Chapter 3
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Yes, this is going to be longer then chapter two. ^-^"
***
Andrea blinked as she gazed out onto the battlefield below her. Brett standing behind her.
*where am I?*
*You are here in your mind, the memory that you had once lost*
*oh*
Andrea looked down and saw the fury of clouds of dust, and the clanking of metal and sounds of thunder and lightning. Powers of great intensity shot back and forth on both sides. Voices filled the air of war cries and cries of those that had fallen. It was a war against Heaven and Hell. There were gods that she didn't recognize, and those that seemed familiar, and then also gods that she had seen while walking in the heavenly courts ion Asgard. Three poked out of the crowd immensely. Two...was it two??...Well, one was Belldandy, and then one was Kyo, and the other was....HER!!??!!
Andrea did a double take. There was no way that that could be her..but..it was..She peered down, squinting her eyes against battle that raged on before her. She watched as the goddess with long white hair fell to the ground, and Belldandy fell to her side. Andrea just stared. The memories flew through her mind. ...*"Urd!!! ....Belldandy!! not now! we need to keep going! Let the tears come later......(Moans filled the air)...Urd............."*
What looked like to be her, Andrea, a normal teen that just loved to read fantasy novels, started to fight to the teeth, keeping any near demon away from the fallen goddess, which she presumed was Urd, she didn't know why, but she knew.
Belldandy stood up and started to help her twin in the fight. they looked at each other she saw a nod from between the two, and then there was a light chanting. She could here the voices of the two chanting together, in one voice, as a soft glow surrounded the pair. soon they started to rise, hand in hand they floated in the air till they were about a meter from the ground. Everyone, save Urd, and those that had fallen, stepped away. the demons that were close screamed in fear and ran in the opposite direction, killing anything that got it their way. till eventually their own comrades killed them, unknowing why they had run, only to see the glowing pair, and to repeat the actions of those that they desperately killed only to save their own hides.
*Wind of change, wind of heart, break these seals that bind us, let loose the power of the Almighty, let us bring down the fire of heaven against the fire of hell, Oh winds of Heart, break these seals!* The twins cried in unison.
The soft glow grew brighter to the point that Andrea had to shield her eyes, even though she was standing miles away. When she dared to look once more, not only did she see Belldandy in different clothes, but she also had a different symbol on her head. She was in her ultimate form. Beside her was a girl that looked strangely like her, but also, well, surprisingly dressed like the fallen goddess Urd. only, her hair was Blue!!?!!
The battle raged on, Belldandy sent forward great balls of Ki energy, while the Blue haired girl shot just as powerful blue streams of Ki energy from a great quaterstaff that she held in her hand.
*But, who is that, that is me?* Brett nodded from beside her. He was absorbed in the battle, for (she guessed) he had not seen this battle. She did not see his face amongst the gods and demons. Andrea then turned her attention to lone Demons that stood in the middle. But from what she could tell, they were of a higher authority then those Demons around her.
*Who are they?* Andrea thought to Brett, pointing in the Direction of the two Demons.
*One is Akuma. He's the one that is a bit taller then the other. He is a Devil, and is the highest in all of hell, save Satan.* He then shuttered involuntarily, and then recovered. *The other is a Deamon. He has higher power then the other demons, plus he is twice as strong. Although I do not remember his name, he is in second line of becoming a Devil. He has one job that he has to complete, then he can rise.*
*What does he have to do.*
Brett paused for a second, and then continued.
*Kill you.*
*WHAT?!?!* Andrea did a double take. "Why me?" She forgot to think, and just yelled at him, causing to wince a slight bit. He just shrugged, as they turned to see the twins blown out of the sky from some unknown Ki blast.
*"No!!!......(screams surrounded her as people rushed to help. She tried to rise, but the pain in her side was just too great.)...We need a healer! And fast! Three Norns are down! ....(She tried to rise again, searching for Belldandy through the blood that was streaking through her eyes.) n..Bell- chan.....BELL-CHAN!! (she screamed her sisters name as the thunder filled her mind and the pain over whelmed her. Darkness was fading and filling her mind.)....Bell....."*
Andrea stared down as both Twins collapsed. A dark laughter filled the air, and she looked to see Akuma and the Deamon laughing on their high horses.
*Calesta....* Andrea whispered. Brett just looked at her and decided to say nothing.
The battle kept raging on. More fell, and the laughter filled the air as the Devil and the Deamon shot out random bursts of Ki energy, as if it were a game. it was a game, to them...
Belldandy and her twin lay there. It got to the point where Andrea could take it no longer....THEY WERE GOING TO LOSE!!. But just as she was about to yell a battle cry, Brett held on to her shoulder. *WE must go.* Andrea tried to object, but she could barley keep herself from not breathing. With that, a Bright light shone around her. Tears filled her eyes and she accepted the path that would soon lay in front of her.
***
Andrea fell to her knees, just being caught by the arms of Brett, and another goddess that was now standing beside her. It was Belldandy. Andrea looked into her eyes, and saw the pain and tears. *She knew..she remembers......but do I?*
"That is you, Arie."
"Arie?" Andrea stared to where Kami-sama was. "I'm Andrea!! I read books, I like to write. How can that girl that's down there, in my so-called memory, be me? So what if we look alike, that can't be me. I got no powers like that. I can't even DYE my hair that colour blue!! How can that be me?....." she started to fall to her knees as her voice slowed and softened to a whisper. "....i'm Andrea......i'm.." She then started to weep.
Never had she felt such a lose. But it wasn't over her innocence, but over knowing how true it was. she didn't know it, but it was true. She remembered it. It didn't end that way....Kami-sama came, and sent one warning shot, scattering the Whole Hell army....she remembered..... Belldandy..... Bell-Chan.....she was in recovery for weeks, and she couldn't see her. Her burns weren't nearly so bad as Bell's. She remembered the Valkirians having to force her out, threatening to put her in the bed beside her sister.....she remembered....
Parts of what she was she didn't fully understand. Much was still fuzzy and thrown about in bite and pieces. She slowly pulled back her tears, and started to stand, Brett helping in holding her up.
"Who is Calesta?" Brett asked, stabilizing Andrea, and handing her a tissue from the back of his pocket.
"He's a Deamon, and is next in line to join Akuma as a Devil." Whispered Andrea, as she looked up towards Kami-sama. There was a silent pause.
"Yes, You are right. He is a Deamon. His final goal in becoming a Devil is to kill you, Arie."
Andrea stepped back, "Why am I Arie now? Just because I know a glimpse of a past that I can't even comprehend in being real, and now I'm expected to be this Arie? And what does this become of my wish, all I asked was for a twin, someone who would understand me for who I am, not who everyone else wants me to be."
Brett shook his head as Kami-sama spoke.
"Just by knowing your past does not change WHO you are. It's what you are that was preserved when you were placed in a life of mortals. Your wish changed when you were to know this. Time got sped up a bit, that's all."
"Oh really! and when was I supposed to find this out? when I die?!?"
A chuckle rang out, "You can't really die. You're immortal now. But really, you weren't suppose to find out about this until...well, not at least until you would be 18 or so."
Andrea just shook her head, and brushed off Brett's hold on her, assuring him that she was fine."
"Well, all I know is that I'm a goddess..of what I don't even know, and that some deamon has to kill me in order to get more powerful. But why me?" Kami-sama didn't answer. Andrea just glared up at his plateau. Then the thought occurred to her, "Who IS my twin, anywise?"
"Belldandy, the Goddess of the Present."
***
After those final words, Andrea was dismissed and then put into another goddess's care.
"We need to fit you again in your goddess out fit! Oh Dear, you have shrunk a bit since you left us, maybe if we age you a few years..." The chatter continued as Andrea was pulled along like a puppy down the long corridors. Passing mirror, and nodding to various gods and goddesses that they passed.
"Step in here." She did so. walking through the door she noticed a very small room that had walls sheeted in a silver metal that had not a single seem, even where the door...was...?? There was no door!!!
Andrea could feel the energy around the room filled her body, and she could feel the bones and her skin grow, as if she was being aged at a very fast rate. Her clothes disappeared from around her body, and She used her hands to cover what she could, but surprisingly enough, she could tell that it was neither cold, nor not in the room. Closing her eyes, the world spun as she lost momentary control of her body. Just when she thought that it would never stop, her feet came to rest on the ground that supported her shaky legs. She hadn't even noticed that she was air born till she could feel the solid ground at her feet.
Like magic, the door to another room open that had a set of clothes hanging on a hanger.
*Gee, I guess that I should change into these.* She thought to herself, and the mentally thwaped herself for stating such an obvious fact. Slipping into each piece, she felt strangely different. What normally wouldn't fit - fit, and the each peace felt as if it were made for her body. After she was done, all she could think of was finding a mirror.
Although it felt that too much of her skin was bare, she had also pointed out to herself that some of the goddesses that she had watched as she was walking down the hallways wore close to the same, only with a different spin, in accordance to their body type. Shrugging, Andrea just walked out the door where she was greeted by the other goddess (that got strangely shorter).
"Ah! Much better. I bet you want to see what it looks like, right?" Without saying another word, she ushered Andrea to a mirror, and all she could do was stare at her reflection.
*...this ...is..ME?!!?*
What she saw was her, but not. Not only did she have breasts, and a figure, but her height was a bit taller, and her hair a bit longer (Although, not as long as Belldandy's). She was wearing a black turtleneck type top that ended just above her waist, and with 4 belts (two in the back) held up (connecting to top) a belt that went around her waste. Coming from the belt was a pinkish see-through skirt that went to her knees in the back and to her mid thighs in the front, only surrounding the back and the front legs, ending at the belt buckle. on her hands were soft white gloves that ended around her wrist, and belt type of sleeves (much like Peorths, only two strips, overlaping, and smaller). around her biceps were bluish purple markings of a tattoo that was etching into her skin that were a single band and then round dots in both the top and the bottom that followed the strip.
Looking closer, she could see the differences in her face a bit too. There were goddess markings. On each cheek there were the half diamonds, exactly the same as Belldandy's, and in the center of her forehead was a circle with a half-oval underneath.
*Two marks?*
Turning to the goddess, "Why is there two marks on my forehead, instead of one, just like everyone else?" She looked at her and the frowned.
"There must be some sort of mistake!!" She went off to the phone at the corner of the room. After dialing a number, talking silently and then hanging up, she returned to a confused goddess. "It seems that the aging took a bit of a turn. Right now you have access to First class Unlimited powers."
"Meaning?"
"Well, you can basically destroy earth and then rebuild it in the blink of an eye." She shrugged, and ignored Andrea's wide eyes. "But we'll change that, at least until you learn to control it."
And with that she dragged her to another room. when they got there, she pointed to a glass case at the far end.
"See there? Take out the pair of earrings that you have on, and then pick a pair there!"
Self-consciously, Andrea touched her ears, never remembering which pair that she had in. And now having 2 pairs, starting this past summer, she found two green diamonds stars on the top, and two white ones on the bottom. Both she bought at a dollar store cause she liked the colours. After pulling them out, she glazed into the case, and pulled out her own pairs that seemed to catch her eye. after putting them in she turned to the girl next to her.
"Now what?"
The goddess handing Andrea a slip of paper, "I want you to read this out loud. But first, memorize it and then say it. It's a but of a sealing spell. Once you think that you got it all right, envision your new earrings, and then say the words, picturing your earrings. Got it?"
Andrea nodded, and started to read over the words. They were super easy to remember, only about 4 lines of a poem type of spell. Closing her eyes, Andrea then pictured the earrings, and started to whisper the spell.
"Hear oh great waters of the earth,
And thunders of the Sea,
Seal to me my power,
For power is not what I seek."
AS she finished, she could feel a sense of power linger for a second the then weaken. The goddess then walked up to her.
"There we go. Hmm, weird."
"What?"
"Not much, just that your goddess marking on your forehead didn't change. But I guess it's because you're a twin." Shrugging she then took her out of the series of rooms and back to the hallway. Heading down to the main foyer that she and Belldandy had arrived through, she couldn't help but wonder. It was now a new life. and she now was someone that she really was. It FELT like home here. She could sense the belonging as each goddess and god hurried along their way. She was now the Goddess Arie. And the only thing now that she could think of...was how much she wanted to go to sleep!
***
Yes, this is going to be longer then chapter two. ^-^"
***
Andrea blinked as she gazed out onto the battlefield below her. Brett standing behind her.
*where am I?*
*You are here in your mind, the memory that you had once lost*
*oh*
Andrea looked down and saw the fury of clouds of dust, and the clanking of metal and sounds of thunder and lightning. Powers of great intensity shot back and forth on both sides. Voices filled the air of war cries and cries of those that had fallen. It was a war against Heaven and Hell. There were gods that she didn't recognize, and those that seemed familiar, and then also gods that she had seen while walking in the heavenly courts ion Asgard. Three poked out of the crowd immensely. Two...was it two??...Well, one was Belldandy, and then one was Kyo, and the other was....HER!!??!!
Andrea did a double take. There was no way that that could be her..but..it was..She peered down, squinting her eyes against battle that raged on before her. She watched as the goddess with long white hair fell to the ground, and Belldandy fell to her side. Andrea just stared. The memories flew through her mind. ...*"Urd!!! ....Belldandy!! not now! we need to keep going! Let the tears come later......(Moans filled the air)...Urd............."*
What looked like to be her, Andrea, a normal teen that just loved to read fantasy novels, started to fight to the teeth, keeping any near demon away from the fallen goddess, which she presumed was Urd, she didn't know why, but she knew.
Belldandy stood up and started to help her twin in the fight. they looked at each other she saw a nod from between the two, and then there was a light chanting. She could here the voices of the two chanting together, in one voice, as a soft glow surrounded the pair. soon they started to rise, hand in hand they floated in the air till they were about a meter from the ground. Everyone, save Urd, and those that had fallen, stepped away. the demons that were close screamed in fear and ran in the opposite direction, killing anything that got it their way. till eventually their own comrades killed them, unknowing why they had run, only to see the glowing pair, and to repeat the actions of those that they desperately killed only to save their own hides.
*Wind of change, wind of heart, break these seals that bind us, let loose the power of the Almighty, let us bring down the fire of heaven against the fire of hell, Oh winds of Heart, break these seals!* The twins cried in unison.
The soft glow grew brighter to the point that Andrea had to shield her eyes, even though she was standing miles away. When she dared to look once more, not only did she see Belldandy in different clothes, but she also had a different symbol on her head. She was in her ultimate form. Beside her was a girl that looked strangely like her, but also, well, surprisingly dressed like the fallen goddess Urd. only, her hair was Blue!!?!!
The battle raged on, Belldandy sent forward great balls of Ki energy, while the Blue haired girl shot just as powerful blue streams of Ki energy from a great quaterstaff that she held in her hand.
*But, who is that, that is me?* Brett nodded from beside her. He was absorbed in the battle, for (she guessed) he had not seen this battle. She did not see his face amongst the gods and demons. Andrea then turned her attention to lone Demons that stood in the middle. But from what she could tell, they were of a higher authority then those Demons around her.
*Who are they?* Andrea thought to Brett, pointing in the Direction of the two Demons.
*One is Akuma. He's the one that is a bit taller then the other. He is a Devil, and is the highest in all of hell, save Satan.* He then shuttered involuntarily, and then recovered. *The other is a Deamon. He has higher power then the other demons, plus he is twice as strong. Although I do not remember his name, he is in second line of becoming a Devil. He has one job that he has to complete, then he can rise.*
*What does he have to do.*
Brett paused for a second, and then continued.
*Kill you.*
*WHAT?!?!* Andrea did a double take. "Why me?" She forgot to think, and just yelled at him, causing to wince a slight bit. He just shrugged, as they turned to see the twins blown out of the sky from some unknown Ki blast.
*"No!!!......(screams surrounded her as people rushed to help. She tried to rise, but the pain in her side was just too great.)...We need a healer! And fast! Three Norns are down! ....(She tried to rise again, searching for Belldandy through the blood that was streaking through her eyes.) n..Bell- chan.....BELL-CHAN!! (she screamed her sisters name as the thunder filled her mind and the pain over whelmed her. Darkness was fading and filling her mind.)....Bell....."*
Andrea stared down as both Twins collapsed. A dark laughter filled the air, and she looked to see Akuma and the Deamon laughing on their high horses.
*Calesta....* Andrea whispered. Brett just looked at her and decided to say nothing.
The battle kept raging on. More fell, and the laughter filled the air as the Devil and the Deamon shot out random bursts of Ki energy, as if it were a game. it was a game, to them...
Belldandy and her twin lay there. It got to the point where Andrea could take it no longer....THEY WERE GOING TO LOSE!!. But just as she was about to yell a battle cry, Brett held on to her shoulder. *WE must go.* Andrea tried to object, but she could barley keep herself from not breathing. With that, a Bright light shone around her. Tears filled her eyes and she accepted the path that would soon lay in front of her.
***
Andrea fell to her knees, just being caught by the arms of Brett, and another goddess that was now standing beside her. It was Belldandy. Andrea looked into her eyes, and saw the pain and tears. *She knew..she remembers......but do I?*
"That is you, Arie."
"Arie?" Andrea stared to where Kami-sama was. "I'm Andrea!! I read books, I like to write. How can that girl that's down there, in my so-called memory, be me? So what if we look alike, that can't be me. I got no powers like that. I can't even DYE my hair that colour blue!! How can that be me?....." she started to fall to her knees as her voice slowed and softened to a whisper. "....i'm Andrea......i'm.." She then started to weep.
Never had she felt such a lose. But it wasn't over her innocence, but over knowing how true it was. she didn't know it, but it was true. She remembered it. It didn't end that way....Kami-sama came, and sent one warning shot, scattering the Whole Hell army....she remembered..... Belldandy..... Bell-Chan.....she was in recovery for weeks, and she couldn't see her. Her burns weren't nearly so bad as Bell's. She remembered the Valkirians having to force her out, threatening to put her in the bed beside her sister.....she remembered....
Parts of what she was she didn't fully understand. Much was still fuzzy and thrown about in bite and pieces. She slowly pulled back her tears, and started to stand, Brett helping in holding her up.
"Who is Calesta?" Brett asked, stabilizing Andrea, and handing her a tissue from the back of his pocket.
"He's a Deamon, and is next in line to join Akuma as a Devil." Whispered Andrea, as she looked up towards Kami-sama. There was a silent pause.
"Yes, You are right. He is a Deamon. His final goal in becoming a Devil is to kill you, Arie."
Andrea stepped back, "Why am I Arie now? Just because I know a glimpse of a past that I can't even comprehend in being real, and now I'm expected to be this Arie? And what does this become of my wish, all I asked was for a twin, someone who would understand me for who I am, not who everyone else wants me to be."
Brett shook his head as Kami-sama spoke.
"Just by knowing your past does not change WHO you are. It's what you are that was preserved when you were placed in a life of mortals. Your wish changed when you were to know this. Time got sped up a bit, that's all."
"Oh really! and when was I supposed to find this out? when I die?!?"
A chuckle rang out, "You can't really die. You're immortal now. But really, you weren't suppose to find out about this until...well, not at least until you would be 18 or so."
Andrea just shook her head, and brushed off Brett's hold on her, assuring him that she was fine."
"Well, all I know is that I'm a goddess..of what I don't even know, and that some deamon has to kill me in order to get more powerful. But why me?" Kami-sama didn't answer. Andrea just glared up at his plateau. Then the thought occurred to her, "Who IS my twin, anywise?"
"Belldandy, the Goddess of the Present."
***
After those final words, Andrea was dismissed and then put into another goddess's care.
"We need to fit you again in your goddess out fit! Oh Dear, you have shrunk a bit since you left us, maybe if we age you a few years..." The chatter continued as Andrea was pulled along like a puppy down the long corridors. Passing mirror, and nodding to various gods and goddesses that they passed.
"Step in here." She did so. walking through the door she noticed a very small room that had walls sheeted in a silver metal that had not a single seem, even where the door...was...?? There was no door!!!
Andrea could feel the energy around the room filled her body, and she could feel the bones and her skin grow, as if she was being aged at a very fast rate. Her clothes disappeared from around her body, and She used her hands to cover what she could, but surprisingly enough, she could tell that it was neither cold, nor not in the room. Closing her eyes, the world spun as she lost momentary control of her body. Just when she thought that it would never stop, her feet came to rest on the ground that supported her shaky legs. She hadn't even noticed that she was air born till she could feel the solid ground at her feet.
Like magic, the door to another room open that had a set of clothes hanging on a hanger.
*Gee, I guess that I should change into these.* She thought to herself, and the mentally thwaped herself for stating such an obvious fact. Slipping into each piece, she felt strangely different. What normally wouldn't fit - fit, and the each peace felt as if it were made for her body. After she was done, all she could think of was finding a mirror.
Although it felt that too much of her skin was bare, she had also pointed out to herself that some of the goddesses that she had watched as she was walking down the hallways wore close to the same, only with a different spin, in accordance to their body type. Shrugging, Andrea just walked out the door where she was greeted by the other goddess (that got strangely shorter).
"Ah! Much better. I bet you want to see what it looks like, right?" Without saying another word, she ushered Andrea to a mirror, and all she could do was stare at her reflection.
*...this ...is..ME?!!?*
What she saw was her, but not. Not only did she have breasts, and a figure, but her height was a bit taller, and her hair a bit longer (Although, not as long as Belldandy's). She was wearing a black turtleneck type top that ended just above her waist, and with 4 belts (two in the back) held up (connecting to top) a belt that went around her waste. Coming from the belt was a pinkish see-through skirt that went to her knees in the back and to her mid thighs in the front, only surrounding the back and the front legs, ending at the belt buckle. on her hands were soft white gloves that ended around her wrist, and belt type of sleeves (much like Peorths, only two strips, overlaping, and smaller). around her biceps were bluish purple markings of a tattoo that was etching into her skin that were a single band and then round dots in both the top and the bottom that followed the strip.
Looking closer, she could see the differences in her face a bit too. There were goddess markings. On each cheek there were the half diamonds, exactly the same as Belldandy's, and in the center of her forehead was a circle with a half-oval underneath.
*Two marks?*
Turning to the goddess, "Why is there two marks on my forehead, instead of one, just like everyone else?" She looked at her and the frowned.
"There must be some sort of mistake!!" She went off to the phone at the corner of the room. After dialing a number, talking silently and then hanging up, she returned to a confused goddess. "It seems that the aging took a bit of a turn. Right now you have access to First class Unlimited powers."
"Meaning?"
"Well, you can basically destroy earth and then rebuild it in the blink of an eye." She shrugged, and ignored Andrea's wide eyes. "But we'll change that, at least until you learn to control it."
And with that she dragged her to another room. when they got there, she pointed to a glass case at the far end.
"See there? Take out the pair of earrings that you have on, and then pick a pair there!"
Self-consciously, Andrea touched her ears, never remembering which pair that she had in. And now having 2 pairs, starting this past summer, she found two green diamonds stars on the top, and two white ones on the bottom. Both she bought at a dollar store cause she liked the colours. After pulling them out, she glazed into the case, and pulled out her own pairs that seemed to catch her eye. after putting them in she turned to the girl next to her.
"Now what?"
The goddess handing Andrea a slip of paper, "I want you to read this out loud. But first, memorize it and then say it. It's a but of a sealing spell. Once you think that you got it all right, envision your new earrings, and then say the words, picturing your earrings. Got it?"
Andrea nodded, and started to read over the words. They were super easy to remember, only about 4 lines of a poem type of spell. Closing her eyes, Andrea then pictured the earrings, and started to whisper the spell.
"Hear oh great waters of the earth,
And thunders of the Sea,
Seal to me my power,
For power is not what I seek."
AS she finished, she could feel a sense of power linger for a second the then weaken. The goddess then walked up to her.
"There we go. Hmm, weird."
"What?"
"Not much, just that your goddess marking on your forehead didn't change. But I guess it's because you're a twin." Shrugging she then took her out of the series of rooms and back to the hallway. Heading down to the main foyer that she and Belldandy had arrived through, she couldn't help but wonder. It was now a new life. and she now was someone that she really was. It FELT like home here. She could sense the belonging as each goddess and god hurried along their way. She was now the Goddess Arie. And the only thing now that she could think of...was how much she wanted to go to sleep!