004 Ϟ [Phone Call]

[faithfulthunder.livejournal.com]

[Ring, ring! Leroy Starkiller, someone would like to speak with you. This someone needs an impartial third party, and, well, a man's opinion. You're the lucky guy who gets to be both.]

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[halfmadcopy.livejournal.com]

Need something?

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[faithfulthunder.livejournal.com]

Good, you're still alive. I was worried you'd crashed your ship!

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[halfmadcopy.livejournal.com]

Alive for now. I'm not allowed to pilot anymore.

Anything wrong?

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[faithfulthunder.livejournal.com]

Your friend demoted you?



I thought you could help me figure something out. It's not really something I can talk to my friends about.

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[halfmadcopy.livejournal.com]

Banished to the back of the ship.

Of course. What is it?

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[faithfulthunder.livejournal.com]

As long as it keeps you around a little longer, I'll have to thank him.



I should probably explain a little bit... Thousands of years ago, my friends and I ruled planets in our solar system, and together we protected the princess of the Moon Kingdom. It orbits Earth, and the people of Earth became jealous of the Moon Kingdom... Eventually, they went to war with us, and killed all of us. Prince Endymion of the Earth Kingdom loved Princess Serenity, but his four generals revolted and he couldn't stop them. Those four generals... Well, just one really... He was special to me.



Anyway, we were all reborn, over and over, until we came together again. Those four generals were reborn again, too, and they tried to fight us, but this time we beat them and then gave our lives so that our Princess could defeat the darkness on the Earth, because that's all we have to protect now. Princess Serenity used her crystal to bring us back to life--it happens a lot, actually--but the generals' souls were trapped in rocks and only Endymion could speak to them.



That... probably doesn't make a lot of sense, does it?

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[halfmadcopy.livejournal.com]

Go on, Princess.

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[faithfulthunder.livejournal.com]

Uh... Right. A couple of those generals that always turn on us showed up here. One of them is the one I was close to, a long time ago. He says he has no memory, even of his recent betrayal, but I still don't think he should be trusted. My friends do, though. They want me to be nice to him, but I really, really just want to hit him.

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[halfmadcopy.livejournal.com]

If you want to hit him- hit him. Sounds like he deserves it, Princess.

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[faithfulthunder.livejournal.com]

Really? ...Do guys ever change? Or... do you think he'll just keep on betraying me?

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[halfmadcopy.livejournal.com]

Men can change, they have to want it though.

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[faithfulthunder.livejournal.com]

What makes them want it?

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[halfmadcopy.livejournal.com]

It's a choice they have to make as a man, you've been with boys who clearly don't see what they have in front of them.

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[faithfulthunder.livejournal.com]

Th-thanks. I'm glad someone thinks so. I guess since you have Juno, it's easier to see that about other girls, huh?

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[halfmadcopy.livejournal.com]

I.. Juno and I? She saw Starkiller die. I don't think she'd accept a shadow of the man she fell in love with.

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[faithfulthunder.livejournal.com]

You may be a lot of things, but you're not a shadow. You're a great guy! And you're still you, right? She'd be crazy not to love you.

I mean, I hardly know you, and I like you!

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[halfmadcopy.livejournal.com]

I'm not him. I look like him, I talk like him. I don't think like him. The only thing I'm certain of is I need to keep her safe.

You've been a friend since I've arrived.

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[faithfulthunder.livejournal.com]

But you really don't need to be anyone else! You just need to be you. She'll like you, even if you're not him, because you're a good guy. You'll be there for her; that's all any girl wants.

You can always count on me.