A/N: the fact that i posted a bonus chapter doesn't mean you won't get to read the normal updates :) it's divinity's monday. Thank you for your reviews, you know...that's what keeps me going and it helps me clear my mind from all the stress i'm going through right now, to sit peacefully and think of new ideas for the chapters to come it really soothes me, and when i get a review is like wow. You guys make my day everyday i post, really. Thank you so much for your opinions, suggestions, ideas and all. A special thank you to PriestessHelene who wrote this poem which I absolutely loved! this story i a full circle for me, it's something i always had in mind to do and it's for you, who take the time to read it and think it's a good story. A hug for you all 3
This story belongs to me, the plot as well and some of the characters. Anything else, I don't own.
Goddess of the earth
that has the strength and vigour of Jupiter
yet beautiful and bright as Venus
Wise and battle-hardened as Mercury
Wild and fast as Uranus
but deep and soothing as Neptune
Quiet and virtuous as Saturn
and yet as timeless as Chronos and Pluto
that bring the warmth and healing of the Sun and Moon combined
Gaia the true warrior of the earth.
Divinity: Chapter thirty six
Her heels echoed in the dark corridor, she walked with hurry almost running; tears were falling from her eyes. Serenity's words hit on the spot and hurt her, her revenge was going to be bigger than she first thought, she was going to hit on the lunar queen's most precious treasure.
Before she could enter the dark room in front of her a dense energy stopped her. Metallia grabbed a piece of glass nearby and threw it with force, making a loud sound.
Another pair of golden eyes opened.
"Who dares to disturb my slumber?"
"It is I, the dark Goddess Metallia"
A soft laughed echoed the dark room. "Your energy is none of a goddess, but a witch"
Metallia flinched; the voice talking to her was acid and cold. "I need to see you"
"Do you even have the slightest idea of who are you talking to?" the woman in the dark said again.
"Neherenia" Metallia said.
As if that was the magical word, the torches in the room lighten up revealing a black throne room. Black stone floors led to a tall black throne with a woman sitting there, staring at her. Her long wavy black hair fell gracefully; her very pale skin was the only light thing in the entire room. Her face was indeed beautiful; her goth features accentuated her power.
Her red lips curved in a small smile.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"I want to give you the opportunity of a lifetime" Metallia said.
"And what is that?"
"To give you the throne of the White Moon Kingdom"
Neherenia's eyes widened. "Is this some kind of a joke?"
"No. it's true. I have the power to help you" Metallia said.
Neherenia laughed. "You? You are nothing but a simple witch, what can you do? Leave my kingdom at once!"
"Did you hear about the Goddess of Earth?"
"Yes. The so acclaimed Goddess Gaia…what about her?"
"I was the one who destroyed her"
Neherenia raised her thin brow. "Interesting"
"And I can bring Serenity down, now that her mother left her the throne. I always thought you were the real lunar queen not her" Metallia said.
"It's time for the New Moon conquer what's ours" Neherenia said.
"My revenge has started Serenity…just wait and see" Metallia thought.
Serenity remembered Metallia's words, she was right thinking she wasn't backing up instead she wanted more destruction. Athan was sitting next to her, noticing how silent she was and since that was so uncharacteristic of her he grabbed her hand.
"Why are you like this?" he asked.
Serenity raised her face at him. "I was right love, Metallia still wants to destroy us"
"Again with this Metallia witch. We've been over this so many times" Athan rubbed his temples.
"She wants to ruin us!" Serenity raised her voice.
"No, your imagining things…how would you know this? She haven't showed up since Gaia's incident"
"I saw her today…" Serenity lowered her gaze again.
Athan raised his brow. "What do you mean you saw her, where?"
"At Gaia's wedding"
Athan stood up from his chair angrily. "What?"
"She's not going to be at peace until she sees us dead!" Serenity followed him.
"No…no! what I don't understand is why were you there?" Athan raised his voice.
"It was my best friend's wedding"
"You aren't supposed to be there!"
"She supported me all the time I needed to be with her at least that time!" Serenity defended herself.
"Don't lie Serenity, I know that's not the only time you went down there to see her…" Athan said coldly.
"What?" she asked shocked.
"I know you too well…"
"Athan…" she tried to reason with him.
"You are the one who is going to lead us to destruction with this behavior! If your Mother were here, she will be devastated by all this"
Serenity's eyes widened in shock, she never heard him talk to her like that before. "Why are you saying those horrible things Athan?"
"Act like the Queen you are supposed to be" Athan turned and left the room, leaving a crying Serenity behind.
After the discussion she had with her husband, she walked to the studio to have some time of her own and stayed there for a couple of hours. She didn't feel it was a good idea to go and try to reason with Athan, he looked so upset…so angry.
Her soft sobs was the only noise in the big room. She turned to see the painting that was made days before her wedding, her lavender eyes showed the love she has for him and his green orbs stared at her with tenderness and care.
"Maybe he's right. I'm not being the queen I'm supposed to be" she said softly.
Things were not like she had hoped for them to be, her best friend was away and was no longer allowed to see her, Ares became a cruel being, Metallia threatening their lives…her mother no longer was by her side and now she had a discussion with her husband.
She didn't want thing to continue this way, she wanted to be okay with Athan and she needed to fix things. Turning to the door she headed to their chambers, only to find the lights off.
She walked slowly to her dresser trying to not to make a noise that could wake him up. She took off her white and lavender gown and prepared herself for bed, took off her crown and undid her buns letting her lavender hair fall freely at her back. She walked to the bathroom and washed away all make up revealing a porcelain face with puffy lavender eyes for so much crying.
She walked out of the bathroom and was surprised to see Athan sitting on his side of the bed with a light on, his blue eyes staring at her.
"Athan…I" Serenity broke the silence.
"I'm sorry Serenity" Athan said, standing up to come near her. He placed his hands on her cheeks.
"No…I'm the one that should being apologizing…I wasn't acting like the Queen I'm supposed to be" Serenity lowered her gaze.
"I wasn't acting like your husband. I was acting like a King and you are my first priority…you're my wife. I need to support you no matter what" Athan said.
Serenity stared back at his eyes.
"I know how important she is to you…I just felt afraid; it's dangerous for you to be there…she's not at the same level as us anymore" he said again, his voice soft once again.
"I'll be careful from now on dear" Serenity said.
"You're so beautiful…I love you" Athan said before he kissed her with passion.
The wedding ball took place back in the palace. All decorations were in white and gold, floral arrangements decorated the buffet table. They had a fountain with white wine pouring from it, golden plates and silverware.
The music played endlessly. More than 500 guests were enjoying the celebration of the year, while the king and queen were sitting on their usual throne watching the people dance with a joyful expression.
Gaia now sat next to Eros as the new princess of the Northern Kingdom; she couldn't stop looking at her new golden ring.
"It isn't more beautiful than you, my Dea" he had adopted her real title as a lovable pet name for her. She loved it when he called her that.
"I'm so happy…" she said.
"I am too. But, do you know what's going to make me even happier?" he asked.
Gaia laughed softly. "What?"
"Our first dance as a married couple" he said with a warm smile on his handsome face.
Eros extended his hand out to her and stood up. "May I have this dance with you my beautiful Dea?"
Gaia took his hand. "Of course my handsome prince"
They walked down the stairs that divided the dance floor from the throne they stopped until they were at the center, the crowd parted and gave them their personal space to let them dance and watched in awe at the new married couple.
The band started playing a soft tune, perfect for the romantic occasion. Eros led the dance and started moving in a slow motion.
Everybody was happy except for a girl in the background.
Charmindy was having her sixth glass of wine, trying to deal with the fact that she wasn't the girl dancing with the prince on his wedding day. She hated the fact that she wasn't the bride. The new princess.
She finished her glass of wine and proceeded to take another one to drink, when a girl that looked her same age approached to have some wine as well.
"Isn't she gorgeous?" the girl in a pink dress said.
"Of course she is…a witch can turn into almost anything" Charmindy said.
"Witch?" the girl said perplexed.
Charmindy turned to see the girl and smiled. "Don't you think is too much coincidence? She appeared out of nowhere and enchanted not only His Highness but Their Majesties as well, a girl cannot be that perfect" she took another sip of her wine with not so much grace.
The girl widened her eyes at her comment. "Are you sure of what you're saying?"
"I'm positive" Charmindy said.
"Oh my…" the girl in pink said terrified.
"Yes… if I were you, talk to your friends and ask them to stay away from the princess" Charmindy said.
The girl in pink left without saying another word.
"You might be a princess now…but let's see if the people at court likes you know that they know you're a witch" Charmindy's voice was cold and bitter.
King Odell interrupted the band for a moment and stood up from his throne. Everyone went quiet.
"This is a great moment, Queen Narella and myself are very happy to be able to witness the union of my son and this lovely girl, we wish you prosperity, wellness and of course happiness. To Prince Eros and Princess Gaia!" he raised his golden cup.
"To Prince Eros and Princess Gaia" everybody said in unison and drank their wine.
The ball continued for several hours until it was time to send the guests home. The king and queen walked to their chambers saying goodbye to their son and their new daughter in law.
Queen Narella came closer to her and embraced her. "I'm so glad to have a daughter" she smiled.
Gaia's eyes widened by her kind comment and smiled. "And I'm so glad to have a mother"
Eros couldn't feel happier. Everything seemed to be in peace, everything was perfect. Gaia took her husband's hand and walked to their chambers.
"My things are on my other room" Gaia aid after she entered the room.
"Aurea moved your things here" Eros smiled while taking his jacket off.
Gaia felt nervous when she saw him taking his undershirt off leaving only his pants on, she blushed and looked away. Eros laughed softly and went to her side; taking her hands he lifted her lovely face to meet her eyes.
"Are you okay dear?" he asked.
"Yes…why wouldn't I?" she said nervously.
"I won't force you to do anything you don't want to do love" he said.
"It's not that…I mean…is just that I've never stayed in the same room with a man before…" she blushed.
Eros laughed softly. "I understand dear, don't worry…if you want to change in the bathroom is okay"
Gaia smiled. "You're so good to me…"
"I just can't imagine my life without you my beautiful little Dea" he smiled back at her.
"I'll go get changed…I'm tired" she said and turned to walk to the bathroom to take her dress off.
Eros ran a hand through his brown hair and laid down on the bed taking a book from his side drawer. Several minutes had passed and Gaia wasn't still out of the bathroom, he interrupted his reading and turned to see the door of the bathroom.
"Dear are you okay?" he asked concerned.
"Yes" she answered from behind the door.
"It's okay dear, I already told you everything's fine" he said again.
"It's not that…" she said again.
"Then what is it?"
The door opened, Eros eyes widened in shock and tried to hold his laughter when he saw Gaia with her hair al disheveled and her cheeks flushed. Her dress all wrinkled.
"Dear…?" Eros said raising one eyebrow.
"I can't get out of this dress…help me?" she said with a tired face.
Eros laughed and got out of bed and went to help her. "Let's see what I can do…this seems too complicated" he turned her around to start undoing her back.
"Aurea is always there to help me…now she's gone, you'll have to take her place" she joked.
"Not that I mind" he said smiling.
He loosened the back of the dress allowing her to take it off, leaving her in her undergarments.
"Done" he said.
"Thank you dear" she said, when she tried to turn to give him a light kiss on the cheek she tripped with the dress on the floor and crashed on his hard chest.
"Clumsy" he smiled.
"It's the dress….is too big" she blushed a deep shade of red when she realized where her face was.
"I love you my clumsy wife" he came close and kissed her softly on the lips.
She sighed at the tender action and encircled her arms around his neck, few seconds later she deepened the kiss making it more passionate. She didn't care anymore if he saw her with or without clothes or vice versa. All she wanted to do is stay forever with him.
Gaia and Eros finally were free to give themselves all the love they felt for each other for the very first time.