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Previously on chapter fifteen:

"You're now worthless... what did I do to give birth to two rebel children?" with that last words she left following her husband.

"I am not worthless!" she cried and fell to the floor, pounding it with her fisted hands. Her cries could be heard in all her shrine. Her world was about to collapse. She no longer was a daugther...she no longer had a family. She was now alone. She touched her face where her father had hit her and flinched her eyes because of the pain.

"Your Highness..." Obelix said reaching for her.

"I am no longer a princess...I am no longer your princess..." she said slowly, her lost stare scared him. She was empty.

"You will always be my princess..." he said taking hold of her arms "Come, let's go to your chambers" he tries to reason with her.

"No...I can't go to sleep...we can't stay here anymore Obelix... you need to go far away...they'll come for me...they'll come to rip the soul out of my body and give it to Hades for the eternity...you have to escape...go!" like a mad person she desperately tried to warn the priest, but with no success.

"Your Highness, I will never leave you...I will stay by your side...you are not alone, you have me and you have him" his words sank in her mind. "Him..." her eyes widened. "Eros!. I must warn Eros!" she tried to stand up.

"I must warn him" she said scared. "I must tell him that war is approaching"

Divinity: Chapter sixteen

Serenity was waiting for the Earth royals to come back, Athan was sitting next to her rubbing her back; she had cried several times now and her eyes were red and puffy.

"Serenity...maybe it's not what you think" Athan said trying to calm her down.

"No dear, I know they were to see if what that witch told them was true...and sadly it is...they're going to hurt her" she started to cry again.

"Let's wait and see" his voice was soft.

A knock came to their door; Athan stood up and went to open it. It was Queen Selene.

Her sad eyes could tell her daughter everything without telling her what was happening "May I come in?" she asked.

"Of course Your Majesty, come in" Athan said after he gave the lunar queen a low cursty.

Queen Selene found her daugther sitting on the bed with tears in her eyes.

"Dear, we need to talk" she said and sat down next to her.

"I'll leave you two alone..." Athan said to the queen and his wife.

"No Athan. I need to be here with my Serenity. You are family now...this concerns to you too" Queen Selene said, he nodded in response.

"Dear" she turned to her daughter. "Something happened with Gaia" When Serenity heard those words her eyes looked at her husband and started to cry again.

"Dear... it seems she broke an important rule. A taboo" she rubbed her back softly.

"Is she okay mother? I need to see her! Where is she?" Serenity stood up, her frustration was taking over her.

"She's at Earth dear. I don't know how she is...right now. There's going to be a meeting, her punishment is still up for consideration" she said softly.

"It's not fair mother... it's not fair to punish someone for being in love" Serenity said through her cracked voice and her tear clouded eyes.

"You knew about this dear?" Queen Selene's eyes widened.

"I know she is in love. And I know she is my best friend and I'm not going to leave her alone" Serenity said and walked towards the door.

"Serenity! Where are you going?" Queen Selene asked worried.

Serenity turned to see her mother and husband.

"To see my friend" she exited the door.

Gaia sat on the floor in her room. Nothing seemed to matter anymore. Her eyes were worn out for so much crying, her throat was sore, her body was tired. Her parent's words echoed in her mind. She didn't know why they didn't understand her feelings, other gods had done worse things and she was going to be punished for being in love.

"My love...I need to warn you about this..." she said softly. Her once combed hair was now disheveled, her dress wrinkled, barefoot and tired. She was tired.

Serenity made it to her friend's shrine with a worried expression on her face; she stepped in and saw the priest sitting on the main hall, his knees to his face. She kneeled.

"Obelix..." she touched his shoulder. The priest looked up.

"Princess Serenity! what are you doing here? If they find out you're here you could get in trouble!" he said softly.

"Forget about me Obelix...what happened?" she asked worried.

"The king and queen were here...they saw her with him. They told her horrible things...the king slapped her across the face..." his voice quivered.

"He did what? Oh dear... where is she? Is she here?" she asked almost crying.

"She's in her room...she is in an emotional trance...I hope she can react with you...I tried talking to her but she only said she needed to warn the terran prince about what was about to happen" he said.

"I'll go see her...please, Obelix...if you see anything...let me know" she said before standing up and walk towards the room.

He nodded.

A soft knock was heard. Gaia was still curled up in a ball on the floor next to the bed; soft sobs could be heard in the room.

Serenity opened the door and searched for her friend, she called out softly. "Gaia... where are you?...it's me... Serenity"

She came in looking for her, when she walked towards the window she saw her on the floor.

The image her friend portrayed scared her, kneeling next to her, she pushed her hair away from her face, the slap mark could be seen, her body was shaking, her mouth was saying non hearing words.

"Gaia..." Serenity tried to sound calm, her soft voice made her friend direct her gaze to her.

"S..Serenity" she stuttered. She was trembling too much. "Y...You're here..." she said, the ghost of a smile can be seen on her lips.

"Yes...yes...dear, it's me...I'm here..." she rubbed her back softly trying to calm her down.

"Come here beautiful..." she tried to sit her so she could hug her. After staying like that for a few minutes Serenity stood up and went to her friend's dressing table for her hair brush. She then returned to her side and started detangling her hair.

"They told me I was worthless...that I was like my brother...that I no longer had a family..." her words were full of sadness.

Again she started crying.

"No...no...dear...you are not worthless and you are not like your brother..." the Moon Princess said.

Gaia looked at her friend and held her hand. "You need to leave Serenity...this place isn't safe anymore...you need to leave"

Serenity started to feel scared by her friend's tone of voice...her eyes were a deep shade of green, a color she had never seen before. "I can't leave you here like this...what if..." she was interrupted.

"They'll come Serenity. They'll come soon...and if they find you here they'll hurt you...you need to leave...you need to leave now..." Gaia sat straight, her expression was serious.

"What about you? I can't leave you here alone..." Serenity said again, her voice trembling.

"I don't care about what they'll do to me... but I can't see you hurt. That, I couldn't take it" Gaia stood up holding Serenity's hand.

"You need to go to the Moon...and if they ask if you knew about this... deny it" she said again.

"I won't deny it!" Serenity exclaimed "I am as guilty as you!"

"No...you are not. Please... promise me you'll deny it. Whatever the higher god's decision is, I'll try to keep in touch with you..." Gaia said calm. "But for now... you must leave"

Serenity let go of Gaia's hand with a sad smile. "I love you dear friend" Gaia returned the smile to her friend. "I love you too... please, forgive my actions..."

"Don't ask for my forgiveness... you fell in love...they'll have to understand that" Serenity said again. "Please...take care of Obelix...he is very worried about you" she said before heading to the door.

The raven haired girl walked to her desk, taking a soft gold piece of paper and a feathery pen and started to write a letter.

She knew they were going to come soon for her. She knew she hadn't enough time to go to the terran palace and look for Eros to tell him what had happened.

While she was writing, resignation hit her. She realized that this had to happen in order to be free, in order to be with her love. This was a war of love and she was going to fight it. Her parents' words did hurt her, but she could do nothing anymore.

"I am not worthless..." she whispered.

She finished the letter and closed the golden envelope with a wax a seal on its back. Putting it aside Gaia changed clothes, tried to style her hair the best as possible, put some makeup on her face to dissimulate the mark her father left on her face.

Giving a loud sigh she looked herself in the mirror for the last time.

"No longer a princess...just Gaia" she said to her reflection.

Turning away, she took the letter on her desk and walked towards the hall, she found the priest still in the same position Serenity had found him, kneeling she put a hand on his shoulder.

The priest looked up again thinking it was Serenity once again but his face turned into a one of surprise when he saw his princess fully dressed, like if nothing had happened. He stood up quickly brushing the dust off his light brown tunic.

"Your Highness...are you okay?" he said shocked.

"I am going to be okay. I have a last favor to ask you" she said softly.

"Anything Your Highness" said the priest.

"Please...take this letter to the Terran Palace and ask for a man named Leonidas. Tell him that you are sent by me and that you have a letter you need to give personally to Prince Eros. Please Obelix, don't let go of it until you give it to His Highness." She said giving the golden envelope to him.

"I will guard it with my life. And it will be only delivered to the Prince" he said giving her a low bow.

"You don't need to bow before me anymore dear friend. Soon I will no longer be a princess" she said with a soft smile on her lips.

"For me, you will always be a princess" he said.

The candlelight started to flick by the sudden air inside the shrine. A strong energy could be felt.

They had come for her. It was time.

Obelix took hold of her hands and looked at her scared.

"It's okay..." she said in a calm tone. I knew they were coming for me. Suddenly a figure stood up in front of them. It was one of the higher god's assistants.

"Goddess Gaia. Following the Higher God's orders I am here to take you to Mount Olympus for an audience that is being held and your presence is strictly required." The assistant wearing a white tunic said.

"I understand. Please, give me a minute and I will be with you shortly" Gaia said turning to her priest, her hands still in his.

"Thank you so much for everything...my dear priest. Find peace and please be happy" she leaned down and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek. A tear slid down the priest's cheek.

"Be strong Your Highness. I will pray for you every day and every night" he finally said.

Gaia let go off his hands and walked away with the petite assistant. A few seconds later they vanished. As soon as they disappeared Obelix took his cloak out and left the shrine to look for the prince.