Disclaimer: I do not own God Eater or any of the franchise associated with it. I do, however, own Lexi and any other OCs that will make an appearance.
Chapter Two
In the 2050's the Aragami appeared without warning and devoured everything and everyone that stood in their path.
Thousands of years worth of human legacy crumbled within the span of a singular year. The strongest race who occupied the mortal realm and populated the Earth, humanity, found themselves driven into a corner by these terrible monsters who withstood the onslaught of every conventional weapon thrown at them.
People compared these seemingly invincible monsters to the mythological Gods of Lore when nothing seemed to slow them down. They were dubbed 'Aragami' -the fallen gods- in reference to the brutal destruction they wrought on to the human race and the broken aftermath.
Survivors of the initial invasion of the Aragami and those born after it all knew of the world changing event that practically shattered the planet. What they did not know was that while humanity fought against the vicious predators who proved to be more destructive than them, there was a second war going on within a shadowy battlefield that most humans could not see.
It was a war between the True Gods and their children.
One thing the True Gods had always been infamous for was their constant habit of bedding every human that caught their eye. Unfortunately, more times than not, what transpired between during these moments of copulation was the conception of their children. These children in turn bore the traits of both their human and divine parents. They inherited both the strengths of their parents as well as their weaknesses.
Such children were called 'demigods' or 'half-bloods' because they were half human and half god.
As strong as they were because of their divine parents, demigods also faced a life full of trials and hardships. And it wasn't like their divine parent would help them out despite being half responsible for their existence in the first place.
Most people considered having superpowers something that gave you an advantage in life. For demigods, however, it was much more than that. It was essential to their very survival in a world that did its damnest to make life a living hell for them.
Gods and their offspring with humans weren't the only mythological beings in existence. The monsters of legend were real too and they made life for demigods in general difficult.
So much so that the average lifespan for a demigod was within their teen years. A demigod who survived to their twenties was considered lucky and tended to live very successful lives.
At least in a world that was pre-Aragami.
The sudden existence of the aragami had hit humanity hard. The combination of the aragami invasion and the war with the True Gods hit everyone involved harder.
In the end the survivors of the the secret war on the demigod side could be counted on both hands.
And it did not help that the Aragami found anyone with divine blood in them more appetizing than ordinary humans like the mythological monsters before them. Now demigods and any children born to them would be lucky to reach the age of four.
Life sucked for everyone. But it sucked even more for those who were descended from the gods.
And now things were about to get even worse with the second coming of the end of the world.
Bloody fantastic.
It was a wonder that Arielle hadn't gone insane yet with everything that had gone down over the past twenty years. But she wouldn't do anything drastic; this was her burden and punishment to bear.
For the grave crime of killing the former ruler of the Gods, Arielle had been forced to take up his mantle and fill the very void she had created to prevent a power struggle that would have destroyed the heavens and finished off the mortal realm.
But Arielle did not complain or curse the fate that had been forced on to her.
After all it was her fault that her father, Zeus, had gone insane and started destroying all the demigods.
Zeus had tried to control destiny and lost. Now Arielle found herself manipulating events to ensure that the current world was not lost to the planet's reset button.
The new Queen of the gods was well aware of the irony of it all.
"Arielle?"
Speak of the devil...
The woman who had been addressed by her given name turned towards the girl who just came down the stairs being trailed by Anubis, ignoring the strong pang in her chest. She looked so much like her mother and both of her aunts that it hurt to look at her.
She especially took after Colette in terms of both physical appearance and personality.
But as quick as the thought had come, Arielle banished it to the back of her mind. It was unfair to compare Alexandria to any of them.
Alexandria raised one of her eyebrows at her. "I thought you said you might not be able to visit for a few days."
"Something came up." Like the second end of the world if nothing were to be done. "But I have some news that I think you'll like."
"Like what?" The girl's curiosity had been peaked.
Well, might as well get it over with.
"The Gods have granted you permission to leave your current dwelling." Seeing Alexandria's expression change from confusion to stunned and finally to absolute shock made Arielle smiled at the girl she had forcefully taken from her home eight years ago. "That's right. Your freedom is once again yours."
As I'm sure you have noticed, I split up chapter two. This was originally the second part of the chapter, but as you can see I decided to split it up since the switch from Lexi's point of view to Arielle's was so sudden and did not really fit, so have fun reading this!