Young Writers Society

The Past

Risa was the first Goddess to be born of two deities. On the night of a lunar eclipse, Lano and Kurin declared their love to each other. From this love was born a pure being-- a being of love. This being became known as the Goddess of Love as her connection to the force was rooted deep in her soul. The Goddess was a beautiful and kind. Her hair fell in beautiful silver curls that reached her breasts. Her face was shaped like a heart and her thick lips were always tugged into a smile. The people knew her to take the form of a swan and they came to know that as her patron. She loved, more than anything, uniting lovers that were tied together by fate.

Fate was fluid and at chance to change, but the Goddess knew from the birth of these people. She saw fate as ribbons that held people together. If they were meant to have lasting relationships, then they were to be connected via a ribbon. However, if she did not unite these couples, then their fates would change and they would most likely find themselves in an unhappy relationship.

The people of the village had moved out into new areas and had set up there. They made towns and the towns grew in sizes and became cities. This made Risa’s job more difficult as her dominion expanded. Her eyes could only follow so many people at once and she could only touch the lives of so many.

When spring came about, lovers were in a high concentration. The Goddess did her best to unite all of the couples that she could. There were the carpenter and the baker’s daughter that she united beside the lake. There were the blacksmith and the dress-maker at sunset. There were the dancer and the farrier, the chef and the farmer, the painter and the flute player… She was quickly overwhelmed by the couples and a few were neglected. This spring, there were more people this year than ever before and the Goddess quickly retired from her work. She simply couldn’t keep up with all of the couples. She felt sick and she had a fever.

As she had retired, many couples were not able to meet each other and many others were able to get together which would end in disaster. Many people were unhappy, but the days grew longer and spring was soon over. This locked their relationships as Risa no longer had any dominion over the world. She could only manipulate spring as it was mating season.

However, there was a couple that deserved true love more than anything-- Datsu and Kaiya. Datsu had been born into poverty and he lived on the streets, begging for his living. However, when he had aged 10 years old, he had been taken in for an apprenticeship by a carpenter. Kaiya was the daughter of a well off man, but for her entire life she had endured abuse and cruelty. As soon as she was large enough, her father began to give her to other men as party favours. By age eighteen, she had lost count of how many men she had slept with.

Risa took pity on this couple. The thread that tied them together was so thin, but it glowed gold. They were separated by class, but they shared their suffering. The Goddess worked for days before she produced a crown. This crown as forged of rose gold and was fixed with rubies and sapphires over the expanse of the structure. Vines of silver traversed the crown as if they were living, fluid vines. The crown was so beautiful that it left the Goddess in awe for a moment. However, the crown was also magic. When placed upon the head of a mortal, their fate would solidify and they would be drawn to their ideal match.

On the eve of the summer solstice, the Goddess descended from the heavens and bestowed upon Kaiya the crown. Once it touched her head, Risa could see the her fate glowed more brightly than any that she had ever seen. It was nearly as bright as the sun.

Kaiya thanked the Goddess, but thought nothing more of it as she assumed that Risa were only a fellow noble and that this was a compensation for her husband’s actions so many years ago. She then turned and left, drawn by fate toward Datsu. Upon seeing him, Kaiya knew in her heart that she loved him, as did Datsu.

The Goddess Risa returned to the Godly haven without much commotion. From that day forth, she protected Kaiya and Datsu with her Godly honour and didn’t allow for anything to stand between them. Their love was easy and wonderful. They had one child-- a daughter. They made sure that she always felt safe and cared for. They also made sure that she was happy and that she was comfortable. She would not live in poverty, nor would she be guided into impurity. When time came for the two to pass on, Kaiya decided to give the crown to her daughter.

When the daughter had grown into the crown, she too found her love. However, she didn’t know the secrets of this crown, nor did she feel such an attachment to the crown as her mother had, and she sold it off for a fine price. Risa guided the crown from hand to hand and made sure that the couple whose love was to be strongest received the crown.

Soon, the crown disappeared into the growing population and people forgot about it. The crown fell away into legend and became an object of pursuit.