The sea was never this blue before, it was warm and glowing today. The waves that were usually shy were outstanding, reaching lengths they never reached before by the shore of New Island.The biggest event in the modern history of immortals was tangible. It was the night that came before the day that sea folks were looking forward to for a millennium now, a long overdue joy that was only matched by the amount of respect everyone had for Amalthea and Nereus.Deep down in the calm warm sea, Cetus stood, his words failing him, as he gazed upon his daughter in her ceremonial gown, she was going to have final adjustments made over it. Amalthea did not look like a real female in this gown. The serene silver gown had been exquisitely designed for Amalthea by many creatures in the sea, they all came forward with their most prized treasures, begging for an opportunity to decorate her flawless figure. Pearls and unknown jewels sparkled over the transparent fabric that had been made from the
The darkest shade of blue was gazing deeply into the clearest shade of it. The bond between Hylas and Amalthea longed for skin to skin contact, it longed to bring the pairs together so much, that for a long moment, Hylas stopped feeling the fire biting on his flesh. He could only feel the indescribable attraction that pulled him towards his female. And Amalthea could feel every single thing that her pair was feeling. Her energy tingled all over, begging her consciousness to go be with her pair, even if it meant burning inside that cage of fire with him. It was only befitting of all the fire that burnt inside both of them. But she needed to act fast, her pair, however his body was changing, was a human in his very core. He was dying a while earlier. “Hephaestus,” Amalthea spoke to the fire essence without looking his way. The strong immortal closed his eyes, savoring the name that left her lips after all that time. But he did not look at those alluring lips while she addressed him.
“Why are you lying to her, Nereus,” Arethusa breathed the words out. Nereus glared at her, daring her to go on, threatening her silently. But he already knew exactly how stubborn of a creature Arethusa was, he knew that when she puts something in her mind she would not stop until she accomplished it. It was something that he admired in her once upon a time, it was a time that eternity folded, a time that he almost did not recall. He never considered Arethusa an enemy. She had always been a friend. He knew how deeply she cared about Amalthea and for him, that forgave her many flaws. He was forever in the debt of Arethusa. She was the one who brought his Amal into the immortal world and subsequently into his life. He could not possibly ignore that Arethusa was his life partner’s own mother and for that, he never shunned her away. When every single living creature in the sea neglected or blamed Arethusa, Nereus was neutral towards her. It was extremely generous of him. A courtesy tha
Amalthea’s lips and Hylas’s lips were at war with each other.Whenever hers found a moment of sanity and decided that it was enough, he captured them into yet another cycle of insanity. Soon, Amalthea wasn’t able to breathe anymore. Her energy needed the oxygen, it burned with the desire that Amalthea and her pair had for each other.She pushed herself away from him and panted.“Haaah…”“NO!” He objected loudly and pulled her back into his embrace.Their kiss this time was salty.When Amalthea realized that what she was tasting were her pair’s tears that got mixed inside their passion, her body rebelled against her.She could not handle being the reason behind his sorrow, and so her body took the form that Hylas created in her.Her hair was a mixture of black strands and white ones, her human form felt immediately heavier than her sea folk one, and though she wasn’t sure, she knew that the color of her eyes would have gone back into being black now.She opened her eyes to watch her pa
The ceremony was phenomenal. Atlantis had never shined so brightly. The city was not only back to its previous glory. It was reconstructed in a way that allowed better traffic flow and placed more emphasis on the glorious history of sea folks.The advanced knowledge the immortals had on how to utilize natural energy was taken advantage of, and the new design integrated modern tastes into ones that remained ageless.Immortal beings were more than fascinated, they were awed.The sea shimmered with the sweetest of all temperatures. Everyone who was lucky enough to see the path partners up close could see exactly how much love they had for each other.Nereus looked at Amalthea with so much longing, as if he only had a few hours left to spend with his gorgeous path pair. And the strongest being in the immortal world looked at him with an equal amount of longing.All the sea folks were gathered to witness the couple’s union and hear their eternal vows. But the couple was too busy, they wer
Deep down in the calm sparkling sea, right after the conclusion of the biggest most important event in the immortal recent history, Cetus stood in the sea essence’s headquarters.He was expecting the arrival of a very important guest. An immortal being that possessed an unknown amount of power.The fire was aloof like that.Sea folk and fire creatures did not mingle. But they had always had mutual respect for each other. They did not cross each other’s borders, nor crossed each other’s lives for that matter.“Amalthea…my precious daughter,” Cetus sighed his daughter’s name aloud.He had no idea how it was Hephaestus out of all the fire creatures that had noticed her, but after that happened, the fire essence’s infatuation with Cetus’s daughter was inevitable.It was bone chilling.His Amalthea was the most powerful creature to ever have existed, that was true and reassuring. But the fire essence might just be on par with his daughter’s strength if not a few levels below her.But the f
Hephaestus could’ve taken a much shorter route down underground than the one he took. But he didn’t.Amalthea was amused.“Did you want to hold me that much,” she said in his arms.He grinned, “I absolutely do not know what you are talking about, your excellency,”“Oh, no, don’t call me that, I feel old,”“You will always be young around me,”That was right, she already knew that. At first, there was fire. This immortal being was ancient. She caressed a loving hand over her womb.“Two young immortals are on their way, Hephaestus,”“May I?” He said, his hand hovering over her womb. He was taking Amalthea’s permission before feeling their energy. “I would like to bless them,”Amalthea couldn’t believe her ears.The immortal being was offering to share parts of his gift with her children. An immortal blessing mean their protection, it meant that they’d stay connected with the children. It was a sacred bond that was rarely bestowed.Amalthea’s children were already considered extremely g
The fire king and Amalthea finally landed in his underground lands. It was shocking, to say the least about it. Besides the lack of the sky above her head. The underground world could not have been more refreshing, colorful, or magical. “This is…” Amalthea struggled to find a word to describe this world’s beauty. ‘No wonder the fire essence is so beautiful,’ she thought to herself as she continued to observe the world from all around her. The few immobile fire beings shocked Amalthea to her very core. This place had its own version of plants and flowers. But instead of having the sun and the water as the source of their life. Their life forces were heavily dependent on fire as fuel. Their inner illumination was magnificent. The closest thing to this illumination was one Amalthea had seen in the mortal world above this one, it was the peculiar flying insects that were able to form light in the darkness. The underworld was not a dark one, it was a magical realm full of colors tha
“You ask for the impossible. I cannot be separated from you,” Nereus’s voice was grave. And he was lying bluntly. Amalthea felt him through and through within her core, she knew that he understood. It was just too difficult to let go of the dreams he had for their eternity. “It is what it is, Nereus. I did not choose the shape I was born into.” She was being hard on him because that was what he needed to hear from her right now. He wanted to feel differently about things, but he was filled with an immeasurable amount of acceptance of the fact that she has chosen not to stay in Atlantis with him. He looked at her for a long moment, “ Is this your doing?” She smiled knowingly at him. “Oh? What are you talking about?” Nereus sighed for long. Amalthea had become more than immortal, her physical shape testifies to that as well, and the fact that she was keeping it on her meant that she wanted everyone to respect the upgraded level that she had reached. How could he possibly stand aga
The underground which used to be a place of darkness and inward illumination made a complete transformation. It was not only about the sun that shone in the mornings and then mimicked the soft glow of the moon at night. It was the overflowing energy that came from the mansion of the fire essence where two immortal children were manifesting more extraordinary power with each passing mortal hour, nor their powerful mother that never left their side, it was the change that the fire king exhibited.His energy that was linked with every fire dependent creature within the fire realm was changing qualities, what used to be harsh and dry was now mellow, almost having a liquid quality to its flow.Every fire dependent creature within the fire realm knew that the king’s essence found the peace that he longed for since the beginning of time. And that peace was not only related to the female that his close and loyal subjects knew he had always cared for and loved. But also because of the newly fo
Phosphorus and Hesperus had been sleeping for four days.It was not natural for immortal children to sleep that extra mortal day.Amalthea and Arethusa stood anxiously by the crib of the immortal children. Both babies looked the size of a one-year-old human baby. Apart from the striking opposite hair color the babies had, their features were almost the same.“Beautiful,” Amalthea said as she brushed Phosphorus’s white hair away from his forehead. Then she brushed the back of her hand over Hesperus’s black hair.“Of course they are, they look exactly like you, darling,” Arethusa whispered.“But mother, why do they insist on sleeping for so long?” Amalthea asked her mother, starting to get more anxious by the mortal second now.“Worry not, my dear. Listen to your inner nymph, Amalthea. Do you not feel their overwhelming energy? How magnificently strong they both are? Can you not feel their potential and the amazing possibilities that pave their immortal way?” Arethusa could not get enou
The immortal females sat in Amalthea’s chambers for the longest time that day.“Maybe we have thought about it too much that no ideas will come anymore,” Arethusa complained.It was an impossible criterion to abide by. Two adjectives that were the opposite of each other, yet they completed one another and they were both good!‘Honestly, she is asking for a bit too much if not asking for the impossible altogether!’ Arethusa thought to herself when she saw the stubborn look on her daughter’s face.‘She was always extremely persistent,’ Arethusa admired her daughter on the inside.Amalthea was always like this, in fact, it was the first characteristic that she exhibited during her month of maturity, when she wanted to do something, she followed through with it. Unlike the immortal children that knew by instinct that when you get to live an eternity, what did not happen now was bound to happen at a later date. “You were always unique, my darling,” Arethusa caressed her daughter’s long bl
“Mother,”“Amalthea, my precious!”Arethusa ran with sacred tears coming down from her eyes at the sight and the voice of her daughter. She held her as tight as she could.“I am so sorry for coming so late I wanted to go down immediately, and I kept waiting for a fire medium to come but they never did,” she threw a subtle accusation at the fire king.‘Some things never change’ Amalthea thought to herself as she looked at her mother’s anxious face. She knew that her mother loved her dearly, she most likely cherished her over everything else in the entire universe, but had her mother thought for a couple of seconds, or even paused to consider how Amalthea’s voice made a come back. She would have known that it was all due to the fire essence curing her.Her mother’s face finally registered her daughter's quiet complaints.“How… was he… did he manage to cure you?” She asked.When Arethusa heard her daughter’s voice that she lost the day before after immortal childbirth, she had high hopes
A Thousand years later.A pair later…A path partner later…Amalthea and Hephaestus were finally going to be together. She was already shivering, she wasn’t in his room yet and the long since suppressed tension between them was making a manifestation.She remembered clearly what had been discussed between them, she knew very well what he was about to do to her, and she knew very well why.This was about giving her her voice back, but would they succeed?Amalthea followed the fire king into his chambers. It wasn’t her first time in the room but she saw it with brand new eyes. The light that illuminated everything from within was dim, the bed that they were about to share was wide, and him…He was glowing blue. She stood there, mesmerized by his beauty all over again.“…” she was desperate to tell him that he was so beautiful.Amalthea knew that it was not the correct way to compliment a male but she simply could not help it, the honest words that never left her tongue were lost with he
Deep down in the underground, the fire essence ruled a realm that was considered the core of the earth. The immortal being was one of the first creations, which made him impossibly resourceful.The fire carried healing qualities as is, it disinfected, closed wounds, and it replaced abnormalities with scars of its own.Could the fire essence really heal Amalthea? And with the balance that the universe cherished and operated according to. What would be the exchange for that?To answer that question, the fire king needed to figure out what brought about the absence of her voice.“It is time for us to go back down, Amalthea,”“I will be going down with you, just until she settles down,” Arethusa gave the fire king a meaningful look. The fire essence looked at his queen. He was going to follow her lead on that one. If she did not want the presence of her mother with her underground, then he was not going to allow it.Amalthea simply nodded with her approval.Everyone was starting to notice
At first, no one understood what was happening.The immortal babies were so adorable with their round faces, red pouty lips, and their skin that was fair and soft to the touch. Everyone was absolutely enchanted by them. They took turns holding them and marveling at their beauty and innocence, they felt the warmth of their pure white energy and consequently vowed to protect them for all eternities. It was much deeper than anything the crowd had felt before. The type of loyalty that was demanded by these babies without them asking for it. It was surreal.Everyone who touched them felt exactly how precious they were. A blessing, a gift.Yesterday enemies stood unaware of each other, totally focused on the new arrivals. The immortals viewed them as nature’s miracle and the mortals viewed them as fate’s most glorious smiles.These children had brought a new era to the immortal and the mortal world alike.Hylas was a bit confused.He kept wondering about two things. How come he didn’t rec
Amalthea emerged from the sea in a fire sphere. Her father and her path partner were carried by waves on either of her sides. The second the fire sphere touched the air, Amalthea’s wind surrounded her from all sides.Amalthea smiled, “I missed you too,” she said.“What a peculiar fellow,” the fire essence said.Amalthea knew what the fire king was talking about. She just did not agree with how immortals viewed her relationship with her air medium. It was true that she had never laid eyes on him, but that was just one of his charms. He had been loyal to her since the day she was born into this world, and she would not have it any other way.Once the wind from around them calmed down. Amalthea focused on the view that was in front of her. The Island was in one word, unrecognizable.The place that smelled of death and gave ominous vibes was thriving with the light that covered it from all around. But the source of the light was from within the island. There was a sense of undeniable harm