Phantom Queen Book one

Chapter Twenty-seven

“I am more than a rabbit, try something and I will bite your arm off.” Cu Chulainn says angrily, they both look down at him with a grin.
“He is my demigod.” I say to them, and they laugh as they watch him.
“Why are you in bunny form?” Aimal asks him.
“Because it is a comfort to her, and I get to feel her pet me.” Cu Chulainn says to them.
“You are making this dirty again, Cu Chulainn.” I say angrily, he looks back at me.
“Sorry, Morrigan.” He says with a laugh.
“What does it feel like when she pets you?” Tiras asks him.
“Like it would if it was on my human form, without clothing.” Cu Chulainn says to him, Tiras laughs.
“Get off me, Cu Chulainn.” I say as I throw him at the other chair and sit up, he changes once he hits the chair sitting down watching them. “What is it that you need, Tiras?” I ask as I stand and glare up at him, I see Aimal put an arm out in front of Tiras.
“Behave, Tiras please. I would like to have friendly relations with them.” Aimal says as he glares at him.
“She asks me a question like that and you expect me to do and say nothing?” Tiras asks him as he frowns at him.
“He is just like how Emnos used to be.” Cu Chulainn says annoyed.
“Emnos used to be like me? I doubt that when he doesn’t even.” Tiras starts to say and Aimal places a hand over his mouth with a glare.
“We are able to finish that sentence.” I say angrily.
“We have dealt with Emnos like this enough to already predict what is going to come out of your mouth, and you are dangerously close to losing an arm.” Cu Chulainn says as he glares at Tiras, who grins at him.
“Aimal if you keep getting in my way, I will gladly put you back into your slumber again.” Tiras says as he looks over at him, Aimal backs a few steps away from him.
“I can handle him Aimal without killing him.” I say with a smile over at him, he nods to me.
“You complained the last time you were handling me.” Tiras says with a grin as his eyes glow at me.
“Stay.” I say to Cu Chulainn who was in the midst of jumping out of the chair at him, he falls back into the chair and glares at me. “You are welcome to try again.” I say with a smile, Tiras laughs and vanishes I feel arms wrap around me as the smell of roses and sandalwood invades my lungs, I feel him bite my neck, I let the magic send a surge of electricity through me. Aimal laughs as he watches Tiras fly away from me and hit the wall, Cu Chulainn grins up at me, I turn to look at Tiras as he stands up laughing.
“This just became more fun.” Tiras says as he grins at me.
“Tiras do not do that.” Aimal says quickly.
“Why not? Everyone can enjoy the view.” Tiras says as his grin widens.
“Don’t you dare, Tiras.” I say angrily as I glare at him, as a sword appears in my hand, he laughs.
“As you wish, Morrigan. I will save that for the bedroom.” Tiras says as he winks at me and vanishes.
“I think he might actually be worse, Emnos would have never done that.” Cu Chulainn says angrily, I turn to look at Aimal, he gives me a sad smile.
“Do not apologize for your brother.” I say as I smile at him, he closes his mouth and nods. “May I see your memories, Aimal?” I ask him, he nods and walks over to me, I touch his temple with a finger. I see double memories in front of me as I scan through them, I see that Aimal is just like how Emnos used to be. Aimal is the Dhuna trying to smooth over peoples anger to keep them from killing his twin. The only deviation from Emnos and Dhuna is that Tiras enjoys causing Aimal pain and killing him, every time Aimal tries to stop Tiras from going too far. Tiras either causes him so much pain he cannot stop him, or he kills him. I move my finger away from his head as a sympathetic look takes over my face as I look up at him.
“I want to show you something, it seems to be what your brother saved you from becoming.” I say with a sad smile, he frowns at me as I touch my finger back to his temple and I show him my time with Dhuna, when I move my finger away from his head he gives me a sympathetic look.
“Why do you allow him near you?” Aimal asks me quietly.
“Because I forgave him.” I say to him, he looks at me with a frown.
“How can you forgive that?” He asks me angrily.
“He did it out of love and devotion, his brother was tortured on my behalf after Emnos killed me.” I say to him, he gives me a sad smile.
“I could not do that, I do not care that much about Tiras anymore.” He says to me.
“That is why I said your brother saved you from becoming that.” I say with a smile, Emnos appears near Tiras and looks around angrily.
“Do not have Dhuna remove me from the room when he is here.” Emnos says angrily as he gets in my face, I grab his hand and place it over the black hand print on my arm, the anger leaves him immediately. “I am sorry, Morrigan.” He says quietly. “I forgot about that.” He says with a frown.
“It is interesting watching you two together.” Aimal says with a small smile. “No one can make Tiras’ anger dissolve that fast.” He says to us.
“She has a powerful magic over me at times.” Emnos says with a smile as he looks over at Aimal.
“Tiras is extremely abusive to his brother, I am thinking about having him stay here.” I say to Emnos.
“You do not have to do that, Morrigan.” Aimal says with a sad smile.
“What do you think he is going to do after what you did here?” I ask Aimal with a frown, I see pain and fear in his eyes. “You are staying.” I say with a smile.
“I agree, I never hurt Dhuna like that.” Emnos says angrily, as Dhuna appears.
“He can hang out with me, if Tiras appears I will bring him to Morrigan.” Dhuna says with a smile.
“Is it true you killed our leader?” Aimal asks me.
“Yes, he was using Frenzy to incapacitate me.” I say to him with a frown.
“I was not told that.” Aimal says with a frown.
“Because I threatened him.” I say with a glare.
“He is alive again; he absolutely hates you.” Aimal says quietly.
“I will handle him in a diplomatic way, he cannot use Frenzy again.” I say with a smile and Aimal nods.
“Come with me, Aimal. I will show you around the castle.” Dhuna says with a smile, they leave the room together.
“I think it is best to handle Alcmene before it gets to the point of kill or be killed.” I say to Emnos and he nods, I pick up my sleeves off the chair and latch them back on.
“Do you want me to come?” Cu Chulainn asks me, I turn to him and shake my head.
“I am going alone.” I say to him, I see Emnos reaching for me and I vanish. Alcmene’s throne room appears around me, the red eyes glow as they glare at me. “Nice to see you again, Alcmene.” I say with a smile, I watch Gods appear behind him.
“What do you want, Morrigan?” He asks me angrily.
“I would prefer to live peacefully alongside you and your Gods; you know I am not making this offer out of weakness. I can kill all of you with no problem, but that is pointless when we can mend relations and get on friendlier terms.” I say as I cross my arms and watch them.
“That is true, you can kill us all. What are your demands?” He says angrily.
“All I ask is that you help me try to make this into a better world for the humans, and no attacking my Gods or their mansions.” I say to him with a smile.
“That is it? No demands of us declaring you as our leader?” He asks me with a frown.
“No, I have had demands like that made of me before, as a leader. I know the fear, uncertainty, and what it can do to someone in that position. You will stay as their leader, if any do want to pledge to me, I will take them. But I will not force it.” I say to him with a sad smile, he nods to me. “Do you have any demands I should take into consideration?” I ask him with a grin, he frowns at me.
“Only one, stop harassing Clay as much. Though it seems he is starting to like it.” Alcmene says with a disturbed look on his face as he glances back at Clay, Clay grins at me, and I laugh.
“I can agree to that as long as he promises to do what I demanded the last time I saw him.” I say with a smile.
“I will, Morrigan. If you come visit me more often.” Clay says to me as his grin widens.
“I am not sitting on you again.” I say with a frown, he frowns at me.
“Why not?” He asks me, Alcmene laughs.
“Enough of your strange perversions Clay.” Alcmene says with a laugh. “I can agree to this, we have festivals throughout the year if you and your Gods ever want to join. It could help to mend relations in a relaxed atmosphere.” He says to me.
“We have two festivals of our own, though one of them your Goddesses may be opposed to.” I say with a smile, he lifts an eyebrow.
“Why would just the Goddesses be opposed?” He asks me.
“The women wear tiny outfits made of just two pieces, the rest of the body is exposed. Our God of Summer is a little depraved.” I say with a grin, he laughs.
“That I want to see, I will force everyone to go the first time.” Alcmene says with a grin as he leans forward.
“Goddess Morrigan, if I may can you come to my mansion after you are done here? I would like to speak to you about Creation.” Clay says to me with a frown, I nod.
“Do you Gods know of Carnage?” I ask Alcmene.
“Yes, we do. She is a plague on this world.” He says angrily.
“She gave me a premonition, in my sleep.” I say to him, he frowns at me. “This is the reason I am here, if we fight, she wins.” I say to him, he nods as he watches me unlatch my sleeves, revealing the black hand prints. “This is my painful reminder to keep the peace.” I say as I look up at them. They look at the hand prints with fear. “So, please keep to this agreement.” I say with a sad smile.
“That explains why you are bringing this to me, I thank you for your honesty. Though I have heard that Tiras visited you, do I have to worry about him escalating this?” He asks me quietly, as he watches me latch the sleeves back on.
“I can handle Tiras.” I say angrily as I glare at him. “I will not kill him, just hurt him.” I say as I bottle up the anger.
“I enjoyed the sounds she made.” Tiras says behind Alcmene.
“I enjoyed watching you fly.” I say as I glare at him, he laughs as I watch him vanish. I see Alcmene stand with anger in his eyes, I motion for him to stay as I feel arms wrap around me from behind.
“Maybe this is the perfect place to take that dress.” He whispers in my ear, I feel a kiss on my neck as his hand moves down my body to the slit in my dress at my thigh, I feel his hand slide under my dress as I release electricity through my body. I feel his arms leave me, Alcmene laughs as he leans against the back of his chair, I see tears falling from his eyes as he laughs.
“Like I said, I will only hurt him.” I say with a small smile, I feel Tiras’ magic reaching out to me and I reach into the magic putting up a barrier around me to nullify his magic.
“I think we can make this agreement work then, Tiras will keep trying. He does not take no for an answer, especially now that he has had a taste.” Alcmene says with a small smile.
“The Lust from my world used to be the same, though at that time I was only a demigod. I managed to fight him off pretty well given my weakened state. I think I can handle Tiras as a Goddess.” I say to him, he frowns.
“You started off as a demigod?” He asks me as he glances back at Clay.
“Yes, my Creation recreated a God she had made before. That Goddess had snapped and tried to destroy the world, Creation wanted to recreate her but didn’t want to give her all that power at once. So, I was made from Morrigu. She took all the good Morrigu once had in her and put it into the body of a demigod with a small portion of her power. To test to see if I was safe.” I say to him.
“I guess you proved yourself since you are now a Goddess.” He says with a small smile.
“My Creation is a, for lack of a better word, sadist. She put me through hell to make me prove myself.” I say as I glare at him.
“That would explain what Clay told me about you, I am guessing all of that happened while you were a demigod?” He asks me with a frown.
“Yes, she called them trials.” I say to him, his frown deepens.
“I think the word you used was appropriate.” He says to me.
“If our meeting is over, I would like to speak to Clay.” I say to him and he nods, I vanish beside Clay and grab his shoulder vanishing to his room in his mansion. I let go of him as he turns to me with a strange grin on his face. “Do not try my patience.” I say annoyed, he laughs.
“I have noticed Creation has changed.” He says as he looks down at me with a smile.
“Yes, she is surer of herself. Before she did not really give me orders and even sympathized with me, now she is more like mine.” I say as he walks closer to me, I frown at him.
“I have noticed that as well, she likes giving me orders now.” He says as I feel his hands on my hips.
“You must enjoy me getting angry.” I say as I glare up at him, he grins at me.
“I enjoy the feel of you.” He says as pulls me closer to him.
“Do you want to enjoy the feeling of flying?” I ask him as I raise an eyebrow, he backs up a step.
“As long as I do not press my body against yours, it will not happen.” He says with a laugh. “How did you become so powerful in sorceress magic?” He asks me as he smiles down at me.
“I learned it.” I say to him as I try to back up a step but his hands hold me in place.
“Interesting, how many years did it take?” He asks me.
“I do not know.” I say annoyed as I try to pull out of his hands.
“I forgot you cannot tell time.” He says with a grin, I reach into the magic to feel it blocked off from me.
“Clay I will summon a demigod to handle you.” I say angrily as I feel him start pulling me closer.
“How? I blocked anyone from getting in.” He says as his grin widens, I feel fear rise in me as I feel him pulling me closer. I punch him and he laughs, I knee him in the groin and he hits the floor, I look over at the window and run to it as quickly as I can jumping at the last second and crashing through it. Pain shoots through me as I hit the ground, I look up to see him looking down at me with surprise from the window I went through. I roll over and get up on my hands and knees feeling pain surge through me as I try to stand I reach for the magic to find it is still blocked.
Cu Chulainn come to me.
Yes, Morrigan.
I look up into hazel eyes and he sees my fear, I feel his hand on my shoulder and we vanish. The throne room appears around us as he backs away from me, I see him look at someone behind me and motion with a hand to back off. “Are you okay?” He asks me, I nod as I take deep breaths.
“I had to jump out a window, I could use some healing.” I say quietly, I feel magic pour into me from behind me healing all of my wounds.
“Did the meeting not go well?” Emnos asks me as he walks around to the front of me in a wide circle.
“That went great, they agreed to peace.” I say with an uneasy smile.
“Then what happened?” Emnos asks me with a frown.
“Do not do anything, I escaped before he could do anything. I kicked him in between the legs.” I say as I watch Emnos’ eyes and he nods to me. “Clay wanted me to come to his mansion to talk about the changes in Creation, he took away my magic and blocked the room.” I say quietly, pausing to take deep breaths to kill the fear and calm myself. “He grabbed me and I kneed him in between the legs, he dropped to the floor and I jumped.” I say to him and he smiles at me.
“I am glad you defended yourself, Morrigan.” He says quietly, I see him slowly reach out to me I walk to him and wrap my arms around him hugging him tightly, I feel him arms wrap around me. “Cu Chulainn go tell Alcmene what Clay did.” Emnos says to him angrily.
“Gladly.” Cu Chulainn says angrily and I feel him vanish.
“Kind of pathetic that someone with as much magic as I do, has this many problems with fear.” I say quietly against his chest.
“Not pathetic at all after what you have been through.” Emnos says to me as he hugs me tighter, I feel Cu Chulainn appear. “What was his reaction?” Emnos asks him, Cu Chulainn laughs. I feel someone appear, I back away from Emnos and turn around to see Alcmene with Clay’s throat in his grip.
“I apologize, Goddess Morrigan. Next time you visit him, come see me first.” Alcmene says angrily, his eyes glowing with rage.
“It is fine, Alcmene. I was able to escape.” I say with a smile.
“He knows your weakness and exploited it hoping to take advantage of it. He will be punished.” He says as he glares at Clay. “Though I did enjoy your idea of jumping through a window, the thought never would have occurred to me.” He says as he looks at me with a smile and vanishes. Elda appears in his place she smiles at me as she walks to me.
“I am glad we are back to being able to communicate with you and your Gods.” She says to me.
“I am as well, I enjoyed our fight.” I say with a smile.
“I enjoyed it as well even if you were just playing with me.” She says as she winks at me.
“There is a third War in this world, would you like to meet him? Though he is not on my good side at the moment.” I ask her with a frown, she nods as I offer my hand and she takes it, we vanish and Ark’s mansion appears around us. Ark appears in front of us glaring down at me.
“What is it you need, Goddess Morrigan?” He asks me as he bows glaring at me.
“This is the Goddess of War of this world, her name is Elda.” I say as I glare at him. “I thought she would like to meet the third War, since we have made peace with them.” I say angrily. He looks down at Elda with a smile.
“Nice to meet you, Elda. Would you like to duel?” He asks her with a grin. “I imagine Morrigan has more important things to do.” He says as he glares at me, Elda looks between us with an uneasy look.
“Yes, I do. Now that I am not a prisoner anymore.” I say angrily as I glare at him. “Go ahead Elda and have fun with him.” I say with a smile to her, she nods, I glare back at Ark again and vanish. The throne room appears around me again, Emnos sees the glare on my face and frowns at me.
“Are you going to ever forgive him?” Emnos asks me.
“I am not sure that is possible.” I say quietly as I bottle up the anger.
“He was afraid you would go on a walk and never come back.” Emnos says quietly, I feel the rage ignite me as I glare at him I feel my power wrap around me.
“There are better ways to go about it than making me a prisoner!” I yell angrily at him as I see white feathers fall around me, Emnos looks at me with sympathy, I feel tears fall down my face as I glare at him. “No one will make me a prisoner again, if anyone tries. It will be a fight, I do not care who dies. Either way I will be free.” I say angrily as I bottle up the rage and let the power dissolve.
“You would make me suffer through another twelve hundred years without you, just to be free?” He asks me with pain in his eyes.
“You expect me to suffer through whatever someone may do to me until you find a way to save me?” I ask him with a frown, I see the answer in his eyes and I feel rage build in me again, I vanish. Alcmene’s throne room appears around me as I wipe away the tears, he watches me with a frown.
“I feel a lot of rage in you.” He says quietly, as I walk closer to the platform his throne sits on.
“I have a lot Gods that cause it.” I say angrily as I bottle up the rage again. “I want to meet each of your Gods, to get to know all of them. I want to be on good standing with each of them if possible.” I say with a small smile, he nods.
“I would like to do the same.” He says with a smile.
“That would include more anger coming out of me, but I will let you meet each of them.” I say angrily as I feel anger build in me at the thought of Ark, I bottle it up and calm myself down again.
“Your anger is like the wind.” He says with a laugh, I laugh.
“Good description of it.” I say to him and I offer him a hand. “I will show you my Gods first since there are fewer of them.” I say to him and he nods as he stands and takes my hand. We vanish and Aiwass mansion appears around us, Aiwass appears in front of us with a grin.
“Frenzy.” Alcmene says as he glares down at him.
“Hey big guy, nice to see you again.” Aiwass says with a grin.
“You two have met?” I ask them with a laugh.
“Morrigan, I have missed you.” Aiwass says as he smiles down at me and wraps his arms around me.
“Hands off Aiwass.” I say as I look up at him with a smile.
“Not willing to say yes to me yet?” He asks with a grin, I shake my head and he backs off.
“Strange relationship.” Alcmene says as he frowns down at me.
“I am a strange one.” Aiwass says with a giggle.
“He has been chasing after me ever since I was a demigod, he asked me to let him claim too many times to count. He has never forced himself on me.” I say with a laugh.
“I want to hear you say yes first.” Aiwass says with a grin.
“I am sorry, Aiwass that will not happen. I am happy to be your friend.” I say as I grin at him, and he laughs. “Since you have already met him, let us go to the next one.” I say with a smile up at Alcmene and we vanish, Theros’ mansion appears around us the ocean outside the giant openings in the wall of the mansion in front of us. Theros climbs out of the water onto the platform and runs to us with a smile.
“Alcmene, God of Wrath, this is Theros, God of Summer.” I say with a smile to both of them.
“You are the Summer God she told me about with the festival.” Alcmene says with a grin at him.
“That would be me, if you do join us, I promise it will be everything you heard and more. Especially when this one puts on the outfit.” Theros says with a grin and wink, Alcmene laughs.
“I could not imagine her in anything but her armor.” Alcmene says with a smile.
“How do you know it is armor?” I ask him with a frown.
“I grazed it with my weapon while we were fighting, it deflected my blade like armor.” Alcmene says with a small smile as he looks down at me.
“Dragon skin is a wonderful thing, I love that it is both stylish and protective.” Theros says with a laugh.
“Dragon skin? You have dragons in your world?” He asks me with a frown.
“Yes, they are quite gentle once you get to know them. They gave up the skin to make it.” I say with a smile.
“Morrigan, why don’t you show him the outfit? That way I know he will come to the festival that is coming up soon.” Theros asks me with a grin.
“I think he can wait for the festival, he is making attendance mandatory for all his Gods after I described your festival.” I say with a laugh, Theros grins at him.
“Sounds great, I look forward to all the Goddesses wearing it.” Theros says with a laugh.
“I am taking him around to meet all the Gods, so he can meet them.” I say to Theros.
“I am guessing Ark is next?” Theros asks me quietly as the smile fades from his face as he watches the anger surface in me.
“Yes, he is next.” I say angrily.
“Her anger is magnificent.” Alcmene says to him as he watches me. “May I ask what this Ark did to incite your rage?” He asks me.
“Told me that being a prisoner was the best thing for me.” I say as I feel the power wrap around me as the rage takes over.
“Dangerous thing to say to you.” Alcmene says quietly as we vanish, Ark’s mansion appears around us as I bottle up the rage and let the power go. Ark appears in front of us glaring down at me.
“What is it now?” He asks me angrily.
“I brought Alcmene, the leader of Gods to meet you. God of Wrath, meet Ark, God of War.” I say as I glare at Ark.
“Nice to meet you, Alcmene.” Ark says as he looks at him with a smile.
“Same to you, Ark.” Alcmene says to him with a smile.
“The rest of the Gods are at my castle.” I say angrily, Alcmene nods to me and we vanish. The throne room appears around us, I call Satan, Lucifer, and Dhuna to us, I watch as they appear.
“Went to see Ark?” Dhuna asks me when he sees the anger in me, I nod to him.
“This is Alcmene, God of Wrath and leader of the Gods in this world.” I say to them. “That is Dhuna, God of Obsession, Lucifer, Sin of Pride, and Satan, Sin of Destruction.” I say to Alcmene.
“Sin?” Alcmene asks with a frown.
“Carnage in our world made them, after the Gods destroyed Carnage and I finished the war they switched to our side.” I say to him with a smile, he frowns at them.
“Are you sure they are safe?” He asks me.
“Lately that has been slightly questionable. But if they step out of line I will handle them.” I say as I glare at Satan.
“Nice to meet all of you.” Alcmene says with an uneasy smile.
“Nice to meet you, Alcmene.” Dhuna says with a smile.
“Nice to meet you, Alcmene.” Satan says as he watches me.
“Nice to meet you, Alcmene.” Lucifer says with a smile to him.
“Dhuna let Emnos know I am meeting all the Gods of this world.” I say angrily, he nods with a sad smile.
“Emnos piss you off too? Your Gods are on a roll.” Alcmene asks with a frown.
“He is being a selfish ass.” I say angrily as my eyes glow. “Let us go meet yours now.” I say to him and we vanish. A garden appears around us, the smell of fruit surrounds us as he leads me through the garden. A table appears when we walk through an entrance made in between two large bushes, I see Elda seated at the table with four other Goddesses. When she sees me she grins, Alcmene leads me to the table and pulls out a chair for me, I sit down and he pushes it back up to the table and sits in the chair beside mine.
“Hello, ladies. This is Morrigan, Goddess of War, leader of the other group of Gods as you know. We are here to formally let her greet the ones she hasn’t yet.” Alcmene says with a smile to them, they nod as they watch me. He motions to a woman with long wavy brown hair and hazel eyes, she smiles at me. “This is Teresa, Goddess of Harvest.” He says to me, then motions to a woman with long silver hair and blue eyes, she smiles at me. “This is Luna, Goddess of Moon.” He says to me as he motions to the next one she has long blonde hair and yellow eyes, she grins at me. “This is Sol, Goddess of Sun.” He says to me and motions to the next one, she has shoulder length white hair and hazel eyes, she gives me a small smile. “This is Amaryllis, God of Growth.” He says to me.
“Nice to meet all of you.” I say to them.
“Nice to meet you, Goddess Morrigan.” They say all at once.
“May I ask, Goddess Morrigan, did it hurt when Carnage grabbed you in the dream?” Amaryllis asks me with a frown.
“If you want I can let you experience it, a small portion if it.” I say with an uneasy smile.
“I think I will pass on that.” She says with a small smile.
“How did you become the leader of your Gods?” Sol asks me with a smile.
“They said it was because of how much I am willing to sacrifice to protect them.” I say with a sad smile. “Sol I have a God here in this world I think you would enjoy.” I say with a smile to her, she laughs.
“I think you are right, Morrigan. Her and Theros could get along quite well.” Alcmene says with a grin at her.
“Is he cute?” She asks me with a laugh.
“Yes, he is. He is also goofy and fun to be around, he is the God of Summer.” I say to her with a smile.
“Do you mind introducing me later?” Sol asks me with a smile.
“I don’t mind at all. I think he would be thrilled to meet you.” I say with a laugh. “Actually I could call him here if you want.” I say to her and she nods excitedly, I call Theros he appears beside me and grins down at me.
“Miss me already, Morrigan?” He asks with a wink.
“There is someone I wanted you to meet, Theros.” I say with a laugh as I motion to Sol. “This is Sol, Goddess of Sun.” I say to him, he looks over at her and his grin widens. He walks over to her and offers his hand to her as he leans over, she takes it.
“Nice to meet you, Sol. You are quite beautiful.” Theros says and kisses the back of her hand, she laughs.
“Nice to meet you, Theros. Would you like to come to my mansion to talk?” She asks with a wink.
“I would be the biggest idiot in all of creation, if I said no to that.” Theros says with a laugh, she laughs as they vanish.
“It looks like we were right.” I say with a laugh, Alcmene laughs with me and nods.
“Well, I am off to show her Chaos and Paradigm.” Alcmene says to the Goddesses, they nod as he stands and pulls my chair out for me, I stand and he offers his hand to me, I take it and we vanish. A dark room appears around us, I cannot see a thing around me, I feel something move near me a sword appears in my free hand.
“She is easily spooked.” A mans voice calls out in the darkness.
“Light the place up, Abaddon.” Alcmene says angrily.
“Chaos?” I ask him as my sword vanishes.
“Yes, I am Chaos. You can call me Abaddon.” He whispers in my ear.
“I would prefer to see you when I meet you, Abaddon.” I say as I turn to look over my shoulder, glowing red eyes look down at me.
“It is much more fun this way, if you can catch me, I will allow light in.” He says with a laugh as the eyes disappear.
“I will play your game.” I say with a laugh as I let go of Alcmene, I close my eyes and let the magic guide me through the room. I see him watching me from a corner of the room, I run towards him jumping the table my magic warns me of and I grab his arm. I open my eyes to see the room lit up.
“Very interesting method.” He says as I look up at him, he has shaggy black hair and red eyes he grins at me.
“Magic can be used in many ways, just need the imagination.” I say with a smile, he laughs.
“You have an amazing imagination then.” He says as he steps towards me, I feel him wrap an arm around me.
“Abaddon, hand off.” Alcmene says angrily, I feel his arm leave me and he smiles at me, I let go of his arm and back up a step as Alcmene appears beside me. “Abaddon is the second strongest God here, well before you came.” Alcmene says with a smile down at me.
“Nice to meet you Abaddon.” I say to him.
“Nice to meet you as well, is there a Chaos in your world?” He asks me.
“Yes, her name is Kali.” I say with a smile.
“I would love to meet her.” He says with a devious grin.
“Maybe some day.” I say with a smile and he laughs.
“I just need to take her to meet Arlen now, and she will have met all the Gods.” Alcmene says to him, Abaddon nods and we vanish. A large workshop appears around us, I see machinery for anything and everything around us, I hear a clang of a hammer being hit on something and Alcmene leads me towards the sound. A large man with a blacksmith’s apron on and a bald head with scruff on his face glances up at us as he continues hitting the blade he is working on.
“Just a moment and I will be with you.” He deep voice rumbles over to us as he continues striking the blade.
“He loves crafting anything and everything.” Alcmene says to me over the sound of the hammering, I hear a hissing sound as he throws it into a bucket. He lays his tools down and walks over to us with a smile.
“Morrigan, Goddess of War.” He says as he looks down at me. “Nice to meet you.” He says as he offers his hand to me, I take it and he leans over and kisses the back of my hand with a grin.
“Arlen, God of Paradigm.” Alcmene says to me.
“Nice to meet you, Arlen.” I say with a small bow, I see Alcmene shift beside me and I looks up to see him frowning. “What is wrong?” I ask him with a frown.
“More Gods have appeared in our world.” He says as he looks down at me. “From your world?” He asks me.
“Not that I know of.” I say to him.
“One of them is much stronger than you.” He says quietly.
“Then I know it is not from my world.” I say to him, he nods. “Return to your castle, I will have my Gods find them.” He says to me, I nod and vanish. The throne room appears around me; I walk over to the throne and sit down; I feel exhaustion set in. I close my eyes and fall asleep.
I feel a hand touch my shoulder, I open my eyes and look up to see hazel eyes looking down at me with a sad smile. “Using the throne as a bed again?” Cu Chulainn asks me.
“I don’t feel like sleeping in a bed.” I say as I look away from him at the windows.
“Because of the fight you two had?” He asks me.
“Yes, I cannot believe he would expect me to do that.” I say quietly. “Where is he?” I ask him.
“He is out in the city.” Cu Chulainn says to me, I call Dhuna to me I watch as he appears in front of me.
“Remember that promise I made you make, before the war when I got angry that you were looking through the eyes?” I ask him, he nods to me. “Am I going to have to make you honor that promise, or would you willingly tell me?” I ask him.
“I would willingly tell you.” He says to me.
“Is there anything you need to tell me?” I ask him, I see pain in his eyes.
“No, Morrigan.” He says quietly.
“Why do I not believe you?” I ask him, he looks up at me with hesitation, I send a probe of magic out to find Emnos. I find him in the inn, that is in the city, I vanish and appear in a room. I see Emnos laying down on a bed talking to a woman, they still have their clothes on, he looks over at me with anger in his eyes. “This is what you do, when you get mad at me?” I ask him quietly.
“Talking to a woman?” He asks me, as he glares at me, I feel a strange kind of rage take over, I feel calm even though rage runs rampant through me, I feel the power react to it in a strange way as it molds itself around me.
“She is the Goddess.” The woman whispers as she stares at me.
“I know you, I know who you can be.” I whisper and I hear my voice echo.
“What does it matter to you?” He asks me angrily. “You would rather die than wait for me.” He says as he glares at me.
“Is this the end?” I ask him quietly as my voice echoes, I see hesitation in his eyes. “If I am not what you need, then just say yes.” I say quietly as I feel a tear fall down my face, I feel someone appear in the room, I look over to see Dhuna.
“Yes, this is the end of us. You would rather die and let me suffer, so we are done.” Emnos says to me angrily.
“Find a place of your own, you are not welcome in the castle.” I whisper and vanish, the throne room appears around me, I feel someone appear behind me. “Dhuna I would rather not look at you right now.” I say as I walk to the throne.
“I am not Dhuna.” I hear a man say, I turn and look to see a man with a hood over his head, his glowing green eyes watch me, I see a black beard coming out from under the hood, I turn to face him.
“Who are you?” I ask him, he feels familiar.
“I come from another world, my name is Dagda, God of Life.” He says to me.
“Why does it feel like I know you?” I ask him.
“Because you did, a long time ago. Though you feel different.” He says as he watches me.