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(Long ago, in a different realm)
Selene sat on her silver throne, gazing into the mirror room. She sighed heavily and straightened her spine as she felt a presence linger outside of the room. As the door creaked open, Selene's palms tightened on the handles of the chair.
She released her grip as a head of silver hair entered the throne room. A small child bounced into the room, bounding right up to the Goddess.
"Salve mater." The young girl cooed, hands clasped behind her back.
"Huius tu neque auctoritatem latebat, puella?" The Goddess replied, asking what the girl was hiding. The child simply giggled and ran into the mirror room, clutching a large object in her small hands. The Goddess gasped and ran after the girl, terror entering her heart. She caught the girl just before she entered, and raised her hand towards the room. The door slammed closed and disappeared within a second.
The child looked up to the Goddess with wide eyes, her innocent and playful behavior replaced with fear.
"You know better!" The Goddess exclaimed, pulling the girl away from the wall.
"But-!"
"No! You know that you must never go in that room without me! You could fall through the portal. And then I would lose you forever, do you want that? Is that what you want?" She yelled, standing over the quivering child.
"No. I am sorry Goddess." The girl whimpered. She looked down and dropped what was in her hands. She turned without another word and ran out of the room.
The Goddess sighed and walked back to her throne. The thought of the object crossed her mind, and she stopped. She turned back and bent down, delicate fingers touching a soft bundle of glowing moonflowers. She sighed again and sat in her thrown. She lifted her hand towards the drooping flowers and gently waved her fingers. Responding to her magic, the buds and dead petals bloomed again.
"I am sorry, luna meus."
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It had taken around twenty seven minutes for the Goddess to find the child, as there were many halls with twists and turns in her palace. The child liked to hide in many of them.
"Kamaria." The Goddess called as she saw the little toes of the girl peek out from behind a curtain.
"Kamaria isn't in right now." The child whispered, her voice too tiny to be happy.
"Then may I speak to Amaris?" She asked, pulling the curtain back. The sight of the child with tears in her eyes caused her to frown. She leaned down and scooped the child into her arms. Amaris wrapped her arms around her and held tightly.
The Goddess carried the girl into her bedroom, which was as grand as the child could imagine. And Amaris had always had an extraordinary imagination. The Goddess walked into the room and sat on her bed. The two lay back on the large canopy bed.
"Mommy?" The girl asked.
"Yes, my little moon?"
"I'm sorry."
"Amaris?" The Goddess asked.
"Yes?"
"I am also sorry." She said, kissing the head of her only daughter. "I should not have yelled at you. You are my wonderful little moonbug, did you know that?"
The child scrunched her nose and giggled. "I am not a moonbug!"
"Yes!" The Goddess smiled and nodded. "You are the brightest moonbug to ever fly."
The girl smiled and squeezed her mother, careful not to pull her long hair. "You're the bestest Goddess, mommy. But don't tell Aunty 'Dite."
Selene laughed. "My lips are sealed, little moon."
"Can you tell me a story, Mommy?" The girl asked, sliding up on the bed until her head hit the pillows. The Goddess, tucking in her young daughter, began to think of a story she could tell her child.
"Listen carefully, little moonbug, as this story will help you when you need it. Deep in the shadows, burrowed in string and sorrow, live three sisters. One to weave, one to measure, one to cut. And thought they spend their time among string, these sisters are powerful, unstoppable forces of higher nature. They answer to no one. The decide your life, they decide my life, they decide the length of the lives of everyone. They are called the Fates. They have already decided your fate, my little moon. They believe that you were not to live for long, but I created you with the strength of a thousand moons, Amaris. You will live, and you will defy the Fates. You will be the strongest being alive, and you will take down anyone in your way." The Goddess finished. She looked down, only to see the child sleeping. Chuckling, she stood and exited the room.
"In due time."
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Wysteria
Lupi mannari*UNDER SERIOUS EDITING!!! FORMALLY KNOWN AS CHILD OF THE MOON* She is found in the middle of the woods on the night of one of the kingdom's most dreaded storms. She is taken in by a Queen of the name Maribelle and her husband. Together, as they rule...
