The end is near,
but the time is right.
Soon, she will awaken,
then there will be light.
RJH
The end of the world is just on the horizon and the humans are clueless.
Their hatred and violence to all things they don't understand have taken a toll on their species. They remain ignorant, without any idea what they will bring down on themselves once again. I have seen it happen before, many a time. Almost always, it is the same thing to bring their end...thirst.
Thirst for power, knowledge, money, authority.
Humans are destructive. There hasn't been a time when an attempt on our part at another generation of humans has gone right and they lived peacefully. Another generation of humans simply means another planet destroyed, left desolate...void of any life until enough time passes that it is able to regrow and start from the beginning.
There have been multiple attempts and all have been unsuccessful thus far.
The humans see us as myths, a thing of legends and scary stories to tell their children so that they behave and go to sleep. But we are not myths... We are real. And we lurk...deep in the shadows and hidden away from the world that shunned us. The world that hates us. And that is why the myths were fabricated...they would destroy themselves trying to destroy us.
The supernatural was once integrated into society, living as the humans do. All was peaceful for some time and we thought we had success in making the human species less destructive. But alas, it was not to be. Because then vampires were created, and they too were thirsty...only their thirst was of blood...literally.
The humans became frightened of everything they didn't understand; the supernatural.
Destruction came back full force. Witch hunts made a comeback, thousands of innocent people dying in the face of ignorant paranoia. And so we were forced back into the shadows. The humans forced us into the background, hidden away like a dirty secret and would try to destroy us if we showed ourselves.
Despite the violence and death caused by humans in the past, humans having knowledge of the supernatural back then was infinitely safer than the myths becoming real in this day in age.
For back then, technology was far less advanced. Today, humans possess weapons that have the potential to cause much pain and death, such as explosives. The biggest human threat of all...nuclear weapons. Nukes could cause global extinction if they were all to detonate at once. And if those bombs didn't kill the planet and everything on it, the radiation would.
No...secrecy of the supernatural is paramount. Not just for the safety of the human race, but for the safety of all creatures on earth.
Signs have been given to the humans but again, they remain oblivious. Climate changes, unexplained and mysterious events that leave them baffled, hurricanes and earthquakes...but they choose to ignore it. The Gods are angry.
They have come to rely so much on the security of their planet that they do not believe anything could happen to them. But they do not realize, the universe is not killing them...they are killing themselves.
Antarctica, for example, is turning green and the ice is rapidly melting. That alone should be a clue that something is not right.
But the humans refuse to see these things for what they truly are...
A sign of the times.
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Just stop your crying it's a sign of the times
Welcome to the final show
I hope you're wearing your best clothes
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With bated breath, I wait.
Her stunning face is as still as stone, the only movement is the steadiness of her breathing. My eyes roam over her glorious body and I resist reaching out to touch her.
For too long I have waited for this moment...the moment in which she is set to arise. The times are at an end and only she can fix it, only she can save them...my beautiful Goddess.
I am ashamed to admit I would steal her away from her responsibilities if I could, opting to love her...worship her body in every way imaginable for days on end...selfishly keeping her to myself even when a dying planet, an endangered species needs the power that only she possesses, that only she can wield to save them.
Oh, my Goddess...I have missed you so. Too long you have been away, sleeping here in our beautiful Garden on a bed so soft and luxurious that I had made only for you. Too long we have been separated. I will not leave your side again, I vow to you, amore.
I spoke to her in our ancient language, hoping that she is able to hear me. My sleeping beauty, so serene in her slumber. Blissfully unaware of the disaster that came to be in her absence.
Soon she will awaken to a mess of needless violence and pointless wars. And without a doubt, I know her anger will be a magnificent sight to behold. It always is. She will be feared and every creature will see her for what she truly is...the true Goddess who rules above all.
A slight twitch of her mouth has me holding myself back. I deeply wish to take those lips between my own, savor her taste on my tongue.
My heart beats rapidly, my breath comes in quick pants. She will awaken soon, I can sense it.
The Garden senses it, I can tell; the continuous gentle breezes turn into gusts of wind that whistles as it violently blows, the calm water becomes waves crashing against the mountains in the distance. The trees and flowers radiate their happiness as they blow dance with the wing, for they have missed her as well. The sun's fire burns brighter, hotter, making everything shine as the suspense increases.
Her fingers wiggle, almost as if she's testing them out. A small but stunning smile spreads on her face and I move closer to her.
"Amore," I call to her. "I am waiting for you." We all are.
Her eyelids flutter and all becomes silent; the wind, the water, the land and the fire. I dare not to even breathe. All at once, she awakens. Her eyelids open, revealing the endless pits of her irises that resemble a galaxy; our galaxy. Even down to the stars...they twinkle every time she blinks.
She looks at me, her eyes focusing as she finally sees for the first time in twenty millennia. "My love," she breathes.
"I have missed you," I gushed, adoration laced in every word. She stuns me with her blinding smile...so exquisite.
"I have missed you," she promises.
She moves towards me at the same time I move to pull her into my arms for the first time in what truly feels like forever. I catch her in my eyes, feeling whole once more and I sigh at the feeling. Her arms wrap around me and her slender fingers tangle in my hair as she holds my face to her neck, nuzzling her own face in the crook of my neck.
I hold her tightly in my arms, silently refusing to separate from her until she gently pushes me away. I relent just enough to look at her face and she cups my cheeks and her gaze holds me captive. "I love you so," she whispers, and I see it in her eyes. I hear it in her voice as she speaks the words. I feel in it every fiber of my being...a love for me that matches mine for her.
"As I love you," I breathe, my lips only millimeters from hers. With a soft giggle, her lips are on mine and the air in my lungs escapes me in an audible rush. She swallows down my quiet moan, capturing my lips in hers as she claims my mouth. Every part of my body is on fire and I want more.
In a desperate passion, our lips glide together. Firm yet soft. Forceful yet tender. Rushed yet slow. We defy all laws, all odds. Our love always has.
With one last tender kiss, I break from her mouth and pull her forehead to mine. "Love me, amore," she requests, a powerful longing in her eyes that I can not resist, even if I was trying.
"I will worship you, my sweet," I vow. "As I always do."
RJH
Her head lay on my bare chest.
I was content to just lay here, neither of us spoke a word and I was glad. A potential ending of the world was not something I wanted to deal with after reuniting with my soulmate.
"We will need to return soon," my Goddess spoke and I stifled a groan, feeling like I jinxed it.
"I know," I murmured quietly.
She lifted her head and placed her chin on my chest, her eyes stared into mine and I was lost to her. She had a way of doing that to me. By the possible dazed look on my face, she knew she had caused it and laughed so softly, the atmosphere around us reacting instantly.
Everything in our Garden was at peace for now, for our Goddess had awakened.
Hello...new story! :)
The lyrics at the beginning of the chapter are from "Sign of the Times" by Harry Styles.
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