The Child Of the Moon: The Battle of the Labyrinth
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Chapter 7: Mysteries revealed
It's not that I didn't have any questions to ask. In fact, I had tons and tons of questions that I wanted to be answered, but it was just difficult to decide where to even begin. I had a multitude of questions ranging from my adoptive mother to the being currently in my head. Just so many I had no clue how to even arrange my thoughts to begin. I've had a few answered over the years but none were very definitive and I knew that if anyone could answer the questions I had it would be the woman in front of me.
"Why don't you start with your easier questions then, we can get into your more…complex questions?" Jewel said her voice soft, and her green reptilian eyes conveying gentleness.
"How did you-?"
"Know what you were thinking?" Jewel giggled. "You obviously have not read far into that book of yours you have in your pack."
As if on command the book appeared in my hands, causing me to freak slightly, almost causing me to lose grip of said book and caused Jewel to giggle. My mother May just gave a nervous look at me.
'This lady certainly doesn't hold back does she.' I thought to myself.
"I find being direct the best way to talk to someone, plus it gets things done a lot faster." Jewel said with a smile and wink. She then beckoned me to hand her the book, which I did with reluctance luckily, she didn't seem offended by my hesitance.
Jewel then opened the book and gave a slight huff as she read some of the text in the book.
"What? What is it?" I asked.
"The book just is very limiting." Jewel said looking a bit miffed at the book as if her favorite food had just been spit in.
"Huh? It seems pretty packed full of stuff to me." I said.
Jewel shook her head a small frown on her face. "This book is detailed as if a dragons' looks and appearance is set in stone as if this is the exact way they are supposed to look. And it describes some of their abilities but not in depth. Which is honestly quite disturbing. Each dragon's appearance is usually very different, for example a dragons horns or their frills on their back or tail, the only thing that never changes is their color unless it's a unique ability. And usually their abilities are a lot deeper then what the book makes them out to be. The books seems to be giving out a general description or an overview rather then a detailed one. Then again it has been gone for quite some time. Who knows whose been tampering with it." Jewel said her eyes narrowing with her reptilian slit eyes and the squares surrounding her pupil seemed to swirl in a circle.
The book then seemed to glow a bright golden color around her hands and then the book condensed and some of the once gone and ripped out pages were replaced. The old worn and torn book seemed to fix right before my eyes, the leather exterior replaced by a smell of new leather and deep engravings with the front saying A world of Dragons/Wyverns. On the spine of the book were runes, a few of the letters in Greek and others in a completely foreign language.
"As you probably already know the book tends to have a mind of its own gaining knowledge from the one holding it. But since its been for so long out of our hands its been lacking and lost some of the knowledge it should've had. We will have to fill in some of these gaps that the book never really mentioned to you, however it shouldn't be too extensive though." Jewel said.
I nodded my head as she gently handed me back the book and I placed it in my pack.
"So now back to what we were discussing." Jewel said. "What other questions do you have for me."
"Why is Asura in my head?" I instantly asked without really thinking causing Jewel to look at me in surprise and disbelief. My mother May who had sat down on a sort of bench while the talking had began also looked shock her eyes wide as she stared at the floor.
"W-what did you say?" Jewel asked her eyes glazed over slightly.
I gulped down my nervousness and took in a deep breath. "I asked, why is Asura in my mind? I don't understand we both speculate its due to myself being a demi-god, but we are both curious."
There was a pause a long pause, not a single noise was made. Jewel looked as if she was about to faint. And my mom just sat in shocked silence.
I then took the initiative and waved my hand in front of the dragon queens face. Trying to get her to snap out of her shock.
"Uhhh your majesty, uh Jewel." I said.
She shook herself and tried to regain her composure. And her voice hitched and cracked slightly. "D-d-did you just say Asura is inside of you as in can talk to you?"
"Y-yes. I just said that." I said nervousness laced in my tone.
'Kid you really shouldn't have said anything.' Asura said gently with a hint of sadness laced in his voice. 'There really is no way out of your brain, and no sense in bringing this to her attention, if anything it will make things more complicated for everyone. It was really foolish, think before you talk.'
I flinched knowing he was right. I was careless with my question. I felt a pang of guilt hit me. 'I'm sorry A.' I thought to him but received no reply.
"W-what is it?" Jewel asked sensing my guilt and heard my thoughts.
"Y-you couldn't hear him?" I asked.
"No." Jewel said her eyes wide. "Why? What did he say?"
"It was nothing important. Just-." I then trailed off, but even though I didn't finish what I was going to say she knew what I was going to say due to her somehow reading my mind.
Jewel frowned slightly as if in thought. "I-I would be lying if I said I didn't want to know more about it, but I-I know I have to accept the inevitable questions I have within myself about my boy. I have to say I have never heard of this happening. And even with my soul sensing abilities I cannot sense another presence. The only presence I can sense is your own."
"Soul sensing? Is that what my nature abilities are called?" I asked.
"No. What you sense is their aura. Their aura in a sense is a shell of the soul, which in a way is their sense of their intentions whether to do harm or not. The abilities I refer to are the ones soul dragons possess. For example, yours, your soul is a green color. It shows that yours intone deeply with nature and the creatures that support it. But other than that, nothing else, no other soul to be found. Except for the fact its connected to another's very far away I believe to be your mate? Correct?"
This caused me to nod my head that it was Embers, she was the only one that instantly came to mind. And another pang of guilt shot through me I still had to contact her, tell her I was okay. Gods knows what she was doing right now.
And before I could ask another question about my soul. She seemed to had read my mind because she answered my thoughts right away. "Our abilities do not reflect the color of the soul. Hence why your soul is green and not a rainbow."
"So, you don't think it may be something deeper than the fact I am a demi-god?" I asked.
"Now, I never said that. I think you being a demi-god is part of it, but it may be something else that I cannot think of. The odd thing here is, is I would think that I would've seen a part of him somewhere within your soul however it seems your dragon soul which would be separate from your own due to being his reincarnation has fully merged into your own. Which in turn would make him in a sense disappear. He should not be existing in your mind. He would in a sense be a consciousness within your own. But it seems that consciousness would have to be connected to your soul. But its not visible. That would have to be the only way he is even existing within your mind. I'm thinking that perhaps for the first time ever a soul formed its own consciousness to provide guidance for you. So, in a sense the soul made a defense mechanism which would be my Asura. So, I would say its due to both you and his soul."
It was hard to warp my head around. Very hard. Hell, for Asura it was probably just as difficult.
"Well I didn't think it would be that complex." I said with a nervous chuckle.
She nodded her head understanding the circumstances were most likely very difficult to comprehend.
After a few moments of silence Jewel gained a thoughtful look. And then she let out a sigh of sadness, as her eyes then gained the look of someone way older, someone who has gone through many stiffs and lost many loved ones, it was as if looking at a war veteran. Defiantly not the look you would expect from someone who looked to be about twenty-five years old and had lead the life of a royal.
"I want-I want to say something." Jewel said looking at me gently and nervously. "I don't mean to make you uncomfortable, so if you don't mind, can I address Asura for a second."
"I uh, um sure I guess." I said uncomfortably. Not exactly sure how to respond to such a request, since she would be talking towards me but not too me.
She nodded her head and took in a deep breath and moved her hair that had moved in her face behind her ear. "Asura. I know you can hear me and while this pains me. Pains me so much it hurts my very core. You passed on very young so young you didn't even get a chance at life." Jewel started her eyes welling with tears, but she continued, most likely because if she did stop she would break down. "It was unfair. And while I am sure you lived some form of life due to becoming a spirit. I want to apologize for your father and I's weakness, we-we as much as I hate it failed as parents and were not strong enough to protect you. And I am so sorry for that my hatchling." Jewel said as she started to weep her tears flowing like a river. "And for this young hatchling's sake I must let you go."
Immediately my eyes widened with shock not expecting such a reaction. And honestly, I would be lying if I said I would be okay with her looking at me as if I was Asura. And I know that's selfish of me, but it would hurt even though it shouldn't since I just met the woman. I felt a connection to her, this place and everything around me which felt both wrong and right. And honestly the simple fact was, was that I'm not Asura. I am Blake. Not Asura. And for someone to view me as someone completely different it would hurt. It would make it seem like I'm not enough, like me being Blake was not okay I had to be someone else entirely.
"So, I am sorry to let you go my baby boy. But just know your father and I loved you. Both you and your older brother so very much. And while you exist within this boy, I can no longer view you as the same, because if I do I don't think I will ever be able to view Blake here as anything else but you Asura."
'Blake…relay a message for me…please." Asura said his voice hitching slightly.
I just gave a mental nod. She had her eyes closed her body was wracking with tremors and her arms had curled around her midsection. All the strength she had before, was gone and in her place was a mourning mother whose lost too much.
Then as if on instinct I walked up to the woman and wrapped my arms around her. She let out a breath of surprise and opened her watery green eyes and when I pulled away I smiled, causing her breath to hitch slightly in surprise.
And as soon as Asura started his message I spoke repeating after him word for word. "Asura says he doesn't blame either you or his father. He says that while he has passed on he did as you said and got to live some sort of a life as a spirit. He got to experience a great many things. He got to meet Lady Chaos. He learned how to talk, how to write, how to read and while he had to do that on his own, he was not completely alone, since Lady Chaos had become a sort of mother figure for him. He made sure to learn as much as possible. He even remembers the first time he met his mother's eyes, your eyes. He remembers how bright and warm they were. And he understands that you must put those who have passed to rest. He asks that you please move on. Move on not from the pain of your loss, but to accept what has come to pass and put faith in Blake." I said shocking both myself and her as her half-lidded eyes went wide once again her mouth slightly agape from shock.
"A-and he said that while he cannot convey this as much as he would like he loves you and his father. And just wants you both to know no matter what he is proud to call himself Asura prince of dragons son of both Arion and Jewel the King and Queen of dragons. And asks…Asura I am not saying that." I said with a watery laugh, as this kind of was touching and caused a couple of tears to leak.
"What?" Jewel asked gently her tears now ones of happiness, getting over her shock and looked to truly be at peace. She seemed happy, whole, as if she could finally after a so long move on.
I scratched the back of my head and sighed. "He asked that you help out his idiot for an incarnate. And to treat me as my own person. That while I could never be nearly as awesome as he was I make for a pretty good kid."
'Asura you're a bastard.' I thought to him.
The only reply I got was a watery chuckle I could tell what the queen of dragons had said had gotten to him. Asura was happy and at peace just as much as his mother.
I then heard Jewel giggle.
"What?" I asked.
"You called him a bastard. Just makes me think you two must be bickering like siblings. It just makes me happy to know you two are here for each other." Jewel said with a massive cheesy grin.
"Oi, he is though. The guy thinks he is all that just because he knows so much. His ego's as bad as Zeus's and that's saying a lot." I said childishly.
Jewels gentle giggles turned into straight out belly lurching laughter as she put a hand to her stomach as she laughed hard. And then she whipped the last few tears from her eyes.
'Watch it brat or I will give you a headache you won't forget.' Asura said his voice raising slightly.
'Oh yeah do it, and I picture the guy in that Naruto manga Might Guy dancing screaming about youth.' I said with an evil smirk.
'Don't you dare. How anyone can draw someone with such huge caterpillar eyebrows and a green jumpsuit I have no clue. Its freaky.' Asura said his tone shivering at just the thought.
When I finally got out of the arguing match between Asura and I. I noticed my mom giving me a weird look and Jewel giving me a look of amusement.
I then coughed into my hand getting back to being serious. "Sorry about that. Can I ask about one last thing?"
"Of course." Jewel said smiling.
I took in a deep breath and released it as Jewel waited patiently. She knew what I was going to ask but she respected my nervousness and waited for me to mentally prepare myself for the question I was going to ask and what information I would receive as my answer.
'Its now or never.' I thought to myself.
"Why exactly is my mother here? Mom how do you know about them and how are you involved?" I asked both Jewel and my mom.
Jewel looked at my mom for a second and my mom just nodded her head looking down not meeting my eyes.
Jewel shifted looking uncomfortable. Then she took in a deep breath and then with her hand she made a small chair behind me and gestured me to sit. At first, I resisted wanting my answers immediately, but she shook her head and my mom finally looking at my eyes pleaded that I sat. After some persuasion I did. From both of their reactions something was wrong, and I was not happy with that fact.
"Blake there is no easy way to say this, and while I would prefer to outright tell you it would be quite difficult to understand so I'm going to give a small history as to why Arion and I had gone into our comas a little over thirty years ago." Jewel said gently.
"Okay, but what does that have to do with my mother." I said irritably.
'Calm down Blake.' Asura said. 'I am sure she will get to it, be patient kid.'
"I will get to it just please let me tell you this then it will make sense." Jewel said calmly.
"Alright." I muttered.
"So, as I was saying a little over thirty years ago. Arion and I were still recovering from the attack Ginarth had done a little over a century ago. And while I had little to no damage. My mate had taken on a lot. Ginarth had somehow done damage I hadn't thought possible to Arion, with our abilities it would make it rather difficult for anyone to harm him to the extent he did. To say in the least my husband was still exhausted. And the two of us knew that eventually Asura would soon return to our mortal plane. It was just a matter of finding him. But we both knew we couldn't leave the haven we currently were at. We took risks as it was by saving as many of our kind as we could from the Olympians. So, we thought of a different means." Jewel said gently.
"What means?" I asked
"Me." My mother said.
"What." I said looking at my mother.
"Well your father and I more specifically." My mother said.
"But that makes no sense why they would send a mortal and Olympian demi-god?" I asked.
My mother then looked to Jewel to answer.
"Arion and I didn't choose either of those options. We wouldn't ever send such. We took more extreme measures. It would then be what lead to our comas, our thirty yearlong comas. The one Olympian your father and I trusted above all others was Athena her knowledge and her relationship with Arion and I allowed her to understand it was not our fault for what was had come to pass. That the accident that happened with my other child's reincarnation was not at the fault of anyone but Ginarth and unlike the other Olympians she did not hunt us, and we allowed her counsel here. And from her we learned a new way we could collect our other child without actually being there."
"W-what did you two do? Does that mean-. Wait that would mean." I said looking at my mother in shock.
"Yes, you see. Arion and I split our souls. Mine had formed into a child I named May. And your father unfortunately unable to do so in his weakened state had help of Athena creating a demigod. We made them both mortal, and in your father's case a demi-god so they wouldn't exude an aura of dragon hood which would be a dead give away to Ginarth and his followers. And after we sent the two of them away the strain was too much on our bodies and the two of us fell into comas.
"Wait so you-. You are her." I asked my mother gesturing to the queen of dragons.
"Y-yes I am. Your father and I the both of us were from the two of them and in turn made the two of us soulmates which made the two of us naturally gravitate towards each other, no matter how far away we were from each other. We both had no clue of our origins or anything. We both were orphans adopted into families and lived out our lives, and the day after our wedding. We decided out of some sort of pull that we would spend our honeymoon at the Yosemite National park. We decided to go camp there. Then one day when we had gotten lost, from our camp we heard a noise. That noise being you along with Luna of course, and before we knew it you were ours. Our child. Then after your father's death, and you and your friends saving me I thought life would get back to normal. Then…then you told me about your dragon abilities and in the back of my head some sort of click happened and I knew I had to bring you here to the U.K. I had no clue why, but I just had to. And as soon as I was here I was forced to leave you behind I barely had time to even leave you a note as I was transported here to this paradise. And that's when the memories came to me. The reason of my whole existence." My mother now standing her face showing nothing but sadness.
"And by tomorrow at sunset we will once more be whole." Jewel said gently.
"No!" I said standing knocked the chair I had previously been sitting in down to the marble floor.
'Kid.' Asura said in worry.
"Blake." My mother said gently.
"Your lying. The both of you. This some sick joke. And I'm not laughing." I said accusingly.
"I wish I was sweet heart." May said looking down her hair shadowing her face.
'Kid wait don-.' Asura began, but halfway through I cut off our connection shutting him out completely.
And before they could even speak one more time I was out. I ran as quickly I could out of the large castle running past guards, ducking under their hands and swerved out of the way. Their worried shouts hit my ears deafly. The only thing I could think was that I was losing my mom again. This time for good. This time no going back no preventing it. I didn't care if they were the same person. May was my mom. The one who took care of me. The one who was there for every birthday. For every single event in my life. Not the queen. Not my birth mother. May and my dad Jake were my parents not Arion and Jewel. And In that instant, I felt as if my world was crashing. And I just continued to run, pretended what was bound happen was not going to occur. And I ran to the one place I knew would comfort me I ran to the forest surrounding the castle. All the while in the back of mind I knew the two women in the castle sat, one in her throne and the other in a chair the two of them silent as there were no more tears they could shed as they already had and all they could do was feel sad and worried. One knowing that the promise she gave wouldn't happen and the other out of pity and hoping to be accepted.
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