Ages of Mythology
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Chapter 2: The twin goddesses of the Shikon
They walked slowly out of the miko's home and towards the newly built temple at the edge of an immense forest, were all the necessary preparations for the celebration were being made.
High up from human's eyes…far away from the pending celebrations in Tama Village…beyond the golden gates on Mount Olympus…the gods were all gathered in meeting in front of their great one…Zeus… father of the gods and all mankind.
Everyone was talking at once and great confusion reigned in the great hall until finally Zeus could take no more…
"SILENCE!" he thundered, immediately silencing the crowd before him. "First of all, I ask all of you not to panick! It is true that the city of Olympia has been lost and it is true that it is in the plans of that son of man and demon who conquered it wishes to attack us! (immediately a hustle of whispering started in the crowd) And I will laugh in his face when the time comes! Only a fool will attempt such…" he said whilst playing with his beard.
"But Zeus… he has great powers and his powers are not human! You've seen how he destroyed Olympia!" said Ares go of war.
"Oh yes I've seen! And like you say his powers are great" replied Zeus glaring at the god of war (for he was not in his good books at the moment) "However" he continued "they are not of a big threat to us. We will still prepare a strong defense to set everyone's mind at peace and of that you will be in charge of" he said to Ares with a frown.
"I am the god of war not a defender" scorned Ares "I should be in charge of the attack! Let's attack now while he's still unorganized from his last battle!"
Part of the deities in the great hall cheered, others agreed in whispers while others disagreed.
"Enough!" shouted Zeus "You will do as I say and that is not open for discussion!" Ares had no choice… he bowed before his superior and left the hall with an angry expression.
"What about tonight's ceremony?" came a soft voice from the back of the hall. The crowd divided in two to make way for the queen of the Olympians. Zeus looked at his beautiful wife with a frown and sighed. He couldn't very well go against the prophecy. He had tried everything in his power to stop it from happening… but had failed. His wife carried a child which was to be given the greatest power of all… and it wasn't his! True he hadn't been a faithful husband… but who on Mount Olympus was? She ad been very jealous of his affairs but he had never imagined that she would repay with the same coin. She had betrayed him with one of the few gods he mistrusted…Ares… But now there was no turning back…he had to fulfill the prophecy… He looked at his daughter…Artemis… the virgin goddess of hunting and the moon now carrying a child. The child of the sun…the second child of the prophecy. He smiled at his daughter who held the hand of her lover Apollo.
(A/N in greek mythology Apollo was Artemis twin brother but hey…this is only a story… I don't have to stick to facts… besides the greek gods had a messed up love-life anyway…they did inter-breeding a hell of a lot!)
"Tonight…everything will go as planned…the sun and the moon will unite and the two goddesses born will be given the guard of the ultimate power" he said… then got up and left the hall.
Later on that night all the deities were gathered around the great hall of ceremonies. This hall had the sky for a roof and a small stream passed through it. The stream were all the deities were given there powers as they crossed it. The night sky was shimmered over the hall with beautiful stars and the moon was full. There the goddess Artemis awaited her love.
Zeus signaled Hermes who blew his pipes as start of the ceremony. Apollo whipped his fire horses and carried the son to meet his beloved moon. He embraced his lover Artemis as the sun overlapped the moon. And Zeus let out a series of thunders.
A small cry was heard which was soon followed by a second one. Apollo and Artemis descended in the sun's chariot carrying their baby and stood waiting at one side of the stream. Ares and Hera joined them with their baby and waited for Zeus to give them permission to cross.
"Kagome daughter of sun and moon…Kikyo daughter of war and supreme goddess… come forward and to with the Olympians and embrace your powers. This shall be you home and you will be the guardians of the greatest power of all The Shikon."
Down from Tama village the villagers saw a strange blue light surround the eclipse indicating that the twin goddesses had been born and given their powers.
Lady Kaede raised her arms to the sky and the villagers lit the torches around the new temple. "Behold! The twin goddesses Kagome and Kikyo of the Shikon and guardians of our village have been born!"
A/N How do you like it so far? This has been more or less and intro to get the background set and the characters in… the actual story will start in the next chapter… come on guys please… READ & REVIEW