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Let's Start at the Very Beginning
-CHAPTER 3-
Gaia and Endymion arrived in the gardens of Terra. Endymion
took a wary look at his surroundings since he was to be here
without his mother. Gaia however was very familiar with her
surroundings. She was trying hard not to let the tears that were
forming to fall. 'Be brave Gaia, for Endy.' She waved her hand
over her son and hid his true features.
"Now, remember that you are not to take off the disguise at
all like at home alright? Meet me here on your last day at nine
o'clock, do you understand?"
"Yes. Mother Earth, this place is beautiful. Did you like
it here?"
"Indeed I did." Gaia smiled at her son. "Now, I want you to
meet two friends of mine, Margret and Gregory. They have a son
named Andrew around your age."
"My age? Like Sere?"
"You really like her don't you?" Gaia once again smiled.
She of course knew that they were soul mates, but wanted to find
out her sons reaction on his feelings.
"It's really confusing, but she's nice. I like her. A lot.
Do you think she likes me a lot too?" 'I hope so.' Endy thought.
'By the looks of the kiss those two had shared yesterday, heck
yeah!' Gaia was thinking at the same time.
"Yes, I do. Now, let us go meet my friends. I am most
certain that they will like you." Gaia led her son down a narrow
path to a nice looking hut at the other end of the garden. She
rapt lightly. 'Please let Gregory and Margret remember me.' The
door opened. A little boy with blonde hair and green eyes around
Endymion's age peeked out.
"Yes?"
"Hello, my name is Gaia. Are you Andrew?"
"Yes, how do you know my name?" She flashed him a gentle
smile. 'She looks like she can be trusted.' Young Andrew thought.
"I am an old friend of your parents'."
"Andrew, honey, who's at the door?" a voice from inside hollered.
"A woman named Gaia." Andrew hollered back.
"Who?!" A woman appeared with brown hair and blue eyes.
"Gaia, is that really you?!" She looked up and down Gaia like
she was a fragile doll that would break at any moment.
"Yes Margret. It's so good to see you again." She embraced
her old friend.
"Gregory love, come here, quick!" Margret yelled back into
the house.
"Yes sweetie? Omygoodness! Gaia?! Is it really you?!" Gaia
laughed.
"Yes Gregory." She hugged her other friend.
"Who's that?" Andrew asked pointing to Endymion.
"This is my son Endymion. Endymion this is Gregory,
Margret, and Andrew."
"Hello." Endy spoke. Gregory and Margret looked about ready
to pass out.
"Son?" Margret breathed.
"Terrance's and mine." Gaia explained to her friends.
"I thought that little bastard Judis was the only son
Terrance had." Gregory said.
"HONEY! Watch your mouth. Our son and the young prince do
not need your bad influence on them. Gaia, is he older than
Judis by chance though? It would relieve me so much to know that
Judis is not to be heir. Thinking of him as ruler of Terra is
horrible. Come inside so we may talk more about the subject."
"Yes, I think that is a good idea." Gaia agreed.
"Andrew, go show Endymion around. Your mother, Gaia, and I
need to discuss grown up matters. But make sure that the King
Terrance and Judis do not see you."
"Yes father. Come on Endy. Do you mind if I call you that?"
"No that's okay." The two boys became friends immediately.
They headed off into the gardens. The three parents entered into
the house. Gaia noticed a young girl sleeping on one of the
three beds.
"Is she your youngest?" Gaia asked.
"Yes, her name is Lizzy." Gregory replied.
"Tea your majesty?" Margret asked. Gaia laughed.
"Really Margret, no formalities. We are friends."
"Alright, but, I am confused, please explain about
Endymion." So Gaia started her story of how she had found out
that Terrance had had an affair and that she had hid Endy from
everyone except the other Queens and a few select trustworthy
servants in Atlantis.
"I beg you two to not tell Terrance about Endymion. Well,
that he is his son. I really would like Endy to spend time with
his father, but I have my doubts about Judis. I fear that Judis
would do something terrible to Endy even if he is just a child.
There is something not quite right with him. And my gut tells me
that he is not even really Terrance's son. For some reason, I
also fear that when Judis is old enough, he will throw Terra
into utter chaos. Of possibly even kill Endy for the throne."
"Gaia, I can understand that you do not wish to let Judis
know that Endy is older than he and would take the throne from
him, but is it wise not to tell Terrance? I know I would want to
know that I have a son." Gregory said. "Also how do you wish to
have Endy stay in the presence of his father?"
"Well, I know that I should tell Terrance, but I just
can't. I feel betrayed for what he did. In a way, I feel that it
is his own fault that he does not know. And I have a big favor
to ask of you. Do you think that on the weekends, Endy could
come and stay here? He could work in the gardens with you." Gaia
here gave a cocky smile. "He already can take care of my gardens
at Atlantis excellently."
"It would be wonderful if Endy stayed with us. That way
Andrew could have a friend his own age. Judis has always treated
him very, and I mean very cruelly. In fact he treats everyone
cruelly. Even Terrance. The only one he is nice to is that young
lady Beryl, and it's more out of fear than respect if you asked
me." Margret stated.
"I agree that Endy can stay with us. But, I still think
that you should tell Terrance. He is heart broken still ever
since you left him Gaia. I have talked to him many times. It is
like he is not yet willing to allow the fact register that Judis
is his son and you are gone. When he talks of you, his eyes hold
a glazed over, longing look in them. He is as much hurt by what
he did to you, by what you did to him. Is it really fair to keep
Endymion from him?" Gregory asked.
"You are right, even as much as I am angry at him still, I
have forgiven him, and I still love him. But I tell you, it is
for Endymion's own safety that I worry over. As I said before, I
fear that Judis will hurt him. I do this for Endymion's own
safety. Truth be told, I wish to be back here with Terrance for
Endy to have a father and to be with him once again as well."
"Then why do you hesitate? I know you say that you are
worried about Judis, but why?" Margret asked.
"Endymion is well...different. As am I."
"What do you mean?"
"I have not even told Terrance this but I am not mortal. My
mother was mortal, but my father was not. The non-mortal blood
will consume the mortal blood until that person is non-mortal. I
am in fact, over a thousand years old. That is like being in my
mid-twenties. We have a power to detect evil things. In this
case: Judis. I have also sensed it in the girl Beryl. Endy is
still somewhat mortal, and he still has several years before he
has lost all of his mortal blood. Judis, and even Beryl I fear,
have some plan. I know it sounds ridiculous that those two have
plotted against Terrance, it's just a feeling I have, but
still..." she trailed off letting everything she had just said
sink into her friends' minds. After a few minutes of silence
Margret spoke.
"I was just thinking that Endymion does not really look
like you or Terrance. I mean, he has brown hair like his father,
but the eyes are a different color. And well, he just doesn't
look like either of you." Gaia smiled.
"Good. He's not supposed to." Gregory and Margret looked at
one another puzzled, and then to Gaia.
"What?" the asked in confused unison. Gaia laughed.
"In reality, Endy looks just like his father but he has
black hair and blue eyes like myself. If anyone knew either of
us, he or she would probably know that he was our child. So, I
hid his true looks. He is quite handsome, even at the young age
of ten." Just then the two boys burst into the room. Both were
laughing very hard.
"What's so funny?" Gaia asked. They just looked at each
other and laughed even harder.
-Earlier in the gardens of Terra-
"Wow, these gardens are so neat!" Endy said.
"Yeah, my Father works in them."
"I work in the gardens back home. I might even work here
too if your Mom and Dad say that I can stay with them for the
weekends."
"Really? I would love that. I've always wanted a brother. I
have a little sister, but it's not the same. Do you have any
brothers or sisters?"
"No. But there is this one girl who is really nice. I
really like her."
"You like a girl?! They have cooties ya know." He made a
face at the thought of having a girl as a friend.
"Yeah well, she is decent, especially for a girl."
"If you say so."
"Do you mean that there is no one our age around here?"
"Well, there is this one kid named Judis. You heard what my
dad called him."
"Yeah, a bastard."
"My mom would kill my dad if she found out that you said
what my father did." The two started laughing.
"But really, why is he bad?" Endymion asked after their
laughter had subsided.
"Well for starters, he thinks that he is all high and
mighty because he is the crown prince. Or are you that?"
"I really don't know. He's supposed to be my half-brother
or something."
"I thought you said you did not have a brother or sister.
And what is a half-brother cut in half or something?"
"No, Mother Earth explained to me about him, but I forget
what she said."
"Do you really want me to tell you about him if he is your
half-brother?" Andrew asked.
"Yes. Mother Earth says that he might not be my brother at
all. By the way he sounds, I hope he's not."
"Yeah, me too. You're too nice. Anyways, another thing that
makes him bad is that he is so mean. I tried to be nice to him
and ask if he wanted to play a game with a new toy that Father
got me. He said sure and then he broke it on purpose! Then he
laughed at me. Another time Father came home rather angry
because Judis thought it would be funny to dig up some of the
new planted flowers Father had worked so hard planting on. He
also likes to play tricks on everyone. I won't tell you how
gruesome the trick he played on the cook was."
"Tell me!"
"He put a dead rat in the main dish to a major banquet.
Luckily the first person to open the dish was the King himself.
He apparently knew that the rat came from Judis. Oh, and he
always is around with this girl, Beryl. She is spooky. I have
heard her talking to a person by the name of Matallica when no
one is there. She threatened to kill me if I told anyone. Oops.
You didn't here that from me okay?"
"Right." Just then they heard two voices.
"Quick, hide behind here Endy. Father said that we were not
to be seen." The two boys hid behind a bush and watched as two
people came by. One was a mean looking boy with strawberry
blonde hair and green eyes, and a girl with fiery red hair.
"That's Judis and Beryl." Andrew said in a hushed whisper.
Endy had a sudden idea. 'They're not looking down at all, why
not?' He made sure that Andrew was not looking at the ground or
him either. He closed his eyes and pictured a rather large rock.
Concentrating very hard, he tried to make a rock appear like he
had with the rose. He looked up to see in the middle of right
where the two were walking, the large rock.
"As I was saying Beryl-" Judis tripped over the rock and
fell face flat. Beryl did not stop soon enough and tripped over
his fallen figure. The dress that she was wearing went over her
head and you could see her under garments.
"GWET OWF MWE!" Came the muffled yell beneath her. She
rolled off of him. He got up but she accidentally stepped on his
trousers and as he walked away, his pants fell down. A large
group of people came to see who was making all of the noise. All
of them burst into laughter at the sight the two made.
"You dope! You pulled down my trousers!"
"Me?! You tripped over the rock! That thing is huge, how
could you not have seen it?!" Endy and Andrew left the fuming
pair. After getting a safe distance they let out their muffled
giggles. They ran into Andrew's house. Their parents looked at
them like they had gone mad.
"What's so funny?" Gaia asked. They just looked at each
other and laughed harder.
"Judis...rock...fall...Beryl...fall...undergarments...large
crowd ...funny..." Andrew managed to get out before falling on
the ground to laugh even harder. After about five minutes of
laughter, the two boys finally got a hold of themselves.
Endymion explained what had happened with the rock, Judis, and
Beryl. He left out the part that he had made the rock appear.
Andrew immediately started laughing followed shortly by
Endymion, next Margret, Gregory, and finally Gaia. They started
chatting about other matters shortly after the laughter subsided
somewhat. One was convincing Andrew not to tell anyone that
Endymion was Terrance's son. Another was what to tell Terrance
about Endy. Margret had suggested that they say Endy was a
cousin of Andrew's. Gregory reminded her that neither had any
siblings. Gaia thought it best to tell the truth, or at least as
close as possible without telling Terrance that Endymion was his
son by having Margret and Gregory say that Endymion was the son
of a friend who wanted to garden in the palace.
"He is an excellent gardener. I know that Terrance always
loved anyone who was good in gardening." So it was agreed that
Endymion was to be somewhat of an apprentice to Gregory.
"I must leave tonight before I am missed back in Atlantis.
Goodbye and goodnight Gregory, Margret, Andrew." She gave her
son a hug and a kiss. "Be good for Margret and Gregory now. I
love you." She whispered in his ear.
"I love you too Mother Earth." He whispered back. She got
up and left the house.
"Are you okay Endy?" Andrew asked.
"Yeah Drew."
"Drew?"
"Well, I was thinking of calling you Andy, but Endy and
Andy are too similar. Or do you prefer Andy?"
"Drew's fine."
"Endymion?" He turned to Margret.
"Are you hungry?" He nodded. "Then let's eat. Tomorrow
Gregory we'll introduce you to your father, how does that
sound?"
"Great!" He exclaimed as he smiled.
-The next morning-
"Endy, your Father and I are very close friends. We have
been friends for a long time." Gregory explained.
"What is he like? I never asked Mother Earth because I
think that she gets upset when someone talks about him."
"Your Father is very kind. I know that he did something
very wrong, but he learned from it. He misses your Mother very
much, and I know that he loves her. I have a question for you.
Why do you call Gaia Mother Earth and not just Mother? Many
people call her Mother Earth."
"Many people do call her Mother Earth because she is so
good with nature. I call her that too because I am saying
Mother. That way I got into the habit of calling her Mother
Earth instead of just Mother incase I accidentally let it slip."
They walked the rest of the way in silence to the throne room.
The room they entered was dark except for the light that came
from the two windows in the room. The only sound audible was the
clicking of Gregory's and Endymion's shoes. They walked towards
the doors that lay on the other side of the room. Gregory slowly
opened the door. Endymion prepped himself. 'I wonder what he'll
look like. What if he doesn't like me?' They entered the throne
room. Judis and Beryl were sitting on two small thrones, Judis's
chair was bigger than Beryl's, and on the throne, was Terrance.
Terrance smiled at his friend as he entered the room.
"Hello Gregory. Who is your friend?" Endymion gulped.
'Well, don't screw this up or he won't like you.'
Review below. I hoped you liked it! - Jelp
