Strong as Stone
The Majestic Queen of the O.Z.
Three Two! lovely daughters had she,
One to darkness she be drawn,
One to light she be drawn,
Youngest to watch, strong as stone, I did that. On Sci Fi. Which for some reason has decided to call itself SyFy. Because they’re not just about the science fiction, they’re about rubbish horror movies too.
Double eclipse it is foreseen
Light meets dark with the stone between
But only one and one alone
Shall hold the emerald, melt the stone
And bring the Youngest to the throne.Actually, it’s: ‘hold the Emerald and take the throne’ but hey, it’s only canon.
Katina Gale was raised on the Otherside by an old family friend. Whereas, DG, the so-called ‘Light’ gets a couple of robotic parents instead. She has a happy life, friends, looks, charm. Mary Sue? Naaaah! On her sixteenth birthday, exactly fifteen years after she was smuggled from the O.Z., three cloaked men attack her school, calling for the ‘princess’. Longcoat: Hey, let’s kidnap the princess in broad daylight and many witnesses that may hamper our exit. Other Longcoats: Awesome! She is saved by a strange little old man named Hamilton, who throws her into a tornado. Uhh… thanks, Hamilton. When she wakes, she discovers a war-torn land full of surprises, adventure and strangely enough, cute young Resistance fighters named Jeb. Cute? Young? Sure, Andrew Francis has both of these qualities. But Jeb is Tin Man’s Batman for goodness sake. He’s head of the Resistance. Plus it sounds here like there’s more than one of him. This isn’t BSG. Callum Keith Rennie aside.
Don’t be fooled by the fluffy-sounding summary. The Old Road has never been an easy one to walk.Yeah...
‘I can’t believe you actually believed me! Alison and Rocco hooking up? You’ve got to be kidding!’ an excited female voice shrilled loudly. Slamming poor Alison and Rocco aside, ‘shrilled loudly’, I just bet she did. Giggles followed the statement, the two girls brushing two horses in preparation for a ride. The one who had spoken was slender and of average-height, with dark blonde hair just reaching below her shoulders. She had piercing, icy blue eyes and a permanent smile on her face. This is the Mary Sue. That permanent smile must be painful. On the other hand, her friend was shorter, chubbier, but just as pretty. The latter had flowing black hair, thanks to her Asian mother, olive skin with green eyes. How magnanimous. Sure she’s stubbier than Her Highness but she’s just as pretty. Both girls were already fully awake.
So Mary Sue and pal, Hanna, ramble on about HRH’s dreams about tornados and magic. Which is apparently proof that HRH is LIKE TOTALLY MESSED UP!
Then this: ‘Ugh! It’s too early to think. Come on, let’s just go.’ Katina moaned. Despite the fact they were wide awake.
‘We’re off to see the Wizard!’ they chanted in time, This may look fine, but Mary Sue herself wondered what magic and tornados got to do with each other. skipping to the school building. They received a few strange glances but both just brushed them aside. Neither really cared about popularity, as long as they had a group of friends who sort-of liked them; as much as anyone could like the freaky horse-girl and the orphan. Mary Sues are either insanely popular or popularly insane.
‘Aww, Kitty, come on… I wanna make those senior boys jealous!’ he whined- using Katina’s hated nickname. The last guy to call her that ended up with a broken nose, Tomboy!Sue but Jay just had the back of his head slapped again. He faked a wince and poked his tongue out at Katina. No, dear, nobody fakes a wince when they’re smacked in the back of the head. It mightn’t be painful but still, they wince.
Cue Scary Old Man, aka Hamiliton.
The man jumped madly and slipped inside quickly, slamming the door behind him. The sound made him jump again, and he looked ready to faint. Most people were whispering and giggling by now, including Hanna and Jay. Katina though watched him dart forward to whisper in Ms Harpe’s ear, straining to hear what was said. She had a knot of panic in her stomach. Psychic!Sue!
Ms Harpe snapped, looking entirely too pleased at the prospect. Snapped =/= pleased.
Scary Old Man drags her into a supply closet. Fortunately, not in a naughty way. She's saving that for Jeb.
The fear remained, but now she wanted to know how this strange little man knew about her locket. It was a supposedly magic stone encased in gold, hanging above her bed. Her Papi had told her that her mother had given it to her as a last gift, and that it would reunite the two when the time was right. Only Hanna and Jay knew about it, beside Papi and Katina. Because nobody else cares.
Mary Sue takes off from Scary Old Man, ending the chapter. It’s not finished yet, but the author hasn’t abandoned it.