A/N: Let's understand some more Ayasha's motivations to force Elpis into her cycle of reincarnation and the relationship they both had when Pride came into play. Another on-the-spot story inspired by a picture. Ayasha's skin is golden with white sparkles on her skin but it doesn't matter.
everything but the SINS and Pride belongs to me
Pride belongs to my friend Nate
SINS was created by my friend Avalon
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Ayasha, the elder goddess of knowledge had always played an important rôle in her pantheon. She was the first one to know crucial information that could ever help them preserve their influence or protect them from attacks from the other pantheons. She was an instrument of war and peace but quickly realized how powerful she actually was. Information which at the very beginning was sought after became a consequence of her very actions. Like a chess player, she would change a situation just enough to either provoke a war or force their opponents to surrender without too many losses on both sides. The All-Father and most of the pantheons were oblivious to her growing appetite for power, most of them except for Elpis.
Ayasha feared her when she was born. Fear was the first feeling she experienced and it unsettled the goddess. She didn't predict her existence and felt threatened the minute the little goddess was delivered by the All-mother Gaea. Hope was fragile, physically, Elpis was very weak compared to her other siblings. Yet, Hope was extremely powerful when used well. Hope could overthrow tyrants, level whole empires and even destroy pantheons. Hope was stubborn and persistent. Hope couldn't be blinded but could be subdued with fear and darkness. Elpis light was the brightest of her siblings and of the universe. Her kindness, resilience, and support attracted others to her like moths to a flame which in turn reduced the number of Ayasha's admirers. Jealousy was the second feeling the goddess felt towards her sister.
She used to be the one everyone turned to because she was the best and most liable source of information they could have. Knowledge was power and Ayasha realized it in her younger years. Hope disrupted her routine and over the millennia, as Elpis reached maturity, her influence was almost gone. She who used to be the most prized goddess of the pantheon was demoted to simple information as if she was what these humans called a radio or a television. She was nothing more than a tool and from jealousy, she ended up feeling vindictive. She tried to manipulate Elpis into trusting her enough so Ayasha could manipulate her at will, but it never happened. Elpis was oblivious of her sister's hunger for power. She always looked up to her since she was a youngling and would always follow Ayasha's footsteps or seek for her protection. Hatred couldn't really qualify what the goddess of Knowledge felt towards her sister. She didn't hate Elpis, poor child didn't ask for her birth, and she genuinely grew feelings towards her younger sibling. Ayasha did train her and taught her everything about godhood. She turned her into an effective and powerful goddess with genuine attention behind her actions. Unfortunately, when Jealousy kicked in, everything Elpis became was despised by Ayasha. She couldn't stand every gods and goddess gushing over the beauty and innocence of her sister. She couldn't stand the long line of suitors trying to woo the young goddess. She couldn't even stand the fact Elpis became her own person and distanced herself from Ayasha. Now she talked back to her! Now she had an attitude! Now she had an opinion!
When Elpis took the initiative to destroy the Sumerian Pantheon, it effectively created a rift between the siblings because Ayasha didn't predict it and couldn't have the information since Elpis went on her own. Losing control was something the goddess of Knowledge couldn't accept. Losing control and credibility, basically, everything she had ever owned and everything that ever defined her was slipping through her fingers due to her little sister. It became even worse when Pride was thrown into the mix. When it came to light and the All-Father obtained the information way before Ayasha ever could, she now was on the verge of losing her birthrights. It wasn't just another game for power, it was an actual last effort to survive. Her anger and resentment towards her younger sister took over and she decided to foment a plan in order to both avenge herself without getting her hands dirty. She used their brother Ishtar to do the dirty deed. He was easy to manipulate, easy to anger, easy to provoke so she would tell him everything he didn't want to hear. He believed in his heart and mind that the little Elpis would become his because it made sense. She was Hope and he was the god of War. Together they would help nations thrive and regulate themselves and she was the perfect balance to his violent behavior so of course, he wanted to mate her. The best way to make him angry enough would be to tell him that Elpis gave herself to a SIN, their mortal enemies.
So Ayasha did it. She made Ishtar angry and disappointed enough so he would stab Elpis with the dagger of Fate, successfully cursing her into an eternal cycle of reincarnation thus not killing Elpis, which was considered as the highest taboo of their pantheon. It worked and it was perfect... it would have been if this particular incident didn't cause a war. Having not predicted it to happen, Ayasha was forced to change her plan. She who secretly wanted to become the new All-mother and the only ruler of the Elder gods had to face a war with half of the pantheon against her. It didn't matter to her how many were lost in the war. It didn't matter to her how many would be left. She let Ishtar become the All-father after their father was killed during the war ad patiently would wait until his guard is low so she could kill him and crown herself the new All-Mother. Yes, there were only 7 gods left alive, including Elpis but Ayasha didn't want to stop at her Pantheon. She wanted to destroy those that were still alive and intact today and she wanted to sweep away the monotheist religions, swipe in all the non-believers and enforce a cult around her, on Earth. It was bold, it was ambitious but it was her endgame.
The only threats she would consider were the SINS. Those filthy creatures still had the power to defy her and kill her. She actively searched for a way to definitely destroy these creatures so she would freely reign over Earth but to be able to pull such a stunt, she would need to observe them. Fortunately for her, she knew that some SINS were against their current leader and lover of Elpis: Pride. What if she could lure one of them into fighting and defeating Pride on her behalf? She had to investigate and be extremely careful not to be seen or destroyed by those SINS when she would encounter them. It was an option out of many but an option she would use. Ishtar was ready not to see his sister again but still doesn't want to kill her soul. Ayasha would have shared his feelings before but her thirst for power was so intense that she didn't want to stop at forcing Elpis back into her slumber. She wanted to kill her for once and for all.
(TBC)
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