Goddess Of Cards

by cookiepookie

Aidara is a Goddess. She doesn't know it yet though. But one day, while shopping for a friend's birthday present, she happens across a mysterious deck of cards with her name on it, along with a strange voice...

Chapter One

The Beginning.

'Geez, what to get for my Karen's birthday...' I thought to myself. I brushed my past the random knick-knacks, as if getting a layer of dust on my finger-tips would help somehow. I was in a novelty store, trying to find the right gift for my best friend Karen, and not succeeding.

Suddenly, I felt my fingers brush against something, something that felt warm. I noticed it because of the odd temperature, body temperature, to be exact. I picked it up and realized it was a box of cards. I inspected the cover, expecting it to be yet another deck of tarot cards. Upon closer inspection, I realised that instead of 'Tarot Cards', it was my name on the cover.

I blinked, yet the letters didn't disappear. They refused to disappear, those six letters. A-I-D-A-R-A, they spelled out,clear as day. I always hated my name, sounded so rough on the tongue. It didn't even have any meaning.

I flipped the deck to the other side. This time, it was my name backward. Aradia. This was starting to creep me out. I put the deck back on the shelf. As I did this, however, a voice echoed through my mind, 'No, pick it up!'

I was surprised, so much so that I had to clamp my hand over my mouth to keep from crying out. Just then a sales asistant came up to me. "Is there anything WRONG-WRONG-WRONG-WRONG..."

I roused awake and slammed the snooze on my alarm clock. 'What a weird dream,' I thought to myself.

'Yea, it was, wasn't it,' the voice echoed back...