"Into the starlit night
Foolish dreamers turn their gaze,
Waiting on a shooting star.
But.what if that star is not to come?
Will their dreams fade to nothing?"
~ Luna's Boat Song
Endymion Awakened
In the beginning, there was a great space. In this space resided three goddesses. They were as wise as they were fair, and as compassionate as they were wise. However, they merely existed, having nothing to watch over.
In a time, they created a land. A beautiful, vast world, with trees and lakes and flowers and hills.but it wasn't enough to have this perfect garden. So they created the creatures of the sea and air and land, to fill the quiet.
But, still.the beasts had no souls, no words to speak, no opinions to voice, so the three goddesses were, as yet, unhappy.
But one goddess, the wisest, had an idea.
"We shall make a new creature.a creature modeled after ourselves, who shall be blessed with the gift of tongue. She will be our own creation, our own daughter," said the Wisest.
"Yes, and her beauty will be far greater than any of the other creatures. She will be the ruler of the world we have made. She will be sovereign of all we have created," voiced the fairest.
"She must have a mate, a male counterpart, so she will never know such loneliness as we have," said the most compassionate.
And so it was.
The beautiful maid was created, the tint of her skin made from the sweet milk from the cows of the land. The shade of her lips was created from the red of a ripe apple. Her hair was given her from the goddesses, who possessed magnificent silver hair, and wanted their daughter to have something of them. Her beautiful eyes were pieces of evening sky, with a star plucked from the heavens in each. And her voice was the sweet trilling of a nightingale, which charms every listener.
"Her name shall be called Peace," said the fairest, "for she shall still the loneliness in me, and bring me peace as I have never known."
"Her name shall be called Tranquility," argued the wisest, "for she shall bring great tranquility to our world."
"No," spoke the most compassionate, "her name shall be called Serenity, for in her eyes I see the Beginning and the End, and nothing matters as long as we have her with us."
And there were no objections, so the beautiful maiden was called Serenity, and she was sweet and charming and full of love and life.
But the goddesses, reluctant to share Serenity's attention, put off the task of creating a mate for her. A long time passed, and they tried to ignore Serenity's loneliness, but soon the maid could no longer bring herself to smile.
Said the wisest, "She grows weaker everyday. We cause her pain with our attention. I want to have her all for us..but she will be gone from us ere long, should this continue."
"I agree," Spoke the fairest, "She needs a companion. She will not forget us because of him. But if she does not smile again, soon, my heart will break."
"My heart is already broken, if she is unhappy," said the most compassionate, "and I will see her suffer in silence no more."
And so it was.
The goddesses created a beautiful young man for Serenity, fair of face and form. They pulled his hair in strands from the night sky; a deep, deep black that shone with streaks of blue in light. His eyes were from the depths of the sea, and his skin the tint of a sun-ripened peach.
And the goddesses were pleased with their new creation. But a name for him could not be decided upon.
"Serenity should be the one to name him," said the wisest, "for he will be her companion."
And so it was.
"His name shall be called Endymion," Serenity decided, "and I love him already."
The goddesses set Serenity and Endymion upon the world, which they called the Earth, and made them rulers over all things. Serenity and Endymion lived happily for many years, together, and the goddesses worked long creating subjects for their kingdom.
They worked so hard to please Serenity and Endymion; they had little time to visit with them. And so it was a great shock to them when they discovered that their first two creations had been murdered.
The messenger of such horrific news was Reya, Serenity's most trusted friend. She had come to deliver the news, even knowing that a goddess, in anger, could easily strike her dead. She felt an obligation to the memory of her most valued friend.
And the goddesses were pleased with Reya's loyalty.
"You shall be rewarded for your faithfulness," said the wisest, "for we shall henceforth endow you and your line with abilities beyond that of a normal mortal. You shall predict many great things, and have wealth unimaginable."
"You shall beget many children, all beautiful and wise, and theirs as fair and wise, down your line for millennia to come," spoke the fairest.
"One of your lineage shall be the reincarnate of Serenity's Endymion, and he shall wed Serenity's incarnate. They shall become the king and queen of this world once again. You shall be incarnated with them, in that time, and they shall make you a princess," Said the most compassionate.
Reya left the goddesses, with instructions from them to split up the vast territories amongst the people, so should they remain until the return of Serenity and Endymion. She made a great many predictions, as did her children after her, and her grandchildren, and so forth. All came to pass, exactly as stated..except for one, the very first prediction made by Reya, about the return of Serenity and Endymion.
Three thousand years passed, and Reya's line diminished, though it never would die. Only two of her descendants were left unmarried. Two young ones, neither more than eighteen years of age, both gifted with extra-sensory perception, both fully aware of their lineage, and both well-versed in the Prophecy.
They were called Darien and Rei, and both were widely known and accepted to be the reincarnates of Endymion and Reya.
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Author Notes:
This story will most likely be in Endymion's (Darien's) point of view. I find it more interesting (and inspiring) to imagine what Endymion (Darien) would be thinking or feeling, so all or most of this story will be from his viewpoint. However, I will be sure to make it clear who's point of view each chapter is in, should I change my mind. I'm a woman; it happens.
^_^
With love,
Michelle
Foolish dreamers turn their gaze,
Waiting on a shooting star.
But.what if that star is not to come?
Will their dreams fade to nothing?"
~ Luna's Boat Song
Endymion Awakened
In the beginning, there was a great space. In this space resided three goddesses. They were as wise as they were fair, and as compassionate as they were wise. However, they merely existed, having nothing to watch over.
In a time, they created a land. A beautiful, vast world, with trees and lakes and flowers and hills.but it wasn't enough to have this perfect garden. So they created the creatures of the sea and air and land, to fill the quiet.
But, still.the beasts had no souls, no words to speak, no opinions to voice, so the three goddesses were, as yet, unhappy.
But one goddess, the wisest, had an idea.
"We shall make a new creature.a creature modeled after ourselves, who shall be blessed with the gift of tongue. She will be our own creation, our own daughter," said the Wisest.
"Yes, and her beauty will be far greater than any of the other creatures. She will be the ruler of the world we have made. She will be sovereign of all we have created," voiced the fairest.
"She must have a mate, a male counterpart, so she will never know such loneliness as we have," said the most compassionate.
And so it was.
The beautiful maid was created, the tint of her skin made from the sweet milk from the cows of the land. The shade of her lips was created from the red of a ripe apple. Her hair was given her from the goddesses, who possessed magnificent silver hair, and wanted their daughter to have something of them. Her beautiful eyes were pieces of evening sky, with a star plucked from the heavens in each. And her voice was the sweet trilling of a nightingale, which charms every listener.
"Her name shall be called Peace," said the fairest, "for she shall still the loneliness in me, and bring me peace as I have never known."
"Her name shall be called Tranquility," argued the wisest, "for she shall bring great tranquility to our world."
"No," spoke the most compassionate, "her name shall be called Serenity, for in her eyes I see the Beginning and the End, and nothing matters as long as we have her with us."
And there were no objections, so the beautiful maiden was called Serenity, and she was sweet and charming and full of love and life.
But the goddesses, reluctant to share Serenity's attention, put off the task of creating a mate for her. A long time passed, and they tried to ignore Serenity's loneliness, but soon the maid could no longer bring herself to smile.
Said the wisest, "She grows weaker everyday. We cause her pain with our attention. I want to have her all for us..but she will be gone from us ere long, should this continue."
"I agree," Spoke the fairest, "She needs a companion. She will not forget us because of him. But if she does not smile again, soon, my heart will break."
"My heart is already broken, if she is unhappy," said the most compassionate, "and I will see her suffer in silence no more."
And so it was.
The goddesses created a beautiful young man for Serenity, fair of face and form. They pulled his hair in strands from the night sky; a deep, deep black that shone with streaks of blue in light. His eyes were from the depths of the sea, and his skin the tint of a sun-ripened peach.
And the goddesses were pleased with their new creation. But a name for him could not be decided upon.
"Serenity should be the one to name him," said the wisest, "for he will be her companion."
And so it was.
"His name shall be called Endymion," Serenity decided, "and I love him already."
The goddesses set Serenity and Endymion upon the world, which they called the Earth, and made them rulers over all things. Serenity and Endymion lived happily for many years, together, and the goddesses worked long creating subjects for their kingdom.
They worked so hard to please Serenity and Endymion; they had little time to visit with them. And so it was a great shock to them when they discovered that their first two creations had been murdered.
The messenger of such horrific news was Reya, Serenity's most trusted friend. She had come to deliver the news, even knowing that a goddess, in anger, could easily strike her dead. She felt an obligation to the memory of her most valued friend.
And the goddesses were pleased with Reya's loyalty.
"You shall be rewarded for your faithfulness," said the wisest, "for we shall henceforth endow you and your line with abilities beyond that of a normal mortal. You shall predict many great things, and have wealth unimaginable."
"You shall beget many children, all beautiful and wise, and theirs as fair and wise, down your line for millennia to come," spoke the fairest.
"One of your lineage shall be the reincarnate of Serenity's Endymion, and he shall wed Serenity's incarnate. They shall become the king and queen of this world once again. You shall be incarnated with them, in that time, and they shall make you a princess," Said the most compassionate.
Reya left the goddesses, with instructions from them to split up the vast territories amongst the people, so should they remain until the return of Serenity and Endymion. She made a great many predictions, as did her children after her, and her grandchildren, and so forth. All came to pass, exactly as stated..except for one, the very first prediction made by Reya, about the return of Serenity and Endymion.
Three thousand years passed, and Reya's line diminished, though it never would die. Only two of her descendants were left unmarried. Two young ones, neither more than eighteen years of age, both gifted with extra-sensory perception, both fully aware of their lineage, and both well-versed in the Prophecy.
They were called Darien and Rei, and both were widely known and accepted to be the reincarnates of Endymion and Reya.
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Author Notes:
This story will most likely be in Endymion's (Darien's) point of view. I find it more interesting (and inspiring) to imagine what Endymion (Darien) would be thinking or feeling, so all or most of this story will be from his viewpoint. However, I will be sure to make it clear who's point of view each chapter is in, should I change my mind. I'm a woman; it happens.
^_^
With love,
Michelle
