2.1

The warm spring breeze ruffled our hair as we sat and stared forlornly at our homework. It really sucked to have to do homework when it was so nice out, but what choice did we have? We all had pretty big dreams. I wanted to become a CEO, and to even be considered for job-shadowing next year I needed very  good grades in all of my classes. Mint wouldn't exactly share what his dream was, all he said was that his father had ensured him a position of power. It almost made me nervous to think what the Winters family did to achieve and stay in power.

"This is so hard."

I looked over at Razzy and smiled sympathetically. The homework was fairly simple to me, and Mint wasn't having too much trouble with it either... But we were smarter than Razzy. As bad as it sounded, she simply hadn't inherited her father's intelligence. Not to say she is stupid, far from it, she just isn't really cut out for the advanced courses that Mint and I take. She worked so much harder than the two of us to earn B's and C's. I really respected her for it.

"What are you having trouble with this time?" 

 Mint's harsh voice cut across my thoughts and I glared at him. It wasn't that  he was trying to be mean to Razzy. He was just impatient and rough around the edges. He cared for Razzy almost as much as I did, and I knew he didn't hurt her feelings on purpose. I wish she would understand it too, but every time I tried to explain it she just shrugged.

"I can't figure out number ten."

Razzy always went much slower on her homework than we did. The homework had twenty questions. I was finishing up nineteen, and a look at Mint's paper told me he was starting on eighteen.

"Let me see your paper."

I watched for a moment as Mint began to explain to Razzy what she did wrong. Most of the time she didn't have to be told twice, she just didn't pick up on it in class because the teachers moved so fast.

It didn't take long before both Mint and I were finished with our homework. We didn't sit around and wait for Razzy to finish, we used to, but she got mad about it so we don't anymore. Instead Mint and I like to play catch while she finishes up. She doesn't like to play catch anyway. She doesn't really like any of the things we do... She just doesn't have any female friends to hang out with.

Once Razzy finished up her homework it was getting close to 6 PM. All of our families had dinner around that time, so that meant that we all needed to be heading home. Well, most of the time anyway. I had made plans to stay with Razzy tonight. Mint was always invited, but Razzy's father made no effort to hide his contempt for Mint's family. In fact, he was openly rude and hurtful to Mint. I didn't blame him for not going to Razzy's house.

She looked over at me, "Are you ready?"

"Yeah, of course." We both waved goodbye to Mint and set off toward Razzy's house.

 When we walked through the front door it was the same cold, empty environment as it always was. Doctor Jagger was rarely home, working as many hours as he possibly could. It wasn't that he had to work long, tedious shifts all the time. He chose to.

Razzy sighed as she made her way into the kitchen.

"What do you want for dinner?"

I followed her and sat down on one of the counters.

"Anything is fine."

She nodded and started pulling ingredients out of the cabinets. Razzy was an excellent cook, even better than my mom. She'd been cooking for herself since she was nine years old. Her dad.. Well... He really shut down after her mom died. Maybe it was because he couldn't save her, I don't know. What I do know is he had no excuse to stop being a father to Razzy. But he did. He started working as much as possible, ignoring Razzy. She's pretty much been fending for herself her entire life.

We ate dinner in silence. Razzy and I had fallen into a routine. She stayed at my house twice a week and I stayed at her house twice a week. Even if I wasn't staying the night sometimes I would come home with her. I knew she was lonely. Not only that, but she's a bit of a 'fraidy cat. She hates being home alone after dark. She always has, and Jagger knows it. But he does nothing to try and be home so she won't be afraid.

"Being afraid of the dark is impractical for someone your age, Shiraz. You'll have to learn to get over it."

Thinking about the cold, stoic way he'd muttered those words to her still caused anger to burn in my gut. I shouldn't have to take care of Razzy the way I do. But I do. Sometimes its all I can do to keep my mouth shut when he does decide to come home.

I spread my sleeping bag out on the floor as Razzy slid underneath her covers. I was allowed to stay with her and she was allowed to stay with me as long as we didn't sleep in the same bed. This was the agreement that our parents reached a few months after I met Razzy. I figured it was pretty fair. After all, we were teenagers. Most teenagers were interested in sex... But I would never take advantage of Razzy like that. She was my best friend.

"G'night, Cos."

"Night, Razzy."

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A/N: Sorry these chapters have been so short :/ Especially compared to Moon's chapters I feel like they are terribly short. Maybe they will get longer... Or maybe Cos will just have shorter chapters, but more chapters than Moon did. We'll just see.

2.0 - Prologue

My name is Cosmic Sky Whisper, and I'm fifteen years old. I guess you could say that I have a pretty good life. I mean, excluding the fact that my real dad didn't want me. Yeah, that's something I wish I never would have found out. I haven't spied on my mom since then. It really hurt, ya know? Cause I'm not exactly stupid, Brink obviously isn't my real dad... But I thought that maybe my real dad died in a fire saving me and mom or something. Nah. He's just a berryhole who didn't want me.

And Mom thinks that's why I "pick" on Castro so much, but it isn't really. No one will believe me when I tell them that Castro is a little prick, but he is! He is mean to Sakuya and Azalea all the time, but he somehow gets away with it. It's really unfair, and it is why I've started picking on him more lately. I get in trouble for it with Mom and Dad, but I don't care. Castro deserves it.

As far as school goes, I've always been a really smart and ambitious kid. I'm the type of person who will do homework right when I walk through the door. It always feels good to have everything done and have the rest of the day to do whatever I want. Not only that, but nothing makes me happier than receiving an 'A' on a piece of homework. Seriously. I can't stand failure, but thankfully passing isn't really a problem for me. I can blow through school so easily that Razzy and Mint get angry at me.

I suppose I should introduce you to my two closest friends.

I met Green Mint Winters when I was seven years old. He attended the "rich kids" school in Sugar Valley for the first two years of his education, but he got kicked out for being so mean. I can be a bit of a berryhole myself, but I am nothing compared to him. It is almost like he has no conscience at all. The teacher sat him next to me on his first day of class. I introduced myself and just like that I had a new best friend. He and I really click, and I honestly couldn't ask for a more loyal friend.

My parents don't really like him because he is too much like his father, but they just don't understand. The Winters family might be underhanded, sneaky, and cruel... But they have a set of morals they live by. It is much better to have them as friends than enemies or even acquaintances. Mint would lay his life down for me in a second due to the code that he lives by. I don't even know if I would return that kind of favor.

And then I have my more recent best friend. Her name is Shiraz Amethyst Gum, and her father is the famed Doctor Jagger. He is the only doctor in town willing to do the more "risky" or difficult surgeries and everyone absolutely adores him. I hate him though. The way he treats Razzy is unacceptable, but I guess I'm the only one who knows about that.

Razzy and I didn't meet until I was fourteen. She was home-schooled until high school, and she had absolutely zero social skills on her first day of school. In fact, she and I didn't even have any classes together... I just noticed her crying outside during lunch break. I'm not exactly known for my compassion, and sometimes when I'm having a bad day I can be almost as mean as Mint, but for some reason my heart when out to her. I walked up to her, asked her what was wrong, and the rest is history. Everyone is too afraid to pick on her now. After all, no one wants to get on mine or Mint's bad side.

Anyway, I suppose that's all I have to say. There isn't a lot going on in my life right now, after all. I don't even have a girlfriend.

Results...

The poll has concluded with a total of 25 people voting! I'm pretty pleased with that number and I would like to thank everyone who voted (:

Cosmic Sky ended up with 15 votes & Sakuya Star ended up with 10. I think you all know what that means: Cosmic will be taking over as the heir for Generation Two! If everything goes to plan, I will actually getting pictures for his prologue tonight :D I probably won't be posting until tomorrow though. I already have a plot in mind for him, and I'm excited about it. I hope everyone enjoys it! Oh, and his spouse will be purple hehe.

PICTURES OF COSMIC'S CHILDHOOD:

 

Generation Two - Heir vote

Our first option for heir would be the lovely Cosmic Sky Whisper. The fact that his father didn't want him is something that bothers him every day. Moon tried to protect him from the ugly truth, but Cosmic is very smart and easily figured it out through a bit of eavesdropping. It tore his world apart when he found out the truth, and because of it he has turned into a very angry teenager. Most of his anger is directed at his younger brother, Castro. He is a bit of a lady's man, and since he's feeling a little stone-hearted right now... He'll probably break a few hearts before he snaps out of it. If he snaps out of it.

He will become the CEO of a mega-corporation as stipulated by Generation two of DITFT challenge.

And our second choice for heir would be the beautiful Sakuya Star Whisper. She is a bit whimsical, she always has her head in the clouds. Ever since she was little she has had a fantastic imagination. She has never been very good at making friends, in fact, her only friends are her brothers. Unlike most twins, she isn't particularly close to her sister Azalea. In fact, the two can't get along at all. They are complete opposites and Azalea is embarrassed to be seen around Sakuya. Sakuya's feelings are easily hurt, and her sister's behavior causes her pain every day.

Sakuya will be become a star news anchor as stipulated by Generation Two of the DITFT challenge.

1.12 - Epilogue

I smiled sadly as I laid a hand on my swollen stomach. A lot had happened in the past years. Things that made me stronger, but it was strength I'd had to suffer for. After I left Mulberry, things weren't all happiness and sunshine. Mulberry started drinking heavily, he let himself go, stopped supporting himself. I couldn't help but to feel guilty. In the divorce I easily got custody of Cosmic. Whisper testified that I had a place to keep him for as long as I needed, that he would be taken care of. Orchid testified about how terrified I was to tell Mulberry about my pregnancy. In the end, though, what made the custody battle so easy was that Mulberry didn't really want Cosmic anyway.

Cosmic, for the most part, has had a good life. He can barely remember living with Mulberry and calls Brink Daddy. He loves his Granny Whisper and his Papa Tacha. Of course, his aunts Lily, Rosee, and Orchid are on his list of favorite people as well. Unfortunately, he doesn't get to see them much anymore.

The only thing I even remotely dislike about my life is that we had to move, pretty far away. Mulberry was harassing me, practically stalking me. Sometimes, he would get really angry and hit me. For a long time I resisted going to the cops about it, but Brink eventually pretty much forced me when I came home with the bruises. Even a restraining order wouldn't keep him away, though, and the cops told me it would be best for me to move. I was going to go on my own, I didn't want to take Brink away from his family, but we were engaged by that point and he insisted. That's the main reason I dislike living in Sugar Valley, Brink had to leave his family to move here. Of course, Brink and his family had lived here before. That's why we moved here, he missed it. So, I guess it isn't all bad.

He is the best husband a girl could ask for, he is the man of my dreams. He is an absolutely wonderful father, and never loses his temper with the boys.. Even when I'm about to! He is amazingly patient, not only with them, but with me as well. Sometimes, I wonder what would have happened if I had danced with him at prom that night. Would things have turned out differently?

I allowed myself to chuckle. Here I was, a 37 year old woman, thinking about prom.

I lovingly stroked my stomach as I thought about the wedding. We were new to Sugar Valley at the time, we didn't really know anyone, so we had a private wedding on the beach. It was so much less fussy, so much more romantic. I loved it. It was on that night that little Castro had been created. My second unplanned pregnancy went so much better, though. Brink had been thrilled, and Whisper just as much. They visited on Castro's first birthday, and stayed a few days. It was nice to catch up with everyone, even if the house was cramped.

My little girls would be here any day now. I was so happy when I'd found out that I would be having a girl. I loved my boys very much, but I'd always wanted a little girl to baby. Brink and Castro were also excited about their arrival... Cosmic not so much. He and Castro didn't really get along, I think it has something to do with the fact that Brink is Castro's "real" father. Of course, Cosmic is at a difficult age. Being a teenager can be a lot harder when you have things to overcome... I just hope he'll be okay.

I sucked a breath in sharply when a familiar pain rolled through my abdomen. I placed my hands on either side of my stomach.

"Brink! It's time!"

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A/N: And so, the first generation has rolled to an end ): In my other post, I have explained why things were cut so short. I hope this post made sense, and please check out my tumblr to find out more about Moon's life (: I will be posting an heir vote shortly.