I Am Forever Yours, Even If You Hate Me

Voltage was moving. He was eating, he was running, he was laughing. He was preparing the world for the birth of his brother's children, and yet he hadn't returned. His eyes were always distant, moving towards the ocean whenever he could, never really leaving the ocean side, as if little illie would rise from the waves the second he looked away. Current hadn't been home in weeks now, and he felt a worry gnawing at his chest, at his stomach, at everything that was left of him. Yet he kept moving. He could no longer lay still, his energy had gathered and he could barely sit still without moving anymore. But it wasn't with the same happy frantic pace he had always moved in, this was running...running from his thoughts, from his fate. He was fleeing as much as he could.

He hadn't seen Astrea in so long, and to be entirely honest he had barely thought about it. He barely thought about anything anymore, just one more rock to add to his collection, one more feather for his plan, one more pelt for his little nieces and nephews. One more one more one more, it kept him going. He was a mess, but a different mess. He wasn't melting, he wasn't downing, but he was frantic.

His lungs burned as he moved through the lands, searching endlessly for something he couldn't name. It was like every single thing he found would bring him one more step towards finding not one but both of his daughters. But they were never good enough. They never had the right color, the right shape, the right feel. If he could just find the right ones, maybe his life would return to normal. Maybe he'd wake up one day and those perfect stones had transformed into his daughters and the universe had forgiven him. Instead, he woke up cold, and frantic.

He moved with a smile on his face, a cover he had perfected in the past few weeks. He had found a smile that seemed natural, that seemed perfect, and he wore it upon his masked face. At the beginning he had wallowed in the thought, the idea that no one cared anymore, but now he hid from anyone who might. Glacier's children were coming, after all. It was time to be happy....right? And he was, he really really was happy for the little mouse and his Big Brother, but he didn't want to see them face the same fate he had. So he had to...had to find the right stones, to keep it all together, right?

He panted as he paused, staring at the cliff when some movement caught his eye. Stormy eyes narrowed, slightly, slowly, before they widened. That could only be...It wasn't like Astrea and Solaris looked a whole lot alike. He paused, eyes flicking this way and that as he breathed in the cool ocean breeze. There was a small part of him that wanted to go see her, to show her how well he could pretend to smile, but another part of him was still hurt that his baby sister had chosen to hurt him. Serefina had been right, but he had been right also. It was a good thing Astrea didn't know how he felt, after all. He had done his job correctly.

Heaving a sigh, he moved towards the entrance he and Glacier had found the day they searched for something to give to the celestial triplets, to make them feel at home. They had tried to make this home perfect for everyone...he paused then, looking into the darkness before he forced his smile upon his lips. He had to see her, after all. He moved towards the end of the tunnel, pulling himself out and looking at his sister. A wash of pain spread over him but he just shook it away like he would dust in his fur. Stormy eyes shone in the darkness and his gentle smile touched his lips. "I was wondering when you might come home." He said in a soft and tender way, just gazing at his star loving sister from where he stood.

"Burn Baby Burn"