Title: From Thy Kingdoms Come - Chapter 1 
Author: Aquamarine Angel 
Edited by: Crescent Moon 
E-mail Address: aquamarineangel@sailormoon.com 
Web Address: http://www.geocities.com/universe_guardians 
Rating: G 

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A bus full of middle school students was ridding noisily along, 
on their way to the Starlight Observatory just outside of a town in 
Michigan. Among these noisy students was a young girl who seemed to 
really stick out in a crowd. She looked like she was 
fourteen-years-old. 

She had thick, shimmery-black hair that flowed down her back and nearly 
touched her knees. Her eyes were a deep-soulful shade of hazel. Her 
face was soft and beautiful in a serious sort of way. She was wearing a 
silver skirt and vest over a white blouse that complimented her curves. 
The young lady had an aura about her that made everyone around her feel 
at peace. The girls name was Sara. And she had always felt different and 
out of place among her fellow classmates. 

Sara stared out of the bus window. She squinted against the sun 
and looked up ahead. Sara sighed with relief when she saw the 
observatory just up ahead. The long ride had made her joints rather 
numb and she felt very tired. She could hardly wait to get out of the 
over-crowded bus to stretch and get some air. 

The bus turned into the parking lot and stopped right in front of 
the entrance to the observatory. All the students quickly stood up and 
push their way into a line to get off of the bus. The teachers tried 
to get the students to exit the bus in an 'orderly' fashion, but the 
students were to anxious to get of the bus and just ignored the 
teacher's commands and piled out. 

When Sara exited the bus she let out yet another sigh of relief 
and breathed in the fresh air. Then she took a good look at her 
surroundings. The observatory was surrounded by shrubs and all 
assortments of flowers. There was also a beautiful water fountain 
that featured water nymphs near the entrance. The Starlight Observatory 
itself was painted a silvery-blue. The building looked like it was 
about four stories high. Sara thought that the observatory was absolutely 
amazing. And she hadn't even gotten a good look at the inside of the 
building yet! 

Sara glanced over at the entrance, again. That's when she saw a 
strange young woman walk out the door of the observatory. The young 
woman had greenish-black hair and magenta eyes. She was very tall. 
When Sara looked at her she felt as if she had met the woman before 
even though she knew that she hadn't. Who was she? Why did the woman 
make her feel so nervous all of a sudden? Something strange was going 
on. This Sara knew for a fact. 

The green haired woman didn't walk past the group of students 
the way Sara had expected her to. Instead she walked right up to the 
group of talkative middle school students. Then she clapped her hands 
to get the attention of everyone and smiled at them. 

"Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Starlight Observatory. My name is 
Susanna Peterson, but you all can call me Sue. I'm going to be 
your tour guide for the day, and before we begin I just want to go over 
our schedule for today. First of all, we'll be going through the history 
museum. Then we'll get to take a look at the telescope and meet some 
of the scientists that work here. After that you've all been invited to 
attend the Starlight Observatory 20th Anniversary Banquet. Now lets go 
inside and get started," Sue told the group of students, and then led 
the way indoors. Sara was completely amazed by the beautiful 
architecture of the building. The observatory had a classical feel to 
every room in the building. Paintings that portrayed mystical animals 
and heavenly palaces that had scenery that made one believe that the 
palaces were really on the other planets. All of the furniture and such 
had a universal theme. The Starlight Observatory was most definitely not 
what Sara had expected. 

Sara enjoyed going through the museum, loved talking to the 
scientists, and had fun with the telescope demonstration. When the 
time came for the banquet Sara was exhausted and extremely hungry. When 
her class finally entered the banquet room everyone was shocked to see 
the room. The decorations were enough to take anyone's breath away. 

As everyone got seated Sara made her way towards Sue. She had a 
few questions to ask. When Sara finally got through the crowd of 
students, employees, and other people she tapped Sue on the shoulder to 
get her attention. 

"Why is everything so..... breath-taking here?" she asked, and 
waited patiently for the answer. 

"Didn't I tell you? This place used to be a palace, of a sort. 
It is actually a mansion that was built by a rich man in the 1800's. 
I'm not completely sure why this place was made into a observatory, but 
I'm glad it was," Sue said pleasantly. 

"Thank you," Sara said. Then she walked away to find herself a 
seat. 

When everyone had taken their seats waiters and waitresses 
worked their way through the room and took everyone's orders for lunch. 
Sara decided to order seafood for lunch, while most people decided to 
have chicken or steak. It was a very expensive party the Starlight 
Observatory was throwing. 

While everyone chattered cheerfully as they waited for their meals 
to arrive, a handsome man who looked like he was in his early twenties 
stepped out of the shadows, and headed towards the podium at the front 
of the room. He had midnight black hair, and deep chocolate brown eyes. 
Something about the man didn't seem quite right to Sara. He seemed 
very carefree and arrogant, but he also seemed...threatening. Sara 
didn't like him. Not one little bit. 

The man stepped up to the podium an spoke into the microphone. 

"Hello everyone, and welcome to the Starlight Observatory 20th 
Anniversary Banquet. My name is Eric Eastman. I'll be your host for 
today. If you have any questions or something goes wrong just let me 
know." Mr. Eastman told everyone. He continued on into a speech, but 
after awhile Sara zoned out. 

After a few minutes of talking, Mr. Eastman stepped down from the 
podium, and a band started to play some lively music. Some people 
went down to the open area in front of the band, and started to 
dance. Sara wasn't among them. She paid more attention to the 
appetizers that had arrived than anything else. 

After awhile Sara looked up from her plate and noticed that 
everyone around her had fallen asleep. As a matter of fact she was 
feeling a little sleepy herself..... 

Sara jerked herself awake just in time and looked around. 
Something was wrong. Why did everyone fall asleep? 

Then she heard a crash behind the door to the storage room, that 
was located behind the band. Sara jumped out of her chair and rushed 
towards the door. She saw that all of the band members were also 
asleep. Except for one. And that band member was glowing. His eyes 
were closed, and he was still playing his instrument softly. All of a 
sudden going past the band and through the door didn't seem like such 
a good idea. 

Sara heard someone scream behind the door, and then there was a 
dull thud as someone crashed to the floor. Then evil laughter echoed 
through the room. She had to do something. Someone was getting hurt 
back there. 

Sara took another step towards the door, and then another. She 
kept on walking, as quiet as a cat, until she was right in front of the 
glowing person...or thing. 

Then the mans eyes flew open and all Sara saw was the red of 
pure evil and hatred in his eyes. The things mouth curled back into 
a fierce smile. A scream raised in Sara's throat, but it was cut off 
before a sound even came out, when the evil creature pounced on her. 
Her last thought before she hit the ground was that she refused to give 
up without a fight. 

END OF CHAPTER 1