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Tears formed in her eyes as she smashed her fists down on the frozen ice. She looked up to the sky, to the stars. "Please, please give him back!" she sobbed. The woodlands fell into silence, the hooting of the owl had vanished and the wind had paused its breathing. All that could be heard now was the sound of a breaking heart.

After opening the birthday present she had bought him—a book of the stars—he had never let it go. In the darkness of the night, when her dreams had awakened her with fear, he would be sitting awake and ready to hold her in his arms. He was always there for her, no matter what. They were one, and being without each other was like the sky without the sun.

"Give him back to me!" she screamed into the darkness of the night. The ice suddenly began to crack, and the whole ground shook. Ayoko stood up as the ice slowly parted; the whole lake was falling apart. She started to run, jumping onto the tiny islands of frozen ice. She looked back as the water began to move on its own. Ayoko looked up in fear as a huge, white-bearded man emerged from the cold water. His icy blue skin dripped with small droplets from the lake. His dark green eyes glared at her, his face old and wise. The water swayed as he leaned towards her with his huge, giant hand.

The young girl screamed as she scurried across the frozen island, but the beast's touch came closer to her, until his large finger brushed across the top of her head. "Don't touch me!" she yelled. She began smacking his cold skin with her tiny fists. The beastly man laughed at her efforts, and Ayoko frowned in frustration. "Stop laughing at me!" She brushed his oversized finger away from her, and then she turned and ran. Within a flash, she had skipped over half of the island that floated gently above the ice. Tears fell from her eyes as her brother's smile crossed her memory.

"Wait," the old man called out. The water suddenly began to sway again, causing the girl to lose her balance. The island she was on suddenly flipped back, and Ayoko grabbed onto the end as the frozen ice flipped round. She took a deep breath as she was submerged in the cold water. She was a good swimmer; her mother and Hera had taught her well, for she had had encouragement from them both. Her brother had not had any, so he couldn't swim and it was all because of her. She had taken the attention he had needed, and if it wasn't for her he wouldn't be lost under this frozen lake.

Ayoko paused from swimming; she floated under the icy island, her hands brushing through the ice cold liquid and her feet kicking softly under her. She looked into the dark water, but she could see nothing. She was alone. Without him she was nothing, she was a wizard without any magic; she was half of a whole. This would be her life if she was not with him.

I will die to be with him. Her thoughts gently whispered to her, and she found comfort in her words—no, peace would have been a better term for how she felt. Ayoko slowly shut her eyes as the icy water pinched at her smooth soft skin. The pain was excruciating, but she allowed her mind to drift as happiness filled her heart from the images of her baby brother.

The blue giant reached his hand into the cold, dark water. He gently lifted the young child out, and Ayoko coughed as air filled her tiny lungs. She opened her eyes to see the man's face filled with anger. Her heart raced as warmth filled her body.

As the man gently placed her down on the earth, the child kicked away in frustration. "What are you doing? I don't want to be saved! How dare you, how dare you rescue me!" she screamed. Her cheeks flushed red as she pointed at the man in annoyance, and she kicked her heels into the soft white snow as she yelled about how she didn't want to live anymore.

"You're just four years old, almost five. What would make you think such thoughts?" The man's voice was deep and loud.

Ayoko fell to the ground and curled herself up into a tiny ball as her heart pounded against her chest. Each beat caused her to lose a breath; the pain was like no other.

"Why are you sad?" he questioned from the lake's edge, half of his body still covered by the dark blue water.

"Because...of me…my brother is dead," she sobbed. "And now…I am nothing…without him…without him…he's my light... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" She curled ever tighter into herself as the pain in her heart crippled her tiny body.

"Maybe I could help?"

"How…how can you help?"

The man slowly moved back so he was now standing up straight in the cold, icy water. The earth around the lake rumbled, and a huge gold three-headed spear rose from beneath the dark blue liquid. The giant took hold of the weapon as he looked down towards the child.

"You're…you're…a…god...?" Ayoko sat in amazement, her mouth wide open in disbelieve.

"I am the second god that has been sent here to protect and help you. My name is Poseidon, Lord of the sea."

"Another god..." she whispered to herself. Ayoko pushed herself up out of the dirt, and her arms wobbled as they held the weight of her body. She looked down at the soft, white snow as more tears trickled down her burning red cheeks. "I don't want another god! I want my brother!" she screamed. She felt the magic within her rush to every corner of her body as her heart longed to have him by her side, and she screamed out into the sapphire sky. "Give him back to me!" she cried out to the heavens.

Ayoko's body suddenly lit up and a white glow shown from her as she closed her eyes. "Kiyoshi…" she whispered, before her heart cried out ever louder.

The ground rumbled as the bark of the trees that had been standing there for hundreds of years began to crumble. Huge, jagged cracks pierced through the solid ground, and the earth screamed in pain as it was forced apart. Animals great and small ran through the passage where the child shone, and they ran for their lives as their homes were ripped apart around them. Ayoko collapsed; she had given all she could. There was nothing more she could do. Her head lay buried in the sparkling white snowflakes, and the beats to her heart slowed as her tattoo began to fade. Her hearing became muffled, her vision so blurry she could only just make out the shining blue light that was standing in front of her. "Poseidon…?" she called out in a small, soft whisper.

The old man smashed the heavy, three-pointed spear into the icy cold water, splitting the dark blue liquid. He looked down to the bottom of the lake before he submerged himself in the parted defrosted ice.

Ayoko pushed herself up onto one arm as the god's body disappeared, and she knelt up onto her knees as the water collapsed back into itself, bubbles floated up from beneath. Ayoko held her breath until the huge giant appeared once more, splashing the water over the side and onto her as he resurfaced. Ayoko fell back as the huge, cold waves washed over her.

The god slowly approached her with his right hand stretched towards her. There in his large wet palm lay her brother. His dark blue hair lay across his face, covering his cute, innocent features. Ayoko held her arms out, and the water god gently placed the small boy into her arms. She softly brushed her hand through his soaking wet hair. His eyes lay shut, his skin cold and his lips blue. Ayoko looked to her god as she noticed there were no beats to his heart.

She bit her lip as she looked back down to her baby brother. His smooth skin was now pale and lifeless, and she pulled him closer into her arms, offering his tiny body her warmth. "Please help him," she begged.

The water god slowly reached over towards them, and he placed his giant trident over the twins. Ayoko closed her eyes as she remembered the day her brother had shown her his first rainbow. He trusted her; it was her he always looked up to, it was her he called to at night, she was his protector and he was the power to all she held.

Huge beams of light poured from the water god's golden spear, and the child opened her eyes as the tiny balls of light trickled down and absorbed into her brother's skin. She lifted him ever higher towards her as the light from Poseidon faded. Her eyes danced over his fragile little body. Breathe, breathe, she prayed.

Kiyoshi's eyes flickered before slowly opening. He let out a small sigh before blinking and looking up at his sister. She was already crying as he spoke her name, and she wrapped her arms around the whole of his body as he, in return, held her. "I thought I'd lost you!" she sobbed.

"I heard your voice calling me. Everything was dark, but I knew you were there in the light." He pulled back from her arms, and she wiped her falling tears. "I wasn't afraid, because I knew you were there." He smiled.

Ayoko pulled her baby brother back into her. Never again would she fail him. She would do all that was in her power to keep him safe. She knew her place in this world, and it was right by his side.

Poseidon looked down on the twins before slowly fading away with a smile on his face.

"Thank you," Ayoko mimed as the god disappeared into the night.

The twins held one another as the wind softly brushed past them, the stars in the beautiful sapphire sky twinkling down on the two.

Together you are stronger; the power within you comes from the love you hold in your heart….