My Place among the Gods
Kochou-hime
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The Beginning
Along time ago, before the time of great heroes and great evil adversaries, the immortals (later known as the Gods by the first mortals) ruled the entire universe on high. After thousands of years of staring at a blank space littered with stars, the immortals decided to create a lesser race of mortals that would live short life spans and decide their destination in their after life by how they lived their mortal lives.
The leader of these immortals, the great God who called himself Zeus, who had recently overthrown his father Cronus along with the other titans, and had taken leadership among the Gods, created millions of planets with a flick of his wrist. On these planets soon emerged the beginnings of life in which the Gods enjoyed to watch.
Most Gods only watched, but some were too curious and masked themselves as mortals and observed them up close. Pregnancies of young mortal women could not be prevented at this occurrence and one day the Gods, male and female, had come to Zeus and asked him where does a child that is half mortal and half God belong? The great Zeus thought about this for sometime before he had come back to them with an answer. "A child that is fathered by a God to a mortal woman is only half of a God" Zeus proclaimed, "and a child only half a God is still mortal and will never be able to live amongst us in Mt. Olympus." The Gods nodded in agreement but were shocked to realize that Zeus had not finished his proclamation, "However, if a child that is half a God grows up and proves him or herself worthy and Godly, then said child will be permitted immortality and can join us among Mt. Olympus…"
Many mortals that had led good lives were granted an after life of bliss in the heavens, and the mortals that were evil at heart were kept in the underworld that was guarded by Zeus's brother, Hades. But never, had a child that was unknowingly or knowingly half God, been permitted to live amongst the God's in Mt. Olympus…
Regal horns blew, white flower petals practically rained from the skies as the crowds and crowds of people strained to see their new leader march down the velvet carpet toward the throne. The war was over, and the nine main planets that orbited around the star Sun had joined together in an alliance appropriately named the Silver Alliance. The war had been won by the side of Silver, a people that believed in peace and always believed that war was never the first answer to a problem. The war driven people had been forced to leave to planets across the galaxy and lead their war filled and fighting lives amongst themselves. These people also created an alliance, calling themselves the Gold Alliance, in an almost bitter fashion.
The capital of the Silver Alliance had been chosen on an inconspicuous planet, or rather Earth's lone Satellite, the Moon. Selenity walked solemnly to the throne as guards surrounded her. Selenity's mother, Serenity, had been the leader of their people to bring them to victory, but since she had died in battle, the people had chosen Serenity's second in command, her daughter Selenity, to be in chief command of the Silver Alliance. Selenity's eyes welled up with unshed tears when she finally reached the throne, she couldn't help but miss her mother terribly, yet be happy that her dreams and aspirations had finally come true. Selenity put a comforting hand to her pregnant midsection as she listened the man holding a brilliant crown before her speak.
Oh yea…Selenity was pregnant.
No one knew for sure who the father was, she had mysteriously started to show pregnancy a week before the crowning ceremony. However, it seemed to be the least of everyone's concerns as they were too excited to finally see their peaceful dreams come true. After a few words remembering the war and those who lost their lives, the man placed the crown upon Selenity's head and everyone inside and outside the doors of the enormous palace cheered. After her crowning she appointed the main people involved in the peace effort, to be the leaders and caretakers of the other respective planets in the Alliance. Unknowingly, at the same moment the crown had touched her head, the very first king of planet Vegeta, a planet in the Gold Alliance now filled with a war driven people by the name of Saiya-jinns, had taken his place on the throne.
After the commotion was over, and Selenity had said goodbye to her closest friends as they left to their respective planets, she was finally alone in the throne room. As she sat upon the throne she put her hand to her heart and felt the warmth of the Imperium Silver Crystal, which had encased the life force of her mother, the sole power that had defeated their enemies when Selenity had used it on them. Selenity sighed and moved her hand to her pregnant belly. She smiled when she could feel tiny kicks and knew that she should expect the baby's birth soon. Her happiness turned to somberness as she lifted her eyes and stared out the skylight in the tall ceiling. She stared at it for a couple moments before anger filled her bright blue eyes that were framed by her silvery white hair.
"I know that I hate you, but I'm not sure if I hate you more for deceiving me, or for leaving me and your child alone." She spat towards the sky. In her anger a bright golden light had shot from her forehead alerting the guards as they went running toward her. The guards stared in awe as a golden upturned half-moon appeared on the forehead of their new queen. One of the guards brought her a mirror causing Serenity to gasp when she looked into it. She shook her head and returned the mirror to the guard. "After this new development I will now turn into bed." She announced as the guards nodded and led her to the Queen's bedroom. As the Queen slept she had no knowledge that every move she made was being carefully watched…
Piercing blue eyes surrounded by wildly blonde hair stared at the new Queen's sleeping figure. He watched without blinking until finally he parted his lips to speak to the sleeping figure. "Dearest Selenity all will soon reveal itself." Without another word, the man disappeared.
"Hey! This place is weird!" a tiny girl with blonde hair tied up into pony-tails and meatball shapes on top exclaimed as she ran out of the space vessel. She wore a tiny white dress and was followed by her mother outside the vessel.
"Serenity! Calm down, you must behave like a lady!" Selenity scolded toward her daughter. Selenity's daughter was nearly a spitting image of her, she wore the same hairstyle as her mother as well as the same style of dress. Peculiarly, she also had the upturned moon insignia on her forehead that had appeared on Selenity's own forehead during pregnancy. Serenity, pouting, obeyed her mother and walked calmly beside her along with their escorts. Selenity smiled at her lively daughter that had been appropriately named after her mother.
The planet they were on was very hot and very dry. There were very few plants, and the usual grass that Serenity was accustomed to on the Moon was replaced with dark red sand. Her mother had informed her that the planet they were on was Mars, and that they had come to visit her mothers friend as well as attend Princess Mars' birthday party. They finally arrived at a brilliant palace that almost seemed red as it reflected the sand. A woman with raven black colored hair in a long red dress rushed out the palace doors towards her mother. The woman embraced her mother in a fit of tears. "Selenity! It is so good to see you after all this time" the woman said as she choked back tears of happiness.
"I have missed you as well Reina!" Selenity exclaimed happily as she parted from the hug. Reina and Selenity chatted for a few moments when Reina looked down and locked eyes with the young Serenity. Selenity noticed her friend glance at her daughter and smiled. "Queen Mars, this is my daughter, Princess Serenity" Selenity smiled as both the Queen of Mars and her daughter bowed to each other.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Serenity, my daughter is very excited to meet you as well" the lady that Selenity had called Reina and also Queen Mars said. After their introductions the threesome along with Selenity's escorts walked into the palace. Being sure that Serenity was out of earshot Queen Mars whispered to Selenity "Her hair color is just like her father's…" Selenity nodded solemnly to the remark as they entered the room where Princess Mars was having her birthday party.
Serenity looked around; there were a lot of people in the large room. There were couples of men and women wearing the same color, which seemed rather strange to Serenity. In front of the adults there were also children around Serenity's age. There were four girls in dresses similar to her own as well as one little boy. They seemed to all know each other which made Serenity feel a little out of place. Wearily, as her mother was swarmed by the adults, Serenity walked slowly over to the group of children. They were playing some sort of game when suddenly they turned around and stopped to look at her. A girl in a red dress walked gracefully over to Serenity after a few moments and smiled. "You must be Princess Serenity! I'm Rei…I mean…Princess Mars." Serenity smiled at her and greeted her which enticed the other children to run over and introduce themselves as well. The girl in the green dress was Lita, Princess of Jupiter, the girl in a blue dress was Ami, Princess of Mercury, the girl in an orange dress was Mina, Princess of Venus, and finally the young boy was named Darien, the Prince of Earth. Serenity was happy to meet her new friends and quickly engaged in games with them.
"Well, Princess Serenity has taken to the children rather quickly!" Queen Venus exclaimed as all the adults turned their attention to their children. Selenity smiled as she noticed that the Prince of Earth and her daughter were picking on each other, the others grinned as well.
"I heard a rumor about a plan with the two of them" the King of Jupiter remarked slyly only to be elbowed by his queen. Selenity smiled as the King and Queen of Earth grinned from ear to ear.
"I've never been a patron of arranged marriages" Selenity began, "but it looks like it might not be an issue with these two." Everyone laughed and continued their conversation until it was time for Princess Mars to open her gifts. The Princess had received a lot of wonderful things including toys, clothes, and jewelry. After all the gifts had been opened Serenity held out a small wrapped box to Princess Mars.
"For me?" Princess Mars exclaimed as she opened her last present. Inside the box was a peculiar object, it was a tiny rod with a gold handle and a red top in the shape of the symbol for her planet, Mars. "What is it?" Princess Mars asked curiously.
Serenity shrugged, "My mom told me that when you get older it will give you magical powers!" Princess Mars looked very excited as she gave Serenity a giant hug.
"Thank you Serenity! Will you be my best friend?" Princess Mars asked hopefully. Serenity smiled and nodded as the two girls hugged again. After Mars had opened her presents Selenity gave the other girls similar looking rods as well, she had also given Serenity a rose to give to the Prince of Earth, which he accepted with a blush. After the day was over Serenity and her mother returned to their space vessel for the trip home. Serenity couldn't help but notice that all of the children had two parents; they had referred to their male parent as "father, dad, or daddy."
After they returned to the Moon Kingdom, Serenity entered her mother's room while she was preparing for bed. "Mom?" Selenity smiled at her daughter and motioned for her to sit on the bed beside her.
"What is it dear?" Selenity asked.
"I was wondering, why do the other children have a 'father' and I do not?" Serenity asked innocently. Pain swept through Selenity's eyes as she stroked her daughter's blonde hair.
"Well Serenity," Selenity sighed, "you do have a father, but he… lives in a place in which you cannot go." Serenity looked confused.
"Why can I not go there?" she asked just as innocently. Selenity smiled and kissed her daughter's forehead.
"That is a story for another day my sweet Serenity, but do not worry, I did not have a father either and everything turned out fine." Serenity smiled at her mother's encouraging words and hopped off the bed and scampered off to her room. Selenity sighed and turned off the light.
The sound of blood curdling screams sounded throughout the palace as a 16 year old Serenity rushed down the palace halls. She ran outside the palace doors and saw her best friends fighting monsters attacking the Moon Kingdom. She watched as her fiancé, Darien, swung his mighty sword slashing the enemies left and right. One by one she watched powerlessly as her friends fell to the monsters and the evil Queen Beryl, one of the monarchs of Earth that was using her evil magic to hurt her friends. Princess Mars was flung against the palace wall; Serenity could take no more as she ran to her dying friend's side. "Rei! You can't die! You just can't!" Serenity screeched. Sailor Mars' eyes flew open angrily at Serenity.
"Serenity! You must hide! We are trying to protect you!" Sailor Mars yelled as she gasped for air. A large booming sound came from above causing Serenity to shake.
"Ah Princess Serenity! The infamous boyfriend robber has finally shown her pretty little face!" Queen Beryl bellowed from above. Serenity cried out in fear as Darien jumped in front of her.
"Back off Beryl! She is my true love and she never took me away from you, I never loved you!" Prince Darien spat. Beryl wailed with pain as she looked evilly at Darien and Serenity.
"If you love her than you will never love another!" Beryl screeched. She sent a bolt of negative energy that finished off the three monarchs. Serenity's lifeless body lay between the bodies of her fiancé and her best friend.
Queen Selenity had arrived at the scene just in time to see her daughter be sent the final blow that killed her beloved daughter and friends. She had been away from the Moon Kingdom on business and had left immediately in haste at word that the Kingdom had been being attacked by the evil and jealous Queen Beryl. "No!" Selenity screamed at the sight at her daughter's death. Her escorts looked on helplessly as the evil Queen bellowed in laughter in the sky. Selenity silenced her tears and summoned her deepest power, the imperium silver crystal, while closing her eyes. 'Daughter,' she said to herself, 'you will live a wonderful life, I will send you away to a time away from all of this…I love you.' She had summoned her power as her eyes flew open. She looked down to her trusted feline advisors Luna and Artemis. "I am sending you all 1000 years into the future with no recollection of this war and pain, if my daughter and her court should need to defend themselves, I am sending you with the power tools of the planets, in which respectively they can use for protection" the felines nodded painfully as they, the princess and her court, and Darien disappeared. The Queen collapsed to the ground in a loss of energy as the Evil Queen Beryl bellowed in disgust.
"You sent them into the future? I will live for 1000 years silly Selenity, and I will crush them! I will crush them for what they did to me!" Beryl screamed. She smiled wickedly as she conjured up a horrible monster that took care of the Queen's escorts and stalked menacingly toward Selenity. "Goodbye Selenity!" Queen Beryl cackled as she disappeared leaving only the monster and Selenity. Selenity looked weakly at the monster as it roared at her weak form.
"Go ahead and kill me you wicked beast, you've already taken everything from me that ever mattered." Selenity spat at the monster. The monster raised its menacing claw and brought it down upon her only to whip it back to its body whimpering after it had touched her. Selenity became confused as suddenly all of her energy flew back into her body and she stood up. She looked at her hands and gasped as they were glowing gold she felt a tingle on her back and heard a whoosh like sound. She glanced behind her and noticed a pair of brilliant white wings; her silvery blonde hair had become completely silver as she turned back towards the monster. The monster was quaking with fear as she stepped menacingly toward it. The monster bowed and was whimpering. "Why do you fear me now beast, when you were trying to kill me before!" The beast lowered its head and got down on its knees.
"I am sorry your godliness! I did not know that you…" The beast started as it continued to whimper. Selenity backed up from it and looked at her hands again as they continued to glow gold. Suddenly a bolt of lightening came from the sky and fried the screaming monster. Selenity jumped back and whipped around at the sound of a soft laughing behind her.
"YOU!" she screamed at the newcomer as he sauntered over toward her. He was the most handsome of men, being the God of the God's he was the model of the male body of any well built humanoid being. His hair was wild and golden, his eyes were blue and laughter rang in them at the look at her startled and angry face. "You abandoned both her and me…and let her die!" she screamed. He silenced her by putting a finger to her mouth. "I'm sorry your lordship…" She whispered as her eyes cast to the ground. He laughed softly and lifted her chin to look him in the eyes.
"Being mine," he said with laughter as she narrowed her eyes suspiciously at him, "as well as the fairest goddess I've met; I permit you to call me by name." Her eyes widened at what he had called her.
"Goddess?" she stammered, "How am I a goddess? I was born mortal to a mortal mother…" she continued. Zeus smiled as he held Selenity around her waist as they suddenly appeared in the heavens. Selenity's eyes widened as her eyes took in Mt. Olympus for the very first time. The two walked through the gates, in which no mortal was ever permitted to pass without punishment of death where the other God's and Goddess's cheered upon their arrival.
"First," Zeus began as everyone listened intently, "you should meet you father, Eros." Eros, the God of love, approached Selenity and hugged her; she tensed at first but returned the hug after meeting her father for the very first time. Zeus grinned at her as her father released her after his greeting.
"I don't understand," she stammered, "I was born a mortal, how can I be here?" Everyone chattered in commotion until silenced by Zeus.
"You were born half God, and upon proving yourself as a true hero by sacrificing your life for the ones you loved, you're full immortality was awarded." Zeus explained. Selenity looked from her father's grinning face to the other smiling faces around her. The happy commotion was ruined when two other God's brought a screaming man through the golden gates. Selenity turned her glance toward Zeus whose face had turned stone cold at the site at the gates. She felt sudden panic, as did the other Gods, when storm clouds emitting lightening and thunder starting filling the skies. The man being dragged by the other two God's was dreadful. He had dark black hair and pale almost gray skin. His eyes shone blood red as he cackled evilly at the sight of Selenity. She cowered and felt instantly protected when Zeus stepped in front of her, his long white cape blocking her from his view. "I presume you are the one responsible for releasing the great titan Chaos from Tartarus, Hades" Zeus said coolly while brushing off his arm.
The man called Hades screamed and tried to free himself from the other two God's iron grip. "Yes!" Hades shouted ultimately in defeat, "I did release Chaos! And now he will rein terror over the universe forever!" Zeus looked calmly upon Hades as he continued his rant. "I should be in power foolish brother!" Hades spat, "Especially when you run around and impregnate mortals and bring their new godliness back to Mt. Olympus while I spend my time in the hellish underworld!" Zeus seemed unimpressed at his brother's rantings and with a clap of thunder his eyes started glowing dangerously which caused Hades to shrink back.
"If you do so enjoy releasing titans from Tartarus than you shall take the place of Chaos until he is properly returned to his prison!" The two God's bowed to Zeus and carried off a screaming Hades toward the gates to take him toward the Tartarus underworld until Zeus called out to one of them. "Oh, and Ares, you are in charge of the underworld until we find a replacement." Ares nodded his head in excitement of torturing evil souls in hell as he and the other God continued to take the screaming Hades to Tartarus. The thunder clouds cleared the sky as Zeus turned his once hateful eyes toward Selenity who was cowering behind him. He half smiled at her and she looked at him worriedly.
"Chaos is free, I'm sure he'll be after Serenity in 1000 years," Selenity said worriedly, Zeus brought Selenity toward him and looked seriously at her.
"Serenity is my daughter, if I caged him once, she can do it as well," Selenity smiled at his pride but also at the fact that her daughter would have every ability to care for herself. Selenity suddenly face faulted when she realized something. Zeus grinned as he read her mind.
"Yes…Serenity is half God as well." Zeus almost hissed in amusement. One thing Selenity had noticed in her own voice as well as Zeus's is that it had a majestic echo that seemed to ring all around them. "So if she proves herself worthy, as a true hero" Zeus started "and if she's anything like her mother she will" he said causing Selenity to blush and grin at him, "then she too will one day join us as a goddess in Mt. Olympus…"
No Dragonball Z until the next chapter…sorry! This was more like Queen Selenity's story but an important background to the entire fiction…hopefully it didn't bore you!
Kochou-hime