The Zodiac Trails

Chapter 1

As I'm on my knees praying to the Capricorn goddess for luck tomorrow morning. My purple eyes gaze upon this beautiful statue. It has long hair and she has goat horns and a mermaid tail. Just like she comes out of a Greek statue. It was my 18th birthday and the beginning of my trails to become the Goddess Capricorn. I was the lucky Capricorn to be born first in the 82nd year of the council. Meaning I had my spot first. I have gone through special training with 11 other girls and 11 boys as Capricorns. There will be 288 kids tomorrow meeting up in this ballroom. It's going to be weird because none of the girls Capricorns have ever seen the boys before. It's because we are separated in boarding schools for girls then a boarding school for boys. The only thing to guide us through are the spirit of our zodiac signs. Kind of like werewolves but they are our counterparts. I sadly don't have one. Mine hasn't contacted me yet

There are 12 Zodiacs in total. Aquarius, Pisces, Cancer, Virgo, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Leo, Gemini, Libra, Aries, Taurus, and Capricorn. We have all pretty much been sheltered from the others. before this Test. The only ones I've ever known are the Capricorn girls. so we're going to be awkward young adults fighting for immortality. I have a feeling it's going to be...a little chaotic. I don't know very much about the other zodiacs. I just need to survive until the end.

I feel the emotions bubbling in my heart. I feel like my heart is on fire and I'm being suffocated. I have been worried. What happens if you fail one of the trials? I know the Goddesses and Gods give a special task for each young adult. Most tasks are to set up the young adults to test your willingness to be the very best god and goddess you can be. The chosen 24 are pretty much picked from the beginning. You are given a special fragment that will make you immortal and the ones that give you these fragments are the Gods and Goddess themselves.

We go through trials together then the special tasks we go through it alone. 1 Capricorn girl says she has felt the magic of the Goddess fragment inside her. We are working hard on being prepared. I will only believe it once I see it.

My Goddess Capricorn, May I ask for your strengths and determination during these trails. As I bathe in your glory and beauty. As you are the hardworking and noble goddess with her honesty and integrity. You have always been intelligent, logical, successful, and you are devoted to your followers. Never let your feelings show. Not a worry wrinkles your brow. You are stonefaced.

I sigh out loud and I look up at the mermaid goat. "You know...I admire your beauty. I still don't know what these words mean. I have been sheltered all of my life. All of us are. I know you gave us these prayers for a reason. I follow everything to a T. I go through so much to succeed as your successor with no promise that I am your successor. What if everything I've ever been trained for was all for nothing? Everyone's eyes are on us, but sometimes I forget you went through these same trails 100 years ago. My heart is heavy with worry. I guess talking to a statue isn't going to help. Every time I talk to you it just feels like you are lifting worries. I can't wait to see what tomorrow in stores."

"Lilith...its time to go to bed. Only so much praying can do for you. Believe in yourself." Melanie says in a soft voice trying not to wake up the others that are asleep. I walk over to her and look her in the eyes. "Did you have any luck to hear from your Capricorn counterpart?"

" Yes." I lied to her.

Everyone has talked to their Capricorn spirits but me. It's going to be hard to go through the trails without her. We walk to our room in silence because before we know it, we will be head to head with each other.

I and Melanie since best friends ever since we opened our eyes. She's the only one I could trust around here. When you guys are working on the same goal and there can only be one successor it's kind of hard not to despise and hate each other. I used to tell her everything that was on my mind until I turned 15 and realized that our friendship was going to set us up for failure. So I started opening up less and less. I became more reserved. I can tell it hurts her. It's what's best for both of us. The last thing I need her to think about is if we had to kill each other.

"Tomorrow is going to be heavy but also breathtaking. We have been looking forward to this our whole lives and we're going to be staring at it. Also...I wish you an early happy birthday. I think it's cool that the ceremony is on your birthday." She said trying to break the barriers between us.

"Tomorrow is going to be...stressful. We are going to be going through a year of processes. I wish you the best of luck. I'm really nervous." I start feeling a migraine coming on. My nerves are so shot.

We walked into our room with suitcases ready for tomorrow. We can never look back to our past. We have to keep moving forward. There's so much I want to apologize to Melanie. I can't bring myself to say anything. I can do this. I wish everyone the best of luck. Everyone is going to need it.