Auriga the Charioteer

By Wendy Olson

 

Mojo the black longhaired cat here again. Yes, I’m here to tell you another tale, a short tale. The next day after our victory we had a meeting. In this meeting we decided that with school the girls would not have time to watch the constellations. Andromeda remembered that Bootes would be able to put the constellations back into the sky only to be used if called. The only ones we would keep, besides the humans, are Aquila the eagle who now is normal size, Orion's black dogs Major and Minor, the unicorn Monoceros and Equuleus the colt for Heather and Pegasus for Perseus.

That night after the meeting I slept on Mindy’s bed. Mindy and Wendy always fight over where I sleep. I prefer Mindy’s bed. I like to sleep at the foot of her bed. When I sleep on Wendy’s bed it is not fun. If I’m at the foot she kicks me all night and if I’m at the top she grabs me and hugs me to death like I’m a stuffed cat.

I was sleeping peacefully at the foot of Mindy’s bed when I had a dream. I dreamt I was in my human form. Then I saw a beautiful woman walking over to me. The woman had very white skin and piercing blue eyes. She was wearing a white Ancient Greek dress, a pair of light brown knee-high boots and light brown fingerless Opera length gloves. Her hair was very long and white. She also had two buns on the top of her head. The buns were positioned were a cats ears would be. These buns were made of light brown hair. The last and most important thing I noticed about the woman was the small gold star on her forehead.

After the woman walked to me she stopped and touched my face and said, "I miss you Mojo!" Then I awoke. I couldn’t figure out what the dream was about. I just knew that I wanted to find the girl. I walked to the window and gazed at the stars. I was not going to fall asleep again tonight.

I stayed up watching the stars all night. That morning after the girls were done showering, dressing and eating Esa came into the room. Esa was not alone; with her were Orion, Andromeda, Celeste and Kelly. They had come to try and find Auriga and Bootes the last of the human constellations. The rest of the girls and boys were already in classes.

Orion moved to the computer to help Esa with her program. "I think that your computer program might work to find the boys." Orion who was now his human self said. As a human he still had blonde hair and he wore glasses. The name he goes by is Hunter Ryan. Andromeda’s human name is Annie Pulsar. She looks almost the same human. Hunter is from Germany and Annie is from Greece, I don’t think I ever told you that.

"Can you read the stars like your mother did?" I asked Annie. She seemed very sad. I guess the fact that the sailors killed her mother and father hadn’t escaped her.

"No, I don’t think so." She whispered.

"We have class so see ya." Mindy and Wendy said together. The twins grabbed their backpacks and left.

"I wonder if she’ll see Percy today? ~Sigh~" Annie sighed.

"Is that what’s wrong with you? I’m sorry to inform you but Percy and Wendy love each other." Hunter told her.

"Well, there will be another guy for you." Kelly said.

"Yeah, there are tons of Hotties here at this school. Just look around and I’m sure you will find a guy that is right for you. Just because you were betrothed to Percy in some other life doesn’t mean anything in this one. Lives change and so do people." Celeste rambled.

"I guess your right." Annie smiled a half smile and went over to the computer where Hunter and Esa were.

"Okay here goes nothing." Esa said as she tried to find either one of the boys. After a little while a boy’s picture and profile came onto the screen. His name is Benjamin Hur. He is from New York, NY USA. His birthday is October 15, a Libra. He is 21 years old. Benjamin is learning to become a horse-racing jockey.

That’s when I noticed he was kind of short for a boy his age. I think 5 foot 5 inches. Benjamin has sandy blonde hair. It is a lot darker than Hunter’s hair. His eyes are brown. Hunter’s eyes are green, if I never told you.

"I know him! That’s Heather’s on-again-off-again boyfriend. She has been seeing him every once in a while. Benny, as he likes to be called, is really nice. He is very good with horses and other animals. Benny even has a Siamese cat named Wicca." Celeste told us. When she talks she always tells more than anyone needs to know.

"He is Auriga." Annie said.

"Are you sure?" questioned Kelly.

"Yes, I can tell when someone is a constellation. That is one thing I got from my mother." Somberly Annie said.

"Let’s go and talk to him." Hunter said. All of us got ready to go. Annie still didn’t look all that happy.

"I’ll pass. I have a lot of homework to make up for. You know I was dead for a while. Don’t you have work too Hunter?" Annie angrily asked him.

"No, see you later Annie." Hunter seemed to not be able to take his eyes off Esa. Esa blushed and then laughed. Annie left as the rest of us prepared to go to Benny’s dorm room.

"Here come with me." Kelly said and I jumped onto her shoulders.

"I think Heather is already there. Benny was helping her with some homework." Celeste told us.

"That should be helpful. How do we tell him who he is?" asked Esa.

"We’ll think of it once we get there." I said.

Once we got to his dorm Celeste knocked on the door. After a while the face from the computer opened the door. Inside the room Heather was sitting on the bed. The room was filled with New York memorabilia. "Hi, Celeste. Are you here for Heather?" Benny asked.

"Well, really we came to talk to you." Hunter said.

"Who are all of you?" asked confused Benny.

"They’ll explain, come on in." Heather told us. We went into the room and everyone found somewhere to sit. I jumped from Kelly’s shoulders and sat on the ground.

When I was sat down I saw a cat coming towards me. She is a white and brown Siamese cat with blue eyes. On her front paws were white tips that made her look different from other Siamese cats and also, the last and most important thing I noticed was a small gold star on her forehead. The girl cat sat in front of me and winked her left eye.

"You!" I yelled.

"Your cat just talked!" astonished Benny said.

"I’m Mojo." I said.

"I’m Wicca. I guess you have finally come to awaken Benjamin." The girl cat said. Then Wicca turned into her human form, the human girl from my dream. She walked over to Benny and placed her hand on his forehead. "Remember." She whispered.

After a little bit crystals formed on Benny's body. Then his clothes changed into a Greek uniform like the other boy constellations wore. Benny became Auriga. He stood there confused for a bit and then said, "I’m sorry Heather."

"Why? Sailor Aries Make-Up!" Heather transformed to show Auriga that she too was a constellation. "See, I’m not normal either!" They both began to laugh.

"I guess our work is done. I do need to get my homework done." Hunter said.

"I thought you didn’t have any? I’ll help you." Esa told him. The two left hand in hand.

"We’ll let you all catch up." Celeste and Kelly said together and left.

"Mojo, do you remember me?" Wicca asked. She then turned back into a cat.

"Sadly no." I said.

"Wicca was my cat. I drove the royal chariot and it was sometimes lonely. I drove it all across the sky alone. I found Wicca and she became my companion. Mojo, when you brought Sailors Gemini for that meeting you and Wicca fell in love." Auriga explained.

"Oh, how romantic." Aries swooned.

Wicca walked over to me and licked my cheek. Then I remembered it all. We fell in love at the same time Gemini fell in love with Perseus and Hercules. It was wonderful to remember my love. "I remember. I love you." I said.

"Oh!" squealed Aries. Aries and Auriga both turned back into their human forms.

"Benny, I have to show you the unicorn and the colt! They are in the stables disguised as regular horses." Heather said and she pulled Benny to the door.

"Okay. Be good you two." Benny said as he was pulled out the door.

Wicca and I ended up talking the rest of the day. We reminisced about the old times. I also told her about our big adventure with the queen. She said I was very brave and was proud of me. I went back to my dorm room very happy.

I went in and Mindy, Wendy, Percy and Hank were in the room. They seemed to be doing their homework. I hope.

The twins looked up from what they were doing and both began to sing, "Mojo has a girlfriend. Mojo has a girlfriend. Mojo has a girlfriend…"

"Heather told us. I’m glad you remembered. I would have told you, but I thought it would be best if you remembered on you own. Like we did." Percy told me though the singing.

Mindy and Wendy finally stopped and then hugged me. I think they were very happy for me. I don’t really know why. I guess when you’re in love you want everyone else to be too.

Concluded in "Bootes the Herdsman"

~ I guess I can’t leave well enough alone! This is just part one of two bonus stories. They aren’t part of a bigger sequel, there aren’t any new baddies, its just things I thought of after "The War with a Queen" was done. I don’t know what I’m doing with a sequel just yet. It might not be for a while, or sadly at all. You’ll just have wait and see! Also my stories are set after Stars manga (only because I have never seen the anime version of Stars and I want to stick to what I know) and in the same dimension as Sailor Moon. Also, thank you to everyone who e-mailed me! I’m glad everyone liked my stories! If anyone would like to e-mail me with questions or comments please do at methos5000@hotmail.com Anyway, I hope you enjoy these as well as the Zodiac Senshi. Wendy ~

~That was what I was going to say. Last night (April 14) a horrible thing happened. Mojo, my sisters cat, (well everyone’s cat) was hit by a car and killed. I’m telling you this because I don’t know if I’ll be able to write for a while. The pain is still here. I have already finished "Bootes the Herdsman" and it will be turned in some time this week. So "The Zodiac Senshi" is for you my Mojoey, baby, Mr. Man, pretty black boy, ect… We love you forever! Wendy~