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Chapter 8 ~ "Fallen"
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.d.r.e.a.m.s.
"..Arie... arie........Air....ree...." The voice echoed in her head through the darkness. Andrea struggled to open her eyes but the weight of the darkness was great and they would not open. "..arie......"
"I'm here... who's there...." Andrea whispered into the emptyness that filled her.
"...arie..." Andrea felt tears run down her cheek. Arie wasn't there... But neither was she. Neither existed. "...arie......."
"She is not here... Arie isn't here....Arie doesn't live here... she doesn't exist" Andrea whispered. Her words getting longer with each breath.
"...arie..."
"No!!! Go Away!! Arie's isn't here!!" Andrea screamed, covering her ears. Her body floated and light filled her senses, and slowly she trying to open her eyes, squinting against the light. Before her stood a girl with long blue hair, and markings like her own. The girl smiled. "..Arie...."
"I'm not...." Andrea protested as the girl put her finger on andrea's lips to silence her.
"But you are."
"Then who are you?" The girl broke into a wide grin, eyes squinting and everything. Warmth flowed from her, just like Belldandy every thime she was near Keiichi.
"I am you."
"..but how.."
"...shhh... I am not the one that can answer your questions. You are who Kami-sama made you. You are Arie, daughter of Odin. It is your destiny to take you place by the side of the 3 Norns."
Andrea shook her head. "I do not know this Odin, and I am not Arie. She does not exist."
The girls lips pursed and she whispered "But, If Arie doesn't exist, who are You?"
Silence covered Andreas face, a small tear flowed down her cheek and she slowly shook her head.
"I do not know. I once knew, but then i know that that life doesn't not exist as well. I'm neither Andrea, nor am I Arie. Neither exists. Neither can...it's not possible.....it can't be..." Andrea fell to her knees, face in her hands. She wept. She could feel the warm arms of the girl surround her.
"My dear. You are who you are. You are Arie, but you also are Andrea. How, I can not explain. That is for you to descover. But know this. Don't forget who you are. One part of you can not exist without the other. Just ask Urd. You were Born as Arie, Goddess of Moments. But you have lived as Andrea. Each is a part of you, but never forget one for the other, for you have learned much in both lives." Andreas tears started to fade.
"..why Urd....? All she did was..."
"..was Save your life. She had no control, she didn't even know who you were when she watched a child, that she so desperatly wanted to save, die infront of her. She has lived with a curse and a blessing of her own. As you know, she is part Demon, and she can not live with one and not the other. Just as You can not live without the knowledge of what it is like to be mortal."
Andrea shook her head, "But it's so hard....!"
The girl lifted Andrea's chin and looked into her face. "Who said it was going to be easy?" She paused as she wipped one of Andrea's tears. "Think of who you are, and who you love?"
Andrea looked at her and then back down. "...Kyozetsu.....Belldandy...Skuld.....Mom..Dad...Nicole and Robert." Andrea looked up. " I Love my family. But it's split into two. How can I love each life and be without one or the other?" The girl shook her head.
"That is for you to choose." Andrea let out a soft shaken sigh.
"If only i could be with one for a while longer and then come back to my true family." The gril smiled but said nothing.
"But what of Kyozetsu?"
"What of him?"
"Where is he? Is he okay?"
The girl looked at her and then stood up slowly, her long white gown flowing afound her.
"Wait!! ...Dont' go! What of Kyo? Tell me...! Where are you going?" The darkness started to surround her as the girl walked away. Andrea tried to run after her but was caught in the snares of the darkness. Andrea cried out after the girl. With a tear in her eye, the girl turned around. Andrea whispered.
"Please don't leave me.....please..." A tear slid down her cheek.
"I am not leaving you. I AM you. All you have to do is accept me."
".....arie..."
"Just remember what you stand for..." And with that the Darkness surrounded Andrea and the girl. And there was no more but her thoughts.
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"Where's Urd? Why was Brett here?" Skuld complained for the thousandth time. Keiichi had managed to bring Arie upstairs and Belldandy did a quick scan spell on Arie. A few cuts and bruises, and a good bump on the head, but nothing broken. Thankfully. Bell healed up the buises, cuts and bumps. The one on her head was a bit serious, and they were all worried over that one. esecially since she didn't want to wake up. Belldandy and Skuld wouldn't leave her side. (Well Skuld did for a bit to make an attachment to Bampei. "Nurse Bampei," Even went as far as downloading a ton of medical infomartion into Bampei. Surprisingly enough, it didn't take much.)
Keiichi, on the other hand kept handy with making tea and making sure that the two goddesses got some sleep at night while he worked an his studies. Belldandy took the whole ordeal a little harder then everyone expected. Keiichi had to try many times to get Belldandy up to cook anything at all. And when she did, her heart wasn't completely into it. And after a few attempts Keiichi offered to order out and shoo'd Belldandy back to Arie's side. They were all worried, but Bell was either knitting, talking or crying at Aries side.
It was on the second day that they finally got a clue as to Arie being any bit consious. The music recorder that Skuld made for Arie started to play this haunting melody. First it started with a slow cello beats and soon it got more complicated in beats. And then there was a haunting chime of a saprano bell as if it was playing the words to the song. When hearing this Belldandy started to perk up, and Skuld put the equipment to record anything that it picks up. But at least they started eating properly again.
There wasn't much word from anywhere else. Almost as if there was no way they could get contacted. When Belldandy tried calling out there was always a busy signal. Urd didn't show up for at least 3 days, but by the time that she did, they were all relieved and curious.
"Onee-sama!" Skuld cried as she rushed into her sisters arms, much to the shocked Urd. Belldandy smiled understanding at her sisters return. Footsteps echo'ed from the hallway. They turned and expected to see Keiichi returning from his room. But there stood a blue haired girl, her goddess marks glowing, and her battle uniform moving with a shimmer as if it have a life of it's own. A glowing Orbed staff in her hands.
"...Arie...." Belldandy whispered as Urd and Skuld stared at her with awe. Arie's silver blue eyes ablaze as she walked towards them all.
"Ready?"
Chapter 8 ~ "Fallen"
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.d.r.e.a.m.s.
"..Arie... arie........Air....ree...." The voice echoed in her head through the darkness. Andrea struggled to open her eyes but the weight of the darkness was great and they would not open. "..arie......"
"I'm here... who's there...." Andrea whispered into the emptyness that filled her.
"...arie..." Andrea felt tears run down her cheek. Arie wasn't there... But neither was she. Neither existed. "...arie......."
"She is not here... Arie isn't here....Arie doesn't live here... she doesn't exist" Andrea whispered. Her words getting longer with each breath.
"...arie..."
"No!!! Go Away!! Arie's isn't here!!" Andrea screamed, covering her ears. Her body floated and light filled her senses, and slowly she trying to open her eyes, squinting against the light. Before her stood a girl with long blue hair, and markings like her own. The girl smiled. "..Arie...."
"I'm not...." Andrea protested as the girl put her finger on andrea's lips to silence her.
"But you are."
"Then who are you?" The girl broke into a wide grin, eyes squinting and everything. Warmth flowed from her, just like Belldandy every thime she was near Keiichi.
"I am you."
"..but how.."
"...shhh... I am not the one that can answer your questions. You are who Kami-sama made you. You are Arie, daughter of Odin. It is your destiny to take you place by the side of the 3 Norns."
Andrea shook her head. "I do not know this Odin, and I am not Arie. She does not exist."
The girls lips pursed and she whispered "But, If Arie doesn't exist, who are You?"
Silence covered Andreas face, a small tear flowed down her cheek and she slowly shook her head.
"I do not know. I once knew, but then i know that that life doesn't not exist as well. I'm neither Andrea, nor am I Arie. Neither exists. Neither can...it's not possible.....it can't be..." Andrea fell to her knees, face in her hands. She wept. She could feel the warm arms of the girl surround her.
"My dear. You are who you are. You are Arie, but you also are Andrea. How, I can not explain. That is for you to descover. But know this. Don't forget who you are. One part of you can not exist without the other. Just ask Urd. You were Born as Arie, Goddess of Moments. But you have lived as Andrea. Each is a part of you, but never forget one for the other, for you have learned much in both lives." Andreas tears started to fade.
"..why Urd....? All she did was..."
"..was Save your life. She had no control, she didn't even know who you were when she watched a child, that she so desperatly wanted to save, die infront of her. She has lived with a curse and a blessing of her own. As you know, she is part Demon, and she can not live with one and not the other. Just as You can not live without the knowledge of what it is like to be mortal."
Andrea shook her head, "But it's so hard....!"
The girl lifted Andrea's chin and looked into her face. "Who said it was going to be easy?" She paused as she wipped one of Andrea's tears. "Think of who you are, and who you love?"
Andrea looked at her and then back down. "...Kyozetsu.....Belldandy...Skuld.....Mom..Dad...Nicole and Robert." Andrea looked up. " I Love my family. But it's split into two. How can I love each life and be without one or the other?" The girl shook her head.
"That is for you to choose." Andrea let out a soft shaken sigh.
"If only i could be with one for a while longer and then come back to my true family." The gril smiled but said nothing.
"But what of Kyozetsu?"
"What of him?"
"Where is he? Is he okay?"
The girl looked at her and then stood up slowly, her long white gown flowing afound her.
"Wait!! ...Dont' go! What of Kyo? Tell me...! Where are you going?" The darkness started to surround her as the girl walked away. Andrea tried to run after her but was caught in the snares of the darkness. Andrea cried out after the girl. With a tear in her eye, the girl turned around. Andrea whispered.
"Please don't leave me.....please..." A tear slid down her cheek.
"I am not leaving you. I AM you. All you have to do is accept me."
".....arie..."
"Just remember what you stand for..." And with that the Darkness surrounded Andrea and the girl. And there was no more but her thoughts.
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"Where's Urd? Why was Brett here?" Skuld complained for the thousandth time. Keiichi had managed to bring Arie upstairs and Belldandy did a quick scan spell on Arie. A few cuts and bruises, and a good bump on the head, but nothing broken. Thankfully. Bell healed up the buises, cuts and bumps. The one on her head was a bit serious, and they were all worried over that one. esecially since she didn't want to wake up. Belldandy and Skuld wouldn't leave her side. (Well Skuld did for a bit to make an attachment to Bampei. "Nurse Bampei," Even went as far as downloading a ton of medical infomartion into Bampei. Surprisingly enough, it didn't take much.)
Keiichi, on the other hand kept handy with making tea and making sure that the two goddesses got some sleep at night while he worked an his studies. Belldandy took the whole ordeal a little harder then everyone expected. Keiichi had to try many times to get Belldandy up to cook anything at all. And when she did, her heart wasn't completely into it. And after a few attempts Keiichi offered to order out and shoo'd Belldandy back to Arie's side. They were all worried, but Bell was either knitting, talking or crying at Aries side.
It was on the second day that they finally got a clue as to Arie being any bit consious. The music recorder that Skuld made for Arie started to play this haunting melody. First it started with a slow cello beats and soon it got more complicated in beats. And then there was a haunting chime of a saprano bell as if it was playing the words to the song. When hearing this Belldandy started to perk up, and Skuld put the equipment to record anything that it picks up. But at least they started eating properly again.
There wasn't much word from anywhere else. Almost as if there was no way they could get contacted. When Belldandy tried calling out there was always a busy signal. Urd didn't show up for at least 3 days, but by the time that she did, they were all relieved and curious.
"Onee-sama!" Skuld cried as she rushed into her sisters arms, much to the shocked Urd. Belldandy smiled understanding at her sisters return. Footsteps echo'ed from the hallway. They turned and expected to see Keiichi returning from his room. But there stood a blue haired girl, her goddess marks glowing, and her battle uniform moving with a shimmer as if it have a life of it's own. A glowing Orbed staff in her hands.
"...Arie...." Belldandy whispered as Urd and Skuld stared at her with awe. Arie's silver blue eyes ablaze as she walked towards them all.
"Ready?"