The Exiled God

Chapter 0.5

It all started with a young woman. She was beautiful, young and carefree. She was nice to those who didn't deserve it and mean to those who hurt the ones she loved. She was loved by everyone in her village.

She went off to the forest to grab some flowers to make her little sister a flower crown, "Mom, Sis, I'll be back by nightfall!" She shouted before shutting the door. As she walked by the busy streets of her village, and she smiled at everyone with a blinding innocence. No one had the guts not to smile back. She was radiant and innocent, all the men in her village wanted to woo her, all the woman in her village wanted to be her. She was living a nice life, or so everyone else thought.

"I wonder what flowers I should pick" she thought out loud. She then heard a scream and dropped everything she had in her hands and ran toward the noise. 'Whoever it is, please be okay.' She hoped.

She arrived towards the scream and saw a black haired woman her age laying on the floor looking lifeless. She gasped and the moment she came into contact with the woman, she blacked out.

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She groaned, "what happened?" She rubbed her head. "What happened to that— girl?" Looking around for the girl only for nothing to be found. 'I must've  fainted' she thought.

Forgetting about the flowers, she ventured back to her village. Yet again, she smiled at everyone she passed by except this time no one smiled back. She shrugged it off and walked straight to her home, her smile not faltering one bit. "Mom! Sis! I'm home." She announced her arrival.

"Cerevia?" Her mother looked at her in shock. The beautiful young woman was confused to why her mother was shocked, she had just been gone for a few hours, but why did her mom look so old? She was confused, some things didn't make sense to her. The people in the village always smiled back to her and always welcomed her with open arms, now her mother was shocked that she came back. 'Where is my sister?' she thought to herself. She suddenly collapsed to the ground, immense pain travelling to her lower back and stomach. She screamed, not knowing what was happening and why she was in pain. Her mother rushed toward her and guided her toward the bed. "Cerevia, You're burning up!" Her mother immediately went to get a cloth and wet it in warm water, then placed the cloth on her head.

The beautiful woman screamed and screamed while her mother watched in worry. 'She hasn't been home in almost a year and came back only to be like this? What happened these past 8 months?' Her mother thought. Her mother immediately ran to the village doctor and  called him to come over as fast as possible.

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"This is insane, you've never made love with a man before?" The doctor asked Cerevia. The poor girl shook her head in tears. "I'm.. pregnant?" Her mother stood beside her, the same amount of confusion showing on her face. "Cerevia dear, can u explain why you were gone in almost 9 months?" The girl looked up at her mother, "9 months?" Cerevia was shocked. She only had passed out, how did that turn to 9 months?

"The day I went to go retrieve flowers for sis, I walked into the forest and heard a scream. I followed the scream thinking that someone was in danger or hurt and I stumbled across a young lady. When I touched her, I blacked out. However, I think I was just dreaming and tripped and fainted." She explained. Her head cocked to the side, "by the way, where IS sis?"

Her mother had a solemn expression. "after a week u went missing, she was utterly worried about you. Everyday she went to the forest wondering where you would've gone. One winter she tripped, hit her head and drowned. I'm sorry Cerevia." Her mother had tears in her eyes.

It took Cerevia a moment to sink in the Information. Her sister was dead, she was gone for 9 months and she's pregnant.

'Dear God, what have I done to deserve this?'

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Although she wondered how she got pregnant, she couldn't abandon her own unborn child so she decided to give birth to the child and take care of them.

Months of her pregnancy passed, and those months were hard. Everyone in the village never looked at her the same way after finding out she was pregnant.

'She probably eloped with a man and he got her pregnant and left her'

'She's such a slut, I can't believe she would mate before marriage'

'I wanted to be her and now I just want her gone'

Despite receiving countless of criticism from the people in her village, she was in love with her unborn child. For some reason, she had a feeling that the baby was a girl and that she would bring great things when born.

She continued to take care of herself and her baby along with her ageing mother. Life was hard, but the smile in her face never faltered. Nevertheless, having a child is a miracle for a woman. It was very hard to be able to have children for people in this village. She thought that her unborn child was a gift from god.

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"ONE MORE PUSH" the doctor guided Cerevia. She screamed in pain, took a deep breath and pushed as hard as she could. "AHHHHHHHHHHH" she gripped her mother's hand. She felt hopeless, she had been pushing for more than 8 hours and she was losing blood fast. She was going to close her eyes and rest when the cries of her baby girl echoed around the room.

"It's a girl." The doctor smiled at Cerevia. The tired lady was handed her cute little baby. "Hey there cutie, what would your name be?" She smiled fondly at her daughter.

A sharp pain struck Cerevia in the head. 'Eris' a voice in her head said. She paid no mind to the voice, thinking it was because of the amount of blood she lost. "Welcome to the world my dear Eris." She smiled, then fell asleep with her daughter in her hands.

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"and that's the story of how you were born."