𝔗𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱~ 𝔓𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔶 𝔍𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔰𝔬𝔫

Prologue

People say not to listen to rumors, not everything about them are true. Like the story of Nyx being a vile, cruel goddess seeking revenge on the world.

But they weren't wrong, they just didn't finish telling the whole story. Mostly because they didn't know it. Nyx was terrible, but not forever.

At the beginning, Nyx created the world, from a single star to the smallest atom. It was great until people came into the picture, destroying the earth itself.

Years passed and Nyx grew bitter and cold. Even the gods feared what she could do. She went down to earth one day, seeing the world the humans destroyed.

That day turned out different than she expected. People were good and bad. It was hard to describe what she saw. People did care about the earth. And she met someone. A man. Nathan Reynolds.

She saw the world by spending time in it, not looking from afar. She saw that people adapted in the world, they needed to adapt to move on for the future.

Her bitterness changed, she never felt so alive. It was so much different being around people then on Mount Olympus with the others gods and goddesses.

She felt love. A feeling she didn't know she could feel. Nathan made her feel seen, made her feel heard. In secret, they began a relationship. It wasn't until she was attacked by a Minotaur that Nyx had to tell Nathan who she truly was.

They ran away together, but no matter where they went, the gods always found them. The gods saw she was becoming to attached to the world, to the people. She was weak. The only reason she made it far was because of Poseidon.

Poseidon and Nyx were alike, they both loved the human world, it made them feel so alive. They both found love for and in the world.

Unfortunately, Nyx and Nathan weren't able to escape. The gods found them and took Nyx, Nathan never seeing his fiancé again.

Nyx was brought back to Olympus and stripped of her immortality and powers, sent to a prison in the Underworld. Her life she had was gone, she didn't even get to say goodbye.

Unknown to the gods, Nathan wasn't the only one left in their home the night Nyx was taken. A baby girl.

The baby looked just like her mother, although, she had grey, starry eyes that looked unreal. Nathan didn't know how to raise his child alone, when the love of his life was just ripped away from him. But he tried.

For eight years, he raised his daughter the best he could. He was able to get a house, maintain a good job, and got her into a good school. Some don't think him raising her was the safest option for Naia.

To Naia, he was a great father. He always made time for her, whether to help with her homework she had a hard time with because of her ADHD or to spend quality time with her. He also began training her to fight for when monsters would finally find her scent.

But it wasn't the monsters they had to worry about. Zeus found out Nyx's beg secret, the reason she never lost hope she would be able to escape her prison. He found Naia.

He poisoned Nathan's heart so Naia and him could never be within five feet of each other. That's when monsters began attacking. Naia left her home to protect her father. She knew one day, she would find a cure and be with her father again.

She left her father a note, leaving him a little piece of her.

𝙳𝚊𝚍,

𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚙𝚊, 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎.

𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚠𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕. 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚓𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢. 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.

𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢, 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚆𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙. 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚞𝚙. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜.

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚙𝚊. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍, 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚜. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝.

𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚞𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚊 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎.

𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙱𝚞𝚐,
𝙽𝚊𝚒𝚊

Of course, there were many spelling mistakes in her letter that took about an hour to write. It's been six years since Naia has seen her father, and a day didn't go by where Nathan didn't think of his Bug.