Her Arrival
A young couple and their eight-year-old son walk down a path to the beach. The boy, however, is excited and impatient. While his parents enjoy the romance of the setting sun, he skips off into the ocean for a quick swim, unaware of the dangers that lurk just under the surface…
To the couple's horror, they see their child's silhouette meet the water and begin wading out.
"No! Wait, stop!"
"Stay away from the water!" They both shout simultaneously. The parents rush off to try to catch up to their son. The mother had tears welling up in her eyes. They reached the edge of the sea. Sharks began swimming towards the carefree boy, who was oblivious to their presence.
The father, desperate to help their son began to wade out but was dragged back by his wife, there was nothing they could do but pray.
In tears, the woman fell to her knees but kept her prayer loud and strong. The man, stared up to the skies to started his plea.
"We call to the heavens!"
"Help us!"
"Please, hear our plea!"
Far above the mortal's heads, their plea rang through Singularity. Echoing all around, every echo bouncing off each other, gliding to and fro. Slowly, these died down. Silence.
Suddenly, in a burst of brilliant, purple, and orange fiery light, a God was born. The light spread outwards in multicoloured rings, the energy finally released. In a glowing red orb, sat Synurix, shooting down to the Destination, ready to fulfill the mortal's prayer. She gazed at the passing stars and planets, in awe any God would have. She wore a dark blue gown that glittered from the passing light. Her hair was a beautiful chestnut brown that billowed, gracefully behind her. Her face was neatly shaped, as was the rest of her body. Her eyes, a fixed, stony grey.
She traveled through a large planet's orbit, abundant with ice crystals and weaved through a mass of slow and majestic comets into the Destination's solar system. The Sun released dancing fires like elegant phoenixes that twisted in dazzling and stunning ways until, they gradually faded from existence, only to be reborn within the Sun's core.
Synurix enjoyed her travel and was sad to see it end so quickly, as she approached Earth, home of the Destination. She felt herself accelerate as she penetrated through the atmosphere and across various continents. Then, over a small island, she slowed and halted in front of the northern shore. She knew what she must do to fulfill her call.
She scooped up the child in her arms, sharks snapping at his heels, and placed him gently down on the shore with his parents who were awe-stricken. The mother hugged her son tightly as did the father. The woman turned to Synurix.
"You saved our boy! Thank you! Thank you for your mercy!" she smiled.
"We praise you!" added the father. The family bowed on their knees to their savior.
"Greetings." Said a voice out of nowhere. Suddenly, a little man on a cloud, Good, and a devil, Evil, floated down and sat on her shoulders.
"We're your conscience." Said Evil.
"Good,"
"And Evil."
"Yin and Yang." Good nodded.
"Black & White." Evil added "As part of you we'll guide you through this world."
The three in the family stood and walked along the path a little bit. The woman turned around "Our people want to worship you, please, come with us to our village."
Synurix looked at the woman and then down the path, lined with trees. Without another word, she glided down the path, leaving the poor family behind as they tried to desperately catch up.
"Wait up!" the little boy shouted.
Synurix slowed to a halt in front of a tiger head-like stone with villagers dancing around it. One man bowed loyally "Your arrival was foretold! The prophecy has come true!" he stood and pointed behind him to a large, unfinished structure that sat atop a slight hill "We can now finish the temple!"
Unsure of what to expect, the Goddess flew over to her uncompleted temple.
"Hey!" Evil snapped "It's not finished!" he folded his arms angrily. He glared at the few villagers that sat around the temple and muttered to his Goddess "Lets kill 'em." Synurix laughed slightly at the thought, as did Evil.
"Well, we could help them complete it." Good suggested, oblivious to Evil's little mutter. He pointed to the village store.
She whispered to Evil "I will not kill them yet, I wish for my temple to be finished as soon as possible." Evil grunted in reply. Synurix flew over to the village store. Ignoring the builder's need for food, she only supplied the wood. She literally picked the right amount and threw it at the builders who scattered but crawled fearfully back to start building.
She watched, impatiently. One villager stopped her building to rub her back. Synurix picked her up and threw her into the sea, without a care. The woman screams were cut short as her body smacked into the hard water and she began drowning wiht little strength left to stay at the surface.
Good grimaced at the smack while Evil had an enthusiastic grin spreading along his face, this morphed into a laugh as the woman disappeared below the surface.
The villagers, in their fear and shock, worked faster without stopping. Soon, the temple was completed. Eagerly, Synurix entered and, despite her evil ways, was in awe at how beautiful her temple's interior was.
Sparkling red walls, strong glittering pillars stood around the island's map.
"Incredible, the tribe built all this!" Good said in awe "And to think, it's a monument to you as a God!"
Evil landed on Good's head, leaned forward, and waved one of his claws "And us as your conscience don't forget."
Shaking his counterpart off Good continued "The workmanship is amazing!" Synurix nodded. She stroked the smooth surface of the pillars and gazed out of the beautifully crafted skylight, showing all the animals of the Zodiac and their star signs around the rim. She was always particularly intrigued by the bull, or Bos Taurus as it is better known.
"And what a symbol of overwhelming evil!" the little red devil said. Synurix raised an eyebrow and smiled.
Good rolled his eyes "No it isn't."
"What are all these doors?" Evil said, interrupting his opposite spitefully.
"Each leads to various rooms." Good answered.
"Can we try some?" Evil asked Synurix.
She smiled "Of course."
One that had caught her attention was the "Creature Cave." She attempted to open it but it didn't budge. Evil floated down "Hey this one's locked!" he shouted angrily, trying to open the doors himself but losing his grip and flying backwards. Past Synurix's head.
"It will open later when we can use it." Good replied. He then disappeared in a poof of white smoke. Evil flew back to his mistress, dizzy and barely keeping afloat. He shook his head, trying to regain his balance and disappeared too. They left their mistress to do as she pleased for a while.
She liked her conscience already. She knew the majority of other Gods never talk to their conscience. She wanted to be different. She wanted her conscience around. They were great company. Like friends. Synurix, by nature, was evil, yes, but she was young, and enjoyed playing games and socializing. She hated being lonely. However, she did like being by herself sometimes. Her personality was truly unique. Whenever she was with friends, in her temple or if she was happy, her eyes changed from their stony grey to their natural, glimmering green.
She looked around the doors. One was labeled "Chamber" that is where she would sleep, not that Gods ever needed sleep. The one next to that was labeled "Library" all knowledge she would find would be kept in there. Next was "Memorial Chamber" Here, she could store any memories she wished and revisit them. There was the exit next, then an unnamed room. She knew the villagers installed this extra room so she could later choose what she wanted it to be for. Then there was the "Creature Cave" and then the "Gallery" Synurix was one of the very few Gods that enjoyed artwork. There, any artwork she sees she can store a copy within that room. Along with any art made for her or done by her herself.
She decided to add a few touches to her temple. She added chains along the walls of the "World Room" where the map sat below, she also put statues of rearing winged horses. They were grey but held such a beauty to them, their figures twisting majestically and then frozen in time.
In her chamber, she added glistening, pure silk red curtains over her large bed and added bouquets of flowers in pots welded to the walls. Then, she put in a soft purple carpet with the animals of the Zodiac sown in with golden thread along the edges.
In her library, she rolled down Blue flags from the ceiling that hung high above her rows and rows of books. They also had the Zodiac animals in gold on them. In the center of the library, where the rings of bookshelves left a space, she placed a stone statue of a unicorn's head, gazing with wisdom at the entrance door.
For her gallery, she added a long, velvet red carpet through the center, shiny marble floor each side with frames along the wide circular walls. In between frames, she put gold animal ornaments on small stands.
That was all she would do for now as her conscience appeared on her shoulders again.
"Wow! You have really spruced up the place." Evil complimented looking at the chains and horse statues in the World Room.
"Yes, marvelous indeed! You have quite the eye for creativity." Good added.
Synurix smiled and blushed "Thank you. Your nice comments mean a lot to me."
"You are most welcome." "No problem." They both answered simultaneously.
"Let's go outside, I'd like to see how my followers are doing." Synurix suggested, making her way outside, her conscience gladly following her.
When exited her temple, her eyes reverted to grey but she was still in a relatively happy mood.
"Let's get exploring! I'm dieing to know what these signposts are!" Good flew over to a spinning signpost. This too intrigued the Goddess "When you look at one of these, it is added to your Library." Synurix began examining it.
Evil pushed his counterpart out of the way "No! There's so much we gotta do! I say we get a Creature first!"
This immediately grabbed the Goddess' attention "A Creature?"
"Yeah, every deity has a Creature! Come on. Over to those gates." Evil pointed to the large pair of tall gates.
"I guess receiving a Creature first is the best thing to do." Good agreed reluctantly.
Synurix flew over to the gates. In front of them was a small but wide pillar. A woman, dressed differently to normal villagers, stepped out from a small door in the gates in the lower left corner. Synurix lowered herself to the ground and walked over to this woman, she bent down to her level. Even though the woman couldn't see the Goddess' conscience, they were sitting, excitedly on Synurix's shoulders.
"Greetings, Holy One. My name is Sable. I am a trainer of Creatures." She said respectfully, bowing on her knees…