Vierne stood at the railings while Akagi stood beneath at the balcony.
Suddenly, they heard the voices of horses and looked at the sun. They saw a golden chariot with two white pegasuses coming their way. Akagi smiled, "They are here,"

"Who are?"
The chariot stopped at the balcony. It looked heavenly with the pure gold shining in a pink sky before a huge, red, foggy sun. A young boy with black hair and brown eyes got down and bowed before Vierne, "I'm here to receive you, Lady Gatekeeper,"

Lict was up and stood right behind her. It spooked her out when he suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Apparently Melissa had woken him up by her touching and pinching his cheeks. She looked at Akagi, "Do I leave now?"
"You have something left to do?"
"Yes," She bowed before him, "Thank you for everything, Uchitel,"

His eyes widened, "You're crazy,"
"Not too much, but yeah I am," She looked at him and got up. Melissa hugged her from behind, "Melissa—"
She kissed her cheek, "Come to meet us soon, Gatekeeper."
Vierne kissed her back and smirked, "You didn't expect that, did you?" 
She blushed. Got her!

Vierne chuckled and got on the chariot, followed by Lict. It's funny how they both were drunk a moment ago, but now they were sober. They flew towards the sky, and soon they were into the clouds. Vierne couldn't look at the ground beneath, they were surrounded by pink and golden clouds, and the horses were running on the clouds. As she looked at them, she wondered where that black horse went.

Feline was her name and she was beautiful.
'If I were to have a horse, it would be just like Feline.' Vierne thought.

The chariot entered the Astral world and flew further up crossing various planes. Finally, they reached the final plane where Archangel Michael opened the huge golden gate and they crossed it. There was a huge, flat, white stone at the centre of the purgatory, surrounded by five gilded doors which were the realm gates.

One of the gates opened into the human world from where the golden chariot came in. Lict and Vierne looked around as they crossed the seven levels of the purgatory and reached the Gatekeeper castle.

Surrounding the castle was paradise. Flowers bloomed all around, that produced music, there were two moons in the sky, a blue one and a white one. Through the clear steams, they could see mermaids and fishes, elves were walking back home from work and fairies flew into the sky.

Every mythical creature they had heard of existed there. The Gatekeeper castle was a castle carved out of diamonds, gold and gemstones. It was exorbitant and immense. The chariot stopped at the gate and Vierne hopped down with Lict. They looked up at the zenith of the castle which had a celestial chakra at its peak.

The castle maidens ran towards them from inside and acquiesced before them. Goddess Ivsana stood beside the maidens, "The coronation is when both the moons overlap each other. We need to be fast with the preparations." All the maidens pointed inside the castle and Vierne walked inside with them. The maidens were petite and reached till Vierne's waist as she walked. They all walked around her and took her inside the castle bath which was a huge pool made out of stone. Water Lilies and Lotuses floated in the bathwater. The maidens filled their wooden tubs while Vierne sat on a stone beside the bath.

They poured the water on her head and washed her hands and feet. They made her wear a white, half-pleated gown and painted her hands and feet red. She wore a necklace made out of angel feathers and platinum roses and kept her pendant aside. She also wore, as symbols of power, leopard skin over her shoulders and a lion's tail hanging from the belt. An anklet made of the black dragon's claws on her left ankle. Wings of the red Pheonix hanged down her on a white gown. They tied her hair up with pearls and shells the mermaids had collected and covered her head with a headband made of the giant wolf's fur.

She painted her lips with the blood of demons that rose against the gatekeepers and painted her eyes black with suit formed by burning wings of fairies that died waiting for their gatekeeper. Slowly, she heard a choir and rose up, "It's the seven archangels, they are calling you, Lady Gatekeeper," She walked towards the voice, through the halls resounding with nothing but the prayers and the hymn of Cherubim. She walked into the iwan, a rectangular hall, vaulted where the gods stood and walled on three sides, with one end entirely opening into the gate from which Vierne had entered.

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All the twelve heavenly stars had gathered into a semi-circle and danced a dance she had never seen before. Lict was dancing among them, with Maks and Lobelia and others she hadn't met before. The crown was kept at the centre, ignited by the light of heaven and hell falling on it from above. The seven archangels stood around the twelve stars and sang while the seven sinisters stood around the Archangels, with their arms spread and fingers touching each other's fingers, they were facing outwards to form a boundary of the semicircle, to protect the ceremony from any demonic interference and create a barrier. She found Melissa standing among them. The six muses stood alongside the path of the crown, giving their blessing to Vierne as she walked towards the crown.

The queen of Paradise, Goddess Calanthe stood beside the crown while the God of War, Ares, stood on the other side of the crown with a sword in his hand. Vierne reached them and bowed. Ares tapped the flat side of the knighting sword on her shoulders. He finally rested the sword in her palms and she pressed her forehead on the sword. The accolade was followed by the coronation which was done by Calanthe. Lict came and stood behind Vierne.
"You, Vierne Obolensky, are the gatekeeper who defends all and from today, it is your duty to protect the Gates and serve your subjects," She placed the crown on Vierne's head.

As soon as she did, the crown shone bright and everyone moved a step back.
"Is that supposed to happen?" One of the gods asked.
Calanthe looked at Vierne as her body slowly began glowing white along with the crown. Her white gown turned red and the sword in her hands grew bigger and brighter. All her ornaments disappeared and her pale skin turned golden. A triskelion, a triple spiral exhibiting rotational symmetry, came upon her forehead.

Everyone stared at her with their mouths wide open, including Lict. Vierne stared at herself for a good minute. Calanthe smiled, "So, you're a legacy,"
"A legacy?"
Everyone gasped and whispered among themselves.

"Once after a few million years, there will be established an empire of a Gatekeeper and then demigods won't have to fight to become Gatekeepers anymore. You, Vierne Obolensky, are the second Gatekeeper of your family. Which means, that your father was a Gatekeeper and so you have established an empire here in the purgatory," Calanthe explained.

"Your child will be the next Gatekeeper and it will continue for eternity," Vierne looked into her eyes, "Now then, let's read the duties of a Gatekeeper and then you can take the oath" Goddess Ivsana picked up a roll. The ceremony completed and Vierne bid all the gods goodbye.

"Lict,"
"Yes, Milady?"
"Could you play me an orchestra? You said you can,"
"Of course I can,"
Lict took a deep breath at looked at his fingers, "It's been a while but," He raised them up and made the musical instruments, "This one's called Zaraza,"

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"Lict, what are you?" She laughed.
He smiled, "I am music in human form,"

Her star spirit was music and she was the gatekeeper representing music in all its glory.

That castle was her home now. The voices of angels singing filled up the halls as she walked in her red gown and black heels. Lict walked behind her and they both walked up the stairs. He stood behind the throne while Vierne sat upon it and looked ahead. She had a small, titanium table beside her which had a wooden hammer kept on it. She picked up the hammer and looked at a mortal soul standing beneath, looking at the floor carved of blue marble. 

She slammed the hammer on the table,

"Let the trail begin,"

This was happiness and power
This was the hour
Of music and reign
But wait till it rains again
Because no happiness or pain
Can last always.
Did you forget it now?

Happiness craves war.

The End