"Sister, please!" Celeste begged. "It was just an election!" She tugged at her sparkly pastel sunset/sunrise-colored braid.

Tears were running down her sister's face. "It is done, then," Luna said. "I always told you they liked you more than me. Didn't I? Didn't I?!"

"You did," Celeste acquiesced, "but that doesn't mean you have to leave me! I can't watch this city - be its mayor - without you by my side! You keep me going!"

Luna huffed, trying not to listen to the voice of reason in her head. "You ignored me when I told you! When I said what I was becoming!"

Celeste was openly sobbing now. "I admit that I was foolish back then - you have to understand, Luna, that anyone would have thought you were talking nonsense! Magic! Superpowers! Corruption! And that was when you had just recovered from your injuries - anyone would've assumed that you were delusional!"

"But you're my sister," said Luna, with such heartache in her voice that Celeste flinched. "We were supposed to be by each other's side - support one another - trust each other until the end of our days." Her galaxy-colored hair slowly started to turn navy blue, a fact which did not go unnoticed by Celeste.

"Luna! Your hair!" she gasped out. She had accepted the fact that Luna was being corrupted, but that didn't make it any less scary to see her baby sister's hair turn before her own eyes. When she met Luna's eyes, she screamed and stumbled backwards, crashing into the coffee table.

Luna's eyes were draconic.

"Sister . . ." Luna stalked towards Celeste, who was trembling on the floor. "You are now the twice-elected mayor of New Camelot, the biggest city in the world. Won against your younger sister, beloved by all. How would you like it if the citizens, under your watch, started disappearing . . . one. By. One?"

"Never," Celeste said, eyes blazing. "I will protect my people. I do not know what has happened to you, Luna, but you need to fight against it! Please! You're not Luna anymore!"

The monster smirked. "Why should I? This is the best I've felt in years! Always is your shadow - and now I'm more powerful than you!"

She laughed wildly.

"P-powerful?" Celeste stammered.

"Oh, sister," the monster said, shaking her head pityingly. "You still have't figured it out, have you? Well, I supposed you never will." She raised her hands and clasped them above her head, a black aura around them. "Give my regards to mother and father."

As she brought them down, thought, Celeste grabbed her charm bracelet, with six charms on them. She remembered what her mother had told her: In your time of need, they will help you.

Mother, father, save me. Please.

To her shock, the six gems enlarged to as big as her hand, and started circling around her. Suddenly, Celeste knew what she had to do, and it broked her heart. She could almost hear it shatter. "Don't do this!" she begged. "Don't make me hurt you! I love you!"

For a minute, the monster's eyes returned to Luna's, and she smiled sadly. "You said it yourself, sister.

"I'm not Luna anymore."

Tears streaming down her face, the gems formed a rainbow of power that countered the monster's own magic. Her eyes narrowed as she tried to break through with the beam of black energy.

But as she focused, the shield around her disappated, and Celeste beamed the magic to the side. The monster's eyes widened. "No. NO. NOOOOOOOOO!"

She was blasted out of the house and into the night sky, never to be seen again.

Celeste collapsed to the floor and sobbed.

She cried as the police came.

She sobbed as they tried to ask her what happened.

She wailed as the gems shrunk and re-attached themselves to her bracelet.

She wept as she was carted off to the hospital for examination.

She wanted to cry as everyone else forgot about it, but she had no tears left.

She would never see her sister again.

Or so she thought.

Author's Note

Okay, to be completely honest, I'm not too happy with the prologue, but after rewriting it at least six times, this is the best I could come up with.

Well, anyway, welcome to my newest story, Eclipse High School for Gifted Students!