The Seer of Stars (BOOK ONE OF THE SPACEWING PROPHECY)

Chapter 9

Pisces sighed. She looked at her talons, which she was using to hold the scroll. 

"Wait a minute," Orbit took the scroll and unrolled it completely. 

"A map!" Twilight exclaimed. 

"But what's this..?" Orbit tapped a chain of islands on the far side of the map, near the other continent, Jandi. 

"I've never seen this on any other map before." Streak muttered. 

"Me neither," Tectonic offered. 

"I'm feeling a lot better," Celestial said. "Let me see it." Pisces handed it over to the SunWing princess. 

"Hmm..." she looked at it for a moment, then her eyes widened as large as the moons. 

"I know that place," she whispered. "But..." 

"But what??" everyone demanded. 

"It's just a legend..." she murmured. 

"OOOOOHHHHH A STORY!!" Streak enthused. 

"I'd like to hear it, too," Pisces grinned. 

"Okay..." Celestial sounded uncertain. "but let me warn you, I have really terrible story telling skills." 

"Doesn't really matter,' Twilight said at the same time Tectonic said, "I think they're great!" 

"Uh," Celestial groaned. "Fine." 

"Yay!" Streak smiled. 

"Once upon a time," Celestial started. "There was... um... a little house, I think? No, no, that's the wrong story, sorry." she sighed. "Once upon a time there was a grand castle. Yes, that's it. Six wyrmlings lived there. This was before any of the tribes had names," She added. "And they loved adventure. So one day, they decided to fly out to sea. They wanted to cross the whole world. The found a chain of islands with strange creatures living on them, and some wyrms, too. Two of the wyrmlings decided to stay there, and their names were Space and Time. Weird names, am I right? And they formed the SpaceWing tribe and TimeWing tribe-"

"How come none of the history scrolls ever mention TimeWings at all?" Streak asked. 

"I'll get to that," Celestial said impatiently. "Anyways, they formed the tribes, blah blah blah... oh yes, here we are: The other four wyrmlings settled back at the mainland in there own territories, along with their families. 

"Sun was the first king of the SunWings, Moon was the first queen of the MoonWings, Star was the first queen of the StarWings, and Planet the first king of the PlanetWings. 

"Soon the stories of the SpaceWings and TimeWings faded away into myths and legends. Some said they were wiped out in the time wars, others say that they never existed at all. 

"The first battle was called the Battle of Bad Wolf Creek, where the SpaceWIngs and TimeWings first began to fight, after being so peaceful for all those years. The final battle was the one the SpaceWings lost, called the Battle of Torchwood Peaks-" 

"Torchwood!" Pisces exclaimed. "Wasn't Nebula talking talking about that?" 

"Yes," Celestial agreed. "Like I said, it was the one the SpaceWings lost. But then, for no particular reason, even though the TimeWings had won, they... well... left. They disappeared from history itself."

"Time Lords," Streak said suddenly. "That's what they called themselves. Space Gods and Time Lords. They could time travel." 

"That must be how they disappeared so thoroughly," Orbit concluded. "But how did that legend survive if they tampered with history?" 

"I don't know," Celestial said. "maybe they didn't want to disappear completely? They wanted some of them left in this world?" 

Before anyone could reply, there was a knock on the door. 

"Please come out. The queen requests your presence." a strangely similar voice said gruffly. 

Pisces peeked outside. She couldn't believe who it was. 

"Rose?" she asked weakly.