Ch. 40 The Reenactment of Creation

From: Arwen17
To: Libitine
Posted: Fri Jun 3, 2016 9:56am

This is a scene I wrote all those years ago while I was waiting for Libitine to finish her post, but then it was never released to the public. I wanted to let this scene play out like I always intended it to.

Ariel was old, but nowhere near as old as Mab. Ariel had been around a few centuries as a mermaid before she became Queen of the element of Water. But Mab was as old as creation itself. Ariel was frightened too. She was new to these powers, afraid she wouldn't be able to control them, afraid she would fail her people. Mab had lived with the duties of a queen for so long she made it look easy, her confidence never seemed to waver. Ariel wanted to be strong like that, but she still felt mired in so much self-doubt.

"You don't think...Loke will try to spy on us?" Ariel glanced around the room, suddenly feeling awkward and nervous.

"He wouldn't dare." Mab hissed, tossing her cape aside.

Ariel took her dress off and placed it folded on a chair. She sat down on the bed, avoiding Mab's gaze. Her fingers twitched nervously in her lap.

She didn't realize Mab was right beside her until Mab put one hand on top of her twitching ones in an effort to calm her.

She looked into Mab's green eyes, an exact copy of Leah's eyes. Maybe this would be easier if she just imagined Mab was really Leah.

"You won't fail them." Mab assured her.

"What?" Ariel blurted.

"Because what you and I are going to do tonight will make your people strong again." Mab promised as she pushed her back gently onto the bed.

"Loke and Idath are keeping a barrier around the room at all times, so you don't need to worry about losing control of your element."

"Do you always think of everything?" the white goddess stared up at the hypnotizing dark goddess above her.

"Of course I do." Mab's lips crashed down upon Ariel's.

It was like the pull of the moon, the pull of the wind on the ocean tides. The bed was suddenly soaking wet and there was a sudden wind storm in the room.

Then it began to rain, drenching the rest of the room, leaving nothing dry.

Two pale bodies writhed against one another on the bed. Midnight and golden hair were mixed together like the rain and the wind mixed together in the atmosphere above.

It was nothing like what Ariel had shared with Loke. She had been crippled with him. Unable to unleash her full powers in fear that she would harm him. With Mab, there was nothing she could do that Mab couldn't match with her own. They fit perfectly together, skin to skin, feeding on each other's power, until a hurricane swelled to life.

They were like yin and yang, darkness and light, two opposite halves coming together to finally form one complete whole.

It didn't take long for the younger one to reach her orgasm. Mab did her work well. She wiped her fingers on the sheets and then pulled an unresisting Ariel on top of her.

What Mab did efficiently, methodically, Ariel did lovingly, innocently. Mab was a goddess of lust while Ariel was a goddess of the heart.

Mab shuddered as she reached her completion under Ariel's gentle caresses.

Ariel stole one last kiss as Mab slid from the bed. It was not in her nature to do anything without it reaching all the way through her heart. She could not detach herself from emotion the way Mab could.

Mab stood at the edge of the bed and stroked Ariel's eager face for a moment while pondering the next step of the plan, "And now for Yorrick..."

Ariel recoiled instantly. "I do not want him to touch me."

Mab sighed. "Remember Leah. You want to save her as much as I do. I would bed Yorrick myself if I had to..."

Yorrick sneered when Ariel and Mab entered the room. "Is it my turn yet?"

"You will be swift and do your job." Mab ordered him. "If you use this opportunity to take advantage of her, you will pay."

"Hmph!" he snorted and looked over at an Ariel who was glaring determinedly in the opposite direction.

Yorrick slid an arm around her waist. She tensed, but gave no reaction. She would be strong just like Mab. She would handle this just like Mab would and save her people.

From: Arwen17
To: Libitine
Posted: Fri Jun 3, 2016 11:59am

Loke was somewhat jealous of Yorrick. Although Loke considered Mab to be the greater prize, Ariel was still very beautiful in her own right. But nevertheless, Loke dutifully added his strength to the barrier Idath and Mab created around the room.

Yorrick followed after Ariel into the room, stomping petulantly like a child. Ariel could feel the slight, unintended tremors of the earth beneath his feet as he did this.

Determined to melt his stone heart and save Leah, Ariel released a flood into the room. It flowed gently around his legs, soothing the earth into submission.

"Come," Ariel held out a hand to him. "Earth needs water for life. There's no reason for this tension between us."

"Ariel, don't you understand?" Yorrick pressed himself against her. "Earth and water create life and it is the most miraculous of all the elemental combinations. The others have never understood it. They think themselves the most important just because I'm the youngest and fire, air, and water had to come together first for the world to be born. But it would be a barren world without our powers."

Ariel let out a peaceful sigh as Yorrick's power enveloped her. She didn't notice the minor earthquake happening below her flood, instead she was hypnotized by the smell of fresh summer roses. Vines of roses grew instantly and creeped up the walls and across the ceiling.

Yorrick continued his pleading, "Viviane understood this quite well. Water/Air are nothing but a destructive combination. Fire is just as deadly. But Water/Earth is peace, bliss, healing…..it is never destructive. We are the true elements of life."

As soon as Ariel and Yorrick finished being together, the land of Anoeth experienced a major earthquake. The Imperial King let out a horrifying shriek as he and his netherworld minions toppled down into a giant ravine that had opened up, splitting the entire land of Anoeth into two.

Next a giant tidal wave of greenish water swept over the land and down into the ravine, drowning any who had survived. A great cloud of steam rose up as if molten lava had been at the bottom of the pit. The skies above of Anoeth, normally a dull grey dead color, churned with deep colors of purple and blue, and sent vicious lighting strikes into the massive pit of water.

"Well, that was a shocking ending, wasn't it?" Far dorcha laughed, making a terrible pun about the lightning.

Leah snorted at him in response. The barrier that the Imperial King had placed on the cave had vanished.

"I think you should run. Run far away and never stop…. because they will hunt you until the end of time for this." Leah advised him.

"Not if I swear myself to someone." Far dorcha turned to her seriously.

"What good would that do?" Leah criticized. You've been in Mab's court and Idath's court. You were loyal to neither. Your oaths are meaningless."

"You misunderstand. I never swore oaths to either of them. I have always kept myself court-less on purpose. I was an amusing friend or servant to them, but never a true denizen of their kingdoms. I loved having no true loyalty to anyone but myself."

"However, I always intended to swear myself to you, Leah. That's why I took you. To keep you safe from the Imperial King's plans. In return for my services, he granted me permission to save the life of only one person from the coming destruction. I chose you. Because if you were dead, who would I swear myself to?"

"I do not want you." Leah brushed him off defensively.

"But you have me anyway." Far dorcha knelt before her. "I swear to Leah, my queen, that I will always be faithful and true in all service to her cause. That I will defend her to my last breath. And that if I should ever break these oaths, I will immediately be taken and devoured alive by the great carrion-crow of death himself."

Leah let out a small breath of irritation, but said nothing, instead choosing to vanish back to Tintagel.

What Leah found at Tintagel was surprising. All four Elemental Kings and Death were present.

That immediately explained the fantastic destruction Leah had witnessed in Anoeth. The Earth King, Yorrick, touched Ariel briefly on the shoulder before he headed out into the world, humming to himself. It sounded like the peaceful sound of birds and bees in summertime. Loke toasted the air from where he was lounging at the table. "And the missing princess returns!" he joked in Leah's general direction.

Ariel ran over to hug Leah in relief.

Mab simply gazed steadily at Leah. "Good, she is unharmed." Mab thought to herself.

Idath, his mouth set in a grim line, put out his hand and forcefully summoned Far dorcha from the netherworld to stand trial before them all.

Far dorcha collapsed in front of Idath and Mab. With the full weight of Idath's power bearing down on him, he could not stand. "Traitor…" came a vicious hiss from Mab.

"Instead of warning us, you helped the enemy." Idath spoke calmly. "This level of treason cannot go unpunished, Far dorcha."

"I saw the enemy's strength and did not believe there was any hope of defeating him." Far dorcha explained dully, no plea for mercy in his dead voice. He had already accepted the inevitable.

"You are not swore to any court, therefore judgement and punishment must rest with me." Idath explained to him. Idath drew his sword Caliban and raised it to deliver the final blow.

Still gripping Ariel's hand tightly, Leah finally decided to interrupt. "Actually, he his sworn to a court. He is sworn to me now. I get to decide his punishment."

"That would actually be me, but go on, dear, I'm eager to hear how you will punish him." the look Mab gave her was a command to show no mercy.

Leah took a deep breath and pronounced her verdict. "You protected me, Far dorcha. Therefore I will not kill you since I owe you a life debt. However, because you are a traitor, you are banished from Faerie forever. You will dwell in the mortal realm for all eternity… or until you wish to perish of your own will."

It was as close to a death sentence as Leah could get without actually killing him. But ultimately, Leah didn't want to see him killed. Some small part of her still held affection for him, as disloyal as he was.

Mab seemed mostly satisfied with that punishment. To her, being permanently banished from Faerie was like being banished to eternal hellfire. But she dropped a small lightning bolt near Far dorcha, who flinched. "Be gone, insect!"

Far dorcha fled immediately, and then Mab swept out of the room to collect Moria melania.

"I must return to the water now." Ariel squeezed Leah's hand gently. "Please come visit me when you are ready."

Ariel slipped away, leaving nothing but a puddle of water behind as evidence.

"I love happy endings!" Loke jumped up and exclaimed, grabbing Idath around the shoulders like they were best friends. "Drinks all around!" He toasted his mug of ale into the air.

Idath eyed him. "Yes, congratulations. But I must return to my kingdom now to assess the damages caused by all of this."

Idath vanished, right before Mab returned to the room carrying Moira melania.

"We are going home too." Mab proclaimed.

Loke sighed with fake-depression. "I guess the party is over."

Epilogue:

Moira grew up strong and beautiful and slowly over time her memories of her previous life did return to her. She spent a great deal of time in Anoeth with Idath, while Leah often visited Ariel in her realm.

Dustin prospered as king of the mortal realm and Mab continued her usual schemes, as she had for a millennia, to gain as much influence in the human world as she could.

Yorrick and Loke walked the land far and wide, occasionally stopping in to visit their favorite respective sister. And so peace and harmony was finally restored between the elements.

This fic could have been never-ending lol, but frankly it was time to wrap it up. Although it will always be possible to open it up again in the future.