They had told her she couldn't do it. There was no way she was going to get over the top of it. She was way too short. Her growth spurt had already come and gone. Some things just weren't meant to be.

As for Amaryllis Arcadia St. Grey, she didn't believe them one bit.

It was just after hours and Aura was standing outside the practice field, a large chained fence the only barrier between her and her goal. She could see it from here. The vault was still there waiting for her to try again. She would make it this time. She was sure of it. If she jumped just right, they said, she would feel like she was flying.

The young girl knew it was not right to scale the fence and enter without permission, but her lithe form could easily accomplish the feat. She was an excellent climber. She had been ever since she was a child. Fearless, it seemed, too.

She dropped down with ease and her bright blue eyes scanned the area. The place seemed empty compared to how it was during the first day of try-outs. She'd make the team. She just needed more practice, that's all. Her sister had said as much. Although she doubted this is what her twin had meant by it. The two had differing opinions on what rules were for.

Now she just needed to locate the vaulting poles and she was set.

That was when she heard a cry. She turned her head around for the source and her messy white hair fell in her face as it was apt to do. She could just barely see the forms of two people in the distance. Had she been caught already?

Someone. Please. Help me.

No. It was clear. It was a call for help. She had to do something!

Aura was about to sprint in the direction of the voice. She was fast. She could get there in time. What she would do once there was something she wasn't one to think about.

Luckily, she wasn't alone.

"You have a pure heart, but a pure heart alone will not always be enough."

There was a cat walking silently across the fence. Except that it wasn't truly silent. It had been the one that had spoken.

Maybe she had really made a mistake sneaking out here this evening.

"You want to help her, correct? That is why you were prepared to run directly into danger without a thought. You will need this as well as your strength and your speed."

There was was a shining rod the size of a small pen before her and her heart, pumping with adrenaline just a moment before, almost stopped. The magical object was calling to her. It was calling her heart.

"It senses your true heart and wants to awaken the potential inside you. Now! Speak the words. 'Alpha Leporis Power, Make-up!'"

The light came into her heart and her heart responded. A fierce wind engulfed her and she could feel it fill her body and surround her form like a ribbon. She felt like she was flying.

Aura now stood before the cat with a new power following through her body and her eyes shone with a fire.

"I knew there was a reason I have been following you. You have the heart of a guardian. You probably already know what to do."

It was true. Aura knew exactly what she needed to do. It was as if some supernatural instinct was telling her. The outfit she now wore was like warpaint.

The cat's forehead shone with a lavender star as he howled to the moon and the newly reborn solider ran to fulfill her destiny.

And it really was like she was flying.

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