choices," Leo snarled. Something new had risen in her complexion. Something terrifying. Like a wild Lion, waiting to pounce. "This is mercy. Surrender, or a member of your family."

Capricorn had only been absolutely terrified three times in his life: when he found out about his sister dying, during the battle of Astri, and right now. He was afraid of Leo. She was wild. She was practically unhinged. He had a feeling that she would not hesitate to slit Libra's throat.

Leo had a plan. She wasn't sure if she could pull through. Murdering an entire royal family is definitely a Solis move. But she was a new generation of Solis. She was girl. Technically, Leo wasn't supposed to be the chosen one of the family. She wasn't meant to be anything special. But here she was. The Solis girl who could. Leo knew she could pull through with it. She knew her partner would too.

"You have five seconds," Leo warned, in a taunting tone.

She hated to admit it, but she loved the violence. She loved the war. She loved the power that came with all of it. But one glance around the room was all it took to melt that. For the first time in her life, Leo had a family. She had Capricorn, who's terrified expression made hopeless. She had Sagittarius; who she knew she could trust. She had Aquarius and Scorpio, who never failed to have her back. She had Gemini and Cancer, who proved that you don't have to be a soldier to be strong.

Leo looked at all of these people, and then some, and thought, What a wonderful world I live in.

Cepheus was not going to surrender. Instead, he uttered a simple word. "Taurus."

Taurus was crying by then. Corona started screeching at the top of her lungs. But before the blade could be properly against Taurus's throat.  A horde of soldiers stormed in. Leo rolled her eyes and blood lust started to grow.

"What are you waiting for? Attack them!" Leo ordered.

Capricorn and Sagittarius disregarded the royals and started to swing their swords around, clashing into the enemies side. Gemini picked up a weapon, and had a vengeful glint in her eye. Cancer grabbed a can of hot sauce and started pouring it into peoples eyes, while Virgo finished the job by tying them up with the same rope he was arrested with. Aries joined the charge by punching people, as he was at a loss for weapons.

Gemini raised her new sword up and stabbed a man. "This is for the kids." Stab. "This is for my boyfriend." Stab. "And this is for women's and LGBTQ+ rights." Stab. "Take that, bitch."

Aquarius tried to pull her back, but Gemini was on a mission. "Gem, What are you doing?"

Gemini turned around and looked at him with an expression filled with sorrow. "I'm doing what needs to be done. I don't like it, but it's my time to stand."