The Book of Cosmi

Chapter 19: Memories

| Cosmos |


My body was pure light, a star, this was familiar. I was no longer in the midst of a battle, no. I was elsewhere. I looked around... it was eternal darkness. An oblivion. But then something caught my attention, another star... Then it struck me. This is The Ocean of Oblivion... and that other star... my brother... Cosmic. I began floating towards him but by the time I got close enough to him the atmosphere shifted and changed... Now I stood next to my brother once again, we were holding hands, he was comforting me as tears fell down my face. I remembered this as well. I was my usual clumsy-self and destroyed something that belonged dearly to Cosmic, but he hadn't minded and reassured me it was okay, but I still sobbed... so he ended up comforting me for hours, it was very nice. The vision shifted once more, now it was Cosmic and I were standing in front of a scroll, written in Ancient Cosmi Greek. I remembered this scroll very fondly, this was the catalyst for everything... the creation of the realm. Something that I could never forget. I was so happy at this moment and before the vision faded away, I tossed my arms around Cosmic nuzzling my head against him and thanking him. The next vision was something less fond to me, the creation of Helcurt. I had nothing to say about this... it's something I gravely disliked because it deeply hurt my brother and the connection with the Cosmi family. The vision shifted once more. This time it was Ose and myself, specifically when I first created her. Ose was dear to me, she was like my daughter and she thought of me as a mother. I loved her, she loved me. The vision shifted once more... the first creation of the Golden Twins, Hestia and Juno. Hestia was Cosmic's creation, our Grand Priestess, the heart of the Gods. Then there was Juno, my creation, our Goddess of War, the strongest Cosmi God. Cosmic and I held their hands comforting them gently, introducing them to the Omniverse. The next vision was a collective get together consisting of the main Cosmi family. Cosmic, Juno, Hestia, Ose, Chronos, Zexaos, Verri, and of course myself. But in the back there was a dark blue haired figure... ahh... Xander. He was still new to the realm, but he was a part of the family, he was distant from us, but after talking to him a bit in this memory, I got him to join us. Xander sat comfortably next to me and I talked to him for hours on end, getting to know him. The memory faded out and into a new one, I was in the confines of a grey brick tower, next to me was him again, Xander. This was the cursed tower, this was my first visit to Xander and he had the same pissed off look on his face as ever... I smiled and the vision changed once more. This time I was holding the hands of my brother, facing him. His face was covered with golden blood... his eyes full of sadness, but here I was to comfort him, this was the aftermath of Typhon and Echidna attacking us. I hugged him firmly as we both mourned the death of Juno and the realm. Once again, a shift occurred, this time I was facing a purely shadowy black man with a black musketeer hat on, he held an arrow in his hand. He stood there standing over Xander, Chronos, and Hestia. Shock filled my emotions, who was this!? Then suddenly I remembered... his name... One Republic... no... that was a code name, this–this was COSMIC, MY BROTHER. Dear brother, what happened... Why can't I remember... The vision faded out... no more vision followed. I was back in the empty void of nothingness. I pondered my thoughts for what seemed like years, but truly was only a few moments. The void began to fade out and disintegrate.

Something began walking up to me. It was Cosmic... but as One Repbulic. Was this yet another vision I was experiencing...? As he got closer, I waved my hand at him and smiled... I spoke out.

"Dear brother, is that you..!? What happened!?"

He kept walking closer and closer to me in silence until he finally came to a halt right in front of me. He spoke out, his voice sounded exhausted, hurt, sad. What really happened?

"Sister... It's been years since we last talked... I've missed you so dearly–so much. There's so much I must tell you."

"Why... why are you like that?"

"I am just a soul... kind of... right now. My physical body was diminished and now I must regain it."

"Who...Who did this?! I will eliminate them, avenge you, I will do anything and everything for you brother!"

"You see it's not that simple. A vengeful minor goddess by the name of Gaea or Terra, took over the entire Omniverse. She had extremely powerful mind manipulating powers. She made you forget about my existence ever, and even convinced you that you were her creation, in the process of doing that, she took me to a special made place in Zexaos with Ose and trapped me for years, my power was drained completely, and I was reduced to that of fragment of my soul, now named One Republic. I am public enemy number one across the entire god realm, every Cosmi God seeks to kill me, even you did. I fought many perilous battles to come back for you... none of which really ended in a victory but bought me enough time to bring you. then I fought you, sister. You nearly killed me, and I am not blaming you, you didn't not have control over yourself. But you got too close to me which allowed me to take you here. When we wake up, you should have your memories and mind back... but our strength will be heavily drained and weakened..."

"Oh my... oh my... oh dear... I'm so sorry brother–I truly am. Please forgive me. I'm so sorry this has happened to us, but more specifically you. This is all so horrible..."

"My dear sister. Please do not fret. Do not stress yourself. Now that I've brought you back, we can only go up from here."

"R-Right... of course... but how do we gain our strength back. This Gaea is on par with us when we had our full strength, right? Especially since she has control over all the dimensions without us being the 'Everlords' at the moment. Even then that leaves me with the question of how Gaea is even so powerful..."

"You can gain your strength back easier than you think. Currently we're posted in my Heaven, if you can run to the kingdom and grab your Scarlet Despair... that should give you enough power to fight Hestia... Despite Hestia being the "ruler" of the Omniverse, we still maintain authority. She can't even control time. Me on the other hand? I need to regain my physical form. It's not like my body is somewhere and I have to just find it, my body was destroyed and only my soul exists now. So I have a plan... but it's risky to the point where Heaven might be destroyed, but Gaea will be killed. It'll be difficult, perilous, almost impossible... but we're the rulers of the Omniverse, the Cosmi Twins, we're capable of anything."

"I always wondered how such unfortunate things happened to us, but we still pursue forward. But of course... we will prevail and come out on top once more. Scarlet Despair will be quite the helpful weapon. Now when you mention Heaven possibly being destroyed brother, you don't mean that you're going to attempt to... Go?"

"Tskk... you know me too well, I thought I'd keep it a surprise from you, but yes, that is my plan, all out. It's dangerous, not for me, but for everything around me, hell, even the Omniverse."

"I trust you dearly though. We needn't wait any longer, let's get to work brother. You have me back now. Let's take back our Omniverse. Let's claim our thrones once more. And let's put this maniacal woman under."

My brother grabbed my hand, I grabbed his hand back and with a smile from his shadowy face we would both be transported back to reality, exactly where Cosmic had said, In Heaven. We laid in this golden bubble, which clearly was protecting us from Gaea from attacking us. He was smart... always having some sort of plan. But everything done up to this point in time was clearly a miracle in the making. Any slip up in any sort of way could end in catastrophe worse than all out armageddon. I lied on the ground feeling like utter crap. I wore clothes unfamiliar to me, I had wings sprouting from my back and everywhere I looked seemed to become very bright... I concentrated on myself to go back to my old self, and that worked pretty well. My cinnamon brown hair came back to me and my classic Cosmi Goddess outfit lined with Vallen Kigeao was back on my body. I also actually felt like I had a head again. I sat up slowly to be greeted with my brother standing up having the scariest staring contest of all time with Gaea. She was banging abruptly against the domain he and I were encased in. I then realized the irony of this whole situation. Gaea was having a staring contest with a shadow, Cosmic did not have any visible eyes... so he was perpetually winning here. Yet even with her bloodshot eyes, we knew that out of one tiny battle we won, we had not won the war. Her stare truly reflects the situation we were in right now. It also goes to show how pissed Gaea was currently, which was extremely horrific. I now understood why Cosmic so desperately needed me back... This woman was insane.

"How the hell are we supposed to get out of here Cosmic!?"

"We run. Very fast... you need to go get your Scarlet Despair though... me fighting Gaea alone is possible but I can't guarantee anything."

"Why don't you try and go to the kingdom instead to get my Scarlet Despair?"

"Because then you will not have enough time to regain your power and knowledge over the weapon, remember it's years since you've wielded any weapon..."

"Then maybe we don't need it. What did I use for however many years as Elizabeth."

"Raw magic strength... Don't tell me you plan on fighting Gaea with just magic? That's absurd!"

"The sooner you can regain control over Heaven, the faster this ends, trust me brother... I will bring this up only once... I am stronger."

"Of course... then so be it sister... I am trusting you to take on Gaea with your current strength. Are you ready?"

"Eternally ready brother. Everything comes down to this..."

And thus, Cosmic dropped the forcefield that surrounded us and Gaea immediately blitz rushed Cosmic while also screaming like a banshee (A fun creation of mine!) flailing her arms around ready to murder my brother. I side eyed Cosmic and he vanished from his position, in the nick of time. Between Cosmic being placed elsewhere and my side-eye, I already had Gaea on the ground. My foot was firmly placed on her back and her arms were tied with a magical seal. I also had a golden chain of light locked around her throat. In the distance I glanced over to see Cosmic on his knees... his shadowy soul had golden eyes now peering through the darkness of himself. His hands were chained down by Heavenly Chains, as well as his legs and neck. He was really committing to such a... perilous... idea.

As expected, suddenly Gaea threw me off of her and broke free from her restraints, with her escape she immediately ran for me, full speed ahead. My eyes widened but I had an idea... I spoke aloud to myself a little spell.

"Gaze upon the shattered skies where Oblivion lies. Look across the horizon where my eyes gaze at your death."

Gaea and I's opposing forces came together at almost equal strength and power. A shining light of our defining colors blitzed across the entire realm of the Gods and an explosion that uprooted the light of Heaven itself, powerful enough to rip apart multiverses on a large scale occurred. I stared right through that aura of Gaea's and as our power clashed together I looked at her deep in the eyes and gathered every ounce of power that was flying out into the open airs of Heaven right now... and formed a javelin. I threw it right at Gaea as hard as I could, and it flew...

As the javelin flew right for Gaea, she'd be knocked and sent sliding backwards at an alarming rate. I was pretty sure it pierced her gut perfectly... But I couldn't have been more wrong. In the distance as Gaea's crimson aura fell flat and everything had settled. All the rubble and energy was done flying. The radiating javelin that I had just thrown right at Gaea was now in her hands and she was completely unharmed... My soul dropped. I messed up. She had a plan. I could tell. She had a dirty smirk on her face.

"𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚜, 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚝. 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚠𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌. 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚢, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙼𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕... 𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛..."

The pause between Gaea's words gave an eerie feel to it as she licked her lips whilst she said that... Gaea was going to kill my brother while he was vulnerable, I was scared, afraid, worried, every word that describes fear, I was feeling right now. I failed my brother... utterly. I began running straight for Gaea at speeds far faster than light, yet I felt so slow still...

"No amount of speed will save you now, Cosmos. Your brother is already dead... witness his death and rejoice with me as I crown myself the true ruler of this sad Omniverse."

Gaea froze me right before I could get to her. She held that javelin with full murderous intent, as if she had waited for this moment since she was just a child... She smiled and threw it... right for Cosmic...

"𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙴𝙽𝙳 𝙸𝚂 𝙽𝙸𝙶𝙷, 𝙲𝙾𝚂𝙼𝙸 𝚃𝚆𝙸𝙽𝚂, 𝙵𝙰𝚁𝙴𝚆𝙴𝙻𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙲𝙴 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝙰𝙻𝙻!"

The javelin struck Cosmic right in the chest... that was enough to kill him in his soul form... Before he was struck his chains around him turned black, he knew what was happening but he was too late to notice.

His soul-form body began to stand up as if it were on auto-pilot now. It stumbled around for a bit before crumbling to ash... his presence was gone. I couldn't feel him anymore. My brother. Dead... It was all my fault. My antics killed him. My own mistake. Now I must face the consequences... which is losing the only person who loved me. My body unfroze and immediately I collapsed to my knees, tears flowed out from my eyes. I couldn't believe this had happened... Cosmic... gone... forever... and ever...

"𝚂𝚎𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝙲𝚘𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚜? 𝙽𝚘𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛... 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍'𝚟𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍'𝚟𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝙾𝚖𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎"

I didn't respond. I just broke. I stared at the ground in complete despair of not knowing what to do. Everything was over... I gave up at that moment.

Then suddenly I heard what seemed to sound like a metallic material fall to the ground...

"What was that?"