Y/N's POV:
I arrived at Aether's cottage three days ago. It has been one week since the disaster in the path of shadows.
How did I arrive? I stole Phobos' new gondola and started rowing for my life with my godforsaken oar. I didn't stop for anything and luckily there weren't any big monsters, there was just an eggplant wizard but I threw my oar at him and ran.
At the part with the whirlpool I got off my gondola and walked along the banks in the darkening sky until I saw a rickety oak cottage. Aether's cottage.
Once I knocked she took one look at me and deciphered what happened.
"I'm so sorry, Y/N..." Was what she had said and gave me a big hug.
Aether is a good friend, but she's a mom friend. She constantly tries to get me to tell her how I am really feeling. Heck, even I don't know what I'm feeling!
Regret for not being free, I'm kind of angry at Pit even though it isn't his fault, rage at Hades, anger at Messorem, I wish Deimos could have come with me and most confusing of all- I keep thinking about Pit!
He's probably on his way to kill Hades right now... little does the kid know that, if he kills Hades- he kills us all. Atropos, Lachesis, Clothos, Aether, Cerebus, Phobos, Deimos, Persephone and all the spirits! Everyone who lives in the underworld will die if Hades dies. Unless one of us kills him.
Aether has sent me to the river to get souls. Apparently she can't just make heroes, they're recycled. At the dawn of time Zeus made a few heroes' souls and entrusted Hades to reincarnate them, but as you can see Hades is terrible at his job.
The spirits escaped to this part of the river, which is in front of Aether's house. The spirits' energy is what causes the whirlpool nearby.
Apparently you get a fishing rod and fish for them, weird I know. It's really fun though, all these spirits have their unique personalities and ways of getting caught. Some of them you outsmart with a trap, for others you have to be quick!
I'm starting to enjoy this new life...
The best part is- when you pick a spirit up you can hear their souls whispering advice.
"You should go back..." The green one whispers.
"Save everyone..." The red one breathes.
"Let go of your regrets..." The blue one murmurs.
"Go back to him~..." The pink one sighs.
I stop at the Pink soul's statement- isn't pink for love?! DOES THAT MEAN- Nah! It's just a soul- what does it know?!
"Y/N! Are you done?" Aether's voice calls out to me from the doorway. "Coming!" I pick up the four souls I caught and row back to shore.
"Four souls! I never caught these many before!" Aether looks at them in awe. "I guess I'm just used to the water!" I laughed feeling embarrassed at the praise.
Aether ushers me inside the cottage and sits down at her desk. How is she going to make strings out of souls?!
She takes the green one and gently places it on the table, she smiles at it and places her ear next to it. She listens for a second before saying "Sapientes..." ,Sapientes- meaning Wise, and then the green soul let out a sigh.
The soul then turned into some soft, green cotton and Aether picked it up. "Thank you for your sacrifice, Theseus..." and started spinning it into string.
"Theseus?!" I gasped "But he's dead!" Aether looked at me with an amused smile "He's a hero Y/N, his soul gets reincarnated time and time again."
I growled "He's no hero! He left his lover- Ariadne on a desert island because he got bored of her! Ariadne saved his sorry butt from the Minotaur by giving him string! Why can't there be a real hero in this world?!" I yelled.
Aether patiently listened to me before saying "Because heroes are like normal people, Y/N. They have good and bad in them." I shook my head "Then why are they still heroes?!" I asked.
"Because they choose to do good! They don't abuse their power, and no matter what- they still care deep down about you! They can leave you all they want- but you'll still be left on that desert island waiting and willing for them to come back!" Aether's eyes were glistening with tears now.
"You're still left waiting for them because they are a good person! They left you but you still love them! It breaks your heart but you still go on loving with every ounce of your soul! You love them till you last breath- Because....b-because...You kn-know they cared once!" Aether's tears fall.
"Y-you know th-they once loved you... You wait forever for them, b-because you know th-they're a good person... You get l-left b-behind and you know you should be angry... b-but you l-love them t-too much! Y-you forgive them for their mistakes... even I-if they f-forgot about...Y-you..." Aether smiles softly at the green cotton through her tears.
She looks me in the eyes
"Y-you...felt t-that haven't y-you...Y-Y/N?"
It feels like I've been punched in the gut, she's right... An image of when I first saw him on the docks pops into my mind. But that's over! I've moved on!
I walk over to Aether and pat her shoulder "Y-you were...Ariadne- weren't you..?" I ask her hesitantly. Aether nods slowly "I was..."
"I waited on that desert island for days until I eventually passed on to my next life... Hades took me in thanks to my knowledge of strings and my faith. I ran away because I knew this was not the way! I came here and I am doing what Theseus would have wanted." She explained, wiping her tears.
"He left you! And after all that- you still love him?"
"Love is a great thing, Y/N. You will one day see if it is worth it or not. If he comes back or if he doesn't..."
"I don't love anyone!" I snapped.
"You've lived without any emotion for so long you don't know what you're feeling!" Aether laughed softly "But you will know soon..."
"Thank you for everything...Ariadne...."
"Call me Aether..."
"Thank you, Aether..."
AN:
The chapters will be switching POV a lot! We will follow Pit's and Y/N's tories at the same time! Don't worry! Pit will get rejected and Y/N will do something stupid! But this time- unlike Falling Feathers- they will get together!! Stay safe!
-Wishiwashi
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