From the blackened night sky heavy rain came raining down heavily upon the small town of Plön, lightning flashed in the sky and a great rumbling was heard and then Lili awoke.
Laying in a wet bed, that by the smell of it was covered in sweat, Lilis little tummy let out a hungry growl as her long eyelashes lightly flattered open. And for a long moment she merely stared in amazement at the ceiling above her in wonder of what had just happened.
The room before her was mostly dark except for the work desk at the side that was lit by a few candles. There Lili could see Mathilda reading something with great interest, seemingly taking in her studies quite well. Next to Mathilda she could see what looked like Mila and Miaa sleeping on the couch peacefully.
Seeing the two girls sleeping so peacefully and all of them being in good health brought a smile to her face. She wasn't sure why exactly, but it felt as if it had been several lifetimes since she last saw these three girls. Well then again they did seem a bit different now with slightly longer hair than what she could remember.
Overall it all felt so unreal and yet she felt that what she had seen within her dreams was real, that is if they even were dreams or something else to begin with. Well whatever it was it all felt so clear and real to her, even as ridiculous as it seemed.
After all she felt like she had been there personally to see buff Jesus fighting Romans, and she had even seen humanity go into the stars. But more than anything she couldn't help but feel that she had been changed.
No more was there small veins of light within her, instead her entire body felt like it had become one with the light. Now every fibre of her being was covered by its holy light and within her magical vision she could see herself almost already radiating out a brilliant white light.
She could even feel the links between her and her creations so clearly now. She only needed but a single thought to send her power within to the four trees and the stone she had created. And as she did this she could feel that the seeds had already sprouted and began to grow well, even her stone had slightly grown within her sleep.
And now as she poured more of her energy within the seeds she could make them a bit stronger although she couldn't force them to grow, unlike with her stone. So instead she focused only on the stone and as she did she immediately felt it begging to grow even more, becoming stronger and larger.
From affecting a small area of the manors backyard with it's light, it now grew to encompass the entirety of the backyard and little beyond. Doing this Lili felt amazed, she felt so strong now, her power was on a whole new level and even the dark room around her didn't seem so dark anymore.
If she really focused she could now even make her eyes see clearly within the dark in a way that was much better than any normal night vision. Although doing all of this did cause a great strain upon her core quickly forcing her to stop.
Tired, but feeling quite pleased with her new power Lili then decided to go look for something to eat. Her tummy felt so flat and her appetite was large, she was absolutely starving as if she hadn't eaten for years.
Using her hands for support Lili then tried to push herself up into a sitting position, but no matter how hard she tried she just couldn't. Her body just felt so heavy and her arms so wobbly and weak.
How strange, she thought. It was as if her core was easily keeping her body together and somewhat active, and yet she felt so empty inside. She had no energy and she honestly just wanted to keep laying there and wait for herself to build up strength again.
But no, the bed was sweaty, smelly and wet. She wanted to get away and most importantly get some food, so with all her might she tried to call out to Mathilda, but as she did it was as if a thousand needles struck her throat that was oh so dry.
She couldn't speak, she could only wince in pain and try another way. With all her might she placed her hands above her chest and then rolled to her right, until she then came crashing off the bed and fell like a beautiful little doll to the carpet covered fool with a light bang.
It hurt, and Lili wanted to say so, but she could only let out a girlish little grunt of dissatisfaction. Thankfully the familiar feminine voice of Mathilda was quickly heard calling out to her in quiet distress.
"Your Holiness?"
Lili could hear the young teen slowly get off her chair as she then rushed to the beds side and gasped out loud as she called out her name.
"AHH, your Holiness your awake."
Miaa awoken by her mother's voice quickly got up as well and came rushing to the scene along with her little sister Mila. To them Lili could only show a weak smile as she weakly pointed to the bathroom.
Seemingly understanding her meaning the girls hurriedly rushed her to the bathroom. There they began filling up the bathtub with warm water as she was undressed and carefully placed within the tub where she finally was able to drink some warm water clearing up her throat.
Each gulp of water hurt, but the more she drank the easier it got and that's when she noticed something odd. Her reflection within the water looked a bit off as did the fact that her hair was now really long and extremely light in colour.
Her hair was what she believed was called platinum blonde, an extremely light and rare blonde hair colour that made her look kind of like that crazy dragon lady from that one TV show in her first life.
Also her eyes seemed so clear now. Looking within the reflection of her eyes was like she was looking into a white void where there was an extremely deep sea that was round, and within that seas center was the dark abyss that led who knows where.
On one hand it seemed kind of scary, but taking into account her girlish face, long eyelashes and big eyes her eyes overall looked really beautiful. They were eyes that she herself couldn't help but feel herself getting lost in, for never had she seen such beautiful eyes.
Watching Lilis naked confusion from the side Miaa herself felt quite intrigued as she asked.
"What happened? Are you ok?"
To these words Mathilda quickly snapped at as she said.
"Miaa, remember your manners while within her holinesses presence, address her properly and do not bother her with needless questions. Now just let her rest, after all it's not often that a person sleeps for many months in a row and sweats as much as she did. My apologies your holiness, please do not mind us and just rest."
Hearing Mathilda's words Lili looked to the one small window of the bathroom and there within the darkness of the backyard she could see leaves falling from trees. It seemed that most trees had already shed their leaves and winter was close now.
While lost in thought Mathilda and Miaa then began to gently wash her hair as little Mila climbed into the bath with her. Turning her eyes on the little one Lili could see that she had grown a little from the last time she had seen her.
Seeing this, Mathilda tried to stop the little one from getting any closer to Lili, but Lili simply raised her hand and in doing so stopped Mathildas actions.
Though as curious as she seemed little Mila seemed a bit hesitant as she looked at her with those beautiful innocent looking blue eyes of hers. So to ease the little ones worries Lili showed a kind smile and offered a hand to her which she happily took and then came to her.
Sitting upon her lap the little Mila seemed lost for a long moment as she merely looked into her eyes in awe. It seemed that even the little Mila found her eyes to be quite an interesting sight to look at.
Though this didn't bother Lili at all as she just smiled at the cute little girl and then began to gently wash the little girls nicely growing blonde hair. Doing so along with lightly massaging the little girls head Lili couldn't help but get lost within the peaceful moment.
To her it brought back so many memories of her past life and her own children there that she due to her own actions was forced to leave behind. Oh if only she hadn't been as greedy as she was back then, then just maybe she could have been brushing her own little girls hair by now.
Without realising it, tiers soon began to form in Lilis eyes, she felt like crying, but more than anything she felt such motherly love towards this little one before her. Overwhelmed by her own emotions Lili just couldn't help but give the little girls head a light kiss followed by giving the girl a warm hug.
In response Mila laughed happily which made Lili just love the cute little girl even more, oh how she wished she too had one of her own.
Seeing the lovely scene Mathilda showed a smile but said nothing and merely enjoyed the moment, while Miaa watched from the side curiously.
Then Lili feeling her energy slightly beginning to return looked to Miaa, who immediately after meeting her gaze froze. It seemed that even Miaa was now slightly taken aback by her new look as Lili then started to explain.
"Miaa, you wanted to know what happened to me. Well I will explain."
Though Lili said this quite calmly she couldn't help but look away from Miaa feeling there to be something really off about herself. For now not only had she changed in appearance, but she sounded so, so different. To her it felt like words were coming out her mouth, but it wasn't her that was speaking them as she no longer could quite recognise her own voice.
Now her voice sounded so clear and so beautifully melodic. She strangely enough sounded like some angelic being or some goddess, or what she imagined those sorts of beings to sound like.
Then focusing again Lili thought back to her dream and all she had seen there as she then simply explained by saying.
"As I fell to the dirt, darkness took me for a time and I strained out of thought and mind. Then there came a light and by some miracle all of existence passed by me. Countless stars flew over head, planets were formed and new suns were lit a flame, and I watched mankind's rise and fall then. Many lives and times of strife and prosperity had passed by me, until he spoke to me and set upon me my destiny.
And now as you can see I have been forever Changed, I have been reborn by the grace of God to see humanity's fate fulfilled. And yes Miaa, I'm feeling fine right now. However I am quite weak now and in great need of food, so I would much appreciate it if you could help me with that, hihihi."
Seemingly within a panic Miaa hurriedly said.
"Aa yes, right away your, your holiness. I will go inform the maids to start preparing something for you to eat."
After saying this Miaa hurriedly ran out the bathroom and out of sight. While Lili might have wished to simply live a normal life, it truly was quite a blessing to have so many people caring for you at once. To so easily get others to get you food or to have them wash you and overall just have them looking after you was nice, of course she intended to repay their service with many gifts in return. After all she was not a cheap superior no more who ruled by fear and gave basically nothing in return to her followers, she was different now.
She wasn't sure what exactly had happened to her, and if that person she had met in her dream truly been him, but now so much seemed so clear to her and yet so many things didn't.
For within her mind there was now a vast archive of knowledge from different times and places that she knew she hadn't ever known before, and yet they were there like some form of an endless encyclopedia of information that no mortal man could ever surely comprehend in its entirety or even have the time to do so.
Even for her at the moment it all felt quite overwhelming to her and she was having a hard time condensing it all into a good order within her head. But nonetheless she now knew that she had discovered something truly great here that she now needed to master.
Although for the moment getting something to eat and resting seemed more important to her, after all she was feeling quite hungry and looking really skinny.