Chapter 45: Chapter 45
REVELATIONS PT 2
ALANA'S POV
I stare at the female before me as her energy was sucked again by the chains that bound her.
"You" I breathe "You are Lena the goddess of creation?"
She nodded as though she was not suffering "I am"
I stood up instinctively feeling the need to pace but not able due to the lack of gravity in this dimension. That was when I realized that there was an almost invisible magical circle around her preventing me from going any closer, it was warding me off.
"Why are you here?" I asked
"I made a mistake" she said
"A huge one which resulted in me being trapped and punished"
I almost scoffed, "You made a mistake? Aren't you like the most obedient of all God's children in the silver city"
She took a deep breath
"Yes, sit down so I can tell you the answers to all your questions"
As if her word was my command I sat down before her about ten feet away.
"How do you know my questions?"
"I have seen your heart Alana as well as your mind which is why I brought you here. I know all your thoughts"
"Okay well could you start by explaining what those visions were"
She smiles at me which only amplifies her beauty
"I will get to those but before I do I need to start from the beginning so you understand the gravity of the whole situation"
I nod my approval indicating her to start.
"It all began a couple of centuries ago when Aphrodite first came to earth, being the goddess of beauty naturally, she captivated many of the creatures almost instantly. Even the ruler of the skies, the dragon king fell madly in love with her, however, his love was not reciprocated by her and she ended up falling for a shifter of a docile nature. In that time the creatures of the earth did not possess human skins as a favor to Aphrodite a goddess whom I have always took a liking to, I gave her lover the skin of a human so they could be together. My goodwill sparked the flame of jealousy within the other creatures, driving them to the point where they brutally murdered the innocent shifter. When Aphrodite came back to earth to find Her lover dead she in the clutches of rage destroyed both races of dragon folk and shifter kind"
"Initially i was upset at the fact that Aphrodite had gone as far as destroying the two most powerful races i had created but after looking at things clearer i realize that i was the main cause of what happened, had i not yielded to Aphrodite's request or had i been fair and granted all the races a second skin that shifter would not have died, causing the devastating results that came after. so after my self analysis i decided to forgive what Aphrodite had done but the goddess was not satisfied because after the anger had worn off she fell into a pit of despair due to the heartache she fell from the loss of her lover. she pleaded with me time and time again to request that my father resurrect her lovers soul but i knew i could not do that but Aphrodite did not care she knew what she wanted and she was willing to break the rules for it.
she disappeared for some time plunging herself in the dark arts of forbidden magic trying to resurrect her lover, i on the other had came up with a way to restore the shifter and dragon races with the help of the goddess Athena. unfortunately when Aphrodite found out about this she hunted the two boys. one died at an early age while the other died in battle against Aphrodite after losing his mate. both souls were sent to the underworld by my father where the were raised by Lucifer and are now know as the sins of pride and wrath.
Aphrodite's failed attempts had driven her to the brink of insanity and once again she came to plead with me and once again i refused. this went on until Lucifer had began frequenting his visits to earth, i came to know that he had became trapped in the web of love and had fallen for a human he wanted me to grant them a mate bond however our father refused his request and told him he had to earn that humans affections himself without any help only then could his rebellious son truly understand the meaning of unconditional love. As the love between Lucifer and Olivia blossomed my brother truly began to understand what it meant to love but soon trouble came knocking at his door in the form of a power hungry sorcerer. As the war that started escalated and sweet Olivia was caught in the middle losing her life. Lucifer lost both his beloved and his daughter that day and he then understood the full depth of grief loss and despair. Within the clutches of darkness Lucifer destroyed many places searching for his daughter.
however, despite public opinion he is not a evil person and he did not want to mindlessly destroy everything around him but he had lost control of his powers so he sought me out to help him. i knew where catalaya was but i could not tell him i could only watch over her because she would be the one to redeem her father. when Lucifer asked me to seal his powers i did but not in the way he expected instead of sealing them within him i removed it and sealed it within catalaya. it took almost all of my energy to do that, i was at my weakest and was making preparations to return to the silver city to recuperated unfortunately Aphrodite whom had been keeping watch on me, struck first. because i was extremely weak i was defeated fighting against her and that was when she trapped me in this pocket dimension using my own powers to keep me here.
"But if your own powers are used to keep you here why are you suffering that much" i question
"my own powers are used to bind me here and since i am my father's daughter not many have the power to release me from my own magic. which brings me back to catalaya, she has the heart as well as the power to release me."
"heart and power what does that mean?"
"Catalaya may be a demon but she has the heart of a human in addition to last of the divine powers of her father who was once known as the bringer of light"
i gasp in shock my body trembling as i try to process the information i'd just been given, then something occurs to me that i think this goddess had over looked.
"it is true that Cat is powerful, way more than i anticipated however she can barely manage her powers now how is she suppose to withstand divine magic if she cannot handle the little power she can harness now"
"that is true which is where you come in Alana, who better to teach her to harness and control these powers than you who have studied both modern and ancient magic texts, your understanding and comprehension of magic far out ways that of your predecessors which is why I brought you here"
"Right now Catalaya is in terrible shape, Andreas has betrayed hell and sided with Aphrodite"
"What!!?!" I shout in surprise
"H-how could he- I thought- what about Cat she must be heartbroken" I say in disbelief barely able to complete a sentence
"Catalaya is currently in the depths if despair my heart aches for her but Andreas had to do as I asked it was the only way to get Aphrodite to lower her guard against him and Catalaya can turn her pain into strength to get stronger for what is to come"
"What do you mean I don't understand, you asked Andreas to betray hell?"
"Yes I did"
"Why"
"Aphrodite was the one who killed Andreas when he was a mortal not only had she killed him and his mate she casted a spell on him sealing his heart so he would never be able to love again or have a second chance mate. Not only did this spell cause Andreas to become heartless he also gained a third form which was a personification of the evil trapped in his heart. What Aphrodite doesn't know is that Catalaya has already broken the spell she casted and when Catalaya and Andreas mated they hadn't just formed a relationship they created a soul bond which is different from a mate bond because it is unbreakable even in death."
If Aphrodite knows that she can no longer control Andreas because of Catalaya she would target her like she had his first mate and if Catalaya dies so will all of you"
"But if that's true why did we all die in the future that I saw?"
"The future is not set in stone Alana what you saw is just one possibility however it is the highest at this point but there is a way for it to change and that depends on how hard you work to teach her what she needs to learn"
"Teach her? Teach what?"
"How to unlock her powers, I will show you how"
"What if I can't do it what if I mess up what if-"
"Alana!" She says cutting he off
"Huh"
"I'm not asking you I'm telling you that you're the only person who can do this, while there may be others stronger than you they are not as adept as you are in learning plus you can relate to Catalaya more than they would be able to, you can spark the confidence she needs now more than ever"
"You recall the visions I showed you?" She asks
"Yes"
"Those are not random they will happen they are happening now, as we speak Catalaya is about to be kidnapped by the daughter of the sorcerer that killed Olivia she will swap bodies with her in an effort to trick Lucifer and kill him in order to take over hell. Whether or not my brother falls for it is up to him however the body of that witch has long past it's expiration date and the moment she hosts catalaya's body and stop supplying hers with magic the body will die and Cat's soul will be trapped in it forever and then you won't be able to save her"
"What!?" I shout in surprise standing upright instinctively
"Doesn't that mean I have to go save her right now?" I ask
"Yes however before you go I need to give you something"
"What is it?"
She touched my head and I felt a searing pain as if something was being imprinted in my mind, when the pain faded I found myself with knowledge that had been lost for centuries, I looked up at her in shock
"You know what to do with the information I've given you" she tells me
"Yes, I will do my best" I promise
"Good, now go Catalaya needs you"
"How am I suppose to get out of here?" I say
"Use your bond to Cat visualize her in your mind and imagine yourself being where she is"
I close my eyes and picture my best friend in my mind her raven black hair her deep blue eyes and her smooth chocolate colored skin. When I opened my eyes again I was behind a huge house with a path leading to somewhere. A vision of Cat sinking in water flashed across my mind and I immediately opened my wings and flew in the direction my instincts told me to go.
I soon reached a lake and that was when I saw the last of Cat's head going under, I dove headfirst into the water and quickly pulled her out bringing us to the banks of the lake but I was too late the magic in that witch's body had already been drained. As I racked my brain trying to save her that's when Mr morningstar appeared q d brought us back here and you guys know the rest.
As I finish my monolog I look around to see every person sporting different expressions. Fear, shock, anger, none looked better than the other.
"Wait I'm still confused about something what is a soul bond?" Merlin asks
"It's a bond that is created between two people of their own free will unlike the mate bond that snaps in as soon as you come of age and meet your mate , a soul bond is created over time and is complete when both parties fully accept each other" leviathan explains
"So what happens now that Andreas has betrayed us does their bond disappear"
"No, a soul bond is unbreakable unless a soul is destroyed and even then the other party will die as well, however if one party dies and the soul isn't destroyed both souls will reunite once again in the afterlife"
"Wow, I see" says Merlin
"So Alana is that all that the moon goddess said?" Lilith asks
"Yeah pretty much"
"So whats this about is dying??" She questions again
"Well that's the thing in order for Cat to unlock the power she sealed within her there needs to be a blood sacrifice and it has to be on a large scale" I explain carefully
"Which means in order for her to defeat Aphrodite we all have to die" lucifer says adding what I was too scared to say
"Yes" I replied with tears as filled my eyes that one vision replaying in my mind where not only did we all die but Cat as well
The mood in the room had now gone completely somber and the we suddenly heard a murderous thundering growl. All eyes turned to the direction it came from and we all froze at the sight
"C-Cat" I breath out barely able to say her name due to shock and other multitude of emotions