Bootes the Herdsman
By Wendy Olson
It has only been a few days since I found Wicca, but love is in the air. Wicca and I spend most of our time together. I’m so glad I found her. I’m not the only one in love. You know about the twins and the brothers, but there are two more couples now. Benny and Heather have become an even closer couple. Esa and Hunter have now started dating. It was awkward for them at first, you know with all of the hate and fighting that happened before, but they’re doing better now.
Esa, Lee and Hunter have tried and tried to find Bootes with the computer program. For some reason nothing ever comes up. Hank’s theory is that maybe Bootes doesn’t go to the International University. You see the program is hooked up the schools database. If Bootes doesn’t go to this school he won’t be in the computer. Percy went one more and said maybe Bootes isn’t even in Japan. Annie said she could feel his presence and that he was somewhere in Tokyo.
This story starts out with Wicca and me in the park. We were having a nice walk around the park when I saw the four musketeers: Cleo, Kim, Shelly and Noel. The girls were having a pick-nick. "Let’s go and see if we can get some food." I told Wicca. She nodded and we went over.
"Hi Mojo and Wicca. What are you cats up to?" asked Shelly.
"We were just having a stroll." Wicca said. We sat down in between Cleo and Kim. Kim dug into the basket and pulled out some sushi for us.
"What are you girls doing?" I asked with my mouth full.
"Say it don’t spray it! We’re having a pick-nick lunch, then we’re going to study together." Cleo explained to me. All of us enjoyed each others company for about an hour.
Just when the girls were about to break out the books a loud motorcycle stopped by. On the bike was a boy clad in black leather. He got off his bike and walked over to us. The boy looked to be about 20 something. He is 6 foot tall. His hair is scarlet red and kind of sticking up everywhere. His eyes are a darker shade of red.
"What are you doing?" questioned Cleo as we all stood up.
"I just wanted to see the pretty rich girls at the International University." The boy said.
Under her breath Noel muttered, "We aren’t all rich."
"Who are you?" asked Shelly.
"My name is John Rancher, but everyone calls me Boots." He laughed.
"Why boots?" questioned Noel.
"Because of my big boots." Boots then pointed to his boots. They were sort of bigger than normal boots were.
I whispered into Wicca’s ear, "Is he our Bootes?"
"I think he might be." She whispered back.
"So, you don’t go to this school? What do you do?" asked Kim.
"I work. I grew up here in Tokyo. As you can tell by looking at me and my name I’m not really Japanese. I mean I grew up here, but my family is originally from America. My father moved us here when I was young. I feel like I already know you and I can tell you anything." He told us.
"Oh, I love your bike." Cleo said. She walked over to it and sat on it.
"Do you want to go for a ride?" He asked.
"Yeah!" she yelled.
"But Cleo, we’re studying." Shelly tried to persuade Cleo not to go.
"So, I want to have fun." She said as Boots gave her a helmet and then they drove off.
"I can’t believe she just left with a guy she doesn’t even know!" said Noel.
"We think he might be Bootes." I told the girls.
"That is what he said his name was." Kim said sarcastically.
"No, our constellation Bootes." Wicca explained.
"How do we find out?" questioned Shelly.
"Let’s get Annie, she can tell." Wicca said. We used our communicators to see if any of the sailors had seen Annie. Wendy said she was with her and Percy in the library. Once we told our story of biker Boots all of the girls and boys came to see. All of us were in the park waiting for the bike to come back.
When the bike showed up Cleo and Boots had very confused faces. Lee said, "Hey, I know you! You’re that delinquent from my high school."
"So! Who are the rest of you?" he questioned. Annie walked over to him and looked at him.
After a bit she put her hand on Boots forehead. Just like Benny crystals began to show on his body. Soon he was wearing a Greek uniform and was Bootes the herdsman. "So you found me. What would you like Princess?" He fell to one knee and asked.
Seeing this the rest of the group also transformed. There were sailors and constellations everywhere. We were lucky because no one was in the park. All the people must have been in class.
"I need you to put the other constellations back in the sky." Andromeda said.
"All of them?" he asked as he stood back up.
"No, not us. Or Pegasus, Major and Minor the dogs, Aquila the eagle, Monoceros the unicorn and Equuleus the colt." Perseus explained.
"All right. Constellation Round-Up!" he called. Soon all of the constellations were in the park. There were animals, mythical creatures, and inanimate objects of all kinds. The only ones missing were the ones Perseus mentioned. Then Bootes concentrated his power and they all turned into stars and went back into the sky. "If you need them all you have to do is call. Only other constellations and the Zodiac Sailors can call upon them." He told us.
Sailor Taurus walked over to him and said, "How about another ride?"
"Sure!" Bootes agreed. Then everyone powered down and went back to what they were doing. We finally had finished our job. I knew that we would be called again, but maybe not for a while.
The End
(Again)