Amber watched as everyone sat down and Chiron scanned the campers. Making sure no one was missing. Blake. Chiron's eyes met hers and she looked away. He headed for her. Before he could say anything she blurted,"I don't know where she is, she ran off."
Chiron frowned at her. "You must right your wrong. Find her." He trotted out and Amber knew better than to stay.
They headed for the forest and she heard a sob. She rearranged her face. Unfeeling. Not concerned. Chiron bowed before the girl, folding his legs under him. He tilted Blake's head up towards him.
"What's wrong child?"
Amber stared at the trees beyond them working to look cold and detached.
It had become a joke between the two of them since Amber found that Astraea was the name for the "star bright" goddess transformed into the constellation Virgo. "Hello, Aurea Puella in Media Nocte!" Amber's face lit up as she laughed. Golden girl in the middle of the night. It was perfect for her. She bumped Amber with her elbow. "Race ya!" She ran as fast as she could but the other girl got there sooner. "No fair! Your taller and I'm cursed to be in a child's body for much longer. My legs aren't nearly as long as yours."
Amber flicked her nose. "No excuses!" She headed towards her own table, flicking her hair over her shoulder and waving in a single motion as she did so.
Astraea's hand went self-consciously to her own hair. It was tangled and messy, unlike Amber's perfect, straight hair that never seemed to fly around that much. She put her hand down but not before tucking her hair behind her ear and going to sit down at Hebe's table.
