At the Beginning
At the beginning, I don't exactly remember much. It felt like a void. Dark, cold, empty. Then, I saw light, and passed out. When I woke up, I was on earth. No one knew who exactly I was, or where I came from. It was like I just appeared out of thin air. Nothing about me was normal. Not my appearance, my vibe, my movements, everything seemed off. It was a shame because it kept people away from me.
Today was just every other day. I woke up at the first light of dawn. Opening my thick dark curtains, the orange glow of the fresh sun poured into my room. I took a seat at the wooden dest on the other side of my room. I looked at my reflection in the large round mirror sitting upright on the desk. My slightly curled red hair was a little messy from the night. I started to smooth it out as much as I could, despite the curls that popped out from the strokes. I causally looked at the rest of my feathers including, two sharpened iced blue eyes, and winter pale skin. Then, my eyes looked down at a silver frame, of me. I picked it up, and read the engraving on the top frame. 'For Fate.' Was the only thing it said. It was the only hint to my name, Fate.
After, I dressed for work, and headed to the town library. Getting there, I spotted a pleasing, familiar face.
"Hey Fate!" She quietly shouted waving a tanned hand over to me.
I chuckled walked over to her.
"Hey Lyra." I said back with a smile.
Her round brown eyes held her spark of life that I enjoyed seeing. Her freckled, tanned face lit up with her childish smile.
"Someone's in a good mood." I joked, walking behind the counter.
"You have no idea!" She gleefully exclaimed, and started to giggle like a schoolgirl.
"What's the good news?" I asked.
"You remember that fight I had with Josh?" She asked, with her same smile.
I nodded, yes. Josh was her boyfriend, who regularly had fights with her.
"We made up!" She exclaimed holding up her phone, showing texts of apologies from Josh.
"Great, I'm happy for you." I said with a smile.
"I know right?" She said with a huge smile showing her teeth.
We chatted for a bit longer till people started coming in. Lyra worked at the desk, while I reshelved the books. Behind one of the older shelves I started to put away a few books of Zodiac Signs. I glanced behind my back, checking to see if anyone was watching. Seeing no one was around, even close, to where I was, I pulled off a book from the shelf. I traced the old paper cover of the Zodiac Chart. In neat, curly cursive the title read, 'The Mysterys of the Zodiac'. "It surprises me that people ignore these things." I thought opening the book to the first chapter, the first Zodiac Sign on the chart, Arises.
Ever since I was young, I loved learning about the zodiac. Learning about a zodiac, is like learning about a person. It gives at least an idea about someone's strengths, and faults. Like Lyra, she's an Aries. And I didn't need to know her birthday to figure it out. She has that same spark Aries dose, yet she's also impatient. I tried to figure out my zodiac sign many times, but for some reason, I don't seem to have a match to one. It doesn't help that no one has knowledge about my birthday.
"It's amazing how much you can tell about a person just by knowing their sigh."
"Hey, Fate."
I jumped, and looked over to Lyra poking her head around the bookshelf.
"Yes, Lyra?" I said looking at her.
"Um..." she trailed off, and tittered over to me.
"What's wrong?" I asked with an obvious worried tone.
"Well, there's some guys at the desk. They're asking for you." She whispered, her face turning red. "And, they're super cute!" She squeaked her face blushing like a schoolgirl with a crush.
I raised my eyebrow at her curiously. "Ok, I'll go see what they want." I said, setting the book down. And walked to the front desk. Getting there, there were two men standing at the desk. And, Lyra was right they were good-looking.
"Can I help you two with something?" I asked.
One with brown, straight hair gave me a friendly smile.
"Hello. Are you Fate Cross?" He asked, looking down at me with round brown eyes.
"Yes. Is there something I can help you with?" I asked.
"Mostly just to see you in person." A blond said giving a flirty smile.
"Sorry, do I know you?" I asked, taking a closer look at them.
"We need to tell you something." The one with brown hair said seriously.
"What's that?" I asked cocking my brows at him.
"Make sure to be careful. Or something bad could happen." The blond said for him.
I looked at them with a doubtful and confused look.
"What dose that exactly mean?" I asked suspiciously.
They exchanged glances, waiting for the other to answer for them.
"Nothing. Just be careful." The blond said.
"This sounds a little like a threat. Why would these two just come here and ask for me?" I looked at their body language, looking for any signs of agression. Yet, they were both relaxed. "If they showed up at my exact work place, then they know about me. Have they been stalking me?"
"Ok. Look, I'm going to have to ask you to leave." I said.
They both gave me surprised and confused looks.
"Why? You don't need to worry about being in danger. We can protect you." The blond said.
"He's right, maybe you shouldn't push us away." The brown hair said.
"Ok, stay away from me." I said and started walking away from them.
Yet, they started to follow me, and talk to me, trying to convince me about not pushing them away, and that I needed their protection. Getting to the newest area of the library, I stopped and irritently turned to them.
"Enough! I don't need your protection! Just get out of here!" I quietly hissed.
Then, I heard wood move behind me. I looked up at the bookshelf, and it started to wobble. Then it tilted down my way. I only watched in horror, as it tumbled onto me.
