Chapter 10
In another part of heaven unbeknownst to most except a select few, Urd and Skuld walked along the path near the lake to find Morgan awaiting their arrival. She remained in her human form sitting near the borders of the lake that glistened in the morning's sunlight.
"You called to speak with me?" Morgan le Fay turned around to watch Urd and Skuld as they approached her.
"Fairy business we'd like some information on." Urd looked down at the figure that stood up tall to face the two goddesses she once viewed with contempt. "It is a serious situation Morgan."
"As fairy princess I will do all I can to help in your objectives." She smiled faintly, "What is it you would like to know? You tell me you have problems with a new enemy, and there is someway in which I can help possibly."
"Please tell us about Viviane Melusina…" Skuld inquired with an anxious tone of voice, leaning forward as she placed her hands on the brick wall that separated the pathway from the land near the lake. Watching Morgan's gasp of astonishment, Skuld leaned more forward looking intensely upon Morgan. Taking her hand, Urd placed it atop Skuld's head indicating that she needed to calm down.
"She's…my cousin. She's half-fairy and half-demon so to a certain extent she has powers almost like that of a goddess. Her parents were condemned to death for their relationship with each other, one a demon and the other a fairy princess of Mircea. Her mother was my aunt, and my mother was greatly pained by the news driving her to her death out of sorrow and pain. My father soon died in response to my mother's death no longer caring about his welfare. Consequently, I became the fairy princess of my parents' lands and those of my cousin as well despite the fact that she was old enough to govern. She was four years older than I was. After I became princess, she went into hiding and that's when she fell in love with someone from the heavens…her life seemed to be going fine, and then we stopped communicating."
"…I understand. So that's the relationship between the both of you." Urd placed a hand on her chin.
"But…what happened after that? Did they go through the Judgment Gate together?" Skuld further questioned.
"Rumors spread, after the loss of my love to the Judgment Gate, that she had to have a special trial since she was half-breed, but not part goddess at all. Demons and devils get different judgment than fairies and humans. Full-blooded fairies and humans pass through the Judgment gate; full-blooded demons are a bit different. They stand on trial before the council. Each individual of the couple is tested on his or her worth, and if they do not pass the test provided by the council, the two are forced to fight each other. However, if Urd for instance were to fall in love…"
"I'm not one for falling in love myself, and I certainly wouldn't mind, but I do prefer playing matchmaker." Urd turned her head up, looking down at Morgan, who simply smiled.
"Since you are part-goddess, you'd pass through the Judgment Gate only if you pass the demon test."
"That's harsh; you sure about wanting to fall in love Urd?" Skuld turned to her eldest sister.
"…That's not the topic right now." Urd looked at Skuld through the slants of her eyes, "So, Morgan… Melusina was forced to fight the one she loved?"
"Yes she was."
"That must be why she's rising up against the system, and is planning an attack."
"How did the battle end?" Skuld asked leaning forward once again indulging in the story, as Urd pulled her back.
"He was unrelenting, and she was reluctant to fight. It ended out of an attack in self-defense, I heard, and she killed him with her own hands."
"You're kidding! That's so horrible!"
"Then again that was back then…although very little has changed since that time, they still maintain the same rules and mandates on a more lenient scale. For instance, they won't have them fight anymore seeing that it only causing more pain and suffering. This has happened to quite a few people actually, and they are probably siding with Melusina on this subject matter. That is all I know apart form my personal accounts. I hope I was of much assistant to you."
"You were; oh thank you so much!" Skuld said ecstatically, as she prepared to give Morgan a hug, who retreated a step in fear that she might choke her. As Skuld began to fall to the ground, Urd held onto the back of her outfit suspending her in the air.
"Control your emotions, Skuld. Wait a minute…did you get into my sake last night? My container was feeling a bit empty today…" Urd narrowed her eyes at the young goddess.
"No…what on earth are you speaking about?" Skuld smiled cowering as Urd brought Skuld's face to hers.
"Yes you were…" Urd said letting go of Skuld, who remained suspended in the air, "I would punish you for that too, but you're lucky I'm feeling awfully generous today." Turning back to Morgan, who giggled at the scene the both were making. "Morgan…would you help us? We need all the assistance we can possibly get in this situation. It's a situation of life or death."
"I…suppose so. If there is one way I can pay everyone back for what I did before, I think this is my chance to eliminate what is truly corrupt in this world, family or not." Morgan looked up to the sky, showing much promise in her eyes and her heart.
Back at the office where the goddesses worked on keeping the system balanced, Peorth resumed her position in the high chair, as Chrono, Ere, and Ex appeared delighted to see her back where she belonged.
"What's the current status of the program?" Peorth inquired.
"Everything is functioning so far, and we've run a deep scan through the entire system not a single flaw or breakthrough point." Ere declared, gliding her fingers past the strings of the system control.
"Be on guard. Although there is no threat of an attack on the system at this direct moment, she will make her move sometime soon." Peorth watched the screen displaying the system's stats as she sat down in her chair. The enemy had yet to make her move and so far it seemed beyond the near future. Everyone feared the moment when she would stage her attack, but no one showed his or her panic explicitly. It just caused room for more worry than need be.
Aurora opened her eyes looking at the large doors that stood at the end of the hallway. Surely, the enemy's presence was noted, but her whereabouts were unknown and that makes her time of attack unknown. As she stepped forward towards the doors leading to the council, she could only wonder of the severity of the discussion she was going to have. Seeing that she was a pure fairy, she could only hope that nothing serious be her judgment. As she pushed the doors to the council, she stepped closer to her fate.
On the darker side of the universe, a shadow traversed the vast space; her eyes were cold with darkness and her lips spoke words of frost and unknown destinies. Holding her an opaque crystal staff in her hands, her long dark violet hair draped over her shoulders, waving with a wind of wintriness. Bangles sparkled of a black sheen on her hands and a deep indigo dress of ripped shreds dressed her body. Her eyes glared at the distant light that threatened to impart on her world. With the squint of her eyes, darkness covered her location as she conjured up the spells of the shadows, her crystal staff shining in its unique way as she stretched out her hands another staff of the same style appearing in her once free hands.
"Darkness of the shadows
Spirit of nightmares never told
Out of seed rooted in one's soul
Grow and yield not to pure hearts
Slow and indeterminate make the death of life
Spread the paucity of false happiness
FALSE HOPES ERUPT!
BURN IN THE FIRES OF HELL!
DARK MAGIC PERMANI!"
Throwing up the staves of opal, they formed a cross and a silent storm raged about her as she cast a spell on the seed that remained before her. As the final roll of thunder was heard and the seed shot into the distance, all darkness disappeared from that region and the light slowly regained its strength once more.
