A/N: This is like a dream come true to me, I have written many things in my life, I remember myself writing poems when i was a little girl but never had the courage to show them to anybody, now, I'm writing this and it's wonderful, I love you guys liked it and I love to read reviews from you. It really means a lot. We all know I just own the plot and some of the characters of the story. Enjoy.
Divinity: Chapter twenty one:
Gaia was sitting on the prince's bed; her eyes were red and puffy. Her hair disheveled, her wrists had red marks and so her face.
Obelix was about to touch were the marks on her wrists were, when she spoke.
"They put chains on my wrists. Like a prisoner, I was a prisoner" her voice was low. Her gaze never met his.
"My dear princess…" Obelix said.
Her face turned to see him; her eyes were filled with tears. "His eyes were so cold…he never said a word"
"My Lady…" Obelix tried to say something but Gaia couldn't hold it anymore and spoke again, this time her voice was filled with desperation and sadness.
"He never said a word Obelix, he saw me there standing in front of all of them, and never said something. They punished me… they stripped me from my title, took my crown and took away my power as protector. I don't have anything left, I'm not a goddess anymore. The alliance between us and the rest of the galaxy is broken."
"Your father…is just confused. Give him some time" Obelix said.
"Time…" she gave a soft laugh. "I don't have too much time my dear priest"
"Why do you say that?" the priest asked worried.
"I'm not immortal anymore. I no longer have anything" she simply said.
"You have Prince Eros my dear princess" the priest said.
"Eros…" she whispered.
"He was very worried. He prayed with me all night" he said.
"I felt it…a warm energy embracing me" she gave him a small smile.
"As soon as he read the letter you sent him, he asked me to help him pray for you. He loves you Your Highness" the priest caressed her bruises.
"Obelix…I…" she was interrupted.
"You are still and always be my princess" the priest smiled at her.
Gaia realized she was where she wanted to be, with the people she wanted to have near her. She gave the priest a big smile.
"Obelix…I want Eros to see me pretty by the time he comes back"
Obelix nodded and went to where the two dresses were and grabbed a comb that was there too.
"But you need to do something very important first" Obelix said.
"What is that?" Gaia asked curious.
"Eat" the priest finally said.
"Eros…she just needs some time" Leonidas said.
"I don't know what to do Leonidas… maybe she's regretting the fact that she is here" he said sadly.
"No…don't think that way. She just lost everything she had. Her family, her friends, her home…she just needs time to heal" Leonidas said sympathetic.
"You're right. I'll go with her, then if there's nothing else to treat with the guards" the prince said.
"I'll see you tomorrow morning Your Highness. Sleep well and… give her time" Leonidas gave him a small curtsy and left.
Eros came back to his chambers with Gaia on his mind; he wanted to comfort her, to make her feel better. Since it was already late he was suspecting she was already asleep so when he opened the door to his chambers he tried not to make too much noise and wake her up. He closed the door behind him and walked towards his bed but what he wasn't expecting what he saw.
Gaia was standing near the window looking at the night sky. The moonlight covered her like a silver blanket, she never looked so delicate. Her dark hair was in a long braid and she was wearing one of the dresses the maids brought, she turned her face and stared at him.
Eros stood near the bed looking at her not saying a word.
"I tried to look my best by the time you came back, but it's hard to make myself look pretty with all these bruises" she said softly.
Eros came near her and took her hands. "You look beautiful" he kissed her hands softly.
"I'm sorry my love" she said.
"Why do you apologize?" the prince asked.
"For my earlier behavior" Gaia said.
"Love…I understand. You don't have to apologize. I'll give you all the time you need" Eros said.
"I just need to be with you. That's all I need" she said.
"I'm here my love. I'll never leave your side" he said and then smiled.
"Do you know what else you need?" he asked again.
Gaia lifted a brow and asked "What?"
"To eat" he said.
Gaia let out a soft laugh. "Obelix told me the same thing!"
"He's right" he said, not letting go of her hands.
"I ate right after you left to your meeting with Leonidas" she said smiling.
"Gaia… what did they do to you?" Eros asked her.
Gaia gave a soft sigh. She lowered her gaze and started to talk slowly.
"They…stripped me off my title and…took away my crown. They asked why I did what I did and compared me to my brother. They took away my power as Goddess of Earth and my eternal life as well…" she raised her face to see him.
"Gaia…" Eros said softly.
"My body will cease to exist. And when that happens Hades will come to take my soul and take it to the river of the forgotten with Lethe" she said.
"I am responsible for that…" Eros said sadly.
"No…You just took me away from my golden cage, I understand that now. All I wanted was to love and be loved in return and...Now I can do it freely…with you"
"I love you Gaia. I'll protect you…forever" Eros said before he closed the space between them and caressed her lips with his. Gaia curled her arms around his neck and kissed him back.
Ares came down to Gaia's shrine; he stepped inside the small palace and went to the throne room hoping to see her there.
Instead he saw Obelix.
The priest turned to see him.
"Mighty God…wha...what are you doing here?"
Ares stood there, his face stern. "Where is she?" he asked.
"She's not here" the priest simply said. He felt fear but didn't want it to show it.
"Is she with him?" he asked.
"She is where she now belongs" he priest said.
"She belonged with us. She belonged to me" Ares said, raising his voice.
Flashback
Ares went to his Palace after he talked to Geb, he was standing in the balcony of the main court when suddenly a woman in black came to visit him. Her dark hair fell down almost touching the floor. Her yellow eyes showed satisfaction.
"Good evening Ares" she said.
"You…" Ares turned to see her, his green eyes filled with fury.
"You never told her your true feeling for her" she smiled.
"Haven't you had enough with what you just did?" Ares asked furious.
"I did what it needed to be done. Nobody likes traitors. Besides…she did that to herself. She fell for a mortal. A mortal, can you believe it? How low can she get?" she laughed.
"Silence!" he spat.
"I'm telling you the truth. She betrayed your trust, your love…she never took you seriously. And you are going to let her hurt you! The all Mighty God of War!" Her words went straight to his heart and his pride. And she knew it.
"I said silence!" he launched a blast of energy at her. She fell to the floor but still she laughed.
"You're not thinking straight. You need to let her know…she can't laugh at you…" she said again.
For a moment, Ares thought he could do something to help her, to bring her back, bring her back to him. But Metallia's words echoed in his mind and he felt convinced.
"You never intrude my palace again, do you hear me you witch!" he said furious taking Metallia by her throat.
"Yes…Yes…" she said wide eyed and frightened.
Ares let go of her throat and she gasped for air. "I'll leave you alone…but think about what I just said. Hear my words again! You had the chance to have her…but she chose a simply mortal over you…she wasted all your caring and love…she shouldn't be forgiven for doing that to you" she said before she disappeared.
Ares clenched his fists and placed a hand on his sword.
"Nobody treats me like a piece of trash" he said angry.
End of flashback
"She made a choice" Obelix said, his voice was shaking.
Ares's mind was racing, tons of images, memories, laughs and good moments with her were crossing his mind and so King Geb's words. Without thinking he drew his sword out of his shed and raised it above his head.
"What are you doing?" the priest asked scared.
"I'm obeying orders" he simply said.
He started to summon his full energy through his sword, and in a matter of second it started to become a deep shade of red.
"What? What orders, from who?" Obelix asked, he turned to see where he could hide, he knew he was about to destroy the shrine.
"From King Geb" he said while he canalized his energy to his sword.
"No! You can't do that! Leave her alone! You should know! You are her friend!" the priest cried in desperation but Ares aura was too strong to protect from it.
"She will get what she deserves. She is now under me and all her belongings are to be destroyed!" he said.
"Ares, please!" Obelix pleaded.
"I am the Mighty God of War! And mark my words you pitiful priest. She will never find peace in this place! See how I end this nonsense!" he lay down a huge blast of red energy and the ground started to shake.
Obelix tried to run before everything came down, while he was running towards a window he could hear Are's loud laugh.
"Tell her, she will never laugh at me again!" he laughed out loud.
Obelix ran but suddenly the ceiling started to fall, the vitrals and flowers started to wilt and come down like dust, the priest ran in desperation looking for the exit. The sound the walls were making was horrible, everything was falling apart, he was about to give up running when he by miracle sees a window and jumps out.
Ares saw how the entire shrine fell to his feet. The hurt in his face can be seen. The sword in his hand started to lose its red glow. After he saw everything down he turned around and left.
Obelix saw everything get destroyed. He tried to get up quickly to tell Gaia what just had happened but he flinched when he felt pain in his left leg. He looked down and panicked when he saw his white pants covered in blood. He was very injured.
Gaia gasped and sat on the bed. Eros woke up quickly after he felt her sit.
"Are you okay?" he asked
"Something just happened. I can feel it" she said and stood up quickly.
"Where are you going?" Eros asked worried.
"I have to go back to the shrine" she said quickly.
"You can't go alone, I'll go with you" he said standing up.
"No…it's dangerous. You can get hurt" she said.
"I don't care. I don't want you to get hurt either" he said.
While they were going out Leonidas came to view.
"Your Highness, My Lady…where are you going?" he asked.
"Leonidas… please, if someone asks for me, tell them I felt sick" the prince said.
"Why, what's going on?" the general asked worried.
"I'll explain later" Eros said quickly.
They ran to the stable to get Eros's horse to get to the shrine faster. While they were on their way she started to feel weak.
"Gaia?" he asked.
"Keep going! I'm okay" she said.
At the distance they could see a mass of bricks and dust. Gaia knew what it was. She quickly stepped off the horse and ran to the remains of what it was…her shrine.
She kneeled in defeat and tears started to stain her face. Eros came beside her right after and held her in his arms. Gaia couldn't take it anymore and started to cry out loud in frustration.
Eros couldn't hold his tears any longer; he too started to cry silently. He was holding Gaia tightly when he heard another cry at the distance.
"There's someone else around" the prince said and quickly stood up to go and look for the other person. Gaia followed, to their surprise behind a half wall they saw Obelix laying in the ground, his pants covered in blood.
"Obelix!" Gaia cried out and kneeled beside him.
"Your Highness…I tried to reason with him…" he said.
"Please…don't talk Obelix, you'll be fine" Eros said tearing his pants from the bottom to see where the wound was.
"Ow!" the priest cried in pain.
"We have to take him back to the palace immediately" Eros said.
"There's no time Your Highness…I don't think I'll be able to make it…" the priest said softly.
Gaia couldn't see her priest and her friend die, one thing was them attacking her, but other was attack the people she cared for. She remembered when she came back from Olympus, when she took the crystal from her drawer before she left to Eros's palace. She knew the gods would notice the energy, but at this time…she didn't care anymore, she had to help her friend. She took out the Golden Crystal from a little pouch she was carrying with her.
"Princess…that's…" the priest asked amused.
"Yes" she said.
"But…you can't use it, they will notice!" Obelix said again.
"I don't care, you are the one I'm caring about right now" she said
"But you don't know if you can still use it…you know..." the priest said.
"I can try…" she said, she started to summon the crystal energy, miracously the stone started to give a soft golden glow.
"It's working…" Prince Eros said.
Gaia placed her left hand in Obelix's injury and pressed it down a few seconds. Slowly the wound started to heal but Gaia started to feel weak, once she finished healing his leg she smiled at him.
"It worked" she smiled and fainted.