It was the last day of the event, precisely, the finale of Alyssa"s upcoming age. Today Alyssa"s name would be written in the "Book of Names" and she will officially become a member of the royal family. Alyssa took a deep breath and entered the emplacement.It was not the same ballroom that she was going for the last two days. It was an old temple of G.o.ddess Luna or in other words Moon G.o.ddess. It is said that werewolves came into reality when the Moon G.o.ddess gave the power of an animal to a couple to fight against evil vampires. It was sometimes also said that a wolf saved G.o.ddess Luna and in return, she gave him the power to change into the human form. There are many theories related to how werewolves came into existence but one thing was for sure that they came into actuality because of G.o.ddess Luna. Is their sole purpose is to fight vampires, who knows? Like them, vampires are also creatures of darkness and are capable of living harmoniously together.
Alyssa was standing on the road leading to the temple. She was taking in the scenery present before her eyes. It was scenic. The temple was just like any old Indian temple which she had seen in the books. The temple was made of marble which had lost its sparkly whiteness over the centuries. It was said that it was the first Moon G.o.ddess temple in Astros. The temple was in the middle of a thicket so it was densely surrounded by trees. There was a single dirt road leading to the main road which leads to the backside of the old castle. Alyssa had been into these woods surrounding the old castle but she had never been so far. This temple was meant only for the royals and for those whose names were in the "Book of Names".
There was a small lake near the temple whose water is considered to be holly. There are many stories related to this lake too. Some say that it was the Moon G.o.ddess tears or her divine blood. Some say that this was the pond where the Moon G.o.ddess had submerged herself to become a part of nature but the gist is that this water is holy and miraculous too, considering that it"s water never freezes in winter and it never goes dry in summer.
Alyssa looked at the lake and thought to herself, "There should be a scientific explanation to this." She inched to leave this ceremony and to just collect this water as a sample for further research to unravel this mystery.
"Hey, you are early." Alyssa turned to see Alexander walking towards her with a beautiful lady in his arms. It was not that she was the most beautiful lady that Alyssa had seen so far, but she looked pretty with her brown hair and brown eyes. she was wearing a light pink gown with a fur scarf wrapped around her neck. She was wearing a diamond necklace with matching earrings and was holding a pink fan on her left hand. Alyssa"s eyes traveled towards her fingers when she noticed that leaving her thumb, she was wearing rings of pink diamonds with different shapes and sizes.
Alyssa really wanted to furrow her brows. It was not that she was against anyone wearing pink or diamonds but the lady seemed a bit off. Alyssa couldn"t pinpoint that why was she feeling uncomfortable in the presence of a complete stranger.
"This is Elizabeth, my girlfriend," Alexander said when he saw Alyssa staring at the stranger.
"Oh, hi. Congratulations" Alyssa said wiggling her eyebrows at Alexander. "So how long you have been together?" Alyssa asked.
"Two weeks. But we know each other for nearly a month." Alexander answered.
"Wow! You guys are fast." Alyssa chuckled.
"And you are?" Elizabeth questioned a bit rudely
"Beth meet my sister Alyssa," Alexander replied before Alyssa can say anything.
"Oh! The abandoned one. I can guess just by looking at her why she would be abandoned. She is nothing like Violet." Elizabeth scoffed while screening Alyssa from head to toe.
"Beth," Alexander said in a warning tone.
"Whatever." Elizabeth huffed before walking towards the temple on her own.
"Didn"t expect that" Alyssa chuckled to lighten the mood.
"Sorry Allie, she is usually not like that. She has been a bit off lately." Alexander apologized for Elizabeth"s behavior.
"It"s alright. I am used to it. But why is she here? Is she someone royal?" Alyssa questioned
"No. She is going to be my wife so it"s obvious to make some exceptions for the future queen." Alexander said smiling. Alyssa can see his eyes lighting up whenever her name was mentioned. She can practically feel the dept of his love for her.
"Let"s go," Alyssa said and both of them walked inside.
The insides of the temple were huge. The whole wall on the left side of the door was carved into symbols saying some legend about Moon G.o.ddess and her followers. And a huge painting was made on the wall adjacent to the right side of the door.
In the first part of the painting picturized arrival of the Moon G.o.ddess on earth then it went to picture her giving power to humans and her leaving Astros. There was something written at the end of the painting. The letters had paled with time and were barely visible. Alyssa tried to read it but she found that it was neither written in Astrosian language or the old language, the one used by witches and warlocks, so she couldn"t decipher it"s meaning.
On the opposite side of the gate, there was a statue of G.o.ddess Luna kept upon a high marble floor. The floor was decorated with thousands of candles. The whole temple was decorated with candles. The temperature inside the temple was low. Many s.h.i.+vered when they entered the temple.
Alyssa could feel the pious pietistic feeling in the temple. There was a high lectern present in front of the high marble floor. Alyssa could see an inkpot with a quill kept on it. the ceremony was going to start after the arrival of the royal high priest. Alyssa was feeling jittery about all these processes. It felt surreal but there was one vexatious feeling in her guts that was telling her that something wrong was going to happen.