"No one so unpure as a slave should be able to ride a pegasus!"
"This slave must be taught a lesson then go through the two days of cleansing!"
"We will offer him as a sacrifice to appease the anger of Athena!" The suggestions continued as a Gold Saint, injured, was brought to them to be locked away. The priests all agreed that if the Gold Saint tried anything than the boy would die. The Capricorn Saint watched sadly as the boy was stripped bare, beaten almost to death, and left chained to the outside of his prison. Once they had left, the boy ignited his cosmo enough to start healing himself.
"I'm sorry sir." The boy had said. He had nothing to be sorry for though. This boy had pretty much saved his life. Athena was correct about the new Gold Saint. He was selfless, caring, generous, and every accomplishment he had made had become a new patter in the heavens.
"Hey, kid. You have nothing to be sorry for. It is I that was careless." Capricorn Persepolis stated. He noticed that the scarred back was still bleeding heavily and helped to heal it. The boy had long passed out from exhaustion. A few hours later the priests started to beat the boy until he was completely black and blue. They broke his ribs, which were clearly defined by lack of food, and his ankle. They then forced him to drink a special concoction that caused him to start hallucinating. They broke his other ankle in glee and whipped both his back and his chest, delighting in his screams. They threw him into a cell next to Saint Persepolis so that he could watch as the child was purified. He would have to take this boy's body back to Sanctuary like he had so many others. Persepolis felt two immense cosmos wrap around the faithful child. One he recognized as Lady Athena.
"Are you alright, Persepolis? I felt a plea for your safety." Athena's voice sounded in his head.
"Yes, my lady. The boy has been praying even as they try to kill him. I can see the Gold Armor starting to appear out of his very blood and will to keep others safe. A second cosmos similar to yours has also wrapped around him." Capricorn Persepolis stated. Athena seemed pleased by this.
"Hestia has always looked out for her mortal son. Once you leave that place, she will bring her wrath down upon those vile wretches." Athena withdrew her mind to sing for the little boy. Capricorn Persepolis was shocked that this was the boy his leader and his goddess had told him of. Once the boy woke up, Athena and Hestia had withdrawn their cosmos.
"Are you alright, master?" He weakly managed to ask, semi lucid. Capricorn almost felt his heart break.
"Tomorrow, you will never call another by that title. You will be free and live in Sanctuary."
"Are the Gold Saints as kind as I heard? Will they-" before the boy could ask another question, the group came down to hurt the boy more. His wrists were snapped, they forced him to give them oral sex, and the continued to beat him. They whipped him and threw him into the arms of the Capricorn Saint.
"Take that thing to Athena to prove that we have purified our temple." The oldest priest decreed, believing that the boy was dead.
"I will but be warned. By killing this child, you have angered the gods." He donned his Golden Armor and made haste to Sanctuary. He could hear the wrath of the gentle goddess Hestia as she punished them for harming her child.
It took months for the boy to be able to move, taken care of by both Lady Athena and Capricorn Persepolis. Once he was well enough for training, he proved to be at the ability of the Gold Saints which he would train with. Capricorn Persepolis was still worried for the young Saint and would watch over him as a protective parent. Sisphylis would be required to spend many nights on Capricorn's temple until Persepolis felt comfortable letting him sleep in the Sagittarius temple.
Now all twelve of the temples were protected. His armor was different as he could actually fly. Some mistook him as a messenger of the gods, which would happen to all the other Sagittarius Saints to come.
Capricorn Persepolis made sure that he actually ate, drank, and did not do any duties outside of what was expected of him. Athena would pick him up and cuddle with him a lot as well. He was loved, taken care of, and he had even been given a name! Sagittarius Siphylis!