Lady groaned, opening her eyes, a splitting headache had taken over her head and she felt as if everything was spinning. Her eyes felt a strange dazzle and she looked around to see herself in an unfamiliar space. It looked like she was in one of the god realms but she just couldn't recall when or how she got there.
"Finally awake" she heard the familiar voice of Mai as she entered the room she was in.
"Why am I here?" she asked Mai softly.
"Long story but take this" Mai began and handed a bowl of something brownish to Lady " For any kind of pain"
Lady raised the bowl to her nostrils and smelled its contents but having got no scent, she placed it on her lips and gulped it in one go expecting something bitter but strangely had no kind of lingering taste on her tongue.
"What was that?" she asked Mai again out of curiosity.
" Erzhi made it, it's one of his hidden talents; nobody actually knows the contents, just that it works like a miracle" Mai shrugged with a shrug " and now to answer your previous question, here it goes" Mai added and sat in front of Lady.
Then Mai proceeded to tell Lady about what happened after she witnessed what her mother did to how her full powers manifested and then finally got to the last part where the Supreme One himself descended and brought them to the god realms after punishing Amira and Aya.
Lady was confused and shocked as she blinked rapidly and digested the information " So how is it possible for you to be merged with me if I already was a goddess? " she asked Mai with a pointed look.
Mai laughed and shook her head saying " I understand your confusion but I was merely a piece on the gameboard, I was to help cleanse your body of all mortal attachments and dirt, that's why I merged with you so you become a demigod and then finally ascend to your true position as a goddess"
" So why didn't I know till now?" Lady huffed.
But before Mai could answer a beautiful voice sounded out "Because the time was not right"
And then right before their eyes, a beautiful woman with long white hair materialised, her features strikingly similar to Lady's, her voice smoother than the calm waters and sweeter than honey, her transparent feet gently touched the ground along with the Hem of her long white flowy dress. She approached Lady and smiled at her,
"My daughter" she began " If you had known, would have gone through all that you did?" she asked with the tender love of a mother who was correcting her child.
Lady contemplated for a bit and shook her head.
"So you see why you were never told and besides all those trials were meant to make you strong and just so you could do your duties with the utmost care," the woman said and stroked Lady's head gently " Before I expired, a part of me descended on the mortal realm and that was just the time you were about to be conceived so I became you by entering your mother's womb after she had prayed for a child from the gods so I gifted myself to her and that came with a price, a price to rid myself of all mortality so I could become an immortal Goddess"
The woman then distanced herself a little bit from Lady and with a loud voice said " Now our journey is over, from henceforth, we shall not be called Lady but Lev, the supreme goddess, the goddess of love and the mother"
Immediately after her proclamation, she was drawn into Lady, and then they became one, all her fragments being joined together as one, Lady was immediately bombarded with her long lost memories of being a goddess, and then suddenly, she felt full and satisfied, like she had finally chanced upon what she had been looking for after long search.
She stood up from where she was laying, with the gentle grace of a goddess, her steps made the ground shook a little and her dress was now a yellow and white long flowy dress, adorned with intricate patterns of delicate flowers, her hair now reached almost her knees and her body was glittering with power, she was a sight to behold.
And indeed Mai thought so as she admired Lady's beauty with a smile, their mother was finally back with them again, to fill their days with love instead of scorn, happiness instead of bitterness.
"Lev" Lady tested her new name on her tongue, enjoying how her voice sounded like a beautiful moon on a lonely night.
And so Lady became Lev.
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"Welcome, mother Lev" Mai bowed and greeted Lev.
Lev turned to Mai with her head bowed down " Rise my daughter, the time is still nigh and there is more to do"
After her words, with a snap of her fingers, Lev disappeared with Mai, traveling through space to the place in the village where she had first manifested her power. Just as her feet touched the ground, the big cracks in the earth started filling up, with new grasses growing out of the earth adorned with colorful flowers on her trail. Lev said a spell and raised her hands then all the trees that had fallen along with everything that was destroyed started falling into place. Gradually, everything returned to as they were before and then Lev sighed in relief.
She looked at Mai and said " I want to meet the pillars of the village now"
Immediately, Mai sent messages to the pillars of the village to come where they were through sound transmission. In the blink of an eye, the pillars all appeared before them. The golden and soothing aura emanating from Lev wasn't supposed to make them weak to their knees but the intensity of Lev's power made them weka and as such couldn't help but bow down in front of her.
"We welcome you to our land, great goddesses" they welcomed Lev and Mai in unison.
" Rise," Lev said and they were now able to rise " I have a few words for you"
Lev gestured to each of them to close their eyes and then she said a spell that placed them in a bubble that prevented others out of it from hearing their conversation.
"The final battle is over" Lev began " And now Amira is an oracle, through which all the gods and goddesses would speak through and that would gradually drain her of her life" she paused to allow them to absorb the information " Your jobs as pillars will still be intact but after you, there won't be any more pillars but rather the gods will talk to you through anyone they wish to"
The pillars all looked at each other, and even though they felt a little hefty about the decision, they still nodded and bowed down their heads, voices coming out in unison,
"We accept!"
Lev then smiled, her smile washed over them like soothing waves as she muttered words of blessings upon them " May you be prosperous"
Then Lev left with Mai, leaving the pillars and newly made ground filled with all kinds of beautiful flowers and shrubs. The pillars stood up and admired the scenery they were in and praised the goddess for her power.
"Why don't we consecrate these grounds as holy grounds, so all can come here to pray to the gods and we can also have our annual festivals here, right?" One of the pillars who happened to be Star suggested.
" That's so brilliant, Star" Another praised Star and continued " We should definitely do that" she agreed.
The others all agreed and so together, they prayed to the gods and used their powers to consecrate the grounds making it holy and whole. Then with satisfied smiles, they left.
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Lev and Mai appeared before the hut where Vesi was; when they arrived, Vesi was sitting in front of the hut writing on the ground with a thin stick. When he felt their presence, he lifted his head up, and immediately his jaw dropped. He couldn't believe what he was seeing, he surely knew those two people who were before him but one of them, Lady to be precise was on a whole new level, her appearance and apparel were more than enough to put the sun on the brightest day to shame.
"L-l-lady?" he stuttered.
Lev smiled when she heard of her old name so she approached Vesi and said, It is me alright, but I'm now a new creature, a goddess"
Vesi's heart froze and he fell on his face to the ground " Welcome, great One"
"Don't bother at all" Lev lifted him off the ground " You are one of the most important people in this village and you are still my friend" she smiled and hugged him.
Vesi couldn't stop the tears that flowed out his eyes, a goddess called him a friend, what was greater than this honor?.
"I woke up a couple of hours ago, to find no one around so I came outside to wait for you" Vesi started the hug was over " And now here you are here, being all this glorified, what happened?" he asked.
" Long story but what's important now is that you have gained control of yourself again, the one who held you in captivity is no more" Lev began " But if you still want to see what happened, come closer and take my hand" she stretched out her right hand towards Vesi.
Vesi hesitated for a bit and then moved forward taking Lev's hand, then the memories of what had happened earlier gently flowed onto his mind so he saw what went on. He left Lev's hand after he had seen everything and then he beamed,
"You are wonderful, I knew it all along that you were something special" he shook his head in awe " I was right after all"
"Come now let's go to the village, the spell that Aya cast on them has been broken, they must b searching for you," Mai said after watching the duo for a while, deciding to speak up when judging by things they might still be talking till the day falls.
Vesi nodded and then in a blink, they were in the king's palace, right inside the throne room. The king stood up from his throne as his eyes fell on his son, he hurriedly went to embrace, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"My son, I thought I might not be able to see you again," he said as his wife and the others also came close to wish Vesi a warm welcome.
The king lifted his eyes and they fell on Mai and Lev, he frowned and he said " Isn't that Lady and the goddess Mai?"
All eyes turned to them and they also became confused with Lev's appearance.
Vesi having been in their position before laughed and explained " She is no longer who we used to know, she is the Supreme Goddess, the mother, Lev"
Suddenly the hall became filled with sounds of thuds as they fell on their knees and worshipped Lev.
Then Lev smiled and told them to get up, adding " May you be blessed, my time is up here, I need to leave"
Then Lev and Mai disappeared into the God realm, to Lev's abode where they also received warmly by the other gods and goddesses who came to welcome their mother's rebirth.
Lev smiled and welcomed them all and she smiled saying " I have finally won!"