Chapter 6

Crawling out of the darkness and emerging into the light is not as great as one may think it. There are consequences for every action one takes, and Mythalia knew that her leaders would decide her judgment; however, all that seemed insignificant now seeing that Celestin was standing before her. The plan was undetermined at this point and careful thought needed to be applied to each individual step.

"So how have you been Belldandy?" Celestin asked the young goddess, who glanced at Mythalia's figure, which emerged from out of the ruins. "Well, I hope."

"Yes. Keiichi and I are very happy together. Ever since the event at the Judgment Gate, we've never been happier." She said watching her only love speaking with Skuld, who continued to make jokes about some unknown topic.

"I'm glad to hear that you are getting on quite well together." He said watching Belldandy with a look of admiration at how quickly she had grown up.

"Shall we go then?" Belldandy asked everyone, "Peorth went back to the headquarters."

"Yes let's…but I have a favor to ask of you Belldandy. Will you come with me, along with Keiichi, to visit a friend of mine? You'd be a great inspiration for her. Urd, Skuld, and Celestin can all go back to headquarters, since Celestin must report to the council. Then we can all meet at Flower Point. It's the location where my friend resides, or where we used to in the past before an incident occurred which I'd rather not mention."

"Sure, if Keiichi doesn't mind." Belldandy looked over at Keiichi, who remained sitting.

"I don't mind at all. You can probably tell us something about this friend of yours on the way there. That way we can see if there is anyway in which we might be a help." He stood up and walking over to Belldandy and Mythalia.

"We'll be going now." Urd flew off into the distance at tremendous speed, while Skuld and Celestin followed suit. Belldandy and Keiichi along with Mythalia took a trip to Flower Point where their current destination remained. When they arrived at the door of the house, Keiichi and Belldandy found out who this person was and what they were like from her point of view. Knocking on the door resulted in its opening with no one standing by and waiting, Mythalia stepped inside to find it slightly dark exempt the candles lit in the hallways. Arriving in the study, Mythalia saw the person she had been waiting to see after many years.

"Mythalia?" her feminine voice called out from behind a book of an unknown genre.

"Aurora…it's great to see you are doing well in this day and age." Mythalia ran to gather her friend in an affable embrace.

"And the same goes to you as well." She smiled looking at the young man and woman behind Mythalia, "And who are they? I'm Aurora, a fairy in a world unlike the one I can hardly remember. You are…?"

"Keiichi Morisato…" the young man said, as Aurora noticed that there were no markings on his face at all.

"I'm Belldandy, Goddess First Class…"

"Belldandy…I've heard much about you from Peorth that is since I last spoke with her; it has been a year now." Aurora approached the young man and woman that stood before her. "I know you're a goddess and you must be…?"

"He's a human, and very lucky to have so many goddesses taking care of him." Mythalia smirked, as she watched Aurora's face light up in surprise. "May we have a few moments? Keiichi? Belldandy? Feel free to look around and enjoy the place." She watched as Belldandy nodded in agreement, walking out with Keiichi leaving the other two alone. "Aurora…you know why I brought them don't you?"

"I fail to understand…"

"You left him…"

"I LEFT HIM FOR A GOOD REASON! I didn't want to go against what I felt in my heart at that moment, and risk…" Aurora clenched her fists fighting back the tears.

"But you loved him didn't you? And to this day you still hold those same feelings so why deny the truth?" Mythalia asked Aurora, holding onto her hands, which remained at her sides.

"I don't know what I feel at this moment. My heart and my mind have been in solitude for quite sometime now; I am beginning to doubt that the strong feelings I once had for Trakin still reside within my heart." She turned away from Mythalia, removing her hands gently from those of her friend's and walked to the window a solemn expression plastered on her face.

"Don't you believe anymore? In love?" she asked.

"I don't think I know anything at all; otherwise, it must be hidden deep within the recesses of my heart, which I refuse to open and let bleed once again. I refuse to let that happen on a much grander scale, Mythalia; understand me please…" She turned to face her comrade, "In our separation, everyday I continued to cry until I woke up one morning with the realization that those memories were in the past."

"Could there be any chance for hope between the both of you once more? I'm telling you this, because I know, Aurora…" Mythalia's eyes began to water, "I know what it is like to be forgotten in love, and it hurts more than any deep gash within the flesh. So will you listen to their story…I know it's the Judgment Gate that you are afraid of anyway."

"No…those were amateur fears." Aurora slid open the door and stepped into the hallway.

"Don't play hard to get with me. I know how you think remember?"

"You may see all, but you don't know all…"

"That may be what you think, but I know more about you than you can imagine. We've been friends since childhood have we not?"

"Maybe…" she turned her eyes up to the ceiling placing her hands behind her head.

"You're in major denial nowadays maybe the absence of a particular someone has done this to you."

"Far from correct."

"Whatever you say Aurora. I'll go and call on Belldandy and Keiichi. They will tell you their story, and hopefully dismiss any doubt you have in your mind."

Beyond the reaches of the trees at the headquarters for all goddess business, Peorth stepped outside of the door leading to the room where the meeting was held, and looked beyond the side of the hallway out over the vast green lands. As she stood her dark brown hair waving in the wind, Celestin appeared with Urd and Skuld.

"You can go right in Celestin." She watched as he walked inside, but stopped before the doors.

"Thank you." He showed his gratitude towards the goddess, who smiled in return then returned to her previous position as once before.

"Peorth…are you alright?" Skuld asked walking over to the distressed goddess, "You seem a bit down and out of the blue."

"They are revoking his teaching license and they have decided what they will do with Mythalia." Peorth sat down on thin air. "It's not as nice as one may think though."

"What is it? Are you allowed to speak of it?" Urd glanced out of the corner of her eyes watching as Peorth looked down at the ground. "Or is it confidential as are most discussions between you and the council?"

"Well…yes, it is confidential and I am not allowed to give out any information pertaining to that situation. I tried to convince them otherwise, but…"

"It must be that bad I suppose." Skuld said sitting down on the floor, placing her hand on her chin, "There's nothing we can do about it now that it is set in stone. But what of Celestin? They are revoking his teaching license and that is all?"

"Apparently so, which is much lighter judgment than I would have thought." Peorth told the two goddesses that held their positions in the hallway. "They have also released the information they have on the enemy, which I am allowed to discuss with you both and the other three as well. She is a fairy of great and unimaginable powers. She is beyond anything I think at this point we can handle. She knows the system of the heavens like the back of her hand seeing that she used to study here."

"When did she leave here?" Urd leaned against the wall on her side of the hallway.

"She left a few years before I had graduated. As many before she was denied happiness with the one she loved from this dimension. However, she was denied happiness in many other ways as well when the council was very strict with their rules on dealings with those of other dimensions, but that is classified information. Her retaliation began with the possession of Celestin under her control."

"She must be powerful for that to happen. Normally I wouldn't admit this, but Celestin is a strong person and tough to take down so easily." Urd glanced over at the door to the council's chamber.

"Maybe his love for Mythalia made him weak." Skuld watched as the door opened and Celestin stepped out the sun's rays beaming down upon his godly figure. "It is quite depressing when you think that the one you love and would sacrifice your life for has completely forgotten you, but not out his own free will. In a way, just looking at the both of them apart makes me feel their pain."

"We do so much to grant others happiness, but what about our own? Mythalia brought about that thought and really made me sit down to think about it, and it's beyond true." She commented watching as Celestin stopped where the three of them stood.

"Celestin." Peorth called to the former mentor.

"The council requests the presence of Mythalia in the court as soon as possible." He spoke with a clear, stately tone of voice, "They have informed me of this evil that we must face. So far it seems as if there is nothing we can do."

"I'm sure there is something we can. Your teaching license was revoked?"

"Yes it was, and surprisingly they weren't as harsh as I thought they would be."

"That's a relief." Skuld stood up from her position on the ground, "We should go meet up with Mythalia, Belldandy, and Keiichi."

"Then let's go…to Flower Point…" Urd proceeded to walk out of the hallways, heading towards their destination.