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Harmonix Orako

"We're all born with selfish desires so we can relate to those feelings in others. But kindness is created individually by each person."

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a character in “The Seasons Return”, as played by Kura Ravengade

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"For there to be pain, there has to be kindness.
For darkness to stand out, there has to be the sun."


Lullaby {Main Theme} || SSS {Backup Theme}

Love is a Beautiful Pain || Just a Dream || I Wanna See Your Smile
Angel with a Shotgun || Enchanted



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"My Voice - My Heart - My Soul"

Counting Stars | Fancover Duet
Faded | Original Song
Zoetrope | Original Song
Moon Dew | Original Song
My Most Precious Treasure | Original Piano Solo with Vocals
Original Piano Solos




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"Strangely enough, when you get older, the things you didn't understand when you were a child... start to make sense. "When this happened, I should have done that." "When that happened, I should have said this." Those types of things. You start to understand rather than regret. It may be closer to repentance. So it may be that I do want to repent and erase the ignorant self from my childhood. Maybe that's what they mean when they say adults are selfish."




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| Alias |
Velonix August Orako

| True Name |
Harmonix Auravale
{First and middle; the seasons do not have a 'last' name}

| Season |
Autumn

| Nicknames and Aliases |
Vel || This tends to be the nickname that the humans she meets use for her.
Harmony || This is a sweet nickname given to her by who knows, but it was definitely one of her siblings or her parents. It stuck, and it's probably the most used name for her within her family, seeing as her real name is Harmonix.
Aura || She is often referred to as this by her parents, Sun and Moon.
Sundown || Due to the changing in times for sunrise and sun-fall during the Autumn-time, her brother, Winter, began to call her Sundown, at first teasingly, and then as an actual nickname.

| Gender |
Female

| Age |
Appears 16; Claims to be 18

| Birthday |
October 31st

| Sexual Orientation |
Heterosexual

| Scent |
Cinnamon

| Accent |
Although she isn't from Earth, her accent can most closely be associated with that of Scottish upbringings.

| Nationality |
None; if asked, however, she claims to be from both Scotland and Japan.

| Romantic Interest |
Takeo Tachibana

| Ethnicity |
Appears German and Scottish

| Social Class |
Upper

| Occupation |
Bookkeeper at Zwemmer's Books

| Place of Residence |
Shared Home
Shared Home Bedroom
Private Home
Private Home Bedroom

| Oddities/Quirks |
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Vel can be a bit ... Well ... How do we say this nicely ... Slow sometimes. While she is an undeniable genius in most areas, save for a few subjects involving physical activity, she's quite naive. Sexual jokes fall flat on her and no matter how much explaining is done, she'll never understand it. In addition, her 'slow' nature causes her to be quite clumsy.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ A severe case of DID (Disassociative Identity Disorder)
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Velonix is extremely messy and her siblings are actually often quite afraid to even open the door for her room. It's come to be quite the fire hazard.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ As Autumn, Velonix is, as expected, far more calm than her brother and sister, Summer and Spring. While her brother, Winter, is the most cool and controlled of them all, Vel tends to be the motherly type and is often clucking over her siblings like a mother hen.




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"You must always be yourself and do things at your own pace.
Someday... you'll catch up."





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| Hair Color |
Light Brown/Orange

| Hair Style |
Wavy; Down

| Hair Length |
Mid-Chest

| Skin Tone |
Porcelain

| Complexion |
Fair

| Eye Color |
Amber

| Height
5'3"

| Weight |
121lbs

| Body Type |
Lollipop

| Build |
Petite

| Tattoos |
Back

| Blemishes |
Freckles - Freckles everywhere.

| Piercings |
Two studs in each earlobe

| Birthmarks/Scars |
Right Side of Neck




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"People's differences are something to celebrate."




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| Season |
Autumn

| Pet |
Two beautiful, purebred Savannah cats that she adopted as kittens and have become quite attached and protective of her and each other. They bonded together and are very rarely seen apart. She named them after the Greek mythological lovers Selene and Endymion, and plans to allow them to breed eventually.
Selene "Dusk"
Endymion "Mio"

| Enhancement |
International Languages ~ Velonix is able to speak any language at any time, making her multilingual. This is very useful to her and her siblings when they travel to new places. Out of all of her siblings, she is the only one to have ever visited Earth, simply because of her multilingual abilities. She has yet to completely master this, however, and still needs to catch onto a few scattered languages here and there. She learned very quickly that the fastest way to learn, understand, and fluently speak a language is through lip-to-lip contact with another creature.

| Music Type |
Vocal ~ Vel's voice is one that pulls in those around her, enchanting them with its melody. It's extremely difficult for anyone to not be hypnotized by her voice.

| Compatible People |
Quiet ~ With Velonix and her personality, quiet people tend to be attracted to her. They gravitate towards her. However, she does have a calming affect on people of all personalities, whether they be aggressive or simply excitable.

| Abilities Gifted by the Season |
Fire ~ Seeing as fire is often fueled by anger, Velonix's ability in this field tends to be quite weak. She is able to harness it and use it to her ability, including creating it from nothing, but she is not aggressive enough to actually use it in a fight. While she is more than able to, she simply cannot bring herself to harm another with her power - not after all the work that she has put into changing herself.
Essence ~ By using this, Vel is able to emit the common scents of Autumn, which tend to have a calming effect on most people. In doing so, she can calm the emotions of most people, depending on their susceptibility to the scents. This only soothes their anger, and is not a permanent change. In addition, she is able to view a faint outline around the individual (their aura/essence), which helps her to get a read on the type of person that they are.
Aging ~ This is more effective upon nature, and is not usable when pertaining to any other living thing, such as animals or people. Velonix is able to age plants, such as trees, by changing the colors of the leaves upon them - although that is simply a small example.
Mimicry ~ Due to her multilingual state, Vel is easily able to copy the sound or voice of any creature. However, this is limited only to the most recent sounds that she heard.
Imagery Distortion ~ With imagery distortion, the gifted user can change the image that another being is seeing. In doing so, they send a false outlook on the current situation, often driving the victim insane. Vel, however, uses this only to defend herself and never to the extent of driving the victim to insanity.
Psychometry ~ The ability to touch an individual and intake their memories. The longer the contact, the more memories that are seen. She has zero control over this power, so tries her best not to touch humans.




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"True kindness isn't something we're born with.
It's something we had to work on..."





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| Personality |
{Kind, Gentle, Soft-Spoken, Motherly, Charismatic, Sweet, Naive, Over-Protective}

At this current point in time, Velonix is one of the most compelling of people. Her gentle kindness easily pulls people in, causing them to gravitate towards her warm nature. She is kind to a fault and is often seen attempting to help a stray kitten or an elderly person. However, her kindness is not limited only to certain people; anyone who is in need of help will quickly and easily receive it from Velonix, who often uses all of her power to assist another. Due to this, she is constantly giving, and if anyone even mentions returning the favor by, for example, buying her lunch, she simply turns red and waves them off. Her outlook on her good deeds is simply that that is how things should be done, not as an obligation, but because it is the right thing to do.

Since Vel is a very kind person, she has become a bit of a 'sheltered child' in the most common sense. Despite her couple of trips to Earth for her parents due to her multilingual abilities, Vel is very naive in many fields. Yes, her former self would make most people believe that she would not be naive, but after Sun and Moon rid her of her former personality, she has completely forgotten all of the 'street smarts' that she had formerly known. This leaves the world with a naive, innocent young woman who, amusingly, does not understand anything that could be thought of as antics - such as sexual innuendos.

Along with her kindness plays in her motherly nature. It is fairly common for anyone, whether they be family or not, to be clucked over by her as if she were a mother hen. She is often berating other people for not wearing sweaters or for not cleaning up after themselves - which is quite a hypocritical thing for her to do, seeing as she can barely clean up after herself. Due to her motherly nature, though, Vel is extremely over-protective of the people that she cares for or anyone that they care about. When one is threatened, she immediately steps in to fill the role of a bodyguard, and when one is actually hurt in any way - physically, mentally, or emotionally - she will often become enraged and will revert back to her former self - and completely out of control. In fact, the only person who has ever been able to pull her out of her angered state would be her brother, Winter. Afterwards, she will remember nothing, but will leave mass destruction in her wake. It's like a temporary amnesia. The only time that she was ever able to recall her memories from one of her fits caused her intense head pains, to the point that her nose began to bleed, and she went into hysterics, forcing her father to erase the memories once more.

Former Velonix

Before Vel became the sweet young woman that her siblings and parents now know, she was quite the spit-fire. Although Sun and Moon would allow her to go to Earth due to her abilities, she would often also sneak down there when her family wasn't looking, easily getting into trouble. In fact, while visiting small-town Hutye one day, she somehow managed to join a gang, rob a bank, and wander off to a party with said gang. She doesn't remember much from that day, or really her former personality in general, but she does know that she was in quite a bit of trouble when she returned home. In fact, her out-of-control state eventually became too much for her parents to handle and, using the star Senior's abilities, they erased her current personality and then allowed her to reform a new one. It was a bit like amnesia, only she could recall almost all of her life up until that point - minus the instances where she was got into trouble. Former Velonix was reckless, angry, a bit of a dare-devil, and completely out of control. The only times that this personality ever shows up now are when she grows incredibly angry over the harm of a loved one or an innocent.


| Morals |
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ To Never Lie
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ To Protect the Weak - No matter the cost
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ To Keep Promises
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ To Always Smile
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ To Make Sure Others Always Smile

| Likes |
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Hot Chocolate
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Food
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sweets
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Archery
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Art
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Her Siblings
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Humans
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ The Outdoors
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Camping
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Running
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Bad Jokes
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ The Colors Brown and Orange
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ The Smell of Rain
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Waterfalls
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Dancing
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Books, especially old ones

| Dislikes |
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Bullies
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Jerks
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Seeing Others Cry
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Loneliness
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Lies
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Swimming
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Heights
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Scary Things
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Judgmental People
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Shouting
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Arguing
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Fighting
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Hurting Others
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Anything Harmful towards her Siblings

| Talents |
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Art
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Singing
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Archery
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Cooking
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Stitching
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Dancing
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Piano

| Flaws |
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Naivety
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Clumsiness
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Over-protective
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Mother-Henning
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Anger/Former Velonix

| Weaknesses |
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ The Weak
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Food
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Her Siblings
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Cute things
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ The innocent

| Hobbies |
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Painting
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Cooking
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Archery
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Helping Others
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Singing
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Reading
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Dancing




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"I think... I want to live with all my memories. Even if they're bad memories. Even if they're memories that only hurt me... that I'd rather forget. If I keep them and keep trying, without running away, then someday I'll be strong enough that those memories can't defeat me. I believe that because I want to think that there's no such thing as a memory that's okay to forget."




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| History |
In comparison to the other Season's pasts, Velonix's has become quite ... Complicated - and in only one way, really. It all circles around one subject - or problem, as most would think of it.

Velonix's former personality.

Velonix was the third born of the four seasons, leaving winter to be born last. However, she is by far either the most mature or comes into a close second with her brother, winter, despite the two of them being the youngest. When their parents explain it, they say that their personalities simply follow the calming, gentling natures of their seasons. Winter is cold and relaxed and Autumn is cool and soothing, in comparison to Spring and Summer, both of which being warm and energetic seasons, both personality and aura-wise.

Despite being one of the youngest of the four, Vel always managed to be the most authoritative out of all of them. Her age didn't matter - she just had the air of an adult figure. Growing up she was always the one to help corral her siblings and make sure that they washed their hands before eating and cleaned up after they played. She made them eat their fruits and vegetables, and if they got into a fight with one another, she was the one to soothe their bruised egos. This lasted for years, until on one trip to Earth with her parents, who often took her with them due to her multilingual capabilities, a serious event unfolded.

While visiting Earth, she became separated from her parents, who took on their human forms along with her to blend in. She appeared to be a child of about ten or eleven years old, and they had gone to visit the shopping district of Akita. In the bustle of the crowd she was bumped and knocked away from them, and they didn't notice due to their focus on one of the shops that they had been wandering past. By the time she managed she free herself from the crowd of people, her parents were nowhere in sight and she was completely and utterly lost. So, as was the intelligent thing to do, she began to ask the people around her for help finding her mother and father. The shoppers ignored her, and the shopkeeps shooed her away, grumbling about how she would ruin the business.

By this time, it was beginning to grow cold and dark outside. The shops were closing and the lanterns were being put out, the entire district being plunged into utter darkness, and she, a small child, was left lost and alone. It was then that all of the 'odd' humans began to emerge - those with mental disorders, physical disorders, or nefarious tendencies. As she stood next to a wall, trying to think of what to do next, an odd-looking man with thinning hair, rotting teeth, and what smelled like booze coming off of him approached her. He had an odd smile - a smile that even to this day, after all of the memory wiping, she will always remember. It frequents her nightmares and often leaves her shaking and in a cold sweat.

As he approached and gave her that goosebump-inducing smile, she almost seemed to retreat into herself, curling up slightly in order to make herself smaller. The man was by no means large, but he was a good several feet taller than she, a small child, was. When he spoke, his voice was raspy and had a slight guttural sound to it; a sound that she'll always remember.

"Hello, little one. Are you lost?"

After he approached her, he grabbed her arm and started pulling her with him through various abandoned alleyways, one hand clamped firmly over her mouth to stifle any sounds that she could make. It wasn't until they finally stopped that he released her, shoving her to the wet, dank cement that lined the dead-end alley he had paused in. As soon as she landed, she was instantly scrambling to stand, only to be pushed right back down by the man and held there with one foot firmly on the middle of her back. She squirmed, but was far too weak in comparison to a grown human male to put up much of a fight, and the next sound she heard would haunt her for the rest of her days. It was the sound of metal chinking and then a soft flurry of material sliding. She could feel the gentle brush as the cloth brushed her legs, and when he began to wrestle with the clothes around her waist, his hand brushed her skin, summoning a terrified scream up from her lungs.

The next thing she knew, she was back home. According to her parents, they had heard her scream - something to do with a mixture of parental instinct and their godly powers - and rushed to find her immediately. When they came upon her, it was in a blazing alleyway. Fire licked the walls and had completely absorbed the trash and dankness of the walkway, and smoke rose heavily into the air. Her parents had pushed through the observing crowds and plunged into the fire, stopping only once they were deep enough to find her, and when they did, it was a scene that will permanently be imbedded in their minds.

They found the young girl on her knees, her clothes tattered and torn with smoke furling out from the material. Beside her was a charcoaled heap that, while almost completely destroyed, could still be made out to be the body of a human being. Harmony's cheeks were stained with dried tears, and her once-bright eyes were now bottomless, dark pits. Even when her mother grabbed her and shook her slightly, she didn't respond in any way. It was almost as though she were a lifeless doll - in other words, she went into Acute Stress Reaction, which is the humans fancy terminology for shock caused by severe trauma or traumatic events.

The Sun managed to rid the alley of the flames, and in the process retrieve his daughter and wife and flee from the scene before the humans could see them.

This is why the Sun and Moon don't want their children to visit Earth.

The healing process for Velonix was tough. She lost a good portion of her memories leading up to the abduction, and could only recall the names of her family members and objects. She could speak full sentences and still remembered her schooling, but as for actual memories - memories of herself with her siblings, laughing and running around - those were gone.

In addition to her amnesia, something changed in Velonix that day. She would become extremely angry quickly, almost like a volcano exploding in temperament. There was permanent damage to her brain that not even the Senior Star or her parents could completely fix, due to the damage stemming from a mental break instead of actual physical damage. They did, however, do their best to stem her volatile outbursts. Using herbal medicines that her mother made herself, Velonix managed to stem this other self from appearing. The best way that her parents could describe the situation was as her having either bipolar or split personality disorder, and due to the nature of how she developed it, it was incurable, even for the Gods.

After all of this, Velonix would go on binges of mania. She would sneak away from home to go to Earth, nearly always getting into trouble each time. No matter how hard her parents punished her, nothing seemed to work. So finally they did the only thing that they could think of.

They decided to wipe her memory completely.

It was something that they had wanted to avoid doing since she already had an issue with her memory, but with how recklessly she was acting and how powerful her abilities were becoming, they had to do something to stem the young Goddess from revealing her families' existence to the world.

The Senior Star was brought in to remove her memory, and in its place she helped to form new, temporary memories, in hopes that these memories would help her to build good ones herself; in hopes that they would help her to build herself anew.

For the most part it worked, but when Velonix is triggered by something, such as an attack aimed towards someone or something that she cares very deeply for, she can instantly snap, and in a few instances has either several hospitalized human beings or even killed them. She has come a long way in regards to who she once was, and is continuing to build herself each and every day. Her idea to journey to Earth wasn't made out of nowhere or recklessly. She spent quite a bit of time thinking it over before she decided, and even went so far as to arrange everything for her survival down there without her parents catching onto her plans.

| Other |
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Vel is an extremely quirky girl. She tends to do the oddest of things at the most random of times, and is often seen dancing from place-to-place.

| Face Claim |
Natsume Asako




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“Mingling with people, hurting them, getting hurt by them.
That's how you learn about people and about yourself.”

So begins...

Harmonix Orako's Story

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”It's okay to feel weak sometimes. It's okay to be afraid.
The important thing is that we face our fears.
That's...that's what makes us strong.”





From the beginning of time, humans have worshipped some form of a deity. Where they got the ideology that another more powerful being existed, watching over them and also judging their every movement, their every decision - their every thought - is beyond the understanding of modern day scientists. Some speculate that humans do this as a coping mechanism for when thinking about their inevitable deaths, so that instead of the panic of the unknown, they have something to look forward to. All that is known is that they have worshipped some sort of ethereal being since the beginning of their existence.

Jesus. Allah. Moses. Zeus. God.

Those are but a few of the many, many deities and omnipotent beings that the humans have ‘thought’ of as their creators. Obviously, none of them came close to the truth - the truth that the Sun and the Moon, two ‘planets’, as they were deemed by humans, were the actual creators of all living creatures - but that was partially the doing of said deities. Ever since the humans began to wonder how they came to be, how they were created, or in general question anything related to such a subject, the Sun and the Moon have ventured to Earth to regularly spin stories and spread them across the world in an attempt to slow the discovery of their being. Once their children were born, however, they put far more effort into keeping their existence hidden, into preventing them and their children from being discovered. Any human that came close to the truth was promptly dealt with, usually by the Senior Star given her memory suppression capabilities, and thus far they believe that their web of lies and legends has held up.

The lies were put into place to not only protect the Sun and Moon, and not only their children, either, but also the human beings themselves. If they were to discover the true origin of their beginnings, there is no telling what the outcome could be. What could become of the children and their parents is unknown, seeing as the two deities never once claimed to be omnipotent, and they have lived in slight fear of their existence becoming known one day.

They don’t, of course, plan to hide themselves forever. Simply until they deem the humans to be capable of accepting their existences without any repercussions; and so far, they have yet to prove themselves worthy to know the truth.

The main cause of war in human society stems from religious views. The main cause of disputes between people is caused by their differences in beliefs.

Many, many issues in human society, both currently and throughout the past, can be traced back to religious differences. The Crusades are a prime example of holy wars, during which time countless lives were lost.

The witch trials across Europe and early America are another example of the religious influence that causes mass genocides to take place. World War II, in which Adolf Hitler attempted to wipe out all of those belonging to the Jewish faith.

To sum everything up, human beings as a whole are not ready to accept the truth. They are close - Gods, they are so very close - to being able to hear the real truth and accept it without negative consequences or outcomes.

But they aren’t quite there yet; and so the Sun and the Moon are not ready to take the chance of revealing their existence to any human being, out of fear of them spreading the knowledge of their lives to other humans throughout the world. And so we hide.

We always hide.


“Ms. Orako, the Headmaster has finished with your brother and is ready to see you now.”

Velonix glanced up at the Headmaster’s Assistant from the blank, old book that she had been writing in. It had been given to her by the owner of the bookshop that she had just recently been given a job at, as a welcoming present. She had seen it through the window when she had been walking by, and it had prompted her to enter the store, almost as though it were calling for her. When the owner, Mr. Zwemmer, saw her inside and staring at it, he had removed it from its case and allowed her to look more closely at it. While she was studying it, they began a conversation, and one thing led to another, and she ended up with her first real job in the human world. After her third of fourth shift, during which times she would stare at the ancient book, Mr. Zwemmer finally caved and gave her it as a gift, much to her happiness. She had promised vehemently to care for it as though it were a living creature, and he laughed in response, knowing that she would.

Setting down the quill - yes, she still wrote with a quill and ink, deal with it - she put the stopper into her ink bottle and pushed back her chair, rising from her seat at the desk that she was told to wait at in the teacher’s offices. She placed the book and writing utensils in her messenger bag, slung it over her shoulder, and rubbed her arms absentmindedly.

She could still remember the day that her siblings pushed her into returning to Earth, which was only two weeks prior to the present day. The idea had been hers - a decision that still surprised her, even though she was the one who came up with it.




~’.’~Two Weeks Prior~’.’~


Soft whispers slithered beneath the door that led to the library. They could only be heard if one were to be standing directly outside of the door, and it was almost necessary to press one’s ear to said door in order to actually understand what was being said.

Not that there was anyone to listen to the discussion. Sun and Moon were currently overwatching the Earth, as they did at that exact time each and every new day, and The Senior Star was currently assisting them in their Earthly decisions. The Junior Star was at her side, attempting to intake any new knowledge to be gained from the actions that his more powerful Godly comrades were performing.

Now who, one may wonder, was making such noise in the library?

There could only be one group of culprits behind it; the four children of the Sun and the Moon.

The very embodiment of the Seasons themselves.

Beyond the large oaken door, the children of the Gods sat on the comfortable furniture within. The two eldest were on one couch, while the two youngest had taken seats on the armchairs on either side of the larger furniture. Harmony had taken the liberty to start a fire in the massively beautiful fireplace that adorned the equally gorgeous library, which was quadruple the size of the area that they were currently nestled in, and she folded her legs beneath her bottom on the chair, tucking her skirt underneath her shins in an ever-present drive at modesty. A mug of her ever-present hot chocolate, decorated with whipped cream, marshmallows, and sprinkles of cinnamon, was clasped firmly between her oddly cold palms, which were damp with a nervous sweat. The same wetness was sprinkled across her hairline, both along her forehead and the nape of her neck, and a small tremble of anxiety resided in her hands. In addition, she was doing her bad habit of bouncing slightly as she sat, constantly shifting her weight in an obvious attempt to get comfortable, despite it being a futile effort.

After several moments of silence had ticked by, Harmony, obviously too nervous to start the discussion of why she had asked her siblings to join her in the library, squirmed a bit until her sister spoke.

”Harmy, I understand that you’re nervous, but you should know by now that there’s no need for you to feel that way around us. Whatever’s bothering you - whatever’s weighing on your mind - just speak.” Her voice was gentle, almost a coo, in an obvious attempt to draw her shy younger sister slightly more out of her shell.

In response, Harmony fidgeted a bit more for a moment longer, before forcing herself to settle and heaving a sigh. After a long sip of her delicious cocoa, she lowered her feet to the floor and leaned forward, setting the mug on the coffee table before her. She dropped her hands to her knees, drew in a long breath in preparation, and in one long heave, blurted out what she had rehearsed at least thirty-two times in her mind.

”I … I want to go and visit Earth!”

Almost instantly the girl squeezed her eyes shut, her shoulders hunching in readiness for her siblings expected outbursts of rejection at her wish. When nothing was immediately said, she slowly allowed herself to pry open one eye, and then another when she noticed the blank stares of surprise from her brothers and sister. Squirming a bit under their piercing gazes - they all had equally beautiful eyes in her mind, and ones that could unsettle even the most rigid of people - she gnawed on her lower lip, looking down at her hands on her legs. Her fingers were curled inwards, digging into the flesh of her knees, and she was bouncing her one foot anxiously.

A few more beats of silence passed before anyone spoke, and it was one word.

”No.”

Harmony’s head snapped up, her heart stopping for a brief moment before skipping a beat and regaining its regular pattern. Her eyes met her older brother’s gaze, which was dark and stern, unrelenting in its own way.

”But, Phoebus, at least let me explain wh-”

”No. Absolutely not. This shouldn’t even be up for discussion, Harmonix,” he interrupted, not even allowing her to finish her sentence. Her eyes welled up with tears in immediate response, and she lowered her head once more, her action holding all of the defeat she felt. She had known it was a long shot from the beginning, getting her siblings on board with her idea, but to be shot down so quickly and so assuredly definitely stung.

A soft scoff was heard from the girl that sat beside Phoebus. Her cotton candy hair was illuminated in the glow of the fire, and an eye roll could be seen.

”Oh, come on, Phoebus. At least let her explain why she wants to visit Earth. You can’t just shoot down what she says without allowing her to tell us why she would want to do it. Harmony very rarely speaks her mind about issues that she knows are controversial, so you can at least respect her courage to do so right now, given the subject.”

Harmony glanced up slightly, looking at her sister through her lashes, her gaze holding the gratitude she felt towards the older girl. Aurora definitely wasn’t wrong, though; very rarely would Harmony bring up a subject or idea that she knew would cause an argument or negativity of any sort, so when she did, it was usually for a good reason.

Turning her gaze to her older brother, she allowed her eyes to take on a puppy-dog look, and she jutted out her lower lip. This was her signature expression - something that she reserved only for times that she really wanted something - and her older brother instantly melted like butter.

Quickly averting his own eyes from hers, he looked away, his pale cheeks taking on a soft flush.

”By the stars above, Har - not the eyes,” he groaned. He flicked a glance at the girl, only to find that she was still holding the same expression, and slapping his hand over his eyes, he slowly dragged it down his face, before heaving a loud sigh.

”Fine, I’ll at least listen to this insane idea that you’ve come up with,” he muttered.

Instantly Harmony brightened, her puppy dog look diminishing, and she leaned forward, her previous nervousness replaced with obvious excitement. A twinkle shone in her eye, and she had a gentle smile on her lips. She still did, however, speak with hesitancy, a slight stutter taking away some of the confidence she felt.

”I … I’m hoping that if I were to go to Earth … That it could maybe help me come to terms with everything that’s happened since … Since the incident,” she finished, her voice ending almost in a murmur. What little courage she felt when she began speaking had quickly faded as she finished, and she felt her shoulders slightly slump with dejection. She picked at her fingernails, suddenly extremely fascinated with her hands.

”I know that … I know that I’ve caused a lot of unnecessary trouble and problems over the years, ever since that day when we were children … And I know that because of what happened, I’ve changed a lot as a person ...” She trailed off for a moment, having to pause to garner a bit of bravery. Turning her face back upwards, she met each one of her siblings gazes before continuing.

”I’ve been keeping it hidden as much as possible, but recently … Recently, what Astra did to help me contain the Phoenix … The walls that she built to help seal my two separate minds, or identities, or whatever you want to call them … I can feel them beginning to crumble,” she said softly, her shoulders once more slumped, but this time instead of the cause being defeat, it was more so worry. She pressed her lips together for a moment before continuing.

”I … I’m really scared,” she whispered, tears prickling at her eyes. ”I’m scared of what will happen if those walls disappear completely, and the Phoenix is allowed out and into the physical world once more. I don’t expect any of you to understand … You’ve never had anything like this happen before … But I ...” Drawing in a shaky breath, she felt a ball of anxiety curl in her chest. ”I can hear her … I can hear her voice, in the very back of my mind, hiding behind those walls. She keeps telling me to do things … Things that I know I shouldn’t do, but things that I really want to do. So far I’ve been able to ignore her and push down my urge to do what she says, but … But I’m afraid of what might happen if I can’t get a handle on her.”

There was a lapse in words being said, before Phoebus once more spoke, his voice slightly heavy, given the equal weight of the current conversation.

”And how do we know that it isn’t Phoenix’s idea for us to go to Earth? How do we know that this is actually your own idea, Harmonix?”

Harmony hesitated before slowly responding.

”I just … It might be hard for me to resist the temptation that she gives me to do certain things, and I may not have been able to discern my thoughts and her thoughts before Astra helped me, but … Right now, I can tell which thoughts are mine and which are hers. I don’t really know how to explain how I can, but … But I can. And on that, you’ll just have to trust me, Phoebus.”

Another moment of silence ticked by - there seemed to be a lot of those during this discussion, Harmony idly thought - before anyone responded to her words.

”I think … That if you think that it’s a good idea, and if you think that it really will help you, Sundown … That we should do it.”

Harmony turned her gaze to her younger brother, her lower lip trembling slightly. She had known before even asking for her siblings to meet her that out of all of them, Winston was most likely to support what she thought was best, and he had definitely proved her correct in that assumption.

Turning back to her older siblings, she looked at them with her wide, umber eyes, which spoke volumes over her expectation for an answer. Aurora was studying her nails, and while filing at the tip of one of her index fingers, she shrugged and spoke.

”I think that if you think that it can help you, and that you can handle it, we should at least give it a shot. Who knows? Maybe it’ll prove beneficial for all of us. Wouldn’t you agree, Phoebus?” she dragged out, purposely doing so in order to annoy him.

The boy in question narrowed his eyes slightly at his older sister, a soft growl of sorts escaping his lips, before he turned to Harmony, his gaze a smidge less stern than it was before. After several calculated moments, during which time she could practically see the gears turning in her older brother’s head, he spoke.

”Seeing as I’m clearly outnumbered, I’ll have to say yes. What kind of brother would I be to just let all of you run rampant down on Earth? Someone has to be down there to corral you,” he sighed, rubbing his temples.

Harmony immediately brightened, her skin taking on a slightly golden glow, and she was across the gap between them in seconds, her arms thrown around her older brother’s neck.

”Thank you, Phoebus … You … You have no idea what this means to me,” she whispered into his neck, her tears soaking into his long hair.





Shaking her head to rid it of those thoughts, she smiled at the Assistant Headmaster and adjusted the strap of the bag on her shoulder. She strode after her, idly turning her head slightly to look forlornly out the window, inhaling deeply in an effort to gather herself.

The sun was shining brightly through the clear window, giving the interior of the building an ethereal glow. Dust mites danced in the sun’s rays, and for a moment, she felt an unwanted sadness in her chest.

Somewhere, far up in the sky and even further beyond that, her parents were looking down at the world below. She could picture her mother, wringing her hands and a worried crease between her brows, and her father pacing with long strides across the hall that enclosed the enormous, hologram-like image that showed them the entirety of the planet. It was used to view in on any place at any time, past, present, or future, and to interact with said reality. There were many a times that her parents had altered the past in order to benefit the future - they went back and prevented world-wide catastrophes.

Why, then, did they allow certain events to occur? Why did they allow countless lives to be lost to the hands of evil humans who wished nothing but death upon the masses?

It was all for a better goal.

To think that they enjoyed watching the humans suffer - you couldn’t be further from the truth. Countless times had Harmonix ventured into the great hall, as a young child and beyond, to find her mother weeping over the hologram of the beautiful planet. She had seen unimaginable things in that hologram, and heard screams that still echoed in her ears to this very day. As soon as her parents spotted her they would shoo her away fairly quickly, of course, but that didn’t stop her from seeing things.

People being torn limb-from-limb by ancient Roman Gladiators.

Children being burned alive alongside their parents during the European Witch Trials.

Animals being killed by toxic chemicals sprayed down upon the humans by large flying machines from above.

Tears pricked at her eyes at the memories, and she squeezed the large umber orbs shut in an attempt to stem their flow, and to shield herself from the visuals flashing before her eyes.

Closing them only prevented herself from seeing, however. It didn’t slow what she could hear, not by a long shot; and the screams continued to echo inside of her mind. Pausing midstep, she dropped her face into the palm of her hand, pressing it against her forehead and letting out a soft moan of pain.

“Stop ... Stop it, please ...” she whispered, her lips a slight grimace.

After a few moments, the screams slowly faded and she had managed to calm her rapid breathing, having only just then realized how quickly she was panting.

“Ms. Orako? Are you quite alright my dear?”

Removing her hand, Velonix turned a small, slightly strained smile up to the woman. “I am alright, my apologies. My head pains me slightly is all,” she breathed out, resuming her stride.The AH smiled once more and continued her walk as well, and they moved in silence for another minute or two before she paused outside a set of wooden doors.

“Right through here, my dear.”

With a slight nudge the door slid open and Harmonix let herself in, announcing her presence as she entered. “Good morning Headmaster. My name is Velonix Orako and it is quite a pleasure to be of your acquaintance.” The Headmaster let out a chuckle, reaching out to pat her hand. “You may drop the formalities, dear, as I have no need for them.” Motioning for her to sit, she did so and he did the same, clasping his hands on the desk before him.

“Your siblings were quite pleasant to meet, and I can already tell from your demeanor that you’re quite the same,” he began, offering her a kind smile. “I do like to take the chance to personally meet each of my new students at least once - I believe it helps take away some of the frightening nature that comes with my title,” he chuckled, a slight twinkle in his eye. “Nothing to worry too much about, of course. As I tell everyone, I do hope you enjoy and value your time here, and take what you can from this place of learning. If you run into any problems or have any questions, don’t be afraid to ask for help, even if it’s from me directly.”

Velonix nodded, a gentle smile on her face, and rose once more while adjusting the bag strap on her shoulder. “Thank you, Headmaster. I appreciate the sentiments,” she said softly, bending forward slightly at the waist in respect. When she straightened again, she gave him another small smile. “Have a pleasant rest of your day.” The kind old man gave her a smile and nod in response, and she turned on her heel and quickly made her way out of the office, pausing once she had closed the door behind her. Letting out a small breath, she groaned a bit. That was stressful and she was more than glad to be over with it. Social interactions, specifically with strangers, weren’t really her forte and she’d much rather observe from the sidelines than be the sole focus in someone’s conversation.

Standing tall once more, she gathered herself together and began to walk while also pulling the map of the school grounds that was provided for her to navigate more easily. It was already a two weeks into the second semester, Summer Break having just come to an end, so they weren’t transferring in frighteningly late thankfully. They would stand out a bit but no more than normal transfer students.

She flicked her eyes down to her map, pausing mid step to gather her bearings. Once she had figured out where she was, she pushed through the doors into a small side-courtyard on the side of the school. Inhaling the smells of nature deeply she followed through with a satisfied sigh, the tiniest of smiles turning up the corners of her lips. A small pond was situated nearby with an empty bench, and further down the path led to the back of the school building, shrouded prettily by the dense leaves of the orange and yellow trees that hung above it. She assumed it would feel nice on a hot summer day and looked forward to finding out if that was the case in a few months - hopefully they would still be there.

As she walked, Velonix tilted her head back ever so slightly towards the leaves, admiring their pretty, calming colors. A gentle breeze caused them to sway a bit, small dashes of sunlight peeking through every so often. The combination of everything brought a soft wave of serenity over her, and for the moment, she was content.

Until she found herself slamming directly into a wall obviously made from a person. Having not been paying attention to where she was walking, she had slammed into the person fairly hard, causing her to stumble back and nearly fall. She somehow managed to catch herself, albeit clumsily, and felt a small warmth of embarrassment seep into her cheeks. Velonix scrambled to straighten and bowed quickly, her hands clasped before her and her braided orange hair falling over her shoulder. “I-I apologize! I did not mean to bump into you! It was all my fault - I was not paying attention to where I was walking!” she breathed out quickly. Once she had finished her apology, she glanced up slightly to see who it was that she had bumped into, and straightened rather quickly when she found it to be two teenage boys wearing the school uniform. A bit of anxiety fluttered in the pit of her stomach but she cleared her throat and clutched the strap of her bag in an effort to ground herself. The boys gave each other a look before small smirks grew on their faces. The one that she had run into leaned slightly to the side to peer into her face as she was quite short as a girl, his own face getting uncomfortably close to hers. It was almost close enough for her to feel his breath on her cheeks and his dark eyes held an odd gleam to them that made her uncomfortable.The colors that glowed ever-so-lightly off of his skin were dark and coiled together with streaks of black and red, and when she noticed his aura a small shiver crawled across her body, goosebumps breaking out. He wasn’t evil by any means - at least not yet - but this type of aura was only associated with those who enjoyed being cruel. Not psychopaths or sociopaths, perse - just people who got off on being, to put it crudely, assholes. Velonix, however, preferred a more gentle route instead of violence and cruelty, so when faced with someone such as this, she grew into a nervous puddle.

“Well hey there …” his voice curled. He definitely had nice enough features, but they were marred with the underlying viciousness that he held about him. When Vel took a step back out of sheer reaction it drew a chuckle from his friend who leaned against a bike rack a few feet away, hands shoved in his pockets. He held a similar air to him but not quite as dark, and she felt an instinctive curl of her toes in reactive fear. Tightening her grip on her bag, and drew into herself a bit, attempting to shy away from him. With each small step she took back though, he seemed to follow with one that was slightly larger, until he had her cornered against the side of the building, hand planted firmly on the wall above her shoulder. Her skin crawled as his body drew a bit too close to her for comfort and she shrank away a bit more, a small tremble beginning in her legs. This drew an amused chuckle from the boy and he tilted his head a bit more, his tongue slightly licking his lips.

“My, my, my … Aren’t you a cute one .. You’d think I’d remember seeing you before,” he drawled out, tilting his head to the other side as he spoke. “Or are you one of the new transfer students that moved to town and took her sweet time joining us?” he inquired, his hand lifting slightly. “Well, I guess you were worth the wait for being able to see the mysterious new students … Because you’re real nice on the eyes,” he murmured, leaning even closer to her and lightly brushing his finger across her cheek and over her hair. He began to follow it down, causing her tremble of fear to overtake her upper body as well. She knew very well that if needed she could defend herself and that this boy didn’t stand a chance, but her years of courage and pride were long past. Even though she knew she was capable of taking care of herself, it was a very difficult thing for her to do as she feared losing control, so not only was she in fear of the current situation, but she was in fear of defending herself and losing herself at the same time.

A small burst of courage slid through her and she grasped at it desperately, flinging her hand up to small his away from her face. “Don’t touch me,” she snapped, attempting to push past his arm at the same time. Before she could get through, however, he snagged her wrist and yanked her back, his other arm twining around her waist. The touch made her skin crawl with disgust and a new wave of fear assaulted her. Despite her Senior Star’s suppression, a familiar feeling of acute terror washed over her when he touched her, his hand sliding slightly under her school shirt and grazing the skin of her stomach. She locked up for a moment before struggling against his grasp, all the while his friend laughing softly nearby. His one hand rose to clamp over her mouth, the same smirk on his face.

“I like them feisty,” he curled out, his smirk turning slightly sadistic. Her eyes widened, her sounds of protest muffled against his palm. “Playing hard to get, hm?” he drawled, pinning her once more between the wall and his body. Tears pricked her eyes as buried emotions from that time so long ago rose up and an innate sorrow filled her chest, and a new bundle of fear hit her stomach as the boy began to move his face down towards hers. She didn’t want this disgusting human boy’s mouth to touch her - she didn’t want any of him to touch her. A small burning sensation began to broil within her chest, her eyes beginning to take on a slightly-red, somewhat-glowing hue. Her fingers curled inwards, clenching into fists so tightly that her nails dug into her palms. The ends of her hair picked up slightly in the breeze which began to swirl a bit more aggressively than before, and she felt her jaw clench in preparation for the release of her abilities.

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The weather in Akita would have been pleasant for anyone else, but for Yuki it was very warm. He was just glad that in Japan the high school he and Velonix were wearing were still their 'summer wear'. He had to get special permission to not wear a tie. He was warm enough as it was. He was looking forward to the cooler months though. Still he didn't think they would stay through the winter because Yuki would have to get ready to change the northern hemisphere to that season while his brother would change the Southern Hemisphere to summer. Speaking of his brother, Yuki wondered how his two oldest siblings were at the nearby college. As for himself, he was standing outside of his homeroom class, waiting to be introduced to it. He wasn't looking forward to that because he honestly hated too much intention. The youngest of the Sun and Moon gods, he was the most introverted. Still he would bear it. He was doing all of this for his sister, Velonix. He wonder where she was though? They were suppose to be in this class together. Surely she was done with the Headmaster by now. While they weren't able to get all of their classes together, they had most of them because they had it 'set up' to wear Yuki was in the same grade as Velonix despite being a 'year' apart. If humans only knew just how much of an age gap they had. It was definitely more then a 'year'.

"Orako-san, we're ready for you," the homeroom teacher said.

"Oh, but my sister hasn't returned yet."

"It's okay, I am sure she'll be back soon. Come on, everyone is waiting," the teacher smiled.

Sighing, Yuki walked into the classroom.

"Everyone, this is Yuki Orako. His older sister will be with us shortly, but the Headmaster is meeting with her. Orako-San, why don't you talk about yourself? Class, Yuki here actually skipped a grade because he wanted to graduate with his sister too."

Looking at his new classmates, Yuki could feel his nerves growing, but took a deep breath and pretended he was just with his siblings.

"Hello, my name is Yuki. I am the youngest of 4 and I enjoy playing music. Nice to meet you," Yuki bowed.

He wasn't aware that his siblings and himself had already caused a stir on the campus. Several of the girls in his class were already giggling and batting their eyes at him, but he was pretty oblivious to that.

"Thank you Orako-San. Go ahead and take a seat and we'll begin class."

Nodding, Yuki sat down. However midway into class, he felt his cell phone go off. It was on silence, but he felt it vibrate. It could only be one of his siblings, since they were the only ones he had given his phone numbers to at the moment. And none of them would have contacted him unless it was important. Raising his hand, he got permission to go to the restroom really quick. Checking the message when he got there, his eyes open wide at it. Concerned, he quickly text back his response. So Luna was at the vet clinic? He hoped she was okay. Returning to class, he went up to his teacher that he had a family emergency and would be right back. The teacher gave him a bit of a break since it was his first day. Grateful, he quickly rushed to the vet clinic.

Bursting into it, he quickly rushed past a peach hair girl to the front desk. He didn't even realize she had Luna with her.

"Hello, my name is Yuki Orako. I own a pet mouse named Luna and was told she was here. Is she okay? She's a pure white mouse and has been known to sneak out of my home from time to time, but she's never gotten hurt before."