Prologue
"What are those lights in the sky, grandpa?" asked a young female voice.
"Hm? you mean the stars?" replied an adult male voice.
"Stars? w-what are those?"
"Honestly my dear, i could tell you exactly what they are but you'd be bored to tears" the man chuckled and sat down on the grass. "c'mere let me tell you a little something"
A young pink puffball walked over to the the older puffball's side and plopped down next to him. "What is it grandpa?"
"What if i told you that one day you will be able to see those lights in the sky and many other amazing things?"
The pink puffball gasped happily and her eyes widened. "No way!"
"Indeed" Grandpa agreed. "Once you're older, you'll be able to travel the galaxies, discovering many other worlds that are out there"
"worlds? you mean there's more besides ours?" the young girl asked
"Yes Aerrion. Countless worlds exist throughout the universe. As a traveler, I got to see many of them. Boy, were they beautiful!" he chuckled, reminiscing his old adventures. "But if we were to put them down on a list, i haven't seen almost nothing compared to how many other things are out there"
"Grandpa...will you come with me to those worlds?" Aerrion asked.
Grandpa turned towards the her with a warm smile and moved one of his arms around her to hold her close. "No matter what, i'll always be there with you..cheering you on with any adventure that comes your way"
Aerrion nuzzled against her grandfather, satisfied with his answer. She looked up towards the stars, Her eyes glittered from all the star lights and a smile appeared on her face as she began to imagine the countless worlds she would find in the future.
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13 Years Later
Saron Star, A small planet located in a not so far away galaxy. The planet is often visited by tourists around the universe for its renowned culture to be mainly derived from Music. As one were to walk down the street, peaceful melodies could be heard throughout the city. The citizens of the planets were puffballs of many sizes and colors. On that particular day, the streets were decorated with musical lights. It was an annual celebration of a traditional festivity the planet always carried out since its very beginning.
Meanwhile, at one of the largest buildings in the planet, there was a window with the view of the entire place. Behind this window, there was a young, female puffball who was gazing upon the happy city below her.
"Another Year..." she sighed before frowning and turned to her side where there was a picture of her when she was younger with her grandfather. "This would be a much happier moment if you were here...with me grandpa" Aerrion walked over to touch it but was startled when she heard the doors open. "Huh?"
"Miss Aerrion, pardon for barging in like that-" A maid stammered
"Hey, its alright Nana" Aerrion nodded with a smile. "whats the problem?"
"Miss...the..Emperor wants to speak with you about tonight"
"The Emperor?!" Aerrion's jaw dropped and she began to look nervous. "Uh um..tell him i'll be down in a minute!"
"Y-Yes miss. R-Right away" Nana scurried out of the room
Aerrion watched Nana leave and rubbed the side of her head with a puzzled look on her face. "Thats new..why would the Emperor want to see ME?" she shrugged and began getting ready.
"S-Sir! She will be down in a few" Nana told the Emperor once she made it downstairs.
"Very well, I'll wait" he agreed before looking at the surroundings carefully. "Quite the place Aerrion has, huh?"
"Y-yes" Nana replied nervously
"Well Deserved too, I enjoyed her musical performances at the StarBall few weeks ago" He smiled, remembering the event.
"Im here! Sorry for the wait Emperor" Aerrion called out as she ran down the stairs and walked over to him. Once before him, Aerrion curtsied and then smiled up at him.
"Oh no, no need for the formality" the Emperor chuckled. "You may call me Chuck"
"Uh...Its kind of awkward since you're the ruler of Saron" Aerrion grinned nervously.
"I suppose.." The Emperor shrugged. "Any way, back to why Im here. I wanted to ask you a big favor"
"What might that be Sir?"
"Your performance at the Star Ball was amazing. Truly remarkable" The Emperor complimented.
Aerrion smiled brightly and had a small blush on her cheeks. "Gosh, well...Thanks Sir. That means alot coming from you"
"I was hoping if you could perform at the ceremony tonight" The Emperor suggested
Aerrion and Nana's jaw dropped and the exchanged looks before looking back at the Emperor.
"What do you say? You've worked so hard over the years to get where you are right now. This is only a little step up from what will come later on to you" he smiled
"Uh-Uh-I-Well-" Aerrion mumbled
"SHE'D LOVE TO!" Nana blurted out
"Nana!" Aerrion exclaimed
"Aerrion!" Nana replied back
"Chuck!" The Emperor chimed in with a wide grin but then pulled away, seeing the girl's funny stares and tried to put a serious face. "Pardon.."
Aerrion blinked and turned to Nana. "I..."
"Come On Aerrion! If anyone can give a spectacular performance at the Ceremony, its you." Nana encouraged with a bright smile
Aerrion stared at her for a bit and turned to the Emperor who had the same begging face as Nana. "uh..." Aerrion let out a sigh and smiled a bit. "I guess i got no other choice..." she said. "Why not? it should be fun"
Nana and the Emperor cheered and then they realized that Aerrion was staring at them and they tried to compose themselves again.
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Later that evening, meanwhile in space. There was a camouflaged fleet hovering nearby Saron.
"Sir Hexio! We got it!" a shady man in a suit informed his boss. "Saron Star is in a fair distance, ready to invade at any time"
"Excellent..." A large man smirked while sitting on a chair that was in the middle of the control room, surrounded by cameras that displayed the city. "Now what information was gathered?"
"Today is their main festivity, which means there will be plenty of talented species" The shady man explained
"What did I say? I dont want an entire farm of freakshows. I need the best! otherwise that will not give me anything at the Galatic-"
"Sir, Look!" the shadyman called out as a flyer covered one of the cameras
"Hm?" Hexio slowly inched into the screen and read the poster that was promoting the event and it displayed a photo of Aerrion, indicating that she was going to perform at the ceremony.
"Hm...This Aerrion...Puffball..." Hexio said to himself. "I've heard of her quite a few times but the fact that she's performing under orders of their ruler.."
"It means she's awesome!" the shady man cut in.
"Hmph. Not only that, The puffball species are very rare to find, specially one with such talent" He moved away from the Screen. "The ceremony will begin in a matter of hours. Get everyone ready, we will invade and take her right after her 'test performance' " Hexio smirked and chuckled as he stared at the flyer on the screen
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Back In Saron,
Aerrion finished getting ready for the ceremony. She smiled at herself in front of the mirror before turning towards the city. The lights from the streets were brighter than usual and random balloons flew in the sky. "I cant believe it..." Aerrion thought with a small smile and she turned towards the picture of her and her grandfather. "Its coming true Grandpa, I have a feeling this is the door to the many adventures that I'm going to experience..just like you told me...that night.." Aerrion's eyes glistened a bit from the happy memory and she quickly cleaned the small tear on the side of her eye. "I will make you proud Grandpa. I promise!" she said confidently.
"Miss Aerrion! Its time to go!" Nana announced from the door.
"Show time" Aerrion said to herself before walking to the door to meet up with Nana so they could leave.
