So, I'm back from having survived three months in boarding school. Sorry for the long wait. Anywho, I'm back with another chapter. Now let's continue with this bullshit you shall call a story. Okay it's not bullshit...to me. Enjoy
Disclaimer: Based on original story by Lily Orchard. I only own the plot of this specific story.
Chapter 4: The Pain of the Past
The throne room was in utter silence as the Megan has just dismissed Hazuki, leaving her alone with Moira. Seconds seemed like centuries and minutes seemed like millennia. Moira could only admire her appearance.
Megan wire a silk white royal dress underneath a green sleeveless robe. Golden bangs were adorned around her wrists. She had long golden-brown hair and around her head was a golden crown which had the Virgo star sign emblazoned at her forehead.
"So, child. How has you short-lived stay here been?" Megan asked, breaking the silence.
"I really can't answer that question right now...er...your highness. But I bet you to please give me an explanation of what has just happened to me. Why I just saw flying humans and heard of a so-called deity. I just don't understand." Moira could say as simply as she could.
"Okay, okay just call down..."
"That's almost impossible at this point. My cousin is all the way in South Africa crying about my demise. Unless this is a lie. I'm still alive, aren't I?"
"...I think you should check your pulse. Your heart could be racing with shock..."
Moira placed her right index and middle fingera on her left wrist. But there was no pulse.
No pulse means no heartbeat. No heartbeat means no bloodflow. No bloodflow means...
"You were serious. I-I am dead," Moira managed to say.
"Therei is a lot I need to tell you. Come, follow me," said the Virgo ruler as she escorted her up the stairs to the right. After walking through a few best hallways, they made it to the double doors which led to the balcony of that side of the palace. The Capital as they called it. This led to a scenery of that part of the city which had several citadels, buildings and other infrastructure. This was in fact enough to soothe the panic-stricken women to at least be able to focus on what the Grand Lord began to narrate.
"Several years ago, there thrived a group of divine beings called deities. When they were abundant each one of them controlled a certain aspect of life: art, knowledge, time and all the like. There came a time when there deities had to perish as every being with a physical embodiment has a day to die. Only spiritual beings are immortal I'll have you know. Deities just had a very long lifespan.
They then figured out that the less powerful mortals like humans held a certain respect for them. That they would kill for them. They fed off this praise but it went all the way to their heads. They all turned into narcissistic murderers who killed mortals for their living. All except two deities.
Pallas and Athena, the deities of time and knowledge managed to create and cast a spell that gave a dead person the ability to rise back into an undead reincarnation. They made countless and fruitless attempts until they managed to rise one which they called a Val'kyrie. The one they chose was my husband who was previously rendered victim of the tyrannical wrath.
They chose him because they saw great leadership skills in him. They trained him in magic, swordsmanship and martial arts. When he was fully prepared, the deistic revolution began. With an enchanted sword rewarded by his teachers he managed to temporarily eradicate the treacherous beings, their power sources, the gems of virtue, scattered across the Cosmos.
However when he thought his job was done, Athena required him to retrieve those gems and give them to her. He was rather rebellious about it and refused. Pallas for one realised she wanted the gems in order to tap into their magic and become the only deity there was by killing her and taking over the universe. And for revenge Athena killed his wife."
It took halfa minute for Moira to remember that the chosen warrior was Megan's own huband meaning Athena went as far as killing her power.
"Luckily, since I still had remnants of her holy magic from the attack, Pallas managed to reincarnate me into a Val'kyrie as well and we all fought side by side to eradicate Athena as well," Megan continued, "Again, it was temporary and due to the gruesome war Pallas passed the power and authority of deities to other beings called Kais. We on the other hand had a different mission.
Since the three of us knew the deities would some how return soon we kept Athena's gem of knowledge and took their original land Elysian and made it our own. Pallas managed to tap into the Gem of Knowledge and usednit along with her own magic to reincarnate more Val'kyries and trained them to maintain the peace of the Cosmos. And that's how the Val'kyr came to be."
"So do you just chose anybody?" asked Moira now in complete understanding.
"Not really. Just those who died through sacrifice or failed to achieve a life-changing goal. My husband in fact died saving me."
"How far I this place from earth?"
"About 250 light years. Once Pallas finds enough recruits, it's a four-day trip at her speed. Speaking of earth, you are not allowed to go there."
"What?! Why?!" Moira asked, apalled.
"Let me put it this way," Megan began. "Humans act in such a way they attack without thinking. So once they see people survive a free fall from the sky..."
"They would think we are aliens trying to attack them?" Moira completed.
"Exactly. However as much as we simply use melee weapons, they actually don't stand a chance against us," the Virgo explained. "Their weapons are of a class that cannot kill us and our strength surpasses theirs so that would have ended up extinct. However, without humans out race cannot grow so there is no growth when there is death, our extinction would come up at some point and chaos fills the galaxy to its downfall."
"So what you saying is that I won't see Courtney again?"
"I don't know who Courtney is but sadly, no"
"No? You can't do that. That's insane. Can't I just go back and claim I have ate contacts and hair dye?" the new recruit asked vainly.
"Do you have any idea how many of us had to leave our families for this?" Megan rebuttled.
"Have you?" Moira snapped back.
"At first. Sure they're with us now be it was not easy convincing Pallas to do that. She only allowed my family to be brought here."
"I don't think I'm ready for this. How do I go home?"
"I told you it's basically illegal and at your rank you are again not allowed." Megan said calmly.
This calmness yet seemed to fuel strong feeling in Moira's heart. She felt something deep down in her gut. Was it hatred? Shock? Anger?
No. It was disgust. It disgusted her that families were torn apart because of the three people in what she claimed was a sob story to lure people into their labyrinth. Yet she was forced to have no choice but to oblige.
"Fine. I'll do it. I'll join you," the new Val'kyrie surrendered.
"I'm pleased that you understand. We'll do our best fo make you stay worthwhile," said Megan. "Now according to traditions you must change you name."
"That too?"
Megan simply looked at her.
"Okay, just give me time to think, your highness."
"Then follow me."
The woman was once again taken into the palace. They walked up to the staircases where there sat another pair of double doors that led to a room. It had bookshelves full with books and scrolls on the opposite walls in the middle Sat a round table with a white glowing dome.
"Necrofix, meet our new arrival," said the Grand Lord, prompting the dome to levitate leaving a white circle in the table.
"Hello, I am Necrofix, your digital assistant. Please place your hand on above the circle," it said in a male mechanized voice.
The new Sagittarian stretched her hand out as she was told. Suddenly a bright lash encircled her hand so blinding both she and Megan had to look away.
When the light faded, within her hand was a glowing Necrofix. Only now it was the size of her hand and was ember instead of white.
"That's like a communicator. You can summon it or make it disappear at free will," said Megan as the pocket device disappeared. "So, have you found a new name yet?"
"Actually, yes I have," said the Sagittarian.
To name herself, she decided to be referred by her last name. For the first name, she used Courtney's middle name. As the last, she used her own middle name.
It's Mikaela. Viryn Mikaela."
End Chapter
A/N: So I'd just like to say that I'm using Greek mythology in this fanfic and not trying to bash religion. This story is based on mythology, not religion. The backstory does not reflect my view on it either.
A/N: Sorry, I had to do the name change. It's just used to show culture.
A/N:I'm also trying to incorporate sci-fi, and astrology for plot purposes.
Please Read, Review, Fav and Follow if you want me to write more chapters! And no flames please this is clearly my first story.