Phantom Queen Book one

Chapter Twenty-one

“You lost a lot of blood, lay still and let it regenerate.” Emnos says to me, I feel Gods appear around us, Myrddin leans over me with a grin.
“Got beat up again?” He asks me and I laugh.
“No missing limbs this time.” I say with a wink and he laughs as he leans down and kisses my forehead.
“Emnos told me everything, you are too stubborn for your own good. You could have let some Gods help you.” Myrddin says with a smile.
“If he told you everything then you know why I didn’t.” I say to him with a sad smile.
“Yes, I know about that. Do you know if he used it on you?” Myrddin asks me with a sad look on his face.
“No, I do not know.” I say quietly, I see Vhaanth kneel on the other side of me with a smile.
“No matter what happens, know I am proud of you.” Vhaanth says to me.
“Does Creation know?” I ask him.
“No, she is trying to do what she can in case it did happen. If it did happen you will not end up in the void with Morrigu, Morrigan. You will cease to exist, there is already one Goddess of War there, two cannot exist in the same space.” He says quietly as I see tears in his eyes, Emnos glares at him.
“You didn’t tell me that!” Emnos yells at him as he grabs him.
“Emnos, do not hurt him. We need every God for this fight.” I say as I sit up. “I will accept whatever happens to me as long as we kill every one that appears.” I say to him.
“If you are going to die and there is no escape, at least look Death in the face with a smile.” Emnos says to me quietly.
“Exactly.” I say with a smile.
“Is that something you said Morrigan?” Myrddin asks me.
“Yes, it is something I learned.” I say as I stand up and look up at the moon as it moves slowly into position. Pain shoots through everyone as we feel the world being ripped apart around us, I look around for the cause to see a black void appearing in the forest, I watch as the fabric of reality is shredded around it. A desolate place with no life appears in the opening created, a man walks through the tear he stands taller than Ark his long black hair frames his face with no eyes two voids watch us. He wears full armor, it looks like it is made of darkness itself the crown on his head looks like it is made of bone, he looks through the group of us until he sees me and he grins. He motions to me as he walks towards me. “Wait here, I do not know what that thing is.” I say to them.
“King of the Fomorians, Morrigan. His name is Indech.” Cu Chulainn says to me as I walk past him.
“Thanks Cu Chulainn.” I say as I walk towards the man, as I get closer to him, I notice the teeth in his grin are razor sharp fangs, I feel my skin crawl at the sight of him. We stop a few steps away from each other, I look up at him.
“Morrigu, I enjoy seeing you again after all this time, you will not get lucky like you did before.” He says as his grin widens as he looks down at me. “Why did your dog not follow you?” He asks me with a slight frown in the grin.
“I am not Morrigu, I am a different reincarnation of her. I am Morrigan.” I say to him. “Cu Chulainn is not mine, he belongs to another. These two are mine.” I say as Macha and Babd appear behind me, I can feel the fear inside them, he leans over slightly to look at them closer.
“I look forward to eating them.” He says with a laugh. “Unless you want to settle this with one fight, Morrigan.” He says as he watches me.
“Do not accept, he is not honorable in battle. He will tell you it will be one on one, and have you agree to it. He will summon all the generals while fighting you making you fight him and them, if anyone comes to your aid he wins. He loves tricking people into saying yes to a trap, he is not bound to his own words only you are.”
“No, thank you. I prefer to get this war started.” I say with a frown.
“That Creation of yours always spoils my fun.” He says with a laugh. “Have it your way, though it is disappointing there are no humans near where we tore through.” He says as his grin widens inhumanly wide, I take a step back, he laughs as he steps back through the tear. I see a man, with long white hair with a crown of gold and purple eyes, riding on a desiccated horse towards us through the tear, thousands of horses with soldiers on them follow.
“Run, Morrigan!” I hear Cu Chulainn yell at me, I turn and run the opposite way as Macha and Babd run beside me, I hear the horse make a sound, it sounds like thousands of people screaming as it comes through the tear behind us, I feel a chill run up my spine as I glance back to see him smiling as his soldier’s ride past him to run us down, I feel Macha and Babd grab me and they vanish with me back to the group of Gods. I change in their hands and fly up diving back down towards the soldiers as flames erupt from my beak, I hear the screams from them as they burn alive the horses joining the chorus of screams as well.
I feel pain shoot through my chest as I feel myself down into the dying soldiers, I look at chest to see an arrow made of bone, I look at the man leading them to see a bow in his hand and a grin on his face, I feel someone appear down below me to see Emnos holding his hands out to catch me with worry on his face. I land on his hands and he vanishes with me, I see Gods chopping down the horses and men as they charge towards them.
“This is going to hurt Morrigan.” Emnos whispers to me as he sits down on the ground and lays me gently on his lap.
“Just get it out, I can take it.” I say quietly, he nods as I prepare myself for the pain, it shoots through me as soon as I feel him touch the arrow, I feel him snap off a piece of it sending waves of pain through me. I hold back the scream for a whine to come out of me instead, I feel him grab me and the arrow.
“If you have a happy place to retreat to, now would be the time to do it.” Emnos whispers as he looks down at me, I enter into my mind with all the magic humming around me, I feel pain shoot through me even here, I feel his magic enter into me to heal the wound. I escape my mind to see tears in his eyes.
“That happy place did not work out so great.” I say to him quietly.
“I noticed from the sound you made.” He says quietly as I feel the wound closing. “His arrows are worse than normal arrows, they are barbed along the entire shaft.” He says quietly, I move my wings as I feel the magic finishing healing the rest of the damage.
“Thank you, Emnos for catching me.” I say to him and he laughs.
“I couldn’t let you hit the ground.” He says with a smile, I fly back into the air and look down at the leader of the soldiers he looks up at me with a grin as he nocks another arrow and takes aim at me. As soon as he fires I change feeling myself plummeting to the ground, I change again and fly low through the soldiers charging towards the Gods, dodging blades sweeping towards me, I see him getting closer as I fly through them, I watch him jump off the horse as he fires arrows into the soldiers trying to hit me. I pass under a horse flying straight towards him as I watch him nock another arrow, I change sliding across the ground as my swords appear in my hands cutting the arrow in two as I come to a stop, he stands over me with a smile.
“Phantom Queen, nice to see you again.” He says as he tosses the bow to the side and swords appear in his hands, I raise my swords to block his attack. “You seem different, you do not look at me with hatred.” He says quietly as he pushes down on his swords above me.
“Who are you?” I ask as I strain to keep from buckling under his strength, every feature in his face is absolute perfection except his purple eyes, I see the evil inside him.
“King Bress, who are you?” He asks me with a smile.
“Morrigan.” I say as I vanish appearing beside him swinging my swords down on his as he looses his balance, he turns mid fall bringing his swords up to meet mine. I fall on top of him with my swords on his. “I thought Indech is king.” I say angrily.
“He is the king of the Fomorians; I am king of the Tuatha De’ Danann.” He says with a grin as I feel him shifting his weight to roll us over.
“Never heard of them.” I say as I jump away from him, he stands and laughs.
“You may not be her, but you are still fun.” He says as his eyes glow as he runs towards me, I block attack after attack he moves too fast for me to find an opening and he is keeping me on the defensive, I shoots flames out of my hands as he starts to strike again and he vanishes. I feel the magic force me to turn around as it warns me, my hands moving on their own as he comes down from above with his swords coming down before him to strike. I land on my back with him above me, his swords against mine I feel weight lift off one as I see it move to stab, I roll across the ground and go into the dance of war. I notice he is having to defend more than he can attack, I feel pain shoot through my cheek as he lands a strike that I was moving out of the way of, pain shoots through my arm as I feel the blade continue down to cut through it.
“Why do you not use your powers?” He asks me with a laugh as he starts striking again, I see Cu Chulainn running towards us around the horsemen pouring through the tear. “Morrigu had to just to beat me.” He says with a grin as I feel pain shoot through my leg as his blade meets my skin, Cu Chulainn swings his sword at Bress’ head, making him dodge and move away from me.
“Use your powers, Morrigan. Do not be an idiot.” Cu Chulainn says angrily as he glares at Bress.
“You let the dog talk to you that way?” Bress asks me with a laugh.
“I prefer not to Cu Chulainn.” I say angrily as I walk towards Bress, I feel Cu Chulainn grab me and throw me back.
“You are not fighting him until you do.” Cu Chulainn says angrily as he keeps his sword pointed at Bress.
“Do you not want to see her all chopped up again?” Bress asks him with a grin, as he swings his swords at him.
“Use it or everyone will die.”
What if he cuts off my wings?
“It can be healed.”
I watch them fight as I hesitate remembering the pain from losing it, and the pain from trying to use it after losing the wing, I unleash all my anger I feel my eyes glow and the wings appear behind me, as the feathers fall around me, I let the anger have control feeling it reflect in my eyes as they glow brighter. Cu Chulainn glances back at me and vanishes, Bress looks at me with an amused look, I run towards him as he run towards me, we swing our swords at each other, I feel the contact of his blade on my skin but the anger gets rid of the pain. I see him bleeding silver blood as I continue to attack him, I see an opening in the next attack, I move my body to take advantage of it as I see a blade swing down from my left side towards me, I jump back to see a man watching me as his sword stops.
“You have your pets, I have mine.” Bress says with a grin, the man runs towards me with his blade out to his side, his blue eyes glow as he gets closer, Macha appears in front of me swinging her blades up to block the attack as he swings.
“Cu Chulainn is not mine.” My voice echoes as I walk past Macha and the man, Bress watches me with a frown. “Both of them are mine.” My voice echoes as Babd appears to attack the man with Macha. Bress runs towards me to attack again, I feel time around me slow as he gets closer, I swing my sword watching it make the journey through his chest, time resumes around us as he looks up at me.
“You are just like her.” He says with a smile, he collapses to the ground I watch his body vanish, I turn to look at Macha and Babd as the man they are fighting vanishes as well, the remaining soldiers vanish. I let the power go and I feel exhaustion take over as I fall to my knees, Emnos appears in front of me I feel his magic surging into me healing all the wounds as he holds me up, I close my eyes and go to sleep.
I roll over and open my eyes to see violet eyes watching me, I smile at him and he kisses me as I feel his arm pull me closer to him. “I am sorry, that I did not come back to you after Vhaanth told me that.” Emnos whispers to me.
“It is okay, I figured you were just separating yourself from me so it wouldn’t hurt too much if it ended up happening.” I say quietly.
“I was, the thoughts of losing you forever were too much. When I saw you fall from the sky with that arrow through you, I realized I do not care how little time I might have left with you, I am going to enjoy every second of it until the end. I do not want to regret not being there for you.” He says quietly as he brushes my hair away from my face with his hand.
“I wouldn’t be upset with you if you wanted to distance yourself.” I say with a sad smile.
“That would be possible if only I was capable of doing it, I cannot help falling in love with you every time I see you.” Emnos says with a smile, I laugh.
“Who knew you could be such a romantic?” I ask him with a grin.
“You make me that way, you have me under a spell I am weak against.” He says as he pulls me to him to kiss me again.
“I enjoy the way you have changed, so never go back.” I say with a smile as I cup his cheek.
“Goddess Morrigan, I apologize to interrupt. The next wave is starting.” Macha says quietly as she appears, I see pain in Emnos’ eyes.
“I love you no matter what happens.” I say to him and he nods as tears form in his eyes, I vanish the Gods appearing around me and the tear, I walk forward to see who is coming next. Cu Chulainn walks up beside me, with a pained smile.
“How many waves are there?” I ask him.
“Six, not including the last one that is no more waves of soldiers. It is just you and Indech, last time Morrigu fought him she killed him and died later from the wounds.” He whispers.
“Thank you, it lets me know how much time I have left.” I say to him.
“She knows for sure that you will?” He asks me quietly.
“Yes.” I say to him as I watch a man with short silver hair and gold eyes ride toward the tear on a large white horse, soldiers walk behind him with white armor sword shields a dark cloud follows their movements as they walk toward us.
“That is Manann, careful with him. Use your power.” He says quietly to me, I see Manann glare at Cu Chulainn with hatred.
“He seems to not like you.” I say quietly.
“Misunderstanding.” Cu Chulainn says as he grins down at me and I laugh.
“Does this one use a bow?” I ask him.
“The previous one didn’t use a bow before, so I don’t know.” He says to me, I feel a hand grab mine from the other side of me and I look over to see Emnos smiling at me, I smile at him as I hear the soldiers run toward us. I feel him let go of my hand, I look to the men running toward us gold eyes glaring at us as they raise their weapons, I feel my swords appear as I run towards them to dance with war to make my way to Manann. I feel Macha and Babd around me joining in the dance to help clear the path to him, I finally see an opening and I lunge for it as I watch him dismount. He watches me with a frown as he walks towards me.
“I am told you are no longer Morrigu, you look just like her.” He says as he watches me closely.
“I am Morrigan.” I say to him, and he smiles as a spear appears in his hands.
“Nice to meet you, too bad it is not under different circumstances.” He says as he walks toward me.
“Same to you.” I say as I watch the spear, he holds it out in front of him as he starts to run towards me, I unleash the rage feeling the power come out as I run towards him already moving to avoid the spear, his smile turn into a grin as I knock the spear out of his hands.
“I underestimated your ability; it will not happen again.” He says as he the spear appears in his hands again swinging it around him as he comes towards me, he leaves me no openings as he walks towards me with the spear swinging around him. I vanish appearing above him and let myself fall towards him, he looks around and then up with a laugh as he point the spear up to me, I use my sword on the tip of the spear to push myself to the side to keep from impaling myself as I come down on top of him he raises the spear in front of him to block my attack, as soon as my swords hit it I hear the crack of the spear, he shoves against the spear throwing me off him. I land on the ground on my feet, I run back to him his eyes glow as he watches me, blinding light flashes from him, I close my eyes as I keep running letting the magic show me. I swing my sword the sound of the spear breaking in half sounds out as I open my eyes, he stands looking down at me he seems to glow all over as I see my sword against a shield against his body.
His hair moves as if he is in water, I see him raise a sword to bring it down on top of me. I grab the shield and push myself away from him as the sword comes down, pain shoots through my shoulder as I feel the sword swing down into it, I see curved blades comes down on him from behind slicing through him. He falls over and Emnos’ angry glowing eyes glare at me, before they turn into concern as his swords vanish, I fall onto the ground sitting up. I look down at the sword lodged in my shoulder as it vanishes, I look back to see the soldiers in white vanish as I feel Emnos pour magic into me to heal me.
Cu Chulainn looks over at me to see the wound Emnos is trying to heal, I see him motion to someone and say something, Dhuna runs to me with a frown on his face. “I am starting to think you don’t like this arm, Morrigan.” Emnos says to me, I look back at him with a grin and he laughs.
“This thing just gets in the way; it is not helpful at all in a fight.” I say to him with a laugh as Dhuna runs up and looks at it closely.
“He almost cut it off.” Dhuna says as he frowns down at me as he kneels, I feel magic from him surge into me as he helps Emnos.
“Thank you Dhuna I was not sure I was going to be able to heal this one on my own.” Emnos says with a smile as he looks at him.
“No problem, Morrigan try not getting hurt the next fight.” Dhuna says with a smile down at me.
“Or any of the ones after that.” Emnos says quietly as he gives me a smile.
“I will do my best.” I say to them with a laugh.
“You can release your power, Morrigan.” Dhuna says to me with a small smile, I frown at him and look behind me to see the wings still there, I release the power to fall asleep.
I open my eyes and look over to see violet eyes smiling at me, I turn to face him. “Too bad this cannot go on forever, battles and then waking up in bed beside you.” I say with a smile, he laughs.
“Enjoy fighting that much, love?” He asks me with a small smile.
“Not as much as I enjoy waking up beside you.” I say with a grin, he pulls me close and kisses me. “Five more to go.” I say to him and pain shows in his eyes.
“I will do what I can to protect you.” He says quietly as he looks into my eyes.
“You cannot protect me forever, eventually something would happen.” I say with a sad smile.
“At least I would have more time until it finally did happen.” He says with a smile.
“As long as you do not die, Dhuna is great but he is not a great replacement for you.” I say with a grin and he laughs.
“Goddess Morrigan.” I hear Macha’s voice again, I look over at her and she gives me a sad smile. “Cu Chulainn says from now on there will be no breaks like before, they will keep streaming out until this is done.” She says quietly as she looks at the floor, I feel Emnos wrap his arms around me and pull me to him tightly.
“I will be there soon, Macha.” I say to her and she nods as she vanishes.
“I love you, Morrigan.” Emnos says as he pulls my face to him and kisses me.
“I love you too, Emnos.” I say with a smile, I vanish the Gods appearing around me again, I look around at them they seem to try to avoid looking at me, Cu Chulainn walks over to me with a smile.
“I know who is next, I have already told everyone else this.” He says to me as I feel Emnos appear beside me. “Omna and Bagda, they are sisters their voices bring death to anyone who listen. So, do your best to ignore the sounds, they will try to get you to talk to them, ignore them and attack. Do not listen to a word they say.” He says to me and I nod. “They count as two waves, so after them there is only three more leaders left before the king.” He says with a frown.
“Thank you, Cu Chulainn. I will do as you say.” I say with a smile, I change and fly above the Gods. Watching them and the tear, I see Emnos glare at Cu Chulainn.
“How can you be so calm about this?” Emnos asks him angrily.
“I lost her once already, I know what it is going to be like if it happens again.” Cu Chulainn says to him, I watch Emnos walk away from him as Cu Chulainn looks up at me. I see two women with long brown wavy hair and hazel eyes walk towards the tear hand in hand, they look up to watch me gliding through the sky with smiles. The army behind them is made up of men with the upper body of a man and the lower half of goats, the horns on their heads shine in the sunlight as they follow with swords and clubs and bows. I see the sisters open their mouths and I ignore it, they walk to the side as their army runs towards the Gods to watch. I dive towards them watching them sing without listening, I change before I reach them my swords appearing in my hands, one has a sword appear in her hand and the other a shield. The shield raises to defend as the sword swings out at the ready to attack, I change and land on the ground as I change again. They run to me together holdings hands with their mouths hanging wide as they sing.
Every time I try to attack the shield comes up and the sword swings around to attack, I let the anger take over as I attack and dodge them, I see an opening in both of their attacks as one tries to bash me with the shield as the other swings, I take and the shield falls the ground with the arm holding it. Both glare at me as rage builds in them, the one with the missing arm lets go of the others hand and walks around to the other side of her for a sword to appear in her hand as the other switches hands with her sword.
They attack swinging both swords at me as their mouths move as if they are speaking to me, I ignore them attacking when I can and dodging when I cannot. I feel magical energy coming from the tear, I glance over to see a man with black hair, in black and gold armor step through the tear, he looks over at me with a grin as he watches me with his gold eyes. My attention is drawn back to the feeling of a sword hitting mine, I jump away from them as I see the man running towards me out of the corner of my eye. I watch as giant things taller than I have ever seen walk through the tear with giant clubs in their hands, the ground shakes as they walk.
“False Morrigu, I am Cichol.” The man says with a grin and a bow. “I look forward to killing you.” He says as he jumps towards me swords appearing in his hands, I raise my swords up to block him to feel the magic warn me of the sisters, I side step away from all three of them as their attacks come crashing down on each other. Cichol decapitates the sisters and laughs as he turns to me, the magical energy coming off of him making it hard to focus, I back away from him as he starts walking towards me. “Come child, do not run from the fight.” He says with a laugh, as he starts running towards me, I watch him as I take back another step, he seems to vanish and reappear a step closer as he runs, speeding up how close he is to getting closer to me. I raise my swords to block as I see him raise his to attack, he disappears and I spin to block the attack, his swords come crashing down on mine making pain shoot through my hands and arms. I step back as he moves one of the swords to swipe at my legs, for him to thrust it forward towards me making me take another step back as I move a sword to block.
“The last time I fought her, it was fun. You are making this boring.” He says as he glares at me, I feel someone run up to us as a sword comes down on Cichol, he dodges with a laugh as Cu Chulainn glares at him. “The dog runs to protect the master once again, you are predictable. Or should I say rabbit?” He asks him with a grin.
“You need to use more power, Morrigan.” Cu Chulainn says to me as he watches Cichol, I reach into the magic I gathered from my past selves, a strange feeling takes over as I watch Cichol, I feel like I am watching from outside of my body. I watch as I walk to Cichol pools of light appearing after my feet leave the ground for the next step, I see Cu Chulainn smile as he backs away from me. I hear explosions behind me as red rain falls from the sky, Cichol turns back to me with a grin as he lunges to attack, I watch as my body seems to fade and then reappear as the sword finishes passing through my body starts attacking him relentlessly as explosions continue to echo around the forest.
I try to move to see what the explosions are but I cannot move, I am stuck watching my body and Cichol fight, I watch for what seems like an eternity as they fight, I watch him make a small mistake in blocking as my body rushes towards him impaling him on the swords. I watch him slide off the swords to the ground as everything comes rushing around me again, I stand looking down at the body, I turn to see fireballs raining from the sky killing all of the things coming out of the tear. A woman steps through the tear and looks over at me, her silver hair and eyes watch me, she appears in front of me and smiles, I move to attack her and she moves to dodge it, I feel the magic warn me and I dodge as her sword slashes above me.
“I am Cethlenn, wife of Balor.” She says softly as she bows to me as I back away from her. “My husband should be joining us soon, then everyone will die.” She says softly as she stands and smiles at me. I glare at her as my rage increases, I feel the power inside me grow as I run to her, her sword flies towards me I feel it cut through my side as I run towards her I raise my sword as rage take complete control, I feel her try to disappear under my attack my sword falls quickly through her head before she can. I feel magical energy being released from the tear again to see a giant walk through will only one eye, it lies partially open as he turns to me, the rolls of skin on his body move and sway as he walks towards me.
“I am Balor, you will die for doing that, Morrigu!” He screams at me as the eye starts to open, I run towards him letting my rage grow inside me I see the fireballs raining from the sky explode into him as I run.
“Close your eyes!” I hear someone scream over the chaos, I run towards him as I watch the eye open and I close my eyes as I jump I hold both swords out in front of me as the magic and rage guide me, I feel my swords slide into something I open my eyes to see my swords sticking out of his eye. He falls back on to the ground as I feel the magic energy of the tear surge again I look up as King Indech walks through the tear, he looks down at me with the fang filled grin as I see him raise a hand, pain shoots through me as I am thrown away from him. I hear footsteps running towards me as I access the power, I watch my body stand to see Emnos standing in front of me, I watch as I push him aside as tears fall down his face. I watch as my body walks towards Indech, I watch Emnos watch me.
The puddles of light grow brighter with each step I take towards Indech, I see him run towards me as a large black jagged sword that seems to suck the light out of everything around it appears in his hand. The fighting between the two starts I watch as they block, cut, parry, and dodge each other, I feel no pain from the damage he has done I can see both are getting tired from fighting, I watch with the Gods as my body stabs through Indech in the chest, as he does the same to my body, I feel the power fading away as I watch the two fall, I see Emnos running to me before I am launched back inside.
I try to lift myself up but the sword still inside me sends pain throughout my body, I feel hands lifting me I look up to see violet eyes and I smile as tears fall onto my face. “Dhuna help me heal!” I hear him yell, I feel magic surging through me.
“We need to remove the sword.” Someone says to him. I feel pain radiate through me worse than anything I have experienced as I feel the sword removed from me.
“I love you.” I whisper as I stare at the violet eyes, I feel the magic getting stronger as it tries to heal the damage from the sword, I feel my world fading around me. The void appears around me and I see Vhaanth. “Am I going to reincarnate?” I ask him.
“I don’t know.” He says as tears fall down his face.
“Tell Emnos I said wait for me.” I say with a smile and he nods as he holds out a hand to me. “Have Myrddin take care of my kingdom.” I say to him as I look down at the hand.
“I will.” He says quietly, I take his hand and I feel everything fade away.
1218 years later
I open my eyes and sit up as I swing my legs off the bed, I feel someone watching me, I look up to see violet eyes watching. “That is not appropriate, Emnos.” I say to him with a frown.
“Forgive me, Lady Morrigan. You look like someone I used to know a long time ago.” He says with a sad smile, I stand up and walk over to the wardrobe.
“If you do not mind I need to get ready for the celebration the Gods seem to feel the need to put on today in my honor. Would you care to explain to me, why?” I ask him as I frown at him and he smiles.
“We all promised not to say, trust me after today your entire life will be different.” He says as he grins at me.
“You know I do not like it when you do that, it feels like you are undressing me with your eyes.” I say angrily as I glare at him, he laughs as he walks over to me and grabs my hand to kiss the back of it.
“I beg for your forgiveness, Lady Morrigan, I meant no disrespect.” He says with a bow and walks out of my room, I pull the rope and a maid walks in. She undresses me and dresses me in a strange dress that is white with gold embroidered collar and separate sleeves with silver cuffs on my arms to keep them in place. She then brushes my hair out, and bows to me before leaving the room. I walk out of the room to see Emnos waiting for me, I see a tear fall down his cheek when he sees me.
“What is wrong with you, Emnos?” I ask him as I walk up to him.
“Just happy.” He says quietly as he offers his arm to me, I take it and we vanish, I see a large pavilion with thousands of people standing around it, a large statue stands behind me. I turn to look up at it to see the woman looks similar to me, Emnos pulls me to the group of Gods standing waiting for us. “Vhaanth, can I do it please?” Emnos asks him quietly when Vhaanth moves towards me.
“Yes, you can Emnos.” Vhaanth says with a smile, Emnos turns me to look at him and I give him a confused look as he touches my forehead, the world falls away from me and a void appears around us.
“What is this, Emnos?” I ask him as I back up a step.
“You are Goddess Morrigan, we have been waiting for you for what seems like an eternity.” He says with a smile.
“The one that sacrificed her life to save the world?” I ask him confused.
“Yes, that is you. I am going to give you, your memories and all the powers that come with it.” He says to me.
“Will it hurt?” I ask him with a frown.
“Just a bit.” He says as he grabs me and pulls me to him, memories start flooding through my mind as I feel him hug my tightly. Pain starts shooting through me from some of the memories for it to stop again, then I see my death by him as pain shoots through me, then I see a memory of me looking up into his eyes telling him I love him before it goes dark. I grab onto him as the pain shoots through me as the world returns around us, the pain finally stops and he pushes me back away from him. “I love you too.” He says with a smile, and I laugh.
“Goddess Morrigan has returned!” Vhaanth yells out to the large crowd, cheers erupt from all the people standing watching, Vhaanth turns to me and I glare at him as he grins at me.
“What did you do?” I ask him angrily.
“It was me.” Myrddin says with a wide grin on his face.
“You get crueler to me as time goes on, I hope you realize that.” I say angrily to him.
“Do you realize where we are?” He asks me with a laugh, I look around us and I see the palace, I look back at the large city that is four times what it used to be.
“What did you do?” I ask him quietly as I look around as far as the eyes can see.
“I spread the word about the Goddess who killed Gods and Fomorians who wanted to destroy the world, and how she saved us all while sacrificing her life to do it.” Myrddin says as he backs away from me with a grin on his face, as my anger rises in me.
“Myrddin, I am going to show you just how much I love you. I promise not to strangle you.” I say angrily as I walk towards him and he laughs, I feel someone grab my arm and pull me back I look up to see the violet eyes looking down at me. I notice he looks extremely weak; he leans down and kisses me deeply.
“Did you go four hundred years without anything?” I ask him with a frown.
“It was not four hundred years, Morrigan.” He says with a sad smile. “You were gone for one thousand two hundred and eighteen years.” He says to me, I look up at him as I look at him closer, I can see how much he has suffered on his face, I raise a hand and cup his cheek he closes his eyes and leans into my hand.
“Lets go, Emnos.” I say to him and he nods with a smile, we vanish and his room appears around us. I lead him over to the bed and he collapses on it.
I lay on the bed feeling him on top of me as he traces circles on my chest, I look over at him to see that he doesn’t look on the verge of death anymore, I smile at him as I run my fingers through his hair. “It was worth waiting.” He says with a smile, and I laugh as I pull him towards me to kiss him.
“Welcome back Morrigan.” I hear someone say, I look over as I pull Emnos on top of my chest.
“Satan, coming to discuss an agreement?” I ask him angrily as I glare at him.
“No, there are no more agreements. With Carnage no longer around we do what we want.” He says with a grin as he looks at Emnos’ head squished against my chest.
“Would it be too much to ask, if I asked you to allow me to get dressed before we talk?” I ask him with a frown.
“No, it is not. Go ahead, I will wait.” Satan says as he sits on a chair, Emnos giggles against my chest.
“I meant for you to wait outside.” I say angrily, he grins at me.
“I am already here, I prefer not to move.” Satan says as he watches me, Emnos starts laughing, I grab a pillow and throw it at Satan, he vanishes before it hits him.
“He may have been the bad guy at one point but I like him.” Emnos says as he pulls his head off my chest.
“Of course, you would, he is just like you.” I say as I frown at him and he laughs as he gets off the bed, I put on my dress and sleeves as Emnos gets dressed, I turn to call Satan back to see him sitting in the chair with an eyebrow raised. “How long have you been there, Satan?” I ask him with a frown.
“The entire time, love.” He says with a grin as he throws the pillow back on the bed and Emnos laughs.
“That is inappropriate.” I say angrily as I glare at him.
“I did not see anything inappropriate.” He says with smile as he looks down at my dress.
“That is what I keep telling her, there is nothing inappropriate about her.” Emnos says with a laugh, I frown at him and he winks at me.
“Emnos was a depressing sight while we waited for your return, after four hundred years we thought you were not returning. He turned into a hall wanderer like you, then Vhaanth got Creation to tell him if you were returning or not. Once he told Emnos he has been waiting at the place you were going to reincarnate standing outside the building like a statue.” Satan says with a smirk.
“That is how I met him; he was outside standing in the rain. I told him to come inside.” I say with a laugh. “On my tenth birthday he told me is a God, I asked why he was standing outside and he told me he is waiting for someone.” I say as I look over at him with a smile.
“I am still surprised he was not jumping everything in sight while you were gone, he is Lust after all.” Satan says to me.
“She changed me for the better, I would have gone three thousand years if I had to.” Emnos says with a frown.
“By the way, Morrigan. I have a present for you.” Satan says with a smile as I look back at him, he holds out a hand and a sword appears, I recognize it as the one that killed me.
“It didn’t vanish?” I ask him with a frown as I stare at it.
“No, which means it is meant for you.” Satan says to me, he grabs it by the handle and brings it to me, I take it from him, I feel magic surge in me as I watch the sword vanish in my hand. “It seems it was left to give you more power.” He says with a grin, Vhaanth appears in the room and frowns over at Satan as he walks to me.
“What is it you need, Vhaanth?” I ask him with a smile.
“The Gods want to acknowledge you as our leader, formally.” He says as he looks at me with a smile. “Also, Creation wants you to go to the Circle.” He says to me.
“Are they gathered?” I ask him with a frown.
“Except for the ones in this room.” He says with a laugh.
“I wanted to give her the sword first.” Satan says to him, Vhaanth looks at him and nods.
“Well, lets go then. I don’t like making people wait on me.” I say with a smile as I feel Emnos’ arms wrap around me from behind. “Glad you are feeling better, Emnos.” I say as I turn to smile at him and he grins.
“I could do with more power.” He whispers to me, and I laugh as we vanish. The throne room in my palace appears around us, I see Myrddin waiting for me by the throne with the seneschal. Emnos lets go of me and I walk to Myrddin he grins at me and I frown at him as I cross my arms.
“What are you up to now?” I ask him and he laughs.
“I Myrddin abdicate the throne to Goddess Morrigan.” He says with a smile.
“Welcome back, Goddess Morrigan. I have read both books written about you.” The seneschal says with a smile, Myrddin giggles.
“Both books? Meaning there is another?” I ask angrily.
“There are even shrines all over the world dedicated to you, Goddess Morrigan.” The seneschal says with a smile.
“Why shrines?” I ask with a frown.
“Pilgrimages and places to worship you.” He says with a laugh.
“Myrddin did you do that?” I ask him angrily as I glare at him.
“No, humans did that one.” He says with a laugh. “There is a temple dedicated to you in the city here.” He says with a wink.
“This gets more ridiculous by the second.” I growl as I glare at him, he pulls me and sits me down on the throne as he laughs, Vhaanth walks over beside my throne and turns to look at the Gods assembled.
“I recognize, Morrigan, Goddess of War and Savior of Humanity as my leader, without question. Do you all agree to do the same?” He asks the Gods as I glare up at him and Myrddin giggles.
“Yes, without question.” All the Gods say at the same time, Vhaanth looks down at me and laughs.
“Fine, since I am your leader, you are never to call me that again.” I say angrily and he bows to me.
“As you wish, Goddess Morrigan.” He says as he looks up at me and winks. “You should go see what Creation wants.” He says quietly to me.
“Do you know what it is?” I ask him and he shakes his head.