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"
Details are still vague as Kristen Stewart has not been seen publicly in o
ver a month. Reports suggest..."
Kristen watched Giuliana Rancic from the couch, the staccato flashes of the tv illuminating an otherwise darkened room. Kristen was by no means missing. She just didn't leave her house during the day. The starlet downed another spoonful of ice cream before dropping it back into the tub.
This is just like when they said I didn't smile. I'll just have to prove them wrong.
She thought to herself; peeling her body free of the couch. The willowy actress dropped the ice cream back in the fridge as she walked to her bedroom. Along the way, she slipped out of her clothing. Grey sweatshirt, black tank top and, as soon as she hit the bedroom, grey sweatpants all came free from her body.
Kristen absently scratched her boob as she entered the bathroom, sparing a single glance in the mirror. Someone on a movie set once called them bug bites. That same person no longer worked in Hollywood.
But that was before.
Kristen thought to herself, turning on the shower. Her chest had grown slightly in the last few weeks, now being slightly more generous but not large enough she'd have to explain away. Still, plastic surgery rumors would fly.
Let them talk. I don't care anymore.
Kristen thought as she entered the shower. Her entire attitude changed ever since her trip to Mexico.
-1 Month Prior-
Coba.
An ancient Mayan city in the region of Tulum. Kristen's shoulder still stung where the doctor injected her vaccination. An essential, Dr. Kim stated, for traveling the world. Such thoughts didn't make it any less painful. Kristen pushed onward and upward, her muscles straining as she climbed the 120 stone steps upward. Next, to her a thick rope offered a measure assistance but right now she wanted to do without.
Almost there.
She grunted. The actress was told to get there early to beat out the other tourists. And they were right. The ruins were nearly deserted as she made her way through the ancient trees and stonework that made up the city. Yet the sun was ever present in her climb and as she climbed higher it felt like it was nearly a foot from her head. Already her porcelain white skin was beginning to turn red. A vacation was what she needed, to get away from it all as it were. Her relationship with Robert had broken up in a rather messy fashion and right now she could do away with people. With a final push, Kristen managed to scramble up the rest of the way.
Kristen stood up and took in the scene, basking in the Mexican sun and soaking in her accomplishment. Off in the distance, other temples and ruins were poking through the lush jungle canopy while a steady mist of humidity from an early morning shower wafted through the air. It was peaceful, nearly idyllic.
Better get down now.
With a sigh and a chug from her water bottle, Kristen began her journey. A journey she may never complete, at least in the way she intended.
Kristen put her first down and the rock beneath her slipped out. Water went flying as she flailed. The actress managed to fall back onto the stone of the temple dais. Yet butt impacting stone was not where she stopped. Kristen slipped back and rolled into the alcove of the temple, managing to bypass the wire blocking visitors and falling down a series of stairs into the interior. After what felt like 5 minutes of tumbling, Kristen ground to a halt in pitch darkness.
Fuck!
Kristen swore to herself, carefully picking herself up. She mentally ran down a checklist of her condition. Automatically she reached for her phone, thankfully finding it still tucked into her pocket and remarkably undamaged.
Thank you Otter Box.
Kristen noted to write a review lest she get out alive. Flicking through the functions, she turned on the flashlight and took in her surroundings. Remarkably, the inside was well maintained and free of the spiders and cobwebs she expected. On each wall, there were beautiful bas relief carvings depicting Mayan civilization. Kristen assumed at least, she didn't understand a lick of the language, much less the pictographs. Yet there was something off here. The air was not stale nor humid. It was so out of place it took Kristen several moments to identify the source.
Incense
. Kristen's nostrils flared from the assault as she continued through the haze.
Someone is here.
Although it seemed that right now the place was deserted. "Hello?"
"Ah, she arrived. She finally arrived." A voice snapped near her. Following the sound, she came to clear amidst the haze. Sitting on a simple, unadorned stone sat a woman; right hand curled up to support her head as if in deep thought. Behind her, a massive throne fit for someone far larger than any human.
"I am expected?" Kristen answered, bewildered by her tone.
"Of course." The woman finally looked over at her, hazel eyes blazing. "You're the emissary of the gods. Their divine creation on earth."
"I'm not..." She started only to be cut off.
"Are you not man and woman combined and made manifest?"
"No." Kristen was sure this woman had been down here far too long, or she has bumped her head harder than she realized.
"Ah not yet." The woman slipped down of the resting place and approached her. "You just need to be unlocked."
"Unlocked?" Kristen eyed her warily. Hazel eyes were very uncommon here and as she studied the woman, noted that she was decidedly not Mayan but still indeterminately ethnic.
"Of course." The woman grabbed her hand and guided her forward. Kristen didn't resist even as she explained. "There's a goddess inside you, all you need to do it let it free."
Oh.
Kristen blinked as she walked up to the dais the woman lead her up. The throne loomed even larger now that she was before. Made of stone and carved with depictions of figures, similar to the ones she saw earlier, covered the entire surface. Yet unlike the Mayan text, the stonework was undamaged by time and legible. As Kristen studied the pictographs she realized it was telling a story. From what she assumed, it was the rise of a great leader, judging by their height above everyone else. The brunette focused in on the leader.
What the...
Whoever it was had both breasts and a dick. Surely that must be a mistake, right?
Kristen was so rapt in her study she did not notice the woman speaking behind her nor the cup she had brought forward. "Drink and unlock your potential goddess."
So dry and parched was her mouth that Kristen grabbed the cup and drank without a moment's hesitation. The liquid felt hot as it burned down her throat with a distinct spiciness that was almost otherworldly. Yet she couldn't stop herself from drinking, gulping down the entire cup in one long pull. Finally, when the cup was empty she pulled it from her lips. "What was that?"
"What was needed." The woman bowed respectfully. "Your transformation is underway goddess."
Kristen looked at the cup then at the throne. When she turned back to face the mystery woman she was gone. Only the slight haze of incense indicated someone else had ever been here. As Kristen went to look for an exit, the entire room spun around and her vision went black.
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Kristen took another pull from her bottle of coke. The sugary concoction felt good as she lapped it down. So much that 3 empties were on the floor beneath her. She laid in a hammock at her hotel, book in her lap. Yet the words kept swimming in and out of focus as she kept going over the day's events.
The brunette woke up in the back of a Collectivo, sort of a bus service crossed with a taxi. In the front, the driver was yelling at her to wake up and pay him. Disoriented, she threw a wad of bills at him and exited, nearly face-planting on Tulum's central boulevard.
How the heck did I get back here?
Apparently, someone planted her ass in the van and gave the driver instructions.
Wasn't me though. What the hell was in that drink?
Kristen walked down the streets to her hotel. She had chosen, when she made this trip, to not stay at the beachfront properties and instead went to a smaller place near the edge of town. It was the right decision: she traded the beach for seclusion and an ocean breeze for air conditioning. Along this disjointed walk to her Posada, she stopped at a corner store and grabbed a handful of snacks. Beyond breakfast, she couldn't recall eating a single thing all day.
The words once again came into focus for a minute but Kristen couldn't see. The day was an enigma, and she almost would have guessed none of it happened save one thing: she had the cup. The cup the strange woman handed to her and she drank from. The one thing that told her it had all happened. It was plain by all accounts, a chalice whose coloration has faded over the years. It looked to her like the Holy Grail from Indiana Jones. Resigning herself to not accomplishing any reading this evening she shut the book and closed her eyes.
A cool wind softly rolled out of the west; just enough to provide some comfort in the humid evening. Off in the distance, Kristen could hear distance rolls of thunder. A storm, no doubt, that would roll through overnight or in the morning. She shifted silently, content to let the breeze slowly rock her to sleep.
***
Kristen once again stood before the throne. She held her hand out to it as if beckoned by its call. Behind her, a voice rang out. "Do it. Claim your birthright and enlighten humanity."
She turned, but once again no one was there. Kristen looked back at the edifice and touched the stonework; feeling the smooth designs in her hand. After several minutes she finally reached the crux of the design.
The leader.
Kristen thought.
No that's not right. The goddess.
The actress pressed her hand into the elaborate design and immediately felt a cool sensation run down her arm. The feeling kept getting stronger as it pushed forward, focusing in on her chest.
Heart racing, Kristen couldn't pull her hand back. Locked in place, her mouth open in a soundless scream of...pleasure? Joy? There were no words to describe what she was feeling. The sensation slowly died leaving faint trickles of raw emotions she felt. Yet another feeling crept in.
Satisfaction.
Like a well or font of power had been unlocked within her. As she dwelled on the feeling the world started to fade out. Kristen knew instinctively that this was just the beginning.
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