Disclaimer: Diane Duane owns all of it! The only things that are some of the Lone Power's names and the character that is telling this story. This is my explanation of the Lone Power's past, because I think he must have had some good in him at the beginning, and also because I think that someone must have been able to love him.
When the worlds were first created I was almost a Power in my own right and I was in love with the light, and with Him. Síthä, red-golden haired and more inventive than most of the other Powers. So skilled was he in the Speech that They asked him to write the Book, and He did.
There is one thing I did then that I will never forgive myself for. I didn't read the Book before They took it to read from. Who would think that a single word could be so powerful, but it can. It was a simple mis-Spelling, a few missed lines, but it produced a drastic change.
When the Book was read from to reaffirm it's power He changed, and I lost my love for the first time. He went bad. I'm not even sure if He noticed, I don't think he did, but suddenly every thing he did went wrong and His world lost it's light.
They drove Him out and I don't know if They even knew what hat had happened to him. She was sad when it happened, my Sponsor, but then She was his sister.
As he left I called out to Him, "When you need be I'll be there for you, no matter where we are I'll come." He never looked back.
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He did come to me once, or I came to him, I'm not sure. My name then was Kore, His Hades. He was every thing I remembered, but sadder. We grasped time then, and froze it. When Demeter refused to condone our relationship I became Persephone of the shadows. We were married, and in truth are married still, and looked after a branch of Timeheart together.
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I'm standing in Timeheart with the visitor I've been waiting for, Nita. "Thanks," I say.
She looks at me, and I wonder if she recognizes me or not. "For what?" she asks puzzled.
"For fixing the mistake in the Book," I tell her, on her Ordeal she had added to one of the letters in His name, fixing that ancient mistake.
"Mistake?" she really is puzzled now.
"You fixed His name in the Book. I'm glad someone did because I don't think I could have done it myself."
Understanding seems to dawn on her. "You're welcome, it just seemed the right thing to do." We stand there as the sun rises and before she leaves I wave. We'll see each other again.
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Once again I'm standing in Timeheart, but this time I'm with Dairine. We don't talk much, mostly I just thank her for helping Him change. Before she leaves I pass on a bit of advice I was once told. "Love is where you least expect it most times. Just roll with it, he'll do you good." She rolls her eyes good-naturedly and I wave goodbye with a smile.
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I've just finished talking with Her when I turn around and see Him. He's standing there, leaning against the wall with his back to me. I know that time isn't linear, and that he never really left, but its such a relief to see him again.
"Síthä!" I call out, and then I'm running to Him as He turns. My arms are wrapped around Him, and he looks down at me. Then we're both laughing and He's hugging me back. He's running His hand through my hair, long and black as it was when I was Persephone. We don't need to do anything else we just lean against each other and drink in each other's presence.
Finally, as I turn away from Him, and I see Her and some of the other Powers, and I can no longer contain myself.
"He's back!" I call out joyously, "Síthä, the Book Writer, the Light Bringer, the Life Singer, and the Wander has returned!" In my joy I grab His hand and spin Him around. The dance we dance then is one of joy, one of life, and one of Making, and it's the one we've waited so long to dance again.
This was just something I felt like writing. There is a poem that goes with it that I'll probably post. It's the same events, but from the view of the Lone Power looking back on what happened.