The Leviathan's Constellation

Chapter 1: The Past 9041 BCE

"Love is giving someone the power to destroy you... but trusting them not to." -E. Lockhart

Cassiopeia was walking quickly down the palace corridor with Sierra in tow. Dark blonde hair flowed down her back in a waterfall of curls and braids. Her black and blue dress billowed with every step as tendrils of fabric waved in the wind. She had heard rumors and she needed to know the truth, her blue eyes sparkling with excitement. Sierra, Cassiopeia's demon companion, bounced cheerfully as she flew behind Cassiopeia, her wings flapping excitedly. She was also beautiful but in her own demonic way. Her wings were like a bat's but they were purple and black, almost seeming too small to hold her above the ground. Her purple and black hair was pulled back in cornrows of braids down her head with pieces of ribbon tied in throughout, her tiny horns poking through the braids. Her alabaster skin seemed to glow in the light contrasting her black leather outfit. She looked beautiful and innocent but she was a lethal demon feared by other pantheons. Walking through the large golden doors that were already open to Cassiopeia's mother's chambers they saw one of her mother's handmaidens.

"Where is she?"

"Through there."

The handmaiden gestured towards the bedroom chamber door. Cassiopeia hurried over pushing the doors open without touching them. Lilith was a vision of beauty. She was standing at the end of her bed readjusting her dress. Her long silver blonde hair fell down to her waist. Her black dress fell all the way to the floor and trailed behind her when she walked. She looked like the ruler she was, queen of the Atlantean Gods. Looking up with her grey eyes as the chamber doors opened her face became brighter when she laid eyes on her daughter. At the end of the bed Raffaela was packing up her small bag.

"My little star. Why do you enter so urgently?" Lilith asked, toying with her as she sat on the bed. Cassiopeia hurried over to sit next to her mother.

"Is it true?!"

Lilith laughed.

"How did you hear so quickly?"

Cassiopeia tries not to look at the two guilty demons standing on the other side of the bed behind Lilith. Normally Lilith would be angry by her companions not keeping this a secret but she knew why they wanted to tell her daughter. Cassiopeia had been waiting a long time for this.

"Yes." Reaching down to put both her hands on her belly. "You are going to be a sister."

Cassiopeia smiled in excitement.

"I think it's a boy!" Raffaela said as she headed towards the door to leave. "Just think, a little prince!"

"We must go tell Archon the good news." Lilith said with a smile.

As they walked down the hall towards the main hall of the Atlantean Parthenon, Cassiopeia looked out of the windows at the water and ocean below. They lived in Katoteros, home of the Atlantean Gods. It was a series of small islands in a separate realm from earth. The main temple, where her and her immediate family lived, was on the largest of the islands. It was less of a temple and more of a palace. On the highest point of all the islands it overlooked all the other temples. As she looked out the window she could see the main path that lead down to the smaller temples for the other Gods and goddesses. The further you got from the main temple the lesser important the Gods that resided there were. Cassiopeia loved her home. She had always enjoyed the ocean and she had a perfect view from most places around the temple. When she was quiet she could almost aways hear the ocean waves crashing against the rocks and cliff-sides. She could smell the fresh ocean breeze wafting through the open windows and archways. When Cassiopeia and Lilith entered the main hall Archon was sitting on his throne talking with some of the other Gods. He also looked like a ruler. His blonde hair fell to his cheeks just below his bright blue eyes. He was wearing a traditional Atlantean robe that just happened to match his daughter's in color. He was speaking with Lorcán, god of strength and power, when he saw them enter smiling at their presence.