by CB Colin
leafs, which were shaking softly, like vibration, and he starts to touch them. Agarinion tried to play music, but not enough, because the sound was horrible, and the tree started to grow even higher.
“Be very careful Agarinon! Soon we will pass the moon and sun.” The elf said.
“But I do not know how to play!”
“It is simple. Listen to your heart Agarinion and let yourself away with your inner music.”
Therefore the young god with his flaming blue hair closed his eyes and heard a music coming above from his soul. Without being aware of it, he was conquering by a wave coming from his heart, and his hands started to wonderful flutter the leaves. Those were vibrating sounds so peaceful and beautiful that the elf was hypnotized by the music created. The tree started to vibrate and was lowering. Agarinion didn’t stop playing, continuing to listen to his heart, while tree was lowering and lowering even more, crossing down the clouds, until the grounds could be seen.
Suddenly Agarinion wakes on the ground, on the mountain, seeing that the Green Tree was just a sapling.
“Soon, the tree will grow, and other generations will know what music is. You brought back the music on the island.”The elf said, and made a portal.
Agarinion made a short sign with his head, and entered in.
III. The Last Task…
Agarinion was in a forest. But not a regular one, he was shocked to discover that he was exactly in the God’s Trap. The forest was made of glass, and he was surrounded by translucent arbors. Above, the sun was “walking” opposite. He had been tricked.
“My dear brave boy.” A voice like a snake could be heard.
Beyond the glass trees, Agarinion saw a dragon man, very hideous, which approached him, whiteout passing the trees.
“Father?”
“Why you say no to your destiny Agarinion? My curse is not a bad one! My curse will make you the ruler of the Death.”
“Why you trapped me here?”
“Because I knew that if you would pass the last task, my curse would be broken. I did not let this to happen. I took care of the portal to bring you here. Now my dear boy, I propose a deal. You have to choose between The God’s Trap for the rest of your eternity, or to be my legacy, to become the God of Death.”
Agarinion was terrified. He felt his fire tears how they fall from his red demonic eyes, like his father has it, felling on the ground, burning softly.
“Father, please…”
“Enough!” The God of Death screamed to his son. “You have to choose!”
“I still do not understand how my mother, the Goddess of Life and Beauty, Dolor, accepted you to create me!”
“Because the Goddess Dolor was trapped in the same forest glass, like yourself now. I wanted an heir to have her qualities. And of course she accepted it.” Sanguis said.
Agarinion took a seat on the ground, not knowing what to do.
“Agarinion, if you will not accept, you will be trapped here!”
“I will never accept your legacy. I rather rot here then be like you!”
The God of Death was more than shocked at this affirmation, but didn’t say a word, so he opened his dragon wings and flew away.
Agarinion remained alone in the trap. He knew very well that if he will break a tree, the glass was poison for the gods, he could die very easy. While the sun started to set on the west part and the moon was rising from the east, the night felt like a feather over the glass forest, and Agarinion was lighted, beside the moon’s rays which entered through the trees, and by the little blue fires which were burning around him, being his falling tears. He thought about Ifis, his mother Dolor, how can he escape?
But something came into his mind. Namely the black glass rose, gave by his mother, which she said that the rose will protect him from the normal glass. Agarinion took off the black rose glass, and inside saw the blood. He broke the glass and started to drink the blood, feeling like a fire started to burn inside. Then he felt down, shaking. He didn’t feel well at all.
He grabbed his neck, thinking that he will die, but suddenly he felt his chest moving up and down, and something beating inside it. Agarinion looked at his hands, seeing that they were no longer white as marble, but pinky, healthy. He could breath, something wasn’t right. He raised up and with his fest, he hit a glass tree so hard, that the glass crushed and collapse, everywhere falling fragments, and Agarinion was still alive. Happy, he finally escaped from the trap, and then in front of his The Gods Maaram, Crivma and Dolor appeared.
“What is going on? Agarinion said.
“Congratulation dear boy, you passed the tasks, only that…” Maaram started speak but he suddenly sopped.
“Only that what?” He said.
“Only that my dear son, you cannot be no longer a god.” Dolor said with tears in her eyes.
“What?” He started to be afraid.
“Agarinion, please understand. I planned this from the beginning. Now you are human. You will live like a human. You will never be a god; your father’s curse could kill you. Do you understand? I knew that you father would try to bring you into the God’s Trap, how he trapped me once. Therefore I gave you that rose, you drank a human blood.”
Agarinion was amazed.
“This means that…”
“Means that we have to say good bye my love. But you will never be alone.” Said Dolor, kissing him on his front head.
“She is right.” A girl’s voice could be heard.
Ifis was approaching him, very happy.
“Agarinion, do not forget that I am a human too. We will be together at last.”
Agarinion watched the gods how they disappeared one by one in a white light.
Agarinion, with golden hair and blue eyes, grab Ifis’s hand, and together they lower the mountain towards the human village.