Life stinks now, but it'll get worse..... |
I tumble, towards a thicket of bramble. My legs scathed by the brush, bleed golden blood, the blood of the gods. I feel faint and murmur to myself, "This was supposed to be MY day." Lulu swoops down beside me, grabbing my tunic with her teeth. I feel my fall slow and she lowers my body to a springy clover field. As she lowers me, I examine my wounds. the blood has stopped flowing and the wounds have closed. "Thanks Lulu." I murmur, scrathing her between the ears. The croons, her keening sound a light grazing on my ears.She licks my cheek. I sit up, giggling at her. My throat closes with fear at the realization of where we are. We are in Nysa or the Valley of Nymphs. Great. I rub my eyes thoughtfuly. "Please no." I cry. A howling wind rips through my hair and throught the trees. It pulls leaves from the orchards. They swirl in a tornado form and release to reveal another suprise.... Athena. "Why are you here?" Athena growls. She stands a good foot above my 4'5 frame. "I thought you were the wise one." I snicker. "Even though I have unmanageable talent in knowledge, you have an impossible amount of immaturity. Anyone so smart as to know who are could see that." "Huh? Excuse me. I don't speak Geek." She sighs. " It means 'I may be smart but that is no excuse to be rude.'" "Oh, Well this is an accident. I was flying on my carpet and I kinda fell..." "Well, were are you from?" "The house of Hatred. Why do you care. I live in the palace boundries." "Because. As ruler of teh nymph land, I must execute intruders..." |