The queen hated every word that came out of his mouth.What she hated more was her inability to deny it, she knew deep down inside that keeping Amalthea in the dark was the best option for everyone back then, but it was never meant to last this long, her memories were supposed to come back to her slowly, the barrier's intelligence was to decide the pace on its own, according to her willingness to face the truth."What if she is not ready to remember yet? What happens to everyone then?""This is not what worries you, who do you think you are talking to?!""YES!... I AM AFRAID! … I cannot lose her, I cannot lose her forever...""...This was all alright before, this was fine as long as he was not a part of the equation we were trying to solve. Things have drastically changed now.""...Who is her pair?""Other males were calling him president, he must be the current ruler of Men's Island.""This is just…""Cruel? Funny?...""Is he…could he be a descendent?""Does it matter?""It matters t
Chloe and Cassia did not get a wink of sleep that night, anxiously waiting for the two men to come back to their senses.They had changed the men's clothes completely and washed them before letting them inside to dry hanging by the fire hearth right where soup was prepared, the necessary food, unfortunately, remained in the pot waiting for the men to wake up. Healthwise, both men were breaking into fevers every couple of hours so that was dealt with as well, the main thing was to keep them hydrated by pressing wet cloths over their lips while keeping their body temperature under control.Both sisters had seen men come and go from and to their island before, even if they had not been within close proximity to a man before, having already decided on getting pregnant this winter, they did not shy away from their bodies or their touch, they were sincerely sorry for what happened to the men's boat, and they were waiting patiently for them to get well soon.***The feast aboard the victori
Amalthea's entire body suddenly stood on the highest of all alerts when her inner energy started hearing the melody of her love, it was him, her one and only pair, and he was on his way to her.'It must mean that we have arrived already'She unwillingly willed her energy to taste the field of the bigger picture she was soon to be in, not setting high hopes for herself at all, the first thing she felt was the subtle change in both the air and the ground, she remembered histories ago when she felt the same feelings as she approached Men's Island for the first time.It was interesting how mankind's inventions tampered with the rules that nature set, what should be clean was polluted, what should be pure was toxic, and the worst thing of all was that the men who had caused those abnormalities were the very first beings to have been most affected, it was as if they were one with these wrong vibes, both absorbing and emitting them.'You have failed to change your ways though you are aware y
Not very late that morning, the long-awaited ship had finally docked. Ten men appeared and formed a row, right after they took ten steps ahead, the impossible happened before the men's eyes that were eager to see their legendary mortal enemy, the one they had only read about in the books of the fathers.Hands tied behind her back, feet chained dragging an iron ball, a beauty with thick dark coal-colored hair, the fairest of all skins, and eyes that matched the darkness of her hair color walked alone slowly.Ten steps after her, the president and five more men started following, no one in the crowd saw the men who walked in the back, all eyes were on the angelic-looking creature in the middle.Amalthea dragged the iron ball with ease, her pair gave her specific instructions not to hurry, and so she refrained from doing so. The unified magnetic field of the crowd was one of complete bewilderment, but Amalthea knew how flickering testosterone was, she prepared the dignity that walked alo
Nature never overlooked ugliness or cruelty.On the contrary, many times it deliberately celebrated them. Nymphs believed opposites existed to highlight each other, so no nymph had ever failed to find good things about the worst situations they were forced to be in, Amalthea was not about to change that any time soon.'The best thing about leaving me hanging on a cross under the sun is that I will get to harvest today.'She was left with her pair alone after he had dismissed his men in black, her inner energy's constant celebration near her pair was at its dullest, her eyes that were so hungry for him sought the comfort of the earth again, and she felt the water's wish to wash her sacred body in this human form, and she patiently continued to hear the soft sobs of the winter wind, her most loyal companion that had followed her here to hell all the way from Paradise."You should have stayed in Paradise, my old friend."The president looked at his nymph sideways, he was forming new theo
Not so long after, in the women's village, Hector and Jason who were each in one of the two sisters' beds, had finally regained enough strength allowing both of them to wake up."Argh… it… burns…""H..Hector… Hector? Are you okay man?""Cough!... Cough! Jason… my man… is this hell?""Really?… the ungratefulness is painful...but welcome to Paradise."Hector and Jason turned to the very soft sound that felt so good as it reached their ears, there were two figures, standing in the shadow of the room that had thick curtains blocking all sunrays. The blurred figures were so new to their eyes, yet so familiar and right at the same time.The men's hearts started pounding in excitement.Eager to hear more of the softness and a bit disoriented still, Jason and Hector mumbled incoherently."We died, I mean, we drowned, it… we called death to our boat… and there was white hair...…. right?""Right… right… one thing is for sure… we died... that is right."Chloe and Cassia exchanged a look and nodd
"His name is not important, my beloved is a strong leader who will not take a warning about one of his men lightly."The annoyed look in his eyes turned into one of denial, it was a calculated move on Amalthea's part, she kept her words ambiguous enough to test his waters, she was content to see that her smart pair did not trust that man of his, not completely anyway.'His instinct is as faultless as ever.'"… You dare cause a rift between two men of the same blood? Do you plan on manipulating him enough until you put him up against me? A plan worthy of the devils, like you."Her pair pushed himself up, then spat next to her cross, a couple of decades old sadness was evident when she tested what had been distorting his magnetic field.'My pair is aware of the other man's deceit.'As soon as her pair stormed away from her, and before she could even think, a particular element sang to her from the earth's core, it offered her its main medium and requested an accord.While Amalthea was a
The president had no idea if what he was going through was due to his incompetence, or due to a spell the nymph had cast. But would she be petty enough to target his mirror now? There was no way for him to tell.What Hylas felt was not important, he can feel endlessly, so long as he did not let those feelings blind his judgment and affect his decisions making system. The one he worked so hard on over the years.'My plan will not change no matter what, my backup plan is to remain the same as well.'His little experiment with tar, the one that failed on her, was as good as it gets for a test on the weapon that he planned on using to bring back order to all mankind.'If this little tar proved effective, the weapon is promising indeed.'The last thing the president wanted was for his original plan to fail, because once he was sure it did, he was going to immediately switch to the backup plan, the one that he really did not want to go through.'No, I will not rethink what I had already dec
“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