Splitting Voices

(a collab by Kat2wind2archer & Fireflows)

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"Lunar, come watch the stars with me"

The kangaroo stared out the bedroom window, leaning out as a light breeze entered the room. I opened my eyes, rolling over on the bed to look at my brother properly. I smiled fondly, watching  his eyes shine in the moonlight. He always looked so happy at night, when it was quiet. The only light was reflected of the moon, a beautiful silver covering the land. He always loved the stars, or space in general.

Before the Jamaa war began, we used to both lay down in the backyard, eyes open while the sun slept. The two of us pointed out constalations, or named the stars. All jammers owned names, to have a tittle, to be called something. Everything that exists is named, to not be forgotten. A tree, a butterfly, a house, a family. So, to us, it only seamed fair that the other stars also got named.

A black blanket of yellow stars, that blew far away when war began.

When nobody could be friends anymore, when all the jammers started falling out of place, turning againced each other.

It was as if all those beautiful stars, that lived high up in the black sky, started falling. All exept me and Saturn- brother and sister. Kangaroo and Lemur. Saturn and Lunar.

We kept loving each other dearly,

even if the stars refused to shine so brightly,

even though we were never sure if today would be our last day.

"Why? It's like... one or two in the morning. Why aren't you sleeping?" I asked, yawning. I raised my eyebrows when I didn't hear an answer. Instead of asking him again, I sat up on the bed, the covers slipping of me. Shivering, I huged my chest to keep me warm.

It must be freezing outside.

"Satrun- close the window, we'll get a cold." I warned him, pulling the blankets around me again. The wind whistled when passing through the window, before quieting down to a faint hush.

The wind was whispering, like it did all those years ago.

Finally, he turned his head, his eyes meeting mine. I just pulled the blanket up to my chin.

"Come here- bring the blanket if you want. I wanna watch the stars with you again" he muttered, sending me a smile before turning back to the stars. Huffing, I stood up, the blanket draped over my back as I made my way over next to him.

When I sat down and settled to look out the window, I felt him move over to hide under the blanket with me. I pouted, seeing as this was my blanket- I was the one cold, not him. But I didn't have the heart to steal the covers back, so I let him snuggle up next to me.

I looked up towrds the window, my breath stopping for a moment.

It was beautiful.

The rooftops of the town's dens were decorated with milions of small fireflies, fluttering in the treetops. They lit up the roads that weathed inbetween the shops and houses, creating a large maze. The sky held the same black blanket of yellow stars, a little more dim then before, but still just as beautiful. They didn't look out of place, didn't look as if any of them had fallen. The moon was just as bright, bringing all the stars to life. It was almost as if nothing every changed.

I almost believed that it didn't.

"Pick a star" Saturn muttered next to me, as I huddled closer next to him. looking up at all of the stars, I noticed one that caught my eye, and pointed at it.

"That one." I heared him chuckle, before a slightly stronger breeze started to blow. Tightening the blankets around the both of us, I asked him why he was laughing.

"That's Neptun- named after the god of water. Which, doesn't match you at all" he laughed again, as I grimaced.

There was that one time mother took us to Crystal Sands- somewhere in the South of Jamaa. It was horribly hot, so me and Saturn spent most of the days there in the water. But, the more time we spent in the water, we'd notice more fish in the sea- untill one day, some kind of fish started trailing behind us. It was quiet confusing, seeing as, well, what fish trail after tourists? Ends up the fish bit me, and I was sick for the next week. Got the stomach flue from a fish.

I still had no idea how, or why that happened, but I didn't enjoy swimming in the sea as much after that. It doesn't mean I didn't love the beautiful sunset that we'd watch everyday, reflecting itself of the blue water.

"...I'm never going to go into the sea ever again" I muttered, before realising what I said.

Niether of us knew if it would even be possible to see the sea again. It wasn't something we'd think about a lot, seeing as it was touchy topic.

Death and war were always touchy topics, I guess.

I'd actually really like to see the sea one more time-

I didn't take any picutres last time.

"Hush, we'll see it again. I promise" he whispered, as I simply stayed quiet.

It was hard to keep promises nowdays; you never knew who'd stab your back, who'd stay till the end. I didn't see the point in promises anymore.

"I also promise; I won't ever leave you. We need to keep each other, trust each other. Even if the stars will all fall, even if the moon and sun don't shine, I'll be by your side. And, well, I hope you'll be by mine. You've always helped me, and always have been a good sister to me. I hope... we'll be able to help each other in the future, too. We'll be those two stars who'll refuse to fall with the others. We'll grab all the light from the moon, to shine the brightest, to show everyone that we'll stay in the stars, that we won't fall"

Suddenly I felt him hug me, the blanket slipping of the both of us slightly. Surprised by his sudden speach, I froze for a second, before hugging him back tightly. I could feel his claws digging into my back, but I couldn't bring myself to pull away. I just hugged him tighter, tears atempting to spill from my eyes.

"I promise I'll always try to help you. We'll both go see the sea one last time. Not now, not in a year, but sometime. When we'll both be happy, when all the stars will shine a little brighter."

I heard him laugh, before squeazing me tighter.

But it was hard to keep promises nowdays; you never knew who'd stab your back- or if anyone would stay 'till the end.

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I remember one time when Jupiter and I had went to the pool.

He dived in first, splashing me with water. I laughed, and Jupiter did signals for me to dive in. I waited a few minutes before I jumped in, timing it just right so I could find the right place to jump and not drown.

When I jumped in, we both kept splashing each other with water, laughing our way in and out of the pool.

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I sat next to Saturn, drumming my pen on the edge of my desk. We were ment to write a new song- we got one week to show all we've got. Which, is why the both of us were stressing. Seeing as getting any job these days was hard, we ended up being luckier then most, one of our friends ended up asking if we had any musical talents- the both of us ended up being pretty decent at singing, managing to capture plenty of attention. Music wasn't well knowen, so being a musician came with flaws, yet had it's positives. It payed well- and at moments, it was even fun. But at times like these, it was stress that usually attacked us. Saturn would often panic a little bit, but we'd get back on course in a matter of minutes.

hat rymes with 'Cloak'?" he suddenly asked, leaning over my shoulder to peer down at my notebook.

"What rymes with 'Cloak'?" he suddenly asked, leaning over my shoulder to peer down at my notebook.

"Bloke, Soak. I take it you have a idea?" I raised an eyebrow, as he bit his lip and nodded. He seamed to be debating on which words to use.

"Maybe; 'The Rain tumbles and breaks upon my black cloak, leaving my soul to stand still and soak" he advised, as I nodded.

"Any more lines to add? We haven't wrote a short song ever, and this is going to be the first time." I said, as Saturn nodded.

"But why not go through change?" he asked.

"Change is..... frightening...." I replied unsteadily. Saturn nodded, but he didn't seem to understand.

Even though we were close, and often thought the same way, we wouldn't be able to agree on certain things. We tried best to look from the others point of view, but it was often troubling, therefor we'd usually work around the problem, suggesting ways we'd both be comfortable using.

Even though we were close, and often thought the same way, we wouldn't be able to agree on certain things. We tried best to look from the others point of view, but it was often troubling, therefor we'd usually work around the problem, suggesting ways we'd both be comfortable using.

"We've got a few lines, we can make this the chorus, while we'll sing the rest. Maybe Amii will let us use her guitar soundtrack as a background again" I suggested, leaving the pencil on the paper, leaning back on my chair. Saturn let out a hum, before picking up his own paper. But before he could walk over to show me it, the door on the far left of the room opened, a loud creak echoing through the room.

Ah, yes, we'd have to add that to the list of things to fix.

" 'Mam- and sir- Madam Zdrada is here to speak to you- the proposition about the Jamaa tour, I believe. She'll be in the guest room, and she asks for you three to meet as quickly as possible."

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