The Phoenix Twins: Selene and Serenity

Serenity

My destiny was chosen for me before I even learned to walk or talk. I remember the first time I felt my fire spirit come to the surface. I felt the anger and rage boiling in my blood. Selene and I were little and we were walking with our parents in the ice garden on the planet Nem where our father V is from. He likes coming here from time to time. I personally liked visiting Caligo where my father used to live but he was born in Callisto like my mother. The planet Nem was an icy planet. I always thought it was cruel for V to be born here. Everyone from this planet is a water spirit. He was the first fire spirit to every be born here. My mother taught me that the spirits never give you what you want but what you need. I took that lesson with me and tried to understand life as they planned it. I never questioned anything. Sometimes they proved themselves to me. Maybe that's why fire was the first spirit that came to me. It helped me save Selene. As a child, she was more mischievous and never stayed still. She loved to run and play. She ran off and slipped on the ice. I could feel her pain and then I felt her panic. She had fallen into the ice and couldn't get out. I ran to her and all my fear and anger resulted in my fire spirit melting the ice around us.

"I will always be here for you," I told her. I held her until she got warm and woke up. She smiled at me and I knew I would have to protect her. Our fathers trained me day in day out. I never complained because I knew I had to get strong and brave. Even if I had a choice I wouldn't choose differently. I would become a strong leader and a warrior for her. When Selene wasn't showing signs of having any spirit I felt sorry for her. She may act brave but I can always feel her true feelings. She thinks it's only when she is in trouble or really frightened but no I can always feel what she feels. Before I got to understand it I used to think it was my emotions going crazy. Selene is very bright and kind but she won't be able to protect our people or herself. That is why our mother had already chosen me as the next Phoenix King but I told her I would not accept it until I knew for sure she would not ever gain a spirit. I wanted the spirits to choose because I did not want to have to prove that she was never capable of being a King. I hated how things came so easily to me. I had control of all three spirits by the time a became a young woman. My father Cloud was so proud. He became a trinity spirit when my grandmother Selene died and passed her trinity spirit to him. I wondered if he could pass his spirit to Selene when he died but my father was already a fire spirit when he received the other two spirits so maybe it won't work with my sister. I always wondered why Selene never had a spirit. Our great grandmother Lady Serenity was also a trinity spirit. The chances seemed slim for anyone in our family to be born without a spirit. That's why I hold onto this hope that she will one day gain her spirit if not all three like me. She deserves it. She is so much more than what people see.

She is beautiful. She has white as snow hair with crystal blue eyes like my father and our grandmother. She was far more beautiful than me. I knew people were afraid of me. If it wasn't because of my future as the Phoenix King because everyone guessed I would be the heir. Then it was my cold attitude or my red eyes like our father V. I didn't want to be nice or caring to anyone but my family. I have heard too many stories about how that has only caused my family trouble. Heck, I don't even want to be in love. That seems to be the biggest cause of our family's troubles than anything else. I will be the Phoenix King and rule with Selene by my side and that's all I need. No one likes getting close to me anyways since they are all scared of me so I have no problem.

"Watch where you're going freak," Moze said. She was an air spirit who loved to play tricks and taunt my sister. I rolled my eyes and quickly made my way over to them.

"Sorry," Selene said softly.

"Don't say sorry to her," I came fuming behind them and let out my fire spirit and held up a fireball. Moze ran off.

"STAND UP FOR YOURSELF SELENE," I shouted at her.

"You know I can't," she whined.

"Can't and won't are two different things," I stated. "Don't worry I got your back."

"I know," she said as I embraced her. We giggled all the way to the training grounds.

"Are you excited to go back home," I asked me.

"Yeah, I miss mother and our fathers," she said softly.

"Hey, stop, one day you know they, "Selene stopped me before I could finish. I know this was a sore subject not just for her but for me too but still, it was destined to happen. I guess I was lucky that it would be me that would do it. I would kill our mother and that would lead to our father's death and we would be alone. Yeah, lucky. I don't think I would ever tell anyone even Selene this but I secretly want time to stand still at this moment. Let her not find her spirit and let my mother rule forever. Let everything stay the way it is and let me be who I truly want to be.