The High Queen

The High Queen - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

-Collette-

Collette woke to the sun shining in her face, the warmth was nice. Her curtains had opened, and she realized it must have been the Earth cat she had brought home. 'Why must I go through this?' she thought as she laid and stared at the ceiling that she had painted to look like the Earth's skies. 'Why must I choose? Why can't I just do both?' As she rolls out of bed, she walks to the window and pulls the curtain open. "Hello Cat, have you been exploring?" Collette says when she noticed the Earth cat sitting in the window seat. His Black and white fur shined in the sunlight as he rolled onto his back, "It's a beautiful day. Perhaps we can picnic once I return from school." He looked at Collette, his green eyes opened lazily, sat up and cocked his head curiously, he meowed. Collette rubbed his head right between his ears. "Oh, it's when a person packs a lunch in a basket, and they go outdoors and lay on a blanket and eat! Yes, they eat outside!" Collette picked up the cat and cradled him in her arms while she rubbed his belly. He meowed again, then started purring and closed his eyes as Collette carried him back into her bedroom. "I know it's fascinating!"

"Why must you speak to that thing as if it understands?" Collette turned to see her father in the doorway of her bedroom. "I'm not sure how you even got the mangy thing back here from Earth anyway." Collette sat Cat down on her bed.

"Archer, I couldn't just leave him there! He practically begged me to bring him home, he needed me." She remembered how she had found the poor thing behind her Earth High School starving and filthy. His fur matted, and he was so skinny Collette could see his spine and ribs. She had spent an hour just trying to lure him to her. Archer shook his head, then turned and left. Collette's father had long dark hair that was pin straight. He would gather the hair behind his ear's and tie the top half into a braid and tied it off with one of the wild flowers from the garden. His eyes were the brightest and clearest blue Collette had ever seen, true Lylithean features. The majority of Lylithean people look this way, and then there's Collette. She looked in the tall mirror that stood next to her closet. She has the long dark hair, but where most of her people have straight hair, she has wild, curly hair that was full of volume. Her eyes were the most intense color of green, as striking as emeralds. The people closest to her weren't sure if they should be intimidated or consumed by them. Even though they hardly felt emotions, she swore she felt a tinge of what Earthians call jealousy. She wanted the same straight hair and blue eyes. Then maybe she wouldn't feel so out of place.

She looked through her earth wardrobe and found a pair of ripped jeans. She pulled them up over her hips and looked in the mirror, then rummaged through her wardrobe until she found her favorite top. The white flowy tank top fit her well, then she pulled her light pink hooded jacket on. She found her transport bracelet, latched it on while she slipped into her classic black converse, and walked out of the room. She had just turned 17 and was granted what all royal children on Lylithea are, a chance to go to earth and learn from the Earthians. She didn't want to go but her father, the High King of the planet, told her very sternly that she was going and had no choice.

She could hear his steady, gruff voice "If you are to take the throne and become High Queen, you need to know their ways to continue keeping peace in the universe." 'How are we to keep peace if the Earthians are so oblivious to our existence? They haven't a clue we even exist.' She thought as she descended the stairs and passed the dining hall. It was 7:15, she had 15 minutes to get to the shed and transport. She grabbed her school bag and ran out the door and through her family's large grounds to the far east corner where a small Green Gardening shed sat. The teleporter must be hidden so no Lylithean finds it and transports themselves to Earth. She approaches the shed and hears the transport bracelet chime on. She opens the yellow door and makes sure it is closed securely behind her back. She can already hear the voices as she turns and walks to the closet in the back of the shed. Slowly she opens the red doors and sees her Earth High School. She takes a deep breath and steps through.