MoonLove: a mythological story

The nightmare becomes real.

Lilith was in her new bedroom remembering her way back to the dorm, it had been just too normal for her taste even if the twilight began before she could reach the door of her safe place. Jared had talked to her all the way back and calmed her with his voice and the reassurance words he told her about Lucy being ok. Apparently that night was going to more calm that she expected after the terrible day she had.

She took out her clothes, but left the hair pin where it was in her hair and decided to lay down so she could relax and think what did just happen that afternoon, but before she could begin thinking about it, the stress and tiredness sent her directly to land of dreams. Or at least that is what she thought.

Lilith opened her eyes, and found herself in the last place she expected to be, it was beautifully dark with a sky covered in stars and some silver lilies tangled around some magnificent gates; that place was wonderful until she heard a terribly annoyed scream. She was in her mother´s temple.

-          You! How dare you returning to my home stupid mortal!

-          Mother, I did not…

-          But now I will send you to the place you belong!

Lilith could not answer because a strange force pulled her to what she thought was the floor but there was not the end, she was pulled lower and lower until everything she could see was darkness, and all she could feel was coldness, not only in the outside but also inside of her, her soul was freezing and her spirit was paralyzed in fear. She did not understand what was happening until she was thrown against something beneath her.

She let out a sound sight when she felt something like frozen stones hitting her legs, ribs and head. Everything was dark around her, so dark that she could not even see her hands or feet; all she knew is that she had arrived to a terrible and ruthless place.

She tried to get up, but before she achieved it flames appeared around her, green fires which illuminated the room she was into, but the moment she looked around she hoped those lights had never appeared. She was locked in a circular shaped place made out of black stones which felt as cold as ice, and all she could see on the walls and floor made her heart ache with fear, everything there was designed to t*****e and cause the mayor pain possible; and there she was locked in a place which came out of her worst nightmares, but that time it was real. Terribly real.

-          Well, well, well… what do I have here in my beloved dungeon – A hard and deep voice said.

Lilith did not recognise that voice at once, but it had some similarities to one she had heard recently, a voice which sent her to one of the worst experiences she had ever had, a voice which had sounded like shattered glass and had made her feel like stepping back and running away; nevertheless this one exuded more madness and painful promises than the one she had heard before, that was the only reason she began moving backwards on the floor. That time she was not going to get so near to the person on the room.

-          I said, what I have in here! – The same voice said, but more exasperated this time.

-          It´s me Sr. I do not know how d…

-          Shut up! Do not speak if you are not asked to! How the effing hell did you arrived to my beloved dungeon?!

-          I do not know Sr. I was dragged here from my mother´s temple and…

-          Ahhh…

The moment Lilith heard that enticed sound she knew she had made the worst mistake of her life, she had given up who she was.

-          But my lord, I…

-          Shut up! b****y hell! I knew you had no brain, but I did not know you were also deaf! Never speak to me unless you are requested to stupid girl! Did I made myself clear!

-          Y… yes, Sr.

-          Ok, now that it is clear, I think I will play with you a little before I let you go.

Lilith felt her blood freeze on her vein when she heard that last statement; she knew perfectly what he meant, he meant torturing her until she lose her mind or even worst until she died. That could not be happening to her, it had to be just a very vivid nightmare.

She was about to answer when a gigantic shadow appeared near an arch she had not noticed before, the shadow began getting near and near her with every second, but what really made her jump was the aura that arrived along with the owner of the shadow, it felt like pain, death and madness. Lilith thought that maybe that person would be old and insane as she had always pictured those kind of men in her head, but the moment the unknown man reached the arch, her mouth fell open and her eyes filled with tears. He was one of the most beautiful and terrifying men she had always seen.

The man in from of her looked to be in his mid-thirties. He was taller than every single man she had ever met in her world, his hair was black with blue strings that made the idea of it being forged by coldness, his skin was whiter than she thought was possible, but what made her try to run away from him were his eyes. Those eyes were forged for a beast, they were green, but at the same time had red shines when some light hit on them, like cat´s eyes. That gaze was terrifying and the cruelty and coldness inside of them told her, she had fallen into a rabbit´s hole which took her to the most insane man on the whole universe and he looked alike someone he met before. That man look just like Joseph.

-          Who… who are you? – Lilith could not hold back the question, she needed to confirm her awful suspicions.

-          Did I not tell you to not speak unless you are commanded!!

-          Yes, my lord but please give me a free card on this question.

-          Well, I will this time just because I can see you are just too stupid to understand a simple command. I have many names, you can call me Hades, Anubis, Banshee, Reaper if you want; but my name here is Mors. I am the god of pain, disgrace and death, and you stupid girl are in my beautiful home. That means, you now belong to me.

Lilith opened her mouth to answer that she did not belong to anyone, but before she could even inhale to reply she felt a hard force holding her throat so hard that it was impossible for her to even breathe. She took her hands to her neck in a vain to try get her throat free of what has suffocating her, but it was useless the force was not on the outside but inside her body in a way she would never be able to get free.

-          You will learn to keep your little mouth shut in the good way or in the bad way! So every time you speak without permission this is what will happen, or not… I do not know, I might find a better way to play.

Then she understood it was him who was suffocating her, why she did not held her mouth? She could have avoided all that awful experience if she had not followed her impulses. She was getting dizzy and her lips began to get purple the moment she felt the force go away and left her in the floor panting and breathing heavily to try to recover; but she did not stayed that way for long, suddenly another force pulled her hair up until she was on her feet, only to get her hands and neck chained to one of the stone walls she had seen the moment the flames appeared. Just then she knew, she was not going to escape from that place.

-          Well now that you know who I am, I will try to find out who are YOU… mmm, let me see, red hair, grey eyes and fair skin, you must be my lovely Davin´s awful daughter! Oh what a marvellous gift she made to me!

Lilith felt the impulse to answer again, but the cruel smile in the god´s mouth reminded her what would happen if she did, so she stayed quiet.

-          Well, what a marvellous surprise, the stupid child learnt to shut up! Great!... I must thank Davin in a proper way the next time I see her, after all, she just gave me the pleasure to get to know my beautiful but stupid future daughter in law before my idiotic son brought her here! What a marvelous moment!

The shock Lilith felt when she heard those words made her forget about everything, she had to defend herself even if her deepest instincts told her not to.

-          Daughter in law! You must b…

She began suffocating again, but this time the pressure was bigger and the desperation she felt was ten times worse than the last time. That man had not received the title of god of pain, disgrace and death in vain.

-          Oh my stupid little Lilith, thank you for answering me without being asked, I was looking forward to choke you not only from the inside but with my favourite chain on you long neck too. You are making this hours a wonderful party for me, I must thank Davin in the most generous way I can.

Lilith was still suffocating while Mors spoke to her without stop, until she almost lost consciousness, only then he left her go. She felt so weak that moment that only her hands and neck were holding her in place; that was the moment a complete truth hit her; against that man, she had no chance to win. Ever.

Davin was sitting in her silver throne, enjoying the most beautiful night she had ever experienced in a very long time. For once she did not have to take in count any other person than herself, after all her awful daughter was in the deepest plane with one of his best friends, Mors. For once in what seemed like an eternity she felt free of any responsibility and could finally breath in peace; every single piece was falling in the precise place so she was able to actually fulfil her objectives; not only the ones including Lilith and making her miserable, but also all her personal goals.

Even if Davin (or Vanessa as she called herself when she took a human body) seemed to be a terrible deity and even a worst mother, she considered herself just a broken-hearted woman, after all she was nice to every creature in her kingdom and she had a great friend as Mors, but still she could feel hatred run through her veins when she remembered some moments in her life, the ones that she preferred to have in the deepest part of her brain where they could never go out. She decided to stop following that dangerous path, and preferred to go with one of his favourite hobbies, asking Martha about the child she hated so much, so she directed one of the stars to call her and even if necessary, force her to her temple to report, after all she had not answered her previous request, which would actually be punished in a very intense way so the useless child learnt that with someone like her no one could play.

-          My beloved O, darling, would you mind bringing Martha here? That useless child is not reporting to me and she must do it now!

-          Of course my Lady, I will bring the ungrateful child to your presence in a moment.

-          Thank you my lovely O. Do whatever it takes to bring her here.

-          I will do as you command my Lady. I am going now.

Davin had always loved that beautiful soul, and always had taken care of her; after all, she was the first daughter of her best friend and she was the loveliest creature she had ever met. She could not avoid loving her even if she should have seen her as a threat to her and her beauty, after all she was more beautiful than her stupid daughter was; nevertheless she saw her as her own daughter, even more than Lilith. The stupid girl had given her back on her and refused to recognise her as her superior as a child. Now she was going to pay because of it, she was going to take care of it.

She knew that O had a great convincing ability when it came to humans, especially because she had no concern about manipulating or using the information she could get about them; probably that was one of the most appreciated characteristics Davin saw on her at first, and also O was very efficient when it came to do something for Davin or Mors. The moon had the suspicion that O had some memories of her mortal life, especially about her father but she could not be sure until she was brought back as a free soul, a deity or in the worst case a simple human.

While she was thinking about the scenarios that guided her to where she was, the melodic voice of her favourite creature spoke to her from the starry sky above her.

-          My Lady, the mortal woman is on her way to this temple, I had to use some… tools, but she will arrive shortly.

-          Thank you my darling. I really appreciate your help.

With that the conversation was over, not because she did not wanted to speak to O (she was one of the 3 people she actually liked speaking to) but because a hard scream broke the silence of her temple. The mortal girl had arrived.

Davin looked up, and saw a terrorized blond human being dragged by her cursed chains and dropped in the floor just in front of her.

Martha could not move because of the fear she felt inside of her soul, but still the invisible chains she felt in her ankles kept dragging her until she was dropped on a white marble floor. She knew suddenly where she was, and it was not good place to be at all. She slowly looked up and saw a pair of cruel, ice-cold eyes looking back at her; she had been dragged to Lilith´s mother temple, she was in a terrible situation. She should have answered her demands of a report the moment she could, now she had no way out of her own stupidity and mistakes.

-          Martha! Darling, I am so happy to have you here! – Said Davin with a bloodthirsty voice and hate in her eyes – Please come in! Have a sit.

The invitation Davin made her might have sounded nice and polite beside the fact that when she pronounced the words, the invisible chains which were tied to Martha´s ankles lifted her and dragged her to a near chair made of dead thorn bushes (a beautiful gift Davin received from Mors a few weeks before) and instead of just dropping her on it, the chains turned into silver locks and tied her hard on the chair until her skin broke under the pressure against the hard thorns. Davin laughed at the sight of the girl desperate and trying to get free just to getting herself even more hurt.

-          Martha, Martha… have you learnt nothing about how things work here? You are just a chess piece! You have no value at all for me, and still you refuse accomplishing you objective by not informing me about Lilith even when you are asked to!

-          Please, my Lady…

-          Shut up Martha!... as I can see, you have indeed learnt nothing about being in the presence of a goddess, but well I know a way to make you remember you manners. Now, let´s keep going to the report, I will ask and you will answer just what I want to know, no more and no less. Do you understand?

-          But… my Lady, please… le…

Suddenly one of the locks got tighter on Martha´s wrist, which had as result a screaming and begging Martha trying to get her hand and wrist free of that terrible t*****e, but she was only making it worse. After a few minutes, she stopped fighting and her sobs were the only thing that could be heard in the marvellous eternal night of the temple.

-          Well, girl, you need to learn some manners, but I think this might gave you an idea of what will happen if you do not learn to obey to your superiors. Let me ask you again, did you understand?

-          Yes my Lady.

-          Very well, then let´s return to the main topic of this meeting.

Jared was worried, he tried to connect with Lilith since he noticed she was in their plane, but for some reason, she was not answering him; but what concerned him was not the silence itself but the kind of silence, it was like if someone had turned her off completely. Something was terribly wrong, but he could not find out what it was so he went to the only person he could ask something like that. His Father.

-          Dear father, may I request from you some delicate information? – Jared asked politely and in a completely respectful way.

-          Of course my son, which are the doubts that are chasing you?

-          It is the beautiful lady which came here a few times, the first daughter of the moon. I tried to communicate with her but it is like someone did turned her off. I cannot reach her mind, not even her spirit. I am really worried about that beautiful woman.

-          I understand your concerns son, and I must admit I find that girl lovely; nevertheless the clues you are giving me son are quite concerning, the fact that a deity cannot contact with her is not normal…

The sun stayed silent for a moment, he was remembering; he had heard about it just once, a specific case about a girl who was attacked by Davin while being a child. Emily, which was her name. She had been in the same situation once.

-          My dearest son, I must say I have bad news to you, but the reason might be that she is locked by a curse of Davin or maybe locked somewhere in another plane.

-          Father, do you think the moon would have…

Then a moment of light and comprehension hit Jared. There was just one place where the sun and his family could not reach, and it was because that awful place had never seen the light of day and was reigned by a king who only knew about pain and t*****e. And the moon was her best friend.

-          She is with Mors.

Lilith could not calculate how much time she had spent in that dungeon surrounded by green flames, all she knew was that it felt like an eternity.  

-          My lady! I am so glad to finally be able to contact you… I never imagined you could be locked in such an awful place, but do not worry my beautiful I am taking you out in this second.

Lilith tried to answer Jared but she was interrupted by a raging scream.

-          You! How dare you coming into my dark dungeon! You have no right to come here! – Mors screamed to the owner of such bright light which filled the place – I know you came here for her, but now, she will never again be free of my curse!

Lilith could not believe what she heard, was she going to be locked there the rest of her existence? She hoped not, she could not stand a single more minute there, she felt desperation run through her soul until it filled every single thought and hope, and she was helpless.

Mors smiled when he felt the desperation winning inside that stupid little girl in front of him, how she could be that stupid! He had said it on purpose to get her weak and at his mercy again, but not to keep her chained to his wall (even if she was a great decoration), but because he wanted to force her belonging in the darkness. He knew she came from the land of the eternal night, after all Davin was the moon goddess; but it was not enough for him now that he had met Lilith personally; he needed her completely linked to the darkness, that way his useless son would be able to track her down and find her no matter where she tried to hide.

Mors took a little piece of Onyx from the vest he had on that moment, and pronounced the enchantment to link Lilith to his and to his darkness.

“c*m infelix anima in mediis tenebris abyssi regnem victimæ meæ, ne derelinquas me ad vim dominationis doublegate hanc animam meam. nunquam erit sine ista maledictio ubique alienas esse arbitrabar.”[1]

As soon as Mors finished with his enchantment, he put the small piece of Onyx on Lilith´s heart.

Lilith screamed when she felt the little piece of stone over her heart, it burnt as if someone had turned her heart on fire, she tried to take it off but every time she touched it, the little stone got deeper and deeper until it disappeared inside her skin and found a cozy place inside her heart. Suddenly she got a moment of clarity and Mors´ words made perfect sense do her. She had been linked to him and to his kingdom against her will, and the worst part of all was that she did not do anything to avoid it.

Lilith felt an unbearable pain, and felt her soul and mind crash into tiny little pieces for a second before she lost consciousness because of the pain.

[1] join the unfortunate soul of my victim to the deepest darkness of the abyss i reign, leave me the power to dominate this spirit and double gate it at my will. She will never get free of this curse, she will always belong to me.