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with or related to the movie "Troy". Unfortunately...............although I
would like to own Orlando Bloom and Brad Pitt..........Eric Bana,
too..............
Full Summary: Aleera, the younger cousin of Achilles and Patroclus, not wanting to be to left at home in Pthia, stows away on the Myrmidon's boat when they set sail for Troy. When she is discovered, Achilles and Odysseus decide to use her to their advantage.
Author's Note: I'm not sure about the respective ages of Achilles and Patroclus in the movie, so I'm going to make them up. Let's see......... since Briseis is only 17, I'll make Achilles be 23, that way there's not too much of an age gap. Patroclus is going to be 19 and Aleera will be 17.
Okay, now, on with the story!
Oh, by the way, this starts right after Odysseus has come and asked Achilles to join the war.
Chapter One
Aleera stood by her bed, throwing clothes into a bag. Her cousin Achilles stood beside her, taking clothes from the bag and putting them back in the chest they were stored in.
"You're not coming," he said, forcefully.
"Oh, yes, I am," she replied, just as adamant as he was.
"No, you're not," hurling an armful of clothing across the room.
"If I can't go with you, then what do you expect me to do? Sit at home and knit?!" she screamed at him.
"If that's what keeps you occupied, then yes."
She let out an exasperated half- scream and clenched her fists, trying not to lose her temper too badly. "What if you don't come back? What do I do then? How am I supposed to live if I don't have you and Patroclus with me? No one will believe that a girl can do anything. I'll end up being an old spinster who will tell all of the village children 'I am Aleera, cousin of the great Achilles and cousin of Patroclus, who only wanted to be as great as his cousin.'"
They stood in silence for a moment before Achilles said "We will come back and no, you're still not coming. I don't want you in the middle of a war, Aleera. It's not all glory and victory like you and Patroclus think. It's bloody and violent and you see things during war that you'll never forget. Ever. Those images stay with you no matter what. At night they haunt you. And that's why you're not going."
"Why aren't you telling Patroclus that he can't go? We're almost the same age, we have the same experience and skill with a blade and with a bow. You don't think I can handle myself against an opponent. You don't want me going because you think I'll get myself killed!" She wasn't going to give up trying whether he liked it or not.
"I know that you can handle yourself. It's not you I'm worried about. It's everyone else that worries me."
"Your men won't touch me. They don't want to risk angering you and they know I can take care of myself," Aleera interrupted.
Achilles continued as though she had never spoken "And he's going because whether you like it or not, he is older than you and he'll handle the experience better than you would. This is the end of this discussion. You're not coming with us to Troy and that's final." He turned and left the room, slamming the door behind him.
Turning back to her bag on the bed, Aleera continued to pack. She was going with them if she had to swim the whole way to Troy. And there was nothing her cousins could do about it.
Okay, I know it's short, but what do you think? Review please!!!!!
Betsy
Full Summary: Aleera, the younger cousin of Achilles and Patroclus, not wanting to be to left at home in Pthia, stows away on the Myrmidon's boat when they set sail for Troy. When she is discovered, Achilles and Odysseus decide to use her to their advantage.
Author's Note: I'm not sure about the respective ages of Achilles and Patroclus in the movie, so I'm going to make them up. Let's see......... since Briseis is only 17, I'll make Achilles be 23, that way there's not too much of an age gap. Patroclus is going to be 19 and Aleera will be 17.
Okay, now, on with the story!
Oh, by the way, this starts right after Odysseus has come and asked Achilles to join the war.
Chapter One
Aleera stood by her bed, throwing clothes into a bag. Her cousin Achilles stood beside her, taking clothes from the bag and putting them back in the chest they were stored in.
"You're not coming," he said, forcefully.
"Oh, yes, I am," she replied, just as adamant as he was.
"No, you're not," hurling an armful of clothing across the room.
"If I can't go with you, then what do you expect me to do? Sit at home and knit?!" she screamed at him.
"If that's what keeps you occupied, then yes."
She let out an exasperated half- scream and clenched her fists, trying not to lose her temper too badly. "What if you don't come back? What do I do then? How am I supposed to live if I don't have you and Patroclus with me? No one will believe that a girl can do anything. I'll end up being an old spinster who will tell all of the village children 'I am Aleera, cousin of the great Achilles and cousin of Patroclus, who only wanted to be as great as his cousin.'"
They stood in silence for a moment before Achilles said "We will come back and no, you're still not coming. I don't want you in the middle of a war, Aleera. It's not all glory and victory like you and Patroclus think. It's bloody and violent and you see things during war that you'll never forget. Ever. Those images stay with you no matter what. At night they haunt you. And that's why you're not going."
"Why aren't you telling Patroclus that he can't go? We're almost the same age, we have the same experience and skill with a blade and with a bow. You don't think I can handle myself against an opponent. You don't want me going because you think I'll get myself killed!" She wasn't going to give up trying whether he liked it or not.
"I know that you can handle yourself. It's not you I'm worried about. It's everyone else that worries me."
"Your men won't touch me. They don't want to risk angering you and they know I can take care of myself," Aleera interrupted.
Achilles continued as though she had never spoken "And he's going because whether you like it or not, he is older than you and he'll handle the experience better than you would. This is the end of this discussion. You're not coming with us to Troy and that's final." He turned and left the room, slamming the door behind him.
Turning back to her bag on the bed, Aleera continued to pack. She was going with them if she had to swim the whole way to Troy. And there was nothing her cousins could do about it.
Okay, I know it's short, but what do you think? Review please!!!!!
Betsy