Goddess

Part 1

The men sat in their black leather chairs. They were extremely tired and wished to go home. "We have been debating going into war with the other 4 planets in our alliance for years now. If war were in the other planet's grasps we would know. We are at the prime of the year, they would be insane to attempt a war now," one council member said.

"Indeed," another man agreed, "Instead of war our topic should be about protection from mutual enemies we have with the alliance and enemies that could emerge from the alliance itself."

"Very well spoken gentlemen. Tomorrow's council will discuss our enemies and the attempts to avoid war. We have spent the total hour we have planned to discuss this topic. What will the next topic be?" the king asked his entire counsel that consisted of every man on the planet of Cyprus.

Several points of interest were shout out, but one of the younger war generals asked what all of the young men had been wondering.

"Any information about the women to come?" he asked in a very greedy voice.

"Ah yes," laughed King Thomas," I do know something about that. Well when we sent some of our own women to find more people who wished to live here on Cyprus we didn't know who they would find or how long it would take them. I don't know about you, but it has been a cold season without my wife and I dearly anticipate her return. Many of the older men are looking forward to the return of their daughters whom they have missed. Luckily Princess Isabel stayed here with me. Men I feel lucky to be the one to tell you that those of you who are single will find themselves surrounded by young women. Actually my wife has been communicating with me and she told me just the other night that all of the 500 new members they have found only 2 men."

"What lucky guys," one of the young hot shots of the town said. Many men laughed, including King Thomas, who had a good sense of humor.

"Yes, I quite agree. Another thing we can envy them of is that they have spent their entire lives living with not only a king for a father and a queen for a mother, but also a Goddess for a sister." King Thomas paused for this to take effect on the men.

It wasn't long before many of the men were whispering to one another.

"I think what these idiots are trying to say is.wow," Angel Michael (the prince's 2nd in command and best friend) said.

"She is the last living Goddess which is why she must wed and have a female child. She is young, 17, and said to be the strongest and most beautiful Goddess ever to live. I won't lie to you, if this planet had a Goddess to protect it we would be the most powerful planet. That does not mean we must try fiercely to impress her, but to just be ourselves. I love this planet as does my wife and children. This Goddess will see what we see. So just be yourselves," King Thomas said wisely.

"What is her name?" a young man asked.

"Bethany. Call her Goddess Bethany."

"So the two mean are her brothers? What are their names?"

"Yes the two mean are her brothers. Prince Alexander and his second in command Prince Kyle. Good questions everyone. Since it is time to leave I will simply remind you that war angels such as Luke, Pantaris, and Michael can only be with the female angels. However some angels have been restricted from dating men. If that is the case and the woman's father is above your ranking you must obey him. However if he is under your command you may date and wed the woman. The ladies who address themselves Lady before their name can date only the top ranking men. The generals, myself, though I am happily married, my second in command, his son who is second in command to my son, and of course my son, Prince Maxwell."

Max began to blush as he felt the proud eyes of his planet's people on him and his best friend Michael. As the meeting ended the town's people walked through the large golden doors toward the city and their homes. Max and Michael stayed while King Thomas bid farewell to everyone.

The King approached Michael and his son. "Hello you two. I noticed that neither of you were paying attention to the cousel meeting until the word women came up," chuckled Thomas.

"Yeah well, Max and I figured we'd get the speech again at dinner. Besides the word women had no effect on me. Goddess however had my complete attention," Michael said with a smile on his face.

"I swear," began Thomas," you are the only person besides my kids that talks back to me."

"What about your wife?" Michael hinted.

"Are you still against women? You remind me of myself when I was your age. I didn't feel the need for women in my life, but when your mother," Thomas motioned to Max," came into my life she was the only thing I could think about. So beautiful, so amazing. Who knows, you might find your match just like I did. The one that you're meant to spend the rest of your life with," sighed Thomas.

"You mean my destiny," Michael said with a sideways looked at Max.

"I hate that word," Max said coldly.

Thomas looked at his on sadly. If only.no he wouldn't force his son to marry a Goddess. He had met Goddesses when he had been Max's age. They were such horrible people. Sure they were beautiful, but they were all self indulgent, self involved, and mean to everyone. No, he wouldn't make his son be with someone like that. He prayed that the Goddess would decide to stay for their protection however.