As the rain steadily came down, Nova just sat with Celes in his arms, he didn"t know how much time had pa.s.sed. But he knew that he couldn"t sit here forever.After sometime, Nova felt a hand on his shoulder and saw it was Luna. Nova saw that she was kneeling next to him, while Hermione and Daphne were now coming around.
"Nova are you ok?" Luna asked.
"I will be fine. How are you three doing?" Nova asked, while standing up still holding Celes.
"My head . . ." Hermione started
"My eyes . . ." Luna said.
"My throat. . ." Daphne hoa.r.s.ely said.
"Hurts." All three finished.
The three girls all looked at each other, shocked they had finished the sentence together. Nova chuckled lightly.
"I imagine so. You three were forcefully pulled into a Soul Fusion with a Higher Void Being." Nova said. "And are luckily still sane."
"What?" Daphne said.
"I would have liked to have had this conversation with you under better conditions, Daphne, but inside your soul is a fragment of my wife, Astoria. Same as Luna and Hermione. And because you inherited her voice your throat is hurting since it was used by the consciousness inside the wand and Diadem to speak. If you three managed to harmonize you could do it more often but all that is for a later date. I will leave Hermione and Luna to explain it to you. I need to first put Celes to rest.
Nova then opened his wings and flew with Celes towards his cottage. As Nova traveled he did so at a leisurely pace. He recollected everything in the past.
"Little One do you remember how we first met. Astoria brought you home from a smaller world after finding you orphaned. It took you weeks to get you to let go of her dress." Nova let out a small chuckle as he recollected seeing Astoria bring home the shy little girl, who never seemed to leave her shadow. Though Nova was against it at first, it was hard for him to say no to a puppy eyed Astoria and the puppy eyed little girl. The little girl was later named Celeste by Astoria because she came from a world of heavenly beings, though it was kind of ironic when they found the girl was a demonic shape shifter. And though Astoria wasn"t her real mother, Celes still considered her mother but never seemed to say a word to Nova. Though Celes was shy around Nova, she was still a curious little girl, and would constantly watch Nova from behind a tree or the corner of a building. It wasn"t until Nova forged her an infinite flower hair clip, that was constantly turning into flowers, did he find out why.
As it turned out, some of the earlier worlds he made would have mirage pockets form, and these pockets would show the creation of their world and oftentimes, it showed him striking on the World Forge. When he found this out Nova let out a small chuckle.
He remembered asking, "So Little One, what is it you wish to do then?" Little Celes at the time told him, "I will be the Serpent Queen and be Master"s Messenger. No one will be my equal." Though Nova didn"t want to at the time, he found that her firm resolve was quite amusing and told her she could. After that Nova had brought her to Nemea to teach Celes all that she needed to know so that the little girl could truly be without equal.
Nova had honestly expected the little girl to give up after a few weeks but she lasted a full five years under Nemea"s training and pa.s.sed all her tests. Celes was truly without equal and had mastered countless Void Laws pertaining to Death and Poison.
Though Nova agreed to let her be his Messenger, he never really needed her, for any beings that wanted to have anything made by him had to go through many tests in their worlds just to open a breach to his realm. So oftentimes, he found Celes and Astoria sitting in a small garden next to the lake under the willow tree. And when Astoria was giving life to the worlds, he and Celes would go into the worlds and watch the sun rise for the first time.
Coming back to the real world out of his recollection, Nova found they were coming up to the cottage. As he landed, he went to the small section of the cottage and in the shade of the trees near the lake Nova built a small altar and laid Celes gently on top of it.
Nova stroked her head one last time, "Don"t worry Little One I will lay you to rest in the Void when I return. So this is all I can do for you now."
He then took a World Diamond out of this ring and enchanted it to grow over Celes turning it into a Crystal Coffin which Nova further enhanced and laid the enchantments to make it an Eternal Coffin that would perfectly preserve a person.
Nova placed his hand on the coffin one last time, "Don"t worry Little One, I don"t know the full events that brought you to this realm, but I will make Samuel pay."
He then left the resting place, and walked to the cottage.
"h.e.l.lo Narcissa. Are you enjoying everything here?" Nova asked.
Narcissa was currently sitting in a chair, attempting to knit. She stopped what she was doing and looked up, "Indeed. It is so peaceful here. I have no worries or cares. No responsibilities. Nothing."
"Good. You do realize that you can leave here if you want?" Nova said.
"Oh yes. But since the house can provide me anything, I see no reason to leave. I did get something while I was out once. Here let me show you." Narcissa said. She then stood up and walked into the cottage but before Nova could walk in she closed the door and locked it.
Not fully understanding why she locked the door, Nova just waited. A few minutes later, the door unlocked. When Nova walked in he was shocked by what he saw. Narcissa was in a maid outfit that was extremely revealing.
"Greetings Master, would you like a bath, a meal, or me?" Narcissa greeted Nova. Seeing this, Nova just sighed, "What are you wearing?"
"Well I went to this Muggle city called the Red Light District. And saw many women greating their husbands like this when they walked into the rooms. One guy yelled, "A French Maid! How wonderful." and then ran inside. I convinced one of the girls to give me one of the outfits, though it seems to be a little on the short end for the skirt. It barely covers my breast and for some strange reason the undergarment has a hole-"
"Wait. Stop right there!" Nova quickly held his hands up. "Please change."
"Why am I wearing it wrong?" Narcissa asked.
"Nope. But uh. . . I don"t need a Maid."
Narcissa then scowled, "Then why am I even here? At first I figured, you needed a release for your carnal desires, but you turned that down. So I figured you needed a Maid, so I go and do my research. And now I find you don"t want a maid either?"
"To be honest, your husband is a waste of breathing s.p.a.ce that didn"t know how to treat his wife. So I agreed to him selling you for his family"s continued living." Nova said.
"Ok so it sounds to me like he just used me as a tool. That means you owe me." Narcissa stated.
Nova just roled his eyes, "I honestly don"t know where or what your reasoning for that is but ok. If I am able to I will try to fulfill what you want."
"Good I want a child."
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