Chapter 5: Battle Of the Twin Gods Part I

Keme looked out into the distance, envisioning the core within his mind. He then spread forth his wings and began flapping them. Giant gust of winds began to form and traveled far and wide apart. Minu tried to hold her position, but her brother was much too powerful for her to stay. She thought back at what he said about the core. "Father!" she said, closing her eyes and envisioning the core. "I must get back to him before he does. It will mean the fate of the universe if he gets to it before I do."

She spread forth her wings and aloud the winds of her brother to send her further away. Minu used the wind's power to help assist wither her flight and to get far away from the planet.

"Now to get back and get back to father," Minu said as Keme had pulled up two statues out of the rubble using magic. They stony pieces had broke away, revealing two animated creatures. The first to make a step forward was a female minotaur, who had scars all over her body. She spotted Minu flying away in the distance and grunted, huge smokes coming down from her nostrils.

"Where do you think you're going lady!"

The miniature dashed and leaped away from the planet onto another to chase after Minu. The second followed behind her which was a gargoyle which didn't speak, but growled constantly. And both were after the princess.

"That's right. Kill her!" Keme said aloud as the other statues crumbled away, revealing other powerful ancient life forms. Discord and Tirek had broken away from the stony shells first. Discord smiled up, breathing the fresh air of ruins.

"I smell the fresh air of war and death. Well more of death to be precise."

"I sense a great war coming," Tirek said as he took a few steps ahead of Discord.

"A war?" Discord retorted.

"Yes, a great one, brother," Tirek said again as he looked up into Keme's face which was filled with wrath and great vengeance.

"I have to make sure I sure I reach father," Minu had said as she flew down below the moving asteroids which had mysteriously surrounded the planet which she knew she could not find the name to.

The miniature tried to catch up with her, but she had lost them with the speed at which she left the planet. The miniature stopped on one of the planet just outside the moving asteroids, and the gargoyle had stopped behind her, flapping its wings a bit before landing onto the ground.

"Don't worry princess. We can't find you now, but you have to come your fate sooner or later. The universe will be ours," said the voluptuous and muscular female minotaur. She summoned her hammer and smashed the end of the steel hilt down into the ground, "It's only a matter of time."

Minu was in such a rush that she darted right through a dying planet.

"Arrgh, darn it," she said as her thoughts had trailed away. The impact had thrown her off course for a short while.

"No... why..."

"...I-I.. failed."

"I'm sorry.. I couldn't.."

...Why are you sorry? spoke out within her mind. She quickly recognized it as the voice of her father.

Her mind's eye had opened up and she saw her father clearly.

Come unto me quickly, my daughter. The entire universe is in peril and will be doomed if you don't hasten your steps...

Spinning off in space she regained her senses and darted away towards the divide, moving through planets, comets, and asteroids both large and small and breaking the sound and light bearers of space three consecutive times. She made it to the divide, in and up through the three dimensions just before the core of the universe. Her crown and her necklace had shattered away along her travel. She bowed her hooves a few feet before the presence of the core, panting as she tried to regain her breath and sweating.

"Oh great Core, mighty Lord of the twelve realms, a royalty of peace and of great joy, I come before your presence to ask that you confront the ways of my brother that he may come back to me as how I knew of him prior to meeting him again."

I am afraid I cannot do that, my dear Lauren.

Minu slowed up at the core, her eyes widened and ears folded. “I don’t understand.. Why can you not? You said that you had the power over this whole universe. He and I are of your offspring. Are we not?”

No, he is not of my offspring anymore, Lauren. I hid that from you both hoping that you would grow and rule the universe without fighting each other, but it seems that this course was what was meant to be.

Minu stood up and held a hoof to her held. She looked below to see if she could get an understanding of what she was told. “Wait… so he’s not.. my brother anymore? Is that what you’re saying?”

Yes he was your brother, Lauren.

Keme was held in my care after what the other core has done to the universe. In the beginning, there were two cores. Together, we were known as the “Great Duo” or Twin Gods of the universe. We worked side by side to create the universe. We created life, nature, and all types of living things, and all was good. But the other core, also known as my once dear sister had grown bored and weary of the massive universe we have created.

She wanted change.

“How could she grow bored?”

It was something I wanted to figure out myself, but I guess only time would’ve told why. Of course I didn’t allow it, so I simply chained her away to a dimension within an old castle.

Minu had quickly remembered Keme saying to her that the core was within him. “But… Keme said that the core was within him. What does that mean, great one?”

I see he is nearing this area with himself and the core’s presence being one, so he must’ve consumed the other core. With the core in him, he will only yield to the voice whatever the core may speak into his heart. All of his deepest thoughts are under the core’s control and there’s nothing that could be done to stop it at this moment. Perhaps, maybe, in the far future, but definitely not now.

He is on his way here to destroy me with the combined power of your brother.

“Why would he ever want to do that?”

Lauren, my child we are not the same and never can be again. There is no more time for me to explain further. I want you to consume me.

Minu’s body shivered taking a step backwards. “But.. Why?”

Do not question, my commands or my requests. Just do as I say. It is the first step you will take into understanding all you want to know, my valiant child.

Minu paused for moment still, looking at the core. She always obeyed what she was told, but she couldn’t just perform cannibalism on her own loving creator. Even though it has been given the okay, the thought didn’t sit right within her. The thoughts of whether or not she should do it waged war within her mind. The core saw the confusion of thoughts within her mind, and it moved down from its throne and unto her. It then said.

Lauren, push away those thoughts within you and listen to my voice. Hear my words, take them in and you will understand. If you wait any longer, the other core will come unto us in this place and destroy the beautiful existence that you and your brother had once worked hard to create with all of its beautiful results.

Minu looked unto the core, tearing as she placed her fore hooves onto her creator, bringing it into her embrace. Her eyes began filling with tears as she began to biting into the essence of the core. The more she ate at the essence, the more tears that came down her cheeks.

Don’t worry my child…

The universe of old had known of me and my actions, but the universe that stands before us now is in need of a ruler and a different face. You can lead and show the universe you have created the way of harmony, light, and balance.

As my essence come within you, I want you to know that all of my past knowledge and wisdom will be passed down to you. My years of experience with success and failure will also be passed unto you. Consider and ponder as many as you could with each situation you reach, so that you don’t make and regret lots of mistakes like I did. And with the last part of my essence I bless you with the phrase that all your subjects from generation to generation should say unto you.

“Our Goddess Faust is one Lord, blessed be thy hooves, and blessed be thy holy name forever.”

That this prayer unto you may not change for as long as you rule this universe.

Minu had eaten the whole of the core and a mysterious light had dawned from her, lighting up the three dimension of the divide. The light had spread outward for miles all around like the sun that spread forth its hands upon a sleeping world, pushing back the shadows of the night and placing down its arms of everlasting warmth upon all its inhabitants.

She grew much larger panning out hundreds of times her actual size. Minu grew a set of hind wings and her original set of wings had grown larger. She teleported from out of the divide and was able to see Keme coming unto her from the distance. The light that came off of Minu’s countenance had nearly blinded Keme. He had quickly placed his wings around his eyes as he came before her.

Sister.. What has happened to you? Your size, this amazing light, what is it? What have you become?!

“The core,” Minu had said in a loud voice that echoed for miles out into the dead of space. “I have become the core by taking it and putting its essence inside of me.”

Keme had kneeled one knee before his sister as the light of her presence became overwhelming for him to stand.

“Brother, throw away the core within you and listen, take in the thoughts of the creator in which you have thrown away.”

No, I shall not yield. For the core that is within you has the vision of the universe twisted and now has twisted the imaginations of your thoughts. You now will see the universe through his ways and there’s no way I could help you unless you throw away yours.

“Why should I brother? Tell me also why you cannot stand in my presence like before? Perhaps it’s the core that is within you, making you shield thyself before me?

No! The core in me is the light bearer, and it has granted me with great intellect and power.

Keme spread out his wings, and a great light came from his presence, but it still was like a shadow within the presence of Minu. He struggled to maintain his light in the presence of Minu. He grew frustrated and flapped his wings at Minu, causing her to go back a bit from the powerful gust of winds.

You dare test the knowledge and power of the core. For this, your head would have to roll my dear sister. It is unfortunately the judgment of all who oppose the core that is within me.

Keme spread out his arms and wings and turned his head up to the stars above them. Light particles began to form creating a sword of fire. When the weapon had finally formed, he gripped the smoking handle of the blade and brought it down at his side.

“Has the core within me, being the greater light, dawn on your ways brother? If not, then why so much hate? You are the light bearer, so if that is true then what does it matter if I have a core within me?”

The core within you is dangerous and if I let you live any longer it will begin changing the fate of my universe. I cannot allow that to happen to you Minu.

“Since when has it become thy universe brother? Wasn’t not for us both to rule as one? What happened to all of the wonderful times we had together?” Tears began to form in Minu’s eyes. Keme had closed his eyes upon remembering what the thought had brought before his mind; All the moments they had spent together, the things they have spent time creating together: the happiness they had with one another and every living part of their creation within the whole of the universe. Every moment of each memory tore away at his soul like blades through flesh.

He opened his eyes and blood ran like tears down his face. Keme roared at his own sister, the sound waves and powerful winds from his breath pushing her further away. Minu felt a great overflow of hate in her brother within her own heart. He closed his mouth. With a flick of his tail, he slapped Minu miles away from the divide, through a few planets, deep within her territory of the universe.

You give me no choice but to purify you and the rest of this universe by destroying, everything and changing the course of this universe. The new universe will have me as its ruler and peace and tranquility will inevitably follow.

This day I set my sword down above the divide, and I will call unto my entire legion to this place. When all of my forces have arrived, I will then march onto your side and destroy everything that lives. My wrath shall reign down destruction on your cities of glory, leaving only desolation unto all the living.

And you sister, I will then take thine head and place it upon a statue for all future generations after my new reign to see as example unto to those that dares to be foolish and challenge the authority of the core.

Keme opens his wing, his swords begins ignite with mighty flames, which had even burned away his own flesh. He placed down the sword over the divide, and a giant blue flame had shot up from the sword and formed a giant blue reptilian eye. The slit within the eye widened, bringing forth legions of creatures, monsters, and forces of death. They would all enter down from out the eye and positioned themselves before their leader with their weapons of war in hand.

Legions upon legions of terrible monsters and forces stood behind Keme. He turned to his mighty legion of loyal creatures, his glowing blue eyes appearing more sinister than ever before. They all had feared, bowing before his presence, and remained silent.

Legions of my great empire, I bring you all here today to witness a great change in all of our history. There will be a change of destruction and rebirth unto all the corners of the universe.

I bring all of you, to this very place, to move back and kill off everything that lies beyond this border. Spare nothing.

When the last portion of my legion arrives, I want us to move forward and do as I say.

After this war has come to an end, you will all have everlasting peace. And future generations shall bear my name within each and every city. I will be forever after called Kings of Kings and Lord of Lords and that will be the only judgment as pass upon the other side of this divide.

The monster and forces of his legion praised his name and glorified his judgment by lifting their voices and cheering before his presence. Keme turned and looked away into the distance of the great and vast universe.

Sister... why?