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Asteria (Greek) - Goddess of the stars. Asteria was the goddess of falling stars. Asteria was named after the goddess of the stars, a reminder of the star sprinkles that covered her body. Some might say she was a baking accident gone wrong, but her creation was no mere mistake. She was created in a lab, only able to see the light of day after her escape. No one knew what really happened that night, but a lot of "specimens" got loose. Red emergency lights filled the halls and glass shattered. She was free. The nights after that were spent in the shadows, a freak that wasn't meant to be seen. Asteria would scavenge for what little she could find, bread crumbs were worth their weight in gold. However, life on the streets was still better than life in the lab. Her scruffy figure had actually improved, despite the starvation she endured. Anything was better than being tested on. The bright lights and the cold metal agenst her fur made her shiver. Although life was better out of the lab, she still wasn't exactly healthy. Asteria had gained weight, but remained scrawny. Her frosting tail had bits of trash stuck to it, and her fur was almost matted. She needed a place to call home. She figured out pretty quickly that she wasn't alone in the city, there was more than just two-legs living there. There were other cats, but they weren't all friendly. She learned to stay away from the alleys, because they were home to a band of cats called "AlleyClan". AlleyClan was harsh and dangerous, but they stuck to the shadows, so as long as Asteria never entered their territory, they wouldn't attack. One night, she was scavanging for food. She made sure to stay a safe distance from the alleys, but not too close to the road. All of the sudden, she heard a sound from behind her. Her furr stood on end as she turned around, hissing at the unknown cat. The cat was alarmed, her back arched in a defensive posture. This cat wasn't from AlleyClan, she smelled different. Plus, AlleyClan never left the alleys. "Woah there rouge! I mean no harm, I'm just scouting around the land boarders". That was the night she found out that not only were their other cats, but AlleyClan wasn't the only group out there. AbandonClan was the home she never knew she needed. It was her new family, and she finally belonged. The clan was filled with irregulars like Asteria, there were even some fellow lab escapees. The clan's medicine cat, HealerStripe, had three eyes, but he used none of them. Pretty soon, she had learned what it meant to be a clan cat, thanks to the cat that had found her scavanging in a dumpster. She had shown Asteria the ropes, and now they were family. Several moons later, Asteria now had a family, and she was free from the lab. Ironically, the abandoned warehouse that AbandonClan called home wasn't too far from the lab itself. She learned that shortly after the great escape, the lab had actually shut down. AbandonClan was known for bringing in the most strays and irregulars, and most of the escapees ended up there. Asteria felt very lucky to have escaped, and she was grateful for her new family, home, and clan. She was truly free from the horrid place that had created her.