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Serena made her way along the now silent corridor; it seemed to shine with the fading sun's rays hitting the white marble walls around her. She glanced out the windows that over looked the lush lawns of the palace and the great ocean in the distance that reflected the rich colours of the setting sun.
She let out a sigh of happiness and began to smile; not even noticing as she finally reached the doors that lead to the court yard. The guards gave her a short bow in respect and opened the doors revealing the beautiful court yard that overflowed with flowers giving off many different scents, each one more wonderful than the next. She noticed her mother standing by the white rose bushes admiring them as she does so often when an opportunity presented itself.
The queen glanced up and noticed her daughter walking towards her with a grin; she closed the gap between them and pulled her into an embrace, breaking off a couple seconds later to smile at her daughter.
Serena looked into her mother's lush blue eyes with flecks of yellow that matched hers; they shimmered and changed colours with every blink, giving the illusion of Poseidon's great oceans; her soft brown hair matched the soil of the earth itself.
"You're home mama!" The princess smiled from cheek to cheek, finally seeing her mother after she was away on Olympus for another meeting.
The queen smiled at her daughter, leading her towards the fountain that dominated the yard.
"I could not miss my daughter's birthday could I? As well as I could not help but give you
something." The goddess and protector of earth, Queen Gaia beamed at her daughter.
She had watched her grow into a remarkable young woman; she was tall, with a strong mind to match her height. Though she knew her daughter could have a temper, and be rather rash, she saw her kind soul, a heart made of gold that was too delicate for just anyone to capture and love. She knew her daughter was strong, a fighter, a passionate young princess who would do anything for her people; she admired her daughter and how she has grown to be more mature, and has grown to understand her duties as a royal of the earth.
Serena looked at her mother and let out a sheepish grin.
"Mother my birthday is not for another day. I don't want anything, just some time to spend with you."
The queen's heart melted at her daughters words and wrapped her arms around her daughter again in a loving hug.
"I know I am not always around but I will always try to make time for you; my beautiful princess…" She sighed in contentment and placed a small, elegant golden locket in the shape and design of the earth with a diamond right in the centre, in her daughter's hands, passing down the ancient family heirloom.
Serena gasped in amazement at the tiny locket, and held it up to look at it in the fading sunlight. She turned around and moved her long blonde hair out of the way; giving her mother a knowing smile and handed it to the queen to put it around her neck. She turned back to face her mother; brushing her hands across the locket and blushed, looking down at her feet.
"I love you mama." The princess beamed at her mother; and wrapped her arms around her mother once again, embracing her.
Though they were considered immortals, she never felt like she had enough time with her mother. She was about to turned twenty and wasn't even expecting to see the queen for another week, let alone her birthday.
"My lovely daughter." The monarch let out a sad laugh, smoothing out her daughters wild blonde curls that bounced with every movement and touch.
The queen wished she could spend more time with her daughter but with this new threat moving in on the two realms she constantly had to leave for meetings and gatherings with other royals of the other planets and Olympus.
"I am sorry mother; I know you do your best." The princess wiped away her tears and glanced at her mother.
"Well daughter now that you are of age, Aphrodite and myself have been looking for suitors; that way when I am gone you will not be left alone."
Serena immediately straightened up and pulled away from her mother. Her mother knew she was never really alone; she had the royal advisers, Felix and Gae, and visiting royals that always seemed to be dropping in. Serena knew and accepted she was going to have to marry someone one day to secure the kingdom for another millennium, but she always pictured herself marrying the man she wanted, the man that she would love and that would love her. The thought of suitors arriving; asking to pursue her made her mentally cringe, knowing the chance of her finding the man she would want to spend her long life with would be hard if she didn't get to go search for herself.
"Oh, well…mother there is no rush, you know I always have Sage, and Gae is there a lot too…" She muttered looking back down at her shoes; trying to hide the discomfort on her face from her mother. Gaia smiled at her daughter; noticing her uneasiness of the subject.
Just as she was about to explain how it won't be as terrible as Serena thinks; they both turned their heads when they heard Felix, their tall silver haired male adviser, approach them; clutching a letter in his hand.
"Sorry for the interruption your majesties, but an urgent meeting has been called in Olympus." Felix huffed out; hinting that he had ran here from wherever he was. The princess glanced at her mother and gave her a knowing smile; but was glad Felix interrupted them, hopefully delaying the subject of marriage.
"We will discuss this later; ok my darling?" The queen sighed and hugged her daughter before she left the courtyard with Felix when he gave Serena a short bow and a smile; leaving her alone as the sun finally set on the palace, placing her in the now shadowy courtyard.
"I am assuming Ares has briefed you all on this 'threat'?" Zeus addressed the crowd in front of him.
All the Gods and Goddess's of the planets and the moon; Aphrodite of Venus, Hermes of Mercury, Ares of Mars, Serene of the Moon, Poseidon of Neptune, Cronus of Saturn, Hades of Pluto, and Gaia of Earth; nodded and stared back at the great god that stood in the middle of the circle of thrones that crowded the all-white board room on Mount Olympus.
"We do not have much to go on Zeus; do we know what is causing this presence?" Gaia questioned, raising a delicate eyebrow.
"We all remember Nalalia…" Zeus began; watching the reactions on everyone's faces when he mentioned the name of the former Goddess and continued on. "Since we have defeated her after her attempt to overthrow us and obtain Olympus for her own; Hades has locked her up in Tartarus were she still is, but Hades has believed that she is somehow communicating with someone on the outside and we cannot figure out how." He confessed, shaking his head at the idea.
"How is that possible?" Aphrodite gasped slightly in shock at the revelation.
"Like I said we are not sure, but Ares has talked to all the Commanders of the Royal armies and they have all raised security and you will all notice an increase in guards around the palaces." Zeus finished, taking his own seat and motioned Cronus to take the floor.
The god of time stood and took his position on the floor and walked towards Gaia.
"The main reason we called this meeting is to focus on Earth," Cronus gestured to Gaia as she gave a confused look. "From Ares report we have determined that the energy seems to be emitting closest to Earth; so the imperial army is going to step up a base on earth to protect your palace and planet." He stated, leaving a befuddled Gaia sitting in her seat.
The protector and monarch of Earth knew it was for the best of her planet but at the same time was not looking forward to having the army's presence on her planet. She was worried of what her subjects might think, not wanting to cause commotion amongst the mortals. Lost in her thoughts the Queen did not notice the new face in the room, which now stood in the centre of the room with Ares.
"My son Darien is going to be the head commander on the Earth base where he can keep a close eye on everything for me." The god or war introduced his son for the first time, leaving a stunned room.
A towering, broad shouldered young man stood in front of them all with hair as black as night, and striking blue eyes that held such confidence and passion. He stood tall and proud, clad in his commander uniform and royal red cape that flowed down his toned back that was attached on with a silver chain around his shoulders giving him the presence of authority and eagerness. Gaia was surprised at this young man's elegance and refined manner when he only seemed to be so young in comparison to the gods, and couldn't help but feel assured with his presence for some reason.
"Gaia I hope you do not mind the presence of the army to much, they should stay within the designated base and Darien will meet with you only when meetings are in order." Ares stated, nodding to his son, giving a cue to take over.
"I have talked to my soldiers as well as all higher commanding officers and ensured we will only partake in matters that are to deal with this threat." The young lad smiled up at the monarch of earth, making her smile in response.
"You have my trust young solider." Gaia praised him, getting up from her seat and shaking his hand; ending the meeting.