Parvati held Parsī in her arms as she walked through the majestic palace while servants, warriors and other minor deities watched her pass by. Parsī happily cooed as Parvati smiled lovingly at him. She started to hum a wonderful tune making Parsī look up at her with his beautiful eyes. "How are you Parsī?" She asked merrily.
Parsī cooed happily and laughed causing Parvati and any nearby passers to smile. "You have a wonderful voice." She complimented him while holding him up in the air and blowing on his tummy. Hanuman watched from a distance at how Lady Parvati was in utter bliss with Parsī. 'I've never seen her this happy before.' He thought to himself. His eyes widened softly as he felt a gentle hand land on his shoulder.
"She's missed this." Shiva said. Hanuman raised his eyebrows. "What I mean is that ever since Murugan, Ashokasundari, and Ganesha grew older. Parvati has felt less and less of a mother in a sense." He said while staring at his wife and Parsī. "I see." Hanuman nodded.
"What do you plan to teach him?" Hanuman asked while shifting in place. Shiva closed his eyes and thought for a moment. "I intend to teach him everything he will need to know that will make him a force to be reckoned with." Shiva grinned slightly.
Hanuman chuckled at how Shiva was planning to "teach" (torture) the young Parsī how to fight and such. "There you two are." A voice behind them was heard. Hanuman glanced back at seeing Brahma and Vishnu. "My lords. What brings you here?" He asked.
"Oh enough with that Hanuman. You do not need to address us so formally." Brahma said with a smile. "Quite. Shiva, we need to discuss some private matters concerning the lands and plains of the other pantheons." Vishnu stated.
Shiva sighed aloud causing Hanuman to sweat drop slightly. "Fine fine. I'll speak to you later Hanuman." Shiva grinned before walking away with his brothers. 'it's amazing how they can tolerate each other.' Hanuman thought before glancing at Parvati and Parsī. He smiled at their antics and closed his eyes to relax.
Parsī giggled and cooed as Parvati played with him, she then held him high as she made cutesy noises. Parsī laughed but stopped as he was in the high up to see his surroundings. He looked directly at Hanuman and made grabbing motions. Parvati noticed this and glanced back to see Hanuman meditating.
Hanuman heard Parsī's laughter getting close prompting him to look up. "Lady Parvati. How are you this fine day?" He smiled. "Absolutely wonderful Hanuman." She was practically beaming with an amazing aura. "I see young Parsī is enjoying all the attention." Hanuman chuckled.
Parvati nodded in agreement while she gazed at Parsī trying to grab Hanuman. "I think he wants you to hold him." Parvati giggled. Hanuman looked at her. "Fine. Bring him here." He sighed in defeat as Parsī grabbed his fur.
Bracing for the pain about to come from his fur being torn out again, Hanuman gritted his teeth... only to feel nothing. He glanced down to see Parsī drifting to sleep in his arms. Parvati watched in amazement and slight envy at how Parsī fell asleep so quickly in Hanuman's arms.
"I... did not expect that." He sighed in relief. "My lady. Do you wish to hold him?" He asked Parvati. Coming back to her senses she nodded her head. "I doubt he will want to leave your arms judging by how quickly he fell asleep." He smiled.
"Then where were you originally heading?" Hanuman asked. "I intended to go the Star Observation room. To show Parsī the stars and galaxies of the universe." She replied.
Hanuman stood to his full height. "Then shall we go then?" He inquired. "Of course." Parvati grinned. The two began to journey to the astronomy section of the palace.
After an hour or so of walking, Parvati and Hanuman came across an enormous building looking like a dome made out of pure gold. "Alright. Let's head in." Parvati joyfully said as she hurried inside with Hanuman following closely behind.
The inside was entirely different, consisting of nothing but pure blackness. Parvati clapped her hands three times causing the entire room to light up with trillions of stars turning on as if they were connected to a light switch. Nebulas and galaxies of different varieties began to show, basking everything in their light.
Hanuman always felt a sense of awe coming into this room and seeing all of this. He looked down and poked Parsī's cheeks. "Wake up little one." he said. Parsī stretched in his arms and let out a little yawn before opening his gorgeous blue and green nebula styled eyes. "Ooh." He cooed as he stared at everything in the room.
For the next few hours Parvati began explaining to Parsī astronomy and many different worlds followed by things such as quasars, black holes and supernovas. Parsī stared in wonder the entire time.
"And that was how the Earth was formed my little Parsī." Parvati said after she finished telling him the creation of where he came from. Parsī could only blink before giggling loudly causing Parvati to have to hold back her motherly instincts of glomping him for being so cute.
"So this is where you both went huh?" A voice echoed in the room. Parvati and Hanuman turned to see Brahma and his wife Saraswati approaching them.
"My lord Brahma and Lady Saraswati." Hanuman bowed his head. Brahma sighed slightly annoyed. "How many times must I tell you Hanuman. Forget the formalities, you need not address me so everytime." He sighed.
Hanuman stiffened. "Of course my lo-" He cleared his throat. "Of course." He finished with a slight bead of sweat forming on his brow. "Thank you." Brahma smiled. "Is this Parsī?" A beautiful voice said. Parvati grinned. "Yes. Isn't he precious?" She said trying to gently take him from Hanuman's arms but much to her dismay he cried out.
Flinching back as the room slightly shook, Parvati looked at Hanuman. "Wha?" She stammered. Hanuman shrugged his shoulders as he held Parsī in front of him. "Now why did you do that?" He asked,
Brahma stifled a laugh before he began to chuckle. Hanuman turned his head to look at him. "What are you laughing about?" He asked. "Oh! So now you don't address me formally!" Brahma glared causing the monkey deity to flinch.
"I'm kidding. The for reason for my laughing is that young Parsī appears to have taken a major liking to you. He may already treat you like a big brother in a sense with the way you've been holding him." Brahma pointed out.
Parvati bit her lip a bit in pure jealously and envy. 'What!?' She screamed in her head. 'I'm the MOTHER! I'm SUPPOSED to be the one my Parsī acts like that with!" She screamed again.
"Do you want to hold him then?" Hanuman asked Brahma. "Hand him to me then." Hanuman tried to pull Parsī off but alas with no luck. "I don't get it." He groaned. Brahma chuckled before taking off his Prayer Beads. "Maybe you should distract him." He slowly held the beads in front of Parsī while making them shine multiple colors.
Parsī was caught in their beautiful color and slowly let go of Hanuman's fur. Hanuman quickly handed him to Brahma. "There you go little one. You like these? I need to make you a pair when you are older then won't I?" He chuckled.
Parvati and Saraswati watched the exchange of Parsī between the two deities. "Men." They both said at the same time with the same exasperated sigh.
"Well then. I must take my leave. Vishnu and Shiva are bound to be up to no good." He pinched the bridge of his nose before handing Parsī over to his wife and Parvati. "Farewell my beloved." Brahma said to Saraswati after he kissed her cheek. He waved to Parvati before vanishing in a gentle light.
Hanuman watched the two ladies leave with Parsī, he almost felt a bit of happiness as he was finally able to relax until he saw the baby boy look at him with saddened eyes. "Lady Saraswati. Lady Parvati." He called out. They both stopped and looked back at him.
"Can... you leave him here with me?" He said almost as if he whispered it. "First you took him from me then-" Parvati almost shouted out from not NEARLY having enough time with her Parsī until Saraswati smiled and stopped her.
"If he can crawl to you. He can stay here, if not he leaves with us." Saraswati wagered. Hanuman nodded his head and watched in anticipation as she gently set Parsī down.
Parsī looked at Hanuman and laughed before slipping and gently plopping on the ground. Hanuman stood up quickly, almost sprinting to check if he was hurt before Parsī sat on his bum and shook his head. He looked at Hanuman again and slowly began to crawl over.
Hanuman watched as the baby made his way over and he almost felt something in him light up. "Come on! You can do it!" He shouted as Parsī continued crawling over while smiling and laughing.
Parvati and Saraswati both watched in amazement as well as holding themselves back from stealing Parsī away and running off with him somewhere. "You know... this is your fault." Parvati said. Saraswati sighed. "We can play with him all day tomorrow." She said.
Both of them agreed and turned back to see Parsī almost near Hanuman. Crouching down, Hanuman held out his hands and scooped the baby boy up to his chest. "I'm proud of you. I hope you know that." Parsī cooed gently before finally having his eyes droop over and falling asleep in his arms again.
Hanuman smiled and looked over at the ladies seeing the envy on their faces. " My ladies...can you both leave us please? As you can tell... my little brother needs his rest." He said.
I haven't been dead... I promise. Anyway, my sincerest apologies for not updating this story. To be honest... I forgot completely about updating it... Well work does that to people sometimes... Again my apologies! Good news however is that I will be updating much more frequently and continuing this story for all of you! -Artanis13