Empathy.
They wanted to make the witch smile, to bring her love and joy. The Gods said that splitting her soul was indeed cruel, but they would help them achieve their task as long as they were to help them.
You see, the Gods of the human realm were struggling with where the souls of the humans would go when they died. They wanted the precious souls to live on in some way, to have a purpose.
Well the Fates were of course elated, because if they were to split the souls of the supernatural it wouldn’t leave enough within them to live. They would perish at creation without a full soul within their beings.
And so an agreement was set: when the humans died, their souls were placed within a supernatural before they were fully created, or born, if you will. This way, the human soul worked alongside what was left of the supernatural soul and allowed them to live fully. In doing so, this then allowed them to search forth for their Mates, creating a circle of life.
And that is where the name, Circle mates was created.”
“None of this was in the book on Circle Mates,” I stated as Ziel frowned at Jerry as if he was mentally placing all the puzzle pieces together.
Jerry smiled sadly at me before continuing, “I am not done my Lady.”
“The first Dark Witch discovered the truth and kept it to herself, because the human souls didn’t just bring the supernatural to life. They held the utmost powerful magic of all, Innocence to what the world truly was. This magic could essentially create another God.
The Dark Witch was of course silenced, sworn to secrecy. The Fates Above threatened to tear her Mate bonds apart, leaving her alone once again. The human Gods threatened to bring death upon all supernatural that would harm their precious humans. This terrified the witch and so before she allowed the Fates to wipe her memory, she wrote this secret down, knowing that one day it was going to need to be revealed. No one knows why she did this.
Until one day, the Dark Witches were betrayed, and this book was stolen. And with it, its secrets were revealed to those full of greed. The White Witches wanted the humans for their magic. They wanted to create new Gods.
If they did this, no matter how many centuries had passed, the Fates Above would rip apart Dark Witches’ bonds, and the humans would eventually perish without their innocence within them. And so the Dark Witches vowed to close all the portals, sealing off the greedy witches’ path to the humans.
The war began, with plenty of pointed fingers towards the very witches who had saved Wisterias bonds and people, but the White Witches already had their hold of the people of course.”
I couldn’t move; my heart thudded within my rib cage, slamming against it in a rush to pump blood through my frozen body.
“Holy fuck.” Ziel rasped as he stared at Jerry in shock.
“Why didn’t you tell me? This entire time I’ve been searching and begging for answers!”
This entire time I’d been asking and begging and looking for answers. Why had the witches done what they had done. Why protect the humans!
But now I knew; the humans were us, and we were all linked. All so the supernatural could have Mates, so they weren’t alone.
I hated it. I hated it all.
Being linked to the humans in some way out right pissed me off.
Why would the Gods even want to save them? They were disgusting, vile weak beings! Beings who treated me like dirt!
Jerry covered my cold pale hand with both of his as he said “My Lady, it is not for me to tell you everything, nor do I always know everything. I am dead. A ghost. I was in fact, a human.”
What the fuck! He was human? How was his ghost here!
I opened my mouth to ask but he answered first “I was the soul that connected with the first witch, the first human soul to pass on through the realms. When Lady Samara decided it was her time to leave the realms and leave with her Mates, she released me. I vowed my full servitude to the Dark Witches from then onwards.”
“Why! Why the hell would you do that?! You were trapped in her? Like a prisoner!” I pulled my hand backand backed away. My heart wouldn’t calm down; why was I freaking out?
“All human souls know that they are within the supernatural, but you must understand, we are given a choice! I chose to serve; I chose to be connected. I wanted my soul to do something worthwhile and meaningful! I have served generations of Dark Witches, and all have been as glorious, as perfectly pure as the last, including you, Lady Amaya. When I am not within the presence of a Dark Witch my mind…wanders. I am ever so old. I am forgetful. But in my age, I know when things should and shouldn’t be revealed. You needed to learn and to grow before secrets were revealed. Sub Silentio Custodire”
To keep under silence. Holy Fates Above, Jesus, Gods of the human realm. Holy fucking everything.
I plonked my butt down on the armchair Ziel had just been sat in and tried to process everything.
The humans had magic within them that the witches could harness and turn themselves into Gods, no doubt bringing death and destruction everywhere. Someone had found this book and told the White Witches. So what? The Dark Witches tried to protect the precious humans and closed the portals? The White Witches fought back.
“Why did the White Witches want to do this? Why did they want the human’s power?”
