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Aurora is a twenty-one year old who lives in Yellowstone, Canada. Home of the aurora lights, Yellowstone is the perfect place to study astronomy. Born and raised in Alaska by self-proclaimed hippies, her family has always inspired her to continue her interest in the stars. Little does she know that her years of studying wouldn’t prepare her for this other-worldly phenomenon she would soon discover. A phenomenon that has bright green eyes, an odd personality, and works with her at the university’s planetarium.

AU: star-being!harry x astronomy-student!aurora

HARRY’S POV

Stars. Galaxies. Planets. They are all things that make up infinite universes that separate different worlds from each other. Some for good reason. When worlds collide, what would happen? Would chaos among different breeds and cultures all around the world and galaxies ensue?

Of course it would. Because although people were born on earth, they didn't realize that they, too, were made of stardust and anything that didn't seem possible could very well be. When a star explodes, millions of creatures die. When a star is created, my people are born by the thousands.

So, as for us, we were the lucky ones. My star, Stella Domus, had been unscathed since I was born two thousand years ago and it had been our home ever since. Although our star might have seemed small, we were one of the biggest societies in the galaxy.

My father and mother were the rulers of this particular star and I just so happened to be the next in line to rule, assuming I didn't die before that happened. Although, I had managed to survive this long, so the odds seemed to be in my favor so far.

My parents hadn't told me much about what had been going on, but I'd noticed the whispered conversations in the corridors of the kingdom. I tried my best to ignore it, but it was hard when the tension was so thick I could feel it. It made me want to crawl out of my skin just to get away sometimes. Whenever something was wrong, my body could almost immediately sense it.

Yet there I was, putting one foot in front of the other, as I walked from my bedroom into the main corridor of my parents. The hallways were empty as my footsteps echoed against the marble flooring. I stopped mid-step once I reached the two entry doors and looked up as they towered over me. Its golden handles sparkled against the moonlight outside the windows. With one swift movement, my body leaned against the wooden frame and I turned the knob. The doors swung open and immediately my eyes gazed around the room as I took my first step inside.

I'd been in this room more times than I could count, but I swore I could still get lost in its magnitude. The ceiling stretched so high it would make my feet stumble if I stared too long. I used to dream about flying to the top when I was a child, just to be able to finally be above everyone else.

Gold accents adorned the entirety of the space, looking as magnificent as ever paired with the marble. Golden stars flicked reflections back at me from the walls to the tops of the ceilings. It was as if they were greeting me as I entered, too. It was what I always thought growing up, and I still partially believed it to this day.

I knew my parents had to be around here somewhere, but I was also silently hoping I wouldn't run into them. They'd been so on edge recently that it inadvertently made me on edge. So, preferably, I had been keeping my distance.

Really all I wanted to do was sit on the big couch that out-stretched against the entire wall. My parents used to scold me for sneaking into their area of the kingdom, but they soon gave up. I couldn't help that they had the best spots to relax. Maybe they should have put the couch in my room and we wouldn't have had this issue.

"Evening, Harry." One of the guards said to me with a slight bow, and I gave him a cheeky smile with a wave as I walked by.

"Hello." I coo'd.

"Harry." I heard my father's voice boom through the room which caused me to jump a little as I turned on my heel, my hand on my chest as I breathed out a laugh.

"Dad, you scared me." I looked at his deadpan expression, my smile dropping as I took a few steps back from him. He walked by me with a fierce stride towards the main table.

"We need to talk." He ignored my sentence, my mother following close behind him. She set a soft hand onto my arm as she flashed me a gentle smile. I placed my hand onto hers as I walked with her to the main table and sat down in front of him.

I was the first to sit and I had begun to impatiently tap my fingers against the top of my knee as it bounced. I could tell they were about to talk to me about something, probably scold me. I did my best to think hard about anything I could have done recently to cause this sit-down conversation.

Eventually they both settled in their chairs and they first looked at one another before turning their attention to me. The look on their faces was hard to read and I twitched uncomfortably in my seat because of it.

"Listen, I don't care what Leon said, I didn't use his bar of soap! He's a liar." I blurted out in a huff, pinching the bridge of my nose. "And I think it's a bit unfair that we have the same colored soaps—"

"Harry— God, no. This isn't about your brother." My father groaned, rolling his eyes as he slammed his hands on the table. He was staring at me with a serious look on his face and my face dropped in expression, my lip curling into my mouth as I looked at him.

"Oh, well, yeah." I trailed off. "I was just kidding anyway. What's up?" I shot a smile back at them, placing my hands onto the table. They both looked at one another and back at me, briefly rolling their eyes.

"The war." My father spoke lowly under his breath. He shot another glance back at my mom and she ignored it, spinning back to me with a timid look.

"What about it?" My arms crossed against my chest. I didn't understand why they wanted to sit down with me to talk about this. What did I have to do with it? They had never included me before.

I could tell my father was growing increasingly annoyed as he pleadingly glared at my mom, motioning his hands towards me. I guess it was her turn to talk and I shifted my attention back to her. This was beginning to annoy me, too. They kept talking to me like I was supposed to be getting it when they had hardly said anything.

"Listen honey." My mom softly chimed in before she proceeded to get up from her chair and walked over to me. She knelt down beside me, placing her hand back onto my arm and looked up to meet my eyes.

"Things aren't..." She stopped for a moment to collect her thoughts. "They're not good. Okay, Harry? I know you aren't due to have your first mission for a while, but we're going to need you now."

My hands remained crossed as I peered down at her. I could feel my eyebrows scrunch together in thought. She was still looking at me with the same expression on her face, as if begging me to understand.

"Wait, now?" I shot up from my chair as a new wave of panic began to course through my body. No way was I prepared for this, what made them think I was ready now?

Mom had stood back up, pushing her chair in as she walked to my side. Her hand graced against my back, forcing me to shift my gaze back to her.

"Yes, Harry. We need you. You know we wouldn't ask you this if we didn't think you were ready—"

My dad cleared his throat, cutting her off. It was almost like he was choking on my mom's words and she shot a scolding glare at him. Through clenched teeth she spoke towards him. "Right, dear?"

He paused for a moment, huffing a breath and nodded his head. "Yes, what your mother said."

"Right." She looked at him with a tight smile, turning around on her heel as she placed her hands behind her back. She was thinking carefully about what to say next.

"You know..." She cleared her throat, placing her hands onto the table as she looked back at me. "The light guardians have been spotted on Earth near the aurora lights tonight..."

I stared with a blank expression on my face for a moment, my eyes glancing over at my father briefly then back at my mother. Tension filled the air, so much so that I could have cut it with the sharpest knife in the galaxy.

"They were taken down, but unfortunately some of our people got wounded. They're in urgent care. We really need you to go down to earth to see what we are up against."

"Wait." I interjected, putting my hand up as my eyes went down to the floor, a cheeky smile on my lips as my gaze flicked up to hers. "I'm going to Earth?"

My father let out a sigh as he stood to his feet, leaning over the table slowly. "This does not mean you get to go down there and goof around. You are to go down there, keep talking to humans at a bare minimum, and come back."

"But..." I pointed a finger at him, a grin on my lips. "I get to finally go to Earth."

I had never been to Earth yet and my heart was pounding out of my chest. I had only ever seen humans in pictures, never in real life. Excited was an understatement.

"Harry, honey, listen." My mother placed a hand on my arm, a worried chuckle left her lips as she glanced between me and my father. "Yes, you will be going to Earth. We need you to protect Aurora. Our life depends on it."

My father opened his jacket, slipping out a piece of paper as he slid it across the table. His brows furrowed together as he pointed at the drawing on the paper. "This is what you need to look for. If you see anyone in human form with this on their skin—"

"Is that what the light guardians have on them?" I picked the piece of paper up, inspecting the drawing carefully as I furrowed my brows. My eyes shot over to my mom. "This is what I need to look for?"

"Well, yes and—" She dug into her pocket, pulling out an amulet as she dangled it in front of me. She took my hand and placed it carefully into my palm, closing it and stared into my eyes. "This amulet will momentarily stun any power they have. All you need to do is to point it where the sunlight reflects onto them. This also means you have to act quickly."

"Sweet." I said in excitement, looking down at the blue amulet. It was made of moonstone of different sizes hooked on a chain, but the center opened to reveal two small mirrors.

"Harry, this is serious. Your job is simple." My father made me look at him, his expression deadpanned once again. "Go to earth. Protect the Aurora. Come back. That's it. Don't form any human relationships, don't fuck around. Do your job and come back."

I opened my mouth to say something, but my mom had handed me a key as she talked to me. "This is the key to where you'll be staying. It has the address on it. Just follow the instructions. We need you to go now."

"Okay." I shrugged, shoving the key into my pocket.

Easy enough. Go down, protect Aurora, and come back. Couldn't be too hard. Honestly, I thought that my family would have given me a harder mission, but this sounded like a piece of cake.

The security guard came up from behind me, handing me my coat and I turned around on my heel, grabbing it as I pulled it over my shoulders.

"And I'll be back in a couple of days?"

"You can not stay longer than three days at a time. Our kind can not survive on Earth for that long. Come back and report every three days you are there." My mother looked worried, but still had a tight smile on her lips as she spoke. I was worried too. They didn't even tell me how to find this Aurora.

"Sounds good to me—" I paused as I looked back at my father who stood with a grimace on his face. My mother nudged him with her elbow, muttering something to him under her breath.

"Father? I won't let you down. I'll make sure of it." I said as I walked backwards, showing him the amulet in my hand. A cheeky smile spread on my lips as I put it into my pocket, but then felt my foot stumbled over a cord which almost sent me face-first to the marble flooring.

My father groaned as he pinched the bridge of his nose. I stood up quickly, putting my hands up. "I'm good! I'm good! My bad." I laughed out. "Okay, bye." I ran down the staircase into the corridors.

"He's an idiot." My father muttered under his breath. My mother frowned, crossing her arms over her chest as she walked away from him.

"You could at least give him a chance, love." She said softly before vanishing into her bedroom.

My feet carried me as I ran out the front door of the palace, the ice cold space hit me and I breathed out slowly. I looked over to my left to see the moon next to our home planet, a big smile on my face as I pointed at it, furrowing my brows.

"I won't let ya down, moon. I'm gonna save us all." There was a quiet moment before I spun myself towards Earth, staring at it with wonder in my eyes.

I closed my eyes, feeling the energy running through my toes, up my legs, and shooting through my body as I formed myself into the smallest star. My light shone so bright even the guards had shielded their eyes from it. Within seconds, I felt a rush of adrenaline and blasted off from my planet and straight to Earth. The journey may have seemed short, but I knew it would take seconds for me to get there.

Earth, here I come.

CH 2 RELEASE DATE: 02/09/22

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