"I prefer that each of my children find their own way, this can help you gain much more than me spoon-feeding you."
"So, what now?"
"Now we part ways"
"When will I see you again?"
"…" There was no response from Aether which made him feel dejected.
"He left me." He felt weak when the connection between him and Aether got severed. Anger which was his predominant emotion, started to boil inside him, he felt betrayed by the abandonment. Yet he didn't let it impede him. Aether had given him a choice, and he was going to find out if creating life was worth it or not.
After a moment of consideration he decided to travel to the nearest planet which was in front of him. It was the same massive planet he had seen earlier.
"How am I supposed to move forward?" He faced the biggest hurdle of his young life, how to walk? Suffice to say, aether Gods didn't walk in space. The young God looked like a squirming bee trapped in a spider web. He was unable to move forward due to lack of a solid ground under his feet.
As he was wriggling around he heard a soft femenine voice in his head, "Do you need some help?"
He tried to turn around but was unable to."Who are you!?"
"I am a God, just like you are." To put the young God at ease she moved forward and faced him. She took his hands in her own and held him,"You are a newborn huh? Aether must have left you here". He gave up moving and looked at the goddess in front of him and saw a tall woman with milky white skin with golden hair adorning her heart shaped face. She had sharp ears which only added to her allure. Her presence was very soothing which made him relax.
"My name is Yvonne. Do you have a name yet, young one?" She had a euphonious voice that was like a melody to his ears in the silent abyss.
"No, Aether didn't give me a name. He just taught me about creation and aether, and then left me here." He was captivated by the violet hues that seemed to dance around the darkness of her eyes.
"That's very typical of him, but don't worry I will help you learn more about yourself. Let's start with your body. You are still in your aetherial form and a bit weak."
"What is wrong with my body" At the mention of his figure he glanced at his hands and saw violet swirling mass which was his body.
"In this form you are just a prey for all the fiends here." Her voice got stiff when she mentioned fiends."You need a solid body if you want to stay alive."
"What are fiends?"
"They are beasts capable of killing young gods like you. They can't kill Gods which can defend themselves but newborns, who can't even move are easy targets"
He felt fear grip his core at the mention of death. He was born just a few hours ago and didn't want to die yet, "How do I protect myself?"
"Don't worry, I'll help you gain a body." Her sweet and poised voice remained the same.
"O-Okay" The soothing aura from Yvonne helped calm him but fear was still present in his mind.
"Just stay still and try to feel aether around you and concentrate it into your core. If you feel tingling in your body, that means it's working." She released his hands and stood near him.
He stood perfectly still and tried to detect the aether, but found nothing,"It's not working, I can't feel anything." After staying still for a while, he was getting irritated at his inability to feel aether.
"Just stay still, and calm." She said in her same soft and melodious voice.
Even after a long time he didn't detect anything other than Yvonne and himself. This was the breaking point for young God, "I can't feel even a single aether particle!"
Feeling the anger coming in waves from the newborn god she held his hands again and channeled the aether from herself straight into his body, "Can you feel it now, can you feel the tingling?"
He felt a pleasant stream of aether coming from the goddess in front of him. It travelled from his arms to his core which filled him up to the brim. He felt his body vibrating as the aether kept coming.
Yvonne let go of his hands and insisted him to try again.
Once again he stood perfectly still and tried to feel the euphoric aether he had felt just moments ago. This time he did sense aether around him. As he expanded his senses he found aether scattered in his vicinity. He felt it clinging to his body, and floating around, some particles were small while others were clumped together. He also felt a powerful compressed mass of aether tugging at his senses. This was much brighter than the aether around him. After sensing around for a while longer, he started to concentrate the aether around his core which was much smaller than Yvonne's. Slowly the aether around him started to move towards his core. The aether got compressed as it came near it, strengthening his core.
A soft voice disrupted the silence but it didn't stop him, "Now spread it around your body". He did so as he was told. The compressed aether started to fill the inconsistent gaps in his body and strengthened it.
After a while the continuous swirling mass which was his body started to slow down. He felt better and found new strength in his body.
He opened his eyes and looked at the goddess standing in front of him and asked her a question, "Can you teach me more?"
She smiled at him and answered, "Of course."