Elpis x Pride: A dark lullaby

Elpis x Pride: A dark lullaby

Since the goddess couldn't leave the Underworld, she decided to explore most of it. The powerful magic used by the Sin barred her from leaving the confines of the Underworld, and also from going where Pride didn't want her to go. There weren't many places she could visit, but at least, the Sin gave her enough space for her to stretch her legs and become stronger. The Underworld was true to the legends. It was a place of absolute misery and pain, so full with the darkness that it could suffocate any light that tried to pierce through it. Any, but Elpis' that became stronger over the days spent there. Her light came to affect her surrounding, pride was aware of it. The goddess wasn't meant to be there, she was alive and so full of Light that she brought life to the plants around her. Pride knew that there would be a moment he would release her on Earth, but she had to recover first. Her power levels were still at a low point, so there was no way she could be on her own on Earth while both his and her siblings were trying to kill her.

He appreciated that she had stopped trying to run away from the Underworld, and he appreciated that she had accepted he wasn't the Pride she used to know. However, he still couldn't anticipate her next action. He didn't know what she had in mind, nor did he care at that point in time. His mind was too busy with his siblings to be considerate to the goddess feelings, but he still needed to observe her, to see why his older self was attracted to this goddess, to what made her this special for him to risk being unmade by Hades. She was essentially made of Light, which was the opposite of his whole being, but there was more to her than just pure light. There was an untapped power inside of her, something far greater than any of her siblings could have anticipated. There was darkness too, a desire to bring ruin upon her enemies, an attraction to Darkness that couldn't be hidden. She chose him after all and for a reason, he didn't know but could guess.

Part of him relished in the distress she was put through. The horrible truth of having lost everything was arousing for the sin. Even more so was the urge to find him again, to discover him...oh the fact she was craving Pride was pleasing the Sin beyond any reasonable measure! He felt it from the moment she was released, an unknown feeling directed at him, the pure joy of being in his presence, the warmth and comforting light that oozed from her. She was happy to see him, in a way that was unlike any of is minions or worshippers. And for a brief moment, it stroked his ego in a way that made him want to have more. He deserved this and he wanted her to give it to him. Part of him, however, was curious, genuinely curious about this goddess. From the moment she scratched her seal and memories came back to him, Pride had been obsessed with her. He wanted to be in her presence, feel her strength, take back what was his and piss the Primeval gods off. He tried his very best to protect her vessel and now that the goddess was free, now that she was with him, things took a different turn.

They had not spoken to one another since her awakening but it was better this way. Both needed to take a step back and think this situation through. Elpis had to mourn for the Pride that was no more and believe it or not, more than 2000 years of pure genuine love was not easy to let go of. The pink haired goddess sat by the garden and gently ran her hand through her hair. She had cried all the tears she could and mourned for the Pride she would never see again. Her heart was still heavy from her loss, broken into pieces and she found herself crying again. Her golden orbs glowed softly as she contemplated the beautiful and tortured landscapes of Hell and she chewed at her bottom lip. Tomorrow had to be a better day. It had to be.

-TBC-