Usagi sighed as she pondered her thoughts. It was a beautiful day. The sun was out shining for the whole world to see. The sky was a beautiful blue with only white fluffy clouds that formed shapes in little children's minds. The different kinds of birds chirped out their melodies. To some it was annoying to other like herself it was a soothing song that eased their pain, taking it away and sending it out to the wind. But today that didn't happen. The sun beat down its rays on the children who played happily together on the green grass of the park. It was a glorious afternoon. To Usagi it was just another day. Another day to celebrate her loneliness.
If you looked at Usagi, as a person, you would easily judge her right away by the way she just sat there staring at the lake. You would say she was a happy teenage girl with great hopes and dreams. Many friends, to spend nights with, and talk over lunch with. A girl who had loving parents and siblings. A boyfriend who loved her and only her with all his heart and was there for her. A girl who wasn't tainted by the pains of life or sadness. A girl who was always happy and never had to worry what the next day might bring.
But their judgment was always wrong. Even ones who were good at judging people were always wrong about her. She was a complete opposite. She wasn't happy. She hadn't been happy for years. She sometimes wondered if she knew what happiness was, anymore. She had no hopes or dreams. They were lost when her life had been taken over by fate, and destiny.
Why hold onto a dream you know cannot have no matter what you do. Why hope things would happen for the best when they never did. She had no friends. Never had any, for many years now. No parents either. None, which she could talk to, or love or even, be loved by. She hadn't had those for so long she just forgotten what is what like to have them. No point on hoping she would gain them again.
Pain. Now that was a word she knew. She had known pain very well when she was younger. And pain was all she felt now. Sadness sometimes came afterward but it never stung her anymore. Physical pain and emotional pain were the same to her. Her heart felt like a knife sliced through it and scarred it. Every night she was afraid to sleep. Afraid what her nightmares would bring her. Afraid to wake up, and find more pain. Each day brought more on her. Each day tore at her soul.
Usagi turned her gaze from the lake to the couple walking by. She tilted her slightly to the left hearing them speak.
Then she scoffed, "they wont last another week."
She knew people like the back of her hand. She knew by the way they talked or act, what would happen to them in the future. Unlike one of her long lost friend she didn't need a mirror or streams of thread to read time. The future, past, present came to her like a memory or a dream that is, if she wanted it too.
Time had changed over the years but it meant nothing to Usagi. Time to her was forever. Cause that was what she had. She had eternity, or until the gods decided they were through with their punching bag. Usagi looked at the group of boys who walked past her.
She studied them oh so carefully. They had a dark past, which they hid deep within themselves. They had seen a lot in their short years of their lives but nothing compared to her...all except those two. The two who were cold and apathetic like herself. They stood to themselves unlike the other three. They intrigued her just a little. It wasn't something she saw everyday.
Usagi peered closer, but didn't bring attention to herself. She couldn't tell whom, but one of them was dissimilar. Yes they had different personalities, beliefs on life and understanding. But one wasn't like the others. Didn't fit in a crowd like the others. One, who wasn't normal, wasn't norm like herself was. One who wasn't human, like herself?
She wanted to follow them but she would bring awareness to herself. She didn't need that.
"Are you ready, or do you plan on just sitting there all day?"
Usagi frowned. The last person she really needed to see.
Usagi wasn't an angel, unlike what most people or gods believed. She took others lives away from them if she knew they would disrupt her work or the time. She wasn't Shinigami. No she didn't take lives without regret and forgets all whom pasts through his gates. No she regretted whom she took but she had no choice. She wasn't the god of death, and destruction. No she was the goddess of rebirth. She took their lives giving them other ones so they could start anew.
Usagi turned to her visitor as the boys vanished from her site, "What can I help you with Shinigami?"
Yes the lord of the underworld. The god who took lives away and sends them down to his realm. Hell, if you may call it that. Usagi called it darkness.
"It must be of great importance to bring you to my realm."
The gods called what laid between the heavens and hell her realm. Between light and darkness, the mortal realm. Since she had been mortal at one time. But that was a long time ago. A time she knew of love, friendship, and compassion.
Shinigami stared down at the beauty sitting the old wooden bench. She was a true goddess of the heavens/light. She had made the goddess of love jealous. With snow-white hair that held silver streaks which fell in a cascade of glowing strands of hair to her knees. Her hair was soft and looked as if it had been spun from a spider, so thin and delicate, and beautiful in the sunlight as it gleamed from the rays.
Her eyes were the color of the very stars in heaven glowing with deep depths emotion that no one could handle if they dare to read her soul through her eyes. He had heard that many tried and had gone insane. She was a stone pillar hard as a rock and unbroken.
At such a young age and had seen so much. She cared so much for the world. Took it's pain as her own and this is what had become of her. A cold goddess who believed life was eternity. Never ending time that molded together as a blur. She was the goddess of rebirth who walked among the mortals, who gawked at her wake.
Shinigami smiled slightly, "I have come with news my lovely. It seems that you have a new mission."
Usagi stood from her bench. Her momentum was graceful like a cat. Each onslaught she made was like a step in a dance from unheard music.
Many say if you listen closely you could hear the goddess of the earth sing. Usagi was that goddess. They heard her not Gaea. She had many names but chose to be talked to by her human form. Most disagreed so when they called for her by her goddess name she never complied. She didn't want to be looked upon as a goddess. Just a person trapped in eternal life.
She had many names as said before. She was called Artimis at first, then Diana. It soon changed to her mothers name Selene. And then finally Isis. Many lies of her life have been told but that's what mortals believed, and that's why she picked her mortal name.
"What is my quest now dear Shinigami?"
She always made his heart flutter, even though he was the god of death.
"The god of gods has called for you. He asks of you a favor."
Usagi' didn't move. "Why did he not send the messenger?"
Shinigami turned ready to go now that he done as told.
"Only he can tell."
Then Shinigami left without another word or trace that he had once been there. Usagi looked once more to the cold depths of the lake before she too vanished.
If you looked at Usagi, as a person, you would easily judge her right away by the way she just sat there staring at the lake. You would say she was a happy teenage girl with great hopes and dreams. Many friends, to spend nights with, and talk over lunch with. A girl who had loving parents and siblings. A boyfriend who loved her and only her with all his heart and was there for her. A girl who wasn't tainted by the pains of life or sadness. A girl who was always happy and never had to worry what the next day might bring.
But their judgment was always wrong. Even ones who were good at judging people were always wrong about her. She was a complete opposite. She wasn't happy. She hadn't been happy for years. She sometimes wondered if she knew what happiness was, anymore. She had no hopes or dreams. They were lost when her life had been taken over by fate, and destiny.
Why hold onto a dream you know cannot have no matter what you do. Why hope things would happen for the best when they never did. She had no friends. Never had any, for many years now. No parents either. None, which she could talk to, or love or even, be loved by. She hadn't had those for so long she just forgotten what is what like to have them. No point on hoping she would gain them again.
Pain. Now that was a word she knew. She had known pain very well when she was younger. And pain was all she felt now. Sadness sometimes came afterward but it never stung her anymore. Physical pain and emotional pain were the same to her. Her heart felt like a knife sliced through it and scarred it. Every night she was afraid to sleep. Afraid what her nightmares would bring her. Afraid to wake up, and find more pain. Each day brought more on her. Each day tore at her soul.
Usagi turned her gaze from the lake to the couple walking by. She tilted her slightly to the left hearing them speak.
Then she scoffed, "they wont last another week."
She knew people like the back of her hand. She knew by the way they talked or act, what would happen to them in the future. Unlike one of her long lost friend she didn't need a mirror or streams of thread to read time. The future, past, present came to her like a memory or a dream that is, if she wanted it too.
Time had changed over the years but it meant nothing to Usagi. Time to her was forever. Cause that was what she had. She had eternity, or until the gods decided they were through with their punching bag. Usagi looked at the group of boys who walked past her.
She studied them oh so carefully. They had a dark past, which they hid deep within themselves. They had seen a lot in their short years of their lives but nothing compared to her...all except those two. The two who were cold and apathetic like herself. They stood to themselves unlike the other three. They intrigued her just a little. It wasn't something she saw everyday.
Usagi peered closer, but didn't bring attention to herself. She couldn't tell whom, but one of them was dissimilar. Yes they had different personalities, beliefs on life and understanding. But one wasn't like the others. Didn't fit in a crowd like the others. One, who wasn't normal, wasn't norm like herself was. One who wasn't human, like herself?
She wanted to follow them but she would bring awareness to herself. She didn't need that.
"Are you ready, or do you plan on just sitting there all day?"
Usagi frowned. The last person she really needed to see.
Usagi wasn't an angel, unlike what most people or gods believed. She took others lives away from them if she knew they would disrupt her work or the time. She wasn't Shinigami. No she didn't take lives without regret and forgets all whom pasts through his gates. No she regretted whom she took but she had no choice. She wasn't the god of death, and destruction. No she was the goddess of rebirth. She took their lives giving them other ones so they could start anew.
Usagi turned to her visitor as the boys vanished from her site, "What can I help you with Shinigami?"
Yes the lord of the underworld. The god who took lives away and sends them down to his realm. Hell, if you may call it that. Usagi called it darkness.
"It must be of great importance to bring you to my realm."
The gods called what laid between the heavens and hell her realm. Between light and darkness, the mortal realm. Since she had been mortal at one time. But that was a long time ago. A time she knew of love, friendship, and compassion.
Shinigami stared down at the beauty sitting the old wooden bench. She was a true goddess of the heavens/light. She had made the goddess of love jealous. With snow-white hair that held silver streaks which fell in a cascade of glowing strands of hair to her knees. Her hair was soft and looked as if it had been spun from a spider, so thin and delicate, and beautiful in the sunlight as it gleamed from the rays.
Her eyes were the color of the very stars in heaven glowing with deep depths emotion that no one could handle if they dare to read her soul through her eyes. He had heard that many tried and had gone insane. She was a stone pillar hard as a rock and unbroken.
At such a young age and had seen so much. She cared so much for the world. Took it's pain as her own and this is what had become of her. A cold goddess who believed life was eternity. Never ending time that molded together as a blur. She was the goddess of rebirth who walked among the mortals, who gawked at her wake.
Shinigami smiled slightly, "I have come with news my lovely. It seems that you have a new mission."
Usagi stood from her bench. Her momentum was graceful like a cat. Each onslaught she made was like a step in a dance from unheard music.
Many say if you listen closely you could hear the goddess of the earth sing. Usagi was that goddess. They heard her not Gaea. She had many names but chose to be talked to by her human form. Most disagreed so when they called for her by her goddess name she never complied. She didn't want to be looked upon as a goddess. Just a person trapped in eternal life.
She had many names as said before. She was called Artimis at first, then Diana. It soon changed to her mothers name Selene. And then finally Isis. Many lies of her life have been told but that's what mortals believed, and that's why she picked her mortal name.
"What is my quest now dear Shinigami?"
She always made his heart flutter, even though he was the god of death.
"The god of gods has called for you. He asks of you a favor."
Usagi' didn't move. "Why did he not send the messenger?"
Shinigami turned ready to go now that he done as told.
"Only he can tell."
Then Shinigami left without another word or trace that he had once been there. Usagi looked once more to the cold depths of the lake before she too vanished.
