Asteria was the Titan Goddess of falling stars; she is recognized for her escape from Zeus. Zeus had impregnated Asteria's sister, Leto, and wished to pursue Asteria now. Asteria ran away from him and turned into a quail, then jumped into the Aegean Sea transforming into a wandering isle. Her sister Leto was desperate to find a place to raise her kids so she came to the island and turned it into her home. A couple of years later Zeus found that he needed the powers Leto's twins possessed to retrieve The Golden Bow. The prophecy stated that "Only an Archer With True and Perfect aim may Manipulate The Golden Bow". He knew that the twins had his "sparkling wits" and they would know he was using them. So he sent pegasus to find and retrieve them as they were creatures of beauty and light. Asteria's Island was never able to be found in one place for it was a nomadic island. The pegasus traveled for days to find Leto's children Apollo and Artemis but were faced with a terrible storm induced by storm spirits. The pegasus fought to make it through the swirling storm tycoon but were turned evil by the spirits. The same mission was in mind but not with the same intentions they had become dark and violent. The darkness guided the pegasus to the island but Leto was going to protect her children at all costs. She fought bravely using everything she had but was sadly impaled by the pegasus horn. Her children were now vulnerable. Asteria was able to see everything that had taken place and was outraged. The sky turned dark and murky. Fueled by her rage she turned back into her godly self. She brought two stars down from the sky into her hands. She screamed then comets and meteorites began crashing down. Her eyes and the stars in her hands began to glow. With Asteria's full force, she launched the stars at the pegasus, diminishing the darkness in them, and turning them back to light. "Go back to where you came from," she said heavenly. Her eyes faded back to normal and she fell to her knees, tears filling her eyes. She turned to look at her sister's fallen body. She knew that she had to keep her sister's spirit alive. She reached up and pulled a single star down then took it over to her sister. She merged Leto's essence with the star granting her sister the ability to forever watch over her children and have immortal youth. This star is now known as Sirius or the brightest star in the sky.