A/N: I'm so sorry for the delay, but hey, it's still Monday right? Here it's 11.17 pm, we are coming closer to a very special day. I want to thank you for all your wonderful reviews, some of you thought Gaia should know the circle of life on earth since she's the goddess, I did think about that but I wanted to do something to make her feel like she still needs to learn from mortals. Since she grew up with other traditions. I love all your comments, and I want to thank to the new readers and new followers. It means a lot. Really, a lot.
Well, here's the new chap, I hope you like it and again, sorry for the delay Enjoy!
Divinity: Chapter thirty two.
Metallia returned happily to her dark castle, she was excited with her new plans. She knew it was only a matter of time when it came to completely destroy Gaia and bring down Serenity's reign. She threw her dark red mask to the floor and went laughing to her throne.
"We will see if you keep being the most beautiful girl ever…now that I started some good rumors about you" she laughed.
"And now…I must start planning my visit with Neherenia" she sat on her throne.
"Soon, very soon everything will be mine…and I will go and free you from that seal my love"
"Wake up, sleepy head. Breakfast is almost ready" Obelix's voice said softly.
"What time is it?" Gaia asked from under her pillows.
"Does it really matter? You have to wake up either way." The priest said opening the windows of her room.
Gaia stretched and gave a soft yawn. "Good Morning Obelix" she smiled.
"Good Morning, Princess. How was the ball last night, did you have a good time?" asked the priest.
"I believe I had. At first I was shocked. Everybody was wearing a different costume and some of them startled me"
"Like which ones?"
"There was a Baroness who was wearing a pink and orange long dress and wore golden leaves on her hair and claimed to be Aphrodite"
"But Goddess Aphrodite doesn't wear golden leaves on her head, she sometimes wears a golden crown with crystal hearts on it" the priest said.
"I know, but…people here have a different image of us…" Gaia said.
"Remember I told you about that girl who attacked me?"
"Yes" Obelix responded.
"She was there as well" Gaia said.
"Really? After what she did?"
"Yes. And you know what else?"
"What?"
"She was personifying a Goddess as well"
"Really? Who she was personifying?
"Me" Gaia said.
Obelix laughed. "You? Did she make a good impersonation?"
"No"
Obelix laughed.
"I also felt something…someone was there last night" Gaia said, changing the subject to something more important.
"Who might that be?" asked the priest concerned.
"I couldn't recognize the aura…but it was strong…do you think it might be Ares wanting to fight me?" Gaia asked worried.
"No…he would just destroyed everything without any warning"
"It wasn't Serenity…" Gaia said softly.
"Maybe it was King Geb or Queen Nut" Obelix said.
"No…it wasn't them. I know their auras perfectly…besides, they forgot about me, they don't care if I'm well or not"
Obelix took a seat next to her on the bed and frowned. "Princess, we cannot change the past but we can make a better future"
Gaia's eyes widened. "You're right Obelix"
"Of course I'm right, the God of Time is never wrong" Obelix smiled at her.
"Chronos…you're right, he used to say that to me every time we saw. I miss him" Gaia lowered her gaze.
"And I'm sure he misses you too. But now, let's call Aurea to help you get ready for breakfast" the priest patted his princes shoulder softly.
A knock was heard right after, showing a smiling Aurea giving a low bow.
"Good morning My Lady" Aurea said. Both, Gaia and Obelix turned to look at each other with wide eyes.
"What are you now, a witch?" Gaia asked him.
"Maybe I am" Obelix laughed, standing up he reached for the door and left.
"Good morning Aurea" Gaia smiled to her petite assistant and stepped out of bed.
"The prince asked me to give you this" the girl approached the goddess and gave her a small white box.
"What's this?" Gaia asked while opening the small box.
Her golden apple eyes widened when she saw its content. A delicate golden bracelet with petal shaped rubies simulating roses and emeralds simulating the leaves of the flowers. Gaia's eyes widened in shock when she saw the remarkable jewel, taking it out of the box she lifted it to the light.
Aurea gasped. "Oh my, it's beautiful My Lady!"
Gaia noticed there was a folded piece of paper inside the box and took it to read it.
Amicule, (love)
Omnia vincit Amor. (love conquers all) I know it's been hard for you to start a new life with a human like me, but I'm your human, my life doesn't make any sense if you are not around. I'll love you forever my beautiful Dea.
Gaia's eyes started shine with tears, everything was worth it, she was with the man of her dreams and she was happy. Nothing mattered.
"My Lady, are you alright?" asked Aurea worried.
Gaia folded the white piece of paper again and placed it inside the box again; wiping her tears with her hands she smiled.
"Better than ever"
"Good morning, Your Majesty" a maid said softly.
"Please, serve breakfast at the rose garden" Queen Narella said.
"As you wish Your Majesty" the maid bowed before the queen and left the room.
Gaia walked down the stairs hoping to see Eros on her way to the gardens, she wore her new bracelet that matched her deep red, half sleeved dress. Her hair was styled in a long braid down her back; her dark bangs covered one of her golden apple eyes. Her lips were glossy peach, and her fragrance today was roses.
"My Lady, Your Majesty the Queen is expecting you at the rose garden for breakfast" a servant girl said interrupting her thoughts.
"Thank you…um…would you guide me there? I might get lost if I go by myself" she laughed softly.
"Of course My Lady, follow me" the girl smiled back.
After a few minutes, they reached the garden. Gaia saw the queen reading a book while drinking tea from her soft pink porcelain cup.
"Good morning Your Majesty" Gaia bowed before the queen.
Queen Narella took off her glasses, looking at the girl in front of her she smiled. "Did you sleep well dear?"
The queen motions Gaia to sit next to her in the round white table and poured some hot tea in a clean porcelain cup.
"I did, thank you" Gaia took the delicate cup with both of her hands and blew at the steam coming out of with delicacy.
The queen noticed her manners and smiled kindly. "Did you enjoy the party last night?"
"Very much, Your Majesty. Everything looked like a dream"
"The wedding arrangements are almost done. The invitations have been sent this morning" said the queen.
"Thank you, for everything Your Majesty" Gaia said softly.
"You don't have to thank me anything dear, you're very welcome" Queen Narella smiled.
A few minutes later five servant girls placed some fruit platters in front of them along with some strawberry short cakes, a crystal jug of freshly squeezed orange juice, another with fresh milk and the fine white china with pink accents on the rim.
"These are lovely" Gaia said pointing the china.
"Oh do you like them? It's my girly china, I only use it when I have breakfast by myself" Queen Narella commented.
"Why only when you eat by yourself?"
"Neither Odell or Eros like to eat with this china"
Gaia laughed. "Why?"
Queen Narella sighed. "It hurts their pride as men. You will understand when you have your own children"
"How is it to have a son?" Gaia asked curious.
Narella closed her almond eyes and smiled. "Challenging. A man will never cease, not even for a pink china. But they'll do anything for you as much as you'll do anything for him."
Gaia watched the queen with melancholy. "I wonder if he ever did something for mother…" she thought.
"Did you ever want to have a daughter?"
Queen Narella opened her eyes. "I did, but I never could… after I had Eros, I became queen and with that came other kinds of obligations that took away the time to think about having another child. I preferred to give my free time to my only son"
"He's a wonderful man" Gaia blushed.
"I know. That is why he needs to be with the best woman" Narella smiled.
"He'll be a wonderful father someday…and so as you will be an excellent mother" said the queen with excitement.
Gaia smiled. She never pictured herself as a mother; she couldn't imagine how she would bring a new life into this planet.
"Well, let's finish having our breakfast, so we can continue with the wedding arrangements, Helena will come today to bring your wedding gown. We have all day for us. The boys are going to be busy all day. That's another thing, once your baby boy grows up…he's going to be hard to find" Narella laughed.
"I've heard you're getting married Prince Eros" King Bernard said.
Eros was looking at some papers the three kings from the other kingdoms brought for his father to sign; he raised his gaze up the see the eastern king "I am"
King Urmanus from the western kingdom raised his brow and placed a hand on his chin "And who's the girl?"
"Her name is Gaia" Kind Odell commented proudly. "Beautiful, beautiful girl"
"She has a strong name" King Bernard said.
"Actually King Isra…I want to take the opportunity to talk about this matter" King Odell said.
"Yes?" King Isra said confused.
"This girl is…"
Eros eyes widened when he found out his father was going to try and speak with the southern king about her, he remembered he told his parents she was from a small town near their grounds. That wasn't good, he had to think of something, coincidence or help from the gods or the Dea herself, he found a point in the papers he was reading and interrupted his father's unexpected comment.
"You want to extend you kingdom?"
King Isra widened his eyes at the sharpness of the northern prince. "Yes"
"Why?"
"Because we can, the last time we talked I recall there was this issue of the piece of land you took from us, we are planning to take it back and make it ours" the southern king said confident.
"You can't do that!" Eros stood up and gave back the documents to the southern king's assistant.
King Odell forgot about his previous comment and agreed with his son. "I thought we agreed to leave things the way it were in order to bring peace to both of our kingdoms"
"We will have peace, once you return to us what it's ours"
"Give him his part of the land, these war is affecting not only your kingdom Odell, but ours as well, our workers can't transport their food to the Western Kingdom without a fight, we can't send the army to protect them every time they have to transport their food!" King Urmanus said.
"Exactly, we can't keep this nonsense. Stop this fighting" King Bernard said.
"It's up to Odell" the southern king said.
"No, King Isra… it's up to you" Eros said.
"Excuse me?" Isra asked annoyed.
"Let's forget about us for once and think about the people, they just want to keep living their lives in peace. A piece of land won't bring them that. The end of a long war will, King Bernard and King Urmanus agree, why can't you? It's a planet divided in four parts, why can't we work as one?" Prince Eros said.
King Isra went silent, standing up he walked to King Odell. "When you return what's mine, I will leave my guard down and stop this thing you call war" he took his papers, turned to see his assistant and frowned. Immediately he left the meeting room leaving three kings and a prince behind.
"He's more stubborn than my wife's mother" King Bernard said.
"This is going to be a long day…" Eros rubbed his temples.
Queen Narella and Gaia were at the same living room where she first met Helena the seamstress. The windows of the room were all open, allowing the noon breeze come in with a flower scent.
Helena and her assistants bowed when they saw the queen and her soon to be daughter in law come in to the large room.
"Helena, it's so good to see you again" said the queen.
"The pleasure is mine Your Majesty, Lady Gaia" Helena smiled.
The queen sat on one of the soft pink couches and motioned Gaia to sit next to her. "Well, we're ready to see your marvelous work"
Helena smiled and turned to unfold the several mannequins she brought with the dresses she made for Gaia and the queen.
They both gasped at the sight of the gowns.
"Oh my, they're beautiful!" Gaia said excitedly.
In one of Gaia's mannequin was a lavender dress with half sleeves, the fabric of the gown looked like satin but it wasn't as thin as satin, on her chest was a golden broach that connected a ribbon to her back that ended in a short tail.
The queen smiled. "I told you she was a good seamstress"
"I believe the hidden mannequin in the center is the special one, am I correct?"
"Yes, Your Majesty" Helena smiled and walked to the mannequin that was standing in a small leather pedestal.
"Lady Gaia, this is your wedding gown" she took the white fabric away and revealed the dress.
Gaia's eyes widened with shock and excitement, standing up she went towards the dress and stood in front of it for a minute that seemed hours.