Chapter 33: A New Demigod
When the power of the Fygg went into my body, I expected that I would either turn into a monster or that my mind would go insane, just like all the other mortals that got empowered by the fruit that weren't Celestrian. But instead, something incredible happened. My eyes got sharper vision, I felt something go on with my hair, and I felt some kind of strange, foreign power enter me. "W-What the... I feel... powered up..." I gawked as I heard some noise outside the room. "Mary! Is that you?! What's going on in there?!" I heard Jess exclaim from outside my door. "Um..." I said, looking at Celestria with a frown, only to see that she had disappeared afterwards.
"I uh, just got powered up from Celestria. That's what happened," I said, deciding honesty was the best policy now rather than later. Jess then opened the door and I saw that she was dressed in her Princess Robe, but with a wool jacket over top it. "Whew... I'm so relieved. We've been worried sick since Celestria took you here after you passed out in the snow," Jess said to me. "Actually, I didn't pass out. She... showed me something that shocked me..." I said as I looked to her with a frown. "What would that be?" she asked. "I don't come from any 'real world' and I don't come from the future. I come from the past, from over a thousand years ago," I said with honesty, Jess's face looking troubled.
"I... I didn't know that she was serious about that part," Jess gulped. "Yeah... and she just powered me up with something that we can use to help out everyone who's been killed, including David," I said with a serious look. "What did she give you?" I heard Angelo say from outside the door. "Something that only she could create. A Fygg. A fruit of the gods," I said, the term making Angelo bust in as well as Yangus and Red.
"D-Did she just say Fygg?! Fyggs are the stuff of legends! It's said that anyone who eats them that has a troubled or tainted 'eart will be turned into a monster, but anyone who eats them that 'as a pure heart will be able to become a Demigod!" Red exclaimed in shock. "Well... since you say you have eaten one and that you aren't turning into a monster... I'd say that you are definitely pure of heart, despite everything that's happened," Angelo gawked. "Um... thanks for the compliment?" I said awkwardly.
"So... we're in a cabin that's home to a kind old woman, right?" I asked with a smile. "Yeah. Her name is Marta, but you already knew that, huh?" Angelo asked with a cocky smirk. "Yes. And so you know, someone in her line was a sage. So either she or one of her family will be on Rhapthorne's kill list," I said with a sigh. "Dammit... why would he kill such a nice old lady like Marta? It's sickening," Jess sighed. "Well, thanks to the Fygg I got, Celestria said that, even if someone does die, I now have the ability to undo their death," I said, seriousness in my tone.
"Wait... you can... revive our fallen friends?" I heard Medea say in my head as the others looked on in shock. "We'll need to wait a bit in order to do so, but we can revive everyone who's been killed by that murderous monster. I guarantee it," Stella smirked happily as she bounced out of my cleavage. "Sounds great!... But would Rhapthorne still want to kill them?" Yangus asked. "Nope. Since they have already been killed, if they were to be revived, the seals of their magic have already been broken, so it wouldn't do a thing to Rhapthorne's kill list. They would still be considered dead to him," I heard Celestria say in our heads.
"Well then... let's go 'ead and meet with the others then!" Red smiled. I followed her lead as we all went down the stairs and we were soon in the dining area that Marta was in. "Nice to meet you, Mary. Your friends have told me wondrous things about the adventures you've had and your compassion on the monsters. You are an inspiration to what most humans should strive for," Marta smiled at me happily, her words making me blush. "W-Well... I'm just trying to help out," I said with bashfulness. "Oh, but where are my manners! Please, have some Nook Tea. It's the perfect treat for anyone who wants to stay warm in this climate. One drink, and the cold will not bother you for a whole month," Marta smiled at me as I took my seat next to Medea and she looked at me with confusion.
"Um... I guess that eating that thing made your hair a bit different?" Medea asked me. I looked a little embarrassed by that question and looked at myself in the mirror that I saw behind me. It was a little more flashy than I would've liked, but it made me look cool. It looked like my head was literally a spinning vortex of air, without the spinning of course. It looked almost like a tornado, which made me smile at it just for its uniqueness. "Heh. I look cool," I smiled at myself.
I then turned my attention to the Nook Tea in front of me and took a drink of it, finding out the hard way that it had quite the hot kick to it! "Whew! That stuff is a waker-upper right there!" I gawked as Stella then came out of my cleavage and took a sip of it as well, her reaction priceless. "AHH! HOT HOT! WATER! I NEED WATER!" Stella exclaimed as she rushed for the sink nearby and dipped her head under the dripping faucet (because it would probably freeze if the water wasn't running even a little), exhaling a sigh of relief when she finished getting her mouth rid of the hot flavor.
Jess, Angelica, and Red couldn't hold in their smiles and giggles at Stella's antics, and I then saw that Marta was smiling at Stella's direction as well. "Oh that little fairy. She is quite the feisty one for someone so small," Marta smiled, confusing my group big time. "Apologies, you must be curious as to why I can see her. Oyoyoy, she and I actually met each other in the past," Marta smiled. "Really? When?" Angelica asked. "It was around the time that I was just a little girl, so many years ago. And believe it or not, my lineage is very important not just to what your group is trying to do, but it was also the same as a certain Celestrian. A Celestrian that started my family line back in the days of the Protectorate. Oh I could tell stories of my great grandfather's heroic deeds to save the world," Marta smiled.
"Sorry, but we really can't stay for stories. We're pursuing a very mean-looking dog with a staff in his mouth. Do you know where we may be able to find information?" Angelo asked. "Honestly, I don't know of this dog. Only Boris, and he isn't one to favor staffs of any kind," Marta smiled kindly. "But if you want information, I would consider my adopted son, Marek. He should be in the Herb Grotto attending to the Nook Grass... but I fear he hasn't come home in awhile, so I think something may be wrong..." Marta said as she handed me a small bag. "I ask that you find him for me and give him this if he needs it. I am sure that you'll do the right thing in the end," the woman smiled at me.
But I could sense something behind her smile. It was sadness... that could only mean one thing. She knew of what her fate would be. I looked at the others and nodded. "Thanks so much for your generosity, Marta. We'll be back with Marek in no time at all," I smiled as I led everyone out the door and I sighed a little sigh of sadness. "Do not be sad, babushka..." I heard a voice in my head. Marta's. "Even with the knowledge that I am to die today, I know you can still do great things for the world. Live life to the fullest. And don't worry about this old babushka dying when you have those Fygg powers," I heard her say. She knew she had to die, yet she was still going to let it happen? She was definitely the strongest character in this whole game who ended up getting killed. Not Golding, not the Lord High Priest. It was Marta. Her strength trounced all of them. I knew I had to defeat Rhapthorne now. Now more than ever.