//------------------------------// // The god of happiness // Story: Time never stands still // by Dradavar //------------------------------// Chapter 24 The night atfer Rainbows banishment was a cold one. Luna herself, went all out to clear every cloud in the sky so everypony could see the new star. It was Rainbows wish. I remember a quiet smirk as she told me about Rainbows last wish before her banishment. "I want everypony to see me!" Mentally I facehoofed. So even though Canterlot was still mostly a ruin, many astrologies came to ask about the new star. Luna forced them to their knees and made them swear that they would never talk about this star and if they would, they would get imprisoned. Some tried to argue about that, it seemed unfair. Thos unfortunate ponies got a pretty look from the insides of the dungeon cells. I luckily hadn't to guard them, I was relieved early, right after Rainbows banishment. And so I lie here, looking up to the ceiling, thinking about what it might be to become a star. I shake my head and turn around, closing my eyes. My first day after my adjuration was a free day. Slowly I drift away, the warm covers and the complete silence lulling me into sleep. I sigh. "You stopped searching for the other gods" Wra'kyr sat down right next to me, her expression was angry... and sorrowful. "I haven't stopped" I answer, looking up, searching through the darkness that surrounds us, "I just don't know where to look for them" I finally look down at Wra'kyr. She looks at me, her expression cold, "you can't search them, you have to make them" I furrow my brows in confusion. "What's that supposed to mean?" my confusion grows, "make a god? How is that even possible?" "All these gods are corporeal forms of the essence that represents their emotion" her voice was quiet almost sorrowful even though I couldn't tell why, "if you find enough confusion or sorrow or hate you can find them" my eyes widen. "Hate?" I stand up and back a step away, "I thought Melre'kat is dead!" Wra'kyr nods, "he is, atleast this corporeal form of his. The dark essence of hatred still exists and enough of it makes it possible for him to return. Your only way to stop that is to make sure that fear, hatred and all the other negative emotions are kept as low as possible..." she looks down on her hooves, lifting the right leg she takes a look under her hoof, "atleast that's the rule for the most of them. The only exception is Braak'tha, he can ascend from even the smallest shred of madness." "You didn't tell me that!" I shrug and turn around, anger rises up. Something hits me in my back, pressing me to the floor. I gasp and turn around, my eyes widen. "..... .... EMotIonS" (*) the thing on me growls. A great figure, complete without fur or body hair, was pushing me down. One of her arms clad in white snake scales, ending in a dragonclaw, her right leg was white, long, slender and segmented, the leg of a spider. The right was without fur ending in something like a dragon claw but without scales and claws. Her body was slim, her skin of pure white, no pores, her chest had two bags, which looked alot like udder but with only one tit each, her left arm looked like her body, slim and of pure white, the end of her left arm was something compared to a eagle claw but also without fur or scales. Her back had two wings, the right wing was a beautiful wing of a swan, soft and slender. Her left wing was... missing, I can't describe it a other way. The left wing was made of bones, nothing else, held together by whatever magic. My eyes wander up to her face. Which was beautiful, a gorgeus face, it was also of pure white and her lips were of a soft pink, she was smiling softly, her white teeth visible, her eyes were of a beautiful green, radiating intelligence. Out of her head was growing long black hair, falling down her back and around it to the front covering the inside of her thighs. She looked like a pure white, furless Discord. I was still gasping as she gets off of me, even petting my back softly, her hair was falling back. She stands over me, smiling. ".... . .... yoU?" (**) her voice was soft and chriming, beautiful, but her tongue wasn't able to pronounce equestrian in the right way, her words sound strange, even the worst accent was easy to understand compared to this. I slowly rise back to my legs, still looking at her. Standing, she was as big as Celestia, maybe a little bit smaller. "Are you a draconequus?" my voice was quiet. And scared. She tilts her head a little bit, looking into my eyes, lifting up her right arm she notices the small scales and the dragonclaw. "I'M nOT" she answers in a whisper, ".... . .. .. ... ImPOrTaNT" (***) I shake my head, all I could understand was "important". "Sorry, I couldn't understand that" I look up to her, she was easily one and a half times bigger than me, her expression shows concentration as she slowly raises her left arm and the 'claw' up to her chin. After a minunte she lowers the arm and smiles, she kneels down and kisses me on the forehead. I see some light and feel a strange warm sensation in my head. 'Can you hear me better now?' her voice echoes through my mind, now that I'm finally able to understand her words I can finally comprehend the beauty of her voice. It was like liquid silk slithering through my ears, stuffing my head with cotton candy. Her voice was arousing. I nod, not trusting my voice right now. 'Perfect' she giggles, which sounded like a glockenspiel, 'with that out of the way' she shakes her head, 'I'm not a draconequus, that you see me in this state or to be precise in this chaotic way means only that your mind isn't able to comprehend my body completly, it tries to insert something that kind of "makes sense" at the positions." "You don't make sense" I answer, I blush and cover my mouth with one hoof. My voice had cracked up a little bit, it was a nervous squeal, childish. Wra'kyr laughs, sending waves of happiness through my body. 'You sound cute with such a voice' she was still kneeling before me, raising her left claw to my head she pets me softly. It was kinda calming to get petted like that, I could melt away in this claw of her, staying here forever and be petted like that forever, a smile appears on my face as my eyes droop slowly. My eyes widen, I jump a few steps away from her, escaping her claw. Wra'kyr looks confused, 'what's wrong Siren?' she smiles. I gasp, a strange feeling was tingling through my head, like a charm, it tells me to walk back into her claws, getting a nice warm cuddle and petted for the rest of my days. I shake my head and gasp even more. "Your...." I look at her left claw, resting on her thigh, "...claw, irritates me. It makes me feel strange, and it whispers me strange things" Wra'kyr tilts her head. And giggles. 'I'm sorry' she brings up her right claw in front of her mouth as she giggles, 'I forgot to tell you that. I, as the god of happiness, have more than one form of happiness. Any form of happiness falls under my domain" she looks at me, lowering her claw, her smile widens, 'every form' she lifts up her left hand, waving at me, 'and this isn't a claw. It's called "hand"' she adds slyly. "Whatever" I roll my eyes, I feel the strange sensation getting weaker, "just don't do that anymore" I look at her with a stern expression. 'You liked it, right?' she giggles. I groan.