A few hours passed when the boy named Eto had woken up.

Now they were all sitting downstairs at the dining table eating. The rifle of Veronica's father was standing against the wall behind them.

Her father looked serious but calm towards Eto. His gray hair and beard were still ruffled from the incident.

'I'm sorry if I scared you but I have only heard bad things about star shards and their wielders' Veronica's father said calmly while eating from his rice bowl. With every bite, he kept looking at the boy.

Eto was eating like he hadn't eaten for days but when he heard those words he stopped for a second. He looked at his chest where the shard was, now covered with a borrowed tunic.

'No problem. Ehh, I forgot your names again' Eto said while blushing a bit. The smile the boy had earlier reapered.

The Mouth of Veronica’s father also slowly turned into a little smile.

'That's okay. My name is Eugene and my wife here is called Elly,' he said while his wife smiled at the boy. She seemed less stressed than before.

'And my daughter is named Veronica. She was the one that saw you crashing down.'

Veronica was sitting next to Eto, wondering when she could open the topic again. She was like a vulture, lurking over a body, keeping him in eye range.

The boy already explained as much as he could but she still wanted to know more. It almost seemed like she forgot details every time he told the story. Not that there were much details from what he told.

'Sorry for asking again but can you tell us again everything you know?'

'Veronica!' her mother spurred. 'He is tired and he told us already.'

She spoke to her daughter with a serious tone and the boy looked back and forth between them. He swallowed a bite before he spoke.

'That's okay. I'm still curious about it myself.'

He put his bowl down and took a deep breath. His smile disappeared and he gazed in front of him without really looking at someone.

'I don't remember much beforeI came crashing down here. All I know was that I was training with my grandpa to become a holy knight while staying on the planet Green point.' He looked around and everyone kept gazing at him to hear the story again.

‘That was my homeplanet. Well, I think it was,’ and confusion started to take over.

Veronica kept her eyes at Eto, remembering as much as she could about the holy knights he spoke of. They have never reached a planet like Borner but it was told that the holy knights were the guardians of the universe, trained with special skills to defend all the planets against criminals and evil. Her thoughts started to take over but she ignored them as Eto continued to talk.

'I grew up with my grandpa and he has been training me my whole life in preparation to become a holy knight. Not much strange about it. But my last memories are very vague, as if they are shrouded in black haze. One thing I can see is my grandpa laid down as he told me something.'

Eto grabbed his head with both hands and started shaking his head. It looked like he was struggling.

'Why can't I remember what he said?' he asked himself

Veronica and his parents looked at him with sympathy. The thoughts of an evil boy with powers from a star shard soon turned to dust. Eto wasn’t anything like it.

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'And the crash here? You fell from outer space covered in a bright light.

Eto looked at Veronica and shook his head.

'I remember a feeling, like a huge blow but what it is I can't tell. It must have something to do with my arrival and the crash.'

Veronica saw that Eto started to sweat with a troubled look. She could feel her mother watching her as she mentioned the topic again and she felt guilty.

She wanted to change the subject but out of nothing, Eto stood up with a smile on his face.

'Thank you so much for taking care of me and giving me all this delicious food.'

That changed quickly, Veronica thought to herself. Seeing his face, it almost looked like the whole conversation didn’t happen.

Eto looked at Eugene with a smile.

'I'm sorry that you only know bad stories about people with star shards. I got mine when I was little and my grandpa always told me about the days when people used the power of star shards to help people.'

Eugene looked at Eto with a serious face but his mouth soon turned to a smile.

'Thank you Eto, for giving us a new look at star shard users like yourself. It makes me think the galaxy could use more people with your mindset.’

Eto looked at him, bit surprised by his words but nonetheless, his smile stayed on his face.

Veronica tried to not look at the chest of the boy but she was wondering what kind of power Eto would hold if the shard really gave the user power. Her mother started a new topic now everybody was silent.

'Time for a bath' she said, nodding to Eto who laughed and started to smell himself.

'Veronica, could you bring a towel to Eto?' her mother asked her from downstairs.

She had already taken one to the stairs to bring to Eto.

While Veronica walked to the bathroom and laid the towel on the cabinet next to the door, she knocked, ready to say it layed there. Instead the door opened and Eto came out, butt naked.

'Cover yourself first!' Veronica screamed while she walked away, leaving Eto with a puzzled face, not knowing what he did wrong.

A few days passed and while not much of Eto's memories came back, he tried to help Veronica and her parents while recovering from the crash.

They worked together to cover the hole that he created, he helped them feed the animals, cooked dinner where he sometimes ate something already because he couldn't resist.

One week passed since Eto arrived and it almost felt like he belonged there but the main question was asked during dinner.

'So, what are you gonna do now?' Eugene asked Eto. Eugene didn’t look at him this time while he was eating a part of the beans they had prepared.

Eto seemed prepared to answer that question and with full confidence he said: no idea!

Veronica sighed. In the past few days they came to know Eto, knowing he was a lovely boy but all his actions were without thought or a plan.

'Well the best we could do is get you to the town nearby and see if there is any sort of transport to the capital.'

'The capital?' Eto asked while wondering. Eugene nodded as he looked at him.

'The capital of the Emerald cluster on the planet Etoile. There should be someone who can help or bring you back to Green point, and back to your grandpa.'

Edo looked up, lost in his thoughts. He never heard of any other planets before. As far as his memories seemed, he had always been on Green point.

Eto really enjoyed his time here but thinking about returning to his grandpa made him smile and lose a tear. He missed home and he believed he was ready to make the journey back.

'What we can do is that Veronica will bring you to the town Apul near here and there you could look for someone to help you bring you to the capital.'

Eto liked that idea and he smiled. He looked at Veronica who seemed to be suprised by her fathers idea. Eugene nodded at his daughter that that would be the plan. Whatever happened, Eto seemed to enjoy the idea.

He was just about to take a bite when they heard some pops like thunder outside. They all looked at the door but Eugene stood up.

'What could it be?' Elly asked as she watched her husband walk to the door.

Eugene opened the door and walked outside but after a few seconds he returned, looking troubled.

'We got to hide, it's Generation Zero' he yelled and while Elly gasped, Veronica jumped up and ran to the window. When Eto saw what she did, he responded by following her.

Outside, in the distance and high above in the clouds, different starships entered the atmosphere and were trying to land. Every ship that entered the atmosphere, made the sounds of thunder they heard earlier.

They saw the ships in the distance above the trees, trying to land while some stayed in the air.

'Is that where the town of Apul is?' Veronica asked and her father slowly nodded, worried about what was about to happen.

'What is Generation Zero? Eto asked, looking at Eugene.

With a serious face he mumbled 'trouble.'