Midnight Storm (Ateez)

Part 3

When Celestial wakes from her slumber she notices that the sun is shining high, confused on how she got in the bed she's currently in. The bed was definitely comfy in her opinion, it was a queen sized bed with soft blue sheets on it. Looking around she notices everything was themed around that color and the moon, there were moon shaped dream catchers on the wall as well as a tapestry above her bed that had all the phases of the moon on it.

She smiles lightly as she gets up from her bed, she wanted to see her brother, or anyone to find out more like she did last night. She finds herself grabbing some clothes and jumping into the shower, she brushed her teeth when she's done but notices she failed to pack her hair brush. Groaning loudly Celestial runs her fingers through her hair as best as she can to unknot it, walking out of her cabin after getting dressed knowing her brother always has spares of everything with him.

"Celestial?" Looking behind her she sees Mingi nervously rubbing his hands together, keeping his eyes locked on the ground.

"Yes Mingi?" She walks closer to him when she hears him mumble, "Huh?"

"I'm sorry Celestial, I didn't mean to upset you. I should have kept quite about it-"

Shaking her head she cuts him off, "No no Mingi. Yes I was hurt when I heard what you said, but I needed to know so I'm happy I heard you." He smiles brightly at her, his eyes disappearing with his eye smile.

"Have you seen my brother?" Nodding Mingi leads her to a picnic area they have set up, everyone was gathered around the table as they chatted away.

"My goodness your hair is messy!" She smiles sheepishly as she twiddled her fingers, "I uh forgot my brush..."

Chuckling Seonghwa stands, a light kiss is placed on her forehead before he walks off to go get the spare brush. "Hey Celestial Mingi is going to show you around after you get your hair brushed."

She nods as she grabs the brush from her brother when he jogs back to them, her head wasn't full of knots but she didn't want it to get any worse. Once she's finished the brush gets taken from her, Mingi leading her around the fortress explaining where everything is located.

"So I heard San explained you're related to three of us."

"Yes! So now I know you, Jongho, and Wooyoung are my cousins. You three are the only blood family I actually know.." looking down Celestial feels Mingi grab her arm, she sees him offer her a sad smile.

"We'll always be here for you Celestial, it gets tense around here sometimes because of me but when you need something don't be afraid to ask."

"Why would it get tense because of you?"

Mingi sighs as he drops his hands to his side, "My mother is Persephone, daughter of Demeter. When my mother was taken by my father grandmother Demeter mourned her, causing all the plants to slowly die because of how sad she was. A deal was struck because my mother ate six pomegranate seeds from my fathers hand, she goes to her mother for six months."

"When my mother was with grandmother Demeter everything blossomed beautifully, but when my mother returns to Hades everything starts to wilt away one again. Because my mother is allowed to come back she comes and visits me before returning to the underworld, hence how I make it tense at times."

She pauses, her soft features harden as she realizes what he means. "So you're the only one who knows one of their parents personally?"

Mingi nods racking his hand through his bright red locks, "When my mother comes to visit it gets very tense between all of us, but one time my mother got involved. She told them it wasn't my fault and that they shouldn't act that way towards me, Hongjoong agreed with her and soon after they all did."

Celestial offers him a warm smile as she grabs his hand, "Mingi she's right, it's far from being your fault."

Smiling he leads her around the fortress showing her where everything was located, even showing off the garden his mother helped him start. She giggles lightly when Mingi shows her the sunflowers he planted, she could tell he was proud of his little garden.

"Would you like to know more about everyone else here?" Celestial nods her head as she runs her fingers a long the petals of the rose in front of her, "Jongho the son of Eros and Tyche, his grandfather is your uncle Ares. His mother Tyche was the Greek goddess of chance, fate, and fortune. She represented not only the positive aspects of life but also the negative ones. The ancient Greeks actually thought she was the reason for any unexpected event that happened in their lives, good or bad."

"His father Eros, the son of Ares, was more commonly known as Cupid. We all think that because of who his father was is because him and Yeosang make a perfect couple. Yeosangs is the son of Artemis and Dionysus, of course his father was know as the God of the vine. His mother was an important Goddess in the lives of women, especially when it came to marriage and young creatures."

"Wooyoung the son of Aphrodite and Zeus, of course his mother is the Goddess of fertility, love, and beauty. His father is more commonly know as the father of the famous Greek hero Hercules. Of course his weapon of choice is a thunderbolt, made for him by the cyclops. I know you want to hear about two certain people in particular, you mother and father."

She turns to look at Mingi seeing he's already looking at her, she nods her head once signaling for him to continue. "Your mother is Selene, and Poseidon is your father. Your father was most notably the God of sea and protector of all waters, he wielded a trident or a three-pronged spear."

"Your mother is the Moon Goddess, she is the daughter of Titans Hyperion and Theia. Selene drives across the sky every night, allowing the moon and stars to shine down on us to light our way during nightfall. She is linked to Artemis and Hecate, all three were known as lunar goddesses."

She smiles as he talks about her, she's always wanted to know who her mother was, where her mother is that was so much more important than staying with her. Knowing her mother drives the moon she looks at and admires every night makes her heart swell with happiness, with joy, and with love for her mother.

"You see that area over there with jewelry hanging from that board?" She looks where Mingis finger is pointing and nods once she sees a board with some nails sticking out of it, necklaces and bracelets hanging delicately from it. "That's Sans work station."

She hums a reply to him, unknowingly walking that direction because a certain bracelet caught her eye. The bracelet was a simple silver hoop, but a shark charm hanged from it. She couldn't tell what stone the charm was carved from upon first inspection, but she had to admit it was stunning.

"That's a rose quartz, it was hard to carve but I managed to get the job done." Celestial gasps as she turns around, her heart felt like it jumped into her throat with how startled she was.

San chuckles as he raises his arms up, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to frighten you, I figured you would have saw me when you were walking over here seen as I waved at you."

Celestial blushes in embarrassment as she looks down, "I'm sorry, I was just so drawn to this bracelet I guess I spaced out a bit." San shakes his head as he grabs the bracelet she's talking about off of the nail, grabbing her wrist in his hands gently.

"It's alright, this bracelet was made due to a request from Poseidon." San clasps the bracelet around her wrist, turning her arm over so the charm is laying on her arm as the sun shines down on it. "It was made for you."

Celestial eyebrows knit together, just by looking at her you could tell she was deeply confused. As San walks away she looks towards the lake that was near his work station, all she could do was wonder why her father would have this made for her if he never wanted her to even be born in the first place.