A/N: I know I said i was going to post three times per week now, and I know I just posted chapter twelve but today's chapter was supposed to be posted on wednesday and this one tonight to be already up by friday...anyways...here it is, I hope you like it :) *I don't own anything, just the story*
Divinity: Chapter thirteen
Outside the Terran Palace, a dark figure was hiding from the people who were standing outside guarding the gates.
Her yellow eyes were gleaming like ones of a feline; Metallia stood there waiting for the Goddess of Earth to come out, her secret was finally out.
"Oh...my...what would happen if I tell Geb and Nut..." she laughed "No! What if I tell Ares...that would be so much more entertaining" the witch said to herself.
"I...I don't know what to say Odell...Narella...Eros…I'm so sorry...we weren't expecting this behavior from her..." the duchess of Amington said embarassed.
"We'll leave first thing in the morning" the duke said.
Charmindy was now by his side looking down, when she heard her father's words she was about to protest again when her mother quiet her.
"I understand, Romina...I am too so sorry" Queen Narella said.
The three guests walked to the door when Charmindy turned to look at Eros and took his wrist.
"Please Eros, don't let me take me away!" Eros shook her hand off his wrist.
"Don't you ever address to me by my first name again" he said in a serious tone.
Charmindy widened her eyes and walked behind her parents.
After the discussion was over Queen Narella came to Eros's side.
"Dear...I'm so sorry...I didn't know she could be that way" she said.
"It's okay mother" Eros said
Silence grew in the room until the king noticed the girl next to his son and smiled.
"And who is this lovely lady?"
"Father, Mother, this is Gaia..." Eros said bringing the raven beauty to the light so his parents could see her.
"Oh my..." said the queen "Dear, you are gorgeous"
Gaia blushed "Thank you" she said shyly.
"Where are you from?" The king asked.
"Um..." she was starting to get nervous; she didn't know what to do. Eros noticing her nervousness interrupted.
"She's from a small town near the south area"
Gaia mumbled a thank you to him. He gave her a discreet smile.
"Ah...I see you are that girl" The king said smiling.
"What am I missing here?" The queen said confused.
"Mother... This is the girl I care for, this is the girl I love" Eros confessed.
Gaia's eyes widened.
He turned to her and took her hands.
"Eros..." Gaia whispered, her hands were shaking; she was afraid again, afraid of the reaction of his parents, afraid of what might could happen, afraid to love him so much and not be able to live with him.
"I'm sorry Gaia...but, I love you so much...I can't let you go. We have to fight for what we want" he whispered back, his eyes full of love, his deep voice full of honesty. "I love you Gaia, please, stay with me"
Queen Narella couldn't hold her tears anymore. She wasn't expecting this; somehow she felt like this relationship wasn't that easy. She could see the love in both, she could see the way they looked at each other, she could tell it was true love but they had to fight for that.
"Eros...I...I love you too, so very much" Tears started to fall from the Gaia's eyes, she hugged her lover and cried while she whispered in his chest. "I want to stay here with you..."
He caressed her back while hugging her and gave her butterfly kisses at the crown of her head.
"This isn't an easy love, am I correct?" Queen Narella said.
Eros broke contact with Gaia and looked at his mother and gave her a sad smile.
"No mother it isn't"
"But this is the girl you love..." King Odell said next.
"Yes." Eros looked back at Gaia.
"It would be too cruel to forbid this love of yours" said the queen.
"Allow us to help you Eros, Lady Gaia" now the king said.
"We will protect you until you can be free beautiful girl" Odell said again holding Gaia's hand.
"I...I don't know what to say...it means so much..." Gaia said smiling at the king.
"You all are so kind and generous...thank you...so much" Gaia turned to see the queen and smiled at her.
"Mother, Father... I do not wish to stay at the ball, I'll take Gaia home" Eros said while hold her lover's hand. He led her to the door when Queen Narella suddenly said.
"Gaia, I hope to see you soon, we can have tea and know each other more" she gave her a warm smile.
"I'd love that" she gave the queen a low curtsy and left with Eros.
Leonidas gave a nod and left the room with the two royals thinking of the serial of events that just happened a few moments ago.
"Our son is in love Narella" King Odell said, holding his wife's hand.
Narella on the other hand felt melancholy and tears started to fall from her eyes.
"Our son found love...but it's somehow complicated...I hope everything works out fine, she seems to be a wonderful lady" she said sadly.
The couple found their way out of the Palace, they stood at the gates and she trailed her finger across his face, her hands framed his face trying to close the gap between them.
"I can't believe what you just did" she said looking at him straight in the eyes.
"I can't keep it a secret, I want to be able to see you whenever you are here..." he kissed her nose softly; then gave her another one on the cheek and then one on her lips. The moon gave a silver aura to the loving couple who were unaware of the being that was still there, watching them.
(Laughs)
"Did you hear that?" Gaia said parting her face from his.
"Hear what?" he looked around for something or someone.
"It sounded like if somebody was laughing" she turned to the forest trying to see if anyone was there spying.
"I didn't hear anything love, maybe it's the crowd that's still in the ballroom" he said, his hand cupped her right cheek, she closed her eyes. "I'm so glad you're here..."
"I am too..." she said and opened her eyes. "But I better go"
"Do you want me to go with you, I want to know where you live" he said
"Okay..." they walked through the forest smiling and holding hands.
The echo of heels could be heard in the shrine.
Laughs decorated the air of the place, like a dark and sultry blanket, a deadly aroma surrounded her all the time. The witch.
"Who's there?" the priest said out loud, the laugh was heard again.
Obelix tried to lit one of the candles but with no success. "I asked who's there?"
"A Goddess you priest! Show some respect" in a sudden motion all the candles in the hallway lit up showing the presence of a dark woman at the end of the corridor.
"Who are you?" Obelix asked, he could feel the dense aura this woman was emanating. A dark reddish aura could be seen around her. The fire in the candles started dancing, almost like wanting to disappear.
"The powerful Metallia"
Obelix's eyes widened. "You! What are you doing here!"
"My my... that shouldn't be a way to treat visitors, especially visitors with history and power like myself" the dark haired witch said.
"You know you are not welcome here...if the Her Highness finds out you..."
"Oh please…she's busy kissing a mortal...a mortal prince at that" she laughed walking towards the priest.
"What?" Obelix said with a shocked expression.
"Oh? You didn't know?...while you are here... 'Protecting' this useless shrine she is at a mortal's palace kissing its prince like she was as low as them" she said while she played with one of the candles.
"That's a lie! You are lying!" Obelix said.
"You don't believe me? Ask her your yourself...after all you are the priest of her shrine, and this has gone for a while now...I heard her tell everything to Serenity...Imagine when Geb and Nut knows about this or the rest of the gods...oh!" Metallia's laugh sent chills to the Obelix's spine.
"Stay away you witch, you are as evil as that horrendous being" Obelix said, and tried to build a protective wall to protect the shrine and himself.
"Yes. And all of you sealed him away! He was the true ruler of all this…but now I have the power!" Metallia said.
"How dare you to say something like that? He failed as a God! He betrayed his own family! He deserves to be where he is right now!" the priest said in an angry tone.
"The Gods sealed him away because they were afraid of him!... even Hades felt fear" Metallia's words were cold.
"Thank you..for everything" Gaia said.
"So...it's here...the place where you hide yourself from the rest of the world" Eros said laughing.
"I don't hide. This is where I live, a priest lives with me... he's the one who prays for all of you, the safety of this planet and helps me canalize the energy of the crystal I own" she patted his shoulder; but suddenly she sensed a horrid aura inside the place.
"Love, please you must leave at once...I sense something" Gaia said pushing him away.
"What's going on, Gaia?" Eros voice sounded worried.
"Shhh...Please, Eros, leave...I'll see you tomorrow" Gaia said in a whisper.
"Gaia, let me help you" the prince said.
"I will be okay, please, leave" without any time to kiss themselves goodbye, he left as he was told to.
Gaia ran to the entrance and walked through the hall until she found Metallia trying to break Obelix's shield.
"Stop it, you witch!" Gaia said in shock and sent an energy blast at Metallia, making her loose her concentration.
"Oh! Well... look who's here!" Metallia laughed and stopped throwing energy at Obelix. He fell to the floor with all his energy drained.
"Obelix!" Gaia called out to him, she kneeled next to him and started to shake his body and cupping his face. Raising her angry gaze up at Metallia.
"What did you do to him? What do you want?" Gaia's voice was of desperation.
"Nothing, I just tried to make my way out, he was annoying me like a pebble on a shoe." Metallia said.
"You have no right to be here! Get out!" Gaia's voice was loud and determinant.
"I have all the right to be here; tell me Goddess of Earth, Oh Mighty Titan…did you finally end your love meeting?" Metallia walked to stop behind Gaia.
"What?" Gaia gave Obelix more energy to wake him up. Her eyes widened, not wanting to turn her face at the witch.
"I saw you Gaia, I saw you kissing that man, a mortal...very original, I wonder how are your parents going to react once they know about this little escapades of yours with a mortal, my...you are more rebel than your …" Metallia said.
"Silence!" Gaia interrupted the witch.
Her aura started glowing. "Get the hell out of here! Or I will drag you out myself" energy started to flow from her body.
"Finally I'll get what belongs to me" Metallia said cutting distance between them. The lights went out.
"And what is that?" Gaia's eyes started to turn golden.
"The source of all this energy of yours... the one that can give me the power to break the seal, the power that can blow an entire galaxy in a blink of an eye. You will pay for what you did to me…to him" Metallia kept saying.
"Get out!" Gaia raised her voice.
"I'm leaving dear, but be sure...that what you hold will be mine one day" Metallia started to walk away.
"Oh...do you think they'll send the God of War to kill everything, to kill you?...I can't wait to see what's going to happen" Metallia's laugh echoed in the room her dark form vanishing from sight.
"No..." Gaia sighed, new tears forming in her eyes, this time she was afraid, for everybody, for him, for this planet.
Obelix started to regain consciousness again; opening his eyes he sat immediately. "Where is that horrid thing!"
"She's gone Obelix" Gaia said looking down.
"Your Highness...is that true?" Obelix turned to see his princess scared. "Is it true what that witch said?"
Gaia couldn't keep it a secret any longer, she had to confess.
"Yes, Obelix" she said to him, tears finally fell down her cheeks.
She sat in the cold marble floor and stared at her priest and confessed everything.
"I found love in a mortal Obelix" she said in a soft tone.
"Your Highness..." the priest let go a sad sigh.
"We tried to keep it a secret...but, Metallia went too far and it seems that she spied on me" Gaia wasn't even wiping her tears.
"Is is true, does Princess Serenity knows about this?" Obelix sat next next to her.
"Yes. But she doesn't have nothing to do with this...this was my decision, this is the man I love...and..." she couldn't finish her sentence.
"They'll try to kill you..." Obelix said, his tears clouded his vision.
" I know...that is why you need to leave this place...go with Serenity, she will let you stay with her...be the priest of her shrine" Gaia held her priest's hands, she was crying.
"No. I am the priest of this temple and the one who protects you. I will never have another Princess like you...if it's not you my dear Princess, then I will cease to exist" he placed an arm around her shoulders.
"Obelix..." she breathed
"I know you will fight for what you want. You are strong and I'll give you everything I have, I'll protect you."
"Obelix, thank you for being with me..." Gaia gave him a warm smile.
"I know that your only wish is to be happy...and your happiness is here, we will fight for that" the priest said.
"Yes we will. We will protect our planet, our people. I'll protect the love of my life with my own" Gaia said between sobs.