Chapter 1- The Immortal Beauty and the Weeping Goddess
In Tenochtitlan, the sun shined bright as the people headed outside of their huts to greet the soldiers in excitement. Many of these dark haired people stared in awe when they saw who headed the army.
There was a man who was tall and strong; he stood tall and erect with his long black hair flowing while adorned in gold. He was a dark brown color while his hair was blacker than the dark nights came. He had many great feathers that not even the emperor could be allowed to touch and wore only the most beautiful of cloth made by the women.
"Father!" The people shouted in glee as he lead a group of men all bound together.
Next to him was a girl who the people knew as the greatest beauty that they could ever dare lay eyes upon. She was tall like the man and wore pure white robes while adorned with more gold and jewels than even their own emperor's wife. Her hair was longer than most girls and as black as the panthers that roamed the land. Her eyes were a dark brown that made them seem almost brown. She held a spear firmly in her hand to show that she was above them.
"Our goddess!" The young people cheered.
"They love you well Coszcatl." The man noted as they walked on.
"I guess it is so." She replied. Her dark brown eyes scanned the smiling faces. "I love them too. They are my children even if they are not of my womb."
"That is the great pride I have always felt since my birth. Your grandmother died thinking the same." He said with a smile. He looked back and said, "Coszcatl, you will tell them of the honor they will receive soon enough."
She looked back and replied, "They will be excellent sacrifices to the gods."
One of the men glared at her and spat at her foot. Coszcatl stared at her foot with shock causing the men to stop.
"You dare spit on me?" The girl asked with a dark look.
"I do! You and your people are sick! Your gods will leave you in your greatest hour!" The man yelled while moving around violently. "This empire will fall!"
Coszcatl said nothing and gripped her spear. She gave her father and the men a look that said everything that she would not. She was the mighty daughter of a great empire and would wonder become Mother to the lands. This man did not appreciate that he would meet the gods before her and she would not take the insult. Raising her hand above her head, she let out a loud battle cry and drove her spear through the man's scull.
"You will never get a happy after life for your insult." She stated as she watched the body spasm while blood flowed from it.
"Father Xippili, what shall we do with the remains?" One of the feathered soldiers asked.
"Coszcatl…?" The Empire asked watching her.
"This man has insulted me and my father and our people! Damnation to the one who buries this man! Let the children poke at him like some wild animal." She said.
The crowd cheered at her announcement while Xippili smiled at his daughter. She was strong and she was wise for one who was only a few mornings away from being of marriageable age. She would be able to keep his people going unlike his other ungrateful children who went with their mothers and wept at his ways.
"Coszcatl! My daughter the immortal beauty and jewel of my eyes has spoken!" He cried. "Let her decree be obeyed!"
"COSZCATL! COSZCATL!" The crowds cheered as they walked away from the dead man.
-That night-
Coszcatl had trouble sleeping. She tossed and turned while trying to cover her ears of a strange weeping noise. She tried as hard as she could to block it so she could sleep but it could not be done.
"My children!" a loud cry came through the air. Coszcatl sat up in terror at the weeping voice. "Oh my children! My son!"
Coszcatl stood up and listened closely to the weeping. She quietly followed the sounds and made sure not to wake her father or the men that slept. She crept through the village until she was at the jungle. There she could hear the crying crystal clear.
"My children! Oh my children!" She heard as she walked deeper into the forest.
She stopped when she came upon a glowing entity. The entity moved towards her and stared at her. Coszcatl gasped in recognition. "Cihuacoatl…" she whispered.
"Daughter…" the goddess cried. "Oh I see the end! My children oh my children covered in the blood of their father! Oh my son betrayed!"
"Cihuacoatl… what do you speak of?" The girl asked in terror.
"Oh my children! My beautiful children how they will weep as they are lashed! Oh my children!" Cihuacoatl cried hugging the girl. "Oh my children forgive your dying mother!"
Coszcatl stood there unable to process what was going on. She could not hug back for she feared that the goddess would take her right then and there to the spirit world. The goddess only repeated her cries. Coszcatl looked to the sky and saw that night was ending and the sun was rising.
"Oh daughter, my son will die soon!" The goddess cried as she fell back and slowly disappeared.
"What do you mean?" The girl cried when she realized what the goddess had said. "Who is your son? Who is the dying mother! What children do you weep for?"
Nothing…
No response…
Why do her words startle me so? Is she speaking of my father? No! Father is invincible! He cannot die! No! My father is not the son she weeps for! My father is brave and strong! She thought as she fell to her knees. Was the goddess warning her? No! There was nothing to worry about. The gods protected them. She had nothing to worry about.
Hello reader! I guess this confused you a bit. I'll explain now. At the beginning of this story we will see both Mexico and the Philippines before they were colonized by Spain. This was Mexico. I could not find the Nahuatl name for the Aztec Empire so I called him Xippili which means "Jeweled Prince" and Mexico "Coszcatl" which means jewel.
Cihuacoatl is one of the famous Weeping Women of Mexico. She is known in her story to appear crying for her "children" which is an omen for the end of the Aztec Empire. That is why she says "My Son."
Please note that the next chapter will take some time because I am barely starting to do some research on pre-colonial Philippines.
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