Chapter 2 : Protector Of Memories And Hope

思い出と希望の子

⚠Suicidal Thoughts⚠

Abuse

Censored language

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Author ☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙

The story of the child of memories and hope is a story about a child named Mahaz [ماهاز] who was blessed and loved by the gods , he was bathed in light and was given given the duty of protecting the memories of gods children , the humans.

On his 17th birthday he asked to visit the the people he has been guarding there hope and memories , the gods of course disagreed with this but his mother Demeter-(Σιτώ)/φόρος| , the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over grains and the fertility of the earth. convinced Mahaz's father Lasion the founder of mystic rirtes and Mahaz's sister Despoina the goddess of mysteries , to allow Mahaz to explore the world that she adores and looks after.

Lasion aloud this request under one condition , Despoina must escort him on his journey in the mortal realm , at an agreement Mahaz and Despoina started their 1 year journey on earth . When they arrived Mahaz was disgusted with the humans , they were greedy , lustful , deceitful and they were surrounded by darkness, Despoina was in love with humans despite their traits , she saw the purity in them and told her younger brother that they are not born with the darkness in their heart but simply attained them, she was curious on why humans had feelings such as sadness and anger .

One day whilst the two siblings were walking around the market , they met a girl who had beautiful xanadu coloured hair that faded into a cyan blue , she had glaucous coloured eyes that differentiate between light and dark vacant , she was wearing a tattered beige dress , she was chained walking on her bare foot along the streets . That girl was me.

Mahaz was some how intrigued by this peculiar figure and secretly followed her , when she and the other slaves met there destination they were locked up in a rusting cell , Mahaz took this chance to interact with the female. When up close he realised that her eyes were clouded and had no sign of hope , this was first time he met human with no hope or even memories. He made the first conversation by asking the girl her name.

"Desdemona"- she said.

"Desdemona ? Doesn't that name mean 'ill-fated one' or ' misery of the devil' ? Why would someone name that ? "- It seems Mahaz has taken on his sisters curiosity.

"My owner the one who named me that...my real name is....Aileen , Aileen Irisviel."

" There much better , I was sure that someone as beautiful as you had to posses an extravogant name , If I'm correct it means 'light' or 'the humour bringer'."- Mahaz

"...why....."-Desdemona

"Hmmm? Why what ?"

"Why are you being nice to me? I'm a slave."

"I don't even know myself Aileen , but if I had to give an answer you intrigue me."-Mahaz

"Oh I forgot to ask you you're name."

"Oh my name is Mahaz...as n the god Mahaz , the protectrr of memories and hope."

"Cool."

"COOL!! THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY!"

"I mean yeah its cool that I met a god maybe you can take me out of this miserable world."

"....."

"...."

"Ok. But I have a question for you , where has your hope gone ? And why are you trying to bury your memories ? "-Mahaz

"I don't have hope ...and...I don't want to keep 'those' memories."

"....Then why don't we create some new memories?"

"What?"

"You heard me , your a slave with no hope that someone will save you and has a tragic past that you want to forget , I'm a god who can give you my hope and create new memories with you. How does that sound ? "

"....That...that sounds nice....But how will you break me out ? I'm a slave remember ?"

"Aileen , I'm a f*****g god ,but we have two options either I just bust down these cells and take you or buy you off your owner , I'd rather the first option because I don't want to put a price on your life."

"Ok...I'll choose to have hope and I want to have new memories with you in return I shall show that not all humans have succumb to greed and dark emotions , so Mahaz the god of hope and memories please save me." Desdemona said with a new fire lit inside her .

"You're plea has been seen , I Mahaz son of Demeter and lasion , grant this humans wish."

A light then in-cased the both of them , it then went away the second it came but something was different .

Both Desdemona and Mahaz had a symbol like tattoo decorating their arms .

Desdemona had a black peacock with black roses covering her arms ,the most common meaning of a black rose tattoo is death, grief, and sorrow. Black is a colour that is always associated with death , that's why the tattoo she has is symbolizing love for a departed soul be in black.

The most common meanings of peacock tattoos are glory, beauty, and vanity. Sometimes the peacock feather is called as the eye of a devil. But there's no negative connotation in it.

Mahaz had a black bird surrounded by white roses covering his left shoulder blade .The stage of the rose bloom also carries some meaning. Buds can symbolize youth or new beginnings. Flowers newly opened can represent the prime of life. Flowers fully opened can signal maturity. Blooms shedding petals can signify an ending or loss of innocence.

The bird, in general, is a representation of a higher path of knowing, life in the heavens and higher ideals while the black colour is a symbol of pure potential. When mixed, we get the meaning of the black bird tattoo. Overall, we can say the black bird tattoo symbolizes higher thought, higher ideals and higher intelligence.

These markings both symbolize that a god has made a pact or deal with a human.

From there they both met up with Dermoina and met some other people ,they are now at the age , both Mahaz and Dermoina asked to stay on this world a little longer since they both have sinned .

The other gods for example Zeus , he was sexually attracted to moral females and just played with them abandoning his current wife to satisfy his needs ,but Mahaz and Dermoina fell 'in-love' with a mortal being , not for their own satisfaction , but because they have actually fell in-love.

The other gods still loved Mahaz and his sister so Hera the goddess of women , marriage, family and childbirth gave her permission and aloud them both to stay on earth but with a condition that they must come back to the heavens when their lover has died .

But Phthonos or zelus was the personification of jealousy and envy, most prominently in matters of romance. He was jealous of the mortal called Adrien that captured his beloved Dermoina's heart so he teamed up with Abundantia the goddess of abundance and prosperity , Abundantia was also in-love with Mahaz and quickly got jealous when he found out that he fell in-love with Desdemona , so the both of them decided to put an end to Adrien and Desdemona.

Whilst Dermoina and everyone else was asleep , Phthonos put a curse called the mortal vex on Adrien and Abundantia put a curse called vex of misery on Desdemona .

The curse Mortal vex was a curse to make Desdemona and her descendants live a life of misery and pain and eventually watch there loved ones death.

The curse Mortal vex was a curse that made Adrien and his descendants have the most valuable thing taken away in front of them and die right after.

The next day was a normal day until night.

Desdemona and Mahaz laid under the stars in each others arms , Desdemona suddenly lost her source of warmth as Mahaz got up.

"close your eyes."-Mahaz

"Why?"

"Just do it."

"Ok?"

"Open them."

As Desdemona opened her eyes , she saw a breath taking ring with a red diamond embedded into it , holding the ring was none other Mahaz as he gulped nervously looking at Desdemona.

"Look , I guarantee that There'll be tough times , but I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine , I'll regret it for the rest of my life. I once vowed to give you hope and give you knew memories , but now I want to make new memories together , that means letting all of my happiness be yours , all of your sadness be mine . I now ask you to be mine and say yes because your the only one for me, so?" Mahaz asked seriously .

"Yes! YES! I love you so much ! "Desdemona cried as he places the ring on her finger. Tears streaming down her face even more.

A year after this whole ordeal Dermoina was pregnant and had Adrien's child , it is now 23th of xxxx , the day the 'accident' happened .

It was the day before Desdemona's wedding when she felt a wave of malaise hit her , but she thought nothing of it and continued with her day preparing for the 'big day' .

As she was writing a letter reminiscing about her life over the past 6 years about how she met Mahaz and her other friends , that's when the nightmare began.

One second they were all laughing,

the next they were gagged with a scarf and chained to the ground.

They were captured.

Taken to a cliff.

Dermoina clutched her dress as she was dragged , tears gathering in her vibrant blue eyes. The bonnet she takes so much to care to tie everyday as it was gift from her mother sits askew, revealing locks of her sun-streaked hair. Gagged with the scarf she once received from Athena herself gagged her , making it impossible to scream with worry for her child .

The sweet girl who wiped so many peoples tears for many years , the mother who slaves away so her friends and family can enjoy a good meal.

"Well , what a do we have here ? A beauty I see." There capturer say's.

" What will you do with them?" A guard asks

"We'll sale them , but after we have a bit of fun with ladies." The boss says with a devilish smirk.

Hearing that Dermoina uses her powers from the heavens as light explodes from her hand , It coats the cellar in magnificence- brilliant golds , shining purple , sparkling blues. The light arcs and shimmers as it cascades , a never ending stream erupting from her hands . This was the power of the gods , the real Dermoina , goddess of mysteries , daughter of Demeter and Poseidon.

The joy of summer melting into twilight. The essence and breath of life-

Boom

Blood seeps out of her mouth

A sword pierces her chest.

Her blood leaks to the ground.

"Dermoina?"

Nothing , not even a blink.

Her icy eyes are empty. Broken. Hollow.

"Dermoina," Adrien whispers. " Dermoina!"

✧༺♥༻∞ Desdemona ∞༺♥༻✧

The girl that held me in my sleep is nowhere to be seen.

Instead in her place is a soulless body.

Tears.

Adrien was crying. Grown men don't cry but certainly he realizes this as tears stream down his face. There here. The gods are laughing at him. She didn't deserve to die.

His clothes stains as he rips from his chains and hold her, he searches into her eyes for a sign . They offer nothing.

Crying,

Always crying

Clasping my escape in my hands , shaking so violently , one move means we stay here in this hell. I fall to my knees begging for forgiveness and understanding from the gods. Do they answer? No. Even when there children are dying. Why her? What did she do? Nothing. All she did was fall in love. But I guess love can be your downfall. Love can be a gift or it can be a curse. Love can be your saviour but it can also be your devastator.

Before I can break , I see the worst of it. A sight so alarming it doesn't even seem real to me. My heart stops as they drag him forward.

"Mahaz."

What are they going to do with him? They have Mahaz...no...

The feeling of malaise are ubiquitous. My thoughts were interrupted with a scream. His scream.

His lips parched and hunger growled in his stomach. A tremor of panic vibrated from my core. That slight tremor increased intensely until he physically shook with it.

Swoosh.

A dagger goes through his heart. His blood leaks onto the ground.

"Mahaz. MAHAZ!" I shout trying to reach him.

They grab hid limp body and drag him across the floor . What are they going to do with him? My rope was lose so I retake my hand from them and try to reach him mustering the strength I have left. I'm able to grab his scarf , but as I'm able to reach him...He's thrown off the cliff.

Fell off a cliff? I ruminate what just happened and it clicked . I lost him....he's not here with me...with us. But there was no us.

what happened to making our own future, hope together? Was this it? As the blood from the scarf spreads onto my fingers , the world goes black and body falls cold. In the darkness I see nothing , I see everything- I see him. He runs through the trees of the forest chasing me , a smile ignorant of the pain in the world. Next to me was Dermoina running from Adrien , she's stunning , she's radiant , she takes all our breath's away. The memory fades to the awe of their first child. The awe blurs as I watch Adrien rock his baby to sleep as Dermoina runs her hand through my wavy hair.

In his blood I feel the moment he came to this planet.

In her blood I feel the the love she felt when holding her baby.

In her blood , I feel everything.

In his blood , I feel him.

It's him blood.

It's him.

I woke from the darkness and realize . There is no hope for me . There is no hope for them. There is no hope for anyone.