52Special Thanks To:
Negasi
WARNING: Slight use of language.
Chapter 2: Bastard Born
January 16, Unknown year corresponding to B.C.
Nyxia's scream filled the clustered room as the huge pain engulfed her. Dear gods, dear gods, she breathed hoarsely as the pain continued to torture her. It felt like someone was using a bonfire to light her insides and consume it to ashes. It was absolute torture.
Thor you bastard... she thought as the sharp pain tore her feminine parts to pieces. She gripped the rope that hung on the headboard. She felt her hands bleeding but she really didn't care.
Seething with rage that was about to completely engulf her, the frustration kicked in and she used her powers to tear the windows open. The cold air flowed through her body, mingling with sweat and blood. She loved the feeling.
"My lady!" the young midwife's voice rang through the room as she swiftly shut the doors and left to retrieve the warm water she had been preparing. Dammit. Nyxia was close to tears as she felt as though she were being suffocated. She wanted to kill the stupid girl right then and telekinetically open the windows again but she knew better. Nobody deserved to be killed over her anger. She had learned that from her relationship with Thor.
Nothing like the pains of giving birth to make her wish she never had an affair in the first place. She should of just stayed a virgin. That would have been nice. Too late to change everything though.
If there was one wish she wanted to come true it was that she wanted the pain gone; the whole business done with and at least someone who was genuinely going to comfort her to be beside her. She forced a bitter thought away but the truth lingered deep in her mind...
She wanted Arkos... He had been her former husband who loved her for all the faults she had in her. He wasn't like Thor. He never left her side, not once. She had left him all because of an offense she made that she was to proud to apologize to. Eventually they became too estranged and she left him for good. Running to her father who gave her Gaea to pass the time. She swore to herself she'd forget the unfaithful bastard but she never could. His memory was fixed deep down to her heart and had touched a part of her soul too much to let go.
Damn him and damn Thor.
Soon her baby kicked her stomach again, making her flinch in pain.
"Calm down, Thea." she whispered softly to her unborn daughter. Since Thor had visited the Norns and she had frimly set in her mind that he had betrayed her. He would give her daughter to those damn Aesirs as a weapon. She couldn't let them use Thea as a weapon against her. Even if she did love her daughter, the power the girl had would be too much. She had to do something to seal it before Thor got here and make plans to use her daughter in the Aesir's favor in Ragnarok.
She hated destroying Gaea but she had concluded that one day the gods were going to be like the Order. She had learned that everything pure would soon turn black and sinister. That's just the way life was and she sure as hell wasn't thrilled to have to deal with another rebellious subject again. So there goes the expiration date she had long since planned. She would favor the giants in Ragnarok. Gaea would have a serious do-over.
She managed to smile a little as Thea calmed herself in her womb. She gulped hard as she felt her heart swell a little for the baby she had carried 9 months in her womb. She battled the feeling of love she had for her unborn daughter. She had to get back home, everything wasn't well in Megaea, a war was brewing and she had other responsibilities to attend to. Hard to admit the fact, she didn't have time for her daughter. After all, she did have a son she was eager to visit too.
"I can't believe how selfish you can be Nyxie" a voice spoke quietly. Nyxia almost jumped, regaining calmness she sighed, "Shut up, Kaeryn."
The demoness emerged from the pendant that hung on Nyxia's neck, "Really, Nyxie, are you really going to leave me here?" the demoness whined.
Nyxia rolled her eyes, even though Kaeryn was far older than her, the demoness still acted like a whiny teenager.
"I thought we had agreed on this?" Nyxia controlled her temper.
"Oh, of course, but really Nyxia, why do you want me to stay in hibernation on your daughter's soul til adulthood? You know I don't like to be caged up."
"You're my friend aren't you?" the goddess said, her voice gentle this time.
The demoness faltered a little, they had been friends since, well... since they first saw each other.
"Of course I am, Nyxie" for once Kaeryn was uneasy "But why the hell do you expect me to sleep inside a girl's soul until she has grown to womanhood?"
The goddess sighed, "Hmmm... lets see: Puberty... And the fact that with a demoness in charge of her body who never seemed to leave that period in life?; I think that's literal suicide."
"Oh great, no fun and games, really, I think since your daddy gave you this stupid world you're all work and no play."
"I think you're a dull demon who wants to sleep with anything that crosses her path." Nyxia retorted.
"I think you're a stupid goddess who seemed to have gained menopause for some reason."
Nyxia laughed gently. "Take care of her; Kaeryn, c'mon, promise me."
The demon crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "Oh, alright, I will. There. I won't do anything stupid until she is past teenhood. There. Happy?"
The younger woman nodded.
"You owe me."
"Of course"
"I want my mother exiled to the farthest corner of Megaea when I return."
Nyxia sighed, she didn't really want to think about Kaeryn's more infamous mother at the moment. Kaeryn's stare cut like ice, "Got it Nyxie? Mom gone. Farthest Corner. Me happy as a chipmunk away from her?"
"And Thea. Remeber your part, sister dear. Take care of Thea or I'll persoanlly order you to be exiled in the farthest corner of Megaea WITH your mother."
"Deal" Kaeryn said, confidently.
"Alright then." Nyxia held her pendant high as Kaeryn disappeared like mist and returned to the pendant.
"Ugh, just give birth already so I can get out of this cluttered place." Kaeryn whined.
Right on time a sharp pain erupted on Nyxia's lower regions. She gave out a cry.
"Oh shit, I didn't mean literally." Kaeryn's voice cried inside her pendant.
Luckily the midwife arrived in time. The young woman remained calm as Nyxia pushed, trying to give birth. Nyxia felt the same pain all over again since she gave birth to her beloved son. Everything was dreadfully the same.
"This situation seriously sucks" Nyxia muttered, the midwife chuckled nervously encouraging her as best she could; "A little more my lady... I can see the baby's head."
Nyxia held an iron grip on the rope. Even though this time she had prepared herself for this the pain was still unbearable. It felt like someone was tearing her apart. Just... sharp pain.
She closed her eyes as a single tear slid out. She wanted Arkos right then; even though the midwife was doing her best to soothe her. Nothing compared to her complete trust of her husband. Still, she managed to smile. This was her baby. Her little heir. Thea.
It seemed like forever. Three long grueling hours felt like forever; but she finally gave birth.
Nyxia dreaded the last pains as she and her baby were separated.
"My lady, it's a girl." the midwife smiled neatly cutting the umblical cord. Nyxia already knew that, but she eagerly kept her eyes locked on the screaming baby. Her baby...
She looked mesmerized at Thea, already being cleaned up by the midwife.
Nyxia teared her gaze away and decided to clean herself up too. She definitely needed a warm bath, she thought, scowling at all the blood. So she decided not to wait for the midwife's aid and grabbed the nearest basin and cloth, all the while staring at the small delicate baby in the other girl's arms, still crying. She cleaned herself up fast and decided to help the midwife with her baby daughter.
As soon as Nyxia came near, the baby's eyes opened. The goddess gasped, staring at her baby's stormy blue-grey eyes, she felt the dangerous bond that she knew she needed to severe before it could actually cause her to ignore her duty in Megaea. She wished she could severe the tie... but this was just hard. She actually melted at the sight of her daughter's face, chubby and cute. What the hell was happening to her? She was ruthless and a major force to be reckoned with... why in devil's name did she felt vulnerable in the sight of her offspring? She wished this could have been different. Wished Thea was Arkos's daughter afterall but she knew the truth and everytime she faced the truth she actually wanted to kill herself for ever starting an affair with Thor in the first place.
She wished she could take Thea to Megaea. But it wasn't as simple as that. Besides, the only thing her poor daughter would face there was a stigma. A stupid cruel stigma of being a bastard. It wasn't fair and she wouldn't let that happen to her baby daughter. She would never let Thea suffer her mistake. At least not in Megaea.
After Thea was clean and covered in a blanket, the midwife left and went to get Nyxia's own clothes.
It was then Nyxia awaited for her chance, after the younger woman left, Nyxia locked the door with her powers. She would have to do something about Thea's powers. They were too powerful for a young goddess to handle especially with no elder goddess around to tutor her. It had already crossed her mind months ago, she would have to get conceal them until her daughter was actually ready enough to control them herself. It was too risky to leave a powerful infant goddess in the hands of the gods in earth. Power will always corrupt and she didn't actually like the idea that her daughter would be raised corrupt and she would have to deal with her just like what she did with the Order. The thought sent shivers up her spine.
That's where Kaeryn's role actually came. The demoness would control them herself. Nyxia trusted Kaeryn enough.
The little baby's giggle sent her back to reality. She gently touched her daughter's fuzzy auburn hair; Thea smiled and gently pulled a strand of her mother's raven hair.
Nyxia smiled, her emerald green locking with her daughter's blue-grey. She kissed her daughter's forehead and at the same time she brought her pendant to her baby's chest.
"I'm sorry, Thea, this is going to hurt." she whispered gently merging the pendant to her daughter's heart.
The infant squirmed and began to cry, but as much as it pained Nyxia to do it, she kept it there until she felt Kaeryn's departure.
"Nyxia?" She almost jumped when she heard the knock on the door. Cursing herself for the false alarm after she recognized the voice. His voice.
"Kaeryn?" Nyxia turned back at Thea, suddenly her baby's hair turned darker red, the color of wine... or better yet blood, the stormy eyes were suddenly grey like mercury. Even Thea's stare was different; no longer wide eyed filled with curiosity. It was the stare of a demon. The cutting stare of Kaeryn.
"Take care of her alright?" Nyxia whispered "Remember our deal, sister"
"I understand. Actually I want YOU to remember YOUR PART."
Nyxia scowled, "Of course."
"If it wasn't actually matricide, I would ask you to kill that crazy bitch."
"And If I didn't consider you my best friend, I would kill you myself." Nyxia replied.
Kaeryn chuckled, "I'm gonna pray that you actually have the guts to talk to dearest mommy."
Nyxia smiled as Kaeryn's voice began to fade, "Good luck, Nyxie darling."
"Take care, sister"
Finally Thea's appearance changed back to normal, Thea giggled smiling happily like she actually enjoyed the transition.
"Oooh, Nyxie, I think she liked it, well guess what Thea darling, we're gonna have a lot more fun soon." Nyxia sobbed, as she heard her best friend's voice finally fade.
She was alone now. She had to go to Megaea on her own. Without Kaeryn. And this time she wasn't very confident that she could actually do that.
"Nyxia!" She gritted her teeth, she wanted blood. The stupid bastard's blood.
With the depth of her anger the slammed the door's open.
Thor practically jumped, Nyxia smiled sarcastically.
The god nerviously walked in, he was actually the only one who knew who she actually was. For some reason they had met in a tavern in Midgard and the bastard actually drugged her with a potion from the dwarfs. Either it was that or she was just horny that night, she didn't know but she regreted it.
"So..." Thor started taking a nervous glance at the budle Nyxia held in her arms "It's a girl then?"
Nyxia rolled her eyes "Yes."
"You're leaving soon? To Megaea that is?" Thor asked.
"I'll stay for a few days. For Thea's sake."
"So.. you named her Thea?" Thor smiled weakly. It was a plastic smile and it earned him no sympathy but more hatred from Nyxia "Are you going to take my daughter with you?"
That's it. He had officially crossed the line.
"Yes and don't you dare change her name. Hear me Thor Odinsson? Take care of her do you understand me? She's MY daughter and I don't friggin care if you are the father, and if you ever so much as tell of her true origins to anyone I swear on my soul I'll beat the hell out of you until you can't even crawl your soul to Niflheim. Understand?"
He faltered a little as he nodded. He knew better than to challenge Nyxia.
"Oh, and I forgot something." Nyxia wore an eerie grin, "And Thor, since I pretty much know that you're scared senseless of what your fate's gonna be, here it is:
You Thor, son of Odin the Giant-Slayer as you are called in Midgard, here is your fate, you will find yourself dead by a jotun. Not an ordinary jotun, a serpent. You will fight gloriously and you shall slay him brutally but you will only survive him by 9 steps. Don't worry about that though, your battle with the Midgard Serpent will be on Ragnarok, I will trust you have enough time to build your legendary status by then."
Nyxia stared back at her daughter.
"Take care of her, understand?"
"Yes- Of course I will- What kind of father do you think I am?" He mumbled.
"The kind of father that abandons his sons by a giantess in Jotunheim to their own fate. As well as neglecting your wife, Sif. Seriously Thor, I'm not blind and I'm not stupid either. NOW GET OUT."
A/N:As I said before in the first chapter, Megaea is another universe. Yeah, I know I'm weird. Kaeryn is a demoness from Megaea who happens to know Nyxia (the Creatress) very well :P Anyways she won't appear for quite a while, sorry and I don't think Nyxia will either so try to forget the foul temper of this character. Well I guess that's all I can reveal, I really wanted to make a backstory for Nyxia but I fear it just won't really fit in with this one, and it could be too much; maybe I can create a short one in the near future if I actually force myself to finish this one. Anyways thanks for reading. Please give me your thoughts on anything, dialogue, characters whatever, I'm actually eager to know what you guys think. Again corrections are always welcome!
-Moody
P.S.:To those who read the original Chapter 2,
yeah sorry, I re-wrote the whole thing and added some new dialogue... I know it's annoying... but I did tell you not to read it :P So yeah, I promise not to make another chapter until I am absolutely sure it's gonna be permanent. If I do it again: Burn me in the stake DX