The long lost princess

"I... i read about it in the old books in the holy tower, my father also told me about it, once" Sara replied, uncertain of the relation between her identity and the origin of the world

"Can you tell it? " he asked her to see her nod in fright,

"It is said that this world was a paradise before, with only Gods to live in, wanting to share the blessing of the world, they've created us, some were thankful and lived in harmony with this world and Gods while some were not, seeds of evil existed in the ungrateful ones to only grow bigger and darker, corrupting their souls with greed, they wanted what was not theirs, trying to obtain the power of the Gods through magic, and they started ruining this beautiful world, darkening it with shadows and blood, causing the Gods to curse them while blessing the ones who appreciated their mercy, and that is how we existed, the humans and.... the demons, after that, the humans, led by my ancestors, supported and blessed by the Gods, fought against the demons and freeing the lands at last, pushing the ungrateful ones to the edges of the world until their souls are purified again... " Sara said carefully, no matter how hard she tried to tame her words and make them less irritating considering the man in front of her was a demon, the story still sounded offending, worry crept into her eyes when she saw him smile viciously,

"Now ain't this a facinating pile of garbage you just told, is this what your slave people believe? " Eren replied almost laughing before he continued... " now let me tell you the real story, my fair lady, you see, this world is the only one that survived out of many, no one knows for sure how did it exactly happen but it did, the univers collapsed on itself leaving behind only it center as it held the energy of creation, and that center was non than this world, and from that energy emerged the very first form of life, our ancestors... "

"Our? " Sara asked to receive a nod...

"Yes, ours, you see at that time, there were no Gods nor humans and demons, we were all one, a mystical immortal existence, balanced, few thousands peaceful years past before a decay started to creep in, the creation energy that stayed stable all this long was trembling again, threatening to cause another collapse of the only remaining world, in order to restore the balance, the primary creatures were divided.." Eren stopped few seconds, Sara looked pretty lost, he needed to explain it to her...

"What did it lack?"

"Death.. " Sara gulped to his answer, does that mean he is going to kill her to restore the world balance? what was her fault in this mess? she wasn't there thousands of years ago...

Eren stared at her face that became deadly pale, amused with her reactions and inner thoughts he continued

"Not everyone is willing to give up life though, you see death and unexistence is not easy to digest, so the primary creatures divided among themselves, you can say the once shared souls were broken, and that is how the three kinds existed, one of them, the greedy one, held the center of the world that contains the creation energy to themselves, gaining power and immortality while offering the other two as a continuous sacrifice for death to claim, while they continue to live and consume life, i guess you know who i am talking about now..."

"It can't be... " Sara said shocked

"Of course it can, those you call Gods are nothing but despicable creatures that turned on their brothers, brothers they once shared a soul with, while one of the remaining kinds accepted this injustice and humiliation, another revolted, asking for a fair share in life for everyone, a full life that ends the same to all instead of a half one while the other half is added to the Gods life time, can you guess what happened after? "

"Humans sided with the Gods and fought you? " Sara asked uncertain of her guessing

"Indeed my fair lady, that is what happened, your people chose slavery over freedom, as a result, my people were chased away to the three edges of the world, one being this, the dark forest, at that time, the edges were places where light didn't reach, my people suffered, most of them lost their sanity, death claimed us with piles until we understood this place, understood the darkness, embraced it until it became a part of us, from that darkness our magic was born, not strong enough as the creation energy but enough to survive in these extreme conditions"

"You are telling the story as if you are the good guys in it..."Sara whispered but he heard her

"Oh my fair lady, i never said we are the good guys, i do admit we have devoured millions of your people over the years, it is a price you had to pay for your treason, nonetheless, we survive on dark magic and we need to feed on blood and souls, it is a basic instinct in us, and honestly, humans deserve it, they are the reason we are the monsters we are"

"So you want to devour me? is this why you brought me here? " Sara asked, more afraid than before now that he had explained his people suffering through thousands of years..

"Oh yes i want to so much, the fear in your eyes is so tempting, it invites me to drink that warm blood of yours before sucking the life out of you" Eren said as he licked his lips, an evil flash passing in his red eyes making him look hauntingly malicious " but no, that is not why you are here... you are here because you are a half goddess"

"W... what? what are you talking about? " Sara eyes were as wide as her shock

"Do you know your mother's name? " Eren asked, her expression amusing him more

"Historia... " came Sara's weak voice

"Historia was a Goddess, one of the strongest actually as she belonged to the first generation, you see even among themselves, the Gods were discriminating, the first generation is the closest to the center therefore the strongest, the first Yoren, who was your father as well, was the mortal part of her, therefore they attracted each other and fell in love, and for love your father fought against us with her, when his time came she bounded his soul in the Yoren blood and he was reincarnated, they met again and had you, the first hybrid of a human and a God, of course the Gods were against that, it meant they were not that sacred and unapproachable, since a human impregnated a Goddess, not so divine don't you think, your father though had to hide your existence for your own safety, and he did keep you safe for a good fifteen years, until i saw you through the demonic gate"

Sara didn't utter a word...her head exploding with the information she received, never she thought she was a hybrid, a half goddess..Eren seeing her lost features interrupted her thoughts at last...

"Now as for why you are here, you are the key, the passage, you see the Gods used the creation energy to set a shield around themselves and the center of the world, no human or demon can step in it, but with your blood, your divine blood, we can..."