10billion years ago a Goddess seeked revenge on Humans for their abuse to her. a Goddess of light and life giving darkness for their foul abuse. every 10 years a sacrifice over 18 years of age must be given for their sins. a sacrifice of foul blood...
"Would you like to see something cool after breakfast?" Xia asks me with a smile. I smile back widely and excitedly.
"Yes, can we go now" I ask impatiently which makes her chuckle. She lifts me and rests me on her hip, taking me down the hallway and to a locked door. She opens it with a key attached to a necklace. It's a basement of sorts but it's not ugly or scary it's beautiful and bug with glowing golden orbs everywhere. I gasp in awe. I want to touch one so badly. "Down please" I say and Xia gently put me down.
I touch an orb gently, it tickles my fingers and makes me feel all fuzzy inside. I hear words coming from it, a voice. "That's a prayer, what is it saying?" I listen closely.
Prayer - "please watch over my mother and father and bless the food we eat"
"She wants you to bless her food" the voice sounded like a girl so I guess it's a she.
"Should I grant it" Xia asks. I nod, of course I nod. Who wouldn't want to see how prayers get granted??? Xia hold the prayer in her hands and her eyes go from just good pupils to fully gold eyes, no white buts or black bits just all gold. And just like that the ball disappeared, gone in a flash of golden light.
"Where did it go?" I ask softly, I miss the wish already... Her eyes go back to normal, well, as normal as her gold eyes do get and smiles at me.
"Well I granted it, it goes into the fulfilled prayer pile. Do you want to see" I nod and she takes my hand firm in hers. Guiding me further into her basement, there were 3 piles. 1 pile labelled fulfilled, 1 pile labelled ungrantable and the 3rd pile labelled Dangerous.
I go to look at the dangerous ones, I'm curious. The orbs are red like blood and when I go to touch one it's sticky and Slimey, not glowy or fuzzy feeling... "Why are these ones so bad"
"I call those Devils snot prayers." I giggle at the word snot, I'm such a child... "Those are prayers from people who want to use me for bad things"
"What about those" I point to the ungrantable pile.
"They are too vauge and selfish. I can't grant them" She explains. This is all so cool.
"Do you have any of my prayers in here" I ask softly she thinks for a moment. She opened a cabinet and some white balls were there, different to the golden ones. I saw other people in them then I saw one with me in it. I remember that prayer, I prayed to her to take me away.
"TAKE ME XIAPHELA, TAKE ME I'LL GO. I AM CURSED I AM CURSED AND I'LL DIE BUT DON'T HURT MY MOTHER." I cry to the heavens above, my heart aching as I watch wine red blood slowly drip down stone slabs.
Tears burning my face like lava, my whole world going hazy and blurry. No family left, no family left, no-
I'm scooped up in a gentle cradle, what did you just say" I look up at her shyly... What did I just say?
"I-I don't know" I confess in a embarrassed state.
"Y-you called me... You called me mommy" I flush pink, I can't believe I called her that but before I can protest she hugs me tightly so much face is in her neck. She has the smell of freshly baked bread, I wrap my arms round her neck and hug her back, a fuzzy feeling taking over me and I don't fight it.
"Mommy, colour" I say softly. She smiles widely and carries me out the basement, she takes me to a library of sorts and sits me on the floor at a small table with paper and colourful pens, pencils, crayons. I decided to draw her some pretty pictures.
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She just say and Read a book which is so boring because there are no pictures at all. "What Yoo weading" I ask, still colouring.
"I'm reading about a romance story. Not written in your time" She says softly.
"Other times, wow when" I'm curious. Not from my time? Then what time...
"Sweet girl heaven isn't in your time, it's infinite and outside of time and Humanity" She explains as she continues to read. I have moved to sit by her feet, I don't want her to read anymore... I want her to focus on me. I slowly climb onto the long seat she is sitting it, it's like a fluffy cloud seat. It's magical!
I get pulled onto her lap but she continues to read. I pull the book down a little and try to bite it, the colours make it look so yummy but don't be tricked!!! Books are not yummy. Yucky books! She just giggles at me, meanie.
I fold my arms and pout at her laughter. "Oh come now princess, I didn't mean it. I'm sorry sweet girl, but you shouldn't just bite things you know" I nod gently and whine sadly. I want to bite something. She hands me a pacifier which she rests on my bottom lip. I slowly accept it in my mouth, letting it Bob up and down in my mouth.
It's not too bad, I kinda like it. She continues to read in silence. Her fingers gently flicking the pages after she has read each one. Her eyes skimming each page as she reads, her breaths coming out in relaxed sighs.
I wiggle out of her lap, I want to find a book of my own. I look at all the pretty books. I find a fairytale section, I don't know what a fairytale is but it's sounds magical. Princess and the frog, Cinderella, snow White... I take snow White off the shelves. Wow she has pitch black hair just like me... I hurry back to mommy. "Wead, me pease" I ask giving her the book held firmly in my hands. She smiles, closes her book and sits me on her lap. She opens the book and we read together all afternoon. It was magical!
