“Rose! ROSE! Oh my gosh, you guys she can't wake up!”, a girl cried out. “Get Queen Stellina NOW!”, Amos yelled taking her hand. “ROSE!”

Rose stood up, brushing off dark red dust, surrounded by millions of stars. “Hello? Where am I?”, she called breathing heavily. “Somebody please help me! I need to find them!” Rose turned around to see three blinking stars. “Celeste?,” she whispered crying. “Oh please, we need you, I need you. Wherever you are, come back to us. We can't do this alone”. Rose fell to her knees sobbing. “You've never been alone,” a girl whispered in her ear, holding Rose's shoulder lightly. Rose slowly turned to face the voice and gasped. “CELESTE!,” she cried, reaching out to hug her but faded into a shining star, gracefully planted on her hand. “No! Where are you?!” “She is still finding her way out. She's trapped in another realm of the black galaxy. She'll find you very soon, I promise,” a little girl's voice stated. Rose swiveled confused. “When? WHEN IS SOON?!,” she screamed, still holding the star. “Take the stars with you when you awaken,” the little voice said. Suddenly, the stars around her began to disappear. 

“Celeste!”, Rose screamed as she shot up. Amos and Mila held her arms from flailing. “Celeste? She’s still gone, are you alright?”, Mila asked pulling her hair away from her face. “She’s coming soon. She’s trapped in the ‘black galaxy’. Do you know where that is?”, Rose asked now pacing nervously. Fiama quirked her eyebrows in confusion. “Why does that sound familiar? I believe Queen Spina mentioned that”. Rose walked up to her, grabbing her arm. “Where?” Fiama then backed away distraught. “How would I know? I’m not even sure if that exists!”, she retorted. “Would you please calm down and explain to me what’s going on?!”, Amos yelled over their arguing. Rose breathed heavily, her hand twitching. “I know that Celeste is returning real soon because I had another ‘vision’. I was surrounded by stars, calling for her. Then she told me that I’m not alone. Suddenly she turned into a star, then a little girl began talking. She said when I awaken I should take the stars with me, whatever that means!”, she explained irritated. 

She glanced at them all with appalled expressions. “I-I don’t know how to explain that,” Queen Stellina added. Rose nodded her head then stopped abruptly. “How did we get out here? The last thing I remember was the thorns.” Shivat whimpered at her question. “Well, long story short, Queen Spina almost killed you. How’s that?”, Amos explained. 

Rose walked forward nodding her head. “We aren’t going ANYWHERE!”, she yelled. They all flinched at her sudden outburst. Rose turned, her eyes watering. “I am sorry but without Celeste, we can’t win. We need her now. She got us this far and now we hit a dead end”. Queen Stellina went to hug Rose. “Everything’s going to be okay, we are going to get through this… together. You’re a strong girl, your going to be alright”. Rose smiled as she wiped a tear away. “Thank you”. Queen Stellina then stepped away. “Rose, there’s something I need you to know”. “What do you mean? I think I know where this is going. About how you hid your powers and -” 

A sudden, booming thunderclap sounded, rattling the ground underneath. Rose tipped forward, falling next to Queen Stellina. “Where is she?”, Rose asked furious with the storm. The black clouds in the sky masked the brightly shining stars. Their directions lost. Shivat whimpered as she curled up next to Rose, scared. “You’ll be alright”. Rose glanced up at Queen Stellina, smiling. Fiama stepped away from Mare and Mila. “First, we find Flames, use someone as bait, then Flames will attack, but before he can I can set him on fire,” Fiama suggested. Amos laughed at her plan. “You make me feel stupid,” she said crossing her arms. Rose stifled her laugh. “No! I don’t mean to, it just sounds like something a deranged child would say!” he said laughing harder. Rose and the others stared at them in disbelief. “This is a joke, right?”, Mila asked as Melody began laughing. 

BOOM! CRACK! A blinding flash of lightning illuminated the sky, causing stars to fall. They all glanced up alarmed as the ground began to crack, splitting them all up. They all ran away from The Castle of Abalonia as a large chunk of it cracked. Crumbling. Then more stars fell down, lighting up the path. All chaos broke loose. The path exploded, the crushed stones scattering all over. Rose glued her eyes to the crumbled path. “Look. The stone,” Rose crawled to the Tangingerine stone. Picking it up, it miraculously began bursting with light. “Darkness needs light”.

Rose pulled Queen Stellina’s and Amos’s hand. “RUN!” Amos rapidly tugged Mare, Mila and Fiama. Shivat howled as she raced ahead of Rose, dodging a falling star. The group sprinted into the forest, then Rose and Mila see Shivat and Melody go deeper into the forest, losing sight of them. As Rose and the others are still running and dodging the stars, Shivat’s tracks became visible as they get closer to hearing her barks. Then a tree nearby got struck by lightning, nearly striking Amos. Melody then lands on Mila’s shoulder and shows her a way to protect them from the vicious weather. As Melody lead the way, they spotted a safe place, but only for now. A tall, full beautiful tree full of chrome diopside leaves. They all take shelter under the tree, in horror of what was to come.

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