Divinity: A question of Honor

Chapter seven


Her long wavy hair fell graciously to the floor; her hazel eyes watched the white palace from her window and for a moment she desired to be there.

Turning to the other side on her bed she thought about him, the man who was not destined to be by her side "Again" she thought "Again you took what it should be mine instead of yours"

And then she thought about the many times she planned to take the throne of the white moon, how many times she dreamed having the silver crown upon her hair. Metallia have failed achieving what she promised "Like she ever could achieve something that great" she said lowly.

Nehelenia stood up from her bed and walked towards the big mirror next to her vanity; placing a hand over the sleek surface she caressed her reflection with tender and admired her everlasting beauty.

The dark queen remembered the countless times Metallia mentioned the terran goddess sacred crystal.

"Maybe it is not the Ginzuishou the stone I should be acquiring but the Golden sacred stone, the stone that destroyed Metallia in a blink of an eye" the dark queen said to her reflection.

"If I obtain the Golden Crystal I can be the most powerful being in the universe…and dethrone Serenity…" she said softly.

"Peek-a-boo!" Aurea smiled and showed her face from behind a red blanket then she hid her face again.

"Where is Endy?" she asked.

Six months old Endymion was giggling and clapping his hands to the young woman playing in front of him.

"Here he is!" Aurea started tickling his tummy, the young prince's laugh made the maid's day. She could hear him laugh all day and not get tired.

Gaia was sitting on a red couch in front of them, she watched her son laugh and play with her confident and friend.

Aurea stopped tickling Endymion and sighed with joy "He's adorable" she said.

Gaia smiled "I know…he's my little angel"

"He's looking so much like you" Aurea said, giving baby Endy a small wooden horse to play.

Gaia scratched her nose and smiled "You think so? I think he looks just like his father"

"Well…in some things he looks like His Majesty and in others he looks like you…he makes some expressions like you" Aurea said looking at the baby in front of her, they both were sitting on the floor.

Gaia chuckled "Like which one?"

Aurea blew her bangs "The way he frowns"

Gaia laughed.

"And the way he smiles is from His Majesty" Aurea said.

Gaia stopped laughing and looked at the young maid sitting on the floor with her son "So, he has his mother's frowns and his father's charming smile…great"

Aurea laughed "But he has your eyes!"

"My eyes aren't blue, Eros's eyes are the ones that are blue" Gaia frowned.

"He has your hair!"

Gaia smiled "He's so big isn't he?"

Aurea nodded "He's going to be very tall"

Gaia eavesdropped "Like his father…"

Aurea laughed "It's a good thing for him to be tall! Or do you prefer to be short like..." she trailed off.

Gaia raised a thin brow "Like…."

Aurea blushed and looked down "Well…"

"Say it, like me" Gaia said.

"Well…yes…I mean, it is not a bad thing being short but…" Aurea tried to find the perfect words.

Gaia chuckled "Hey! What can I say! My mother is short"

Aurea turned to look at baby Endymion looking at his wooden horse with detail "I wish they could meet their grandson…"

Gaia widened her eyes in shock for what she just heard "Aurea..." she said softly.

Aurea blushed "I'm sorry Gaia…I know I shouldn't be saying these things but…they're missing so much! They're missing his laugh, his smiles, the joy of watch him grow everyday"

Gaia's eyes started to fill with tears "He has so much things from my father as well… he makes the same expression when he doesn't like something…I wish they could meet him too"

Aurea turned to look at the terran queen and saw her crying "Gaia! I'm so sorry! I shouldn't have said that…I'm so stupid"

Gaia shook her head no and dried her tears with a handkerchief "No Aurea, you're right, they're missing a wonderful grandchild, but…it's their lost not ours, we have him all to ourselves" she smiled.

Aurea smiled and nodded then turned to look at the baby who was watching her silently and with a serious face "We have more Endy for us! Yes we do, yes we do, yes we do!" Aurea started tickle baby Endymion again.

"Aurea, have you seen Marlo again?" Gaia asked sitting on the floor with them. Endymion as soon as he saw his mother sitting on the floor crawled towards her; Gaia held him and sat him straight, giving him his wooden horse again.

Aurea lowered her face "No…well…"

"Well…?" Gaia raised a brow "He seemed he was so interested in you"

"He was…until he met Irinda" Aurea said lowly.

"Who the hell is Irinda?" Gaia exclaimed unladylike.

"The baker's daughter" Aurea scratched her head.

Gaia placed a hand over Aurea's shoulder "You cared for him am I right?"

Aurea lowered her gaze and nodded "I thought he was really interested in me…"

"Well…" Gaia sighed "You can do better than him"

Aurea blinked a few times "What do you mean?"

Gaia smiled "I know of someone who is interested in you…"

Aurea's eyes widened in surprise "In…me?"

"That's right dear friend" Gaia smiled.

"Who is he?" Aurea scratched the back of her head softly.

"Leonidas" Gaia said.

"WHAT?" Aurea exclaimed.

"What?" Gaia asked.

Aurea stood up and started to walk around the living room "How do you know?"

"Does it really matter knowing how do I know?" Gaia rolled her eyes.

"Well…yes…that can be a joke" Aurea said.

"It's not a joke" Gaia said.

Aurea stopped and turned to look at Gaia "How do you know?"

Gaia sighed and stood up with Endymion in her arms "Aurea, I ask again, does it really matter? I know for a fact it is not a joke, why are you so worried?"

"It is not that I'm worried, it's just that… I'm surprised" Aurea said softly.

"Why? You're a wonderful woman, caring, honest, beautiful…" Gaia said.

Aurea blushed "I'm not as beautiful as you…"

"Aurea, you are beautiful" Gaia said.

"Leonidas…" Aurea said softly.

"He's a good man Aurea, a total gentleman, handsome, well positioned, honest and caring. He's better than Marlo, he would never play with your heart" Gaia said.

"But he looks so….serious all the time…" Aurea said.

"That's because he is Eros's right arm, he needs to be serious but I consist that he is a funny man, just like you" Gaia defended the general.

Aurea lowered her gaze "I don't know…"

Gaia placed a hand on the maid's shoulder "Come on Aurea, it's time for you to leave Marlo behind and start a new life, you deserve better. You deserve to be happy"

Aurea smiled "Thank you Gaia"

Gaia winked and switched Endymion to her left side "He's heavy"

"Oh…I need to check if the cook has dinner almost done!" Aurea said exiting the room.

Gaia chuckled and shook her head softly, seconds later Leonidas knocked on the door "Your Majesty"

Gaia smiled "Leonidas"

They stayed in silence for a few minutes "Yes, I told her" said Gaia.

Leonidas blushed "Did she say something?"

"She was taken by surprise, but, I know she will think about it…Marlo is…history" Gaia winked at the general.

Leonidas smiled "Thank you, Your Majesty"

"I will help you, only if you swear to me you won't hurt her" Gaia said seriously.

Leonidas lowered his head "I won't…I do care for her. I would never hurt her"

Gaia smiled at him "You better"

King Geb was sitting in his shrine thinking of his daughter. He remembered when she was born, how her eyes looked at him, how her little hands held his; a single tear ran through his cheek, Gaia was the best thing for him, and when he found out she was in love with a mortal she was so upset because he knew what that meant, he knew he wasn't going to see her again.

Then he thought about the crystal, the mighty stone she could control, the mighty stone she wasn't supposed to take to the mortal's realm.

Geb thought about what the higher gods said in the meeting, how all the gods and goddesses reacted when they knew his daughter gave birth to a child. "The child" he thought.

Geb stood up and started to walk around the open space where he was at; he ran his hand through his gray hair and sighed, a long time has passed since he last saw his daughter and despite the fact that he hurt her feelings, left her alone and didn't spoke on her behalf on the audience, he missed her. But his heart was too stubborn to accept the fact that what she did wasn't that wrong. That she just fell in love.

A dark gray shadow appeared in front of him, revealing a man with dark hair and dark eyes, his clothes were the color of charcoal.

Geb gasped in surprise, he didn't expect to be visited by a Higher God.

"You…previous protector of Earth" his strong deep voice echoed in the shrine.

"H-Hades…" Geb said dumbfounded.

"What…are you doing here?" Geb asked the God of the underworld.

"I needed to handle this situation by myself" Hades said looking his surroundings.

"What situation?" Geb asked.

Hades turned to look at Geb with a serious face "Your…distinctive family situation" he said with a cold voice.

"I have very clear what Zeus said in the audience…we are not to get close to Earth" Geb said.

"Do you?" Hades asked raising a brow.

"Yes" Geb said "We are not to get close to them, I have very clear I will not speak to her again"

"You said you would control the situation when we captured your dear son…and you let your sweet little daughter meet up with a mortal, bare a child and have the crystal" Hades said in a low voice.

"I never expected for her to fall for a mortal! And…"

"Silcence!" Hades interrupted Geb "I could take your soul to lie in the underworld for this, you knew she was taking the crystal and you did nothing!" Hades raised his voice.

"She placed another crystal in the black box with her belongings…"

"And you are really expecting me to believe you?" Hades asked.

Geb looked down and sighed "Zeus gave his orders to stay away, even Chronos agreed with him"

"I will never approve a disastrous thing like that, and not only you will follow his instructions but…you will get the crystal from her"" Hades grabbed Geb by his brown tunic.

Geb widened his eyes in shock "But if I take the stone from her she'll…"

Hades gave the former terran king a dead glare "That is not my problem"

"I can't kill my own daughter!" Geb said.

"No, it is I who can…and I already have control over her soul, I'm just waiting for the moment to take it to Lethe's river in the deepest of the underworld" Hades said, releasing his hand from Geb's tunic.

"Now, I will ask you nicely this time…but I won't do it twice. Get that crystal" Hades said.

Geb remained silent; Hades turned his back on Geb and in a cloud of gray smoke he disappeared.

Geb's dark green eyes started to fill with unshed tears, his fisted hands started to tremble for impotance.

"I need to take the crystal back…" Geb said to himself and turned to leave when Queen Nut appeared behind him.

"Geb, where are you going?" Nut asked him.

"I'm bringing the Golden Crystal back" Geb answered.

"What are you saying?" Nut exclaimed.

"Don't try to stop me this time Nut! It's something that has to be done" Geb said and disappeared.

Nut lowered her gaze and started to cry silently "I'm so sorry child…"

Leonidas left the room leaving Gaia alone with her son; she turned to look out the window and sighed; looking down at her son she smiled "How about we go out for a walk? The sun is lovely outside"

She stood up and then held Endy in her arms; walking through the hallways they arrived at the queen's favorite garden where she last saw her best friend.

Endy was making funny noises and made Gaia laugh softly "You like it here too don't you sweetie pie?"

The summer breeze caressed her face and in a slow motion her loose bun fell, making her raven hair dance with the soft wind and closed her eyes only to open them a few seconds later when she felt a strong energy behind her.

Gaia turned and widened her eyes in surprise and gasped.


A/N: Thank you for reading the story, reading reviews from you always make me feel better, so thank you very much. Well, it's wednesday already and it's divinity's wednesday, I hope you enjoy this chapter and will be looking forward for your reviews. Have a good day.

I do not own SM just this plot and some of the charaters. Thank you.