Chapter 58: Cursed By The Moonlight

Amaris couldn't believe what she had just heard, and she couldn't understand why she resembled her so much.

"Why do you look like me? I-I mean, I understand that you are me, but this body is not ours, right? This is just a shell for our anima."

The woman stood up and walked inside the room as if she was dancing. She was wearing a plain long white camisole dress and was barefooted. She looked like a goddess who had just descended from Caelum.

"Did you know that we had been living on the moon for centuries? Mother was the only goddess who resided on the moon. She was happy living alone and never bothered to glance in another realm. But when she did, she saw the Demon Prince Phelan, who always visited Millieum. He would sit under a golden tree and would gaze upon the moon. She was curious about him, so she decided to leave the moon and see Phelan up close after ten centuries. They finally met and declared their love for each other. That's when it all started."

Amaris didn't know how her parents met. A lot of her memories had been erased, including about her family. The woman continued the story of their parents and their undying love for each other.

"Before Phelan died in Terra, we were still in our mother's womb and, in his last breath, gave his life energy to us, making our anima immortal. Mother gave birth and raised us secretly on the moon. Eone, the goddess of nature, was mom's best friend. She gave us the gift to transform into ten mythical creatures, and mother trained us to nurture that gift. The Gods found out about us right after we completed the training. That's when mother cast us out of the moon."

"And then Zion found us on the brink of death?" Amaris asked.

The woman nodded.

"But why did mother erase our memory?"

The woman continued to dance inside the room. Amaris watched her as she gracefully moved her body.

"She wanted us to have a new life here in Terra, away from the anger of the Gods. But fate had another plan. We met Zion and fell in love. Mother wasn't against it because he's a powerful werewolf, but she discovered Zion's doom. She didn't believe it at first and decided to watch from the moon." She paused and glanced at Amaris.

"Are you saying he did betray us before?" Amaris asked.

"Probably. Only Zion could answer that question. The Gods found where we were and took us. Before death, we promised Zion to return to him no matter what, but mother decided to curse us. She erased all the memories we had with Zion. And even if we meet again, we will keep on forgetting him." She explained.

Some things were not clear about what her mother did. Did she curse both Zion and her to protect her? Or was there something more in that curse?

"Do you think she gave the curse so what transpired in the past would not happen again? Or there's another reason?" Amaris asked.

"You need to go to Mirrikh and question the creator of the Book of Malum. But before you do that, you have to find all of the six protrea."

Amaris frowned. "Six? But I thought there were only five of them?"

"Initially, there were five of them. But civilization evolved in the last two thousand years. The powers our enemies possessed were greater than before. The last protrea was chosen by me. You have to find her; she would be the one to return all your memories."

If that protrea was chosen by her, maybe Grakar didn't know her since he only mentioned the other three. But Amaris already had an idea who the last protrea was.

"You didn't answer my question earlier. Why do you look like this body?" She asked.

"Our anima ventured in Terra for more than one hundred years. It has already learned to adapt on its own. We have the power to copy another being, so every time the anima chose a corpus, it would give that body one or two similarities with the original one. But that corpus was different from the others. It was chosen by the Gods. She was born to be our anima's corpus. That was also the reason her name was Amaris. It was our real name, meaning child of the moon."

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It was like what was written in her Aunt Lorelle's mideia. The reason this body was born was to become her shell. Somehow, she felt sad for her parents, sister, and this body.

"What about our original body? Is it really in Tartarus?" She asked, remembering what Athanasia told her.

She didn't answer her. Amaris didn't take her eyes off her as she walked towards the window. If only she had her original body, maybe she could return the life she stole from the owner of this body. She thought to herself.

"Why do you keep on calling me? And what are you exactly?" She asked her again.

"I had lived in the castle walls for a hundred years, waiting for you. I needed to make sure that you could at least remember some of the ten forms before I fused myself into that body."

Amaris frowned. "What do you mean?"

She then turned to Amaris and looked at her intently.

"I am part of the anima. I had been waiting in this castle to return to where I belonged. Once the anima is complete, you will be more powerful, and you will eventually remember the powers you possessed. I think you are ready."

"Do you think this body could handle all those powers? What if we're wrong? Do I need to leave this corpus and look for another?" Amaris asked.

She chuckled. "As I said earlier, that corpus was chosen by the Gods for the sole purpose of handling a strong anima like ours. It won't deteriorate."

Amaris nodded. Then the other her walked towards her, raising her palms in front of her.

"You won't hear my voice anymore from now on. I am hoping that we can win against the Gods or find a way to reason with them." She said while giving Amaris a smile.

"Can you tell me what you mean by ere bi te aime, afflition les de luna?" Amaris asked.

"Bound by love. Cursed by the Moonlight." She whispered.

Amaris didn't respond but her heart skipped a beat hearing the meaning of those ancient words. She stared at her face one last time. It may be the only moment she could get a glimpse of her true form. She smiled at her, then raised her palms, putting it together with hers.

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Reader's Guide:

Millieum - a place between Caelum and Acheron.

Caelum - another term for heaven.

Acheron - another term for hell.

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