Athena.
Aioros had sneaked into Athena’s Chamber. Nobody saw him and so, he managed to enter. The place had been carefully prepared for the goddess to be born. The young man had already disobeyed Shion’s orders and Saga’s warnings. He simply needed to be there.
One by one, many people entered in the place, while he hid behind the curtains. He was lucky he had entered there earlier, when he recognised Shion and Arless and some of the priestess from Sanctuary. Aioros tried his best not to make any noise. His heart was already pounding too fast and too strong and was afraid they could discover him.
Sooner than he thought, they left.
The adolescent allows himself walking on the dark place. The candles had been put out a few seconds ago and the smell of bee wax filled him.
That was Athena’s room waiting for her to come to earth.
Aioros sat in the rocking chair the wet nurse was to use when she was to suckle the infant. He let himself move back and forth on it, thinking on how small would his goddess be. He would be in charge of her, and he panicked for a second. Yes, he had taken care of Aioria, but it wasn’t the same, plus, Athena was a girl, what did he know about girls anyways?
He let the darkness of the place embrace him while he closed his eyes and started to meditate on Athena.
‘Aioros, stop worrying.’ A voice told him.
“Who are you?” he asked.
‘Just stop worrying, you’ll make it just fine.’
The man giggled, amused. Now his imagination was playing tricks with him. And as he laughed, he kept rocking himself on the chair, thinking on how Aioria would come with him to visit the little girl, and how surely Milo would join them because Milo was always with Aioria. He even thought of Aldebaran and Shaka coming with them. What a group Athena was to have to play with her. When their training was over for the day, of course.
He also thought of Saga. He would surely be happy holding and tugging the goddess in bed every night. And Shura, Dite and Death Mask—whose name’s choice he just couldn’t fully comprehend yet—what would they do? Perhaps they would just join them after all.
Aioros smile, falling sort of asleep in the place. Athena was already there, he could tell. Her energy surrounded that room as it had always been around Sanctuary. It was perhaps because she was to be born that he could feel it concentrated on that place.
“Aioros…”
“Hmmm.” The man responded half asleep while opening his eyes to watch Shion kneeling before him.
“What are you doing here, young Sagittarius?”
“Master…I…”
“You better go to your room, no man but the Pope is supposed to be here and you’re not the Pope yet.” The man said grinning, making Aioros blush.
“Please forgive me, Master.”
The man dismissed the Saint, looking at him while he left the room hurriedly and he was the one to stay there this time.
“What do you think, my Goddess?” He started talking to the stars outside as if they were to respond, “I told you he was worthy of you, didn’t I?” the man ended and left the place as well.
Ariadne, December 27, 2006