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Divinity

Chapter Two

At the ball room Queen Nut moved anxiously from one place to another.

"Argh..." She should be here by now! Queen Nut exclaimed.

"Don't worry, she will, you know her" Queen Selene said.

"I know...that is why I'm worried." Nut responded.

On the other wing of the moon castle, Gaia ran with all her might to get to her friend's room. She then opened the big white door with such hurry and said almost yelled.

"Oh my...I have to get ready!"

"Gaia! Where were you?" Serenity's hands rested on her waist. Tapping her foot on the floor she asked her friend.

"On earth, remember?" says Gaia.

"You were still there? if your parents find out you are no longer be able to go..." Serenity laughed.

"I know!" she mumbled underneath the dress she was trying to take off... "I need to bathe."

"Here" Serenity gave her friend a silky silver bathrobe and lead her to her private bathroom.

"You have fifteen minutes, I'll be right here to help you out with your dress" Serenity said.

"...Thank you Serenity" said Gaia before she entered the bathroom.

Serenity smiled back before she went back to her room to finish getting ready. A few maids were helping her with her dress.

Once she's done she stepped in front of the mirror and looked at herself.

A white silky dress adorned with pearls all over the rim of her skirt, pearls on her chest and shoulders. A single silver chain with a crecent moon on her right wrist. Her high heels were also white with shimmering little crystals on them. In her hair white roses adorning her two lavender buns. Her makeup flawless, her lips a soft pink, soft peach blush, her lashes dark framing her beautiful lavender eyes.

"...You look beautiful Serenity... You really do" Gaia said from behind her.

Serenity turned around to see her friend in her silky robe and smiled.

"Gaia, you will too if you hurry up!, come on let me help you..." Serenity said and asked to one of the maids to handle her Gaia's dress.

"I asked one of your maids to bring here the dress you were going to wear tonight at the ball" she said again.

"..Aren't you a sweetheart?" Gaia laughed.

"I am! I'm not your best friend for nothing!" Serenity laughed back.

Once they all finished helping Gaia with her dress and accesories she did her hair.

"...How can you manage all that hair Gaia?" Serenity asked.

"Look who's talking! mine isn't at my ankles!" Gaia laughed.

"I was joking..." Serenity said.

"I know" Gaia smiled.

"Gaia...can i ask you what took you so long on Earth?" Serenity said.

"I just couldn't help watching the people...the flowers...the water..., I love it there and then I met a man and I had a little conversation with him" She said the last part of her sentence very quickly hoping her friend wouldn't understand any single word she said.

"You what?, with who?" Serenity asked and panicked.

"Oh god... you understood that?" Gaia asked surprised.

"Hey...as I said. I'm not your best friend for nothing, I know you very well Gaia!"

"Well...yes, Serenity you do and you are, and also yes I did talked to this man" She said.

"Did he told you his name?" Serenity asked.

"He only told me his name was Eros, but that was it. He was quite attractive you know"

"Gaia! He's a mortal! You can't... " Serenity immediately said.

"Fall in love, I know that" Gaia answered and interrupted her friend.

"It's not like i'm marrying the man...i just talked to him that's all"

"You are not even allowed to do that" Serenity said, her face serious. "You know what would happen if you... well...you know..."

"Okay...I'm done" said Gaia and walked to the large mirror, looking at her reflection.

She smiled and turned her face to her friend

"I know, don't worry dear friend I won't. Besides what would you do without me? Who would entertain you at the ball when some random prince comes to you asking for a dance you don't want to give him mmm?"

"Oh shut up Gaia, some of them are just snobs and you perfectly know that!" Serenity tried to remain her serious face.

Gaia laughed and stared back at her reflection in the large mirror. Golden crystals adorning her long wavy jet black hair, her perfect dark blue dress with many long layers of thin fabric that shimmered in the light, long and thin traslucent fabrics adorned her back in some kind of bow, the two end of it tied to her wristbands full of sapphires so everytime she lifted her arms it looked like she had flowy wings. On her feet tall navy blue high heels and on her neck a single golden jewel. Her precious golden stone pending from a long golden chain. Her makeup as well was flawless; lips in red, soft bronzed blush on her cheeks, her white skin glowed, her long dark lashes giving emphasis to her golden greenish eyes... The vision in dark blue smiled at her reflection.

"Come on...we have to hurry" Serenity said and took her friend's hand and walked hurriedly to the ball room.

While they were getting there... all the guards and maids turned to them amazed by how beautiful they looked.

"Just in time" said Serenity and smiled at her friend

"Here we go" she breathed.

The White thick curtains opened showing the two princesses at the top of the long stairs.

Everybody looked at them; while the band was playing they both went down the stairs only to be met by their respective parents.

"What took you so long?" Queen Nut asks

"I'm so sorry mother I fell asleep at home" Gaia lied.

"You were there? Why? You know we have our place here there is no need to be on Earth" Nut said.

"You know it's my responsability to see if everything is going well down there...besides, humans always bring flowers to the shrine and pray for long periods of time. I have to be there. My home is there"

"We'll discuss this topic later, I don't your father to find out otherwise he might get mad for you not being here in time, I'll think of something"

"Thank you mother" Gaia smiled.

Serenity came near her friend and handled her a glass of wine.

"Thank you Serenity" Gaia said.

"I thought you might need it, everybody came and there are even new people" Serenity said then took a sip of her own glass of wine

"I know" Gaia whispered to her friend.

The room was impecable, the chandeliers were at its maximum glow, white marble everywhere, and music could be heard playing nonstop. All the royals of the galaxy were there dancing, drinking, eating and of course thinking of new ideas for a new alliance.

Gaia somehow felt out of place... the ball was breath taking but her mind was elsewhere... her mind was on that man she met earlier that day.

"Who are you? I am Eros..."

"Eros..." she said softly.

"Who is Eros?" a man with greenish hair and green eyes asked her, he was wearing a brown royal uniform. "Maybe he is a new prince from a new place..." she thought.

She can't quite recognize his garments and so she just stared in wonder waiting for a comment from him.

"I'm sorry; I'm Arkos, Prince of Nebula" he took her hand and kissed it softly.

"Gaia, Princess of Earth" she said.

"So you are the famous Goddess of Earth mm? I'm impressed, the rumors were true" the prince said.

"Oh, so there are rumors about me?" she asked.

"Yes, that you are beautiful" he answered

"Oh really. Well...thank you" she actually never imagined for whoever started that rumor would say something like that about her, but she knew where it went his comment. He wanted what every man wanted, her power.

"Dance with me, you can't say no" he said proudly offering his hand.

"No". she said.

"Why not? I'm charming, come on, one dance and I assure you will fall in love with me" he said.

"Oh my…" she thought. But she only came with "No. just leave."

"There you are! I was looking all over for you!"

A man's voice was heard. Gaia didn't understand anything at all but she didn't have other option and went along with the man who soon came near them and she recognized inmediately.

"Ares!" she called out loud

"My dear, where have you been? I've been looking all over for you! You know the ball wasn't the same without you" he kissed her cheek.

Her cheeks turned bright pink at his action; he turned to face the other man next to her.

"...?" the prince of Nebula cough a little.

"Dear" says Gaia taking his arm "This is Arkos...Prince of Nebula" she smiled.

"Ah...well, nice to meet you I'm A..."

"Ares" he interrupted "I know who you are, you are the very known...God of war..." he said dryly

"Ah, so there's no need of more boring introductions then, were you trying to dance with my lady?" he said

"Y-your lady?" he asked surprised.

"But of course! We've been together for a few time now, haven't we sweetheart?" he turned to see her, her face was now a deep shade of red.

"Y-yes, we are darling!" she managed to say.

"Oh…Well, I guess I'll leave you too alone now" he said before he left to see if he can sway another princess.

"Sweetheart...Darling...Dear...? What was that all about? She asked him.

"Um...you're welcome!" he said.

She smiled and looked at the dancing crowd.

Ares was another close friend to her, they shared many similites. They both liked weaponry and he even taught her how to fight with her sword. He was quite handsome as well...being the God of War his body was well built, sholder length sandy hair tied up in a low ponytail, gray eyes, perfect lips, strong jaw and when he smiled every lady fell at his feet. But she just saw him as a friend.

"Are you ever going to dance?" he asked her ruffling her hair.

"Ow! Don't do that!" she laughed. "And...No"

"Why not? Oh come on! Everybody's dancing! You should show off your beautiful gown!" he said.

"I don't know how to dance" she said and faked a smile.

"Liar" he said patting her arm softly "Come on, even Serenity is dancing!"

"Serenity is dancing?" she asked amazed "With whom?"

"That man over there" Ares points with his glass at his direction. "The Prince of a star near Andromeda"

"Andromeda" she repeated softly.

Gaia watched her friend dancing, laughing and having a good time with the man, she actually never saw Serenity that happy since her 15th birthday party, now that they both were 20 years old, she knew that her friend was already falling in love with this prince.

Serenity danced with her prince all night long and of course all the royals were talking about the couple and how good they looked together. Her smile was genuine, her eyes sparkling and her cheeks had a pinkish tone, yes...she was in love.

"Do you know his name?" she asked taking Ares by his arm and tried not to feel so lonely just by looking at the new found couple.

"I think it's Athan" he said.

"Oh..." that's was all that she could respond.

After that Ares started to feel how Gaia was holding his arm tightly, he turned to look at her only to be met by a sad pair of golden eyes and a soft smile.

"You knew this eventually would happen" he said drying a single tear that ran through her soft cheek.

"I know" she said "I just... I just never imagined how fast this moment would come"

Ares couldn't stand to see his dear friend like this so he took her hand and lead her to the dancefloor.

"Come on Gaia, grant me this dance...let's have some fun, cheer up!" he said.

"Okay" she smiled back at him.

Gaia and Ares danced the rest of the evening laughing and telling each other jokes. She suddenly forgot about her friend and his new lover and ...Eros.

"This time had to come...eventually" she finally said.

The next morning Gaia was laying on her bed in one of the guest rooms of the Moon palace.

She stretched her arms and legs, and gave a long yawn; when she opened one of her eyes slowly it was met by Serenity's lavender ones.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Gaia screamed. Serenity laughed.

"Wha...what time is it? Why did you do that?" Gaia asked annoyed.

"It's almost noon, and do what?" she asked.

"Spy on me while i'm sleeping, what else?" she said again, annoyed.

"Oh my! Aren't you grumpy this morning?" Serenity said back.

"Ash...if you say so" Gaia said.

"So (pause) I saw you dancing with Ares all night at the ball" Serenity gave a devilishly smile at her sleepy friend.

"So?" Gaia raised a brow.

"What do you mean 'So'?" Serenity was annoyed by Gaia's short responses.

Gaia laughed and sat on her big bed looking at her friend fully awake. "Don't get annoyed, yes i danced with Ares all night, he's my friend what's wrong with that?" she asked.

"Nothing...it's just that you looked like you were more than 'just' friends" Serenity said.

"Serenity, don't tell me you are thinking Ares and I are something more than just friends?" Gaia asked.

"No no I was just saying" Serenity said while she tapped her fingers on the bed softly.

"You are jumping to conclusions very quickly, Ares and I started to dance because there was this other man bothering me with his babbling" Gaia said seriously.

"Oh?...what man?" Serenity stopped tapping her fingers and looked back at her friend.

"I don't remember his name...he was the Prince of Nebula ...very annoying by the way" Gaia rolled her golden eyes.

Serenity laughed and laid down in the big bouncy bed next to her friend, and faced up while her fingers played with a string of her soft lavender hair.

"I know who he is... his name is Arkos" Serenity commented.

Gaia looked down at Serenity with a stern face. "What an annoying man" Serenity laughed.

"I know...he is a nuisance" Serenity agreed.

"You know him?" Gaia asked to her friend "How?"

"Mother invited him to dinner one night thinking that he might be the one for me" Serenity said and kept laughing.

"Agh... The Queen did that?" Gaia said running a hand through her wavy black hair.

"Yes. It was a very uncomfortable moment I must say" Serenity scratched her nose.

Now it was Gaia's time to question her friend about this new man of hers.

"Now...are we in a very good mood this morning?" now it was her who made the devilish grin.

"Excuse me?..." Serenity quit playing with her hair and remained silent.

"Serenity..." Gaia said still with her playful grin on her face.

"Oh..Alright alright! Yes I am." She sat next to her friend in the bed.

"Gaia, I think I'm in love" Serenity said while looking down at her hands not knowing how her friend would react.

"I know...I saw you last night" Gaia said in a serious tone looking at her friend.

"I'm happy for you"

Serenity looked back at Gaia with a surprised face. "Y-you are?"

"Of course I am silly, why wouldn't I?" Gaia gave her friend a warm smile.

"I thought you were going to tell me something like...That man? Are you playing some sort of a joke? Oh Serenity you can do better than him!" Serenity said looking at her friend.

"At first I was hurt, because I inmediately knew things were about to change from now on because you will have to spend more time with him and we weren't going to be able to talk as much as we normally do, like now, but... I knew this time would come eventually and I'm happy, you finally found the love of your life. What's his name?" Gaia asked pretending she didn't know the name or title Ares told her last night at the ball.

"Athan, he is the Prince of one of the main stars of Andromeda" Serenity said in a happy tone.

"He is from Andromeda" Gaia said.

"Yes, you could say that" Serenity gave her friend a wide smile.

"Oh by all heavens, you really are in love with him" she laughed and tackled her.

Serenity blushed at Gaia's comment then she laid down again in the bed covering her face with one of the pillows.

"This was not the first time you've met him isn't it? Gaia said looking down at the pillow her friend was using to cover her blushed face.

"No...I've seen him several times" Serenity said through the plushy white pillow.

"Does he treat you well?" Gaia asked once again to her pillow covered friend.

"Yes"

"Is he nice to you?"

"Yes"

"Do you have things in common?"

"Yes, many things"

This time Gaia needed to see her friend's face instead of the pillow so she took it and tossed it aside. She looked at her friends lavender eyes and asked her the most important question in a very serious tone.

"Does he love you?"

Serenity looked at her long time friend and knew this time the question was dead serious; she sat up to a straight position at the end of the bed.

"Yes"

At her friend's reply. Gaia smiled and went to the end of the bed and hugged her friend.

"That's all I need to know, I wish you the best together, really" Gaia said still hugging her friend. Serenity hugged her friend back and they stayed like that for almost 5 minutes in silence.

"I guess I need to take a bath and get change, I think it's time for me to go home" Gaia said letting go of her friend.

"Oh are you leaving today?" Serenity said sadly.

"Yes. Besides you need to spend more time with your love" she winked at her friend.

Serenity laughed and stood up. "You really are a good friend Gaia, you know you can count on me for anything right?"

"I know Serenity. You too" Gaia smiled back.

Serenity started heading towards the door of her friend's room.

"Serenity" said Gaia still sitting on the bed.

"Yes?" she turned over to see the raven haired girl.

"Did Aphrodite introduced you to Athan?"

Serenity laughs softly "Yes"

"Oh dear...well, then that means it was meant to be" Gaia smiled back at her friend

"She never misses anything" Gaia joked.

"She's very good at that; you should know it by now" Serenity smiled back at her friend and left the room.

"She really is" said Gaia to herself. She stood up and went to get ready so she could go home.