Chapter 4- Blinded

Chaos opened his eyes as he groaned as he sat up from the icy ground. After rubbing the slumber from his eyes, he saw in shock that he was a child, lying in bed. The left side of his bed, the door opened and a woman with beautiful characteristics and a noticeable, warm smile.

"Good morning, my little one."

She came towards him and hugged in a great embrace. Chaos only smiled and assumed that he was must have been dreaming. It must have been all but a nightmare…Could it? Flashes of images of Iris smiling, Loki staring off to the sky, and Fenris gazing upon the stars came upon his mind. While in the moment of the hug, he took in the scent of his assumed mother. She smelt like raindrops and flowers. He hugged her back with his small arms.

After a moment or two with Chaos having to be cleaned up, he went down for breakfast where a warm atmosphere welcomed him. Everything looked beautiful just like a regular home. A medium sized, round table was in the center of the room where a vase of daisies was set on the table. The food smelled delicious. The small sized Chaos sat down and looked up as his mother put her hand on his back.

"Eat up. And look who has come to visit for breakfast, Chaos, Iris from next door."

He turned towards his right and saw an adorable, child form Iris. Her hands were on her hips. "Good morning, Chaos," she greeted in her high yet cute voice. She sat down next to him on his left. The small Iris smiled at him. Chaos only responded with a small, faded blush on his cheeks and a big grin. She just giggled. His mother set plates in front of them.

"Enjoy."

Breakfast was soon finished as nothing was left on the white dishes. Iris grabbed Chaos's hand and led him to his backyard where a playground was seen. They laughed as they played together. His mother was watching from the backyard porch where she sat on a chair. After an hour or two, Iris left to her own home. Chaos walked toward his mother. Then he accidentally slipped on wet cloth on the floor that had been used to wipe a small spill from before. He rolled over as small teardrops fell down his cheeks. His mother kneeled over and wiped his tears as she set his son on a chair.

"It's alright, little one. No need to cry. I'm right here."

Chaos was rubbing his eyes. He blinked and hugged her. "Thank you, Mom," he said in his young boyish voice. Small laughter came from them both. As night fell, he settled into his warm, welcoming bed.

Iris awoke from the sound of a door closing shut. Her big, expressive eyes fluttered opened and saw Chaos walking towards her. A relieve-looking smile came over his face. He sat down by her side as he held her hand.

"You're awake."

She sat up and leaned against the bed post. "Yeah," she responded. Chaos pulled out the bed table and set the plate of food in front of her. A small smile came over face. "Thank you," she said. The memory of the incident with the perfume was forgotten as the happy scenery was happening.

"You must be hungry. You need some food in you."

A simple nod came from her as she ate. Later, they walked outside for a walk. She was in her normal attire as she walked and held hands with Chaos. Fenris and Loki were no longer people existent memories in her mind. Outside, it was beautiful as the light wind blew the trees and flowers and the birds sang their songs as they flew through the peaceful sky.

Soon they came across a bench and settled down. They stared at the peaceful scenery as Iris leaned her head on his strong shoulder. A happy sigh was exhaled as she held his hand. Still her smile appeared on her face.

"Iris."

She turned her head to him and he kissed her passionately on her pink rose lips. Her eyes widened in shock soon to be slowly closing. His free hand cupped one side of her face. A deep blush was creeping upon her cheeks. Their lips departed and gazed into each others' eyes. She was glad she was with him. And she hoped that their love would continue.

Loki woke up suddenly as he heard someone sneeze. He sat up immediately as he turned. In shock, he saw Taulin as she smiled in joy. Her hands clasped together in front of her chest as she stared dearly at Loki.

"Master Loki! You're awake."

Loki looked down at the floor. His eyes looked like as if he was trying to find something as his blue eyes scanned around. His left hand was on his left temple. "How did I get here," he asked. As hard as he could, he tried to remember what had happened but nothing seemed to give him at least a stray image.

"We found you on the sands."

The desert? But… The image of snow disappeared in his mind. He looked up as his hand rested down on the bed. As he looked at Taulin, an image of Fenris gazing at the stars and the moon came to his mind. He was starting to feel light headed. How can this be? What's going on?

Fenris stirred as she heard a loud thump on the ground. Her hand on her head as pain was starting to affect her as she sat up. Her vision focused as she saw Chaos with his blade soaked with blood from the demon who had pretended to be an old woman. His hair was different. It wasn't its fiery red color and spiked up. It was now a golden hair color and it flowed down, stopping a little above his shoulders. Her eyes widened as she whispered, "Balder?"

Chaos turned and ran to Fenris. He sat on his knees as he held her by her elbows. A happy and warm sensation burst in her body. Tears rolled down her face.

"Fenris, my Fenris. I have longed to see you."

Chaos…no, he was now Balder. Balder's strong arms embraced her. As she hugged back, a small pain deep in her heart jolted inside of her. Fenris blinked. What's happening? She snapped out of it as he carried her bridal style. A small blush appeared on her face. He smiled at her with his incredible handsome features. The reincarnated goddess only smiled weakly. She felt as though she was forgetting something or someone.