Chapter 12: The Portal

[Gia’s POV]

My soul was thrust into a portal. Feeling the energies swirling around my aura, while watching the colorful explosions of light all around me, had me confused and in awe. I looked up towards my destination and saw what appeared to be a city, that my soul body was fast approaching.

Upon reaching the city, my body slowed down and I spun myself around so that my feet would hit whatever the destination of my trajectory is. When I landed, I felt the softest grass tickle my toes and smelt the most fragrant of flowers that I have ever smelled. The air around me was light and warm. Three suns and three moons radiated around whatever planet I was on.

As I adjusted my vision to better see, a beautiful and tall woman, wearing a Greek-style white dress, approached me. With the most gorgeous of platinum blonde hair and lilac-colored eyes, I knew she must be of a different realm.

“We have been waiting for you Gia. I am Athena, and you are in the realm of the Gods,” she said in a commanding yet gentle voice. “Am I dead,” I asked with a hint of panic hitting me while raising my eyebrows in shock.  She chuckled and said, “no, dear, you have been summoned by the triple lunar Goddesses.”

I lowered my shoulders and let out a sigh of relief. “Thank God, ugh, I mean the Goddess I am not dead! What happened in the VIP room with Damen, Sam and Max was mind-blowing, but I would not think that it was so much that it put me six feet under,” I proclaimed to her with a slight step of glee.

“Oh wow, I did not mean to say that out loud,” I back peddled a bit. But Athena just laughed harder, reached my hand out for me to hold it, and said “follow me dear. The Ancients did very well when they created your soul,” Curiously I questioned, “the ancients, who are they?” I have so many questions now.

Athena smiled as she looked down on me like a mother to a child. I followed her through the massive doors of a building so high that the steeple reached the clouds. The doors and archway, alone, must be at least fifteen feet tall. We entered a gigantic circular atrium with massive hallways branching out from five points around the circle.

The floors are of a clean white marble. Each of the hallways have different gemstone-colored archways to enter through. The five archways are made of sapphire, emerald, ruby, gold, and onyx. The ceiling of the atrium goes up incredibly high into a dome shape with beautiful murals painted throughout the dome.

In the center of the atrium is a circle with five elemental arcs that made up the full diameter. Each of the arcs had what appears to be fountains, but instead of water pouring out of all of them, water only pours from one. The others are all different to represent the elements. Fire has a large blue flame burring upwards. Air has a continuous whirlwind dancing in it. Earth has a bonsai sized Baobab tree thriving in it, and the last element must be spirit, with a ball of purple to blue energy of some kind floating in it.

Athena led us to the sapphire archway, where we continued our walk down the long hallway. There are beautiful stain glass windows of the grand gothic architectural style, running parallel to each other on either side of the hall.

Each window has different symbols on them, of which some I recognize. There is a picture of a moon and opposite it is an eclipsed moon. The next set has the sun and eclipsed sun, followed by a strophols and serpent. Another set had Isis with wings showing her transformation into a bird and opposite is of a scorpion.

As we approach the next set, I felt a wave of energy as took a moment to stare at the lotus flower on one window and the ferocious tiger on the other window.  Goosebumps shot up through my entire being. I continued forward towards a large double door; the beings who live here must surely be giants compared to me. The door is made of pure sapphire and has a crescent moon on each door, facing one another.

Athena opened the door as if it was made of cardboard. That woman is pure strength and lives up to the attributes the ancient Greek people explained her to have. We stepped forward into a large half circle shaped room, which had three uniquely decorated thrones at the arch side of the circle.

Athena whispered words in a language I had never heard before, and a vail-like curtain floated up to the ceiling in front of us. Appearing before us sat in the middle, Isis, to her right is Selene, and to her left is Hecate. My entire soul lit up like a supercharged Tesla coil as I nervously bowed before them. I have no idea what I am supposed to do at this moment.

These three beautiful and very powerful beings locked their gaze upon me. “Stand up my child and come closer to us, we won’t bite you,” said Isis. I stood and walked closer to them to plant my feet within a moon engraving on the floor. “Whether by pre-determined fate or by mere chance, you my child choose well in this lifetime and at the right time. You have kept your promise so far and endured many hardships, pain, and suffering, our beautiful bridge, but it will not be without reward in the end,” Isis revealed.

“There is a dark force threatening us all in every realm of every dimension. If this force succeeds on Earth, it will be the end of all light, including that of the moon for everyone” Hecate said in her dark and sultry voice.

“We have gifted you three mates. Each of them comes directly from each of us. They are bestowed with the strongest of our children’s powers and were made with clever perfection for you and each other. You four are fated mates,” Selene said as her eyes flickered from amber to obsidian.

“One of you has an extra duty to fulfill. This duty is crucial in stopping the evil force, but the powers must fully awaken first,” said Isis with deep concern on her face. “We will be here for you throughout this journey. Call upon us in your time of need.

Although we are restrained from ridding this evil ourselves and lack the ability, we will help you in any way we can. Now it is time to wake up. We will meet again soon Gia,” Isis proclaimed with a look of love in her eyes.

“Thank you all for bestowing this honor upon me to meet you,” I stated as a tear rolled down my right eye. Not even a minute goes by before my soul is sucked backwards out of the chamber, down the hall, through the atrium, out the front door, and back into the portal.